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SH FORCE I' 3ACRED. DISASTER IN THE1 IOTEOTORATE. EXPEDITION CUT Y NATIVES. GLISH OFFICERS I KILLED. NATIVE CARRIERS I SSACRED. am from Donny on Mon- I of a terrible disaster has Benin. About the 1st > Benin City started from jf Sipple, on cluite iL The party consisted of a) Phillips; Major P. W. lro, Deputy Comiuis- W. Boisragon, comimn- Ja.st Protactorato; Captain oflicer of the same force and K. C. Campbell, (If Dr. R. H. Elliott, medical Powig and Gordon, civi- a number of Kros men The Consul-general's fted here, bringing intelli- (lIe expedition, with tiie s been massacred by the sixty milell up the Bellin nvn, the seat of a power- sh priests, and used to ba nit II llacrifioe. It Jres of the Niger Coast Pro- s' AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. ,ciation states that alarming c Foreign Office Oil Monday Coast of Africa to the effect of British officials had been ]H«3)hlv murdered, in the •t. The information received by Office is unofficial but from a source; in fact, it is believed to onveyed to the Home Government of the survivors of the captured .t is, however, very scant. The were members of an unarmed party eft the British Consulate at Benin, western side of the Xiger, to travel towards, it is believed, Ada Mngu, in .rection of the western bank of the Ni,er r. They were surprised on the frontier 'he chief of Benin City, where the party iired upon. surrounded, and captured. ome quarters it is stated that the captured ixh subjects were murdered, but this asser- n must be received with reserve until the rival of information from the British authorities on the scene ot the Foreign Office. Lord &ili8hury hts telegraphed for particulars, which are expected to reach London to-day (Tuesday). That the party was captured there is absolutely no douht expremed in official circles, and we are informed that a MeMagO received by the Government ex- presses the fear that the captives have been murdered. The number of captives is seven or eight. The receipt of the news created considerable commotion at the Foreign Office, where immediate steps were taken to apprise Lord Salisbury of the fact. His lordship visited the Foreign Office during the day, travelling from Hatfield for the purpose. For. tunately, the British Commissioner in the Benin district (Mr. Moore) happens to be in London kt the present time, and no delay occurred in conveying the news of the disaster to him. Ir. Moore visited the Foreign Office, and had a consultation with Mr. Curzon, M.P. (Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs) and Sir Thomas Saunderson (Perma- nent Secretary at the Foreign Office). In- structions were subsequently given as to the steps to be taken in the matter, and a copy of the telegram recording the disaster was sent to Mr. Goschen (the First Lord of the Ad- miralty), in view of an augmentation of the naval force on the West Coast station being neceiiwry. Most of the captives were well known in official and club circles in London. FRENCHMEN REPORTED WITH THE COLUMN. The Central News says: —The news of the mawacre of a party of whites by the chief of the Benin people has caused a considerable stir in official quarters, owing as much to the uncertainty and mystery which surround the affair as to the unfortunate occurrence itself. All that is known at the Foreign Office is that a party of European officials have been killed, and even that bald statement did not come from any ageut of the Government. The presumption ir that the murdered men were Englishmen, bo-^uso it is thought that a European of any other nationality would not think of travelling in a savage country in W et Africa without being armed and accom- panied by an armed escort. It was rumoured, however. late on Monday evening that there were several Frenchmen in the party, who intended to make their way through the hinter- land to territory within the French sphere of influence, but no confirmation of this alarm. ing version of the affair could be obtained either in London or in Paris. The British Government authorities are at a Ion to under- stand why no information lias been cabled by their agents about so obviously serious all affair, but it is thought that news may come to hand in the course of the night. The Foreign Office have not the remotest idea as to the identity of the unfortuuate Europeans, and, for all our Government know, there may not have been one Englishman among the patty. Mr. Ralph D. R. Moore. C.M.G., Commissioner for the Benin district, is unable to account for the outrage. The chief of Benin has long heen under British influence, intl has given little trouble. The vieivis of those well qualified to express an opinion upon the subject is that tin aHiiir will not prove to be of any political importance, and that the attack upon the party of Europeans was due ,tiro p eans %-&a due to the cupidity of the wild natives of the Benin border district, who saw an oppor- tunity of rich plunder without any personal risk to t hemselves.

