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ISttshtfss Jj&fcrssses. AT the present time Clothing ao much de- notes the position of the wearer that to be ill clad or clothed in garments that are badly made and fitted at once conveys an im- pression unfavourable to the wearer. It is, therefore, of great importance that all who study appearance should be careful to make their purchases only from such houses as make Style, Fit, and Quality, combined with economy, their leading features. Winter especially requires that change in our attire which is so necessary for the due protection of our health and comfort. It is, therefore, of great importance that we should be supplied with overcoats and other warm elothing, not only at a moderate charge, but also fashion- able and well made, as well as being selected from materials of modern design and durable character. 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TOPICS OF THE DAY. If there is truth in the rumour that Prince Bismarck is likely to barter his recent annexations in the Pacific for Heligoland we can see no good reason why the exchange should not be effected. Heligoland is a singularly worthless possession to England, but it is perfectly intelligible that the Chancellor should desire its cession to Germany, not because it is valuable in itself, but because it is almost within sight of the German shores. The Watford magistrates recently earned an unenviable notoriety by opposite decisions in connection with lamps on tricycles. At first they tined two riders for not using them, but on a test case being got up they decided" according to law," and rescinded the previous fines. They would have done better by sticking to the common-sense interpretation of the law, leaving its subtle- ties to be settled by the judges for if a lamp is requisite on a bicycle it is certainly necessary on the three-wheeled machine. That is the general opinion of all wheelmen, who as a body are anxious to obey any laws made for the benefit of the public. The shipowners are organising the evidence they intend to submit to the Royal Commis- sion this year. Mr Horan has been chosen to speak for the Sunderland shipowners. After the meeting of Parliament a confer- ence of shipowners will be held, at which it will be determined what witnesses shall speak for the various interests of shipping. In their annual report, the Sunderland Shipowners' Society refers as follows to the depression in the shipbuilding trade:—"Seldom, if ever, has there been so great a depression and, under such circumstances, any legisla- tion tending further to depress shipping would cause to the town and its property of every description very serious embarrassment. Sunderland has, however, great recuperative energy, and is not prone to look at the dark side when there are any tokens for good." Where are the "tokens for good ?" "The Captivity of the Nisero crew" (Sampson Low and Co.) is a well-written re- cord of the interesting chapter in British maritime history with which the reader is familiar. The writer has a remarkable story to tell, and he writes it in a picturesque and fascinating style. It is a stirring book of adventure, and the adventures are records of real life. Several excellent wood-cuts illustrate the work, and there is as the frontispiece a well-executed photograph of the survivors of the unfortunate crew. "There has been a most doleful neglect, a most unfortunately intermittent, piece-meal, half-witted jobbing with affairs of the pro- foundest importance, and no doubt it is this, or rather the natural consequence of it, which has brought back upon Mr Gladstone the sickness he suffered from two years ago; the sickness of anxiety. To whatever remorse he may feel for the injury and insult he has brought upon England must be added a bitter sense of personal humiliation, which to men of his combative and amazingly egotistical temperament must be intolerable." We quote from a Conservative paper this gracious manifestation of sympathy with the First Minister of the Crown. Criticism of this kind seems to U3 to raise a simple issue. Are we to expel from political dis- cussion all the usages of decent life ? And is it to be impossible for an aged man, with fifty years of political service upon his head, to suaRr the physical in- firmities not unnatural at the age of seventy- five without being brutally taunted by a political opponent ? Fortunately, the savage manners of this Tory print, although they have been imitated by one or two journals in the country, are not generally characteristic of the newspaper press of England. We sincerely hope they will be- come even less common, or that, at any rate, the aristocratic and fashionable press, the journals written by gentlemen for gentle- men, will retain a monopoly of all such brutality. The town of Berwick, we see, is now petitioning for separate representation under the Redistribution Bill. Berwick has about fourteen thousand people, but under the bill there will be many places with twenty, thirty, or forty thousand which will get no separate representation. It is unfortunate that Berwick and similar places should make these unjust and unreasonable claims— claims based upon no consideration of public policy, but only upon the narrowest local feeling. It is argued in the petition that because Berwick has had two members in the past it should retain one in future. The fact that a town has been enormously over-represented in the past is not quite a logical argument for giving it more that its share of representation now.

THE news from Korti which we publish to- day shows that a crisis is approaching- The correspondent of the Daily News says he has been informed by a. correspondent, whose information has hitherto been of a trust- worthy nature that the MAHDI is concentrat- ing his forces at Metemmeh, and intends to swoop down upon the first column of the British when our men are exhausted by their march across the desert. But the MAHDI is reckoning with.

