South Wales Echo

I DISASTERS AT SEA. Intelligence has been received at Liverpool of the burning at sea of the ship Hugo, of Bremer- haven. The crew took to the boat". One, with the chief officer and five men,was picked up by a barque and landed at Queenstown. The captain and 16 men are still missing.—There is little doubt that the Olive Branch, schooner, which was riding in Great Yarmouth Roads on the day of the late terrible gale, has been lost off the coast with all hands, her arch board having been brought into Great Yarmouth harbour by a smack. The brig Vin- tage was also lost with all hands, excepting the cabin- b-iy, who jumped on board the St. Nicholas light- ship. It will be remembered that the Vintage collided with the lightship on the day of the gale. Nothing more is known of the missing Yarmouth fishing vessels.—On Thursday evening the Norwegian barque Terze, from Antwerp for Philadelphia, put into Queenstown harbour leaking and otherwise damaged. Captain Reis, the master, during the recent gales was struck by a sea, knocked against the rails of the ship, and killed on the instant. Three other men were severely injured. The master and seven sea. men of the schooner Norah Bathurst, to London, with ivory and palm oil, abandoned after the late gale, were landed at Newport, Mon., on Thursday from the Norwegian bark Topdal, from Bordeaux to Newport. One seaman was blown from aloft and killed. rl.

It is announced from Leopol, in Austrian Poland, that a party of 640 Jewish emigrants coming from Russia have just passed through Brody, a Galician frontier town. This is the sixth convoy of the same kind that has lately traversed Poland. Professor Huxley, who has held the appointment of secretary of the Royal Society since 1872, has, in consequence of the pressure of other duties, resigned that office. It is believed that Dr. Michael Foster, professor of physiology in the University of Cam- bridge, will probably be his successor. A debate has been arranged between the Rev. Dr. McCann, of London, and Mr. Bradlaugh, to take place during the month of December, in che Ha.11 of Science, the head-quarters of the Secularists in London. Dr. McCann will affirm Secularism to be Atheistic, Necessitarian, Un philosophical. Im- -.or&]. Anti-Social. and Anti-Secular.

f THE COMIC PAPERS. (From Punch.) A LORD MAYOn'S DREAI.-Knight Mayor. AN UNQUIET PIPE. -Bismarck smoking his Re. turns. A SWALLOW IN NOVEMBER.—The Lord Mayor's Banquet in Guildhall. MRS. RAMSBOTHAM wants to know whether the in- habitants of the Fiji Ilands are called the Fijits. VERY SMALL BOY on Pony (to Stout Aunt on Cob) I say, auntie, don't you try for a gate come along with me I've found a capital little hole we can creep through, and be even with the btst of 'em I" UNFORESEEN CONTINGENCIES —Effie Why do they leave all their shoes outside ? "-Mamma: "In the East, they always uncover their feet on entering holy places." T,)iiiiny "Rather awkward for people with buttoned boots.Billy "Who don't carry a button-hook about with them." DISTINGUISHED AMATEURS.—THE MIMIC.—Mary "What are you thinking of, Papa? You're making just the face you always make when you're iviUatinjr somebody !Papa (who specially prides himself on the versatility of hii facial expression) "Somebody ? Whom, dai litig ?"-Mary: "Oh, Irving, or Toole, or-or anybody, ycu know COLONISING IN IOWA, TJ. q.-(A hint to the younger sons of our aristocracy, and eke to the daughters thereof.)—Lady Maria (cooking, to brothers returned from digging) "How late you are, bors Your baths are ready, and I've mended your dress trousers, Jack. So look sharp and clean yourselves, and then you can lay the cloth, and keep an eye on the mutton while Emily and I are dressing for dinner."—Lord John: "All right. How many are we to lay for ?"- Lady Emily: "Eight. The Talbotil are coming, and Major Cecil is going to bring the.Duke of Stilto; who's stopping with him." I (From Fun.) RUDE SACKS-ON.— Old Gent "Now, my man! How many sacks in half a ton, eh ?"-Coaly: 'Ow sh'd I know ? I ain't a jogeraffy book, am I ? HORSE AND CART.