The South Wales Daily Post

SAD AFFAIR AT CLIFTON SUICIDE OF LIEUTENANT SAYCE. The"suicide of Lieutenant H. R. Sayce, at 32, Oakfield-road, CTiiftoa. Bristol. W;is mads known to the poii.^e on Tuesuav, who. on entering the house, found he had banged him- self by a rope to his bedstead. Thedcoease^l was the son of a rwi-ed Bristol stock- broker, and occasionally did bus'ness in that way himself. The Press A«ssociafciou te'e^rram announcing the; sad occurrence, goes on to say that lieutenant Sayce was well known as the i investor erf a «olbp«bl& boat in which he once crossed the Channel to Ciivs. Cn J innilries at Cardiff we learn that thid is not the case, and that the deceased gentleman bos oeen confounded *ith a cousin, a naval lieutenant, who was responsible for the itiven-' tion of the boat referred to. s Lieutenr>Pt Henry Ricfimt-nd Sayoe was the son of Mr. S. J. Sryoe, who. for tnanr yea"s. carried on business as a stockbroker at Bristol, and who has since retired and is now living at Cleve- ffon. Deceased served in the QSth Reciment for a number of rears, when, civil, up the service, and being of a roving disposition, he went out to trr lib luck at fanning in New Zealand. Tlvre he was married, ami ?.*ter a short stay, came back to Kngland. and settiei down with his v,'ife and family of four children at Swan.ses. where he followed his father's calling, that of a stockbrriker. doing bufin^s at Bristol. He lived in Swansea for fire rears, and then left ^cuth YY-tles and took p his rft^iderin Clifton, w%,sre. for the ten years, he has lived. He w8« tl>? e'd.ist of a family which numbered several »ons, ai«on.» whom is Mr. Sayoe. who. until recentlv, was in pa^tnersaip with ilr, Thackeray, stock- broker, of Cardiff.

MARRIAGE OF DIVORCED rEHSONS- SINGULAR SCENE OUTSIDE A CHURCH. --1- Tt bavin? been announced hv the Church I TiznPtj" that a marriage was intended to takf 1 ■oiace on Monday a'^moon at S*. Mary's. Bryanstou-squaiv, London. or.-> of the iiartie.- ixiug a divorced person, shortly after two o'clvcL, a considerable number of people a.si»embled outside the t.-hurch. some of whom were evidently prepared to rai«e 8. profit. Two Do1- "•e-constables were in attendance by arrange- ment. bu' the church doorg were not opened, and no preparations w»re made insid-e for the wedding. The possibility or some unpleasant nternirrt-ion reems to have deterred tne bride and bridegroom from putting in an appeiranc*, f ltlioutrh at a qij?.rter-pasi: two a. carriage and pair, tee coachmen and footman adorned with l&rye bouquetfs of white flowers, drove up and deprwi-ted g. youn? gentleman, who ws-s said to be the brother of th^ bride. The pew-opener from 3. sidp door announced Hnt no would take rjlacc, aad one lady, with a decided German accent, denounced su^h marr; 'os for the b'-ne.it of the general p".blic. The two constable" ehoftfv afterwards took their deTxir- ture, arfd the wedd ng did not takv fila-roe-at wfr TIlt. at t1Ptt church- m'1t t-o the el;;mn, polr.cmert of a pirar-i- of -zdizs who had come to witness th". t?ereiiioriy.

THREATENED RAILWAY STRIKE. 30,000 MEN DISSATISFIED. A Di^iei's telegram from Berne on Tu&sdav says: —Switzerland is threatened with a strike oi railway employes on A large scale. -■Ot aome months discontent has amouldefed among the men employed on all the lines, who demand an increase of pay of 15, 20, or 25 per cent, according to tne position occu pied. They also ask that a maximum and minimum ?cale of payment be fixed. The companies do not feei disposed to .rrant tbess demands, and the men have decided to gl-fe the companies until February 29 to eon.s:drr the demands If these are then rejected a gc-n?Ta! strike will probably be ordered. The whole :0.000 men in the employ of the citfc- rent railway companies will go out m the I same timt.

_L AI I ACTION AGAINST A NEWS- PAPER. SIR A. R FORWOOD '"T ATMS FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS. A libel ai^fclon ouened in LouL':1 on Tues- day !'before th« Lord Chief Justice and a Kpeciai juryi n which Sir A. B. Forwood, M.P., ey- i'inROcial Treaaory to the Admiralty. cta.ms £ 5.000 for an article in the "Railwa> Times," ih which the Ua'intffT's record ie declared to I' udlt him to control the destinies of a respect- able jo lht stock undertaking. Tiie plaintiff c-llegee the 1i.J:oel to refpr to the ma 1 contract# during his term of office. Justification is pleaded.—Mir Edward Clarke, Q.C.. M P., had not concluded hli address to the i:;rv wKln tùe cotinatdjoumed.

ENGLISH WOK K M E N IN AMERICA. ARRESTED UNDER THE ALIESS ACT. The Press Association Bolton corr# pon-lent ctaies:—An extraordinary <:a,;¡: ÍlM arisen "r.dc the Asiorican Alien Imxxjrtation Act. The firm of Dobson and Bariow, in the 1;,<13,1 course, sent out four men to fit up machinery manufactured by the firm, ar-d they have been u"rtsied M New York wnd^-r tl-a Act, and p,re I now in Ellis Island pending a.n appeal to the American authorit-.»*a. Meanwhile they are con-'idercuely treated. The meii went out as I cabin passengers

THE THIRTY DAYS' TRANCE. ALMOST AT AN END. I Tuesday was the 2Sth day of livpnotic trance at tht- Aquarium, and J ohn,on has now re- mained in an absolutely uncon.vious state for 672 hours. A number of medical men have visited the Aquarium, and some cunoud experi- ments with electricity wera madu vith a view of testing the flexibility of the vaiioiw limbs, and thro««h all the»e the subject r-m:ned in the hvpvio: state. John-on's ocniiition iias been much improved during the lust Jew days by the frequent dosM of bc-t: tea. The bulletin j I$sueci on ?vl onday morning s, tat ltd ti,«I the p TISC was *<&; resp.r\ti>)n, 12; i-'rrp^ viu: JTS. 1'he awakening takeo place on Tiiurs-^ay next- at 10,30 a.m.

PAINFUL INCIDENT IN A I HOSPITAL. I On Monday at St. Bartholomew's Ho«pit?1 Mr. L^iigcam held an inquest on the t. of Mr. William Arthur May, aged 43, a s;o.;k* broker, lately residing at Oambri dge-ic^d, Chiswiek. On We.U»«.-sday afteraoou tee de- ceased was visiting the hoepitai to set his father who was an in-pat'ent. and wh«n cs^sssng th, quadrangle he bta^iterecl and fc-1., and on tee house oh rsician seei'.g him lit- v..is found to b# tlead. A posrt-n-iorte'u examination showed ili^t sudden faib.ire o" the hea.t -vas the caus- of the death of Mr. Mav, A painful fe.ture in the ca..e .s that the father of die ce<-eased d'rd ) the next day. and the two botib« sale bv »>:de m the* hospital mo tjary. The jury ra- turned a verdict o" "Naturi-l '-at.

Goor?^ A plm ¡'willi provid by Tnepoct.tr Ailer to be guiltv of what tie Card.Sf S»i]3en- «J.iar»- at tie police-cour1' on Tuesday rightly j termed most inhuman oontkrt in ill-treating a horse by workirg it while in tn condi^ou j in a —ardiff streer. on the 17th nsrvrt —Thu JOfi-TtitLtV -j-m.rfciKBAH W ^*1*. A MMt<Mt-

