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I f^S OF MONEY-LENDERS. ^ITNESS BEFOEE THE COM- **TTEE CREATES A SCENE. ^SFIES TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN HIS OWN WAY. Pottle Select Committee of tho House of v^buf118 ^'pointed, at the instance ot Mr. Ney.fh',to inquire into tlie abuses of tlie lei«iing system continued its invesuga 11 -tutsaay morning at tne iiuuee ui Mr. 1. liu^eii presided. Hq '• Canisis, J.1J., solicitor, ot Hastings, pot j.48 tiie lirst witness, said he was m i *ch ^asti;i £ s- in 1891 he was consulted nt' slliee uead, named i'mlay, wlio iri- Jiftt (1f *illu that in -November, lbyO, being m # aPn Lum £ ^0 for a particular purpose, "kuj. .led to the fcouthern (Jounaes JJeposit vkiniitedj for that amount.—The Uliair- 8 ttiat lvirkwood?—Witness: Yes—The H ^8 "ubsequeutiy advanced the amou-it akfca'ity a promissory note for £ 450, ia monthly instalments of £ 19 eacn i^th day ot each moiitli. That worKed ^-Os. for principal and £ 6 lUs. lor Ir t*fo Ir'°nth. Witness read the terms of ^issory note, and went on to say that informed lnm that he had written. v'W the money lenders, I lier^Dy that before signing the note for £ 456 read the same, and fully understand its ■Jlta His cdent had informed him that, hording of the promissory note, he 2 V^uerstand that, on fanure to pay any mstalments on the dav appointed, the °f the balance would bccome due, J* Hny explanation given of the fact that »5* "'nding himself to pay ^d- in the Is. as default interest if he got into 5? iua+V\th "s instalments- The borrower paid k1 tki ents- The seventh, which was duo 3 ^3th of the month, he wired on the lStii, 3ita, W;'S lefused, and the full amount of the iu1 to interest owing was claimed in addi- ^H, being 5 per tent, per week default fScV 0r afc t^i0 late °f 216 Per cent. Wit- tho negotiations which took place ^ate and his attempt to settle the fc^W ^0r a lump sum. After many letters « •etH00^ Maimed £ 840 15s., but was induced $ £ Wor —'i^le Chairman: VTou settled having been paid in instal- J c Pa^ altogether £ 714. The amount > was £300, leaving £414- for interest 6uin ^or one y ear aud 103 daye. Com- y 011 the case, witness said he considered v'tlj |»e Use of the word "bank" in connection cases was moet misleadmg.—By Mr. aS° bis client was 63.—Did ask nim to borrow, or did he seek I should think he sought Kirk- /J? consequence of advertisements he had Ile of the Southern Counties Deixjsit u Vertisements was as follows—To lend, sr'> in ^'l8ru Counties Deposit Bank (Limi- of £ 10 to £ 500, on note of hand I v*ftCcrJ^ a few hours' notice, in any part of Circle ancl t° classes of borrowers, re- ljW| °y easy instalments. No sureties re- » no good application is ever refused. k*8 BjJ^nicatione strictly private. This bank incorporated under Act of Par- t a^vance n.oney at a low rate of 'LL Tespectable persons, and the public Vr* against having anything to do with ig | and money-lenders, whose only Bit tLn u °btain fees. If desired, an official will attend at the applicant's cash, and carry out the according to appointment by letter or ilius avoiding any delay. Apply, Bf, j^ally or by letter, to the manager, Mr. ■fit* <footiinan' Ship-street, Brighton, or ■fc>> tklward Martin, rent and debt collector, ^KgT I1. A. Sergeant, solicitor, practising at gave details of the case of a client ■|7.«arrett, who had had money transactions £ > Southern Counties Deposit Banii..V. Bpote was advanced, with £ 9 interest. The Wa8 two days late in paying one of his F7JUenu6zi'8,' and the bank sent back the money. iJi 4%r011^ y their clerk called, and required LoS^^o^1"0111'880^ •note ^or —that was to hjpilt, 'tier £ 9 for interest. There were subse- .ratlsacticnj. and ultimately the bank a bill of «&le from the borrower, and fQ*t e a seizure of his goods. An action was ? thJ*ainst the bank for fraud, and just be- t0ase came on in the civil court the bank v^t r .°r £ 105, withdrawing the claim. Point the Chiiirman said: In the pro. Stings T stnted that T had V *tttn ?• 'etter from a Scotch solicitor directing A n °f the Committee to a case heard 0lIrt °f Session in regard to summary jS?!lved newspapers have ?ot it that if ■VH a letter from the Lord President and n°t what I said. It was from a Scotch Trt af Pot from the Lord President of the 'likf* J ^^ion iu ? Forbes, who was tho next witness, 0details of a transaction with the Mh. 11 ^0unties Bank. He had applied for jjtf.4jQ° t £ 20-. ^ut was persuaded to take one Ki1 w signed a document. m art f HK6, i not made known to him at the of g^j^hich was afterwards found to be a gal Kirkwood was the next witness | I^L^Uo the chairman. He said he resided l^Soj j> but carried on business in Brighton, SlJi itfit, .011' Leicester, and Ipswich. tQSSg (r's'n £ ): Before I am examined, I 1% ^'nnan: You will have a full oppor- I'wW your statement. q!3 I will not be gagged. Ku "Airman You must not say that. You a Committee of the House of :rI v°lunteered to come here as a wii- Ra^ed I had not, I could not have been ■ ffje Qf". rVli^e89lrinan: your seat. |g^y, I want to know whether I am privi- a w'tness before your Committee, J j/e attacks of outsiders in respect of any- E e 0?aY have to say. 'U rman: Yes, you are perfectly privi. you may have to say. »hj I may have to say something very L A^g. 1tVft»n?aa: ^*ou have every oppor. (■ W^UfjeB Sa>"ing what you desire to say. to (rising): I take your word that I am to j? told to go after questions have been ?• I come here to make a full state- L > £ {s%. 51 to give full information to the Coin- loha. er t aIrman: Please resume your seat and questions I shall put to you, if you BL** itjja b^S^I^will do so with the greatest willing. HHjfoyd: This gentleman seems to think e v°lunteered to come here he can do as Not at all. I ask the privilege. 'Sfc91* itl • Cecil Rhodes in the South of giving my evidence in my Unless I thought I could do that I I a. avo come. I will not give evidence KV,1 to do it in my cwn way. ^tness admitted that he had l>een Hw? at J?„ I\ the Midland Credit and Deposit Fjh&k' (h„^ie-f°rd, with the Sheflield Deposit R"HK LLR> A J orlcshire Advance Bank, the Not- n_ v,ailce Bank, the K;;stern Advance S. Hatfield fnd Co. (Hatfield S. Hatfield fnd Co. (Hatfield I |3*W tbnT ? name of his manager), in Lon- Mw Sr t? n ail<i Countie-s' Deposit Bank, b,'»inJ.U n Counties' Bai:k at Brighton. Brighton. Briftol. and Leicester -IV it \f011 kjr a limited liability company. v ^^ioh^ ^urne<i into the Provincial Union rJVi; j carT"ied on on his own account. Stf*iK«lpnt v y°u lend?—To members of B^ir^tes !}ronfts. Metropolitan Police-court iue'n oarristers, solicitors, clergymen, Ciove naval and military officers, post- mitie nrnenoffic ials, merchants, ladies l2^prs private means, tradesmen, tpa>T» ^-mar*y of whom I have had BjNh W;M? s' ari(l w'ho are perfectlv treatment- they receive law»V%i70u ever come into collision +hrv%. law has come into collision telk?* t«? ^aisPv!5^ i solicitors. Clients tell tlie •« inf_ ° ,s,. t° solicitors.—Have you ^'Ihsion with the law? If you sPecifie I will answer you.— jt1r fined by the courts' T lAih )Vas n,T1'mou»1y fined. The Board of ^Pointin ^"Hl of it, and dropped that bw?1^ J f' ^arrow) at once. All Yh^fc.^airiria« e-«-a up here against me. ^iu^lih dpo ^ou must treat tho Com- \r; ^cy- I the greatest possible respect; it but I am not a dog. I have not come here to be treated like a dog'. In reply to further examination, witness was ui.dersiood to admit the truth of the evidence given by the three previous witnesses. He, however, had not the papers relating to their cabcs with him. Since his notice to attend before the Committee ho had not had time to coilecithepapers. The Chairman: We will not go further into these cases. You must on Thursday (to-day) produce the napers bearing on the cases. Witness then read a statement (parts of wl.-ich the Chairman ordered to be struck out as irrelevant), in the course of which he stated that this Agitation against money-lenders had been got up by a syndicate, which was not un- represented on the Committee, Mid of whom the mouthpiece was Mr. Farrow. The proceedings were adjourned.