GERMAN MINISTER TO I JAPAN. HIS RE CALL DEMANDED. A Reuter's telegram from Yokohama on Monday jays :—A dispatch from Tokio .states that the German Minister, while driving in that city, whipped a Japanese student in the face. The a ff iit- has produced great excite- ment in the native press, which represents the assault to have been unprovoked, and demands tli3 Minister's re call. The journal "Nichni Niehni Shinibiim" announce. that the matter has baen taken up by the Japanese Foreign Office.

YELLOW FEVER BACILLUS- The Monte Video correspondent of the ''Tinirn" aYA; -'I'h" report is funy confirmed that IVofeeior Giuseppe Sanarelli, the eminent Italian bacteriologist and disciple of Pasteur, tho is director of the Uruguayan National Institute of Expwinit-ntal Hvjtiene, has dis- covered the bacillus of yellow fever, and will shortly publish the result of his experiments. He has already reported his discovery to the Academy o! Medicine in Rome.

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sPAiNr UNABLE TO CRUSH SPAI, j THE CUBANS. OFFICIAL STATEMENT TO MB. I OLNEY. TERJ.UBLE FIGHT WITH COWBOYS. I A Reuter's telegram from New York on Monday says:—Mr. Money, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, who recently returned here from Cuba, writes to the "Journal" as follows: —"Everything I saw and heard in Cuba taufrht me that Spain is unalle to cope with the insur- rection, and that she will never put it down. This is also the opinion of Consul-General Lee, heretofore expressed to Mr. Olney, S**«-eit«y of State. The last thing Consul Lee said to me. as 1 left ITavami&h, was, 'Please see Mr. Olney, and teill him I am more firmly convinced than ever that Spain cannot put down the insurrec- tion, and that every day it continues means the loss of life and property without the remotest encouragement of any final Spanish success. As I tang since told him, the insurrection will succeed, and my judgment to that effect receives daily confirmation. Mr. Money continues: —"Yesterday I saw Mr. Olney, and communi- cated to him Consul-General Lee's message, but I alii not permitted to make public Mr. Olney's comments. A DESPERATE BATTLE. The latest advices from Cuba report that a party of Texan cowboys, to the number of 160, who went to Cuba last November to support the rebel oause, had a fierce battle on Friday, at Palaoio, with Spaniards. They placed them- selves in ambush and fired upon a detachment of Spanish cavalry, 300 strong, who wore escort- ing an ammunition tra,in. The Spaniards returned the fire, and then retreated, where- upon 80 of the Texans dashed into the open to ftilow thAn. The Spaniards, however, fired again. and, ftfoRling round, charged to meet I. 'feun8. The two parties met with & ter- rific shock. Horses and men were thrown to the ground, and several of both sides were killed. The fight,ing was derat8. The Spaniards (says the Key West, Florida, correspondent of l>alsiel's) captured Captain Stone, tM rom, mander crt tlw cowboys, and placet! him in their midst to prevent him being rescued. Mean- while other eo Ten,)" had made a detour, "nd attacked the Spanish cavalry in the rear. As thev charged they plunged into the Spaniards with sabres. The fighting for a quarter of an hour was most severe, and then the Spaniards broke and Bed in every direction, tearing 50 of their number de«d and 70 wounded. Th<> cow- boys captured Captain Pavinia, the Spanish commander, and took him, together with the entire ammunition train, to Colonel Romero's cannp in the hills. When the Texans came to examine their prisoners tbey found among them a lieutenant named Curseo, who has become notorious as a most inhuman leader in the pro- vince of Pinar Del Rio, and is said to be respon- sible for most of the I'acifico murderp. Gomez had issued a proclamation that in the event of his capture he was to be killed at night. The Texans, accordingly, stood him lacing a tree, and riddled hie bad. with bullets.