THE continued alarm of the inhabitants of ¡ that part of Spain which has been desolated by the repeated shocks of earthquake is day by day recorded in telegrams fi,o,, i Madrid and Malaga. To day again we have news of fresh shocks last evening at Granada, causing the people to fly from the city into the fields, and, after a few hours of quietness, returning to their homes to gather up such of their belong- ings as are deemed of most value, or will be useful to them whilst camping out. It is gratifying to learn that public subscriptions are being got up, to which the Royal family have liberally contributed but no relief thus given can compensate the sufferers for the loss of their relatives, friends, homes—all, in fact, that was dear to them in this life. English travellers have given us vivid pictures of the beautiful cli- mate, fertile soil, and other delights of Spain, but if we in England cannot boast the lovely climate of Spain, we are at least free from such terrible calamities as those we have had to record during the last fortnight. -4>

THE resolution of the watch committee yesterday, to erect a new police-station at Cathays, will be hailed with much satisfac- tion by the inhabitants of that popu- lous suburb. Such a resolution ought to have been come to a couple of years ago, but better late than never." The tradespeople especially of Cathays will have reason to rejoice when the new station j completed, for at present they are a constant prey to bands of predatory boys, who lay hands on whatever they can steal. We saw a little crowd of them the other evening; of all ages from nine to fifteen, one of the biggest cutting slices from a large currant cake, which one of the youngest had "nicked" froma confectioner's shop. They took no notice of ordinary passers-by, but one of them, with more than usually sharp ears, detected the slow, heavy tread of a constable coming round the corner noc far off, and the whole lot were out of sight ere the policeman made his appearance. But petty thefts from shopkeepers are not the only inconveniences from which the ratepayers of Cathays have to suffer. At one of the drinking clubs a sort of free and easy is almost nightly carried on, too often till the small hours of the morning, to the great annoyance of the neighbours, who openly talk of summoning +he manager. The presence of a police- station and a larger force of constables may minimise this sort of nuisance.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING FIELD. Vote of Condolence with Mrs Lister On the termination of business at the ordinary monthly meeting or the Pontypool and Usk Highway Board, which was held at the Usk Sessions Houoe on Monday, Mr E. J. Phillips, J.P., an ex-officio member, rose and said that a most melancholy accident had happened to a gentleman who had been for many years a mem- ber of the board, and who has all times taken the most lively interest in the matters which came before it. He was al ways kind and willing to entertain all matters affecting the board, giving to them his attention and calm consideration. His death in the hunting field was one of those sad accidents, so sudden, that it called forth universal sym- pathy. There was not one member of the board who did not value Mr Lister as a colleague, and he was sure every one present felt most deeply and keenly the loss which his family had sus- tained by his death. It called forth their most sincere sympathy and condolence, and in moving the expression of their sympathy he knew all the board would be as one with him. He moved that a letter of condolence be forwarded to Mrs Lister and Mr Longsworth E. Lister. Mr BCXNING seconded Mr Phillips's motion, and endorsed every word that he had said. The motion was carried unanimously.

PENARTH LOCAL BOARD. I The monthly meeting of this board was held on Monday, Mr j. P. Thompson in the cha.r. There were also present Messrs J. 8. Corbett, T. Richards, Captain Ingram, G. Pyle, T. Beavau, D. Morgan, J. Edwards. The collector reported that he had collected of the general district rata L637 13s 6J, leaving a balance outstanding of £ 1,21816s lOd. For private improvements he had collected during the month 2517 10s 2d, leaving outstanding £ 1,754- 12s 7d. The work of scaveng. ing the streets had been, during the past twelve months, done by the board, instead of as formerly by contract, and Mr Harris, the surveyor, was asked to submit a report respecting the costs of scavenging under the two systems. The cost under the contract system was £ 130 a year under the present system the net cost to the ratepayers was B78 6s thus effecting a saving to the ratepayers of upwards of JE1 a week.—The Clerk stated that the return did not inciude a certain percentage of depreciation on the capital charge lor the purchase of horses, etc. —Mr Edwards pointed out that under the con- tract system the number of roads attended to was 12 during the last eleven weeks the number was 41, so that the work done was liow three times greater than under the contract system, and the ) saving therefore was still irore considerable. -The manager of the baths attended, and stated that the visiters were now limited to two or three per week, and it was resolved to close the baths till the 1st of March.—The Clerk reported the balance at the bank against the board was L2,963 15s lid. —The board considered that a large amount was due to them fur private improvements, and it was resolved to send notices to the persons whose accounts bad been outstanding for some time that unless the amount due was paid within 14- days, proceedings would be taken to recover the same.—After the passing of some plans, and or- dering the payment of a number of bills, the pro- ceedings terminated.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS [FROM MONDAY'S MAKK-LANE EXPRESS."] 1 Whatever may have been the cause, holders of English wheats have been enabled to obtain Is to 2s per quarter advance on rates current before the holidays from needy buyers, and in some country exchanges tine English wheats were held at 3s against buyers on Saturday. Country flour has improved 6d to Is during the week. In some provincial exchanges barleys of fair quality have gained Is on recent rates, but oats have met with a quiet trade. Oiher articles remain without quotable alteration. Foreign wheats show no material improvement in consumptive demand, although the quotations since Monday were raised from Is to 2s against buyers. The open weather has brought up the late sowu wheats in very satisfactory form, and the soil is now in excellent condition for sowing Talavera and other early spring and late winter varieties. I leH. All cultivation is forward for the time of year, and the sowing of peas is beginning to he pre- pared for farms. Deliveries have fallen off very considerably during the last few weeics, This may be due to the fogrgy weather having afforded a deterrent influence, and to the fact \hat the exig-encie.s i connection with rent audits not having been met so far as may have ben practicable.

