South Wales Daily News

London letter, lFMnI eun LOXDOX CORRESPONDENT.] L,IPECIALLY WIPr,]).] LOJTDOX, Tuesday Night. It ?IR INDISPOSITION. nofch"1S announced that there is Q]J°° particularly the matter with Mr kpr.r.'5 °n°'. wh° has certainly beenAvise in Av^kin doors to-day. The fog has tal' ;;pcctediy «-nd inexcusably returned, polis Possess*on of the whole of the metvo- *ffai' UU<^ grieveusly delaying public shorlS as carried. 011 in the streets, a.nv and offices. It is a bad day for <ttie°ne eveu shghtly indisposed, and any aonc could see from Mr Gladstone's aPPearance as he sat in the House last 8vje and his manner in delivering his howe ^la,k was ^ar r~rou1 v/ell. It is, er' onty » passing indisposition, P^'io^8 lnore rotable as coming at a Usuall w'len f°r weeks lie has been in un- vigouy good health, and in the fulness of A VETERAN EPAYES THE FOG. braved^161" veteran Parliamentarian has of danger and inconvenience the w getting down to Priv^f 7"°Use tf) day in time for Usiness- This was Mr Villiers, the he ua er ^or Wolverhampcon, a constituency eentu8 rePreseuted for more than half a is very rarely seen at the tiiy- •e coming down occasionally for a ConJ11' il1 which he invariably supports a Prom I*V^j JVe Government. To-day a bill eatrie 0bed by the Wolverhampton Corporation inac|e llnder consideration, and Mr Villiers svjnpr a<. °f earning down, intending te itig :^r H. Fowler "by his vote, suppos- was challenged. But Mr menter Managed to get from the Govern- So jyj P^«tty much what he demanded, and WitilQ t ^*ers went home through the fog divisi having added to the long list of °n,s in which he has taken part. 3.1. VV.'FILBII DISESTABLISHMENT. poJitj 's much interest displayed in ■^rida c'rc'les as to what will happen on brjjjpJ night, when Mr Pritchard Morgan .°n his motion declaring the CVch ty disestablishing the Welsh that M" 'las heen diligently reported the J ^^adstone intends to take part in for sae e- I have the best authority Even™8 ke never had such intention, hinj the illness that may keep Ptohahl doors through the week, it is preSente ^at lie would not have been Ueithei, £ n -day. In any cas:e he would of th« .Ve spoken nor voted. The action kbenle nlaln body of the Liberals will be the ,V, ^Ched by the Welsh members. At ^VT<ilsl\ev^n§ ^he Liberal Federation Pkce 0 est;i-blishm?nt was admitted to a due I the Liberal programme, coming in carried er after Home Rule had been possibf Home Rule still tarries, it is some may question the !Ut3ect a, vise of bringing forward the eVej. j at the present time. That, how- lfteiifbeS 1!°" the view the Welsh Liberal tellds *ake. Mr Pritchard Morgan in- tii|Ua. 0 ask the House to declare the con- tl,e Established Church in the HichPallty^ anomaly and an injustice, Votes 0 ought 110 lon,ei- to exist, and the frill be 1 English and .Scotch Liberals ■nr (j °8t;'ly looked to. I understand that )°th l'6 Trevelyjin and Mr Bryce will ^Pr>o<;3Jport motion from the front tl0u bench. THE F^IJ^°1T GOVERNMENT MAN.KCVRE. otter 0f°-n'ernmenfc a^cr get the era (.1 r Tim Healy and the Irish mem- abate matter of the adjournment of the jhn lVÏn r Russell's amendment to Mr ter jQl °rfey s resolution. They yielded i'eat 3 ^truggjijig', and only in face of the ghfc r Sexton to carry on an all- '^viiip to be occupied with an amendment on Mr Russell's 4*iifito Between night and morning have seen a way out of the en t'lle It was understood this morning ^ate ,6 eT"owded House separated that the be resumed 011 Thursday in %h with the original understanding, :°tted -Monday- and Thursday for 4se the Government have, of Wi0 ^i:posai of their own time. thav on Thursday next they must B iio^' -^ocordingly the Army Vote is H,;IV Wn.°1' that day. Other votes in tilt^' occupy the remainder of the ^eil' Ue ill is taken, and so Mr Vlv h* ^endment is shelved, and Mr as been outwitted. he A CO^NC.VX AMLND:.IENT. of this little is i, ot of this little strategy is not COm;'cal aspect. The motion t, i/| by Mr John Morley declared the opinion of this House, s .^on of the Irish Execu- »secilc- conilection with the recent 'dhitxR101^ Tipperary, and other pro- calculated to bring the adminis- • ciVjj 10 into contempt and violates i?ens anc^ constitutional rights of Irish Mr Russell proposed as an !r "ent to leave out all the words td<3 cPrc?Ceedings," in order to insert the ;isi0n t s amendment. The result of the l' u lhis morning was to cut short MiilR resolution at the word pro- t quest* next process was to submit 1011 hat the words of Mr Russell's be there added. It was 011 that -joui-j^ ? stood adjourned, and now stands Illy The consequence is that Mr ieS(;iuti°n will, as long as the a the House of Commons last, 'l j> tragment, stopping short at the lo eet^inSs-" The SCIFERIXG GRITTSH TAXPAYER. |V ai'9oj; taxpayer is a long-suffering Co '1 a general idea that out of his 1? w°rth es pension of many more or { llpon Peisons of the justice of whose e k^o\Vs purse he has some doubts, good he provides the pensions for ioei(' German princelings and I Pily -))tit lie is probably °?;;ranfc that he contributes rvails of j: 'f111 £ 4,000 a year to the l100'1 c £ tlls King of Greece. L? ,<,ettin f by an account issued to- ari- S forth the position of the Greek Fsettl ^oC,6ecUlMv 1 lement for its repayment-an baoc1" y^rs 1 Prccess—was made in 1860. ^h0,a-er an Act of Parliament was qviisju c°mitfr, a year of the repay- iHi-i'n!!6^ in fQ* to Great Britain were relin- W})^einent V°Ur of the King. Happily the Y It W-L m exists -illy during his reign. at^e at all docs not appear. IN JX IW TIIK PLOW OF ORATORY. 'big the duration of speeches la5 .w,hic.h Mv John Morley is bm ^^bt in the course of his As Afle,a'?!3isNU bi by Mr Atkinson, who iniu^Iorlel1106 °f Sir Roper Lethbridge. Prtvv affStat;e^' ^be bill decrees that, aboveCOlltlciH0 ,e.r "e passing of the act, no U(it| half 1 ln either House shall speak pi»iVv "at t an hour. He did not t° be lC-°U.llcni0,r members not being ^ch lraited t^S '"be time of their oration is hot cage the rn a quarter of an hour. In inernh the °f the House is to make :lie cn,ll £ .i^x^et moment at which the of the Speaker's eye, and at .th* end T lloul* 10 r P^vy councillors 'ull is to a quarfer of an hour for %rJ k°po f0r^S a bell. Mr Atkinson is Qe^J1 1,1 whic). future of his bill, a con- "3le ji-'an' ^vh0 le is supported by Lord Ollge of Ilia's protli,, to see it through f>.

