South Wales Daily News

EXTRAORDINARY NEWS FROM ANTWFCFTP.— Major C. Huet, writing from 6S, Rue cent. Antwerp, says "I only, received one Of Harness' Electropathic Belts the day before yesterday at 9 being crippled with lumbagis in an armchair. I put it on Immeihately. An hour afterwards I was able to get up and sit without catching hold of the armchair. day I walked easily, and to-day I am completely recovered. It is indeed a marvellous resulcr" Sufferers from any rheumatic nervous, or organic disorder, however obstinate, should if possible and personally inspect the original of the above, and thousands of other equally convincng. testimonials at the Electropathic and Zander In- stitute, 52. Oxford-Street, London, W (at the corner of Rathbone Place). Pamphlets and Jun- sulfations may be had without charge, either per 8VDlll or by letter.

SAFETYOF THE MONTE • VIDEAN.. "> The Allan Line steamer Monte Videan, from QueVc for London, was sighted off the Lizard on Saturday, passed the North Foreland on Monday morning, and was safely berthed at Thames Haven on the afternoon of that day. The vessel appears not to have been overdue in the ordinary acceptation of the term. She was somewhat longer on the voyage than usual, but her owners did not consider tho length of passage abnornal for the season of the year, at which adverse weather was to be expected, and they experienced no anxiety concerning her.

ATTEND STUARTS' public auction sale for I Chr struas Fruits, 10th1 November. Woinanhv-street, CardiS. 4630

}.bbrtssts. B EVANS & COMPANY'S GREAT DISPLAY AND SALE OF THEIR R2CEXT STUPENDOUS pURCHASES or GENERAL DRAPERY FURNISHING, SHOW-ROOM & FANCY GOODs, THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND. Being amongst the LARGEST BUYERS in the DRAPERY TRADE, B. EVANS AND COMPANY are frequently offered for Cash, by Manufacturers desiring to realise their Stocks, SPECIAL CLEARING LOTS OF EXTRA- ORDINARY VALUE. They have, under such special circumstances, made STUPENDOUS PURCHASES which which they are determined to speedily turn into money by SELLING THE GOODS FAR BELOW THE USUAL TRADE PRICES. They consist of Blankets, Quilts, Sheet?, Sheet- ings, Bed Ticks, Towellings, Table Linen, Flannels, Curtains, Carpets, Floorcloths, Dress Materials, Serges, Mantles, Jackets, Furs, Millinery, Gloves, Lace Goods, Men's Mercery, Hosiery, &c. The above Special Transactions alone amount to £23.977, which, in addition to their huge Regular Stock, will, they venture to think, prove most attractive to their Customers and the Public generally. Temple-street, Swansea, Nov., 1892. 1046 FURNITURE ESTABLISHED OVER THREE- CARPETS FURNITURE quarters CENTURY. CARPETS FURNITURE ——— CARPETS Fl iaNITUKE tjO'JL), AiiXLaXIC AN;. CARPETS FCHNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE INEXPENSIVE. CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE ——— CARPETS FURNITURE _TT„ CARPETS FURNITURE BEFORE 10U BUT CARPETS FURNITURE FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE OR CARPETS FURNITURE n -rynirrr^ CARPETS FURNITURE CAivKdilis, CARPETS FURNITURE DO NOT FAIL TO CARPETS FURNITURE VISIT CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE T AVERTON & CO. CARPETS FURNITURE B 1 CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS, FURNITURE CABINET MAKERS, CARPETS FURNITURE T^r CARPETS FURNITURE UPHOLSTERERS, CARPETS FURNITURE HOUSE FURNISHERS. CARPETS 38S8SS MARY-LE-PORT STREET CARPETS IKSSI BRID'ii, oiiiEET, CARPETO FURNITURE BRISTOL CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE THEIR SHOWROOMS, CARPETS FURNITURE OVER ONE ACRE IN CARPETS FURNITURE VYVFNT CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE CONTAIN CARPETS IURNITUEE rrL_ Tj-eT, CARPETS FURNITURE LARGEST, BEST, CARPETS FURNITURE and CARPETS FURNITURE CHEAPEST STOCK CARPETS FURNITURE IN THE CARPETS FURNITURE VTEST OF ENGLAND. CARPETS 1179 ONE FACT WORTH A THOUSAND OPINIONS- THE ENORMOUS DEMAND FOR > IP TON'S A M O n s TEA S Is exciting the wonder and envy of all Tea Dealers. The PUBLIC APPRECIATION and increasing popu- larity of LIPTON'S DELICIOUS TEAS amongst all classes may be judged bv che fact that LIPTON unquestionably pays more Duty co Her Majesty's CllS. roms for Tea supplied direct to the Consumers than any other firm in Great Britain or Ireland. This un- doubtedly is the STRONGEST POSSIBLE PRQOF of the Extraordinary Value and Hinii-class Quality of LIPTON S DELICIOUS TEAS. NOTE THE PRICES :— MAGNIFICENT BLENDED TEA, Selected from he best tea.gn)W iug countries (Pure and Fras;vanfc>, J^S PER'LB: Specially selected CEYLON, INDIAN, apd CHINA BLEND, 1 S 4 V PER LB. EXTRA CHOICEST CEYLON and INDIAN BLEND, -a S 7D PER LB. Arts is the most- delicious Tea the World can produce. NO HIGHER PRICE 5, 7,10, and 20 lbs, packed in Patent Fancy Air-tight Car inters, without extra charge. SPECIAL NOTICE.—Delivered carriage paid for an extra Id per lb to any address in Great Britain on orders of 51bs. MId upwards. Samples sent free on I application. A UUARANTKE.—Money returned in full if Tea does not give perfect satisfaction in ever/ way. Being Sole Proprietor of several of the most famous Tea and Coffee Estates in Ceylon, including the cele- brated Estates of Dnmbatenne, Layinastotte, Monera- kande, Mahadambatenne, MousakeUe, Pooprassie, Hanagalla, and Gigranella, which cover thousands of acres of the best tea land in Ceylon, I am in a position to supply customers direct at Planters' Prices, thus saving to consumers of the fragrant beverage all intermediate nrofits. I P T 0 N TEA AND COFFEE PLANTER. CEYLON, THE LARGEST TEA, COFFEE, AND PROVISION DEALER IN THE WORLD. Tea and Coffee Shipping Warehouses 3Vf ADD EM A MILLS, CINNAMON GARDENS, I COLOMBO. Ceylon Office UPPER CHATHAM STREET, COLOMBO. Indian Office and Shipping Warehouses 5, LYONS RANGE, CALCUTTA. Tea and Coffee Sale Rooms MINCING-LANE, LONDON, E.C. Wholesale Tea Blending aud Dutv Paid Stores BATH-STREET and CAYTON-STREET LONDON, E.C. Coffee Roasting, Blending Stores and Essence Manufactory OLD-STREET, LONDON, E.C. General Offices BATH-STREET, CITY-ROAD, LONDON E.C LOCAL BRANCHES: Cardiff Branches: 7, HIGH-STREET, and ST MARY-STREET. I Swansea Branch: ARCADE BUILDINGS, HIGH-STREET. Llanelly Branch :-9, STEPNEY-SI REET. Bristol :-22, WINE-STREET, Branches Everywhere: Purchasers at Liptou's are Supplied First Hand. NO MIDDLEMEN'S PROFITS TO PAY. 92te OVER ONE MILLION PACKETS SOLD WEEKLY. 4138 gHOOTING gEASON, 1892-3. ¡ i GUNS! [ GUNS! t CARTRIDGES! I CARTRIDGES! T. PAGE-WOOD & Co., PRACTICAL GUNMAKERS, 21, CASTLE. STREET, CARDIFF, PATENTEES AND MANUFACTURERS OF i NATIONAL CHOKE CARTRIDGE AND Hj EJECTOR GUNS. | LARGEST STOCK OF GUNS AND REVOLVERS IN WALES. CARTRIDGES FROM 6s 100. Agents wanted to sell our Patent Choke Cartridge brouehotit, Wales. 3314 FOOTBALLS AND ALL ATHLETIC GOODS JJERBERT ^JSHMAN & £ JO I 2 3, 4, and 5, BROAOMEAD, BRISTOL, I LEATHER MERCHANTS, I AND MAKERS OF f LEATHER MACHINE BELTING, I HOSE PIPES, I &c., &c. w ce Lists on Application 4340 J TVTNNEEORD'S MAGNESIA. 9 1. 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MASTERS & CO,'S ESTABLISHMENTS ARE WELL-KNOWN THROUGHOUT SOUTH WALES AND THE WEST OF ENGLAND. 1189 THE PURE INDIAN SOUCHONG TE A AT XS 7D. PER LB. Sample Parcel of 6%lb., including Postage for lis. EXTENDED LIST OF PRICES ON APPLICATION. ALL TEAS AT IMPORTERS' PRICES—NO MIDDLE PROFITS TO PAY. THOS. JONES & CO. (LIMITED), TEA AND COFFEE MERCHANTS, 4666 9, PARKER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. LIEBIG COMPA N Y'S Makes the I7YTT) A fT' Best Beef Tea. ^AJ XiilOl Finest Meat Flavouring Stock for OF Soups, Sauces, Made Dishes, &c. AJJ2J £ }JV • KEEPS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. Each Jar of Genuine Extract Bears JUSTUS VON LIEBIG'S Signature in Blue Ink across the Label. COOKERY BOOKS (indispensable to ladies) sent free on application to LIEBIG'S EXTRACT of MEAT COMPY. (Limited), 9, FENCH URCH-A VEN UE, £ C 1291 HAVING. EVERYONE WHO SHAVES SHOULD USE THE SHAVING. ALBION ILK AND SHAVING. 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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. DEATH* I BIRTHS. I HEALEY.—October 26th, Park Villa, Crickhowell (late of Abergavenny;, the wife of George Healey, of a son. LEWIS.—On November 1st, at Mount Pleasant, Hill- street, Newport, the wife of J. P. Lewis, of a son. MARRIAGE. ENOCH—JONES.—22nd October, at St. John's, Canton, Bessie, only daughter of the late Captain D. Jones (formerly of Longeross-street, Roath), to.'ohn Enoch, ironmonger, Castle-road, Roath, and nephew of the late Rees Enoch, Wordsworth-street, Roath. 456 DEATHS. GRIFFITHS. Tuesday, November 1st, Willie, the beloved son of John and Marv Griffiths, aged 21 years. Funeral Friday; will reach Merthyr by the 2.30T. V R. for Ce n. POVALL.-On Sunday, October 30th, at Caerleon, Ex- Sergeant Thomas Povall, aged 67. Funeral Wednes- day, November 2nd, at 3 o'clock, to Caerleon Church. 3 TAPE.—On October 28th, at Penarth, Ann Tape, mother of M. H. Tape, Builder aged 85 years. Funeral on Wednesday, at 3 o'clock. Service at Wesieyan Chapel, Peoarth. Friends please accept this intimation. 354^

WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1892. & PARTY MAGISTRATES. LET Observation with extensive view," as Dr JOHNSON writes in his "Vanity of Human Wishes," rurvey very county in England and Wales which has a Tory Lord Lieutenant, and Observation will dis- cover, to its intense disapproval and dis- gust, that in every such county the Magis terial Bench is packed with Tories to the almost total exclusion;- ei Liberals. It is I simply a scandal that the representatives of the Crown-for such the Lords Lieutenant are in their counties—should be in their official character political partisans, and be swayed by political bias in their nominations to the Magisterial Bonch. Justice is, or should be, of no political hue, and it is a prostitution of official responsibility and a slur upon the integrity of the Crown (which should be kept outside and above all the disputes of political party) when a repre- sentative of the Crown fills the Magisterial Roll with the adherents of his own political creed to the exclusion of the equal claims and the equal rights of his political foes. To secure due respect for the occupants of the Magisterial Bench and for their decisions it is essential that the public should feel that the men who administer justice from that Bench are placed there not because they are the political friends or toadies of a political Lord Lieutenant, but solely because of their high personal character, their judicial knowledge, and their administrative ability. Unhappily the late Lord Chan- cellor, Lord HALSBURY, who by bis political party appointments has earned for himself the unsavory title of the champion jobber," set tho Tory Lords Lieutenant a deplorably evil example in this respect, which these Lords Lieutenant have not been slow to follow. But none the less does it destroy public confidence in the decisions of the Bench when the public see that only the thick-and-thin supporters of one political party are represented there, and that they are placed there because they are the unswerving, and it may be the unreasoning, adherents of that political party. It is not ouly in Wales that the Crown is scandalised after this fashion by its appointed representatives holding Crown Commissions—although in Wales, perhaps, some of tho mcst flagrant instances are to be found—but from the majority of English counties the same cry comes that the Magisterial Bench is packed with Tory partisans. An indignant protest against the scandal reaches us from Worces- tershire, and from the tone of the large and influential meeting at which the protest was unanimously and emphatically pronounced, it would seem that the grave question will not be permitted to slumber. At the first meeting of the Worcestershire Liberal Council, which was an eminently representative meeting, influential gentle- men from every district of the county being present, the president, Mr GEORGE CADBURY, brought under the notice of the Council the recent partisan act of the Tory Lord Lieutenant in nominating nine- teen Tory magistrates to the Bench and one nominal Liberal, who was, however, really not a Liberal. Competent and qualified gentlemen who are Liberal in politics are to be found in every part of the Worcester county, but the Tory Lord Lieutenant ignored their claims, and nominated only men of his own party politics to the Bench. Some of these, as we learn, would have been better outside of the Commission, so as to give place to more qualified men. Mr F. CORBETT, of Worcester, in condemning the character of -the nominations, said that in the list of the twenty gentle- men nominated there were found "the names of those who were Liberals at one time, but who, so long as they were Liberals, were eligible, but having changed their politics, they were to be placed upon I the Bench." Mr ADDISOX, of Dudley, said that in his district the constitution of the Bench was simply scandalous seventeen I gentlemen took an active part on the Bench, and only two were Liberals." A lengthened and interesting discussion followed, and amongst the suggestions made to secure public confidence in the impar- tiality of magisterial decisions was one to get rid of the clerical element. We know a Lord Lieutenant cf a Welsh county who, from intellectual and moral conviction, refuses absolutely to nominate a clergyman to the Bench. What his reasons are we do not know, although wo might hazard a guess, and we think it would not be very far from tho mark. There is no occupant of the I Magisterial Bench so unsympathetic in manner, so harsh and seemingly vindictive in his decisions-especially in cases of tres- pass or poaching—as the clerical magis- trate. The President of the Council stated, amidst applause, that "it was a question to be looked into very carefully, and they wanted to take some practical steps to get it righted. It was a question to be fought out by some county, and perhaps they would have the honour of being the first." It will be an honour to any county to lead the van in such a righteous crusade as this, and the repeated hear, hear which greeted the President when indicating the possibility of Worcester- shire Liberals stepping to the front to grapple with this scandal of a Lord Lieutenant nominating persons to the Bench because they are political partisans, the recent nominations by the Tory Lord Lieutenant of Worcester- shire is not likely to end in a mere protest. It is time that the public should in right earnest challenge these partisan appoint- ments to the Magisterial Bench. That men should be nominated as magistrates because they belong to one political party, whilst all other capable and qualified men are unscrupulously shut out, is a scandal which ought not to be permitted to exist for an hour longer than the time required to extinguish it.