COURTING IN COURT. JOHN TRIES TO PATCH UP A Q/LTAJRKEL- John James Dennison, living out City-road way, put in an appearance at the Clerken well County-court on Tuesday. So did Mrs. Den- < nison. Some time ago the lady obtained judg- ment a,gainst John for H5 10s. for maintenance. and now John applied for a new trial on the ground that when the order was made he was •'unavoidably absent." John told all this at length to the court. and then, turning to his better half, said, persua- Nv Ta., eively .—"Now. Jane, dearest, if you will only come back I will forgive all." Jane (kindly, but firmly): No. John, I can- not do that. John (in a tone of mild warning): I have asked you twice before; this is the third and last time of asking. Jane (emphatically): No. John (to his honour): What shall I do, sir? Judge Meadows: I'm suie I don't know— try her again. John (to Jane): You have heard what the gentleman said. I have got a nice home all ready. Will you be mv dear 'ickle wifey once again? Don't say no, Jenny. But in spite of this touching appeal Jane again declared that she wouldn't. Judge (to Jane): It's a serious question—why don't you take time to consider it. Jane: I've been considering it for seventeen years, and I say lie is a bad man, and I won't have anything more to do with him. John (with rising wrath): But you want my money and now you shan't have it. Where were you on the night of the 12th ? Jane: You know where I was. Where were you on the night of the 20th, and where have you beer-, every night for the last month? John (to his honour): Now, I'll just tell you, sir. a little about this woman. Judge: I don't want to know. Jane: He is a wicked man, sir; lie is living with another woman. Judge: This is disgraceful. I will not sit here and listen to any more; stand d^wn, both of you. John (shouting): You're a. vile woman. The only thing I can do is to strike vou. Then, the law permitting, I shall get rid of you lor three months. The Usher: Silence! Judge (to the usher): Just remove these pec pie, officer. Before the officer could reach them Jane flew out of court, and John. snatching up his papers, tore after hex1, shouting threats all the while. Judge (with a sigh): The course of true love never did run smooth.

THE BROWN DIVORCE CASE. SUIT AGAINST ONE CO-HESPON. DENT DISMISSED. THE WIFE GRANTED A DECREE NISl^ The hearing cf the Brown divorce suits was resumed on Friday, when further evidence was taken on behalf of the husband's petition. Frances Beatley, chambermaid at the Mid- land Hotel. Birmingham, said that one night Mrs. Brown rang for hot water and re-locked the door. Witness suspected someone else was in the bedroom, and on going to Mr. Rum- bold's room found it empty. Subsequently Mrs. Brown came to the hotel, and asked wit- ness if she had seen anything wrong. Witness said "No," and Mrs. Brown replied, "Of course not." SLe gave witness 10s., and said, "Don't say T gave it you, or they will think c I have bribed you." Jessie Ellen Phipps, a nurse, said she had noticed that Mrs. Brown took too much wine. Witness narrated a conversation she had with Mrs. Brown when the latter was under medical treatment. Several witnesses were called to negative charges of cruelty and adultery brought against Mr. Brown by his wife. Mr. Charles Alfred Rumbold went in the box, and emphatically denied any misconduct with Mrs. Brown. Mr. H. P. Lyle, of Bath, said that on the night to which reference had been made, in relation to the visit to Birmingham, he sat up at the hotel with Mr. Rumbold, and saw him into his bedroom. The President (to Mr. Brown): If that is true it destroys the feeble remnants of your case. The jury stated they did not wish to hear more evidence. Mrs. Brown was then called, and denied that she had committed adultery with Mr. Rumbold or anyone. The President then dismissed the suit as against Mr. Rumbold. The remaining part of the case was adjourned The Brown divorce suit came before the President and a special jury on Saturday in the Divorce Division. On Friday the jury "stopped the case, and intimated that they were convinced Mr. Rumbold, the co-respondent mentioned in the husband's petition, had not committed adul- tery, and he was dismi^ed from the suit.—On Saturday morning counsel for Mr. Brown, the husband, stated that he proposed to leave the other part of the case in the hands of the jury without any further observation.—The jury then found that Mr. Osear Brown hud been guilty of orueltv and adultery, and thnt Mrs. Brown had net been guilty of adultery with Mr. Rumbold or any other person.-On thi.« the President granted Mrs. Brown a decree nisi for the dissolution of the marriage, and the hus- band's suit wag dismissed with costs. Mr. Rum. bold being also granted his costs. bold being also granted his costs.