T,,iI'^5.JI,! justice th. p A^00<- '»s ye^ c°ntim-ipd ,°n l'eRre«1' to learn that, 'f the J;V^ t(> plac« .n°alth, AfrJn^tie" Steplien WitiChante]I0ll S ^gnation in the hand< a s«ri0us 1 ile learned judge was .hooj ,v,?» «««», th. ^casiov. y tnany ir> ont,w ago—an illness 1,1 by ti e Worry and excitement f1" triai *■ ^a,ybrici; uaS'tation jn favour 2^nd':lncpI'ilu'del' tL Vin- presided at re' aM he ?• j e leaj-ne-l Kftntlemiin in Soid no Wori- J d"f, ordered complete fiUvvOo*ih \Val," 'Cu^?l July, wheA he Htl'ia^tei' the lon» vL- He returned to formij lon ^October sPeoial aifctm £ he haVf °"al °°U 5 )asi Te r^))o?e JUfy actions 4 been engaged Ha! vnecess'V h 'V n feeling' that '6Ur.}, t,ce8teni r-v to relieve induced hi?n Plie, le,,e li"m of his offico- rsj.ied a accovd;nr -Veai's on the O, or??0n;but iMgvl0,-the has ^'ii,?Cr, ^pre-cnt 'f 1,eV,ed that the ord ?ase, as 'l be willjnR' of the Lord I '°iva U,tiee (\, s d°no ta«t- .au exception I Lo«ok; ,WI*^ year i„ the c^e of I? AT. ANT R'HE full retiring

<> i <. ,,tT'rf>r-== old Word in °F OO VCFTW NAN j.

OPERATIONS AT SUAKIM. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. ] SUAKIM, Feb. 17. Colonel Malland Smith, commander of the .Egyptian troops stationed here, and Lieut.-Col. Settle, with their staff, and the 11th, 12tii, and 4th Battalions, left Trinkitat at eight o'clock this morning ta occupy El-Teb about one o clock. The troops occupied El-Teb at half-past three o'clock this afternoon without any opposition being offered by Osman Digna or his followers. It is expected that the troops will march on Tokar early to-morrow morning.

THE CHILIAN. REVOLUTION. [REUTER.S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Feb. 17. The Gauiois to-day publishes a telegram from Buenos Ayres stating that, according to intelli- gence which had been received there, the Chilian troops had been defeated at Coquimbo and Quilloba. The forces of tho insurgents had increased considerably, and were moving on Santiago. Only a. few towns remained faithful to the President, and the des- truction of most of the railway lines hampered the movements of the loyal forces. In the capital, however, President Balmaceda had a consider- able number of supporters, and it was hoped that he would succeed in repelling the insurgents whose arrival at Santiago was expected shortly. It was feared that the insurrection would be disastrous to the finances and commerce of the country, and that one of its results would be great misery at many of the ports. The telegram further states that the great number of Germans settled in the province of Tarapaca had already left the mines, which had been partly flooded and partly burned in the encounter of January 20th. At Coronel, all the coal depots had been pillaged. The same journal also publishes a telegram from New York, announcing that a report had reached there of a battle near Ligua, in which the rebels sustained severe losses, and after several hours fighting, retired on the Rio de Ligua. The same telegram mentions a rumour that the diplomatic representatives at Santiago and Valiparaiso had been requested to act as mediators between the Government and the in- surgents, and had held a conference to consider the matter.

THE SILVER QUESTION IN AMERICA. [REXJTKR'S TELKGRAM.] WASHINGTOI-T, Feb. 17. The Caucus of Republicans of the House of Representatives was held last night, 75 being present to consider the silver question. Mr Perkins, Kansas, urged the £ ii&ctment of a Free Coinage Bill while Republicans still had full control. Mr Walker, Massachusetts, made a vigorous speech in opposition to the measure, asserting that agitation en the subject was upsetting business, destroying confidence, and disturbing commercial values. Messrs Hender- son, Illinois; Kerr, Iowa and Anderson. Kansas, reported that those inclined to be more favourable to a more liberal silver policy believed that additional legislation was unwise and inex- pedient at the present time, for politico as weil as for business reason?. After some further discussion the sitting terminated, no action having been taken, but the preponderating senti- ment was against further legislation during this Congress.

DEATH OF AN AUSTRIAN ARCHITECT. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] VIENNA, Jtb. 17. Baron Theophilus Hansen, the leading Austrian architect in the Hellenic style, died to-day at the age of 78. His chief works are the Academy of Athens and the Vienna Parliament-house.

TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM. 1 PARTS, Feb. 17. Dr Bernheim continued his experiments in transfusion of blood yesterday. He operated upon five young women suifering from tuberculosis. Three patients who were treated by this method last week were examined, and it was found that their condition had undergone a marked improve- ment. Dr Berheim announced that he would also apply his system to persons suffering from ancemia and chlorosis, as he thought the renewal of blood would have a strengthening effect. He intends to treat in a similar manner cases of puerperal hemorrhage and of poisoning by noxious gases.