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES." I OCE. Midlandcontemporary,the Birmingham, Post, has lost grip of intelligent consistency since forsaking its old attitude of indepen- dent thinking, and swearing unreasoning fealty to Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S many un- authorised programmes, and has become the daily apologist and henchman of the self-opinionated irreconcilable. Not a Tory newspaper in Great Britain, not even the venomous and unscrupulous Times—not even, to leave newspapers, that very acrid and very superior person, the omniscient Mr GOLDWIN SMITH—has sur- passed the Birmingham Post in its gibes and flouts and anathemas of Mr GLADSTONE for withholding from the public gaze "the exact character and scope of his Home Rule measure. It was a violation of all con- stitutional precedent, and of all con- stitutional methods of legislative Govern- ment that only the principles of a great measure of legislation should be ventilated whilst; its details were held con. cealed until it became necessary to reveal them. If this did not betoken "disintegration," "disruption," and over- throw of the Empire, then the Tory mind was befogged, "the times were out of joint," and we should be hardly able to escape MILTON'S foredoomed year of sects and schisms." Of course, these bogies were but the spectres of a disordered fancy, and of a diseased mental vision. Our able con- temporary has drunk too deeply of Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S magical brew," and is now suffering the consequence in a deplorable Walpurgis dream, in which the realities of thiugs and logical methods are. distorted and all awry. That, surely, cannot be wrong in Mr GLADSTONE which is right in Mr CHAMBER- LAIN. If it be reprehensible and deserving of anathema. in Mr GLADSTONE to withhold the exact character and scope of his Home Rule measure, it is equally culpable, and equally deserving cf censure for Mr CHAMBEKLAIN to withhold the exact character and scope of what he contem- plates doing in, by, or through his last unauthorised programme "—his last, we mean, for the time being. Not so, thinks our contemporary, the Birmingham Post. In its yesterday's issue, after assuring Mr CHAMBERLAIN that it thinks he has no reason to complain of the reception given to his article in the Nineteenth Century, the Post writes—ahd we ask the reader's atten- tion to it in view of what the Post has so often written concerning Mr GLADSTONE :— "It is of greater moment we think, that the Unionists should thus be induced to fix their attention upon the honest and earnest practical working out of social and economic reforms than that immediate pledges should be asked as to the exact character and scppd.of the reforms to be token in hand." ■ J Oh that mine adversary had written in a book." This was a very vindictive wfeh-of the patriarch, and if Mr GLADSTONE has ever echoed the wish, he may triumph jamr when the daily apologist and vindicator of his arch enemy in defending its idol amply vindicates Mr GLADSTONE. The Post tells those Unionists—chiefly of the Tcry persua- sion, for the cult of Liberal Dissentientiam unreasoningly follow their leader like the sheep of Panurge — who demand to know how Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S projects aro to be successfully worked out, not to ask puzzling questions, but to close their eyes and open their mouths to seize the good things which the philosopher of Highbury intends to put into them. It is of greater moment, says the Post, to go on believing and working than to ask for immediate pledges as to the exact character and scope of the reforms to be taken in hand." There is a good deal of sound practical common sense in this view. But why does not the Post adopt it to Mr GLADSTONE'S Home Rule Bill ? and why is it only to be applied to Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S unauthorised programme ? The Post says that it will not venture to affirm that Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S various projects are not open to criticism as to the manner and the extent in tvhich they can be wisely realised; but it must be admitted that iiltheir substance they are worthy of ac- ctance and advocacy by Unionists as much as by any other political party (sic) and that, whether some of them like it or not, Unionists will be obliged, as a matter both of duty and cf interest, to give present attention to them." A pleasant threat to Tory Unionists, who are thus plainly told that it is their duly and their INTEREST to endorse Mr CHAMBERLAIN'S views, and that if they do not they must not expect Liberal Dissentient help to get back to Downing.street. And yet in this same article the Post severely condemns the Liberals for being driven by the Nationalists, which is nevertheless not true. The leading articles in the Birmingham Post are amaz- ingly funny reading just now.