IS BRITAIN DECLINING. The "Bristol Times and Mirror" is of the opinion that we are a declining race. It is hard t<. have to think eo, but fa-ts are stubborn things. The height of the Foot Guards is being reduced, and reduced owing to circumstances over which we have no control. In recruiting, as in everything else, the supply is not always equal to the demand, and the number of tall men in this country is, we regret to learn, rapidly diminishing. Anybody who keeps his eyes open while walking through the streets will be ready to admit that the allegation is only too true. If we were to conduct our re- cruiting in a spirit of 'contrariwise" we should find no difficulty in replenishing the battalions. The number of very short men in our midst is perfectly appalling. The "six-footers" or thereabouts are comparatively few and far between. Of course the popular conception of the Guards is that they are all young Anaks, or that they ought to he. We live and learn. Our soldiers are dwindling. We hope they will not dwindle too severely, or else the poor nursemaids will have nobody to love.

DANGERS OF ICE-CREAM. Dr. G. Danford Thomas held an inquest on Tuesday afternoon respecting the death of Emilv Sarah Josephine Leitch. aged eight years. The deceased, an orphan, lived with her aunt at 97. 'c Blundeil-street, Caledonian-road, who purchased for her niece on Sunday week a pennyworth of "hokey-pokey." It was sold by an itinerant vendor in the street. The deceased ate a portion of the sty if, aft'T which her aunt tasted it. and thought it was bad.—Dr. John Foster, who saw the deceased on Tuesday, found her very feverish. She expired on Friday, and a post-mortem examination showed that death was due to blood. 1 poisoning set up by some impurity in the compo. 1 sition.-The Coroner said he was informed by the police that they had been unable to trace the ] vendor in the present case.—The jury returned a ] verdict of death by misadventure, and added ( that in their opinion ice-cream vendors and their wares should be subjected to more strict super, vision. J

TWO WAREHOUSES GUTTED IN LIVERPOOL. Two cotton warehouse fires of a serious nature occurred in Liverpool on Tuesday night and 1 Wednesday morning. In one warehouse over < 1,200 bales were stored on the various floors, and tho place was gutted. The other ware- house was five storeys high, and the throe top floors were destroyed, the roof falling in. No estimate of the dnmage has been made, but it will run to several thousand pounds. The crisin of both fires is unknown.

LA2IBETII TRAGEDY. A SUICIDAL FATHER WHO ATTACKED HIS DAUGHTER. An inquiry was held on Friday at the Lambeth Coroner's-court with reference to the death of George Dick, aged 63 years, formerly a shop assistant, who committed suicide at 14, Aldebert-terrace, South Lambeth-road, on Wednesday, after attempting to murder his daughter by striking her on the head with a chopper. Miss Miriam Dick, the daughter referred to, stated that during the past twelve months she had been keeping bouse for her father, who suffered from heart disease and dropsy, and had consequently been unable to follow his occupation. She had two sisters, and they had all been supported by friends. In Decem- ber last her father was for five weeks an inmate of a hospital, and upon his discharge the nurse told her that he had taken to wandering at night-time, but was quite harmless, and with firm treatment would be all right. When he got home he would roam about the house at all hours of the night, and quite recently he had sat in the area until two o'clock in ;he morning thinking he was in a shop. He had never spoken of destroying his life, nor had te threatened witness. On Wednesday morning he had his breakfast as usual, and witness went out to seek a situation. At two o'clock, when she returned, the deceased was in *he sitting-room. She went downstairs to get some water, followed by her father, who, without saying a word, struck her on the head with ihe chopper (produced), which he had taken away from her a. week previous. The effect of trie blow was to wound and stun her. When she came to she saw the deceased in the kitchen with blood running from his neck, and the next moment he had rushed into the scullery and made a thrust at her throat with a razor. She warded off the blow, and was cut on the finger. Then lie fell down, and soon after- wards died. He laboured under extraordinary delusions with regard to his daughters, but they were utterly unfounded. Mrs. Sarah Williams, a lodger, spoke to hearing Miss Dick's screams, and on rushing downstairs finding both father and daughter covered with blood. By the Coroner: There was not the slightest ground for the man's delusions. I The Coroner said the deceased had left re- markable letter?, in which he attributed his deed to the conduct of his daughters. Were they not the writings of a madman they would be wicked in the extreme. After medical evidence the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity." ^i

A CANNIBALISM AT SEA. CAST AWAY SAILORS EAT A DEAD COMRADE. The Paris correspondent of the "Daily News" says:—The details now received about the loss of the French schooner Vaillant, of St. Malo, on the Banks of Newfoundland, make a terrible story. Only seven out of 70 men on board were picked up at sea, and five of these survivors are cruelly maimed On April 13. near mid- night, the Vaillant struck on an ice floe, which barely emerged and had not been seen. The ship was fast sinking. The crew lowered the boats, oonsisting of two launches and smaller craft, under great difficulties. Three of the small boats got adrift arad were lost, and one of the two large boats capsized. This brought on a. panic, and several men jumped overboard. At length 22 men were embarked on the re- maining long boat. The rest of the crew jumped into the small boats. The hurry and confusion were such that they forgot to take with them onrg and provisions. The Vaillant went down within ha.lf an hour after striking. One of the survivors, a sailor named Man- bt-che, had six other fishermen in his boat, their names being Le Boulanger, Agenais, Nouillon, Ciequet, Carre, and Dutheil. On the 13th and 14th the sea was very rough, and they were busy day and night baling out the water with their wooden pattens. As they had no oars, they drifted helplessly, and were unable to go to the resoue of one of their comrades, named Rabat, who waa clinging to a capsized beat. He was within eight or ten yards of them, and was drowned in trying to swim over to them. On the 15th they spoke another boat wilh five men. The captain of the Vaillant, who was among them, told them he was the last man on beard the ship. He had no time to take away previsions. On the same day Cicquet d;ed cf cdd and exhaustion. On the 16th Carre died. The survivors all agreed to cut strips of flesh off his body for food. On the 18th Dutheil died. The survivors, who were dying 01 tliirtt, cut out the heart and sucked the blood. A few hours after thia they descried a sail; their signals of distress were noticed by tho three-master Victor Eugene (Captain Eve), which landed the four survivors on April 27 at St. Pierre, Miquelon. One of them had both his legs frozen. The three others had only slight injuries Jrom frost-bite. Four more sailors of the Vaillant were picked up at sea three days later by the schooner Amedee (Cap- tain Fortin); they were Delarose, ( diet, Dagorne, and Tellier. Like their comrades, they had left the Vaillant without oars or pro- visions. They were eight days in the boat, and saw seventeen of their comrades die from cold, exhaustion, and thirst. The four survi. vors lived upon a dog and upon some pieces of ice they chipped off an iceberg. Nouillon died a.fter the amputation of both his log. Agenais had both his thighs amputated. Dagorne both legs, Tellier the right leg and left foot, Manbecbe and Lo Boulanger several toes. They are being nursed at the Military Hospital of St. Pierre.