-=- TO-DAY'S WEATHER, 1 A.M. TO-DAY'S FORECASTS. a. r £ e iorecasts were prepared last night at the Meteorological Office at eight o'clock DISTRICTS— I 0. Scotland, N. j.South-westerly winds, mode- ) rate fair generally. 1. Scotland, E Light breezes, chiefly south- 2. England,N.E. | }vesterly fair generally, -n, < but some fog er mist. 3. England, E. 4. Mid. Counties ^easterly winds, light; n," Eng.. S. (Lon. j tair generally, but perhaps and Channel. )J lo^l fogs. 6. Scotland, W."} 7. Engl., N.W., 5 Same as 1 and 2. & North Wale.3 J 5. Eng., S.W.,& I Easterly winds, moderate or South Wales. ) iresli; fair generally. „ti i vr 1 Southerly or south-easterlv 9. Ireland, 3S wmds, light or moderate^ 10. do. j cloudy generally. GENERAL.—No important change is likely in the weather.

In answer to enquiries on Tuesday at Mr Stuart Rendel's residence, the Press Association was informed that nothing was known there of the reported illness of Mr Gladstone. The right hon. gentleman, accompanied by Mrs Gladstone, left Carlton-gardens on Monday night, and drove in a brougham to Dollis Hill, Willes- den, the suburban residence of the Earl of Aberdeen.

CARDINAL MANNING ON SOCIALISM. [" STANDARD TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Feb. 16. Cardinal Manning, who in France is called the Socialist Archbishop, has just declared to the representative of the Figaro that, in his opinicn, Socialism is an evil. In explaining his meaning he added All that is social is good, but there is between social organisation and Socialism as great a difference as there is between reason and rationalism. If society is as beneficent as i reason, Socialism is as malevolent as rationalism. Civil and political society is nothing else than human society, and for that reason all legislation should be essentially social and the preserver of society. On the contrary, the Socialism which begins by overthrowing existing society is sub. versive and destructive. "There are, therefore, two things social organisation and Socialism. The former com- prises every social phenomenon, and is dominate:! by two factors—one moral, the oqler economic. The moral factor consists in the sentiment of reciprocal duties, of the unity of the human race, and of the blessings of social union. The economic factor consists in the practical execu- tion of those sentiments. That Socialism is a. Socialism of organisation and legislation. On the contrary, Socialism has scarcely anything in common with organic social, phenomena. It is purely political, and is composed of two factors —the one immoral, the other disturbing. The immoral factor consists in the progress of the individualism of this proud century, which destroys families and separates naturally com- mon interests. The second factor consists in the disturbances produced by that individualism productive of a want of agreement between laws and needs. That Socialism is a Socialism of dis- organisation and revolution. It is that which is generally designated by the name of Socialism, but it is that which is the complete negation of Socialism, for by Socialism we should mean society, legislation, evolution, transformation, but not destruction. I am then anxious to declare I am not a Socialist. I do not, indeed, believe that the means to make men happy is to destroy them. Social organisation is thoroughly English. Socialism is, on the contrary, con- tinental. There must then be no misunderstand- ing. And when people on the continent talk of my Socialism they are mistaken, for, being an Englishman, I cannot be a Socialist. Cardinal Manning also declared it was neces- sary to combat Socialism on the continent, but, at the same time, affirmed he firmly believed in the solution of the social question. As to what is called Christian Socialism, it was, he said, an impossibility, because the Christian creed is organising, and not destructive.

THE IRISH PARTY. The Press Association states that in connection with the Irish leadership crisis the principal event of Tuesday was the meeting ot the Parnellite members held in the afternoon in No. 15 Committee-room. There was an attendance of 24 members, and the following resolution was unanimously passed :—" That this meeting of the Irish Parliamentary party, having heard frcm Mr Parnell a full statement with reference to the negotiations which took place between him- self and Mr O'Brien with a view to the settle- ment of the dispute which led to the irregular proceedings and breach of discipline of a section of this party, and ending in their secession, de- sires to place on record its entire approval of the course pursued by Mr Parnell in reference to those negotiations, as being thoroughly patriotic, in accord with the national sentiment of the Irish race, and meriting the continuance of the con- fidence of the Irish people in Mr Parnell as the only leader capable of safeguarding the interests and honour of the Irish nation, and of conducting the national cause to Its final taiumpli." Various details of organisation for the coming campaign were con- sidered, both at tins meeting and at a meeting of the anti-Parnellite majority, also held during the afternoon. The meeting of the anti-Parnellite majority, hold in the conference room on Tuesday, was not a protracted one, and the business done does not call for any extended report. The committee of organisation, appointed at a previous meeting, presented a further report setting forth the number and names of the members of the party allotted to each district. It was arranged that several members should at once proceed to Ireland, in order to complete arrangements for the active work before them, but in view of the interest taken by the Welsh peopletuci the Liberal party generally in the question of Welsh disestablish- ment which is, upon a motion of Mr Pritchard Morgan, to be discussed in the House on Friday, it was resolved that as many members of the Irish Parliamentary party as could be spared from Ireland should remain in London in order to take part in the debate a;1d the exited division upon the subject.