Mr Chamberrlain at Birmingham. BRILLIANT SPEECH ON POLITI- CAL TOPICS. The German Annexation Scare Ridiculed. The New Liberal Platform. BIRMINGHAM, Monday. — This evening Mr Chamberlain was entertained at dinner at the Birmingham Town-hall by the newly-formed Birmingham Artisans Association. About six hundred artisans sat down to dinner, under the presidency of Mr F. C. Barnes, the secretary of the Glassworkers' Association. Mr Chamberlain's appearance on the platform was made the signal for an enthusiastic ovation. The company present, both in the body of the hall and on the platform, were confinedjto artisans. After dinner, when the public were admitted to the side galleries, the chairman proposed the health of Mr Chamberlain. Mr Chamberlain having replied, Mr J. H. WIGGETT proposed The Associa- tion, after which the following resolution was moved by Mr T. C. BARNES, and seconded by Mr J. CHATTAWAY :— That this meeting of working men tenders to the 7?i<;hfc Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., its deep sympathy with him in the unwarrantable attacks that have been made upon his personal character, and wiiile assuring him of their strong and unabated confidence, congra- tulate him on the passing of the Franchise Bill, and on the prospects of tile great measure for the redistribu- tion of seats which has been introduced by the Govern- ment of which lie is a member. The resolution having been carried amid long- eontinueu cheering, Mr CHAMBERLAIN, who was again cheered very loudly on rising, spoke as follows :-Ladies and gentlemen,—I thank you for the resolution which you have just passed with so much cordiality and enthusiasm. It is a gieat satisfaction and a great encouragement to me to know that I still retain your confidence. (Hear, hear.) I have been your member now for nearly nine years, and during the greater part of that time I have had the honour of a seat in the Government. I have had to make great claims upon your patience and indulgence, and you have never failed to respond with a generosity which in one of the most striking charac- teristics of great popular constituencies. In the course of that time you will easily understand I have sometimes found it difficult, as the Radical member of a Liberal Government—(laughter and cheers)—to conciliate the loyalty which I owe to my colleagues and to the party at large, with the strenuous and constant promotion of the princi- ples which I am supposed especially to represent. I have had at times to reserve, and sometimes even to sacrifice my opinion. (Hear.) Perhaps I may have disappointed my constituents—(cries of "No" and "Never")—but it has been in my opinion necessary, in order not to bring about a division which might injure our common cause— (hnar, hear)—or which might embarass the leader whose unsurpassed ability—(loud cheers)-andlon,- tried devotion to the people's service—(hear, hear) —have earned for him their undying regard and En eern. (Cheers.) ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIBERAL PROGRAMME. The organisation of the party and the programme of the party must be alike enlarged to meet the necessities of the situation which will have been created. I se3 that in some quarters the Tories are consoling themselves for the changes which they fear. They hope that at all events they will put an end to the power and the influence of the dreaded caucus. (Laughter.) They never were more mistaken in their life. (Cheers.) The caucus is like the fabled hydra. You may strike off its head, and half a dozen new ones-- (laughter)—spring from the dismembered trunk. (Laughter.) There will be more need than ever for organisation-(hear, hear.)-rif you are to Praia the full advantage from the new conditions. Vested interests, special crotchets, personal claims —they have a natural tendency to combine; they are on their defence. They are bound together by common ties, and by common fears and if the public good, if the interest. of the great majority is without discipline and without recognised leaders, it will be like a mob, and disperse before the steady tread of a few policemen or before the charge of a handful of cavalry. (Cheers.) I desire to impress upon you that our free and open representative Liberal associations are the essential condition of success in the future as they have mainly contributed to our sue ess in the past. I (Hear, hear.) But, although the principle re- mains, the form may very likely have to be changed. THE OBJECTS OF THE PARTY. I In the big towns we have two objects in view. In the first place I hope to express your opinion when I say that we all de-ire that the unity of the comtituenc es should be preserved—(hear, hear)—that the initiative and the momentum which have been the prerogatives of these great com- munities should be continued. We should all be be sorry if the places which have been occupied with so much honour- Manchester, and Leeds, and Birmingham, and other large towns—should in the future be empty if these potent voices should be silenced, and if all the traditions of the past, and their bright examples, should be so much ancient history, carrying with them no practical lesson for the future. But on the other hand, in our reverence for the past, do not let us omit to salute the rising stars-the new constituencies into which our borough is to be divided. They should be encouraged, and invited, and stimulated to dis- charge with honour and dignity the responsi- bilities to which they are called. (Hear, near.) What the exact form and details