LLANELLY BOY'S ESCAPADE. On Friday morning John Richards, a boy of twelve or thirtyn, employed at the South Wales Tin-plate Works, illanelly, as a post- boy, was sent from the works to the bank to cash two cheques, value JE20 and J310 respec- tively. Both cheques were duly handed over the counter at the bank, and thfe lad received their value in sovereigns. He did not return to the office, however, and has befcn missing ever since. The police were at once com- municated with, but all that they discovered was that the lad had left the town in the company of an older boy. Richards is describedbeing somewhat small for his age, with eyes" inclined to bte sore. One of his hands is somewhat peculiar, having live fingers and a thumb. APPREHENDED AT LLANDOVERY. A telegram was received by the Llandovery police about eight p.m. on Friday that two boys, named Richards, in the employ of the South Wales Tin-plate Works, Llanelly, and Rosser, an office boy in the office of the Great Mountain Colliery, Llanelly, had decamped from Llanelly with money to the value of £ 30, belonging to the South Wales Tin-plate Works, Llanelly. About 8.30 p.m. Police- constables T. Davies and Mitchelmore. having had a description of the boys, espied them walking down High-street, Llandovery, and "npreliended them. They took the boys to the police-station, and on searching thein found JB26 in gold, £3 8s. 6d. in silver, and 2s. lid. in copper, the total sum found on them amounting to JB29 lis. 5d.. thus leaving only 8s. 7d. missing from the original amount missed. On Saturday morning Detective Harries, of Llanelly, arrived at Llandovery, and took the prisoners to Llansilv. CHARGED WITH LARCENY. Before the Llanelly magistrates on Monday, John Richard, the lad who disappeared v.ith 030 belonging to his employers, Messrs. Mere- wood and Co., was brought p on a charge of laiceny. At his side in vhe ,lick was a. lad of abouL- his own age, who v.-as charged wlh aidi'i y and abetting. Mr. W. Hovdl appeared to defend both prisoners. The two boys, it appears, were apprehended at Llaiidjvt'v, wi;h £ 29 lis. 5d. in their posyesshn. 'v.ifas- hioned by the police-officer, they said they had been stent as far as Fontardulais by the cashier, Mr. Reade. That gentleman, however, deniad having done anything of the kind. All that [n; die1 was to tell Richards io .0 to tb b;tt>k, 3a«h the chequtes, and bring back the money. 'Ifter further evidence had been tendered, tiie it&e was adjourned until Wednesday, bcil being iccepted. The two boys were again brought up before the magistrates on Wednes- day.—UI finitely the Bench decided to deal with them under the First Offenders Act. and they were both bound over in the sum of £5 to ?omo up for judgment when called upon.

