Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

BUSINESS ABROAD. THE SUSCEPTIBLE TITRE 9ocie tin ago merchants and shippers engaged ia the Eastern trade received a notification that gecdt beating trade marks offensive to the religious sus- ceptibilities of the Turkish people would not be admitted to the country. The difficulty has bsen to decide what is ana what is net an offensive sign, and the absence of any recognised authority on the joint is giving some trouble to Lancashire men. Quito recently a Manchester firm suffered a con- riderable loss owing to the action of the Customs authorities at Constantinople and Beyrout in refusing to admit a quantity of textile goods consigned to a customer on the ground that the marlr was offensive, although wherein the offence lay was n it stated. In the opinion of the shippers the design was not calculated to offend the feelings of the most sensitive of Mohammedans, but the officials declined te with- draw the embargo, and the goods were consequently undelivered. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce has, we believe, drawn the attention of the Foreign Secretary to the matter, asking that steps may be taken to defend the proprietors of the marks in question from unreasonable interference with their business. Perhaps in the meanwhile it would be 8Ii well if the complaining firm thought out a new daign to place on their goods, for past experience has taught us that it is useless to expect the Turkish Government to pay immediate heed to any remon- strance from outside. Besides, Turkish buyers have a perfect right to have the goods marked as their chOQBfc CANADA AND MANCHESTER I Arrangements far a regular fortnightly service of iteamers between Montreal and Manchester during the coming season have, it is understood, been com- pleted. The first sailing, says the Manchester Gv&rdwiy will be taken by the Cynthiana, which "Fill arrive at Montreal to load as soon as the St. Lawrence becomes navigable, probably about the middle of next month, and she will be followed by the Stults of SunJa two weeks later. A large quantity of deals and other merchandise have already been engaged for shipment by the new line, and it is underrv-ood that an effort will be made to divert the traffic in cheese, bacon, tinned meats, fcc. An important feature will be the carriage of cattle, for which tba steamers are well adapted, and it is stated that a mwaber of the largest shippers of live stock have airt* kdy promised their support. The experience of last yew, when there was an occasional 3emce, shewed tl-at plenty of cargo can be obtained at Montreal !or shipment to Manchester, and a con- siderably larger trade would no doubt have been done if more steamers had been berthed for the canal. It may be hoped that the owners will not sacrifice fte interests of the new venture, as they have beer sacrificed in the past, by diverting the steamers to other trades which may evince a temporary activity. What is required by Manchester merchants in nearly all branches of trade, and particularly in the provision trade, is a reliable service at "easwafely short intervals, ana the recogni. tor of thta fact is of the first importance in connec- tion with She Canadian traffic. GERMAN COMPETITION IN THE NETHERLANDS. A report by Mr. Robinson, British Consul at Amsterdam, on the extant te which German manu tortures we displacing those of Great Britain, and the reasons for this displacement, has just bean issued by the Foreign Office, In Holland both Rations moot ea fairly equal terms, and hi many Bases Gc- foods have from the first held a cem- ~-j iii others Greet Britain bae igways taD the lead. The people, as a rule, are fcvell-to-dA. and shew a preference for quality over cheapness beRce British goods have fairly hell their own bo the face of a bitter competition from eheaper Citations. "German industry is. arA always hp. been, essentially of an imitative ch- acter, an4 in many articles the imitation has so cub. «tantly improved that it has reached the excellw" of the oriq lual. But I have found from pernma- inquiry titat in such cases the cost fcps, in m- instances, so far increased with the improvement that the p'ice of the improved imitation nt becomr as high ac that of the original." Mr. Eobinson discusses each of the chief heads of manufactures ip which there has been a change in the last ten rT5, mentioning the special deechptieM of goo& ba which th9 import from each country lea&. At to the ira* and steel trade, the Consul mentions {hat the »crcel lent system of classification oreiail- iiig in Germany in consequence of the thorough jrganisattim of the trade tells very strongly against great Rrittiin. On the whole, he thinks the chief obstadoe to an extension of British trade with the ikethematolb are the greater facilities for credit given by itertian houses, the system of weights and measures in Great Britain, and the Protective system in Germany, which depresses the price charged far exported geocu in order to maintain high priori at home. But he adds: "Great Britain has, in thu absence of compulsory military service, to iiiirnenoe an advantage over the Continent and ever Germany, where some of the best years of IVNy woi'king-man's life are sacrificed to military exigencieft, that our country should certainly be efek to •-■o.npote with succe s in all couetnoc whetw toO dtfbleadit* duties exist." llSWDEKS WANTED. Tfee Sectary of State for Foreign Affairs Sa# vcc-ive-l a despatch from her Majesty's Consul* aereral tft Christiania stating that tenders are invited m the delivery to the municipality of Stavanger of a certain number of gas, water, and drain pipeK Tenders for the above must be received mi the Sta''anger State Engineer's Office by April let next. Stich further particulars as have been tWAiv6d play be seen at the Commercial Department of the Foreign Offico any day between the hours of Ufca>. «tld 6 p.m. THE GENTLE ART OF LOADING. Those vsho are interested in the silk trade and the purity of illk goods will be pleased te learn that at She present moment arrangements are being made in Germany for a thorough investigation of the method* t vogue there of leading silks, a subject recently discussed, it will be remembered, by the UaccieeflAid Chamber of Commerce. It is net to be tnferrssi from this, remarks the Pcll Mell Omiettt, that our Oerman friends have decided to have done with this practice. Quite the contrary. A number of eoirpla.'ints have of late been made that coloured pods whtth have been liberally "charged" have become entirely valueless after having been kept on the sholf if or a few months. This, of course, has meant a direct loss to German dyers and manu- facturers onoi.uting in the aggregate te a substantial BtftTi. Moreovei, the very fair fame of German silks ht* tierurue sullied thereby. The purpose of the 'r*«tv,oation is to ascertain to what extent silk can A loa.H'd without affecting its good qualities, se that t;,c;r bJIIY be no risk of big parcels coming bottle oz the m f i itacturers' hands, and towards this feeirs.blc end the dyers, manufacturers, and nercLantf of Crefctd have subscribed together to raise The necMzry sum. It may be added that the Art of lowiiilg silk when dyeing in colours has made ouch tWM{)fM recchtly, and colour dyera are now 4bi.? to aril almost as much to the weight of the silk II It is v«r-:6it)le to add when dyeing wltbblwk., tin aits are the medjum employed.

ring to the wrecked liner picked up. It contained as evident the man bad and exposure, and ;"01; sevierai bottles of water td were found in the boat. Assizes on Wednesday, Bit der, trxdimir under the style Company, was seatenood to abotir for forging and Qt. with intent to defraud. <