TREDEGAR IRONWORKS. MR COLQUHOUN'S RETIREMENT. We recently announced the impending retire- ment of Mr James Colquhoun, who for about 20 years has occupied the position of general manager cf the Tredegar Ironworks, and we now have to report that he has actually resigned. The news will be generally regretted in South Wales, where Mr Colquhoun has for many years occupied a position which will be difficult to fill; but it is to be hoped that in resigning he will obtain the rest which he has earned so well, and that his public services will not be altogether lost to the district. Mr Colquhoun's v name is well known in connection with the trade, and his opinion in various matters has always been much valued. As president cf the South Wales Institute of Engineers, his term of office was remarkable for the increase cf membership and the general interest shown, and he has for long taken an active part as president and member of the Ccal- owners' Association and of the Sliding-scale Committees, iu general Parliamentary inquiries, and in the settlement of trade disputes. Mr Colquhoun undertook the control of the present Tredegar undertaking from its foundation, and early advised the development of the fine coal- field in connection with that property, and the remodelling of the blast furnaces. Some ten years ago a large outlay in Bessemer and rail mill plants placcd Tredegar Works on a footing with the best of its kind, and at the lowest ebb of the coal aud steel trades it has never failed to provide the shareholders with a dividend. The town of Tredegar itself will suffer a serious loss. At his instigation an annual series of high- class lectures has been offered to the workmen, and a Literary and Scientific Association, science and art classes, free library, and other educa- tional movements have flourished. He is a county magistrate, president of the Local and School Boards, and in all his dealings in the town has earned the respect and regard of a wide circle of fnends, who will be glad to think that complete rest from his present anxieties may secure him many years of active life.

GLAMORGAN WINTER ASSIZES. The Glamorganshire Winter Assizes will be held at Swansea, before Mr Justice Lawrane:tfut commission day beinqr Monday, December 12th, but business will not be taken before 11 a.m. oa the following day.

FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR NEWPORT. Shortly after ten o'clock on Tuesday morn nig it fatal accident of a most distressing character occurred at a level crossing on the Great Wesfcerp Railway near Magor. John James, the gate than the crossing, had just seen the quarter-part 10 up train safely by, and did pet # ob- serve the approach of the Bristol train, which happe to be 10 tntnu late. The engine caught James as he was ing the 4-feet,and completely disembowelled him, The train was stopped, and the guard got out and gathered up the remains, which were conveyed* to Magor, where they await the inquest. The deceased was not the regular gateinan employed at the spot, but had taken th-» duty for tlwpast fortnight, during the illness cf the usual attea^ deceased was not the regular gateinan employed at the spot, but had taken th" duty for tlwpast fortnight, during the illness cf the usual dant.. lV

LONDON LETTER. [FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.} ¡, f, [SPECIALLY WIRED, J :t.jI0 :Ú:, LONDON, Tuesday Night. THE OPPOSITION. Mr Gladstone will be reassured to hear the news conveyed this afternoon by an active member of the Conservative party in the House of Commons. He tells me it has been finally and formally decided in the councils of the Opposition that no attempt will be made in the coming Session to dis- lodge the Government. They are, to use a familiar rather than polite illustration, to have rope enough, Lord Salisbury and his colleagues being convinced that it will be to the permanent interest of the party that the country should have at least a couple of years' experience of all that a Liberal Government means. This is very pretty, though interesting, chiefly from the gravity with which the assumption is made that Lord Salisbury, just defeated at the heaviest-polled General Election of recent times, holds the key of the situation in his hand, and can turn out the Liberal party whenever he pleases. If the remark has any importance it will be found in the indication afforded that the Conservatives are perforce settling themselves down before the prospect of prolong occupancy of office by a Liberal Cabinet; that is an expecta- tion reasonable enough, not in spite of, but rather because of the smallness of the majority. In the vastness of the ma- jority obtained by Mr Gladstone in 1880 lay the seeds of most of the trouble that dogged the footsteps of the Ministry through the life of Parliament. With a majority of over a hundred there is full room for faction to develop itself. Caves are formed with the assurance that persons flocking to them, whilst they amuse them- selves and minister to personal vanity, really are not imperilling the existence of those whom, on questions of general policy, they acknowledge as their leaders. With a majority of 38 there is nothing to spare for tearoom parties." In order to carry the Ministerial programme Liberals must need stand shoulder to shoulder in face of a wary and resourceful Opposition, or those breaking away on side issues must take the responsi- bility of upsetting the Government. MR CHAMBERLAIN ON PLEASURE BENT. Mr Chamberlain has set forth to-day on pleasure bent. He means to winter in Southern Europe, hoping to come back like a giant refreshed in good time for the opening of the session. The announcement, circumstantially made, of a conference with his party on the eve of his setting forth, proves to be unfounded. It was not on the face of it clear why such 1. meeting should be held. Mr Chamberlain is still a con- siderable force in politics, but during his holiday absence the country will probably get along without the necessity of his making in advance any formal arrangements for its guidance. The suggestion which formed part of the statement that the Duke of Devonshire was to attend with the rest of "the party" and receive instructions— probably be invested with a sort of regency during Mr Chamberlain's absence—supplied by its absurdity an additional reason for receiving the report with caution. THE GERMAN MILITARY BILL. The mystery surrounding the means by which the text of the German Military Bill reached the office of the Cologne Gazelle remains unsolved. A gentleman just re- turned from Berlin, where he has had the opportunity of learning what was thought of the matter in diplomatic circles, suggests a startling explanation. He says people whose opinion is worth considering whisper that the person who sent the copy pf. the Bill to the newspaper office was none other than Caprivi. Urged on by his im- perious master, the Chancellor had no option but to adopt the measure and press it upon the acceptance of the Cabinet. But he foresaw the outburst in the public mind that would be created when the Bill was in the ordinary course laid before the Reichstag. He, as Chancellor, would be held respon. sible, and probably, if the popular uproar grew threatening, would be mado the scape- goat. If only before the Emperor and the Ministry were too deeply pledged to the measure, opportunity were given to the public tu join in its discussion, the Moderate party in the Cabinet would have their hands strengthened when they moved amendments. Thus it came to pass that, as the Cologne Gazette has put it, Roast Ortolan," this priceless piece of special information, "dropped into its mouth without it knowing irom what hand it fell." The success of the disclosure, whether it was an accident or a manoeuvre, is shown by the important concessions made within the past fortnight by the Emperor, and which, according to most recent news from Berlin, will result in the comparatively peaceful passage of the Bill through the Reichstag. THE PRESS." I trust the Institute of Journalists will not abandon the half-formed intention of setting their faces against the practice of adding to the always unduly long toast list, one in honour of the Press. It is a time- honoured custom, well-meant, but neither desirable nor convenient. The idea is that where the Estates of the Realm are being t toasted in succession offence would be take if the Fourth Estate were omitted. A cam- promise is effected and proper relations established by invariably placing the toast r of "The Press at the and of tho liafc. consequence is that it is proposed. and responded to at the fag end of a dimmer, amid the dispiriting circumstances o^empty benches or the busfckT of departing guests. At a public luncheon jri country the other day a well-known- member of the London Press receivett in the course of the repast, an intimation from the chairman that he would be called upon to respond to the toast of "The Press." Having the advantage of an intimate personal acquaint- ance of the chairman, he was in a position to privately adjure him to omit the toast, a request heartily supported by the unanimous voice of his colleagues. This was a new light to the chairman, who thought he had been doing the polite thing, and that the omission of the toast would offend the sensibilities of pressmen. This is a light the Institute of Journalists would do well to spread with the authority they possess as representing on this head the undoubted opinion of journalists. A NEW SPANISH DANCER. I saw Otero, the new Spanish dancer, at the Empire to-night. I think I never saw any dancer to approach her. Of course, I had been told about her diamonds and her pearls, and when she came on her fingers were indeed gloved with rings and her throat muffled with what Lord Beaconsfield called ropes of pearls," But it was not the jewels that took the audience as much as something quite uncanny and mesmeric in the woman herself. Her movements are eccentrically musical. They are not undu- lating like Kate Vaughan's or Letty Lind's, but sometimes measures, sometimes staccato—always rhythmic. She begins with a song, or rather a sort of chant, not unlike the Carmen music, which she delivers in a crooning voice and in a kind of half-inspired mood. Then comes the dance. It is quite indescribable it is neither corybantic like Lottie Collins, nor athletic like the ordinary Ballerina, nor floating and sinuous and un- dulating like Sylvia Grey; but it seems in- spired by music and by mood. I satnëxti an A.R.A., whose delight at the grace of the movements was most pronounced. The new ballet, "Round the Town," followed. Country cousins are introduced to a London Covent Garden, the Royal Exchange„ the Embankment, police, clergy, stevedores, blacks, md the seafaring folk, who. dance hornpipes just below London Bridge on their return from perilous voyages. It is much more attractive than the city lpiown to London correspondents.