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SITUATION-IN THE &AST. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. THE DISTURBED STATE OF GREECE. A TURKISH COMPLICATION THREATENED. A Reuter's telegram from Constantinople on Friday says:—The Collective Note whicn the Ambassadors presented to the Porte in the namo of the Powers yesterday is couched in very severe terms, and insists upon the frontier line as traced by the military attaches. The Note. which also directs attention to the- unanimous determination of the Powers to bring about the prompt conclusion of peace, was the sequel to a recent Russian circular suggesting that some step should lie taken to secure a definitive conclusion of peace. The present document differs i from the preceding Notes in that ? is worded in very strong terms and is presented on behalf of the Powers. As, however, u<> d&te is iixed within which the Porte should effeefc the pro- posed settlement, and as nothing is mentioned as to the steps to be taken in the event of Turkey's refusal to yield, great doubt exists whether the Note will have the desired effect upon the Porte. A Reuter's telegram from Athens on' Friday j says :—According to information from Co.i-tan- tinople, the Ambassadors are still discussing with the Porte the question of the rectification of the frontier. Turkey, it is stated, is endeavouring to retain about half of Thessaly, notwithstanding the energetic protests of the Ambassadors. The question of indemnity will come up afterwards. On this point also diffi- culties are sure to be encountered in regard to the method of payment. The King and members of the Royal Family have sent telegrams to their relatives urging the conclusion of peace, and representing the situation as prejudicial to Greece. Notwithstanding, the negotiations have not made any fceri'Ais progress towards a solution. Renters telegiam from Constantinople on oaturday says :—After the presentation of the Collective Note decided upon by the Ambassadors at their meeting on the eighth instant, the Sultan caused special telegrams to be addressed to the principal European Sovereigns and President Faure making a. fresh appeal in favour of the Peneus frontier line. Up to the present a reply has only been reived from the German Emperor, who savs in substance that he regrets hu inability to disassociate him* .elf f :om taj views of thp other Powers. So far the Arr b-- .sadors have not received fcny reply to their Note of the eight instant. In view of Re present disturbed state of affWJ* in Crete, che Porte contemplates sending re- inforcements from Anatolia. t<if the island. It is, however, considered certain that the Powers will object to the despatch of fresh Turkish troops, and should they be sent would prevent them froni anding. Far from there being any sign Of disposing on the part of the Porte to Tietd on the Thessalian frontier Question, th6 situation is now regarded as having been still more complicated bv the Turkish proposal to dispatch reinforcements to Crete. Saturday evening. -A circular nroposing the despatch of reinforcements to Crete has been sent_ b-v the Porte to the Powers, who have replied dissuading the Ottoman Government from taking such a step. The reply cf (he Powers to the recent long Turkish jirojlir on the frontier question has now been eceived, and is of negative character. The Council of Ministers to be held to-morrow will consider the attitude taken up bv the Powers, 1nd it \s ?XP ^.t.tat tho Porte will then come to a definite decision. A Central News telegram from Constanti- nople on oaturday (via Philippopolis, Sunday) savsThe Governments of Austria, iermany. and Italy have replied to the Turkish circular* declaring the decision of the Powers irrevo- cable, and urging submission. A Reuter's telegram from Rome eg &m<lay uaye :»A dispatch received here ■- t»W'] stautinople says that answers to thy telegrams sent by the Sultan to European Sovereigns have ^now been received from Queen Victoria,, the Czar of Russia, President Faure, the Em-' peror of Austria, the King of Italy, and the Gw man Emperor. All the replies concur in auMsing his Majesty to agree to the conclusion of peace on the conditions fixed by the Ambas- sadors of the Powers. Ion A Central News telegram from Constanti-! nople on Sunday (via Philinpopolis. Monday) says:—On Friday last the Porte informed tha Powers that ns Crete continued in a disturbed condition the Sultan had decided to send troops to the island. Lord Salisbury and M. Hano- taux both intimated that so grave a proposal required consideration. They have promised a written reply. Italv has warned the Porte against carrying out the nroposal. All the! Powers have warned the Sultan that the Peneus frontier line cannot be accepted. So far. the Porte gives no sign of yielding. The Cabinet meets to-night io discuss the last Collective Note. A Renter's telegram from Constantinople on Tuesday savs:—This morninc's meeting of the Ambassadors lasted nearly three hours. Al- though no particulars are yet known concerning the deliberations, there is reason to believe that rheir Excellencies had the adoption of impor- tant measures under consideration. There is as yet no sign of any intention on the part cf tho Ottoman Government fo -Held, despite the fac* that it r ceives no support from any of th3 Po'vers. On the contrary, the Czar's reply to the Sultan's recent telegram was couched in very firm terms. and pointed out the dangers which Turkey would incur by opposing the wishes of the Powers. The Sultan is stated to have since addressed another telegram to the Russian Era- pe ro" Everything points to the probability of his Majesty continuing a policy of resistance, and thus render coercive measures necessarv. The "bsence of agitation is noticeable among the mnss of the Mussulman population cn the subject of Thessaly. CONSTANTINOPLE FOR THE SULTAN OR THE CZAR. A lieutei's telegram from Paris on Tuesday says: —The St. Petersburg correspondent of lllú "Solcil" has had an interview with a Rus- sian statesman, who expressed the following view of the relations between Russia and Great Britain; "Great Britain has not the least desire for o ir friendship. Everywhere we see her range herself in the front rank of our adversaries, with the result that she will compel us to take part against her. Neverthe- less, the danger does not come from our side A day will certainly come when she will regret the Franco-Russian alliance, but by that time the evil will have been done and the mistake will be irrevocable." Proceeding to discuss the Eastern question, the "Soleil" informant said: "Turkey will yield on every point. Thessaly will bo evacuated and the portion of the pro- vince granted to Turkey will no-t exceed one verst. No Thessalian town will be surrendered to the Sultan. As for internal reforms, we demand that they shall be complete and definitive. It is no longer the morrow of the Crimean War. To-day we are strong, and the Russian Govern- ment can speak as master of the situation. Moreover, we are proceeding in entire accord with Austria. Resistance on the part of Tur- key would lead to a military intervention in which we would play a leading part. But Turkey does not as yet wish to commit suicide. and she well knows that this question is one of life and death between us. In any case, a decision must be taken. Constantinople for the Sultan or for the Czar ?-that is the dilemma, and Europe must make her choice." REPORTED FIGHTING IN CRETE. The Athens correspondent of the "Times," telegraphing on Tuesday, says:—According to information received here to-night in official quarters, a serious conflict has occurred at Candia between British troops and; Bashi-Bazouks. Sixteen of the former and a large number of the latter are stated to have been killed. The troops are stated to have intervened in a skir- mish between Bas' i-Bazouks and Christians in the neighbourhood of the town. The admirals are said to have sent five warships to Candia with orders to repress any further movement on the part of the Mahomedans. No further details are known here. »- >w distur- bances may possibly be ascribed to the recent increase of the Turkish garrison at Candia, which, undoubtedly, has encouraged the Maho- medans to continue their raids and maintain a defiant attitude towards the British occupying force. Passengers arriving by steamer from Candia to-day state that the Italian garrison has been withdrawn from Candia and that 300 British Marines have been landed. The Bashi. Bazouks have been summoned by proclamation to lay down their arms within four days. QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Sir WILFRID LAWSON (R.. Cumberland) asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he could give the House any information as to the reported conflict in Crete between the Bashi. Bazouks "no our troops. Mr. GOSCHEN: I have seen what is in the newspapers, but I have not heard a word ttbout it.

FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH. A VIVID ACCOUNT OF THE ADEN DISASTER. The special correspondent of the "Morning" writeg -it was about a quarter past eight on Wednesday morning when the P. and O. steamer India, louring the passengers who had literally been snatched jut of the jaws of death from the ill-fated Aden, was sighted. At half- past fivo we who were waiting to greet the ourvivors were on board the tug, and at about a quarter To nine we started to meet the incoming steamer. It was not long before we were alongside, and at about a quarter past nine we saw the men and women who, during their terrible anxiety, never in all probability expected to see the white shores of England again. As the tender drew alongside the India the people on board our boat waved their hand- kerchiefs and shouted welcomes to the arrivals. When we went on bosrd tho scene was even more striking and more pathetic. Mr. Pearce, an elderly, white-haired gentleman, literally fell into his son's arms. They embraced and kissed each other, and were locked in one another's arms for several seconds, when the elder gen- tleman broke down completely and even the standers-by were affected. Mrs. Pearce was in her cabin, and so was Mrs. GiJ lett, who was still, it is said, suffering from the etfect3 of tho terrible trial. Her little daughter, however, had come well through the ordeal, and, though she seemed a trifle pale, gave no great evidence of any serious after-effects of the suffering which she had borne in common with the other survivors. In the saloon of the India: other affecting scenes were to be witnessed, as, for instance, when a lady whose sister was one of those who elected to leave the Aden in the boat which was launched had a conversation with Mr Pearce, who was acquainted with her. After a little while jiho got up, went to the other side of the saloon, and completely broke down. A "Morning" reporter had the opportunity of a long interview with one of the survivors, from whom he obtained the first picture of tho real conditions of their life from the time of the wreck. This gentleman made the single stipu- lation that his name should not be published, and said: "We had a. very fair voyage from the time we left Shanghai until shortly before we reached Colombo. Then we met the man. soon. \Ve left Colombo on June 1, and we anti- cipated getting the monsoon again. We got it almost directly after leaving, and were in bad weather, which got worse and worse until the ship struck on the Ras Radressa Reef, off the east of the island of Soootra. You don't want me to tell you what the monsoon is. It is a perfect devil. It was three o'clock in the morn- ing on June 9 when the Aden struck, 'ihere was a fearful crash. 'Good God, what has hap- pened?' I cried. I rushed out. It was pitch dark. As soon as the ship struck every light went out, and so did the fires in the engine-room, like a shot. Women came rushing out of their cabins in their nightgowns. Men came rushing out of their cabins in their pyjamas. Nobodv thought of clothes. Nobody gave anv to what anybody else had on. The scene of confusion aad horror which followed you must imagine far yourself. I can t attempt to describe it. mt was indescri- bable. Think of the ship lying on the rock with seas smashing over her, pouring over her decks, washing through her cabins. Think of the, storm which was raging. Think of the pitch j blackness of the night. Think of the excitement of the passengers, ail separated from taca other— husbands from wives, brothers from sisters, friends from friends. If I talked for ever I could never begin to describe it. "There wag no chance of saving the steamer. What hope there was at the moment seemed to be in taking to the boats, and those of us who thought at all knew how vain that hope was. 'de The boats on the weather side were soon washed away, but those on the lee side were got ready. With such a sea it would have been impossible to get away, and so it was decided to wait. When the morning came and the lifeboat was launched she was swept away. Then the gig was launched, to meet the r-am% fate. The third boat wats made ready, and in the* no f .iti-ne ic had been arranged who were to go on board. There was no confusion through the passengers] rushing for the boat, for the people had been asked whether they preferred to remain or to go, and those who thought they stood a better chance of being saved by going went. Most of them were women. This boat got off all right and gradually disappeared from view. Certainly, as long as we could see she was not capsized. and that horror was spared us. Those who left thjught, poor souls, that staying by the ship was certain death, and that they might puil through or might be rescued from the boat. But Socotra is desolate at this time of the year, and Aden was eight hundred miles cff. It may have seemed like waiting for death to remain on the chip, and many a time wo thought so. The officers were heroes. They stuck to their posts, exposing themselves to the fury of the gale, and one by one the sea picked them off and washed them away out of all reach of humanity, and out of .humanity's sufferings. One of the cruellest things was the washing away of Mr. and Mrs. Pearce's little baby of five months old with its ayah. You know the captain had his leg broken, and was swept away, but I can't tell you the date of that. "Don't n,sk me to recount the details of that day. Indeed, the whole of that terrible time is a thing which, one and all, we should like to forget. It is an experience too terrible to think about. "Let me make certain facts clear to you about the Aden. She is what is called a well-decked boat-and that fact accounts for the way we were unable to get about below as we should have been able to in an ordinarily built vessel—and was a remarkably strongly-built vessel. It was a marvel how she held together, and we have reason to bless the firm which built her for the saving of our lives, which we lived in the expectation of that hour being our last, All the time we were on the ship she was being pounded day by day by the waves, which car- ried away bits of her, and whenever we went to the door of the cabin in which we lived we were pretty sure to sea bits of wreckage wru-h- ing past. This cabin was on the promenade j deck, towards the stern of the ship. and joined another, from which it was partially separated 10 by a partition which had been broken through by the force of the waves. None of the other cabins was fit to live in. for the steamer had become a hopeless wreck, and her only sa'.va- tion, as it appeared to us, was that she was jammed on three rocks, which had pressed through her bottom and left her firm. In these two cabins wo all lived. The women and children were on one side, and the men on the other. No one can form any conception but those who went through it what living in those cabins meant. Remember, the floor was always under water. During all the time we practically never had a dry rag on our backs and were always drenched to tho knees, for we had only water to stand in. The ladies were never able to leave the cabin, for the weather was too heavy all the time. We skpt in the >'inks and had to take turns in gen sleep, for the bunks were the only places In which we could lie down." When the first effects of the awful horror of the situation had passed off it became necessary to look for means of subsistence, until our hoped-for rescue could be brought about. Wo searched for food. In one of the cabins we found some biscuits and some food. which bad been prepared, as well as some tinred food. This was rationed cut, and it lasted until the 18th or 19th, but all the time we were on short commons, and they became shorter and shorter as the days wore on. At the end we were actually reduced to fifteen nuts a day. Of course, we had to eat the food just as we had it, for we 'had no fires to cook by. Mrs. Gillett took charge of the rations, and from her we received our daily supply of food. Luckily, we had fresh water and soda water, and we never, therefore, suffered from thirst, as we did from hunger. I have said that our food gave out on the 18th or 19th. Then some of the passengers and crew volunteered, during a. lull in the storm, to go and make a search of the ship in the hone of finding some more. This t'hev did, but it was only just sufficient to keep life in us. and we were very reduced indeed, so reduced that when we were rescued we were little more than skele- tons. We had been starving in the midst of plenty, for there was a great deal of food on board, if we had only been able to get at it. "It is useless for me to attempt to describe our life dav by day. One day was just like another. Day dawned, night came. From the first thing in the morning we were on the look- out for relief. All day till dusk, and we could not strain our eyea through the dusk, we were oontinuallv on the look-out, while the ladies watched through the port-holes. We had no lights at night until a short time before we were rescued, when in the search for food we found some matches and candles. These we t burned in the vain hope of attracting the notice of some passing steamer, but the wind was con- tinually putting tVom out. and, of course, it: was impossible that any notice could be taken of such a feeble glimmer, even though any ships had been passinsr. Our look-out, therefore, limited itself to the daylight. "Three times before we were rescued by the Mayo_ we saw steamers. The first was cn June 13, the second on June 17, and the third on Juno 20. I must leave you to imagine if on Juno 20. I must leave you to imagine if you can what our feelings of hope were when we sighted thoso boats. Imagine what it meruit when far out on the horizon we saw the white smoke come. Imdttino, if you can, how hope grew greater, as yie llu11 appeared and crept closer and closer to where we lay upon the rocks with the huge waves breaking over the ship. Some of us. at the very risk of life, would dash out and wave whatever came to hand first wildly in the air. Then dash back into the cabin as a sight of the shipa everyone was on the tiptoe of wave came tumbling on the deck. It was no imaginary danger. From tho moment we caught excitement. It g-rew and grew, as the steamer loomed nearer and nearer,, until we were sure it was impossible for us not to be seen if they had a look-out on beard. We shouted ourselves hoarse in our excitement, although, if we had only thought for a moment, we should have known that our voices could never have been heard. "Think what our emotions were when we saw the steamers passing by and fading out of sight, ignoring us and leaving us to our fate. The men cursed: the women cried. With the howling imprecations of the men and the tears of the women at the inhumanity of those who did not stop, the steamers vanished. Then an awful depression would settle down. The opti- mists, however, would come to the rescue, point- ing out that even though we were seen it would have been impossible for a. boat to be launched. "Thev will report us at "den,' they said. When the days went by, and we knew that the bont must have reached Aden, and that there was time for a. boat to come cut to us, we said in despair, 'They have not reported us.' Think of the de- pression then, for still the storm kept raging. S^the time went on till the morning of our deliverance. It was June 26. It was early in the morning. We sawr the steamer, the Mayo, of the Royal Indian Marine, creep- ing slowly up towards Ila. When she was about half a mile or three-quarter? of a mile away she huve to. We knew we had been seen. She had evidently seen us when she was some dis- tance away. It was an intensely exciting scene. The women went down on their knce3 and thanked God. The men. some of them, could not help crying. Presently we saw a boat making way towards us. 'My God, a boat, a boat; we shall be saved after all,' we cr ed. It was fearfully rough. Slowly the boat came on. Think how we watched that boat as we stood on the Aden, wondering whether she would ever arrive. Think what it was to us when she came alongside. She was in com- mand of Lieutenant Dobbin and Lieutenant Goldsmith. The women first, and then the men—the Europeans—were put into the boat, and taken on board the Mayo Think what our thoughts were as we were tossed about on th3 pea on our way to the steamer. We were put on board. Then the boat returned for the others and brought them to us. We have all heard that Lieutenants Dobbin and Goldsmith are going to have medals for what they did at the time of the wreck of the Warren Hastings, They ought to have a medal, too. for what they d'd for us. So ought each member of the crew. The men who saved us on the Mayo will be our life-long friends. The first thing that they did after giving us food was to set about providing us with clothes. You will appreciate what our position was during the seventeen days we were on ihe wreck who" I tell you that the only clothing one of the ladies had was a suit of pyjamas. Yet therq was any quantity of cloth- irig in the hold if it had only been possible to get at it. The men on the Mayo took the counterpanes off their beds and made skirts for tne ladiee. "And vet, in spite of all our sufferings on the wreck, we did not forget the Queen's Jubilee. Wo were all very weak, and some one suggested that, as it was Jubilee Day. we ought to sing a hvmn. Somebody suggested the hymn to sing. We all knew it more or less, hut I don't remember what that hvmn was. Then somebody raised a prayer for the Queen, and we drank her health in soda water. No; wo lid not sing, 'God Save the Queer.' "On board the Mayo I need hardly tell you evervbody had si on food. Indeed, nobody could eat solid food at that time. As a matter of fact, we uctvmllv reached Brindisi before some of the survivors could take anything else but slops, and even up to last Mondav one of the ladies, nt J'4ÍfiIIt- vfoo weak to. walk. 'Vh'E'n wo reaeaed 'Adfen t'e ladie* there" were at onco apprised of our arrival, and as soon as they went on shore they took the ladies under their ore. and the men did the rate for the men. They supplied clothing and such imme- Jiat9 necessaries as we were in need of, and when we cot t" Port Said we went ashore and bought some clothes, for most of us had saved our money. When we were put on board the India, cur story had preceded us. and we had a tremendous reception. Everybody was as kind as it wp." possible to be. and Ladv Mac- kenzie and Lady Gerrard were innjt. assiduous in their attention; but so were .ill the other passengers, arid it would be scarcelv fair to mention any one by name as outstripoingr any one elizp, for evervbodv waited on us hand and foot. No trouble seemed too great to take on our behalf. Nothing was too good to get for us, and, altogether, we have In') ao well cared for as it was possible for any people to be."