—Examiner: Now you know what gender means. Can you give examples ?"- Teacher: "For instance, male -horse; female?"—Boy (hurredly): Cart." MODERN PRECOCITY.—Little Miss: "If I give you a penny, little girl, what will you do with it?"—Little Girl: Go yer Tommy Dodd' who pays for a pen- n'orth of 'ardbake, in course DEAD OR ALIVE.—Intending Purchaser of Pony: "And how about the price? Considering his age, and all that, I should iiay 210 was plenty."—Owner Well, yes, say 210; and I'll let yer know whenever 'e's dead! I s'pose yer can git some kind o' a cart for 0 carry 'ira away in ?" STARTLING INTELLIGENCE THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW SUPPRESSED LATEST PARTICULARS This was the cause of it. Sty, Robert," said Bob Prigger, me an' my mates a decided as it ain't good enough 'avin' that show nowadays, 'cos all the tickers we tind in the crowd is allyuminyum, and such- like. So we've decided for to oppose the procession by wilence."—And, of course, the constable hurried to the Lord Mayor and anxiously informed him of the decision. And the Lord Mayor, puzzled hovr to act, wrote for the advice of the Home Secretary (as an ordinary magistrate might do about the Salvation Army, and so forth). And when he received the Home Secretary's reply (our informant assures us) he sank, overcome, on the breast of the constable. "Oh, Robert," he sobbed, he—he says the show isn't ill—llegal in itself, Robert, but if its 1-1-likely to lead to a breach of the pup—pup—peace, Robert, I'm to order you to—oh, Robert I-suppress it." So if any of our readers is surprised by the absence of the usual precession, he—well, he mustn't be surprised. I (From Judy.) SOMETHING THAT IS BOUND TO OCCUR.—A dog- collar. FROM A RESIDENT.—The cheap fast trains to Margate and Ramsgate are, thank goodness, over for the year but, while on the subject, why, may I ask, are the third-class excursionists who come (lown by those trains like a pair of stays ? Can it really be because they are not staid in their demeanour ? No but rather because,—well, if you will have it—because they are a coarse set NICE FOR MAMMA.— Child "Who lives in the house on the right of yours ?"—Gentleman Mr. Smith." Child: "Is he a fool ?"-Gentleman "Certainly not." Child: "Who lives in the house on the left of yours ?"-GentIeman "Mr. Brown." Child Is he a fool ?"'—Gentleman "No why do you ask ?"—Child Because I heard mamma say you were next door to a fool." I (From Iloonsltine.) I PITCH FORKS.—Tuning Forks, CUT AND COME AGAIN.—Boy to hairdresser "My mother's sent me back cos yer cut too much orf ?" AT A PROVINCIAL NFIYSAGENT".i.-(Fact.)-Swell Ah an evening paper." New,ageiit "We haven't any at present, sir. London train not come in yet. "-Swell Twain? By Jove, I thought they came by telegraph ?" SIMPLY A MATTER OF UNDER, NOT OVER.-Old gent's horse bolting towards swollen stream thirty feet or more across. Huntsman (to Whip, making for the bridge): "I say, Ben, the old party's a Church- warden, but he's going to join the Baptists for certain."

I THE SHEERNESS MYSTERY. At Maidstone assizes, on Monday, before Mr. Justice Stephen, Charles Bates, a. petty officer belong. ing to her Majesty's ship Turquoise, was charged with the manslaughter of William Johns. The allegation on the part of the prosecution was that on October 24, when the Turquoise was lying at Sheerness, the prisoner and the deceased went on shore, and that when returning to the ship, about 9 o'clock at night, in consequence of some dis- pute or quarrel that took place between them, the prisoner threw the deceased into a dry dock, and thereby inflicted injuries which caused his death.— Mr. Davis, the engineer of the vessel, who was called bv the prosecution, stated that he witnessed the occurrence and saw deceased's assailant run away, but he was positive that prisoner was not the man.—The judge pointed out that, after Davis's evidence, it would be impossible to convict the prisoner.—The jury, therefore, at once returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged.