I PAINFUL DIVORCE CASE. r Doctor and His Wife. I Distressing Story of Life at Home and Abread. Dr. Duncan Caddy, who has recently held an ifflci&l appointment in tho West Indies, charges his wife, Florenoe, with misooodjoct with Mr. Frederick Raider, an officer of Excise. On the Tfcher hand, Mre. Caddy alleges crneifey end vdidtory om the part of her husband. All sEe- ons are denied on both sides. The trTOi was sought to be i--iveWg&W beforo Mr. Jn-tice Jm". Dr. Oaddy deposed that ho had known his wife for six or seven yaw I-wf(-Te the Anv in July, 1891, WLTO, without 'Twins' a word to any of their frwmds. tlwr grct $w"m»e\v«s at the registrr office at Maxky»-road, Kensington. They did not live MRS. CADDY. together till the J use of the following year, when they went through the reXfioos ceremony of maniage at 1,4, Outhbcrt's CSwnch, lwd s- oourt By way of hanevniooo they went on trip to the Oape, and on their return the young <» bougiit a practice at Betimal-green, but wonted it from 24, Earfs-oourt Gardens. I AIMHOLISM. I The wife ioexpticebly unwell Iler tnrfwnd called in two doctoi-3, who &movemd what he had not found out for bimself- tb:at the cause of afl the torebfe ws» aJooho^ism. By vrjiv of treatment these medicai men gave injectiosM of mcrpibia., with thB resujfc that the kwiy won added marplwaMiua to dfparanaaia, jywyrfSng to the ewdenea of her hnrt»eod. nRIVEN FROM HOME. I I UDdertheooMequaotvonyMdm?tal diB- t?M be aotAMaprMt?, and, ?tar tights ?MMe???D?d?M??pqyMM??"? aon in the. madimi V" iD the w.t Indies. Onthe???tbey stayed at gagmd the mmme of a yomg caoumd awtjr -ith SMp?M??MMme?AM?I?Mm??W? bec??impottejat ?tiu??mibaeqTMt At, C%rnawn tbW mwh& tbO kc qu4utvxs of Mr. Budder, an efBcer in the Exase, and for a time Dr. Oadidy eooooraged IJS I mta not sospeoKne that anything was wrong. THE DOCTTOR'S SUBPICIONE. I Dr. Caddy's suaacioa et gooaeuang neeBflee mtesnperanoo wee first excited when Rodder anoomp4med than on another visit to Grenada, andMmCadlciy visited him in his room, because he had OOUL Fran that time he erased tD ocoapy the some room as hie wife, aod when, game diiia baeir, obe oaid she fewed sbe was Mwmrto, be aommd ha o( I-M-lity. She denied it, hut during a sobaequect attack of (ielmnm treanms lie cried out y for Rodder, and Dr. Caddy's suspicions were COD- firmed by a oommunicstion made to him by ¡ Annie Hvewxndie. CONCESSION AND RETRACTnON I Wbm hia wife zmwe-d, he reM<tted the abaqe, which ho wife a4hmUeat = 'Ile of the pd and of Dr. Cad?e parang "ho 1ad gone out to Carriactm. They all arrwngpd to ome bome togethm On the voyage a curious incident oocnrmL Annie Hyacinthe, who bad never been out of the West Inaies before, was a bed sailor, and wait very r-easkk, indeed. While 4he was in this condition Mrs. Oadldy, it is aEeged, terrified her by saying that her father was a magistrate, and as soon aa they reacted Southampton the girl should1 be put in prison for what she had saidL Under this ooeancioQi, the giri ogned a deciara- iaon whkb Mm. Oadxiy had! written out in the foLeiwing terms :—"I, Annie Hyncinfche, de- olare that the statement I made ocam-f, Mm. Dunosu Oaddy aM- Afr. FTederick to be perfectly untlnn I do this of my own freewill." But in Mia. Caddy's f" via Mr. Occfc. Flaunting this retractkm before her husband Mm. QadSdjy Bead, You can't do anytbinff now.- But AJSOBB Hyockrfiie burnt Do tenure, AND owned up how the atmbmmnt bkd bwn obtamed- I A SLEEPLESS PENITENT. On the voyage home Mm C?d* made many Tis 'f''oc=*TMBW; and- aft4rvwdo wrote Nua ?tbI lettw -"My own darling husband? —Id?hope ym am fee0a? betbw. I was so diaqypoiRW there W"M not a letter this morning. Thpy are a I bwm to lgok forwar(I to. Have you forgiven, me, dbsur, for all I have done wroag7 I feel am miserable about it I œn't. sleep I DEL. CADDY. I at night, but Be awake thinking over all I hanre lost witi your love. Write to me soon. I have net news to tell you. They are aJ. vay kind to me, but I my baby so badly lIt does mem w baad- I feel that my baby will forget me. I have net touched 81 drop of anythi-ag.-Ever your most loving wife, Flosie." Croes-axtonined by Mr. Baagiuve Deane, Dr. Cadidiy said) his wife's father was a J.P., wid had ben Mayor of Retford. DWNEJENQ DENIED. I "My oaøe," Mr*. Barrrave Deane said; is a very sample ene. This lady never did give way to habits of intetmperaace or morphtta injection. I The ooaiy time she ever did give way it was at the erugg on of her husbaiid." Thia J&r. Caddy earphaticaiiy denied, denying also that he bmffislf ever hank te exceea. On a. partdouiftr ecoaaen when he assmlted his wife he- was, be emplame4 dielirious from scarlet fevei Witness denied that, rigj)* or wrongly," his wife had obiected to Miu Hyacinthe sl«3pmg in his room. It was the first time he had ever heard of such a suggestion. Mr. Cock objected that ne cJwrger of the kind appeared in the particulars, and Mr. BaJrgreve Deaae made the rejoinder that he did rot euggest any inipropriesfcy. The case was adjourned. Secentl Da/s Proceedings. I The painful divorce suit, in which Dr. Duncan Oaddy Becks a dissoiiition «f his marriage en the flnround of Mrs. Oadd^a adiultery with Mr. SVederidc Ru/kter, an Indian official, was oott- tdnned en Friday before Sir Francis Jeam and a special jury. Mrs. Caddy had also hied a aroes patilaon, charging ter husbend. with nis- oaadnict, said both parties deny the allegataenfi. Mr. Raader does net elect to appear in person, but it WM mentioned that he had given evidence ou commission. At the oeoohiaion of the proceedings en Thnrs- dnyy the cross-examination of Mrs. Oaddy had just <x>ndnde(i, and the first witness csdled was Dr. John PhalKpa, A BROTHER PRACTITIONER. I This gwztk-%Ul WBopmct.tsea 10 Bt?cf ?trp?t, ?Mt.Co<?<,L?? h. hadbom 4 %Ded in ) to see Mzs. Caddy in 1892, and he thought she was given, to taking stimulants. He had known Dr. Caddy saw IW?- -in fact he had been a pupil of hia—and so far as be could judge, hi3 friend and master had never been the worse for drink. I KNEW NOTHING OF THE MORPHIA. Mr. Bargrave Deane, Q.C., rose to ask the doctor some questions. Did you ever caution the husband, he ailc4 "not to allow his wife to have aolcohoU" Dr. Phillips replied that he bad cautioned his frieid to that effect in the presence of the wife. Further cross-examined, the witness saia he had seen a gdod dteal of Mrs. Caddy, but had not known ab out the morphia injections. Professor Ournow had known the respondent in '91—prior to her mazTiam-AnO at that time she showed no signs of being partial to aloohol or nxHTjhii, after wbioo The Professor was very eiowiy questioned by Mr. Deane with a. view to show that the peti- tioner had been given to indulgence in stimu- lanta, but his opinion was quite to the contrary. Dr. Bains, practising in South Kensington, gave corroborative, eviceceei. PRETTY NAMF- U(;LY STORY. Then came Annie Hyanciathe, the black ser- vant, said to be & witness likely to give interest- ing evidence. She is a young woman of the rial West Irateaffi type, small nose, large :ips, and ciosely-out, jet-pback hair. She gave her evid- ence without g the kflSt nervousness, and spefce her English with great fluency. In answer to Mr. Cock, Q.O., the West In- dian D8ÖV8 tD.d of beviug first met the C&ddye ?t the H-mm Hotel, G?Emadb? Subsequently she amie into their service at Carriacon, and j spoke to having noticed the respondent under the influeio?> of drink when her husband would be awBtv- an official busEness. Her tongue would be thick," the servant told the judge ond jury; and she 8"8IX! that Mrs. Caddy had alro indulged in drugs, which were procured from the doctor's watery. Did yoa ever notice anything aijout the child f Red Mr. Cock. Oh, yea, replied the Indian servant. "She saw the mother giving her babe whisky and soda, as weH as 'oockta £ s.' Coming, then, 110 the question of miscaodsict with Rooder, the witoecs told of several visits I paid by the co-respmdt-rt-? of them dnring rr. Caddy'a absenœrlJ upon these emaqio-ig be stayed for some time—once for two hours. Once when she went into Mis. Caddy's room the nense notiaed1 the bedclothes upset, and the none adfied, "I tbougihtt it very strange." She further deposed to having cften sreai fruits, vegetables, and flowers brcogSt to Mrs. Caddy from the co-respoodent; also notes, and once a Iwtter. One night the spam rem was w-t apat for Mr Rndder. Witness and the baby were sleep- ing in the nursery, next to the spare room. Questioned as to anything that attracted her! attoxtaan, Annie Hyanainthe replied: I though 1 I heard voices in the spare room, an d, having listened, I htard myi mistress's vsice, as weU as that of Mr. Rudder." What did you hear?" qumed: the advocate. I beard Mr. Rudder say,' Don't go yet, dar- ,,i. ft-r whioh Mrs. Caddy «id Don't talk so krad, the nuxse is in the next l\')'.mJ. and night bow Us. On the jomtney to Qrenada, witness noticed that the co-respondent was on bepaxi, ahd he and Mrs. Caddy were much together, and on ratching their destinaticn, Mr. Rudder also stayed at the Heme Hotel. She fia-w them one day together in the dining-room. PROFESSOR CURNOW. TALE OF A CONFESSION. Following this evidence, the witness told of x pathetic MhoKSMn alidad to have be<? no& bo her by M:œ. OKM Oh, AmA,,?" ehe súi tK; hr by Mn ::I act clue for Dov; low I have gone wrong with Mr. Rodder. I am done for, and your master is going to take litt:e Irene (their datwhter) from me, and hr will rever let me beer of her again." She atoo said: "I dans not go to my fetber, because be would put me out, and what IIbaJl I &? I will have to sit on the doorsteps or go to the workhouse, and my sister Gertrade -woum never see me any .mot'e.' The nurae then told of her c«nnmmcaiti<m to Dr. adiy with reference to hie wife's ocndwt, and of bar having signed a. retractation suboe- qnetntfy, the journey to England. Her sig- nat'ire was secured through tlireats. Daring this evidence. Dr. Caddy appeared very pensive, at times resting his head on his arme and gazing dbiectediy at the table. MR. DEANE GETS ANGRY. The learned ocMmsel was proceeding to question the witwm with reference T =t ,?qu other- wise of certain, statements sworn on OUMMARM004 whaa Mr. Cock in saying that he had not snob evidence in his copy of rae evidence. Mr. Deane knitted his brows, and, walking over t his learned friend, placed his brief before him, and slapping tOO ge with the back of his hand, said, angrily, "There it is." "Thank you," retorted Mr. Cock, in a sar- oastio tone, to which the respondent's oounael replied that it was very wrong to make sooh an interruption. The litigation in the Divorce Court between Dr. Duncan J arnes Caddy and' his wife was re- sumed, on Tuesday, before Sir Francis Jeune. MN. Caddy, giving further evidence, said her husbaad was kindi y to her, but not when he was intoxicated. Mr. Barnard (her oounsel) Did he send yon out ia a bath chair within three weeks of your oonfineiaaiti ?—Yes. The Judge I don't undenstaad this.. Do yon safest that this was an act of cruelty T Mrs. Cteuiety Well, one oug]A not to go out 188 aooin^ But you have just said he wvts kind to yon except when he was drunk. Was he drunk when this happened ?-No. "Then," said his lordship, "I don't under- stand why this incident shotdd be mentioned at all." Oogrfanuing her evidence, Ma. Oaddjy saad ANNIE HYAfrCINITHL. I that when they were living at Earl'sKwurf/gar- demo ber husband came home shaking all over. He -went to bed, and was delirous. He xaid that two men were coming from behind the wasdrcbe to shoot him, and that he oould see snakes oaa the chic Jtep-pieae. While in the West Indies he treated her with neglect. While he wag in Annie Hyaainthe nursed bin36 odd she oompCainad on mone than one occasion of the nurse being with him more than wifcoaw thought neoessaiy. She did net suggest im- propriety, but she complained about it, and Dr. üWdy struck her on the legs with a walking-stick several tames. The case was agaln adjourned. On Wednesday the jury returned a verdict for the husbaffld, Dr. C&ddy. Ilis I"dabip grauted a deem nisi," with oosts.