IIGII PLAY AT BACCARAT. In the Court of Session, Edinburgh, on Tues- day, Lcrd Well wood gave judgment m the action bv John Tyl-r against George Maxwell t- recover £5,000, the amount of a cheque the latter gave Lord Ailesbury in payment of losses at baccarat at Brighton. His Lordship said* he^ had no sympathy with the defender, who was intoxi- cated through his own fault. Others who were sober took advantage of his condition. Neverthe- less the transaction was illegal, and helded it in favour of Maxwell,

THE CARMAUX STRIKE. PARIS, Tuesday.—An official telegram has been sent to Oarniaux stating that the troops at that place will be withdrawn oil the day wOrk is resumed at the wines. —Reutcr.

INTERVIEW WITH A MINERS' AGENT. THE OWNER AND THE SELLING PRICE OF COAL. IS RESTRICTION OF OUTPUT DESIRABLE? VIEWS OF THE AGENT AT THE OCEAN COLLIERIES. {BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT). I had yesterday a most interesting interview with one of the delegates who represented a large section of colliers at the recent conferences at Aberdare, with reference to the very grave situa- tion which has arisen in the coal trade of South Wales. It is obvious that the miners generally do not understand what is meant by the clause, namely, "The advisability of securing jomtaction in regulating the selling price of coal," "There is a good deal of misapprehension among the people regarding this question," remarked my informant, They think," he rejoined, that the representatives of the men urge that they should have a voice in the fixing of the prices of all the contracts made by the different colliery proprietors. That is a most erroneous impression. Such a proposal would be most impracticable. AU the representatives urge or demand is that they should have a voice in the fixing of a minimum and a maximum selling price, or, in other words, to render the matter more intelligible to the people generaHy, that they should have a voice in fixing a price below which coal should not be sold, and a price above which it would be a breach of the scale to sell. That is all the miners' representa. tives demand. And is not that reasonable ?" "But," I asked, "would such a scale not artificially raise the prices, or would it not cause a restriction or interference with the competition in the coal trade t For instance, if the miners and the colliery proprietors agree to fix a minimum price, that is a price below whicn the coal must not bo sold by members of the Coal- owners' Association, and foreign competitors sell under that, what would be your situation then 1 Would such a scale not confer a boon upon foreigners competing with us? Our hands would be tied, theirs would be free. Am I not right ?" "No, I don't beheve you are," replied the re- presentative. We need not fear foreign competition; what we suffer from chiefly is the result of local competition. I had a chat with some of the miners' representa- tives who visited some of the Belgian collieries on tho occasion of the holding of the International Congress at Jolimont, and they stated that the cost of production there was so great and the out- put so comparatively small and the quality of the ooal was. so inferior, that it was impossible for the Belgians to compete successfully with us." "But do you think that colliery proprietors will support your views ?" Our views ar. reasonable enough. Mr W. Jenk:ns, agent of the seven large collieries be- longing to the Ocean Company, issued a few years ago, or m the year 1888, when Mabon's Dav wa established, a pamphlet addressed to Mr W. Abraham, M.P., in which he stated in Welsh and English his views upon the question of restriction or fixing a minimum and maximum price in the sale of coal. Mr Jenkins said that restriction, to be of any service to the mining community generally, can only be so during a falling or depressed market, and that only with a view of equalising the supply to the demand. It must net be forgotten that it is a two-edged weapon even then. Restriction during a rising or inflated market is a suicidal policy. Its cbject is to artificially enhance the prices to an amount greater than the proper value af the mineral, and consequently tends to create a panic, and frightens away those that would be our buyers, brings rum upon actual customers; in other words, 'kills the goose that lays the golden eggs." What did the Ocean colliers say about this letter ?" I think they agreed with Mr Jenkins. The letter which he forwarded to Mr Abraham, M.P., was printed, and thousands of copies were dis- tributed among the Oceatl workmen and others in the district. Mr Jenkins very wisely remarked in that communication, is to the interest of the mining community ia .» steady market, the price of coal not being too high, nor yet too low—say, without binding oneself to figures, a market having a range of from 10s to 12s per ton free on board at Cardiff. I name these sums, believing that when the coal is sold at a price below 10s per ton consumer has it too cheaply, and the mining community consequently is at a disadvantage. It appears to me that a range between these two sums as the price of coal free on board at Cardiff is one that should be satisfactory to all parties. The miliar,if worked regularly,Would get a fair wage, the proprietor a fair profit, a»d the con- sumer an article worth his money, and it is to the attainment of 1 steady market, with prices ruling butween 10s as a minimum and 12s a maximum, that an effort should be made by all parties interested in the Welfare of the coal trade and this steadiness is, I think, within the reach of th9 mining com m unit v. When the price of coal is lis the workmen should continue to work regularly, earn good money, spend what ia necessary only for the comfort of themselves and family; any surplus beyond that should be placed in the savings' bank regularly. When the coal is 12s, or has a tendency to. go upward, they should work with all their might, and send out as much coal as possible. They will thereby give the consumer confidence, and induce consumption, steady the market, earn for themselves good money, and the colliery proprietors will also reap a fair profit.' These are Mr Jenkins's opinions, and I am inclined to agree with him provided the maximum were fixed somewhat higher. This ia all that we demand when we ask for a voice in the regulating of the selling price of coal." "I don'toIea.rl1 see," I remarked, "that it would be to the interest' of all colliery proprietors belonging to the Coalowners' Association to adopt a fixed minimum price, because it is evident that if such collieries as the Ocean, possessing good coal and wealthy enough to afford the best facilities fof developing the mineral, sell the coal at a minimum inlorder to obtain large con tracts, or any sort of contract, if you like, what chance has the poorer collieries to compete with them? If the Ocean comes down to a minimum, then the others having inferior must sell under the minimum