I INSUBORDINATE SEAMEN. Eight seamen belonging to the vessel Pampero, bound from Liverpool to New Zealand, have been sentenced at Queenstown each to six weeks' imprison- ment for insubordination. It appeared they refused to do duty, and compelled the vessel while on voyage to bear up for a port. The master of the vessel was fined 23 for assaulting one of the crew and £2 for assaulting another, and the bench severely criticised his conduct, it being alleged it was his cruelty that provoked the men to the refusal of duty. Thirteen sailors belonging to the steamship Hooper, described as the largest ship afloat except the Gl eat Eas-tern, have been charged at Wool- wich police-court with disobeying orders and imped- ing the progress of the vessel. The captain stated that on the morning of Sunday the 9th ult,, when the ship was at New York harbour, he gave orders to re- move her from Hoboken Railway Wharf across to New York, but the prisoners refused to work. They also refused a second time to obey orders. Prisoners urged that they were kept at hard and unnecessary work on Sundays. The magistrate fined them 20s each.

■c TVTnn^nni the last of Alessandro Manzoni'a .on.'wW onth.2«U.of Wt month. H. wi lnHprlv shewn signs of insanity, and was con- fcinn^ anasvTum. Before he lost hi3 reason ha often wrote letters to the newspapers protesting • i- miblications relating to his illustrious Ker He was greatly irritated by the publication of certain of his father's letters. It has been already stated that when the new Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand are ready for the occupation of the judges, the building adjoining Westminster Hall, hitherto used as law courts, will be pulled down. It now seems possible that this alteration may be effected during the recess of next vear The effect will be greatly to improve the appearance of the Houses of Parliament.

I LOED MAYOR'S DAY. I THE PROCESSION. On Wecinesday the new Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Alderman Ellis, was favoured with exceptionally fine weather for November, and the crowd which assem- bled along the line of route to witness the Show was enormous. The number of firemen in the procession was a novel and interesting feature, as was also the de. tachment of boys from the training ships Exmouth and Warspile. But the great novelty of the Show was the introduction of the American flag with a guard of honour, and the band playing American national airs, as a slight return for the compliment paid by the United States to the Mother Country at the Yorktown celebration. The flag was lieartily cheered throughout its progress, and some demonstra- tion was made opposite the American Exchange,where the "Star Spangled Banner excited warm response from a number of ladies on the balcony, who waved miniature banners. On the procession reaching West- minster, Mr. Alderman Ellis was conducted into the Court of Queen's Bench, where he was sworn in, before the Lord Chief Justice, as Lord Mayor. Dur- ing the performance of this ceremony, the bands massed together opposite St. Margaret's Church,and played the "Star Spangled Banner," as a salute to the American flag, a tribute repeated at intervals. The Lord Mayor I having invited the judges to the banquet, the proces- sion returned to Guildhall, passing along the Vic- toria Embankment, which was densely thronged with spectators. THE BANQUET. The customary banquet to her Majesty's Ministers and others took place in the evening in the Guildhail. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were proposed by the Lord Mayor, Sir John Adye responding for the Army," and Admiral Sir A. C. Kay for the Navy. The former referred to the recent changes in the army, which he unhesitatingly declared would add to its efficiency and its strength, both for defence and external war. Service in the army was becoming so acceptable to the people that they could practically obtain as many recruits as they required and they were also steadily forming a trained reserve, which now numbered more than 50,000 men.—Sir A. C. Kay said that during the past year considerable progress had been made in the art of shipbuilding, and alluding to the Inflexible and other large ironclads, stated that in the building of those ships they had reached a culminating point as regards size and should not again put so many eggs in one basket.—The toast of The Health of the Foreign Ministers followed, and was responded to by the Danish Minister.