NOTES FROM THE METROPOLIS. [PSOJT O.TK LOWDON COASESPONDKITTB.J LONDON, TUESDAY EVBSINU. THE GLAMORGAN SCHBMB. Thursday week next has been fixed for the Jis<:llSlIion of Oiiiinoriiu' iSciitr-i/)*? under tlLe Intermediate £ du ?ation Act. As I have before informed you, the exclusion of the Cowbridge School from the scheme will be moved by Mr. J. M. Ztiaciean and Major M yndham-Quin. INT £ BMEI>IATE EDUCATION. There are two opinions held by those inte- rest ca in Welsh educational matters as to the inspection and examination of intermediate schoois Ine hist is, tnat the inspection should be carried out by the Central Board 0..buacation, an authority which has been cortemplateu for intermeciiate schools ever £ .nce the Act was passed, and even before- <.he ot/ier, tnat the work should be done lK' trie Lxuvarsity Court. These two opinions are now brought to an issue owing to the fact that at the commencement of this session the scheme for the Central Board was placed upon the tabce. In the ordinary course of ttuogs, this scheme would become la w within 40 diva but objection will be taken to .1. and .t i> now raraoured that a great majoritv of the Welsh members of both parties are in lavour of leaving the inspection and exami- nation vi th schools to the'University Court. This, hange of front C-D the part of the Welsh Liberals, who. it may be remembered, were in livour of a Cectml Board at their last meet- lng, I'nijt, L-e attributed to the lobbying excel- lences of Principal Jones and the regist.ar Mr. J vor James, who been haunting the }Iecu.J. ai'ving the ^'eek, aou interviewing any .^id every cue who Wd n.\e»y to arford tnem "HV assistance. ILey hive urged 'hat the work of the University C?u:i would be much stmp.er ani niore economical. Mr. Tucor lio^ell, who is. however, strongly in favour of the court, insists that the^mterinediate schooinirfsters must have larger re- present,. t:on than a.t present. aod that rhs county go\erniu^ bodies must hv^'3 representation. These conditions" he considers, are essential if the future career of tne inte:mediate schools ia to be handed over to the Univ^ity Court. According to t ie ^c-ii-r-me new upou thL- table, Betton's and 1.-uo Me/iK-K. endovvments are proposed to be taken over be the Caax-rai Board. 'But, what- ever may be the agreement coine to between memntrs of both parties as to the desirabilitv or the board or the court being put in antlio- rity, the question of these endowments will be regarded as a political one, and, in all prcbabdity, the t t'ionist K^ctloa will pro- that tuesc two charities be struck out of the scheme. Some of tne Welsh Liberal members feel that the Meyirck Fund ought to supply s::ioL;ships for Jesus College, upon tiie same sywtein tne Sneli Exhibitions at iiaiiiol Coiiege. Oxherd, at tfi? present time. ihese mtbters will, howaver, be eo-nsidere<3. at a meeting of t-ne VTeisb meœe;-s of ail p-.trties winch it is proposed to hold in the immediate future, in order to co-rne to some understanding and prevent any lmisry to •-isli intermediate education by the rejection of the scheme. THE E [QHT HOUR^ DEPUTATIOT .Mr. D. A. Thomas and the members of the depute, on vvdiom he introduced this even- ntg to the Home Se-sretary were very satis- bed at the reception which thev obtaiued. Sir Matthew W hite Ridley hei-1 them in con- verse for an hour and a half, and the miners flatter theanseiUes that the a-rgurnenca which they brought forward a^wdnst the bank-to- oank principle will bear good fruit. ISTESTT DIVISION. Mr. Mack- 'u was one of the members who followed JL, Lecky's example in leaving the House wtuoiii voting in the division oil the question of an amnesty for the Irish { prisoneis. ¡ IN THE WRONO LOBBY. I It has -scaped public notice that Mr. W. Hornby ''member for Blackburn, and brother 01 Jír A. X. Hornby, who is best known as the captain of the Lancashire eleven) got into the wrong lobby m the first, division erf the session. The resile is that Mr. Hornby's name appears in the list as harine voted for the Home iiule amendment moved bv Mr. Di don. I need not say that such a vote wa-s the ery h,-s1; one so staunch a Torv as Mr. 'I Hornby wcaid have intentionally given. A VIGOROUS MAIDEN SPEECH. One of the maiden speeches ir»4t kite last night was that of Dr. tTordcn, the brilliant Scot who turned Mr. Seymour Keay out of Elgin and Nairn. Dr. Gordon's was & most success- ful tie but, except that he d; s t in gu is hei him- self by a personal attack on the Op position. The attack' was uot in bad taste, and is oniv resented by the Opposition on the ground that it is unusual to make a strong attack in a maid-n speech. j BEHIXH THE SPEAKER'S CHAIR. A rem a: k able consultation was held behind tne Speaker's chair to-night. Part Wtt9 ill it by Mr. Gerald Balfour Mr. John Atkin- son (the If"i"!h Attometv-Generai). M". 1. W. R^si-.i', Mr. Dunoar Barton, i-nd 11 r, ^rtsev Knox. This was before the hour lor public ;J1.sme!"i", In view nt Major Jo.mcs"n s ..mendment on the subject of the Christian Brothers' schools being'expected to come on at an etirty hour to-night, the conference, r.o docbt, was a last despairing effort to "Adl up a co!proniisc* on this burning cites- j ,f)n, Mit. Ssr TON'S REPLY ) ifr. Sexton's reply to "Docir Healy" arcioiinccs his bnal decision to retire from Parliamentary life. Mr. T. P. O Connor and ,)th,r aoiiguine memljers of the Irish Nationalists were content until last night that Mr. Sexton would once more take his propel share of the Parlia- mentary struggles in which they were engaged. Their interview with him at D'tbun was cons:dered to be bv no means unsatisfactory, and, after M' Beaiy had unreseivediy proffered his cordial co-opera- oni tasy believed that Mr, Sexton's PH;11- hces would be overcome. Such, however, iias not been the case. Mr. Sexton is far t,.o rmich a man of the world to believe hi the hollo v platitudes of Mr. Timothy Michael i Heaiy. He lmcws that suoh a patched-up tru-oe as Mr. Heaiy- outlined woald be of a must temporary character, and that the lest state of the party would be worse than tii° first. Mr. Sexton showed his old-tin* clever- ness in debate by referring to the comments upon his conduct which a.re still appearing in Mr. Healy's particular or^n. "The charges j and allegations" are not oaly serious, but they show on incurably vindictive spirit. ) and though Mr. Sexton, in referring to this j "choice assortment of invectives." disclaims all knowledge of the "able pen" from which they emanated, it does not require a very keen itid^r-ent to discover his own suspicions on tue matter. !1 1. SEXTON*. .i Alt.hfvng!. Mr. Sexton wi'l be a distinct loss to the Irish party, his absence from Parlia- men4. wi!l not be regretted by rne-mbers cf the Reporters' Gallery. Mr. Sexton was one of the nost voiubie memliers who ever sat n the House. He simply poured out his phrases, and the more important the matter upon which he was engaged tha more involved and rapid became his utterances. No member ef the | L ish parly his knowledge of Par'i?- mentary- taet-os. He was --onsidered a past- j master of this branch, and many a knotty point he has presented to the late Speaker to unravel. It was his ability in this re3pect which appealed irh.nt to his colleagues, for he has been noted tor nis strange indecisions and ijicoTis'stc-rscies. fadings which manifestly un- fitted him for leadership. '¡1M'S DEFEAT. Mr Setter's letter apparently had a cool- lag, if uot a soothing, on trie deli- ij<irations of the AntiTVneiiites to-day, i'or their meeting to., chuo^-e i criairmaa passed eff with unusuai quietude. Mr. Tim Kealy met in the inee* ng the JiI:)rest defeat he has yet experienced, for the adverse vote which ele-t-ed Mr. John Di' c>n to the leadership of the party Wad carried by t'i'irty-eight to twenty-one. Mr. Heaiy did rot directly oppose, but h -d moved an amendment to sdioiiT the subject for a week, in order to give Mr. Sexton further opportunity for re- considering his refusal. The funniest part of the business was that Mr. Dill'on did not at once tak<' up his new duties, whereat Mr. Healy posted himself in the Hoi.ce. and began to act as if he were the "leader of the Irsb people." Mrf. Dillon was ia the Ladies* Gallery, looking down on the proceedings in the'Howe. and ready V> eiviy the triumph of her husband. Mr." Dillon, you wil" r*. 'fc.-rnber, recently diai-rieti the daughtei of Mr. j Miilhew.