SOUTH AFRICAN INQUIRY. I Resumed Examination of Mr. Schrtiner. I The South Africa Committee met so?in 011.1 I Friday, aW the examination of Mr. W. P. Schreiner, the Attorney-General m Mr. Rwdes' I &dmin'?trat&on. wu reaomed by Mr. b'akd, who put a 8ries of questions bfs?i on the I view3 Mr. Rhodes had expounded bis evi- dence before the committee. Witl. regard to the grierencas of the Uitkndars he cid not daim to be an expert, btw like most ether people he had oonsiceied the &ituatK>a centrally and had informed himself, as fttr as p:»ait .e, as to the state of affairs in Johannesburg. He was firmly persuaded that he eoniiit.ooB of the franchise were not permanently main- tainable. As far as that went, Mr. Rhodes was right in saying that a. change mast come. As to administrative changes and tee* .&Te reforms, there was, in his opinion, hope of obtaining them, if the Republic barf an oppor- tunity of proceeding quietly. They w(;uid not be hurried into a policy if it ware ii^c mit&biy averse to dictation. the more they ti-rught they were told what they inua do tiie less likelihood was there that they wak do what they should. Some reforms were undoubtedly required, but, as he said before, there were other grievances, which had resn exag^xuted. Mr. Labotichere and Mr. Bigham exe n.ined witness in regard to the grievances, aDd wit- cess stated that the Transvaal Go\«rcment provided the education of 3hil&,m in Ecctt?i. Mr. Bigham took him ?eaa?un tbrr4?LIWV.? the griewanoes 4xnp6bred ,?f- '??e f?mhiM was a real and substantial gnevonce. The dynamite monopoly was another vliich affected the whole mrning industry. Eduoarlon wag a substantial grieranoe to those vibo bad child- ren born out there, but not to emigrants. The prohibition for sitting on juries "n." ar»* b*\r grievance. The law in reference to J/oblic meetings would be a grievance If it were enforced, but to a large extent it wa* a eed letter. I MR. SCHREXNER. I Asked if the tendency of the )d rix yftre had been to soften the vigour of the laws against the Uitianders, witness was not pre- pared to accept the phrase "vigour of the laws against the Uitknders." Then I will say am I not right in saying that for the last ten years the alterations in the franchise 1: w have been such as to make it more and more difficult for the Uitkmders to got the wze?. You are perfectly right. And the last step iQ that direction by the Transvaal Qovenunent was taken *t tiie doss of low ?.-Yam. You said last time that t:me «rc.nld ramrve the grievances?.Yes, time and mutual patience. Has time done anything in the last six yean to remove the grievances I have mentiofted?. Yes, undoubtedly. The education giiewox and the grievance in "-elation to the liquor laws and natives. The alien laws, he contended, were not a considerable grievance. lie C,-Uu vk,t say whether the Press was in the hands or under the control of the Government. He had heard it said, but there was nothing bad which had not been attributed to the South African Re- public during the past few yws, ¡;ry South African admitted there was danger of tiouble arising if tibe grievances were m* rtscoved, bat he did not agree with Lord Loeh that an explosion was imminent in 1894. He .144 never of that opinion. He did not attach much im- portance to the alleged jeers «*r«d m«n1trng cries with which the Uldeadea petitiom were received by some of the Baed. Aaked if Mr. Kroger was not tLe only per- son who had broken the treaty rbtiydaoBg. j witness did not like to use so ::tœg a wora as guilty. In the instance of the cieeing of j the drifts, Mr. Kruger was probably bedir i advised, and as soon aa he was rmwaurstad, with he withdrew from the position he had taken u,. Finalp:? by Mr. Wyn?am, ?tneM Mod he was very much tHuptised when Mr. Rhodes stated he knew the telegraph wires rwe cot down on the Sunday n»gf»t TVy vi-nr <-f that gbatemsiA he was unable to atderstand what Mr. Rhodes meant whaa he hoped hia me. aagea would stop Dr. Jameson. Witness pro- duced a message from the Afrikander Bond repudiating the evidence of M. Lonw and M. Venter as exnessing the views of the Dutch population. He agreed with Mr. Rhodes that there was danger in the present scfnation in the Transvaal, but DID one in South Africa had done so much te bmg 8Öu8tioo M Mr. Rhodes. The Committee then adjourned. The South Africa Committee met again at noon on Tuesday. Both Atr. ChLugxrliin and Sir William Hanxmrt were abøent at the com- mencement of the proceedings. Mr. Wyndham resumed the examination of Mr. Schreiner, who said he did not know whether or not it was a fact that in all the higher standards of the schools instruction was given solely in the Dutch kaguage. In his opinion Mr. Rhodes had net invol him-u in the rising in any personal object or for any I desire to acquire wealth or personal advantage Examined by Mr. Cripps, witness thought the Uitlandn-3 did feel thd grievances they eom- plained of but they were asag-MFatedm the Press, both in South Africa and at home, bv reople whose intwast it was to keep the pot boif- ing. The people at Johannesburg were doing so ti that the grievances were really acadamie. It was impracticable for the Imperial Govern- n.ent to assume direct oontrol over Pbodeois6 but there should be more direct mpel"viåon over i tb. Chartered C,py thr.i 7tZ. preassm of ?An Imperial rept?aeBt&tive in the diariet MR RHODES' "FRIEND." 1 Examined by Mr. Wharton: Mr. Sckramor said he considered justice was very well nrlmi a. stered in the Transvaal, and no i.ti. r e- fcnu in this respect was needed. By the Attorney-General: I have known ILir. Rhodes intimately since 1892. Sir R. Webster: And vou are sO his frient 1. Witness: I am Mr. Rhodes' friend, if he c an consider as his friend one who differs from h Un on public grounds. He knew, wititess continu ed in 1694, when Lord Loeh was High CommisBtoi W a disturbance was feared, and troops and pol im were concentrated at Mafeking. iWenrhu to Mr. Rhodes' statement to Sir Grmailmomm ww that the revolution had fizzled out like a da rup squib, witness had no doubt that Mr. Rh<.deB "bdieved that that was the fact on the Sato preceding the raid. All the carcumsta. ww? seemed to point to that conclusion. Mr. Rh odes was utterly dejected and broken down on the moming alter the raid. If he was acting. he was so clever an actor that he ought te go 0 a the stage. He had no doubt as to his sincerity He did not know what Mr. Rhodes meant by e ayiat that Dr. Jameson had ruined him, umlkm < it was that the Charter would probably km W, drawn. Sir P- Webster: Can you roenlj- jn one fiiendly act on the put ofthe rransvaal Govern- ment towards the Cape before the raid t Witness Yes. It was a friendly ac t to meet 11::1 in March, 1895, to see if we could I the railway question. That is tho most striking thing that oecnrs to you? —Yes. He did not think the clos ing of the drifts was an attempt to break the In a&n Con- vention, because they had advice whic ■wma 811- thely different from the opinion the ? itnen IW& He did <? t?? ? Aliou Low m ?.?M? )0 in an unfriendly spirit, though it had unfriendlJy I PIDENT KRUGER AND THE JUDGES. Q-dioned aa to President KrugM'a recent I action in re!f^a 10 the judges, vit? aaid be! cad Dot Qunk that action was unfriaDdjy t-ards sl ys+ffisL"1" *■» EMmined by Mr. Ch&mbedtdn: Wi was I. m>t ?m?dby?yhoetilefeetm?tow? ^•K^des. He ?Ppa?d Mr. Rhodes' poSy of the federation of South Airier s??. 'p? &dent Kruger had ??y favoured the iBo3?t? of the Republic. It W been the demre of b. h-t to g?pMt of the -wt and h?e & port of °^1- Her Majwtfs (kvernment had ajw, *ud that was uBpoaaibk. and PMStdtat?rM"R? Mt?iD? wom grounded deeply Mr. CiM? berlau.: T?e? if the  (, Ternmt>ut sbould M?H- be able to g?y P?mdent ]?-?s wish to have a pert of his own, y? conader he eanh?y be e?Deeted to befnendly to her Majesty (?vefament? I WitnMS: That?td be a very per?oM st&te- ment ? make. I don't AT he is nniriendly to the Imp? G?v? ?Hent, bat I .Y you ma? E!iEnce for the feelin r of & m?n. I think if the GOVMMYUMT could see their w?v ?. allow him, by a convention order, by which he ,ould put himself absolutely under the protec- tion of Groat Britain, to get to the coast, he vonid nut he unwilling to come into a Custonw I umon, and it would induce a more frien-Ih t?odt t4o),? CMM Colony. He did not e?h?r frMu Kmgws famom wlu4on to the it kme, that he WM aware of the p?babnity of a rising, aQd was prepared to cut off the tertoiae? head as soon as it was put out. The people I we: e goading him on, and he was quieting them I down by saying they could not kill the tortoise till it put out its head. Mr. Chamberlain addressed a series of questions with the view of ascertaining the attitade of the Dutch people generally on the event of the inter- vention of the Imperial Government. The witness replied that the Dutch sympathies would be in the Transvaal, in any racial dispute, but if no racial questions were involved they j, would look to the merits of the case. He" thought Dutch opinion would be in f&vow r>f;1 Mbitr&tion m the matter of high tarifb or Mich ) que*6A%w as the dMin? of the dnfta. j