POLICE OUTRAGES IN NEW YORK. APPEAL TO RKMOVE A MAGIS- I TRATE. The New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" writes :—Police outrag" still continue in New York. The other evening Mrs. Lir.r.ie Sommers, a poor working woman who recently came here from Canada, was arrested in Twenty- tiiird-strea by Policeman Pantxer on a charge of disorderly conduct. The woman had been uiistYcessfully seeking work to support her huB. bs nd, who was ill at home. Although protest- ing her i-in"iiee, she was taken before Magis- trate Mott, who refused to hear witnesses regarding the accused woman's respectability, and passed a sentence of five days in the work- house. The newspapers having denounced the proceedings, the "Herald" allied for a writ of habeas corpus, on which Mrs. Sommen was brought before the Supreme Court. Judge Lawrence, on hearing the evidence, declared the commitment illegal, and ordered Mrs. Som- mere' instant relaane. Prings will DOW be taken to impeach Magistrate Matt, whose cruel, tyrannical conduct has been repeatedly denounced. The newspapers insist on hrl removal from the bench.

CHOLERA ON A TROOPSHIP. TWO FRESH CASES.. I THOOPS TO BE LANDED TO-DAY. Dr. Williams, port medical officer, and Sur. geon-major-general Hamilton visited the troop- ship Nubia in Plymouth Sound on Monday morning, and found bM sinoe Sunday two sus- pioious cases of choleraic illness had developed. Doth patients are soldiers, and one of them is in a serious condition. They have been removed to the hospital ship, where the other five patients are progressing favourably. No deci- sion has been oome to with refeienoe to the Nubia proceeding to London. OFFICIA I. LIST OF CASES. I The official list of deaths on the Nubia is as ftpllows -.]DiK*mbcT 20 and 27, two 1«soars, from dysentery; January 2, Private J. J. King- ston; January 6, Private T. H. Johns; January 9, Sergeant P. G. Wiltshire; January 10. Private 8. Farnham, all of the Koval Noras Lancashire Regiment. There are altogether seven oases of suspicious illness under treatment on the hospital ship Piqus. I TROOPS TO BE LANDED. The Press Association Plymouth oorrespon. dent telegraphs that Dr, Bulotrode, Local Government Board Inspector, on Monday afternoon received information from Whitehall that the War Ottice Authorities had decided to act on the suggestion of surgeon-major-general Hamilton, and land the troops from the infected ship at Plymouth, and have them quartered in om of tho ipolated fort* and plu?ml uarte md in tine. Accordingly, they will be brought ?qlloxe 1Ib<t eight o'clock this (Tu»«day) morning by a Government tug from Uevonpcrt, and will nmrch along the military road to Bovisand Fort, whioh i. bring op.¡I,. ernpti..d in readi- ness for their arrival. They will be kept in close confinement until the period of incuba- tior.—about five dayot-I.,A pasted, and will then be allowed to go to their homes, unless anything in the character of a further outbreak ,.¡vuld in the meantime occur. After the disem- barkirent of the troops the fumigation of the ship will be completed, and in all probability she will then procecd to Gravewend. NO NEED FOR ALARM AT PLYMOUTH. [ At Monday afternoon's maetmg of the I Plj mouth Borough Council the mayor announced th.vt. Dr. Bulstrode was perfectly satisfied with the arrangements made for coping with the outbreak of cholera. The chairman of ti?e Mnituy committee aid the condition of !hir. so fn M the town was 1(mcerned, wu satisfactory, and there wm nhillg to cawe the ø!jM:)8t feeling of ri.r.. MOKE PASSENGERS T,.ANT). Mrs. Campbell, her infant, n,n,I a native nnrso w, M1!owed to land from the Xllùi", on Men. day lno.nilll: and proived home, tho baggage illlr declined for fumigation. Twelve pas- sengers in all }¡:\VP! nnw bf-ro landed nt Plymouth, arid on Monday a quantity of balf. gaxe #•>< d"¡,, fe<,1 Nl ."ù f:>rwMd< r1 to tho various owners, who hxve gone h their des- ti".tior.e. A 11 ths beiOii,>i.n«fs. clothing. Mid bedding of the perrlll tittncVed rn th" Nllhi" have been destroyed, and the o ubreak is still c(lnfil1d tr, the troops.