KRUGER TO VISIT I ENGLAND. PACIFIC EFFECT OF MR CHAMBERLAINS SPEECH. THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS. The Central News'says:—The transport Vic- tc:r.8., having on board Dr. Jameson and the oth-T Transvaal prisoners, will not call at Gib- raltar, but will proceed direct to Plymouth, whore she is expected to arrive about the 23rd inst The Contra! News is officiaJjv informed thai the following telegram has been reo'ved a.t the t'0lonia.1 OfEce fr&m the British Agent in t-lie &)1Jr.h Afrcnn Republic:—"February 13 (query Eebruary 17).—The four political prisoners. Philips, lli;xles, Farrer. and Eitzp?trick, will be aliowc-d to-day rç remove from the common gaol to ether quarters, beajinff all the expense, including police surveillance. It is under- stood from a urivate telegram received on Tuesday that- the "other "uart"r°" referred to are a, private residence in Pretoria. Messrs. F. A. Robinson and Co., of 51. Old Broad-str*set. London, h?ve received the fol- lowing telegram, dated Pretoria, Feb. 17:- "Arranged for transfer of prr-on.-rs in private house und-r anned guard. Security. £10,000 cash wich." THE RETURN OF RHODES. A Renter's teiegrsrn from Port Said says: —The QIo.rm2Il mail eteaaitr Zang.tr, with Mr. Cecil Rhodes on board, passed here on Tuesday morning en route for East Af ica. The "Diggers' News" says that Mr. Rhodes' return crigmalV caused alarm ir..Johannes- burg, but it was aUav«d by the annonticetretit of the transfer of the military powers to the im. perial authorities. AFFAIRS IN J OK ANNF ? T7RG-. PRESIDENT KRTJOEP WILL Cl-'JE TO ENGLAND. The Pr«B« Association states that a cab'.»- graus iws Oten rece^vea ait the Louocn oiuoe of tiie "Johannesburg Standard and Diggers' News" averting that _»ir. Chamberlain's :t.te- menta to ;tit* liouse of Commons have jwoduced si most, satisfactorj- esfect in Pretoria, and there is now every probability of a special session of the Volksraad being called Lo eanction irn- mediately the departure cf President Kruger to Kui-ope '1!w viiole of the prc-ss of the i raiis- vaal ur.es tliait a commission of strictly Alri- kanders aho,A accompany the President, "But," continues the telegram, "ior Mr. Oham'jeria: ii's esplstnatious a second; cyiais aiue.; have ensued, eeeine thati Pretoria has much reseuttd Mr. Chamcerlan.'s dispr ch ai) an attempt to d:cr~tc to the Transvaal Govern- tneut. A oo-r.niunica.ticn. from the Rand fov publication in London papers Jias been signed both bv the Ministry and Opposition, protect.ng against and aenymg report of nil.-ged cutiagcs by Boers on British subjects, wi .ch are deplored as being false ovd calculated to retard peaceful settlement. A letter has been addruised by Mr. J. B. Robin- oon and the German groups of mines to the executive committee of the Chamber cf Mi ies at Johannesburg compla-ning of the inadequate and urtreprcse-.tanve nature cf the chamber, and alleging that gross abuses exist. Can- sid8cabl:? disgust was produced on Sarurdav by a mock funeral of theYV-cntlerfoajem water scheme Mr. George Gcch states tjat tn- scheme is tsmp^rar-ily vrtthdrawn, as he knows j attempts have been aucces.-f>i to buy ;rer votes pledged to mpport the roheme, t/.cti denies the etateme-dt that -Jameson taid }>.e cotiid get his arm« returned on applying to Ium at Pretoria. Eloff, who W1S tbo: ti st sent out to stop Jameson, says Jameson realij Sg.i'1 I "At Johannen bu rg." A Rentier's tedegram rem Cape Town says —The "African Telegraph," iu an article, «a.y« "Piftsideat Kruger must see that disss t. »- j fact,ion in the Transvaal is deep-rooted and j widespread, a.nd that, unless allayed, it will: prove a constant source of danger to the peace of Africa. A visit to England would convince President Kruger of the desire of the British Government to respect the independence of the Transvaal. Let him discaxd for ever foreign advisers who have led him into so ninny troubles and steered the country in such cor- ruption, and let him take with him men of proved pntHoti-m and moderate views, such as Commandants Cronje and Pre tori us. We have no doubt, aidkd by the. aavioe of suck vu&n, President Kmg-r will speedily oonclude an arrangement with Mr. Chamberlain satisfac- tory to the burghers and the Uitland<trs." MILL SHUT DOWN. A Reutere telegram from •Johaunesbuig says —Tin- Robinson :uini has shut down sutireiy, and it ia expected that the chwnue and cyanide works will do the same. It is reported Uiat inis is due to the scarcity of native iaoour. It is bedeved tha.t Mr. Wimble, the head of the force known as Wimble's Police, vhich was organised here after the withdrawal of the regular poliec in Locembcr last, is at present in hiding in Durban. It is anticipated that the stamp mill at Robiwon's gOtd mines will start again in two days. ACTION AGAINST THE GOLD RECOVERY COMPANY A Reuters telegram from Pretoria says:- The hearing of an action brought against the Gold Recovery Company to decide the validity in South Africa of their patent rights in tire Cyanide gold extractor pro.c-- commenced hero on Monday. Mr. James Hay, the plain- tiff, appealed on behalf of the mining industry for the cancellation of tlie patents oi the corn- pany on the j-rou'^ that the firooesc had been nreYlOuslv used m connection with mining and was not invented by th. defendants. LETTER FROM JOHANNESBURG. I A Birmingham gentleman writes? from Jo- hannesburg. under date January 2:;1 ;B\:siness here is rapidly going from bod to worse. Store- keeper* of all description# are dismissing large numbers of tbedr employee; house proper(. and stands' ^ro at tike moment almost u:, -ale- able; rente are 'Increasingly difBcuit to collect, and credit is practically abolished! There is also some talk of shutting down the mines, fer there is a feeling that no'hing would so soon call the attention of Engl-sh public opinion to the conditions under which we are living, and so much enlist English sympathy upon our behalf,, as a decline the gold 'output.' or a I e'Mpension of dividends. Johannesburg's case is certainly most urgent, ana unless the grie- vances of the Uitlanders are speedily redressed comnierciai enterprise in this part of the world w l'ktiy to receive a blow from wluah it will no? easily recover. The investigation into the J am es nn'aff air, and the trial of he members of liie Reform Committee, are in comparison small mett-ers as compared with the well-being of the 60.000 Englishmen ree.dent he] E', whose hopes and future prospects axe at present hang- ing. so to gpsak, in the balance. As one cf your eon temporaries has truthtuily put it, It has now come to this with us here upon the Itani, tliat it is necessary to warn the population not I to make excursions beyond the suburbs of Jo- hannesburg, and most certainly not to lak< I ladies with them » *!?ve surrendered our arms at t!ie bidd. g of Great Britain, and have p-ut our of Great Britain, and have p-ut our cause in her hancfe: the Boer Government I continue to ham ua in wth thnr armed forces, and it i* a matter in which we can have recourse onlv to dignified, if scornful, protest, ana noti- fication to Great Britain.' The search for ar ns by the autko?>ties still continues, and though i stray rifle or a few dozen oarer dges are occa- sionally brought to light, the enterprise has ,lP to now hajdly repaid the labour wh ch has becu W.owed upon it. The Sunday evening con- ■rt<s, which were so largely patronised here, have been prohibited, by order of •jovernmt-it. a.nd no canteens ars allowed to be kept open after nine p.m. The Johannesburg crowd i;a« lately proved itself a pre-eminently peaceable one,"bot »'-3 pat ence is now being sorely tried, 3nd unless a solution of our present difficult. is soon found it is impossible to say what may happen. There has been no rain again during the last week, and we are now, in add tion to ether misfortunes, within measurable distant of a. water far-ine. Th" c-ntmaed absence of rain at this period of i the vear is meet unusual, and dunnc the ten years of its existence Johannesburg has expe- rienced no such droua-nt that- which at pre- sent prevails. 'Kafhi' houe.: 'boys liave left in large^'numbers during the last week, and hou^e* keep'ng ;s at wese-nt oonduot<d under tae erea-test diffiouh'iss. 'The Rafrir Boys' here hai.. the pfers. and they w^tnesied, \VIttI «0Tnethin5 akin to di^niAv, the Englirhm^n's firearms taken possession ot, Btwl" supremacy, as t'nev know from expeneuoe, bode* no good to 'The Kaffirs, urui so our bo}*^ ^prvi^i [ while to go to their homes in Natal. iJasttto- and. &c. Thev have a va,¡{ue suspicion thai; 'something* w going to hanaen. and there are manv \vhu« people, too, who do not think the- are far wrong." GOVE RAIDS FRIGHTEN' SC AWAY LABOUB The "Times" Johannesburg correspondent telegraphs i—The Robinson mine is elor-d on ao onut of the scarcity of native laVjour but laliour is scarce m this particular mine 'oecause of iff beincr continually searched for arms. The ccnstani raids have frightened away the natives. The mines in the Krugjw^dorp direction also are vwy short on account cf the hght'ng. Native bibiur is certainly fhoit, but ther-* no fear of any general closing- down. The: ftovfeioraent have forbidden any further sear^i in tJie Robinson mine, and are making efforts 50 supply rative lat. -ur. Iu 2mne rrunes-for instance, the Simmer and Jack—more natives are now ccmicig in than are leaving. DR. JIM AND THE DEFENCE OF THE PRISONERS. Dr. Jameson has cabled to Mr. HawksJey, who is Lis private solicitor, instructing him to undertake the defenoe of all the prisoner; now on the Victoria. We believe oounaei ha-ve already been retained. PRISONERS UNDER SURVEILLANCE. The Prows Aseocijation learns that Mr. Oh a.m- lx\rla;in received at the Colonial OfSce on Tues- day afternoon the following teles'am from Sir Hercules Robinson:—"Tne follov ing telegram received from British Agent in Soyth African Republic. February 13: Tiie four political pri- soners, Phillips, Rhodes, Farrer. md Fita- patrick, will be allowed to-day to remove from the common gaol to other quarters, bearing all exoense, including police surveillance. It i« understood frcm a private telegram received to-dav thut tiie 'other quarters" referred to consist of a private reoidert-e in Pretoria, where the prisoners will rsrnr :1 under guard." VOYAGE OF THE HARLI-X'H CASTLE. The Harlech Castle, with a party of Chartered trc opers, was to leave Las Pilinas oil Tuesday for England. It appear* that matters have been rather strained on board the transport Victoria. Dr. Jameson and 11;-9 fellow- prisoners, after the Cape Government- had ac- cepted their parole, expected to be trest" J (a correspondent writss) as gentlemen and rirst- class passengers. But, although au.J\e<:1 • mix freely with the onicer-: coming home rrom India all day, they are obliged to dire iH the second-class saloon, out of wh;"h the ron-oo-m- I mis^ioned officers have beiu turned; and thev are not allowed to attend any of the usual con- certs and festive gatherings on board. As among the prisoners there are two Guardsmen, one Lifeg'iardsm.an, one officer of the Blues, among the 1:)riSOlwrsth,er"" are two Guardsmen, one Lifeg'iardsm.an, one officer of the Blues, one colonel of Dragoons, and other ex-British offiœrs, they feel keenly the social slight put upon them. Some of th? officers on 1. >ard. to mark th<5ir disapproval of this treatment of un- tried .prisoners, accepted their invitation to J dine with them in 'heir -^econd-cla-ss saloon, though, of course. uaaMe vo return the pri- songs' ihoapitality. Otherwise the prison nr- | appear jollv and stou+-hearted, and do not -hew m ch dread of the result of their apprca.en.ing trial. 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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION j OF PRESIDENT CRESPO. TERRIBLE CONFUSION AT A I BULL FIGHT. II A Dalziel's telegram from New York en Tuesday says Decaij* have just been received j here from Veneioit^a of the aittmpced a&jasii- nation. ox President Crespo at Caracas on Sund&y, the end inst., on the occasion of the opening of a national bull i.ng. While thv tiiird bull was in the arena a giert commoticn was observed in the upper tier of seats, un a point just above the President's box. 8ho, ts aud cries were heard, end a number cf pt :pk made a riwh »r the exits General Cre.-po and the moniliers of his Cabinet who wen, in h s box stepped to the rear of it, S-id«nly. a space being cleared in the upper tier, ad mien IntiL ware perceived with revolvers in their hands. One of them »piaug over the scats and rushed towards the President's box. The soldier on gU uid at the entrance made a s'-ve vp- ing cut with his sword, and laid the man's head anu neck open, and with another bl.o;v with his weapon Lo'led him. At once -he whole; .place was in an upbear. The President and his companions drew revolvers, and, sv.rrour.ded by the guards, left the box. Tuey went into ) the lobby, and in a- few moments the President returned, surrounded by ,"0;diel"3 with fixed tiayonots, and resumed his scat, with t'1- Minister of War (General Gue.rra) sea'ed on his right, and the Minister of Public In-iric- j tion (Ser.or Chineros) ou his left. Several companies of Infantry kept the crowd back a long distance from he box. Ont-ide the b'J 1 ring there wa«j terrible confusion, the st-'vet being densely crowded with people, the cru=h being «o great that no ;ne WPO", able to move. Tiie solciierg on guard' were powerless to keep the mass back. Wheu it became 'known that a man had been cut down for attempting to kill the President an officer ordered the .toldk rs to charge the crowd, when many people -.ore bayonet-ted in the attempt to L,,3<3 them back. President Cr^po and Ins party lott the bull rinsr before the conclusion of the performance. When the President, early in Jaiiv-ary a t, had made his arra»getne!u«? to attend the ouening of the arena a. plct was eon- owed to take advantage of t'ia ,!vp-c>r>, rv to kili liim. At noon on Saturday, February 1. the da.y before the buLl fight. President Crespo received !loa anooytnous letter .informing him that- all attem-.i-t would be made to assas- sinate him on the following day if he went to tiie arena. Genera l Orespo informed the irem- ber.s of his Cabinet of his having received the anonymous letter, and declared hs inirennoi o! going to the bull fight in any caee. He took, however, ti'e precauc i-n to have the guarot; or; duty that day increased, so thai there were a thcrasaavl soldiers in and about the bv.'i! r ug-, The majority oi these were so placed l^huid 01ir\ 11." and elsewhere that fchey remained Hi- visible to the spectators. A great many arre?, have been made of persons supposed to have I' been concerned in the conspiracy.