ft market (For their coal. I think that ia logical, is it not ?" "Yes; and it is those poorer collieries that cause the underselling of one another, and they know that although they undersell one another the low prices will be included in the audit, and will bring down wages." But there are collieries in South Wales not belonging tj the Coal-owner' Association; they would have a free hand in the selling of coal, and consequently they would be better off, would they not ? Most of the collieries in South Wales now belong to the Association. The competition of the others would not do much harm to us." And do you think that all the demands made by you are fair and reasonable ?" I do. I think they should be all conceded." And why should the representatives of the men on the Sliding-scale Committee demand at the present time that the wages should be reduced or advanced 10 per cent. on the shilling instead of 8% per cent. on the shilling? We have now a falling market, and consequently it is to the benefit of the workmen to alhwtbe present per- centages to continue until the market rises. A reduction of 10 per cent. on the shilling is, of course, greater than 8% per cent, on the shilling, consequently, why do you say there should be a change V "Because the miners' representatives do not think th, depression will last long. They think. I believe, that we are on the eve of a rising market. In a rising market it is plain that 10 per cent. on the shilling1 is greater and more advantageous than 8% per cent. We want a fixed basis of 10 per cent., the same as we had by the scale of 1890. In the struggle the representatives of the men had with tho employers about 12 months ago the latter insisted upon having a basis of 7% per cent. on the shilhngwhich Was the same percentage as that allowed by the scale of 1882 which continued till 1890. But the fact that the employers con- ceded in April, 1889, 7% per cent. advance which the seal? did not warrant us proved conclusively that the scale in a rising market was not sensitive enough." "Why did they concede that advance—did they grant it voluntarily?" "No. the workmen became dissatisfied about the end of the preceding year (1883), and alleged that in consequence of the advances which had been conceded the Midland miners, and the rise in the price of the coal, they wer. entitled to an advance, and th* employers conceded 7% per cent. advance of the 10 per cent, demanded bythi miners. That is a very strong argument showing that 7% per cent, on the shilling is not sensitive enough in a rising market. And I am told that the employers want us now to revert to that old state of things existing in the scale of 1888 which continued from 1882. At the end of 1888 the Ocean miners broke through their gcale or absolutely ignored it, and demanded about the same time 10 per cent. advance which their scale did not warrant them. They urged that their scale was notsr-nsitive or fair enough, and should be abandoned. They struck work and obtained 5 per cent, advance, and the miners belonging to the South Wales Miners' having received 7% per cent. increase, the wages of both tlhn as regards the percentages were on a level. It should have been stated that the audits of the scale of 1888, when the miners alleged it was pot sensitive enough were done every four months. The new scale, following the one in operation, then came into force on January 15th, 1890. aind by that scale we received 10 per cel/t. on tibei -shilling, • which, of course, in a rising market was of greater advantage to 118 and in the strugg!e abtSit a year ago the employers demanded the rcdwtiott ot the 10 per cent, to 714 per cent., or the reverting to theame basis as existed when they conceded advances which the scale itself in the latter part of 1888 and the beginning of the following year did not II arrant. The battle was foiigbt bitterly by our delegates on the committee; and though the employers demanded 15 per cent. im- mediate reduction and the lowering of the percentages from 10 per cent. to 711z they obtained only 7% per cent. of the 15 j demanded by them as immediate relief, owing to the cost of production being too great to enable them to carry on their works profitably; and instead of taking the percentage 7% advance on a shilling as offered by the masters, the representa- tives of the miners got 8% per cent. Now, it is not generally understood by the majority of the workmen that the 7% reduction enforced by the employers when the new scale was made or came into operation has decreased to 3% per cent. The question of adopting the alteration from 10 per cent. on the shilling to 8% per cent. on the shilling was not an important one then, since it was a declining market. Now the prices having gone down, and as 8% per cent. on the shilling is a lesser reduction than 10 per cent. on the shilling, it is plain that so far it haa been to the men's advantage. But as a basis all round, the men say that 10 per cent. on the shilling is fairer to them." And with regard to the question of umpire, may I assume that ycu are in favour of the pro. posal ?" Ob, yes but there is a good deal of misap- prehension about this matter again. It is generally thought that the umpire is to decide questions which the representatives of the men and those of the employers jointly on the Sliding. scale Committee have faiJed to agree upon. Now, when a dispute, having arisen at, say, the Ocean Collieries belonging to the Association is reforred to the Sliding-scale Com- mittee, it is eventually referred by them to two arbitrators, ono representing the men and the other the employers, and it is when they fail to agree that we say the dispute should be settled finally by an umpire. No division takes place, as I understand the matter, at the meetings of the Sliding-scale Committee in regard to such disputes. Bat no doubt it is difficult to secure the services of practical men to act in the capacity of umpire without their being biassed either way. And again if the services of an in. experienced man bo obtained the question is whether ho would be able to properly consider and thoroughly weigh all the points in a technical case, such as the fixing the price for working a n W feam, about the identity of which there is a dispute between the employers and the men respectively. It is true that the workmen in the Northern collieries raise serious objections to referring serious disputes affecting the welfare of thousands of workmen to an umpire, for it is stated that their sad experience is that they hnve received worst terms from an umpire than what they had been offered originally by the employers. There are those objections to the matter." And you are in favour of admitting the Press to the meetings of the Sliding-scale Committee?" Yes, I think that reports of the proceedings of the Committee should not be private as they ar, now. could be no harm done to either side by admitting the Press." This concluded the interesting interview.