JAMESON RAID. I ItEMAKK M1T/F AH7TCT,E IX A I FRENCH PAPER. Tie Par's earrespor.rVnt of tlitf "Times' ?y?—Th" "Revue Su<)-Afrrn)?e," in a re- I mrbblp art;Io in its current number, after blnming Mr. 1tho<?< for the bad organisation d tho JAni??,ivj roid exprc,?sex its regret that h" raid faiw, (x-no?dt?r?ng the iincliwaui?M hostility of the Transvaal Government towards foreigners and a* regards the industry "w!vioh is the life of the whole country." Such an opinion becomes e-xtremflv conspicuous here in France, where the whole matter is usually con- sidered from the point of view of Anglo-French relations and usually noted as evidence of Eng- Imd's ungovernable, grasping temper. The "Revue" analyses at considerable length the results of President Kruger's evident mauvaito T?iontt,, "xpbillin the 41M'mhlago of Draconian laws which have been devi<t<]t(?in<tthelit. landers. Yet it regrets the attitude of Mr. Rhodes in so acting in Caps Colony as to; awaken the racial antsgonicm always latent in South Afrits. "In thus acting he has rut his ¡ peraonal interests above the general interest, ( •nd is to bo blamed." I

GENEKAL ARBITRATION TBEAT*. SIGNED ON MONDAY. 1 The New York correspondent of the "Times" says that the rumours of technical objections by Lord Salisbury to the general arbitration treaty between Grsat Britain and the United States appear to tave had no foundation. The agreement drawn up by the Britiih Ambas- sador and the Secretary of State is ready for signature, and aws its only the formal assent of the King of Swedsn and Norway to an artiole oalling on him k. name an umpire in certain contingencies. His Majesty's assent was ex- pected on Sunday, in which can the treaty will be signwd ani sent to the Senate. This result the "Timen" correspondent ascribes to the effoits of Sir Julian Pauncefote and Mr. Olney. What tie Senate will do with the treaty is matter of pure conjecture, but the present is a move favourable time for comider. ing it than the earlier weeks of the session would have been, owing to the present collapse of Jingoism. The Anglo-Venetuelsn treaty is not likely to be completed for another fortnight. A Reuter's te egram from Washington on Monday says'JTie King of Sweden has assen- ted to the artiole of treaty of the general arbi. tration between Great Britain and the United States whordby his Majesty wll be called upon to name an umpire in certain contingencies. THE TREATY SIGNED. A litter Reuter a telegram from Washington on Monday says:—The Anglo-American General Arbitration Treaty was signed to-day by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Ambas. mdor, and Mr. Olney, Secretary of State. Sir Julian Pauncssfota preserved one copy of the treaty, and the other copy was sfnt to the Senate this afternoon, accompanied by a letter recommending its ratification, which the Senate immediately considered in executive sessioo. There is nil refeiemce to the Alaskan boundary dispute in the treaty, but it is confidently stated that this will be settled separately as a result of the negotiations now in progress. PRESIDENTS OPINION OF THE TREATY. A Reuter's telegram from WaMiington on Monday, laier, naysPresident Cleveland, in his letter tmngin, tiing to the Senate the generai arbitration treaty, which he declared to repre- sent the concessions of each party for the sake of agreement to the general siheme, said that though the result rewlied might not meet the views of the advocates of immediate, unlimited, and irrevocable arbitration for international controversies, nevertheless he confidently be- lieved that the treaty could not fail to lie rccog- .i.m e,.Z?vh.rl 18 being a long step in the right direction, ss emlwdying a practical wock. ing plan by which disputes between the tw. I\r;i;' :ighil ¡auac':fie:ij:; As a matter of courss and ordiruwv routino, 160m" of its fc?turft. the Pretidmt added, were of a tentative harlcter, looking to further advance, yet the treaty not only made war hetwel"n the two countries a remote possibility, but pre?ludm those fears awl r"moure of war :h\chu7ent:Jrøl/o ¡:r:fan:i:i disaster. It was eminently fitting as well as fortunate that the attempt to accomplish such lieneficial results should be initiated by kindred peoples of the some tongue said joined lrv tios of common tradition, institutions, and aspira- tions. This experiment of substituting civi- lised methods for brute force as a means of nettling international questions or right would be tried under favourable conditions.