THE COPENHAGEN I TRAGEDY. PAPERS FOUND ON PROFESSOR j jjl O biG A IN A Rfl-'ih "elegram from Copenhagen says: —Amongst the paperj found on Mr. Morgnn. the professor who WM found in a railway car- riage suffering from & buiiet wT-und, was a letter from Cecilia Ancbr«i>n >-> a feniai'i friend in Maauo, from which it appears that .-he- waa fully aW,"re of the purpose for whicn the revolver was bought, several days ago. ,\1 r, Morgan had knnwa the. girl for a year at i«-ast. On the 8t;, instant she If ft he- lodging m Malmo and visited Mr, Morgan In Lur.d, 'the couple ^i.ent the subnequent days partly in Luod and partly in Copenhagen. 1; ia in Luod and partly in Copenhagen. 1; ia exited that Mr. Morgan lived an indti&tr'ous r.rid exeimpiftry hfe in Lund, and contracted no debt-ó. ADDITIONAL DETAILS. Pi-ofe-sor Morgan's acqna-ntanoe with Ctci.ii.i Anderssen cotumeaoed two years ago, j and soon ripened into a pass.onate attachment, j which the ghl reciprocated. 1!fr. Morgan's f. "Dds were aware that Cecilia Anders-en had long since deci«rcd that both the and her lov-r intended to commit .suicide, but Mor/aa him- ielf never expressed such a.n intention. It now appiMurs probable that it was the girl who per-uaded him to the act, and n is supposed that this would not have been difficult, as Mr. M >rg&Q hod anti^ared to in f nervous, unhinged m"r.:tal conditio a of late. It is a'cer- ta^n."d that the revolver used was ^jrchae_d "11 the 4th in?t.

'ftIII.u. A FACTORY IX FLAMES. GREAT LOSS UF LIFE A Central :ew3 telesrvir. f"(.m New York says i—A £ re woke out on Mordav evening. | while « ork wa-s in progress at the Stetlnumer Collar Factory, in Troy City. Fully 3GO women and gods were employed in the place. and they immediately g&-e way to a pan e. A consid.enible number nishe,^ to the wnper win- dows and iumped into the etreei. Threa per- sons are known to have perished H1 the fire, wh;l<it seventeen were injured, many fatally, in jumping t^om ihr windows. Ii -a heiir-ved tÍlat tweoW <>jj|ies at* huxia<i »n th« rutru.