INTERVIEW WITH A REPRESENTA- TIVE CHECK WEIGHER. IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS. One of our representatives on Tuesday had a lengthy interview with reference to the crisis with a checkweigher who generally occupies a conspicuous position in the councils of the men, and whose utterances may be regarded as fairly representative of the views of an influential section of the miners of South Wales. He readily admitted the seriousness of the crisis, and agreed that the depression in the coal trade was of unprecedented severity. At the same time, ha unhesitatingly declared that there was not the slightest justification for the attempts of the employers to further lower the percentage under the Scale. He had no figures at hand to sustain his contention, but pointed out that nothing had transpired in the coal trade returns to justify the employers in forcing any further reductions upon the workmen. But admitting all this, will you contend that the men would be justified in proceeding any further at present in the demands they have put forth for the revision of the Scale?"—"No, I'll contend no such thing. In my opinion, the men should Jet well alone, and direct their attention at present to improving their organisation. This must be attended to without any further delay. We must have lodges formed at every colliery on strictly Trades Union lines, and thereby imbue the country folk that crowd into our collieries with Union principles. Thousands of these men at present work simply for what they can get. and they have not the least idea of the value of their day's work. They never dream of standing up for their rights and dictate to the manager what should be paid them. I know of se eral cases to illustrate what I say. At the commence- ment of the advances 30s were paid between two men that I know fur working in a certain place, but since then this allowance has dwindled down to 5s, and that even during the time when the allowances were going up. This, of course, was a distinct breach of the Scale agreement, and the manager of the place I refer to would never havi ventured upon such a course did he not know that he was dealing with men who were thoroughly disorganised." "Then would you advise the men at present to withdraw their claims for a revision?"—"Yes, by all means I would. This is a most inopportune moment to approach the employers with any such demands." "Then the men, you think, should not entirely abandon their claims, but postpone them until a there opportune moment arrivesf'—"Yes, that isexacbJy my view. I think things should be left exactly as they are for seme time at least." "But assuming that the masters persisted in their demands for a reduction,, what then ? loan assure you this, that the men cannot afford to alioiv any further reduction, and if the em- ployers will persist in the demands they have out- lined they will simply force us to a gigantic and bitter strike. Why, look around you, and see for yourself how the men are situated. No sooner does a a pit stop—as in the case of the Maritime, for instance—than you find the men and their families in sore distress at once. That proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the men are earning not a penny mere than is absolutely necessary to make the two ends meet, and very seldom indeed do they manage to accomplish even that. They have not a penny to spare to put by for a rainy day. A further reduction forced by the em- ployers would, as I have said, only be the means of creating a general strike. I certainly should be the first to advise the men to resist such an attempt, although I did all I oould to induce my fellow-workmen not to give notices last Jul)." "Though at the same time you would now advise the men not to press their claims ?"— "Exactly so." Now with regard to organisation, would you have the men adopt Mr P. D. Rees' advice and at once-join the Miners'Federation of Great Britain?" No, I ceftannly would not. I am emphatically in favour of retaining the Sliding-soale principle Relieving that it secures permanency of em, lament for the men, and stability of trade all round." But do you think it is possible now to carry out this process of /e-organisatiou? You are probably aware of the difficultyexperienoed in the Rhondda in getting the men to agree to in- crease the monthly contributions to the district ?" "Oh, yes but I believe that the difficulty there is attributable to the fact that the men may not be altogether approving of the kind of organisa- tion proposed. Were Trade Union lodges formed all the money would be kept at bome and controlled by the mem- berg themselves, and contributions could beetnatJe- to a central fund as occasion might; call. The effect of all this would be that the men would have implicit confidence in their organisa- tion, while the moral effect in the direction of inculcating Union principles among the masses of colliery workmen would be incalculable. With the lodge system we could the more closely examine the conditions under which each individual workman was employed, and thereby do away with the anomalies of the present system whereby one man, who has the courage to demand his due, is paid a higher rate of wasres fcr doing exactly the MIlle work as his weaker brother in the next stall, who, however, is forced to accept poorer pay owing to his timidity in speaking out." J

A VENERABLE CLERGYMAN. The Rev Edward Hawkins, canon of Llandaff, and formerly vicar of St Woolos, the mother church, Newport, on Tuesday completed his 92nd year. The rev. gentleman, who resides in Stpw Park Circus, Newport, entered holy orders 69 years ago, and since then has had a career of usefulness which falls to the let of few. He is still hale and hearty, aud his slightly bowed frame was to be seen amongst the unsurpliced clergy at the latest great church func- tion in Newport, namely, the opening of the working man's handsome new chuich at Barnardtown. Canon Hawkins is a constant attendant at the church of which he was formerly the viaar, and in the winter time is conspicuous for his practice of carrying a small lantern to help him to pick his way. This practice has arisen since a mishap which befel the rev. gentleman owing to his shortsightedness. He is always early on his road to church, and thus becomes a notable example to a community afflicted with an unfor- tunate habit of being occasionailya. trifle late.

WRECK OFF THE PEMBROKE- SHIRE COAST. The Norwegian brig Priton, Captain Pederson, bound from Cardiff to Ftederisin, Denmark, with a cargo of coal, struck on a rock 30 miles south- west of the Smalls, on Friday last, and foundered. The steam trawler Dartmouth stood by for six hours, and eventually took off the sinking vessel's crew, six in number. The captain was the last to leave his vessel, which went down half an hour after he was taken on board the trawler. The shipwrecked men were landed at Milford Haven, and on Saturday evening were forwarded to their respective homes by Mr John Phillips, the Norwegian consul.