of the new ¡ organisation should be may well be left to the constituencies themselves. (Hear, hear.) THE NEW CONSTITJENCIES. It seems to me, however, that it will almost be a necessity of future union and future success that in each of these districts there should be created a powerful and representative district council of the Liberal association—(hear, hear)—and that to this district council should be wholly left the duty of selecting the candidates for each of the localities. (Cheers.) But then these district councils winch unite to form the United Liberal Association of Birmingham would be no longer an Eight Hundred it would be more likely a "Two Thousand"—(hear, hear, and a laugh)— which would alone have the power of collecting and expressing the opinion of the whole town and so under this system you would have the federated association defining—formulating the policy and the programme of the Liberal party as a whole, while the district councils would select their spokesmen and representatives in Parlia- ment, on the school board, and in the town council, to carry this policy without interference, control or dictation from any other body whatso- ever. (Cheers.) When your organisation is per. fected, when in due proportion to their numbers every class and every district sends up its member to the great council of the nation, which, for the first time, will be truiy representative, what will this assembly do with the powers entrusted to it ? What eifect will the change we have been considering have upon THE FUTURE POLICY OF THE COUNTRY ? What will be the direetion of the new legislation in which we shall all be engaged ? I hope at some future time to have an opportunity of deal- ing more in detail than I can do to-night with the programme of the Liberal party. (Cheers.) But tbe: are two important branches of the subject on which, with your permission, I wish to make a few general observations. (Hear, hear.) In the first place, then, I think that on the whole, the extension of popular authority will make for peace. The late Mr Carlyle, in one of his books, says that the common people desire war, because in wartime there is a demand for common people to be shot. I do not believe in the truth of this cynical ob- servation. (Hear, hear.) I do not think that democracy will have any love for a policy of intervention and aggression, nor any ambition for conquest and universal dominion. These things lead straight to conscription, and you will not be eager or even willing to pay the blood tax which is levied on your brethren in continental countries. (Cheers.) EGYPT. I I anticipate, then, that you will give no assist- ance to the party which is clamouring for what they call a strong foreign policy, and which at this moment, in the interest chiefly of the bondholders and financial specula- tors, are calling upon us to take possession of Egypt without regard to the wishes of the popula- tion, or the just susceptibilities of other nations. We are in Egypt at this time in pursuance of an unselfish object. Our task has proved of greater magnitude than we had anticipated it is one, indeed, of almost unexampled difficulty. We have met with hostility and opposition in quar- ters where we had reason to hope for assistance ;uid co-operation, but we will not be driven from o\u- intentions. (Cheers.) We will not yield one jot, either to the perfidious suggestions of dubious friends abroad or to the interested clamour of financial greed at home-(cheers)- and we will not destroy the independence which we are solemnly pledged to Europe and to Parlia- ment to respect. (Cheers). I hope and believe that in this course we shall have your approval— (hear, hear)—and that you will kaow bow to ] distinguish between a policy of justice and a Eolicy of weakness. (Hear, hear). It is not the ravest man who blusters most. (Hear, hear). And the universal bully at a time of pinch is very likely to be found a universal coward. (Cheers). DEMOCRATS NOT AFRAID OF WAR. But if the occasion should come to assert the authority of England, a democratic Government resting on the confidence and support of the whole nation, and not on the favour of any limited class, would be very strong. It would know how to make itself respected, and how to maintain the obligations and the honour of the country. I think that foreign rulers would be very ill-advised if they were to assume, because we are anxious to avoid all cause of quarrel with our neighbours, that, therefore, we are wanting in the old spirit of Englishmen, or that we should be found very tolerant of insult or long-suffering under injury. But, then, I hope that the conscious- ness of strength will bring with it the calmness and the confidence which are the characteristics of asense of power and the possession of true courage. Suspicion, irritation, and nervousness, which seem to characterise a certain school of politicians among us, are to my mind altogether inconsistent with the dignity of a great nation, whose resolution never to suffer wrong should make it slow either to give or to take offence. A NECESSITY OF MAINTAINING ENGLAND'S DIGNITY. If we are to be thrown into an agony of appre- hension every time any other nation shows signs of restlessness, our power of effective interven- tion will be lessened when there is real occasion to put it forth. It would be humiliating indeed if England, the mistress of half the world, were to be driven to imitate the conduct of an angry scold, and indulge in a fit of hysterical passion because Germany had