¡ RUSSIAN RAID ON I COREA. THE KING AT ST. PETERS- BUHG. A Dalziel's telegram from Paris says:—The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Xew York Herald" tel<egrapets: -The young King of Corea has arrived here with The object of seeking the protection of Russia for his country, His visit is being kept a profound f-ecret. Tlio-e who bave been let into the knowledge of his presence looked upon the news as of high importance in connection with Russia^ Eastern policy. INSTIG ATED BY RUSSIA. A Da1z'prs telegram from Shanghai ears i — Advicc-s received here from Corea. state rhrt 111 tie buiohery of Ministers, including Kim, the Premror, the King's adherents were supported by a Russian force. After the massacre the heads c: the victims were exposed to public view. M. Waeber, Russian advser of the 3vi nsr, directed the selection cf the Cabinet-, 3vi nsr, directed the selection oi the Cabinet-, which is solely composed of puppets in the pay of Fussia. The new Ministry has taken up it.s headouarters at the Rr.s- in Legat'on, where the King, the Queen, and the Crown Prince still residng. The Tat W an Kun, the f -i I -1 r of 4he King, has been forcibly arrested by Russian officers and is nh'o detained at the Least'on. Ccmnlete anarchy prevails in the northern provir.ee? of Corea. and constant ■fighting 13 go ug on between the rebels and curie of the Jaoane.se forces. The tele- graph line between Corea and St. Petersburg is working incessantly, and no doubt is entertained here of the whole coup having been d.rect=d from the Russian oapKa-1.

FHENCH FILING ON THE BRITISH FLAG. THE TROUBLE IN TAEITI. A Daldf .'S teleGI-UTH from Sydney, Nev.* Ii South Woiee, on Tuesday says:—A dispatch itceived from Auckland, New Zeziand. ^Jv news has reached tev^e irom the kioc-ie. Islands to the effect that the natives hoisted the British ensign st Opoa and Tevatoa. i'i"h« j French gunbeat Aube knocked the Hag dawn with shot, bat the stairs hwve since U'tii je-»rscted, and furt'ner trouble is foareo. M. Leo Leo.«^>. procireur of the. French Government in T-ihiti, has »rri\ed at San Francisco. When interviewed in regard to tue report that a French cruiser had bred on tue British flag in the islands, he made the fal- lowing statement:—"Trouble has been for a long time brewing with the natives, who^are encouraged by the English residents. The latter incited them to revolt, ami tlritish trailers encouraged by the English residents. The latter incited them to revolt, aDd tlritish trailers induced thean to raise? the Brit, sh flag. Tae j British Coasul at Tahiti fried to check the v&- rism- but other Englishmen openly advocated It. British flags wen p.c-.x>idir.gly raided at the towns of Evera and Tahaa. The French J cruiser Aube arrived, and ordered the flags to hs taken down, but, this being refused, ihe j bred on the towns. No troc-p* w-re landed.; Only solid shot was used, and the fag-poles iv«rc levelled to the giound. No oria was k.l,:d." |

CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE Ii i IRISH PAHTY, H ELECTION OF MR. JOHN DILLON. RETIREMENT C'F MR. SEXTUS The adjourned meeting of the Irish Parliamentary party b^gan at one o'clock on Tuesday in Committee-room Au. 15. Sir! Thomas Esmonds presided, as teaor wliip of the party. Mr Justin M'Carthy, IMr. Dmon, and Air. T. Healy were among the members present. The quest-ion of the succession to the chairmanship of the- Irish Parliamentary party was taken into consideration, and ultimately Mr. Dillon was eie.?te'i. The meeting lasted two hours a.nd 50 minutes. A letter from Mx. Sexton intunaT<-d that he had formally applied for tue Chiltern H indeed". To the proposal for Mr. Dillon's oieotion, -submitted by Mr. M.*C<arti>>. seconded bv M-. Davitt Mr. Heaiv moved an amend- ment that Mr Sexton be urged t. re-consider his refusal. This was seconded bv Mr. Knox, but rejected by 37 to 25.—Mr. Dillon's election- was then affirmed by 38 to 21 votes. C LOGUE AND MR. SEXTON. Cardinal Logue, Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland. re?»h ing at Armagh on Tuesday to a.n address presented to him on his return from Rome, said he believed that the loss of foreign interest in Irish affairs had been caused by splits and quarrels among the Nationalist party. When passing through London a day or two "uice he sent for Mr. Sexton in the hope of persuading him to accept the chairmanship of the Parliamentary party, but. he did not see him. Had he accepted he world have received the support of a united Irish party, which, despite the Government majority, would secure concessions w-hWi could not fad to pave the way to Home lluie.

AFFAIRS IN TURKEY. AN EX MINISTER. SENTENCED TO DEATH. A Central News Constantinople telegram says:—Mourad Bt v, th" Imperial Ottoman Commissioner of Public n"bt, who is now a fugitive in Egvpt, whence he is issuing dia- tribes against the Sultan, has been found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death. Con- siderable resentment is felt here over this epi- } sode. as it is contended in official circles that Mojrad, who originally ca-rne from Russian Daghes'an. really sought refuge in Ccni-taii- tinople and received ipeoitv marks of the Sul- tan's favour, which he thus re-pays. The authorities assert, however, he ba-, 110 sub- stantial following. The storv that Izzet Pii^ha, ex-Master of the Horse, dis- appeared three days after his landing in Tri- poll, to which he had been exiled, wholly u;¡.t.¡-ae, ir;R em 'ch as the Paiha is iti'.l heix= under arrest.

ARMENIAN HORRORS. j THE PUHTE AND THE AM ERIC \N MISSIONARY. A Renter's Constant inople telegram on Tuesday says —Miss Ci.ra Bailor,, a member of the Armenian Red Cross Society, has arrived here in order to organise relitf fur the destitute people in Anatolia. It has been decided that Mr. Knapp, the American mis- sionary, is to come wit a hi? family to Con- stant'iuople, where he will be examined hv Mr. Terrell, the United States Murist-sr, re- garding the charge brought against him by the Turkish authorities at Bit-Its of having fomented disorder there. Tn-; surrender of arms by the Zeitunli? was (ss-fcisfactoKly aoeomplielieci on Tuesday, and passed off without inoidard..

1" -.1 l1li4:. t THE NORTH POLE. DR. HANSEN'S DISCOVERY. I A Routers tolagTam from Christian la say.s: —Dr. Nan-sen's secretary, replying in the "Morgenb3adet" to the statements made by Baron Nordenskjoid, ->ays thu-t it is quits posbicle that Dr. Nans "-a got as far as the eighty-tifth degree northern latitude with hi" ship, and that he reached the North Pole from than point by sledge. Everything depended upon whether the condition of the ice in th^se I regions in 1833. was fa.vourll.b1?, That thi, was | tbe case was proved by reports received that no ico had been met with n{- "be eeventy-ninth j degree on September 2', 1395, by which date it was c ii*« !>;ssible Dr. Naiuen had reached the eighty-fifth degree. The writer aanfirms I the supposition by poinnng cut the rapidity with which the Lookwc-od and Payer expedi- tions advanced I

H- A MOUNTAIN IN MOTION, 1 An ex*r;lf>rdmiry landslip has ooocrred at j th, b'-u-e Cl thc T:nunt:.llU kr.owj< all tha i (.-ci.tiie, fl'xe to the town of Grand Comb- I A long and deep cut-ting baa recently been j made along the bottom of one side of the mountain. This has aoparertiy disturbsd the pupennetimi^ent ma-s, for the whole side 1, of tLa mouiitain h sbovly settling down in the direction of th > railway. At- pr^ei.-s an enormous mass, Animated at ten million cubic metres, ia moving at the rate of fifteen inches ner day. The consequences will be terrible if the movement continue*. A coal mine with several shafts ,'s at the foot of w.-» mountain.. The iran pipw conveying water from the River Levads to the town are alre^lv broken, and ibi' river Melf has been par- r diverted from its —i'=r. No trains are allowed to *iiiw the cutting. j

I "T A 0-6 I FURNITURE. I NO JBETTER "V jAXJXTE IN THE TRADE. ¡ INSPECTION INVITED. DT PORTLAND BUILDINGS, I I, 2, 3 & 4, PORTLAND-STREET. SWANSEA,