NEWS IN BRIEF. There are now over 70 women students at the University College, Aberystwyth. Mr William Davies, Mynorydd, has presented a bust of the late Henry Richard, M.P., to the Aberystwyth College library. "Yr Afon Olaf" is the title of a. part song composed by Mr W. T. Rees (Alaw Ddu), Llanelly, in memory of the late Rev Dr Saunders. Lord Rosebery will have the Legation at Lisbon to give away very soon, as Sir George. Petrie is about to retire from the diplomatic service. It is estimated by some horticulturists that more than 1,800 varieties of roses worthy of cul- tivation have been produced during the present century. A writer in the Times says it is calculated that Londoners pay an extra water rate of some £70,000 or £80,000 a year in respect of the article which they buy as milk. Lord Tennyson was not a Liberationist. "I believe," he wrote in '85, "disestablishment and disendownment would prelude the downfall of much that is greatest and best in England." Messrs Macmillan and Co. have handed over to the Royal Literary Fund the sum of £25 paid to them as a fine by a firm of printers who infringed their ccpyright by printing the words of Lord Tennyson's Crossing the Bar without permis- sion. Mr Cuninghame Graham, who is sojourning in Morocco, has been haranguing Spanish workmen at langier cn the eight hours day. His remarks seem to have "caught on," for at the conclusion of his speech he was escorted by an enthusiastic crowd to bis hotel. The largest locomotive in America was recently turned out from the workshops of the Union Pacific Railroad at Omaha, Nebraska., The engine is 15ft. 5in. high from the rails to the top of the chimney. The boiler is 5ft. in diameter and over 23ft. long. In a garden at Mayfields, Farnham, an apple tree has a wire fence attached to a limb, the wire having been completely embedded in the oork, in tyre fashion. This year the particular branch was loaded with fruit, while other parts of the tree were nearly barren. Amongst the Laos, a people inhabiting tha district of Siam, in the neighbourhood of Chiengimai, the tea leaves are not used for making an infusion, as in other countries, but are prepared wholly for the purpose of èhewing- a habit almost universal in that country. Thackeray's copy of Cowper's Poems," with Westall's quaint plates, is to be sold at Puttick and Simpson's on Friday. In it, on the flyleaf, has written in the novelist's own hand, Bought at a sale, August, 1850. The engravings are as fine as the poems, and they are grand.— W. M. THACKERAY." Josef Hofmann, the famous boy pianist, who, as was lately announced, ran away from hit uncle, Professor Hofmann, of Warsaw, while at Cardiff, recently called at Colombo, Ceylon, as one of the crew of the full-rigged ship Buckhurst, from which, however, he deserted at Calcutta, ultimately finding bis way to Bombay, where he is now being cared for by Mr Soundy, of Messrs Soundy anj Co. A bon mot, which bears quoting, is that of Sir Herbert Maxwell's in his article cn Clothes iff Blackwood, when—apropos of Mr Keir Hardie's first appearance in the House of Commons with a cloth cap on his head, which he thought it un. necessary to take off in presence of the Speaker- he says that in future Mr Keir Hardie must make his way not by what he has on his head, but by what he has in it ? Here is a good instance of child's logic from a foreign contemporary. A small boy, to punish his elder brother for breaking one of his toys, set to work kicking an unfortunate ptippy which, balonged to both in common. His mother checWd and rebuked him, adding, "Remember that pdbr Nip belongs to you as well as Jack." Oh, I knp,wthat," replied Nip's tormentor, but I'm only kicking Jack's half." An Australian editor is very severe upon the Ballroom Boy." He attributes the fictitious value .in which the youth is held te the dearth of men in the prime of lite, who studiously neglect the ballroom, partly becausetney have achieved socia position, and partly because they feel annoyed and discomfited by the manners of the super- cilious boys whom hostesses delight to please. He is good-looking, dances well, and is ridicu- lously young. Sir William Treiawny, of Trelawne, who has seceded from the Libera! Unionist party, is a direct descendant of the bishop of the name who was imprisoned by Jam II., and a son of Sir John Treiawny, a prominent member of the philosophical school of Radicals, of; which Sir William Molesworth was chief. Trelawne? ia a fine place on the banks of the Looe River, and adjoins Prenant, which was once the property of Henry Hope, the author of "Anastasi us." A marriage in which the rommercial com- munity of the Metropolis and Liverpool will be deeply interested has been arranged. The son of Sir James Whitehead, the Liberal member for Leicester and the cx-Lord Mayor of London, will in the spring lead Ethel, daughter of Mr Philip Rathbone, of Liverpool, to the altar, Mr Rath. bene is of the great merchant princes of Liverpool, and he has allied to his commercial activities a generous interest in education and an enthusiastic devotion to literature. Apropos of Mr Chamberlain's unauthorised programme," it is a fact worth putting cn record that in preparation of his scheme the member for birmingham," has had very material assist. ance from his son, Mr Auston Chamberlain, who, both in Paris and Berlin (in the former capital under M. Ribot and the ex-Minister of Finance, M. Leon Say) made a vry exhaustive study of the various Jaws-some of which are in vogue in Germany—relating to compulsory insurance against accident, sickness, and old age. Mr Morley Roberts, judging from a chat with him, which Mr Blaythwayt contributes to the Novel Review, has had rather a mixed experi- ence of life. He is Devonshire bred, was educated at Bedford and Owens College, worked two years in the Australian bush, came home before the mast as a common seaman, lived two months in a sailers'home at Hull, was a Civil writer in the War Office, went to Texas, worked his way over Western America and California, and landed in England with 8s 6d in his pocket. Then he tock to literature. Lady Evans, the Lady Mayoress, held her final reception at the Mansion House on Tuesday afternoon, and will be the recipient this week of a number of marks of the esteem in which she is held in the City, for she is to be presented with gifts from the Aldermen and Common Council of London, the Ward of Castle Baynard, the Welsh Principality, and the officials of the Mansion House. In no recent years, except perhaps when Lady Whitehead occupied the position, has a Lady Mayoress been more universally popular than Lady Evans. Elis Wyn o Wyrfai has a touching poem in the November number of Yr Haul on the death of his wife, who lost her life under distressing circumstances in the recent floods in North Wales. It is full of pathos. The bard first recalls the early days when his wife was a beautiful girl:— • chofio'r wyf yn eneth lan Chwareus, ysgafndroed IoH; Al chrychwalIttroel!og fel y frSn- Mae'i delw dan fy mron. Incidents of hismarried life are totTched upon, and' an affecting tribute closes with these two verses Nid wyf yn gofyn, 0 fy Nuw, Paham y gwnaethost hyn ? Ond moes dy gymhorth im' yn fyw, A'th wyneb yn y glyn. Y dbn o gydymdeimlad by w A lifodd dros y wlad, Pa beth c nd mifn aberoedd yw o gariad pur y Tad A beautiful and instructive lecture experiment, illustrative of the conditions of the heated atmos- phere which gives rise to the mirage, is described by MM. J. Mace de Lepinay and A. Perot, in their "Etude du Mirage," which appears in the Annales de Chimie et de Physique. Water is poured into a long rectangular trough with glass slides, and covered with a layer of alcohol about 2 cm. thick, containing a trace of fluorescence. After a few hours, during which the alcohol diffuses slowly through the water, a flat beam of light is sent through the mixture at a very slight inclination to the horizon. Under these con- ditions a kind of garland of light is seen to traverse the'liquid, due to a series of curvilinear deflections or mirages" in the less highly refractive water below and total reflections at the upper surface of the alcohol. Mr Harry Vane Milbank, the eldest scm of Sir Frederick Milbank, of Thorp Perrow, who died last week at Davos, was at one time very well known in both London and Paris society. Under 1 the will of the first Duke of Cleveland the whole of his vast family estates in Durham, Yorkshire, Somersetshire, and Shropshire would have descended to Mr Milbank, his gre.at grandson. The first Duke died in 1842, and left a year in land, and a fortune of £900,000. Hi# sV .tied his estates on his three sons in succession, and their issue, and, failing their line, upon his eldest daughter, Lady Augusta Milbank, and her issue male. The result was that everything would have ultimately been in the power of Mr H. V. Milbank but about 20 years ago the late Duke of Cleveland arranged to break the entail, at a cost to himself of more than a million, the price of the necessary consents having been, I believe, paid in a single cheque.