I OSCAR WILDE. fluid to Have Beau Keiitsed Before His Timn A weC-kwrsrn artist and friend of Oacar Wilde, bao (,a" Reyn") rwmved from that person a latter written from Paris, jnformiag him of hill release, which took place some six weeks ago, TTwkirg an inquiry as to the illustrating of one of his works. The matter has bem kept wry secret, aadi is known only to a few individuals. It 08 understood that WiAes release some three wwuntlm befooa bis sentence of two years' impMnwnmt with ftwrd Ishour had expired "ras mobcal pvamde. The secret of Lie freedom has been well kept, and the fact that he was si largo has been known only to a very few individuftia. According to the friend referred to, Wflde wiD. nemain in retirement in an kmium Evided for bim out of this country until hit tth strength have been regained. As soon 88 this is dene he will come back again and ) take up his residenoe in London. He will go I on writing ys even tnough they are not per- formed, end will make such contributions a he can to periodical literature. It would be a.-e- 'Mg," said an iBthnatp friend and relative of Wilde's, upon his being interviewed, for me to dweuas what I htMna always regarde d aa the madness of the man. But I think the chief cause lay i ntbe fact that he wu so flatt red, caj-sssed, petted, and made much of by all he came in contact with, that at last he oould brook no interference whatever with his desires, and, as he aoid tct mot- hiiiwelf '1 he knew hip fate was on him, I thought I cou jd do what I liked.' It is a. remarkable and striking proof of the courage it is claimed by Wilde's frienos that he possesses that, at the time he was cut on bail awaiting his second trial, opportunities fo rt«oape were offered him which he stead- fastly refused to avail himself cf, despite assur- arce that the gentkman who bed frtood bail for him would be reimbursed to that amount, ar«i tlwt the police wwild offer no objection, and, although, as has been said. his mind was made up sa to the result of the triaL ]

I Mr. Wilson Baosrett's drama The Sigc of the J Oroas has been prodnced at Antwigt, whoa* ) is

A VESSEL ASHORE ON II LUNDY ISLAND. During a fog on Sunday, the rteamship Salado, 113M tons, boond from Newport to Buenos Avres with ooai, ran on the eastern asde of Ltmdy Woand, and remains fixed in the rocks, with her fore compartment Sled with water. The muter (Captwbi Rairmie) and the crew ore still on board, but the mate, acoompasiied by I the only passenger (Mr. &1fe) md the elptm 9 two bov?ha,vcla.<M at Ilbsembe. 7%e Soktdo "bekm^s to Messrs. Holland and Oik, 1"2mm If the wind =creaw the vened j haoorie a total wreci.