MINERS' EIGHT HOURS. SOUTH WALES DEPUTATION TO TIIiu HOME SECRKTAKY. The Home Secretary (Sir M. White Ridley), who was acccmpinitd. by .dr. •Jessie Collings, M.P. (tl>e Parliamentarv Under Secretary ot State), recened in one cf the committee- rooms of the House of Commons on Tuesday r light a deputation from fhe miners of Mer- thvr and Aberdare, who cam" to urge reasons against the b:vnk-to-ban.k princiyie iu the M iners' Eight Hour-j Bill. Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., in introducing the deputation, said he believed the deputation represented the views hrld by a vcvv proportion, and prcbablv even by a major.ty, of the miners of South Wales and Monmouth- shire. They b lieved that one inevitable re- sult cf Mr. "Pickard's Eight Hours Bill, as- it now stood, would be the adoption of the double shitt in South Wales, a. system wliich was abhorred by all in that part of the country. The deputation, and those whom they repre- sented. believed that the bank-to-bank system would be disartrcus in Scuth Wale-, and they would rather have no legislation than! see the Bill passed ir, its present form. The advo- cates of the bank-io-bi--ik system bad newer 3'et accepted the e1 Ji-.nge to take fairly a secret ballot of the adult miners concerned, and J:i; value of some paitial votes that they bed lal-om was diminished by boys and surface- men. who were not concerned, being allowed to share in the vote. Even under these con- ditions, a re-'eiit vote in the ilhond la Valley did not at all bear out the pret?nc» that the majority of th. colliers in South Wales were in favour of the bank-to-bank pri^cipV If the double- shift, were introduced in oeder to avoid serious TOdrieiiona of output, tb:re would be little or no time to cool the mines or water the roads—au important mai'f-r where many of the: nits were so dangerous and fit-ry as m South \Vd(' /vlcierman David Merman (miner«' agent) said the depiitatio-, claimed truly to r.j ore •Tt at least 12,000 men, whereas the advo- cates of the b rk-to-bank system. vho. claimed to represent- 60.000 out of the 120,COO miners in Sc-u'fi W ides, had not really tested jT.dividually mora -fhan 15,000 men. If the curse- of the double sh ft wa-s introduced in South Wale* serious explosions in ihac coal- field would increase. Tdr. Phelps (A'oerd.are) ndvoenied th;e -vst^ni of lo-al option in the maber, as South W&ie-. required exceptional treaiment. Councillor Thcnas Thorn." => (Aberda-rel took R similar v>w. and c^rite> ded thai 'lie Bill ;1 it stood would seriously affect the wage* of the o-kcrs. Mr. John Da vies, of H:rwain. and Council lor doh.o Evans, of Merthyr, having #pokcu u a similar sense. The lionie Secretary ranked. The risrht hou. cc-ntlema-n said tlv-. deputation had brought before h m in an unmistakable manner some of thoe practical diffiouities in the way uf the par- ticular Dill which a different deputation had advocated some days ago. Theie was great difficulty in the way of leaislating at tdl in the directionj>f limiting adult hours of labour. He was not personally very favourably dis-osed F' tVa'-ds legislation with that view. Although he did not pie dee himself or declare himself n;- capable of cc-uv.iction, his predilections were more in accord v kh tho-e among vhc-in he lived, the miners of Northumberland and Durham, who olr'-eted to legislative enactment? to limit working hour?. An wid-ed to see working hours kept within reasonable limits, but the present deputation materially differed from Ja«d week's deputatnon, objectimtr to the bank-to-lwnk system, which was a vital prin- ciple of Mr. Pirkard's B-'ll. The present (impu- tation believed that that Bill by reduc'mr work- i.riT hour' to su'h an extent as hours m South '("'11", v, culd br«"n<T alwit a double shift, which they regarded as a dangerous and rj method of working, especially in South W;de«. Thoy had given lam s+vang, practical objecticm= to the Bill, and also reason? aeain-t the Government introducing any Bill on the suh-ect until the miners themselves were more agreed. As there were difference* of ooLnion on tlm subject on both sides of the House, and even among the members of the Government, he had already indicated that. the House would probeibiy be left to decide tie auesticn. Tt bad not been shown that explo- srons were due to long working hours, or that- ahorter working hour* would make mining more safe. T}.j.. deputation- thought the principle of local option might be introduced, but the promoters o' the measure had said they would rikher have no Bill at all than one with local option. However much disposed to hasten the time when, within reasonable limit*, there J11iO'ht. be shorter hours of work without, unduly dimu irhing the output or seriously diminish- ing the wages, it would require good deal "f pr«>ot to satidV him that legislation in that direction was at ru-e^ent cv.-lled for with. snr>b universality of fee'ing or such conviction behind it a~ would justify Darliameut in passing the BilL He wa? obliged f-T the expression nf 'be vicv.= ami excerience of tha which would materially a^iwt him in forming a. judgment on this most inipor- ta-nt. qi-eytion. interview than Cl)l'r'1.(1. h 1040-

SHIPPING DISASTERS. CARDIFF STEAMER IN COLLISION. Tin steamer Boileau, belonging to Messrs. T Gu.-ret and Co., Cardiff, has just- arrived at Barry Dock, whme the master reported having bteu in collision with a Cardiff pilot cutter off Trevose Head on the 14-th mst., but, for- tunately. neither the cutter nor tee steamer WAS seriously .damaged. CARDIFF SM.'CK SUX?. The ketch Perseverance, of Cardiff, struck the Crcii Sands, off Yarmouth, during hazy wttin'ther, oa Tuesday morning, and suo^e quentlv foundered. Tbo crew, who took, to nteir boat, were pickid up and taken V) Yajr- mouth. it i-i [ CA SUALTIES. (Lloyd's Telegrams.) A Gibraltar telegra-ru .«ayg:—The Pritkh sieamship Amarapcora, from Ancwerp ior China, encountered very heavy we„t"ner on February 16 off FinisUT-e. She had one boat carried away and ventilator- and deck steam pipe damaged. The- .-t'.mner Aswantv arrived at Philadel- phia on the 17th with steering g .vtr much damaged, rudder disabled, pintels and gud- geons gone. She requires to go in dry dock ior survey. The Norwegian s'eamer Franco, which went ashore at Havre, hoc been li roed t-be enters J¡ar1-nur fer repairs. The fchoonei- Jules, for Sundealand, from A rbroaih, with caais, went ashore ciuring a {r,g tt Carrends Reeks she is filled with water, md will probably be a to1-id wreck. The crew aaj S<).v.d,

PROSECUTION OF MINERS 1 NEARLY *00 DEFENDAJfTS. At South Snields on Tuesday 392 miners irom Baldoa Colliery were charged with absenting themselves from work 'without leave, it appears that a, diRputp has existed )1 et the colliery for some time past, widen had culminated in the men leaving work, thair ra-rks being joined by the Whitbum miners, increasing the number to 2,OOO.Of tbc"L- snnwnoned, 250 consented each to Day 5s. fine and cosis. The other summonses were wit hdi awn.

L1 SUDDEN DEATH AT A BERD ARE. On Tuesday movning the wife of Mr. Thomas Griffiths, Montague-terraoe, Aberdare. and who is employed at the Cumbrian Lamp Works, wo>io on a visit to he- sister at Robertstowu, and shortly aftsr her a-rival was seized with a fit, and died almost instantly. The deceased was tbo third daughter (-; Alderman David Morgan, miners' agent, and always presented K very healthy aopeitrance. She bad beer. married amy about, a year, and leaves f.a iniiEiit child.

SIR JOSEPH BARNBY'S SUCCESSOR. We understand (y??,yd the :Daily Chronicle") I that the eommitb-e of the Guildhall .School, of Music decided OIl Monday to lecqznmead to the Court of Common Council that a prinonai be sdvei-ti -d for pt a of £1.000 The | late Sir Joseph Bamby'-s ealfT on oonimenciny tus duues iu 1802 was only £ 800.

t A FATHER AND HIS SONS I AT COWBRIDGE. j THE ALLEGED SHEEP STEALING- r The Cow bridge Dis'irict Police-court AN-as again crowded ell Tuesday mcumiog, when the charge of sheep stealing preferred by Mr. David Thomas, farmer, of Llanicaes. against Ins t-iirea aous, John, Edwin, and Y\ imam, was caPed on. It wnl lx, remembered that- a fort- night ago at th.e first hearing Mr. Thomas, the prosecutor, esptiawed, through bis soiici- tor, Mr. Miles, bis desire that the charge tor, Mr. Miles, his desire that the charge should be withdrawn, but the bench were of opinion that, ihey could not consent (to such a step without iirss communicating' with the Public Prosecutor. This in the rneawtime had been done, and, when the three defendants stepped into the dock on Tuesday morning, Mr. Miles stated Hue Mr. Thomas was stiil desirous th:t the ch -rgs should not be pro- ceeded with, seeing that he had no evi lence to offer.—The Public Prci-ecutor, the clerk mentioned* wished to take no action in the mutter, and thereupon the Bench immediately I allowed the case to be withdrawn, Colorel Tyler, thau-nan. observing that it was most irregular 'bat a father should bring a criminal charge of ,'uch a nature age. inst his sons and-then draw out of it. It was very singular t¡h:t the father bod not put in an appearance at the court at eiifr-r hearing to substantiate bis charge. The e?v.e wfmId, therefore, be dismissed, the prosecutor pav-nj costs.—The interest evinced bv the crowded court in the foregoing proceeding was fully sustained durlgg the hearing cf vie next case, which was a summons against John Thomas— one of the heroes of the alAged sheep-'teahng -t-o show cause whv he shored not contribute towards the support of the ilWgiHtna+e child of M«rv Gwendio'ino Mcrp-a.n, of TJanmaes. Mr. S. H. Stockwocd, Rolieitor, Bridgend, ap- pear' "or the ph'iiitifr, and Thomas ws* reo.'3- sented bv County-councillor T. ,T. TT^jrhos. c' Bridgend.—At the outset Mr. Sto: kwoorl applird for a remand of the proc-oedkngs for a fortnight on the grounds that his client was absent.—Mr. Hughes oojected to the appli- cation. saving h. wsu» prepaned to put- the defendant into the box. He further a^kod for a. dismiViwd, and tb" IVsneh, acceding to his request, struck out- 'fie summons.