PHILIPPINES RISING. DMPERATF, CONFLICT WITH INSURGENT CONVICTS. A Reuter's telegram from Madrid on Mon. day says:—An official telegram from Manila states that the Philippine insurgents who had been deported to the Ladrone Islands mads a desperate attemjit to regain their liberty. They were, however, overpowered by the troops of the garrison after a desperate conflict, in the coutve of whioh sight of the convicts were killsd and wounded. The soldiers were supported by sailors and marines from the Spanish war vessels on the station, and her Majesty's torpedo gunboat Skipjack, from Volo.

INDIAN PLAGUE. DEATH OF A NURdE. A Renter's telegram from Bombay on Monday eaj-H :—A European mirse, named Joyce, who attended Surgeon-major Manser during his ill- so". his died of ths plsgua.

= = WEST 1NDIKS COMMISSION The West Indies Sugar Commission held another sitting at the Colonial Office '.i Mon- day. The members sail from Southampton n the P.oyal Mail ite&mer Don to-morrow (Wed-1 nesday). I

THE FRENCH NAVY. I I CONFLICT OF OFFICIAL OPINION I A Renter's telegram from Paris on Sunday says:—The "Echo ci» Pvia" states that tha conflict of opiniin between Admiral Besnard and the Council cf the Admiralty turns exclu- sively on tbe qUNtion of the tonnage of the future iranoladi. Thtre is a complete agree- ment to reject the programme of Admiral Aube, t-h t Minister of Maries, and ths Counorl of the Admiralty are in I favour of using squadrons in tteie of war, and reject, tits idea of forming a fleet of fast cruisers, in view of privateering. The inter- pretation of this would appear to be that the prtvpeot of war vith Great Britain is not con- templated as like y to oome witkin the sphsre of practical polity*.

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DREADFUL TALES OF THE SEA. —— 4 —— A BUDGET OF 8HIPPING .1 DISASTERS. STEAMER FOUNDEHS IN THE I NORTH SEA. TRAWLER LOST WITH ALLI HANDS. THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A SW A.NSEA-LA.DEN SHIP, The Prow Association Yarmouth correspon- dent tolecrapIL4 -Tbo smack Henry and Lydia. which arrived hero on Sunday night, reports the loss of the trawler Jane Smith, of Yar- mouth, with all tor orew. The skipper of the Henry and Lydia, which is in a badly damaged condition, states that his vessel ran down the Jane Smith during the heavy weather. The Jam Smith had a huge hole made in her side by the impact, and at once rettled down, tarry- iinit her six lisnds with her. Big seas were run- ning at the time, and a boa-t, which was launched to try and rescue the struggling men, was at once swamped, so that further attempts at saving the drowning men bad to be a ban- doned. The Henry and Lydia, too, was in tiioh a sad plight that during the continuance of the gale she was momentarily expected to founder, and as soon as the weather abated she sailed heme. The names of the fix seamen who perished are Albert Jermyn (master), William Hatch I (mate), W. Denton (third hand), Thomas Karl (fourth hand), William Woolnough (fifth haud), j and Charles Carrott (cabin boy). VESSEL POUNDERS IN THE NORTH SEA. CAPTAIN, OFFICERS, AND CREW ON THE BRIDGE FOR FOUR DAYS. A telegram received on Monday by Air. A. Laing, of Sunderland, managing owner of the steamer Strathmore, of Sunderlaod, stating that the v(Io;lK'l foundered en Sunday m the North Sea when on a voyage to tne Tyne. The vtttel was struck and disabled by a tremen- dous sea on Wednesday, and Captain Humphrey and the officers and orew took refuge on the bridge, whire they remained without food until Saturday morning, when they wers rescued by a Hull trawler, which landed thfin at that port. The men suffered terribly iro n the bad weathpr and want of food. STORY OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW. TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT 8.t; GALLANTRY OF ENGLISH SEAMEN. A story of terrible suffering and privation was told by the burvivors <.t the Antwerp steiimer Beigique, 1,200 tons, who were lauded at Dover on Saturday morning, after having been given up for lost. The rescuing sUaiuer was the Ulen Dochart (Captain Boon), of West Hartlepool, belonging to Meun. Crosby, Magee, and Co. The vessel arrived off Dover on Saturday morning, and sent the men ashore in boats. Thoy comprised the chief and second engineers and nine men, firemeii and seamen. They were in a very dit stressed con- dition, and had to clothtt except tlioee they stood upright in. They wero tuken At once to the Sailors' Home, where tiey were fed and clothed, and within a short timo of their lauding they were put on board the Ostend boat, their paisage back to Antwerp having been arranged by the Consul. 'J he narrative of their thrilling experiences and rescue was obtained by an Ostend corre- spondent, who interviewed the orew on their arrival. They left Bayonne on Monday right, January 4, and two days later were off tho oout of u th-nt. It was a dark, olear night, but very rough, with a high sea running. In the morning, when they were about a mile from the shore off Brest, they felt the Belgitjue crash on to something, and it was at onoe evident that they had ftruck a rock, as the vessel stuck fast. Her hull was pierced in sever*! pities. The survivors remained on the ship about three-quarters of an hour after she struck. Wave after wave broke over the ship, which listed over, and the lifeboat in the davits on the Starboard side, was smashed, and rendered useless. The captain ordered the two remain- ing boats, » gig and the second ship's lifeboat, to be launched, whioh was done with great diffi. culty. It was a very cold night, and many of the men had on only the cTothinl{ thev ii I been sleeping in, having been in U1eir ths when the vessel struck. The vessel began to sink eo suddenly that the orew hpd no time to take anything with them. In the boat they had neither compass,, light, food, nor water. Two seamen and an apprentice went down with the ship, and it is stated that the oaptain refused to leave the vessel. When the lifeboat with the'.eleven men got away it was found that the boat had been dsinsged, and was leaky besides, a considerable quantity of water being shipped owing to the high seas. Some of the men were told off to bale the water out, sitting in the bottom of tho boat with their limbs under water, while the others took the oars. In this oondition they remained 36 hours, and drifted about 25 miles from where the ship was lost, passing the point where the Druin- mond Castle went down. When they left the ship they had six can. Two of these were broken by the sea, and me washed away, and the rudder of the boat was also carried away. The men suffered terribly fmin thirst a, I, fti gu,e. men suffered terribly from thirst and fatigue. They became so frozen and stiff that they were unable to work the oars, and some got so exhausted that they lay helpless in the boat. A sail was made from some clothing, wliiCS Vbal:iy enabled the boat to be descried br the rR;lfJo::edwib was on :e:=b'Írl Bilbao to Middlesborough with iron ore. When the Gltin Dochart came alongside several of the shipwrecked men were so ex- hausted that tbey had to be hauled on boavd. Th. men speak very highly of the humanity of Captain Bean and his crew. They were given restoratives, and as much clothing as OOt:<1 be found on board. After hawing 'heir limbs chafed, some of the men's legs being v-ry wmb swollen, they were accommodated tfi'.h berths, blank 