IT "'1<1- NEW YORK PRICES. [UEUTKB'S TKLEfi RAJI. ] NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Money easy. Stocks opened firm, and continued so for awhile, but during the afternoon a reaction took place, and the market closed generally weak. Cotton on the spot declined fe, and closed weak futures were weak at the close, due to large receipts. Petroleum continues steady, quotably unaltered. Lard trading has been restricted, but the market has ruled steady. Wheat advanced on a "bull" flurry in the market, and closed firmer. Flour business was quiet, but the market has been steady. Corn closed with a firmer tendency, owing to increasing "bull" speculations. Sugar remains quiet and unaltered. Coffee declined in sympathy with European advices, and closed weaker. Tin steady, at 5c. fall. Iron closed dull, but steady. Copper nominal. GOVERNMENT BONDS AND IRATLWAV SHAKES. Quotations. Feb 17 Feb: 16 Call Money U.S. Gov. Bonds 2";2 p,e I 2V. p.c Ditto, other Securities.; 2'/> p.c 2Vg P-t-' Exchange on London, 60 davssisrhti 4.85% Ditto. Cable Transfers 4.88V- Exchange Paris, 60 days' sight 5.19% 5.19% Exchange on Berlin Days 95% 95Vi Four per Cent. U.S. Funded Loan 120' 120% Western Union Telegraph Shares S0% 81 Atchison. Topeka, & S. Fe 28% Do. Do. 4 p.c. Mor 73^ 78y3 Do. Do. 5 p.c. Income.. 45y4 Baltimore & Ohio gg 89 Canada Southern Shares 50XU 51 Canadian Pacific 74/^ 741^ Central of New Jersey 116% 117% Central Pacific Shares 29 29 Chesapeake & Ohio Common 18% 18% Chicago, Burlington & Quincey.. 85l4 87ys Chicago & North-Western, Ord 106% 107% Chicago & N. Western Preferred. 135 135 Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul 55 55% Chicago & Rock Island 68% 69 a Cleveld, Cin., Ch., & St. Ls. Ord. 62% 65I/4 Delaware & Hudson 137V4 1374 Delaware, Lackawana 138)8 Denver & KiojGrande Shares 18% 19 Denver Preferred ^0 ,4 6OJ2 Illinois Central Shares Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 111% li- Louisville & IS'ashville Shares 75% 7o% Michigan Central Shares 92 91 Missouri, Kansas, and Texas I2V4 12 Missouri Pacific 66% 67% New York, Lake Erie, & Western 19% 20% Ditto, Second Mortgage Bonds 1C0% 100% New York Centralis; Hudson River 102 102 New York, Ontario & Western, Ord 17% 17% Northern Pacific, Common 281/4 28% Northern Pacific, Preferred 72% 72% Norfolk <fc Western Preferred 55 55% Ohio and Mississippi Ord. Shares 13 18 Pennsylvania and Philadelphia 61% 51% Philadelphia and Reading Shares 32% 32% Philadelphia&lieadiug Sp.c.lst Inc 54 54% Do. do. 4 p.c. Mort 81% 81% Union Pacific Shares 44% 45 Wabash, St Lonis, & Pacific 10 10' Wabash, St Louis, &c., Pref. Srs. 18% 18% COTTON AND PRODUCE MARKET Cotton, day's receipts at U.Sts.porl 12,000 12,000 Cotton, (lay's rec'pts at Gulf Ports 13,000 9,000 Cotton, day's export to Gt Brit'n.. 0,000 23,000 Cotton, day's expt to Continent.. 10,000 8,009 Cotton futures, Mar. delivery — 8.72 8.61 Cotton futures, May delivery 8.87 8.97 Cotton,middling upland New York Br6 9% Cotton, middling New Orleans 8% 9jg Petroleum, crude at New York /.10 7.10 Petroleum, sta'dardwhite, N.York 7.20 7.20 Petroleum, st'cl white,Philadelphia 7.50 7.50 Petroleum, Pipe Line Certs. Mar. /8%, 79% Spirits of Turpentine *PVy. Lard, Wilcox's/Spot 5.90 5.93 Tallow, Prime fcity Sugar, fair refining Muscovados 5% 5% Do 96 p.c, Centrifugal 5% 5% Corn, New mixed, Western spot" 64% 63% Corn futures. Mar 61V4 62 Corn futures, May 60 {j9% Spring Wheat, No. 1, spot 117 Wheat, red winter, on the spot ll £ H2% Wheat, delivery Mar 111 110%, Wheat, delivery May 106% 106% Coffee, fair Rio 191/4 19% Cott'ee, good Rio 19% fl9% CoS'ee, Uio, No. 7, Low Ord., Mar. 16.85 16.95 Coffee ditto, May delivery 16.40 16.50 Flour, ex. State Shipping brands.. 3 85 -4.05 3 85—4-05 Iron, No. 1, Coltness 24.00 24-00 Tin, Australian 19 80 19-85 Copper, Mar 34.35 14-25 Steel Rail 28 2!? Freight Grain Liverpool steamers 2%d 2%rt Freight Grain steamers London 2%d 2%d Freight Cotton to Liverpool 6-'32 6-32 Silver Bullion 97:1; ggy4 Wheat, Chicago, May delivery. 97% 97% Corn, Chicago, Mar delivery 51% 51' Corn, Afar delivery 51% 51' Turpentine, Savannah 37 37

THE SURGEON-CHIROPODIST AT CARDIFF. Mr F. D. Siemm, the surgeon-chiropodist, is about to conclude a.n all too brief visit to this district. Mr Siemnis has, during his stay in Car- diff, been singularly successful in his professional duties, and has relieved scores of persons of all classes in the community from painful afflictions of the hand aud foot. Both in his capacity as inaiiicure and chiropodist Mr JSientms is literally an expert, and his deft and skilful treament has surprised and astonished his patrons. It will be observed that Mr Siemms has received letters of thanks and expressions of gratitude from some of the best known gentlemen 111 the district.

TOBACCONISTS COMMENCING." — Guide 3d. now to commence.—Tobacconists Outfitting Co., 183, kuston-road, London. 887 RowLANns' MACASSAR OIL preserves and strengthens the hair, is tho best brilliantine, being not too greasy or too drying, and is also sold in a golden colour for fair hair; is free from lead or mineral Doisons Sold everywhere, 9095