-æ.- A TEF.TOT L 3I VG'STILATE ON DANCING. MORAL ASPECT OF THE ABERDARE TR \DESMEN S BALL. Tliere is c'oom in the h??-t of Mr. D. E, Wnliams. J.P., Hirwain. Mr. Williams has been telling a tee .perance meeting at the local Methodist- Oh ape i that he has been a total abstailner for 56 years, and that, a-s a justice cf the peace, he was always opposed to exten- sions of time to publicans and to granting occasional licences for buildings in the neighbourhood of licensed houses. The other day. he went on. an application was made for an. occasional licence for the tr"de?men'« annuaj ball at Aberdare. Tliere were six justices present, and permiss''oi was given to sell spirituous liquors fro™ eight o'clock in the evening until four o'clock next morning. He thought it was a morally wrong thing for Christian people, some of them Noncon- formist dea-cons. to (h. Had thev been mem- bers of the Church of England he would not be io much surprised, for Church people had no merino of discipline, but Noaco\?ot*iii!STS were different. Fancy p&.rent* and their children in a place of that kind all m'frht. when thev should have be'n at their homes and in their beds. Some of those deacons on the coming Sunday would be carrying the breari' and wine about- the chapels to com- memorate the death of the Saviour, Who d'd so much self-sacrifice for the s-ood of :¡ 11. He could onlv deplore bow unlike the Master thee people were, and. his heart was sore in reading of the ball.

INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION. THE UNIVERSTTY SCHEME. At the meeting or tfm oo;roi-i" ■ rTpy^yp. ine body at the Shire-ha.il,Haverfordwest, on Tttsadav aft^moon, Mr. Lew;s ,Iame« presided, Wo-h regard to Mr. A. C. Humphreys Owen's rcu'ar and Mr. Virismu Jcnee' scheme as opposed to the central board scheme, the feel- ing cf the governor* W&ó! rather in favour of the central board scheme +' on the university scheme. The following five gentlemen w.*re de. egate^ to attend the <>or.fprpnee to be held at Shrewsbury on Friday, the ')?th of March The Von. Archdesoon Hilbers. tih. Rev. Wm. Evanf. M.A.. Mr. Tew s James. Mr. \v. S. de Winton. and Dr. Will'ams.—Mr r. W. R. Stokes attended on hph"!1.1. cr the Tenbv School inariairers. asking thnt. B400 be borrowed for tll- schools and 3800 for the h0""P. The troverrors agreed to communicate Wdl the Charity Commission on the subject.

AN ADMIRAL'S ADVENTURE. HOW HE FATLED TO DINE WITH THE QUEEN. Tec Fre-s A.o-'C'iaf.'on Por'-n^cndi oeiu .isy?:—.Much alarm w.-s felc- ou Tuesday morning for the safety of Reir-adrairal Fuilor- ton. aide-de-camp to the Q1.1e40n, who left Ports- mouth In 6.30 on Monday evening to dine with and should have arrived at Cowes at 7.30. Dinner time, however, arrived v. th- ou t the admiral. The Queen V»legraphcd for intelligence, and a reply was sent that'Admiral Pullerton had left Portsmouth at the .me arranged. Several other telegrams passed, and so much alarm was felt that picket boats were sent out by the Victoria and Albert and the Naval Depot at; Portsmouth to search the Solent from Spniiead. to Cowes. They remained ou" until threo o'clock on Tuesday morning, md then reported they had failed to find ihe admiral. Into on Tuesday it was discovered that he reached Osborne shortly before midni ght. It appears that the machinery of hi- pinnace broste down, and that the craft was drifting helplessly bswards *hc Channel wh" a barge, bound for Southampton, cam# in siglr. and towed tbo yui- iiaoe t0 Cowes.

MR. FFRANGCON DAVIES AND HIS AGENT. ACTION FORTCOMMISSION. The hearing of 'he action brought by Mr. Heeiev, inusicf.l egcnt, against. Mr. Ffrangeon Davies, the singer, for allege- breach of con- tract, ivas ritfuii-ed en Tuc.-dry.—Defendan-t gave evidence that for th-ee years, during which plaintiff acted for him, his takings were £ 1,975. and there was no friction until 13J4-, when witness had to complain of th?* name not beinsr given due prominence in count -v ergrge- niients. The complaints as to witness's temjier v.-ero unfounded.—Cro<»s-examined, wit.r.ee^ Raid it was mo-nstrous that he should lie ..died upon to pay 10 per cent, on bo:)"in751 not made bv plaintiff. But. if hi, contract was to that effect, he was prepared to abide by it. Judg- ment wr« given for Mr. Dav:p>s 'the defendant), his counter-claim, however, being dismissed at the jame time.

n- ¡ STRIKES AND EOCK OCRS. ROARD OF TRADE FIGURES. A Blue Pook was is?ue+i ou Tuesday m^tn- i:-tg cont#iinuig th" sevt.nth annual report by Tvlr. Burnett, tihe chief labour correspoiident of the Board of Trade, with regard to the "trlke8 and look-outs of 18S4-.—Mr. Llewellyn j Smith, Commissioner for Labour, m calling attention lo the report-, refer • to the evidence supplied of the greatly diininkhed intensity of labour disputes in 1894- an couiparetl with the two prewouj v-ears. Although, be say.s, doubt- j less partly owing to the improved machinery of the department, a larger number of ovt- breaks are recorded, the aggregate r.urrlx-r of ¡: workm days lo«t f.hiouch disjiutet* were le-os than onc-thirtl of that for 1593. aud no* lauch iuore th3,D. IwJi ot tar 1"°°