snapped up some unconsidered trifle of territory which we have hitherto not thought it worth our while to acquire. If it be necessary, as I think it may be, to re- view our foreign and colonial policy in the light of recent events, let us face the altered cireum- stances of the problem in the spirit of full grown men, and not with the pettish outcry of frightened children. I regret the action, how- ever natural it may be deemed on some grounds, which the German Government has thought it necessary to take. I see that it is stated that Prince Bismarck, the veteran statesman whose great ability, high courage, and force of character have given him an extraordinary position in European politics, has been influenced in his recent acquisitions by a personal dislike to Mr Gladstone, and a desire to embarrass his Government. I do not believe it. BISMARCK AND MR GLADSTONE. Prince Bismarck is much too large-minded a man to allow a private prejudice to affect his great designs, and he is much too wise to affront a friendly nation in the person of its chief in order to gratify a feeling of momentary irritation. (Hear, hear.) I have no doubt that he has very different and much more worthy motives for the policy he has pursued but not the less on that account I am sorry that he should have thought it his duty to imitate a course which has already created widespread feelings of uneasiness, and which has produced feelings of the deepest irrita- tion and alarm in those dependencies of the Crown whose prosperity and welfare are regarded with the liveliest satisfaction by every Englishman. (Cheers.) It does not need a prophet to predict that in the course of the next half century the Australian colonies will have attained a position in which no power will be strong enough to ignore them, and that they will have a supreme authority in the Pacific seas, and for my part I cannot look with any confidence on any settlement which may be made in those regions in defiance of their united opposition. OUR OBLIGATIONS TO THE COLONIES. Meanwhile, we are not unmindful of our obliga- tions. If foreign nations are determined to pursue distant colonial enterprises, we have no right to prevent them. We cannot anticipate them in every case by proclaiming a universal protectorate in every unoccupied portion of the globe's surface which English enterprise has hitherto neglected, but our fellow-subjects may rest assured that their liberties, their rights, and their interests are as dear to us as our own, and if ever they are seriously menaced the whole power of the country will be exerted for their defence—(cheers)— and that the English democracy will stand shoul- der to shoulder throughout the world to maintain the honourand integrity of the empire. (Cheers.) And now I turn to the last point upon which I propose to address you. What is to be the nature of THE DOMESTIC LEGISLATION OF THE FUTURE? (Hear, hear.) I cannot help thinking that; it will be more directed to what are called social subjects than has hitherto been the case. How to promote the greater happiness of the people--(hear, hear)— how to increase their enjoyment of life. (Cheers.) That is the problem of the future—and just as there are politicians who would occupy all the world and leave nothing for the ambition of anybody else, so we have the counter part at home in the men who, having already annexed everything that is worth having, expect every- body else to be content with the crumbs that fall from their table. Now if you will go back to the origin of things, you will find that when our social arrangements first began to shape them- selves, every man was born into the world with natural rights, with a right to share in the great inheritance of the community, with a right to a part of the land of his birth, (Loud cheers.) Well, but all these rights have passed away The common rights of ownership have disappeared. Some of them have been sold. Some of them have been given away by people who had no right todis- pose of them; some of them havebeaolost through apathy and ignorance some have been qtolen by fraud—(cheers)—and some have been acquired by violence. Private ownership has taken the place of these communal rights, and this system has become so interwoven with onr habits and usages, it has been so sanctioned by law and protected by custom that it might be very diffi- cult, and, perhaps, impossible to reverse it. THE CURE FOR DEPRESSED TRADE. You must look for the cure in legislation, laying the heaviest burdens on the shoulders best able to bear them. (Cheers.) Legislation will, in some degree, at any rate, replace rthe labourer on the soil, and find employment for him without forcing him into competition with the citizens of the towns. (Hear, hear). Legislation which will give a free education to every child in the land- (cheers)—and which will thus enable everyone, even the poorest, to make the best; use of the faculties with which he ntay be gifted. (Hear, hear). Gentlemen, I congratulate you on the fair prospect which is opening' up for the class to ¡ which you belong. In the era which is now commencing we shall see many experiments intended to lessen the evils which poverty brings in its train, to increase the x-ewards of labour, to bring hope to the miserable, to give courage to the weak, and in this way to advance the aim and end of all our Liberal policy—the greatest happiness to the greatest number. (Loud and continued cheers.) The toast of Our Governing Bodies" was afterward& honoured, and the proceedings ter- minated.