I DISASTER ON A LINER. I I lOiitd and Mai/n»d by a Broksc I Un KdW and Mi?iW by a Bmko Hawsor. II The Mmntia finer Temptamrs arrived at the Meruey on Tuesday afternoon, in tow of the Ulstermore, which also beiongs to the Jehastaon Line. Captain Ozatter reported a shocking occurrence on board the Tanriemore, which left Liverpool on Feb. 26 for Baltimore. On March 2 her rudder broke, and she drifted heipleesly about for fifteen days, being ex- posed to very severe weather. The ùlåer- more, which left Baltimore for Liverpool on March 7, fell in with her, and a rteel hawser was passed to take her in to-w. Fair progress was made. Six days ago the hawser broke, and the re-bound of the ooil swept the deck of the Ttaaplemore. Captain Simpson had his legs shockingly mangled, and died shortly after-Ids, aad a seaman was also fatally m- jured- Berth were buried at sea. The fagvw. mg had their legs broken: 0hW :Le.. pwuips; Peter ChAstbmpmm, carpenter James McLachen, able wazmn and another seaman named Otton. A seocmd hawser was fixed, and the vessels arrived with- out further mishap. The fonr injured men were removed at once to hospital in Liveiv pool.

THE RAILWAY MURDER. The Adjourned Inquest on Miss Camp. I The Guard's Evidsnce. I The adjourned inquest em Miss Camp was resumed on Tuesday. Edwin Collins, guard of the 7.36 train, ■aid that he did not reaaember anyone getting ia at Hoonalow. In answer to a juror he maid it would not have been possible en the evening of the minder for a person to get cut of the train at Vanxhall and get na another train and reach Waterloo first. Leonard Haines, brother-in-law- of deceased, uid he did not know of deceased keeping oom- pany with anyone. Alfred Harris, landlord of the Good Intent, said deceased never stayed out without account- ing for her time. From li8õ to 1889 he did not know of her keeping company with anyone in particular. After she came back as barmaid again in 1895 she bad kept company with Brown, barman at the Prince Albert, aiwwrth-reftd, and with Bern. Matilda White,, barmaid at the Good Intent with Mi-a Camp, with whom tshe shared a bed, ) had never heard her speak ill of any <m&. A ncther fam*r barmaid Ai the Good. Intent ) said thtt, during the two yearB she wae thaia, i Mist Came never ttayed \.ut. all night. { Emma. OlDer, formerly a fadow barmaid with { deceased, identified tlia links fbond in Ham oar- I riage M her property. L%o Ce=nw ehowed wi+- two &DP%166 and "Iod her .Moet?ited t.M. hot she ciid nt.

A teiegr*:a from New "iork un Tuesday savs:—Eight people vrerr. killed jkd tifteea sererelv iavored at the itigh, school at Arling- ton, Georgia, which has been w recked by a cyclone. Abotiu ten ociock coSatr^day evening Whout- ing affraT. which ctui ^ed great R*:asatioi> hi th occurred at D1)H. about a mile frcsn I -.i'th. I^ie <.3r^t^e«i ilS collier named AmbixiKie Powell aboat 37 years of .e, reading j Ue3.r the G^aigddlu, Dmas, and diort y after he j returced wme it ia swted '.h&t he had m sa??- I c??n with Mi -<?p, ?9 r&mlt ? .hih ?j? j' th&t be a? h&r vit?2 & g M that he ehbt h wita a gm\r destroyu? ^be aigbt of one of b?- eyes. He n.? ?y< the lun w%mt I off The I tell? c {Mio&s b. MMy I majority far tha 

WRECK OF A FRENCH LINER. Fear-Hi Loss of 76 Lives. Fsur Boats Dast>«d to Pisr-as aud Thru WJian fopsized. InteUigKAoe bap hten locurve d of the wreck ef the French steamer Yillf die St. Naaaire, off Catpe HiOteras, on the bth miwl, with the ItAo. it is feared, of 76 lives. IVs VUfcde St Naxaire left New York on the 6th but. for Martnaqoe, having 80 persons on board, pesaengexs 8Dd crr-w. When the disiwter occurred eight were kumched, bor fonr were dashed te pecas sgsmsf the ship. Three of these that got off were ofter- waide ca psized. In tile .Tjnsai-'iiig boat wvffr- 35 persons. pud semi dzvv- without either tood or drink, and when, em. the 14th inst.. they were sighted and retxned bv the schooner WitrV of New York. 31 had ii,-A ef starvation or madness. The Hilda landed the iofr sur- vrvoni at New York en Wedaoday.

BRITISH SUBJECT MURDERED IN CUBA. Slfad through the find and Hiarf whiie on a Bad if Sickncss. Deteilsof the mmderof )6. Heury Dabrtyenn, a British rabjeet. resident in Cuba, have been ocileoted by the "Time." cwwpooieait at Havxaa. According to the ti*>obu«4j<m of an ve-witma who was at Mr. Dabrlgron's hoose at 2 jus. on October 6«h, wbsa Corporal Cofiado and two wtliai dressed in imifisirm come to the boose and inquired for Mr. Dabrigeon, the corporal and one scldier -went into Mr. Dabritfeosi's roan and found him lying in bed unwea. His wile was at the foot of the bed nursing her child, and the British flag was hanging at the back of the bed. Mr. Dabngean asked what w as wanted. The oorpcral, mattering sosMthfng aMcl cattle. the bed and discharged the carbine at Mr. Dafcrigeoa's head, scattering his brains in all directions. The ealdiar then approached the bedside and fired his oarbine at Mr. Dahrigeon's heart. Then the men immediately left the reem, saoontad their horses, and gal- loped away. No satisfaction oan be obtained from the Spaniards The widow is now hoaaaless ileatit;

RTLLED BY A RANDON SHOT. Shocbr^ Death if a Frsnch 6»msr. Two gtnmars, belonging to the aoth Artillery Regiment stationed at Nimes, were indiscreet enough to proceed to examine a shell that they fouacI on the aheoting-groand, and have saflered deeply for their folly. It exploded suddenly, Ana a oonesquenae, Barbnnx had bath his hands blown oft, while Klein, his oem was fearfully ix^ored aboot the leg. While the poor fellow who bad lost his hands was coinz to get nsedioal assistance far the man who oeuld not VtUt, hie 8tœqth P" way, and he fell down mA died. It was till morning that they were diwo?w*& Kiel hM had eg -put"4 but it is doubtful if he will recover, owing to the delay tkat eouaned bafa* he rooolved surgtml attention.

CHOKED BY A PIECE OF CRUST. Distressing Death if a Chill. The wA deilth of a child, a year odd, oc- curred under vel-y einguiar ciraimstaaces at the Pare Monceau Paris. The nurse who waj with her charge bought him a "crescent," mid a piece of toe crust lodging in the in- fant's Jwfmt, tho poor little tiling abiked, died befor it could be taken fen to an adjoioing vhetnist's. The parente, who live in the Hue Lefayefcte, were, as raay be iraag- ined, horrified. to their baby, vno had gone out so full of life an hour bro.igbi Dom des;d.