A MERTHYR SENSATION. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MUTRDER BY A BUILDER. Tremendous excitement prevailed at Mertliyr late on Tuesday night, consequent upon a report or that a murder had taken place at Twynyrpdin. The rumour, fortunately, proved to be exaggerated. It appears that shortly before eleven o'clock a labourer, living in Bethosda-street, named William Harrington, went to the residence of his employer, Mr. Samuel Watkins, a master builder, of Fairview. terrace, and demanded a "sub." Mr. Watkins de- clined to give him any money, but the man was pertinacious and refused to go away. Becom- ing exasperated. Mr. Watkins, it is alleged, went into his workshop and fetched an axe. with which he is said to ,truck Harrington on the side of the neck, infl'cting a terrible wound, which felled him to the ground. The road streamed with blood, and it was thought at first the poor fellow was killed outright. He was conveved to the general hospital, where he was attended by Dr. Ward, who dressed his injuries, the doctor expressinBr the opinion that if the cut had only extended another inch towards the throat the man would certainly have lost his life. As it is, the patient is now progressing as well as can be expected, and, unless hemorrhage or erysipelas should supervene, he will probably recover. Mr. Watkins was afterwards arrested and taken to the police-station, IIAGISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS. At, Merthvr Po.'ioe-court on Thursday Mr. Samuel Watkins. master builder, Fairview- tsrrace. Merthvr, was chnrged with attempting to murder William Harrington, a labourer in his emplov. by striking him with an axe. Mr. J. T. "Voughan prosecuted on behalf of the police, and Mr. W. Knight Smyth defended. Dr. Croll. assistant to Dr. Ward, stated that the injured man was out of immediate danger, and the prisoner was remanded for a fortnight j. on bail, himself in £ 100 and two sureties of j J350 each.

PATHETIC LETTER WRITTEN BY A X>TS CARDED LOVER. A pathetic letter was read at an inquest held on Wednesday at A corks Green, a suburb of Birmingham, uiion the body of Joseph Smith, 20, hatter, of Sparkbrook Birmingham, who ji mped in front of a trrin and was practically cut to pieces. It was addressed to a girl who h;vl parted company with him, and a- portion of it read :— My Dearest Love,—1 am now taking up my pen for the last time. H breaks my heart to know what you have toli! me to-night I cannot put up with it now it has come to that. All 'anghing because I have "ought you flowers and other thin"?. But. though we aiv parted on this earth, we shall meet around that throne in heaven. It seems hard when I think of it. Wlieu I heard you singing those lovely hymns last Sunday. While you are singing them to-morrow I shall be gone to be with my Maker, where I shall be watching aad waiting for you. My darling, I wish yoa to put your photo with me when I am buried—the one I bought. Perhaps your heart will soften when you see me there. My (r.ly love. I have been true to you in life, ami shall be in deftth.—I remain, your heart- broken lover, J. SMITH. So good-bye. my darling, till we meet again, with the l[ive I alway, had for you. Farewell, love. I have done this for you. Rcme will say it is insanity, but 1 am in my right mind. It is love for you. —A verdict of "Suioide whilst of unsound mind" was returned,

A FEMININE LUXURY. An amusing discussion took place at the meeting of the Preston Board of Guardians on Tuesday on a pro- posal to purchase hair brushes for the inmates of the infirmary wards. Mr. Alsop opposed the expenditure, saying that hair brushes were a luxury not indulged in by 97 per cent. of the working classes. Mr. Dewhurit said thev brushed their coats, dogs, acses, and other animals, and hair brushes were as much a necessity to human beings as to rip and water. He hoped every ones in tho world used them. Mr. Alsop thought that an additional 6u. per week to old people trving to li,"o would be better appreciated than hair brushes. The pro- J posal was adopted.