THE CLUB NUISANCE AT SWANSEA. At a meeting of the Swansea Watch Committee on Tuesday it was resolved, on the motion of Mr Chapman, that "in the opinion of the committee, further legislation was desirable as to the licensing of so-called clubs, and that the attention of the Home Secretary be called to the matter, with a view of all clubs selling excisable articles being placed under legislative control."

ALLEGED WOUNDING AT BRIDGEND. At the magistrates' room, Bridgend, on Monday—before Mr H. J. Randall-Ellen Kelly, of Oldcastle, a married woman was brought up charged with wounding Jane Bough- ton, at Oldcastle, on the Saturday night previous. It appears that the women had a dispute and the defendant beat Boughton and hit her on the shoulder, and ripped her lips open. After hearing the evidence of the complainant and Bridget Osborne, a neighbour, the defendant was remanded until Saturday.

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT I NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. Two Children Suffocated. I A sad accident occurred at the Jane Pit, Low Walker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Monday after- noon. A number of children, whilst picking coal at the pit-head, undermined a portion of it, and a great mass fell upon them. A girl named Mullen was afterwards taken out suffocated, and another is supposed to be still under the debris. Two other children have been very badly injured.

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The Nile Expedition. r ,r THE MAHOI PREPARING* FOR A GRAND ASSAULT" THE ADVANCE ON KHARTOUM. e A Marvellous Maroni. The Guards at Gakdal. Another Despatch from, Lord Wolseley. Capture of a Shel kh and 25 Natives [KEUTER'S TELEGRAM.] GAKDUL WELLS (via Korti), Sunday, 4 p.m.— General Stewart's force, with its convoy of sup- plies, has arrived here. The journey of 97 miles was accomplished in 65 hours, and during that time the camels were not once watered. The road led over many rough places, where marching was very difficult. The force left Korti on Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock, and did not bivouac till eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, when Abu Najki was reached. Here there was some excitement, owing to the uncertainty as to the inhabitants. Only a few huts were visible, and these were de- serted, but plenty of green fodder was obtainable. The troops remained on the spot quite undis- turbed until three in the afternoon, when a start was again made. Both men and animals were greatly refreshed by the rest, and the men all seemed to vie with with each other m the smart- ness with which they remounted when the order was given. The formation observed almost throughout the march was column of companies, and the force was so distributed that in two minutes three squares could be formed in echelon I to resist any attack. All the men are full of ex- citement. There are conflicting reports as to whether our possession of the wells will be con- tested by the enemy. Everything is being done to make our position secure. General Stewart returns without delay to Korti. The supply of water is unlimited. The troops reached the first wells,called Hasheen, on Wednesday evening, but the Water supply being scarce they moved on almost immediately. The new year was ushered in with great cheering from the men, which rang far and wide over the plains, and echoed through the hills. Hardly had the cheering ceased when there was again a cry of" wells ahead." This instantly brought the 26th Company of Royal Engineers to the front, and, under the direction of Major forward, the tripod pumps soon nuppiied the men's wants. On Thursday morning at eight o'clock, the men mounted to continue their march to the Gakdul Wells, capturing on their way a quantity of spoil and making all the natives they met prisoners. Captain Fanshawe, with a troop of the 19th Hussars, succeeded in capturing a pro- minent sheikh, named Abu Loola, together with his family. The Mudir of Dongola once offered a thousand dollars for the sheikh's head. On Thursday night Major Kitchener, with an escort, captured five natives from a hut, who are said to have been the Mudir's meat contractors. Gakdul Wells were secured on Friday morning at seven o'clock. The natives all disappeared. The water wa; found to he good. A moveable hospital accompanied the force, under Surgeon Briggs. Five more natives were captured, and brought in by Captain Walsh's division of the mounted infantry. Two of them wore the Mahdi's uniform, and all attempted to evade capture, being weil armed and disposed to fight. The force, inarching in ex- tended order, covered a frontage of 45 yards, with scouts as the advanced and rear guards, and presented a most formidable appearance. The natives state the Nlthdi's force is terrified, declaring that there is no end to the British troops. The advance to Shendy is expected shortly, Korti, Monday, 8.35 p.ni.-Four of the officeris who left General Stewart's force yesterday arrived to-night. General Stewart, who is on his way back from Gakdul, where he had left the Guards and a company of Engineers, will come in to- morrow. He has captured 25 prisoners, and some camels. KORTI, Monday.—Brigadier General Stewart, with the mounted infantry escorting the unladen camels, returned here to-day. l "TDIES" TELEGRAM, j I KORTI, Sunday evening.