—The Lord Mayor then proposed The Health of her Majesty's Ministers," coupled with the name of the Prime Minister, whom he as- sured that in no portion of her Majesty's dominions were his consummate abilities and spleudid talents more appreciated than in the City. Mr. Gladstone, in reply, after thanking his lordship for the kind manner in which he proposed the toast* said that he should, in his remarks, direct his atten- tion rather to the past, in which he had had a considerable share, than to the future. He could discern signs of improvement in Ireland since he spoke in that hall 12 months ago. They had applied to Parliament to strengthen their hands by an augmentation of the executive power and by an im- provement of the law, feeling that the augmentation of the executive power could be more freely and effectually used if accompanied with a conclu- sive proof of the disposition of the Govern- ment to meet every reasonable demand and promote the welfare of the Irish people. With- out being over-sanguine, lie might say that, as the people of this country were unanimously convinced it was necessary to take strong measures in the defence of public law and private liberty, and as it has been made clear that whereas it was attempted to pre- vent the people of Ireland from obtaining the full benefit of the beneficent legislation that Parliament had destined for them, they on their part were determined to make a full trial of it, no- thing could now prevent them doing so. He believed he could state that throughout the whole of Ireland the covenants into which the cultivators of the soil had entered were being largely and increasingly per- formed. He could venture to state that the Land Act would be fully made proof of by the people, that it would be judiciously and impartially administered, and that by the urgent and vigilant attention of the Government, and especially of the Chief Secretary, with whose courage and unflinching devotion his hearers were so well acquainted, the law would be admi- nistered and enforced with firmness and decision. Turn- ing to Afghanistan, the right hon. gentleman remarked that if they could not yet say that that country was united, independent, and powerful, it at least was not broken into fragments, but was under one ruler, was independent of the hateful presence of the foreigner, and we might hope would grow in strength and trau- quility. By the course the Government had adopted in South Africa they had made provision for unity of direction for the protection of the native rights and interests greater, he believed, and more effective than they could have obtained by any other course, and he trusted that they had also laid the foundation of a permanent concord between the British and the Dutch in that country. One subject in connection with the coming session he would refer to, one on which he thought there could be no difference of opinion, and that was the subject of the dignity and efficiency of the legislative bjdy. It was clear that while with the growth of the Empire the calls on Parliament were continually in- creasing, its means to meet those calls were progres- sively diminishing. He referred to the number of valuable measures which were dropped be- cause the House cculd not attend to them, and said that in the coming session it would be an early and very urgent demand" upon the House of Commons to devise means for ex- pediting public business, and he expressed a hope that the question would be kept out of the region of party disputes. In conclusion, the right hon. gentleman pro- posed, in laudatory terms, the health of the Lord Mayor.—Hi* lordship, at the close of his reply, pro- posed the health of the late Lord Mayor, and this having been responded to, he proposed the House of Peers. Lord Granville, in reply, spoke at some length on foreign affairs, as to which, he observed, there were questions which required the most careful and anxious observation, but none were in a critical state. Our commission in regard to the Turkish evacuation of Thessaly reported that every- thing passed off with the greatest tranquility, and lie believed that the scourge of the country, brigandage, would be entirely extirpated, and there is already pro- mised a great rise in the value of property in that part of the world. With regard to Egypt, the Government had watched the efforts now being made by Cherif Pasha to reform the administration of jus- tice, and give contentment to that country, and their views were shared by the French Government, with whom they had been cordially co-operating. He spoke hopefully of the chances of concluding a satisfactory French Treaty, and alluding to our rela- tions with America, shewed how our position with that country had been strength-ned by our friendly settlement of the Alabama difficulty.—After some further toasts and speeches, the company separated.