TERRIBLE STORY OF THE SEA. TWENTY-TWO DAYS UPON DESERT ISLAND. Probably one of the most remarkable tales of shipwreck and adventure narrated within recent years was told on Friday to Reuter's Liverpool representative by Airs. Andrew Christie, widow of Captain Christie, of the wrecked ship Traveller. Mrs. Christie, who belonged to Liverpool, has just arrived there after undergoing perils and hardships, in com- pany with the other survivors of the crew, which were almost beyond human endurance. From Mrs. Christie's statement it appears that the ship Traveller, with a cargo of sugar, was going from Java to Delaware Breakwater, and almost as soon as the vessel left the riviar fever of the usual Java type broke out, and this spread day after day, until everyone on board the ship was affected with the malady, including Mrs. Christie herself, and even her baby boy, about eleven months old. Death, after death took place, and the victims were one after another buried at sea. One of the men, a Dutchman, while delHotis with the fever jumped into the 3a and ended nis life. The chief officer of the "hip died on December 14, and on the 28th Alis. Christie's husband (Cia-pta,in Chris fee) piso su cumbed. This cast a terrible gloom over the ship. Some of the men gained a little strength, but others died, until the death roll "t I s4- amounted to eleven. This left ten to man the ship, with the second mate, Mr. Riteh, a Liverpool man, in charge. Mr. Ritch decided to make for Mauritius, to obtain assistance. Later on, at a time when he had but two men and himself to work the ship, he approached Rodrigues Island. With wonderful skill they brought up their ship off the island, and there dropped anchor. They thought that they could get assistance and medicine there, and that all danger was passed. The treatment they received, however, Mrs. Christie described as most remarkable and inhuman, and was rendered doubly so in view of the prostrate condition of the survivors. Rodrigues Island is inhabited mostly by French Creoles. The Governor and doctor, however, are white, and, although French, could speak English. The pilot of the place came off in his boat, but when he heard of the sickness, which was explained to him as the usual Java. kind, he would not board the Traveller, but returned to the shore, and the report was spread that the vessel had yellow fever on board. The helpless people waited hour after hour for assistance, but none came; and, fear- ing that their vessel would go ashore any minute, Mr. Ritch decided to take his crew on shore. A boat was launched, and Mr. Ritch and the two convalescent seamen lowered Mrs. Christie, her baby, and the other sick members of the crew into it. As they approached the shore the Governor and a num- ber of others rushed down to the water's edge, r id threatener to shoot the shipwrecked people if they landed. Mr. Ritch asked them if they were Christians to treat people in such a manner. His meti, he said, had not strength to pull back to the ship, and if they got there they would all very likely be drowned. Mr. Ritch asked them to give him assistance to take his vessel out of its dangerous position, and to give succour and medicine for his sick crew. These appeals met with no response, end for fe r of being fired on the poor people had to row back to their ship. Here they arrived more dead than alive, and only got on board the Traveller again with the utmost difficulty. The last of their number had scarcely quitted the small boat when it was carried away and lost. No assistance was sent to the ship, either in the shape of a doctor 0.. of hands to man the vessel, and that night the Traveller was carried on to the reefs and wrecked. Fortunately, she did not go to pieces then, or every soul on board would have been, in all probability, lost. Finding that something must now be done, the Rodrigues people sent a boat next morning with the pilot, and this boat took off Mrs. Christie and her child. Mr. Ritch launched the ship's life- boat. but, as his crew had not strength to man it, some blacks were sent from the shore. All of the ship wrecked people were taken to a sand island near. Here there were no in- habitants, and they were kept there for 22 days. They lived in huts made of leaves, and for about three weeks had nothing but leaves to lie down on. So fearful were the Rodrigues people of contact with the ship- wrecked crew that the food they sent was con- veyed from one small boat to another, and, then put on the beach. Some blacks, how- ever, were sent to the island to cook for the unfortunate people. The doctor came off in. about a fortnight, but remained in a small boat many yards from the beach, and examined the shipwrecked crew through a pair of bino cular glasses. The morning after the wrfcck, as Mr. Ritch and his companions were beinj conveyed to the island, one of them, a Scotch- man, died, and the authorities made the blacks take him back to where the ship was1 ashore, to bury him in the sea. Another sailor, named Pilgrim, died on the sand island, and Mr. Ritch had himself to dig a holb and bury the body. On the twenty-second day it became patent to those at Rodriques Island that, as the monsoon was setting jn. and it was likely that the island would b& covered by the sea, its occupants were in great danger. They were, therefore, moved to Rodriques, but their number had now been reduced to eight of the crew and Mrs. Christie and her child. On Rodrigues Island they remained two months, and during that timo were well treated. After this they went to Mauritius, and there met with all possible attention and kindness. Six of the crew were brought from Mauritius in the Warwick Castle, as well as Mrs. Christie and her baby. The Rodrigues Islanders allowed the cargo salved to be landed, and, therefore, then aver- sion to the shipwrecked people could not be sxplained. Mrs. Christie spoke in the highest terms of Mr. Ritch, Mr. Sargitt (the steward), and the others for their kindness to each other and <<o her and her child. Captain Christie belonged to Walls, Shetland, and was thirty- seven years of age. It was said that had any assistance been given the Traveller, which belonged to Messrs. J. R. Haws and Co., would have been saved. It is understood that the underwriters have made representa- tions in the matter to the Lome Government.

SUICIDE BY CHLOROFORM. On Tuesday evening a married woman, named It( -tie Williams, residing in Britannia place, Ilfracombe, attempted to poison her sen and then commit suicide. On Sunday the v.sitors lodging at her house lost some money, and as she was suspected the police were informed of the fact. On Tuesday Mrs. Williams went to Mr. Crang. chemist, and purchased seven drachms of chloroform, and arriving home swal- lowed the contents of the bottle. Her husband arrived and saw the bottle in her hand, and at ouce sent for Dr. Gardner, who administered an emetic. His timely arrival, no doubt, saved the woman's life, as the dose taken was large enough to prove fatal. Mrs. Williams is the same woman who two years ago caused a great furore by stating that burglars bad entered her house, robbed her of her money-box, and tied her to the bed by means of ropes and her hair. When found she was insensible.

A SURREPTITIOUS RIDE. The practice on the part of children which is so wry prevalent in the city of stealing ride on the steps of tramcars and omnibuses re- ulted in a fatal accident on Tuesday. Thomai Goode, 5, whose parents live at 30, Marshall- etreet, South SlxLrbryok, jumped on to an omnibus while the oonductor was on the top. Alighting in a hurry, the boy ran into a cart belonging to Mr. H. J. Durrant, 278, Stratford- road, and driven by John Green. He was knocked down, and received severe internal in- juries, from the effects of which he died at the Queesns Hospital shortly after admission.