The L^v^-poot Sa1 AaaociatSco. "eprro that "ho -Sfcirifon lin:-r E<Ht->™, w ,ch \H_t on tile rucks near Holyhead, hoes flipped into d-ep water, and may be onsiciderod a total lois. A HTTB quantity of cotton has been waffeed eshore, uj emun^aments &T- being mtwie ky, getting it ap the c1.ëfB and oollacting t-.b-, ck- age. Tho EjBTu?on steamer Aslmsiomer arsived -at liw..Xroa, -on- America, with i. tin _n «oe « £ lw Mftft

Tnerv will be a great nanat review a £ Spit- head aa)out too middle of •• ulv. Mr. ne is 1 w staying with lord tweu- del at latter ctiote^n at Cammed. A W JDL IN at OhatL-im .TEN delivered et fosir ctiildren* at a birth. Three of them bø8 died. Two gamekoepers have been found drowned in the river Rother. Thmr boat was lasting a ølaort distance away. A man n&med Flonmeunt was rejesced for service m the French tkrmy, tiasre being r) i uni- form in stock which would fit him. Flou". ^unt ia not yet 21 years of age but w eigne 22st. Three iitue gills at Pimlico were playing with the tire during the temporary of their nwtLer, when the clothes «., the yoongeat -A them became igniunl. s-ttj g b-S. to the room. The chiidr^n when found vere suffering from partial suffocation. and one of them succumbed to bar injuries. We regret that, by a printer? error, in the advertisement erf Meftm Tay lor and Ld. (their adv«rtLseanent re«pectas.g mtuiiuiiaiie mads from the small, delkaous.;y sweet-soented ¡r known as Tangerine) the woni maxpanne, an artiole which they do not mll. v r.s printed. 1 wtlO tUSte thim marmaifid e will be oon- vinced of its superior mtants. A little boy named William BrockinaJi, aged five yesrs, has met with a shocking death at Lewes. He was Oi, a "isit to xj-iend >. his parents residing at Southsea. He ckwmbered on to a sink and fell ints a copper oiose by, &rCv full of hot water, so geTN?iy soa.ldiD? '=;Af that he died in a few Lours, At Cork Assizes ou Thursday five members of the Skibbereen Poor Law Board, who had been convicted of receiving sums of iRoncT and soliciting the same from candidates for the offioe of rate-collector, were seiit.(,nceA-- four to one month's imprisonment, and the fifth, an old man, to a fortnight. They were eech ordered to pay CW, to be deprived of the offioe of goardiaia, and disqualified from holding any representative position cf the kind for seven years. The fetes in connection with the vontenary of the birth of the Eait aror William 1. were con- tinued at Berhm on T\mHdAy, the chief evani being a great procav?wn ol burgh ers in I tumew of a former day. ThMy thousand persona and 130 hands of manic tork part in the pageant, which wax witu««wd by 1:¥e Emperor and Eat- prnra, and all their Princely and Royal gAests. In tbe cam braofht ItUut the director of the Lonim and Colonial Fr.iaiuoe Ooi-porviaat, \b, Jwtist Wiliiswe un Mairds.y acJt the olfiew ljiq'S-idator had <u«jdnci«d hi-s c-zw araiwl dia lvsf *H3d eaft with s lMineu w h io1, ho-a ontro* hte jiid/Ftatanl Twc TI'P'- iiowit-vs said their at^euri^rvM ftor imva £ t*rg' l-UN ,wd oarry Ui^ «a ot j over ib d>f&i «*!««. His Lu-chJn¡;> islsc isx\r:s>3 £ tho tva tb6 cam LfaTAá'Í.riror. otuir 1"" wntAt fcA. A F £ SO%O jo- vu report ad ap<Mf<, inn the Smrti aflM mtaxti&it an On Jr: (V ma- aing the ivcka s^waxive Irani the Tlotykwtxf cw^gDsrd eisfrxMx, aud thr Ucin-ei r.rd.6 tug procnechad to the cpoi attd di*wmne*l that the wndtaid vcasel was the HSJ^^SOQ hner F, bomcvard b?nd. She v? c??g ?MHy, aod it war ealagc? ?Mt #be voud Wa crow. The cmw, £ £ ih MEuber, «o«je4 M Holyhead m tisecr bosta. A eMk of bnnsefine exploded in tle stores of Mr. V?Mtter Haatrei*. < i^eeda eiccuust. The kuriang beaxadne rsn down a barmvr passage into the extel., and tlnrteen liftle children retumiog fruic fd!,t were Lft-iouriy burned befoi« they could unft Six tiremen and a pe&mzuui were eJSo A1 ssraedbod while aesistbxg the cfcikir«n. (Xesriy -Wbskj.w iA- stsBaV fix who baheve in the ti&teen sepesiti&att- The crc^to^s ef Loaif; Henry Goodman. JaV mmllpvg dl-ec" of Goodman. Ld., lists, of LWpe B" met <? th Iwl*m Banknip" CIroÁ an Toesdav. The d<?<Tr had )oA QMtr? œv.OO) in ato<x <ac-?a? ?ojj?tMffs. Ad N?' snoopmw gwwuw 11= 4 ?M.54& Iei wi*ch ?1&.906 arc &vpmtmd to m.. Wona MGtN Ta?<ai JEP6?83l. 'B)f orfd??' m ssfered to wind i •;» tie estate m. baahrcp&y. In the si maooKs brooch!; by the Official Lttjisdiutiji against Mr. H. 8. Foster, M P., Dr.1 (A- -B, OsdL, M-P aind ummm Mriscm,, Mair. riaii, a¡.¡d Atkins, for NATFFUMENOB, Mr. Justus Vaaghan Wilfiaraa, an taking b.i1 ceet on Tues- day mon said be had hoped to have jod^nent tmrt. = bat, having regard ta the knpartanae of the case, be had thought it dlsfimtble not to do «>, and. thacefare, he would taka tiIœ to cocader his decswen. The eoiaa far the further cngnxsntaoon of the Russian Vv*rm £ eer Fleet haw been ptaced on the Clyde, ene 01 the steamers going to Clydebank, and the ether to Messrs. Denny. Dumbarton, with twenty bargee to Messz& Alloy and MaLeiiszL Neither Messrs. Denmiy or Alley and McLefiari are cononrned in the engineering dispute, so that a quick dr^pwt^h of the work can be assured by the firms. Wadtar SincjBtr. fammorkr at the Royal Marine*, wi 2 eambmmd to three weedtv' imprison- meot, at Ihsnfriea, for bigamy He had heard nothmg of has first wife for seven yearn, aad wrote to a newspaper asking if he aonld many lb received, a favoura b le reply and war- ne d, vhn his fast wife eatr the notion in the papen. The Bristol ctoma p oodent of the londHa "Ewsivg Neww" :A d»tl waa fongbt lee on Saturday with aermig conae- qoeoces. It appear* that. two leading members ef the Trae Bhie r oennpany had a difference regarding & lady, and fought with I a Braadbn HiB at mumm- Hie tvm oomhataota were Mr. Brooks Stewart and Mr. FraGenck Lane The letter Ml at the finst. firu, ffaat thTTKigh the àmg. His condition ? con- oidered critical. A later meseage states that the repeated duet between acton at Brirtol on Saturday mornang, with all its wooitb ef ghastly and harrowing (fctads. turns not to be date te an elaborate presetted "m P-petratnd by wmo momheit; of a tsmix-Cal company at the e1. 41f one of their comrades. The meet- lag --aily t?A pkm and one of the pMct- pM ?M in deadlv mrimat, but the pis" wis ioa&a witb blank cwtri?

Hiomas, Watkins, & Go., i (LIMITED), BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS JgEITNS WICK STREET, SWANSEA. PAINTEES, DECORATORS, AND PAPERHANGERS, ECCLESIASTICAL DECORATION AND LEAD-LIGHT WORK A SPECIALITY. PLUMBERS, ELECTRIC BELL-HANGERS w HOT & COLD WATER & SANITARY JSiNGiNEERS. Agents for Messrs. B. J. White and Brother celebrated Portland Cement. Estimates given for every description of Ready- made Joinery and Builders' Work. Ex perienced Workmen sent to any part of the country.