SHIPPING NEWS. SIGNALLED OFF THE LIZARD. Feb 18.—Passed East: Steamers, a Faip* liHer: Diamani, from New York for Flushing* Bangorth, of Liverpool; Honry Fisher, Newcastle; Torbrvan, of Teignmouth Passe" Wftt: Steamers Lavinia,. of Dublin: viethoo, of St.. Ives; tiireo torpedo bof.1$; Persia, from Hamburg for New York; heiiii, cf Hamburg.—Wind, S.E., i~Gsb weather, showery, vary hazy; sea, bur., 50-01, fading. SIGNALLED OFF THE MUMBLES- Feb. 18.—Wind, E S.E., fresh: weather. and thick haze; sea. smooth.—Fussed Steamer St. Hilda, of Glasgow. Fa-ssed \Ÿ,# of Steamers il C- T- of Newport-; Dudoon, Whuby. SWANSEA.—ARRIVALS. jroliTH I'CtCK. vøP" Feb. 17-Fxpr.M. 40. Watehet-, general. dour, 62. Plymouth, rol. Camdcf., s SIS, iron nyri'-ce. Feb. 1C. —'Honor. <2 AbertTiaw, limestone. snaw, 3. 50, London, via C^raiff, gtuer.il. BohaJ^r 9&: Cannes, pitwood. Virrorti, S3, Bc-n<T, cats. S*" KlIJa, s, 192. Dublin, ml. PBIXCE OF WALES DOCK.. M Fob 17.—S,-ah .To'.t tie, tug, 76, Ostend, entered w tow cut W;¡¡dm Toil. S.-MLINCS. KOiiTII DOCK. Feb. 1? —Vormai.d, s 0>o 'jruclivV Moriai*. Fch. 3". — Pioneer (Binrfimr). S'eath. Caro"?7 "v Bi'?"~or(j. \i y .fames (Wa-rreu). Electric (Mitchell), Peervn. ?0UTH POCTv Ff.-b. 17 —Chnstina,, s 'Davev) Viaterfrtrf!. He"r? s <>'• I. '•4- BrifH. Feh. 18. —M- s (Ga.lbrai.ds'f.1, poJ RocrnU sen), Grinvi^e, PRTN.i?" FE;, 18— Aid- • EN'TFRI" San Dowiiitii' Gen, a. Lechorn. ar Jamictjon, 916 Uer, CTF.ARUi. T-. Trppprt. rnw-i- ..ii Eiibio. Z.'t;amb i. Genca autl l.egh ru 600 i-onoj-a-i Hnrnhnri;, Ardrhi Iteport, W nr Hue Ira, e^mdei Cominerciale IMPORTS Louder, &c,. Be", ,h-' Aberthaw, Honor. 7* t-r .< Ccmpiiny Liverpool,"8m»lif^ a, -va, r. Banff, Victoria, 150 mv- Joi>» l> Watflut, Expree«, r^ • Biisloi, via tUw-m EXPORTIi v Boscastle, Purveyor ,k. Sens Liverpool, Sunlight ii, g^r-*n>l. Jr-bi MmchesU r, RilVici "T" i and Co.; 10 c *v. »: XPV.TV, Barnhjw, a f Brstol, Collier, r. Belfast, St. Kild*, P eVnway. Wtch W th P Coliieiy Oornp iiy NEATH AND J AKiClVAL- Feb. 17.—Ti-abeliu, n, 3" Florfuoi- Pefcherift, S2 Jfr Feh. 1?—Havle. i. >os 76, Swan«>tt, b* 't, ballaut. Pioneer, F..t.. 17,T:}1I y. ."H>. 13.— bmf (Campbell), Dub-in. OI.T, -»P10. -Ww; IS. Dieppe, IsabelJe, « Ð, 670 ooii PORT T.\LBOT.—a RHIvALS. Feb. 16.-Stuc!-y 7,2, Fisfiipr, e. l&i, Lit -Uv. har v;. Feb. 17.—Accr. "f. ?<y~ Wa-ter Bihhv, .In.■ T. Feb. Frh. 18 —Lough S i I.aryy T^v.. 3 (Cock), Bude. iMPonra-r^-rsVv 11. HuelvB, Accretive i D:flJ;£, :I- Tinto Company

TR ADxJ ii i • R'i.'S '1 *U' •. v •• There hiv^ been •» iron wail-ant iiu.rn off a shad? lowo. shipments, borough, adds firm is no sign of wo iron trade. The sustained, nnd fi cipnted from the also requiren. to give a great ir.. steel trade, as the evitable to the shipments of tin-piuc-cr- the. statement be.ow, I point, and, as far a° x,i:. is no immecl ate o' C^j-t, with the presen' c or ij. clearly unable to ■* clearly unable to ■* other countries, T'o bring back t; have already lost • •. u,ue 0) õ"e keenest competition in reduced value. reports obtained to-day show that, a ft'r:^ stoppage of works has taken place, find if negotiations th.nt are now pending for the r0" duct ion in wio.-es fall through a further t on of work will, unrjuesuona-bly, follow. "L lesser production of tin-plates lias reduced consumption of block tin, and again the Pr!' is easier. A further advance of nearly 30? Pr ton has taken place in ccpp«:r. The coal remains depressed and unaltered. j, Pig Iron. Glasgow warrants. 47s Sjd. c buyers; Middlesborough No. 3, 38s 4d. proWP^ other riuiibers in proportion hematite _;f!)'. ranis, 4Ss 9d for mixed numbers, f.o.b. berland accr-rding to brand M'.ddic.sbcroU!?_ hematite. 46s 6d; Welsh bars. £ 5 £ ? to £ 5 angles, &c.. at sua1 extras, f o.t.. at work'?- Sheet iron, £ 6 12s 6d to £ 6 15s f.o.t., a works. -Steel V. ill- .-TT.uw £ 10s to 1£4 15. light ditto. £ 4 17s bel to C5 59. sleepers, angles, channel?, &e.. according section and specification. St»el sheets. £ 6 l?s 6d to £ 6 17s 6d, with te" usual "xtras for the higher srauges. Bessemer Steel.—Tin-plate bars. £ 3 l?s Siemens Tin-plfttf. Bars.—Best. £ 3 18s. -*■ delivered in the district, net cash. er Tin-plates.—Makers' quotations for JIa, steel coke, 9s 1 id to 5s 3<1; Siemens i^ tinishl. 9- 3d to 6d: femes, per do"b-^ box. 28 bv 20 C. 17s bd 1S= 6d. to 22s 6d: charcoal. 12s 6d to 13s 6d, according to finish ° brand waiters. 00. to 1". per box :0<; primes: odd usn.nl fvtrr:.—all dehvrTe in Prince of Wales Dock. Swansea; ca«h- ^e: 3 end 1 per ^ent. Conper.—Cbii: bars. £ 45 Is 3d to Sl5 6« » B!ck tin. 60s lOd to 61«. Spelter, 515 ?•< 6d to £ 15 5s (per tel^a?p I received on 'Change). Lead.—Fn <7] ish. P, I I 10j 6d to €'1 13-s 6d, Spnn;-h, £11 7s 6-:1 to £11 10s. .AnthraCoal.—Be-t biir vein, selected mrltine purposes, lis to 12s: second (J1]1\ ditto, 10s to JO. 6d: c-rdmairv lartre. p'yyyr' to ci-alitv and selection, 0.1 to 9s 60 -1 rubblv eul-m. r«er ton. 3« 9~ to —all de- re r f.o.b. Swansea: ca»h in. 30 davs, le-s 2} cent.. Steam CooIj.T.i-5->. o; 5^ to 'O- ^V' second quality ditto, ?,- 91 to 9« 6d according to qua.l:tv, 7«> to Or: small. i" 2a 4s 6d per ton—delivered f.o.b Swansea ■ 30 dnvs. less 2-! per cert. B-tijTO"c 1 -i Cs'-als.—Ear?Nr>. 3 E1"1""J' 10s to 10s fid: through ccnCs. 3d to o1," 1 «mall. 6s 3d t» f,a 6d *ar»» fN<\ 2 F-hondos^ R: 9d to 9.3 fid: through ditto. 7<; to *?? b, ditto. 5s 6,1 < • /»a«li "0 davs loss rp- -j ryiw-Tw tv-ndry. f.tr^ l<s to 1?; fid per ton, f.o.b. Swansea: ^r<i 1 j d-i- less *->4 T>r la Patent fuel. 10" 3d to 1r." r"j. ,.pi ,i Iron Ores.—Ta'r.s, Pennon. • .« Co.L lis 7J»d T?ubjf».' lis 10fd to V*T e.r ^b'ip; c<i'jb 30 de-^o. j Pit wood. 1.7a to 17s 3d ;r.er ton into truC^' iJ net cash 30 oars. Primed and Pub't!s:'a<i for the Proprietors <II;' n.\ !)A :It tlie Offices aies i..o j i'asi,ill, Swansea.

ENGLAND AND THE STATES j PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL BOAR!) OF ARBITRATION. I A Dalziel's telegram from New York en Tuesday says:—'ihe tirst decided step toward* tiie establishment of an Intrnational Board 01' Arbitration to settle disputes between. Great Britain and the United States was taken this afternoon, "when a meeting of forty of the most prominent nlen in New York was held to formulate a plan for calling a National Con- ference at Washington r.nd bringing pressure to bear on Cong-ess with a view >J establish a permanent Commission, to whu1I1 n'l di-- putCi between Great Britain and the United States could be referred. PROPOSED NEW JOINT COMMISSION. The New York corrcspondeii: of the "Times," telegraphing on Monday from Waiiiing+on, sketches a plan for the settle- ment of the Venezuelan difficulty which, he says, would be accepted by the United States Government, or proposed by it if there were reasons to believe that it would be accepted by the British Government. The plan is for the creation of a new joint Commission, cor- sisting of two Englishmen and two Americans. to ascertain facts and report to both Governments. If a majority of the Commis- sioners could not agree on a report", fifth membar, a neutral, might be called In the findings of the Commission on matters of fact to be binding on both Governments and to serve as a basis for subsequent negotiations between all patties corce-ned. Should negotia- tions fail, there is to ba an ultimate arbitra- tion.