It having been decided to erect a memorial to the officers and men of the 24th Regiment who fell in the South African campaign, the committee have ordered a painted window to be placed at the east end of the noble Priory Church at Brecon. The window is five-light, of fine proportions, the centre being 23ft. in height, and will be filled with the Crucifixion, and subjects from Scripture illustrative of the soldier's duty- The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the Corsica by which 21 persons were drowned, has con- cluded. Mr. Rothery said there was not the smallest ground for the allegation that the master was either mad or drunk. The court decided that the vessel was stranded through the captain, who lost his life on the occasion of the wreck, apntoaching too near Cape Roca—a coast which was not thoroughly known to the master. At a meeting of the general committee of a Na- tional Land Federation held at Birmingham, it was decided that the officers of the federation should at once commence operations in the counties in refer- ence to the English land question. It was arranged that the first of the winter and spring conferences should be held on the 25th inst.at Newcastle-on-Tyne. It will be attended by the Right Hon. A. J. Mun- della and several other members of Parliament.

THE CRISIS IN IRELAND. FURTHER ARRESTS. Arrests under the Coercion Act are still occasionally Ireported from various districts, the suspects being in many instances the leaders of local branches of the Land League. ANOTHER" NO RENT" MANIFESTO. The "No Rent advice tendered in the document issued a few weeks ago by the Land League Executive- is repeated in a second manifesto, which bears the sig- nature of Patrick Egan, the treasurer of the League. Mr. Egan's manifesto says "The 'No Rent banner has been raised, and it remains with the people now to prove themselves dastards or men. Pay no rent. Avoid the Land Court, Such is the programme now before tha country. Adopt it, and it will lead you to free land and happy homes. Reject it, and slavery and degra- dation will be your portion. Pay no rent. The person who does should be visited with the severest sentence of social ostracism. Cast out the person who enters it as a renegade to his country, and to the causo of his fellow men. Hold the harvest is the watchword. To do that effectually you should, as far as possible, turn it into money. Sell your stock when such a course will not entail a loss, and make a friendly arrangement with your creditors. A short and sharp struggle now, and the vilest oppression that ever afflicted humanity will be wiped away." A novel method of keeping alive the spirit of the No Rent manifesto has been adopted in parts of the west of Ireland. A pound promissory note for rent to be paid when the suspects are released is circulated amongst the tenantry. The following was the form distri- buted to the people at Moate fair the other day I promise to pay Ralph Decourcey, Naas, county Kildare, at his office, in Moate, £ — on the day that Parnell, Davitt, and Brennan, and the other suspects are set at liberty." The tenant is to sign the note, which is dated 4th November. THE LAND COMMISSION. On Friday the sub-Land Commission, sitting at Belfast reduced the rents of 15 of the tenants on Archdeacon Crawford's estate by an average of about 25 percent. In four additional cases a reduction was made of about 28 per cent. Three additional sub-commissioners under the Land Act have been appointed, owing to the great pres- sure of work. The new legal assistant commission era are Messrs. Ulick, Burke, Gerald Fitzgerald, and E. O. M'Devitt, while the following gentlemen have been appointed assistant land commissioners Mr. Andrew Comyn (Ballinasloe), Mr.William David- (county Down), Mr. Pierce Mahony (Listowel), ^.r- Murphy (Borri.-okane), Mr. Edward Wilham OBnen (county Limerick), and Mr. Thomas Walpole (Borris-in-Ossory). The salary offered ia about B700 per annum. The staff of clerks employed at the offices of the Land Commission has just been largely increased. l INTERVIEW WITH UR. PARNELL. The Freeman s^ Journal publishes an account of an interview with Mr. Parnell in Kilmainham. bpeaking of the rent decisions at Castleblayney, Mr. Parnell said the reduction of 25 per cent. was what he had anticipated, but so large a reduction would not occur in the south. The effect would be to make many landlords bankrupt who had charges and encumbrances equal to the level of the Griffith's valu- ation. In these cases the Government would be obliged to buy their estates. He