THE BACCARAT SCANDAL. 00- MORE LIGHT ON THE INCIDENT. REMARKABLE DISCLOSURES. The legal formalities preliminary to the trial of the action in which Sir William Gordon Cumming is the plaintiff are being pushed forward, and there is no foundation for the report that the proceedings are likely to be quashed. The solicitors for the defence, Messrs Lewis and Lewis, have entered appearance to the writs, and it now remains for the agents of the plaintiff to supply a statement of particulars. It is understood that the Prince of Wales will be called as a witness unless the plain- tiff and defendants should mutually agree not to trouble his Royal Highness to enter the witness- box. In the event, however, of its bping decided to subpoena the Prince, personal service of the necessary process will be dispensed with, it being usual in such cases for the document to be left with his private secretary, Sir Francis Knollys. Under the heading, Grave issues of the Scandal." the World returns this week to the baccarat scandal, on the occasion of the Royal visit to Tranby Croft. The World says :— The first interview with Sir William Gordon Cumming on the part of Lord Coventry and General Williams was short and hurried, because the dressing-bell for dinner had already nnig- After repudiating the accusation with scorn, and being warned that the Prince of Wales must be informed. Sir William, in as many words, put himself in the hands of Lord Coventry and General Williams, claiming, and the claim being admitted, that both were his friends. Sir William's interview with the Prince later in the evening was of some duration. He spoke with extreme earnestness, appealing to H.R.H.'s long intimacy with him as affording close knowledge of his character, dwelling on his unblemished reputation as an English gentleman and as an officer of stainless record. The Prince interpolated at intervals, There are five witnesses against you and he terminated the interview with the final comment: "I am very sorry, but it is of no use; the evidence is over- whelming—there are five to one against you After a considerable interval Sir William was re- called, to find the Prince gone, and Lord Coventry and General Owen Williams the only occupants of the room. They presented him with the ultimatum which had been decided upon. He protested against it. They enforced upon him that there was no alternative, and warned him that certain members of the Tranby Croft family, who had been witnesses of his alleged malpractice, were set -in their determination, if he did not give the stipulated undertaking, to "blow" him aU over the Doncaster course next day. The unfortunate man, in his sudden dire extremity, still struggled in the toils. Finally, in great agitation, Sir William asked "I)° you advise me to sign?" "Certainly," was the answeryou have no alterna.tive" Then it was that, in an unhappy moment, Sir William set his signature to the following :— On the understanding that certain circumstances which have occurred during the present week at Tranby Croft are kept secret, I bind myself net to touch a card during the rest of my life. The deed done, Sir William in a measure recovered his perceptions as a man of the world. He asked what was to be done with the paper he had signed, and was told that it was to be placed in the care of the Prince of Wales. Then lie inquired whether the prohibition against card- playing would extend to the mild whist habitually Played in the regiment, pointing out that absolute abstention on the part of a whist habitue would excite comment and surmise. In reply he was referred to the literal terms of w° "^dertaking. On the following morning he left Tranby Croft. That day letters were ad- dressed by him to the Prince, to Lord Coventry, and to General Williams, protesting against the cruel dilemma in which a momentary panic had involved him, conscious as he was that the under- taking he had been so mad as to sign constituted a virtual admission of guilt; repudiating, how- ever, that construction, and firmly reasserting his nnocence of the accusation made against him. The tenor of the reply, which was signed by the Prince, Lord Coventry, and General Williams, was to the effect that there had been no alterna- tive for him but to sign the document, that he might trust to the compact of silence, and that the incident was closed. Probably no man has ever lived for three leng months in a, more unfortunate and more compli- cated position. There was the constant impulse to act to break out of the humiliating and com- promising coil he had knotted about him in a momet of moral poltroonery, to confront and defy his accusers, and, like Hal o' the Wvnd, to fight for his own hand. Constant impulse, indeed but the impulse arrested ever by over- mastering obstacles in the path to freedom, honour, and the restoration of self-respect. Sir William had put his hand to a compact waich he himself had written down as binding 011 him. Long years of loyal intimacy, of constant Long years of loyal intimacy, of constant kindness; ttipiniorics of letters written 011 t the dessert sahd while the fierce fv'J were gathering, and their yells wjre ringing in the writers ears—letters never with any- thing of self, but ever full of praise of com- rades-ay, a letter that said farewell in the very face of imminent death; recollections d days of sport, of cheery hours when neither had so much responsibility all those things bade him against himself carry the burden which his Royal master had seen fit to lay upon him. He was not obtusno Cumming since long before the Wolf of Badenoch has ever been a dull man—and he was not slow tc recognise of what consequence' to a public personage was the creation and maintenance of the situation that bore so cruelly hard on himself. And so, with a strangely mixed fortitude—half noble, half unworthy-he endured, until the time of emancipation came, and when he could hail his own professional and social blight with a lightened heart and the re- stored consciousness of manfulness.

CHARGE oiFBIjACKMAILING. At the Mansion House justice-room on Tues- da,v-befoi,e Aldernian Sir Ilenry Lusk—Chas. Wilbreham Perryman and Alexander Walker, of 96, yueen-street, again appeared in answer to summonses issued at the instance of Mr Henry Seymour Poster, a member of the Lon- don County Council and the London School Board, charging them with having on the 5thinst. unlawfully proposed to Mr George Plumbley to abstain from printing and publishing a certain matter and thing touching Mr Foster, with intent thereby to extort money from him against the statute. Mr Lockwood, and Mr Muir appeared for the prosecution, Mr Cock, Q.C., and Mr Forrest Fulton were for the defence of Perryman, and Mr A. J. Benjamin appeared for Walker. The court was crowded some time before the alderman took his seat. Mr George Plumbley, stock and share dealer, 4, Tokenhouse buildings, entered the 1>0x for cross-examination by Mr Cock. Witness said he knew I Perryman wa:i a subscriber to the Financial Observer, and was ac- quainted with Mr Marks. He had been to -VLarks office since these proceedings had been in- stituted, and was once there within the fortnight before the proceedings. He had had eleven years' experience in financial matters. You failed on the Stock Exchange?—Yes, I col- lapsed in 1379. (Laughter.) Kesuming, he said he pulled up in 1880 and got On a-ain m 1881. Since 1879 he had been a stock and share dealer, and carried on financial business generally. Six or seven bankruptcy petitions had been issued against him since January, 1888, but they had all been satisfied. Witness was pressed as to how he came to swear for the purpose of getting rid of a petition in bankruptcy, that be had but two creditors with whom lie had not settled thougii at the same time he had not paid Biter's debenture debt. Witness said he was under the impression that the money under Buer's judgment was in the hands of the lawyers. When on 18th January he swore the affidavit, he did not get money from a Mr Taylor for Carlisle Gold shares but lent him some. Mr Ceck: At any rate, he got a judgment against you. (Laughter.) Your assets are not very available, are they ?—They are to me. That's extremely probable, but net to your creditors ? — I haven't many now, thank goodness. (Laughter.) He had two houses—one at the Isle of Wight, the other at Lea. They belonged to his wife. He sent out a circular headed "Home Investments," one of which was the Financial Neics Company, but Mr Marks's name had been struck out of the list of directors of that concern. That was after the carte of Marks V" Butterfield, (Laughter.) It was not necessary that he should suggest why he struck out the name of Marks. He was not engaged by Marks to buy up shares in the Rae Company. .V°u know people were advising the holders to "keep" for the purpose of making Marks disgorge what he had made ?-Perryman • Shareholders' Protection Society. Witness saw Mv Maiden, of Brighton, a shareholder in the Rae Company. He did not tell Maiden that he was acting for a syndicate for the purpose of m\Vh3 6for MarV vVhat is the Volcanic Aeration Company '■— That's a very good company. .i The Hansard Publishing Company; what are they -Rather low in price. T" commend them at £ 9 5s 1—Well, the late Lora Mayor was a director. (Laughter.) Mr Cock: I do not wish to introduce persons' names. W hat are they now quoted ?— £ 3 or £4-, Is it not £ 2 or £ 3, and has a receiver been appointed ?-I don't know; I never sold any shares. Sir Andrew Lush adjourned the proceed ings until this day (Wednesday) week.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A SERVANT. At Reigatepolice-court on Tuesday, Mrs Brown, ot Harley, was charged with killing and slaying her domestic servant named Cox. The accused, who had been admitted to bail by the Coroner, was apprehended on Monday. Mr Moreton Phillips, who prosecuted, said although all the evidence given before the Coroner was not ad- missible before their worships, there was sufficient to shew the prisoner's treatment was very severe, and the Bench must decide whether a prima facie case was established. The mother of the deceased was then called.—At the conclu- sion of the inquiry, which lasted six hours, Mrs Brown was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter, and admitted to the same bail as by the coroner.

STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE DOCKS. -H- MEETING OF STRIKERS. MR TILLETT ON SIR W. T. LEWIS, A RESOLUTE ATTITUDE. As a result of the rejection of Mr Mann's I proffer of negotiation, the strike at Cardiff has entered upon a quite different phase, its area being extended and a more distinct issue raised. The rejection of Mr Maim is, it is argued, an aCccn- tuation of the position which Sir W. T. Lewis has all along taken up in regard to the union, namely, one of in- difference or contempt; and whereas the fight has hitherto been on behalf of the seamen, it is now transformed into one for recognition of the union. For this rewoi-i, although the dockers' executive have ap- proved of wider action, it is likely that the strife will be confined to the Bute Docky, and all means be tried to secure that recognition or the union which is regarded as an imperative condition of orderly conduct of business. It was upon this point that the raiiwaymen's fight of last year was fought and Avon and the dockers have a better chance of gaining countenance and support upon this than they had upon the I more indefinite point hitherto in dispute. As for the relations of the Shipping Federa- tion and the Seamen's Union, there is grow- ing determination on both sides and as neither has any lack of funds, the contest will prove long and bitter, involving other branches of labeur as it progresses. There is a unanimity of feeling amongst the strikers that the step taken by the Executive Council at their meeting pn Monday night is a. right and proper one, and, indeed, that it is the only one by which the strike can be satisfactorily closed. The desertions from the tippers' ranks are not regarded as being at all likely to damp the ardour of the remainder, and the channel along which the transactions of the dockers have reached I' the Bute officials has now, it is claimed, been discovered. Many of the men who have proved scallywags to us, and so have prostituted the principles they professed, have not the best cf reputations, and some of them have been several times dismissed from the company's employ. In- deed, all things considered, I think we are well rid of such cattle," So said one of the more prominent of the tippers to our reporter, and his opinion was echoed by his comrades. It was claimed by the Bute officials on Tuesday that as many as 45 of the old hands are at work, and that 40 applications for employment had to be refused. Several of the tips on the East Bute and Roath Docks were in full swing at night. On Tuesday the usual "turn-out" was held, the men assembling in West Bute-street, and after making a tour of the hostile boarding-houses marched to the Colonial-hall, where the roll was called. There was no case of desertion, a fact signalized by loud cheering. At the Colonial Hall brief addresses were delivered by the leaders, Mr J. H. Wilson stating that the eyes of the country were upon Cardiff at the present time, and that that port was considered the cockpit of the great fight which must be fought to uphold the right to combine for the protection of trade interests. To win at Cardiff was to win all along the line. Offers of support were continually arriving, and the fact that there were no traitors in their camp was now, he believed, fully evidenced. NG surrender should be the cry, and though, as he had continually stated, he was ready to negotiate with the Shipping Federation, no settlement could be effected while such an anomaly as the Federation ticket existed. To agree to terms and yet to submit to this would be to insult the great body of Trade Unionists the world over. Would they do this' (No, no, and applause.) During the morning considerable uneasiness was manifested as to how many of the tippers who had abandoned work had proved renegades, in viewof the statements made by the Bute officials to the effect that 45 of the old hands had gone back. At the afternoon's roll-call less than half a dozen of the strikers failed to answer—a wel- come surprise to the seamen, who were under the impression that the tippers had not held together. In response to the appeal issued by the National Riggers' and Hobblers' Union on Saturday, a large number of the members engaged at the Bute Docks have abandoned their work. The Bute Docks Co. profess to be able to easily replace these men, all of whom are duly licensed. It should be stated that the boatmen have not been requested to leave their work, but should any attempt be made to import riggers and hobblers they, too, will be called upon to join the band of strikers. To a great extent this withdrawal of the riggers will necessitate the employment of the crews of vessels in moving them up and down the docks, and the prejudice of sailors against such work is thought to be practically insurmountable during such a crisis as the present. The picketing arrangements have now been perfected. Mr Harry Orbell, Mr Wilson and Superintendent Collins having contri buted materially to this end. IVatches of two hours' duration are held at the shipping offices and yard, the whole of the work of "mountiug picket devolving upon Mr Orbell, who has done mnch to prevent collision with the police by keeping the men under his control in good humour. During the day six crews were shipped at the Mercantile Marine Offices, representing about 120 men. This, of course, is far below the normal business done, the average number of crews signed on at the Cardiff Shipping Offices, we are in- formed, being a dozen per day. On Tuesday Superintendent O'Gorman, of the Bute Docks police force, presented to the Bench, at the police-court, seven candidates for the office of constable in the Bute Docks police force. They were duly sworn in. A posse of county constabulary was drafted into Cardiff during the 'day and taken to the docks. The reason for this was not clear, as perfect order was being maintained. In about an hour, how- ever, the constabulary were broght back to the Central Station. A meeting of the local branch of the Federa- tion, held at the Exchange Offices of Mr Hawkins, the secretary, on Tuesday morning, indicates the anxiety of the shipowners to consider every new phase of the strike as it may arise. The threatened summonses against the Federation for alleged crimping of the score and more men in the North of England are not yet served upou the responsible officials, the legal adviser of the Executive Strike Committee pre- sumably tailing tune to consider his position. The partial strike of hobblers is not being viewed with apprehension by the Bute Docks authorities, who say they will experience no difficulty in re- placing them. There is still an abundant supply of labour, and offers continue to come in from all parts of the kingdom. One applicant was so eager to put in an appearance that he enclosed a stamped telegraph form for'an immediate reply At the meeting of the Federation Committee it was reported that the block on the Fonar, at Swansea, had been removed, in accordance with the premise made by Mr Tom Mann at his con- ference with the president and secretary in Cardiff on Monday morning.