-General tarle with his staff and the Vakeel of Merawi, left yesterday morning in a packet boat for Handab. Six boats carrying the Black Watch have also left here for Handab. The boats with the men of the Essex Regiment and the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry are arriving here in a continuous stream. All the Gordon Highlanders and many of the Royal Irish Regiment has passed Dal, Half of the Naval Brigade has passed Debbeb, and the other half is appearing above Falmeh. The last boat will pass Dal to-morrow. The contractor (Mr Rees) has offered to drive cattle across the desert with the column to Gakdul. ["DAILY NEWS" TELEGRAMS.] ) KORTI, Sunday.—From a special source hither- to trustworthy, I learn that the Mahdi has with- drawn his forces from before Omdurillan since the recent attacks on that stronghold, and is now concentrating near Metamneh, with the in- tention of awaiting the arrival of the British column there, and swooping down on it when the men are exhausted by their long Iliarch. The rebels are said to number 28,000 there, My mes- senger reports that 500 Arabs, under the uncle of Saleh Bey, have been sent by the lVlahdi to inter- cept the supplies brought to our force by the Kabbalish traders. Twenty faiiiihe^ with much cattle and other produce, got through safely and arrived at Ambukol to-day, but others were stopped by the rebels, and it is thought no more would be allowed to pass by the Bayada route. This hostile band is said to be only five days' march from here. Mer- chants report that up the river close to Abuegrli the enemy is strongly entrenched on a high bank above a narrow ravine. The works are occupied by 8,000 men, under the Emir of Berber. KORTI, Monday.—The run-totirs said to have been received of a skirmish between General Stewart's column and the rebels are not credited at headquarters. ["MORNING POST" TE&EGR4M.] HAMBOK (via Korti), Sunday.—Sir Herbert Stewart started from Gakdul on the night of the 2nd to return to Korti, taking with him all the camels. On the night of the 2nd he march two miles beyond the mouth of the gorge, and then halted from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on the third. He then marched on till one on Sunday morning, when they reached the wells of Howeiyat. There hehalted until 6 a.m., when he started, reaching this place at nine. Here he halts for two hours, and we shall, he expects, reach Korti to-morrow morning, accoiripiishing the whole distance from Korti to Gakdul and back, over two hundred miles, in less than six days. A post of the Rifles with a company of mounted infantry will be placed here, and will improve the wells here and at Howeiyat. The prisoners have been brought down with us. ["DAILY CHRONICLE" TELEGRAM.] HANDAB, Sunday Morning.—The South Staf- fordshire Regiment arrived here safely on Satur- day at noon, after a very sma. t passage. The Gerendid Cataract was much easier than several that were passed on the way to Korti. It was not even necessary to tow, much less to portage, and we rowed through comfortably on Saturday morning. We saw very few natives, and not the slightest opposition was offered. As soon as we landed we set to work with our en- trenching tools, and our position is now strong enough to defy any attack. The Sheikh Omar will accompany us to Abu Ahmed.

The Earthquakesin Spain I MORE SHOCKS IN GRANADA. I Donation from the Pope. I H [REUTER S TELEGRAM.] Monday. A manifesto, issued by the Madrid press, is published by all the papers to-day, calhnsr upon all classes to contribute to the fund in aid of the sufferers from the earth- quake in Andalusia. The university students have issued a similar appeal to their comrades in the provinces. I [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS. 1 ROME, Monday.—His Holiness the Pope has this day forwarded, through the Papal Nuncio at Madrid, a donation of 40,000 francs for the relief of the sufferers from the recent earthquakes. MADRID, Monday Night.—Advices from the south state that intermittent but still damaging shocks are being experienced at Alhama, Velez, .L Malaga, Albunelas, and other localities, but no further loss of life is reported. Some surprise has been expressed in certain quarters that the King has not yet visited the distressed districts. I learn that he contemplates visiting them shdtttly. MADRID, Tuesday.—The King has decided to visit the different scenes of the late earthquake, or at any rate, tho« which have suffered most severely. As arrange at present his Royal Highness will, when he gtts within the district of the earthquake, make the journey from place to place on horseback, personally inspecting not only the condition of the sufferers, but the measures that have been undertaken for their relief. It is more than probable that he will be accompanied by onb or two of his Ministers, but beyond the bate fact that the King will go, nothing yet has been decided. In his absence the Royal Consort the Queen remains in the capital, where she will preside over the National Ladies' Committee which has been formed to collect funds, clothing, &c., in aid* of the poor sufferers. The King has given 95,MO to the national subscription, while Don Carlo and Dona Marguerita send 15,000 pesetas. With such generous gifts as these the fund will soon mount up. GRANADA, Monday Night.—We have again had a fresh series of shocks. The first of these commenced at six o'clock this evening. A panic immediately occurred, and almost the whole of the population took to their heels at once. As the night wears on, however, without any repeti- tion of the trembling they are slowly returning, but not for good, their sole object just now being to remove all that they can lay hands on, and again make for the fields, where they state they ntend to stop.