thought a good many tenants would settle with their landlords out of court. Mr. Parnell complained that at present it takes £ 400 a week to feed the 244 suspects in prison, and to save the money they were thinking of going on prison fare. Mr. Parnell telegraphs that the above report is, in almost every respect, inaccurate and misleading, and altogether misrepresents his view of the recent decisions of the sub-commissioners. A SCARE IN KILMAINHAM. A somewhat ludicrous incident occurred at Kil. mainham prison a few nights since. Since the arrest of Mr. Parnell a number of police constables patrol the corridors at night, and they are held responsible for the safe custody of the prisoners till next morn. ing. One of the policemen on duty in the Central Hall, about 1 o'clock in the morning, was incautiously examining his revolver when the pistol accidentally went off, and the report reverberating through the empty corridors had a most alarming effect. The military guard was at once turned out, rifles were loaded and bayonets fixed, for it was believed that an attempt was being made to break open the prison. Police were also hurriedly despatched from the adjoin- ing station. The constable explained' what had hap. pened, and the- customary stillness was quickly re- stored. MILITARY PRECAUTIONS. In some cf the military stations in the south of Ireland the troops are still kept on the alert. At Fermoy the officers' wives, who reside outside, have removed into the garrison, and every precaution has been taken there to guard against surprise. It is stated the Government recently received infor- mation that some barracks in the East Riding of the county Cork would be attacked on a certain night, and hence the excitement which has prevailed in military circles. The military authorities at Cork have inaugurated a system of alarm drill to train the troops to fall rapidly into defensive positions assigned to them in case of an attack. OUTRAGES. The body of a farmer named Daniel Cullotliy has been found near Tralee. On the face were marks as if deceased had been beaten. A short time since Cullothy's hay was maliciously burned, and it is stated he had become very unpopular in conse- quence of having occupied a farm from which the previous tenant had been evicted. A supposed agrarian murder is also reported from Knockmamore, co. Waterford, the victim being a farmer named Tooloney. Thirty tons of hay, the property of Mr. S. Thomp. son, J.P., Kilcronan, has been maliciously destroyed by fire. A man named M'Gee, whilst returning from the fair at Letterkenny at night, was waylaid at a place called Breenagh. His skull was fractured. A few nights since the houses of tenants on tha estate of Mr. J. W. Kelly, near Westport, were surrounded by a body of armed men, who fired several shots into the windows. At the same time one of the gang visited each house and warned the inmates to pay no rent on the following day. Notwithstanding this intimidation, several tenants paid their rents next day. The house of Mr. Livingstone, the proprietor of Westport Brewery, situate at Ialandeady, has been burned to the ground. The cause assigned is that Mr. Livingstone had taken possession of the house after a tenant who owed three years' rent had left it for America. At an early hour in the morning three shots were fired at the house of a farmer named Mahon, residing between Fethard tnd Alullinabone, county Tipperary, but fortunately none of the inmates were injured. Three threatening notices were afterwards found posted on the farmhouse door and on the gate, cau- tioning several labourers against working for Mahon. Shots were also fired into the house of a tenant- farmer near New Inn. BISHOP DORRIAN AND THE LAND LEAGUE. Dr. Dorrian, Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, speaking at the meeting of the members of St. Patrick's Club, Belfast, said his views were very different from those expressed by a previous speaker, who had remarked that there was no solution for the Irish difficulty but bloodshed. Dr. Dorrian gave his adhesion to everything the Archbishop of Cashel had said. If the La.nd League kept strictly within the bounds of legality, there was no organisation that could have done more for the country, and that organisation might have done all that was wanted if it had kept. within moral lines. He advised acceptance of the Land Act, though not as a final settlement of the agrarian question. I A land steward on the estate of Lord Ashtown, near Ballymacarberry, has been threatened with death if he does not resign his position.