MORTALITY EETTJKKS. The P rgiett&r- General reports that the annula o, )2iortaiity last week ID <43 great towns of Engla14 xnd Wales arera^'i 18 7 per 1,809 of thjr sftglegate population. The ratee ef aiATtalitJ' in the several tov is were as follow :— rurtol h. n. iG I' iverpool 21 i>i?kenh«ad 16 AmdoD. 18 Birmins: am- St .Manchester 23 St c.kbuKn f' Newcastle-on-Tyne.. 22 Bolton .,¡" j9\ Norwich 12 .Bradford 13' Xottin^ham 20 EjisfhtoS 13 Oldham y Etanlcy. Plymouth 18 Cardiff •• Pca-ttmouth 17 '"rjvt.oa.. n." Troston 85 » 9 Balford 27 t(¡} 17 -iheffield 19 tlalirax 17 ^Sunderland 21 -fe&eid 16 Swansea 18 17 West Ham 14 •30 Wolverhazapton at Edinburgh was 20; in., 4;(J

LORD SALISBURY AND THE NORWICH SPEECHES. A Gravs Protest Against the Pisa fer t Independent Action. In the Hoose of Lords, yesterday afternoon, the Marquis of S&isbury complained that the Earl of Kimberley had misrepresented what lie said the other day in the House with regard to the policy of the Powers in Crete. The noble lord represented that he (Lord Salisbury) toU him that he must obtain a statement of the police not from British statesmen, but from a foreign Minister. That was not true, and it was some- thing of an outrage on the part of the noble lorc to have said such a thing. the noble Marquis severely criticised Lord Kjmbcdeyø statement that the maintenance of the integrity of the Otto- man Empire should no longer be an object of our pohey, and said he was not awaro that his lord- ship had on any occasion given ground for the bebef that he had repudiated the policy, which his then chief, and tne Government he then 8M'Ved, øoMmnly adopted, and to vhirh they put the sig? of Engtand?n 1856. Hit. IFip jusufad the federated action of Europe, anu pointed to it as our sole hope of escaping from the constant terror of war and the coœtant pTea- sm,u and budhen of an armed peace. The Earl of Kimberley uphtM the accuracy of his criti- cism, and, with reference to the maintenance of the Ottoman Empire, pointed out that several provinces had been severed from it since the treaty of Paris, adding that the events of the last few years had brought him to the conclusion that our late policy was no longer a safe ole. Ths Turkish = was a constant danger to the peace of Europe, and there was nothing in the treaties to which we were parties, or in the pre- sent situation of the world, which ought to pre- vent him from expressing the opinion he bad- Several billsjjj^re advanced a stage, and then lordships adjoSfned at five o'clock.

LORD SALISBURY DOWN WITH INFLUENZA. The Central News" savs:—At one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, Lord Salisbury, although somewhat feverish, was up in his sitting-room to his dispatches. His medical adviser visited him at half-past twelve. His lordship was well when he lest the Foreign Office on Fr.- day evening, and the inflnanyA did not develop itadf nntil the moming, Dr. Douglas Pc>v*elt was in attendance. The Home Secretary arrive at toe Foreign Office iust after the Cabinet Coun- oil commenced. The Council broke up soon gfter one o'clock, and Mr. Balfour left &t a quar- ter-paat one, m mg two red dispatch boxes under bis IML lie was called in to -No. 10, Downing-street, where he found Lord Crailwnu f hiza, and with that gentleman be pcooaeoed immediately to the Premier's residence m

CRET E.  ? Jri Jr? j_ Jb? H.M.S. "REVENGE." The Revenge is the Pair- ah-ip of the English Admiral in Cretan waters, and is a fiat- olsss battle-ship of 14,15C, ton P. cf the Royal Sovereign type. BLOCKADE OFFICIALLY GAZETTED, I SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ISSUED. I A supplement to the "London Gazette" issued on Saturday afternoon contains a Foreign Office notice announcing the blockade of Crete. The blockade is to commence at eight o'clock on Sunday morning, axid it will be general for all Dhips under the Greek flag. The ships of the six Powers or neutral Powers may enter into j the ports occupied by the poyers and land their merchandise, but only if it is not for Greek troops or the interior of the island. I MEETING OF ADMIRALS AND j INSURGENIS. On the AdIniraW invitation, four of the prin- oipai insurgent leaders in Afcrotiri proceeded on Friday on board the flagship in Suda Bay Vice-Admiral Canevaro addressed them, explain- ing the proclamation of autonomy and the reason tång the presence of European troops, and urged them to lay down their arms. The insurgents refused amy solution but annexation. The Admirals asked them to consider the matter, and offered them meaais to oorarmmioate and oonsult with the insurgent leadcra in other parts of the island. The same reply is feared from [ all I DEPARTURE OF THE CROWN PRINCE I FOR THE FRONTIER. INTENSE EXCITEMENT. The 1st Regiment of iirfrsntry, of which the t Crown Prince is CokMiei, left Athens on Friday I night for the frontier. The scene as the troops, some 3,000 strong, marched through the streets I I COL. VASS08. I (Commander of the Greek troopa ia Crete.) I was very impressive. The whole population of Athene assembled to see their departure, and intense excitement prevailed among the multi- tude. The cheering and the clapping of hacsfe were incessant; kme iighte were displayed at the hotels and other buildings on the line of march, 2&d revolver shots resounded in Use streets and from the tops of the bosses. I THE SINKING OF A GREEK VESSEL. Caotain Rainier, of her Majesty's ship Rod- i ney, has renBived & message from the Mutessarif of Caadia that the Greek schooner which was sunk by the Austria i tor p e do gunboat Sebenieo wis attempting to land provisions and animu- lition near Cape Dia. The Sebenioo, Captain Sambuchi, gavia chase, and when 600 yards from land vw tired, on by the Christians on shore. The Sebenico replied for three-quarters of an hoar, also firing on and sinking the schooner, which was a quarter of a mile man the shore. The sobeoner hoisted the Greek flag when she was anting. The Sebenico was frequently bit, but no hves were Lost. The Christian loss is unkrown. It is rumoured that the schooner aarried saefce of flour and empty casks to bring back oil i exchange. Captiiu P-sinier an diattfiy sent a message to the Christian chiefs j aakmsf why they firea on the Austrian I No answer has yet been received. SCENES ON THE GREEK FRONTIER BJiMARKABLE ENTHUSIASM FOR WAR. NO FEAR OF THE TURKS. The "Daily Telegre.ph" correspondent, writ- ing from TricaJLa on Friday night say s:—I have just returned from a long rough nde up to the frontier villages of Miritza and Malakasa, Of roads there are practically none, and only the wildest mo?ptain paths exist. I crossed, by fording, the \'?;: waters of the Salambria a score of timn.. Owing to land slides and rains the track "II often impassible even to tw hardy native i. >ies, which are almost as sure-footed and as a nng as the cbamois. In- deed, they have evp- ir need to be so in so rugged & country. Sm*U as my mount WM— about thirteen he c&med Wmitoh urit was-- I eam my eighteen stcne, clambering up the rocks, which were almost s ateep as the 6deo of a house, and keeping 1;8 feet in torrents with the water over the girt s. As the tracks are very stony in these pari ell the hazon have plates of iron on their h tfs, by wajr of I shoes. Much of the road took me up the beda of streams and along stretches of boulders and of marble, trap, and limestone. I pasaed I a down or more villages, percbed snugly under the snow-Une upon the mountain aides. For some reason or other the natives seem to pre- fer having tb?ir homes remote from the lower valley lands. The men and women were busy with plough, hoe, and spade in their fields. Such ploughing as there was was done with teams of oxen and wooden, single-handed ploughs, the man using his other hand to stimulate his team with ft long goad. I found that the peasants were *11 full of national spirit and enthusiasm for war with Turkey to the death. Every man among them was armed by the Government with a Gras I rifle or carbine, and it the same in the pretty villages of Meriiza and These pkoes are built on the side of the valley, I the houses dotted like dovecots upon the steep BMumtain at altitudes of between 3,000 a^d 6,000 f?et. Molaka,,4 is aa delightful and romriTttic in its character as an Alpine villge. The people weie heritable and chatty. They professed to have no fear of the Tories, and though a thousand troops, chasseurs, and lines- men were cuvided between the two places, they dec'tfed thfet, uaaided, t.^y could keep the Ottomans cut of their vAlleys. Seatorth Hightaiders Embarking at Kilta. I An attempt has been made by Mussnlns to I Mo?r up & T-urch at Platania during the time a n= of Greek officers a?d Christian chiefs were attending a mass for the soldiers who had I been killed during the recent fighting. A rumour is current in Athens that 5"ranc*» i favourable to the appointment of °iince George as Governor oi I Cieto. A Copei.iia.gen seaii-ofncial jourauJ makea the declaration ih&i an d"OOm:nt hr-s been I concluded between Russia ane, Turkev, by wbidi the (Jawea Cluvarlo."4 guar&aseea integrity t of the Ottoman Empirs, receiving in return an island in the Mediterra-Rean as & coaling- station and the peninsula. of Mocnt Athos. ibe oei fcrth Highlanders embarkDi on Monday at Malta for Crete, to take part in the joint mili- tary occupation of the island. The Russian Minister had a long interview with King George on Monday. and afterwards his Majesty sent fur M. Delyanni-i, the Premier. THE ATTITUDE OF THE UNITED I STATES. ) A New York dispatch says: The United States roverament is not likely to assent to the i ■ piovisions notified in the blockade of Crete, eo. 11 far m thev concern this country as one of the neutral Powers. The State Dcpartinesit is nat ¡: expected to take official notice of the conimunica- teens notifying the existence of a bloekade. The remoteness and absense of political or busineMs ir.terests in the island are the reasons that tlw- attitude of the United States has not been con- sidered. There is very little probab.lity that any American vessel will attempt to pass the blockade. Public opinion here is against the action of the PowetS, but solely from general sympathy with any people trying to throw otf I Turkish rule. A "Daily News" telegram SMYS. The Em- basnes hare received information of new mastocres at Tokeit. At least one hTOdred Armenians were killed in the town itself, and the pillage lasted eight hours. I No news has as yet been received regarding the surrounding villages, as to which graat anxiety exists on account of telegrams and ietters which anticipated the Great fears are entertained that a fresh scries of massacres is oomiaancing, due to the perpe- trators of last years remaining unpunished. Notwithstanding the most urgent representa- tions of Sir Phillip Currie and the dispatch of & British war vessel, the officials at Peyas, in the Adana district, have not been changed, and it is reported that the wife of the Govear- nor has been decorated. Sir P. Currie has dehvered to the Pcrte I on the new memacm at Tokat one 4 f= deargest remonstri %ooes end Tepicoeatations ever delivered to a fonign Power. Tokat is about 130 miles from Samsoun, in the vilayet of Sivas, and is the place where the saurted Hatey liarty-n was boned. It was sayed from massacre last year, owing to the firmness of the military commander Mnstapba, who was t recalled about a month aaoa