POLICE-COURT PROCEEDING S CHARGE OF ASSAULTING THE POLICE. At Cardiff police-court, on Tuesday—before the Stipendiary—David Firth (40) was charged with riotous behaviour and rescuing a prisoner from the custody of P.C. Hudson and Acting- Sergeant Pickett in New-street on the 16th instant. Mr Joseph Henry Jones defended. P.C. Hudson said he was on duty in Custom House-street on Monday night after 11 o'clock, when he saw a man pull two men off a t-ramcar. One of them struck him. Witness got between them and separated them. He told the assailants to leave the man alone, and they said they would as soon as they had taken him to the Colonial- hall. Witness then took hold of the man (Firth) who struck the man who had been on the tram. A crowd which soon collected hooted and shouted, and they crowded him and his prisoner along Hope-street towards the steps of the Colonial-hall. There the prisoner and others shouted to the crowd to take tne man away. The man was forcibly taken away from him at the steps of the Colonial-hall. There were persons who shouted that they would have no staffs and no murder there. When he endeavoured to get on to the steps,* Mr J. H. Wilson said lie would guarantee to bring his prisoner to the station. 1 nsoner in the struggle caught P.C. Pickett (who came to his assistance) by the throat. He was one of those who had aided in hustling him about and in rescuing the prisoner.—On cross- examrnation by Mr J. H. Jones, witness said that the prisoner Firth declared that lie had been for fourteen years a respectable ratepayer of Cardiff, and that lie would see no batons used.— P.C. Pickett said Firth caught him by the neck from behind,and shouted, boys, away with him to the hall." The crowd was forcing the police and the original prisoner towards the Colonial-hall all the while. Firth also said, I am a ratepayer of Cardiff, and I will see no staffs drawn here to-night or any murder done." When they were bustled to the Colonial-hall door Firth had his arrr. around witness's waist, and the original prisoner escaoed and ran up the stairs. At this stage the Stipen j diary intimated to the clerk of the court co altei the charge to, one of assault on the police, William Tripp, e-al tipper, living at South Sr>]'"»o, was examined for the defence, and stated that he was near Firth in Hope-street, and he never saw him touch a constable — nor did he believe he did. There was a great deal of pushing and hustling because people said the police were using the man Adams, whom they had arrested, badly.— James Collins, Cilai,le, JJ. Wilson, and anotliei gave testimony of a similar character. —The Stipendiary sai J for assaulting the polict-in the execution of their duty i.e did not think he would be doing his duty if he did not oentence Firth to two months with hard labour. The' next case taken up was that of Luigi Smeu'uilia (44) and Tobias Olsen (36), who were charged with riotous behaviour and assaulting Torres Torrigin, ill Custom House-street, on the 17th instant. Mr J. H. Jones defended. It appeared that the prisoners, two Sclavonians, but Unionists, endeavoured to persuade the prosecutor, a Norwegian and iion-Unionist, to go to the "Union Home." Their invitation, however, was accompanied by a great deal of pushing and hustling. The occurrence took place -ii Sunday last on the arrival cf the fifty "Federation men" at the Great Western Station. The Bench ordered each defendant to be imprisoned for a month.

COMPLAINT BY A NON-UNIONIST. At Cardiff police-court on Tuesday, Mr Corbett (solicitor to the Bute Company) applied for a warrant against a "person unknown for assault- ing' a ycung man named Wm. Drayton, a. non- Unionist coal-tipper. Drayton declared to the Bench that he had been knockeci about and kicked very badly but he knew not the name or address of his assailant. He could, however, identify him. The warrant was issued.