SHOCKS OF EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY. [" TI5IE8 TELEGRAM.] ROME, Monday.-A shock of earthquake was felt at Susa, neiu- Mont Cenis, on Sunday after. noon, and one of greater force early on Monday morning at Villelia, near Rome.

AMERICAN INTERESTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. NEW YORK, Monday.—The United States war vessels Lancaster and Kearsarge have been or- dered to cruise off the West Coast of Africa, in order to protect American interests. It is stated, however, that the step has no particular signifi- cance. President Arthur expects to pay a visit to New Orleans Exhibition about the middle of the present month.

SHAW'S TEAM IN AUSTRALIA. The English Eleven again 0 Victorious. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] MELBOURNE, Monday evening.—A match hu been played between Shaw's team of English crickets and a representative Australian eleven, composed of picked men from the different colonies, exclusive of the members of Murdoch's team who visited England last year. The match resulted in a victory for the English eleven.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH. To-day's Times, commenting on Mr Chamber. lain's speech, says The subjeet of a con- ference of the powers on Egyptian affairs has been revived, and according to a rumour which has some credence among well-informed popple, Prince Bismarck intends to propose that it shall be held at Paris. It can be hardly necessary to point out that such a conference can have no authority except as representing the concert of Europe, and thatrlf ibis country refuses to enter into unprofitable and etnbarrasaing, discussions, no result can follow, unless, iildeeiB, the powers are prepared ta resort to the ultima ratio of states. Thai either Germany or France has entertained this last? deJ, there is not the smallest ground for believing. At the same time if we are resolved, as we ought, to respect the proposal of a conference, we cannot enjoy ourselves in the majestic indifference to the opinion of all the world, and to the logic of events which Mr Chamberlain affects when be speaks to the advanced politicians of Birmingham. If Egypt is, in any true sense of the word, inde- pendent, what is Lord Wolsleey doing on the Nile ? This is a question which when Parliament meets the Ministry if they do not make up their minds either to solve the problem by a vigourous effort of will, or to hand over the task to others who are not paralysed by inconsiderate pledges, will find much difficulty in meeting with an adequate answer. Even Lord Wolseley's success, of which there is now good hope, would rather increase the difficulty. Gen. Stewart's dash across the desert to Shendy has so far, that is for two-thirds or thereabouts oftheentire distance, been triumphantly successful, and it is at least possible, if not probable, that when Shendy is occupied, the road to Khartoum may be at once opened. But supposing Lord Wolseiey's forces to be established in the city which General Gor- don has held under conditions so widely different, the question will have to be asked, and answered in Parliament—what will he do with it On the principle to which Mr Chamberlain seems to adhere, it will not be easy to show any justifica- tion for a vast expenditure of public money, the results of which, it is argued, are to be at oaca thrown away."

TRADERS v. RAILWAY COM- PANIES. The Railway Commissioners Alivered 3«dg«?e»{ on Monday in a case in wheh Messrs H » Croydon, sought to have -tle Brightov Railway regardina- the revision of rates- "question was whethercheck-ag, clerka^JabeLlmg, &c., w«re included ir the charge ^for conveyance. »ir Frederick Peel held that conveyance 'ncIur £ such services, unless specially excepted, lhe charge for loading a*»d covering was not disputed.

ISERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A Promoter of Public Companies. The Manchester stipendiaryjonMomdaymorning remanded Herbert Charles Drinkwater, of West Hampstead, on a charge of converting to his °wn use certain securities belonging to Capt. iiark-- ness, 5th Dragoon Guards, by various pretences. The prisoner induced the prosecutor to give him acceptances and other securities, which he turned into money. The acceptances were not. met and Capt. Harkness was served with writs for the amount when the acceptances tell due. The auffl involved is very large.