LONDON TUG SUNK I THREE MEN DEOWNED. Rsmarkable Accident at Tilbury. I A m>>arEable accident occurred oil Tilbury Docks shortly before one o'clock 011 Tuesdiry memmg by which three men lost their lives, and auoiV;er had a narrcv escape. The suatn tug Realm, & small boat beloujmg i., the re- cently forinad Oory Coai Sjudicate. was towing a coal h ;lk out of Tilbiuy Dock*. A v e, I strcag current was running at the tin--)-. Bad a sfcig head wind was blowing up the river. In rounding bend, the "ummt and the wind I pioved Ujo mnch for the tai;, with the x-efmlt toat I sun failed to make the allowed headway, a-^ri the I hawser becan."& stack to e-nch an ertrr.i, X the rope g?u right UD?MTte&h thL gtarbo?rd q\m?r. Ine tug thai swerved round, and the sudaap ] ?utening of the hawar, caumd by the gwift run? Ding tide, immediately capsized ?'e tug At the I E?E captain was in the deck hop?t, &nd ?ts son, with tht mate, was forward. Keeping a look out. The enjjjnfcer and tJKe fireman were j both below attending t^ '.ir or duties, and è-ocld not have posssLWy hive kiwjvrn what was taking place until tite bo&t heelvd over. On beinc pn>cipi œted into the wat?r, the (Mmtain and nis a?n &I()v.l pitaou-- for b??p, and the cries niched the *r-head, &Mn L-e.1p, &na the was put oft with a.j. possibie speed, and another tag. which was going down stream with Si> string of barges, also sent ber boat. On l^eachint; the acece, all traces tf the tag had disappeared, and the coal hulk was drifting heipleraly m the tide- wav. it was ptch dark at the ume. the men iis the b.;at from tha pier-bead discerned a man struggling in the water, and on making towards him found that it was the mate of the tug, who was picked up in a most exhausted con- dition. A thorough, but unsuccessful search was made for the other members of the crew. STATEMENT BY AN EYE-WITNESS. Thomas MOPS, the look-out man on duty at Lhe pier-head when the disaster took place, said —" In Fpite of the darkmNK of the night, as the boat went down, within thirty yards of where I stood, I saw almost all that occurred. The Realm swung out clear of the incoming race tide on leaving the docks, and, drawing the Mark Lane after her, made back into the incoming good, to take advantage of a course slightly more inshore. As the race tide struck the Realm, it lifted her a little. Going on, the water caught the coal hulk, which was made fast to the Realm by a tow-line secured to a stanchion placed about amidships. The effeet of the race tide on the coal hulk was to girlila the tug—-that is, the line from the Mark Lane caught her in such a way as to heel her over. The next second the tug got the double effect of the tide and the pull on the tow-line, and heeled over. She sank before any one on board her had time to realise his peril, except the mate, who clambered on to the side, and was taken out of the water on the ar- rival of another of Messrs. Cory and Sons boats a moment or twe afterrwartla.

MURDER OF A SWEET- HEART. Terribla French Love Trajedy- A. ebucking love drama is reported from Chalan-snr-Saene, where a yeung man named Jouvenot, who was in love with Mile. Olaodie Moine, whose parents he feared would object to the n-nvngi bm put an end to her life and his own tee. lie went to tkw YOMW lady's home to bnIakfu1, aad, taking advantage of her mother's back being turned for a inioute, he cut the g throat in a second, and inflicted a simitar wonnd upon hiwaeii. Both died instantly.

TRY, TRADR OF SPAUT A .rt by Sir o.cq.e Kritiab Embassy in Madird, on the trade of Spaia lor the past ysac. has been laid befsre Parliament. rae tetal value of the imports far the year waa £ 29,366,906, aad at the exports £ 34,890,400, being 8Il inrrease ef 14 million sterliaf on the imports and of over saves miHions oa the eacports over tba previous year. These increases are, bewevt*, Callacious, as they are doe vainly te transactions in ths precious matak. U the vahw af gold aad silver be eliminated the imports laat year art toss thaa tboes of the previous year, and the exports amount only te about three milhew mere. The imports of ootton goorte, animal* and animal rTO Aocta, raw materials fai industries and machii er> daciincd. The main increase in imports is in food atnffa, especially wheat In expaits, aiiv-rale (especially copper), cotton textiles, and wine shew material increases. "The statistics tend te t'h". that, as regantt imports, tberr hae been a marked falling off in the class of raw material, and tiiaI the TocMipta are largely dne to the importation oi Pliwentary stibKtances. both food and drink, the rame remark being applicable to exports." Ti er# bae beei. increased activity in the mining irdu^trju the production of 1896 exceeding that ot tlie pre- vloue year by 1,300,000 tone, and this- inemettc it sprord over all the mining provinces Thf :m| ei JS given te manganese wimas has befa especially greet Tbf- great impel t and export of the prer-'oot metala, which give a deceptive character to t.),- returns, are due to the colonial wars in whick Sp*in ik now engager' In ap a L vothe rep^» 1, George Bonhair refeis to the trade of Cuba, as it, appears from the Spaniab official llfcVirea It seen^ that,while the trade h&6 been stesrtilj' foiling since the insurrection troke out, the trade with Briti has suffered much less than tha*. with the United States. "This arises frcm fsnttlsat-, owir J to the freedom from duty gi*nt»d by the present tariff, Cuba is practically fovet- to pfeevra reotly t. manufaÜured emd6 in the ani»h irin V e*. 08 tJe other hand. it. wt--q-net of the h cKaaed consumption of lew reel juj.v Jim Rurote, tie CiiSted statee are E)tWaUJo tb8 lot Osbaa ^ae suaar.