THE STRIKE JUSTIFIED. [" BY A BLACKWALL BOY of The Doclccr^ Record.] I hav-2 been surprised to find that the cordial support which was given by the local Prees to the railwaymen in their contest last summer is not being afforded the dockers and seamen in the present fight; and, believing that this lack of countenance is due simply to a failure to recog- nise and understand tlie real position of affairs, 1 crave leave to set before your readers a statemsni which will enable them to reach appreciation of our line of conduct in this dispute. It may be needful to trouble them with some amount of "ancient history," and to refer to matters that at first sig-ht do not appear to have direct bearing upon the present question; but I hope to convince every reader who honours me with attention that we are fully justified in the course we are now pursuing at Cardiff, notwithstanding any appearances to the contrary. The danger that attends every such dispute as this is that the judgment of the public is apt to be superficial: ordinary newspaper leaders, as distinct from those fow persons who are able properly to enter into and study the subject, form their impressions and reach their decisions upon only a few isolated facts. But it would be just as right to judge of the American Civil War, or of the Thirty Years' War, by the incidents of a solitary skirmish. No one pretend- imr to riehtlv read historv would venture to estimate, by such incidents, the merits of a great struggle that decided fundamental questions of national policy: neither can the merits of our industrial eontiict be gauged by the immediate cir- cumstances of any local contest. Nevertheless, I shall, in manifesting the principles here at stake, fully establish our claim to the active sympathy and support of every one whose prejudices, or whose class interests and associations, have not already enlisted him on the side of our opponents. Without further preface I will state ourcase. In Cardiff for some mouths past the dosker? have had grievances for which they sought remedy but every approach made to the gencra manager of Bute Docks has been futile. our men have had great difficulty even in securing a hearing, and Sir William Lewis has not deigned to give a reply to their memorials. So much have they been held in contempt that, tailing attention from the manager, they were put to the necessity cf simply giving notice of their intention to act in a certain way. As Sir William did not think fit to discuss with them the matters they were most anxious to discuss with him, being desirous cf conducting affairs in a conciliatory way and without interruption of business, they were driven to notify him of their intention to stop wjrk at five o clock on Saturdays, a notification which has been acted upon ever since. And if any shipowners 01 merchants have been inconvenienced by the new practice, they must not lay the blame on the tippers, for negotiation might have led to semt convenient modification of the rule bu6 negotia- tion was rejected or was ineffective. To say the least, it was not business-like—1 will not say discourteous for the manager to gc ott to Germany at one time, off to America at another, and off to Scotland or elsewhere again, leaving unheeded the memorials of the Bute em. ployees, when an hour cr two's frank treatment would have set matters right. The serious out- come of this neglect has been the present conflict, a conflict cnly just commencing in its more important ptiases. If the whole trade of this district be brought to a standstill it will be the result of the contemptuous neglect I now describe, our men having so disgusted at the treatment they experienced that directly tht Seamen's Union called for help they gave it, and directly cne set 6f tippers were carpeted for refus- ing to load the Glen Gelder, the whole body struck in support of their brethren. They were s: annoyed and so determined to resent their treat- ment that they struck without due reference tc the Union executive, and without its authority and approval; but, knowing their long-continuec grievances, and the state ef mind into which they had been brought, the executive sustained their atrikc and affords them support. The foregoing paragraph makes it clear, I hope. that we are contesting an important principle: that is, for our right to have complaints and de, mands duly considered by employers. This is a right which the colliers of this district enjoy to the full in their sliding-scale committee; and it is a right which every organised body of wage- earners must insist upon, it being an essential necessity of regularity in industrial operations. It is not a question whether our demands and requirements are justifiable. This point is not in issue; and let that be kept permanently and pro- minently in view. Our demands have not been considered. We are not row on strike upon any question of wages or hours. We are on strike be. cause of the annoyance created by our respectful representations having been treated with studied neglect, if not with actual contempt. The treat- ment accorded Tom Mann yesterday is on a piece I with what has been meted out to us all along:. "Keep at arms' length; I've nothing to say ro you True, Sir W illiam has seen and talked with some of our men, but he did nothing. Is this the way in which great trade interests should be imperilled V Very many are prom to lecture the coal-tipper whu resents discourteous conduct on the part of hi" fellow-servant the manager are there none tJ lecture that fellow-servant who, by reason of his education and position, ought to have more keen perception of the tremendous issues involved in such a conflict as this ? We appeal not solely to workmen, but to all, to say whether we have not the right to a patient hearing and to courteous at- tention and, failing that, a right to take every means of bringing our demands to consideration. In a future communication I will, by your permission, tako up the question of the Glen Gelder, that being the incident out of which the strike arose.

MEETING OF THE STRIKE COM- MITTEE. At Tuesday afternoon's meeting of the strike committee the superintendent of jackets reported that David Firth had been sentenced by the Cardiff Stipendiary that afternoon to two months' imprisonment, without the option of a fine, fot an assault upon the police, which resulted in the cscape of a prisoner, at the Colonial-hall on Monday night. The punishment was considered to ba out of proportion to the offence, and after a consultation with Mr J. H. Jones, the solicitor to the N.S. & F. U. it was unanimously decided to appeal against the decision.—A resolu- tion was then passed pointing out the unfairness and even indecency of Mr T. W. Lewis adjudi- Clting on cases of alleged assault and intimidation arising from the strike, seeing that he r- so near a relative of Sir "William Thomas Lewis, one of the chief factors in the dispute.

SUPPORT FOR THE STRIKE. It is understood that the Dockers' Union, of which Mr Mann is president, the Federated Union, in which he occupies the same responsible position, and the Sailors' and Firemen's Union— Mr Wilson's famous organiza.tion-will support the Cardiff tippers in the present conflict. They represent a total strength of at least 200,000 men, and there i* an immediately available ex- chequer of £ 60,000. The railwaymen will not come out against working trains carrying other than the coal traffic, which forms the staple ship- ment at Barry and Penartii. If allowed to con- fine their duties to this department, they will continue at work. But if it is insisted that they shall also work the coal trains they will make a firm stand. The importance of this step will be gauged when it is remembered that the Great Western line cannot be approached from the coalfield except by means of the short connecting line which runs between the Taff and Great I Western Railway Station. Mr Wilson's mani- festo will probably be issued to-morrow night, and will be largely Oil the lines of the address which he delivered at the Colonial Hall on Tuesday night, already published in our columns.

MASS MEETING OF STRIKERS. SPEECHES BY MR TILLETT AND MR MANN. SEVERE ATTACK ON SIR W. T. LEWIS. There was a crowded attendance at the meeting which was held at the Colonial Hall on Tuesday evening. Mr Ben Tillett presided, and he was supported by Messrs Wilson, Mann, Gardner, John, Preston, and Hughes (British Labour League). ¡ The CHAIRMAN said that Cardiff was the only port of any importance in the United Kingdom where the employers had refused to meet the men as represented by their trade unions. (Shame.) Some months ago the chamber of commerce pro- posed the formation of a conciliation board, and he had done his level best to promote the idea. (Hear, hear.) There was some show of meeting him on the other side, but there being no substance the scheme had fallen through. The Cardiff doc-kcrs had been treated, it was no exageration to say. with, more churlish- ness than that associated with an age of slavery. The union officials were representing men wbe.