0ts, and a good fire. The boat in which the crew escaped WAS token on board the Glen Dochart, and left at Dover. THREK DAYS ON HER BEAM ENDS. PLIGHT OF A SWANSEA-LADEN SHIP. The San Franoisoo "Examiner" saysThe British ship Snnvtena has oome isito port from Sw&iiset, England, after a voyage lasting 150 days, well trimmed and in perfect order, little looking as though she had passed through tforms that for nearly two weeks left her all but a wreck in the stormy seas off Cape Horn. For thre« days she was on her tieam with her starboard rail under the water and bows kurted deep in the seas, while all hands worked beneath her hatches trimming her shifted cargo. The gale commenced on October 1, when the vt..sel was in la?itsdq 57deg. S. and longitude 17deg. W. It was a shifting 8torm. In the course of a day it would wing amxind and come from almost every point of the compass. All the while the K mn kept increasing in violence. On the third day several big waves in rapid succeeskm struck the ship almeot broadside, and, breaking over her decks, filled her to the rails. With the great body of water on her dccks a squall struck her square abeam, and the two forces combined rolled her over till the lay almost on her aide, with her yard-arms dipiping ia the water. It w, all anxious moment for the crew. Every instant the big vestel threatened to caprim Then a huge wave struck her almost full "tern lifting the vessel till she plunged her bows deep under the water. At that moment there was a roar ¡ a mttle t;,h¡;1'1::t decks M hM- cW cargo shifted, and the big ship lay with her starboard mil under the water and her stern pointing up in the air at such an angle that her rudder was almost out of the wmw. Th only hope of the œew to get into the ho ll on I y shovel her coal oargo back from where it shifted and right the vessel back on an even keel For three days they worked, the cook among the rest, who oouid not even be spared long enough to prepare meals for the men. Hard tack was p'.(-d around to the sailors as they laboured. With vessel back on an evei keel, the men wore given comparative rest, but it was not until days after the com- u.encement of the oterut that the srale roode- maid sufficiently for any oanvas to be spread on the ship's spars to that she could be headed on her couurtlpin. The long hours of work and the continual exposure to the weather had told on the men, and when fair weather again favoured the vessel tight of her orew were in the ship's hospital. Their lags and arms were swollen. It was not until the vessel reached the warmer latitudes of the Equator that they recovered sufficiently to attend to their duties. CREW RESCUED AND LANDED AT I YARMOUTH. no screw steamer vDiomedoa, of London, whilst on a voyage from Newo<eUe to Lt?Mm, with -.1, collided on Monday morning Yarmouth with the Sunderland ctsamar Lucent A large hole was made in the Diomedea's side Inst abaft the main rigging, and the sank. The new were rescued by the Luoeat and landed at Yarmouth. The Lucent was also damaged, and oame to anchor in the roads in a leaky condition. STRANDED AND AFLOAT AGAiN. r 1 he passenger steamer GuJf of Siom inward bound vir. the Manchcstsr Carnal for Glasgow. utisad-d Morrock Bay two miles, eoutmof 1'cuipatrick Harbour during very dPD" weiitnef at "you c'ekvk on U/maa aorotag. in* M<tet\ XfptMttM &Ad the Hebo&t were dMJ>& ed to Iho b"t th. _idance iw ???d.:O.a. The 8)Ma WAS <totted I ia the twuom, and sailed for CHM<ow. BOAT PICKED UP AND MAVS BODJT 1 I FOUND. A t+ltmm from Berwick My?'-A boat, with %4* t?M. "FIiz"h, of Goole/ has been pitied up at GrfNthtU PockA, Nor&h Sunder- ?d. (and the body of a MM had *lM been !OUM t«M Holy ItlM?d Came. It is fe, tileF?4e, 'htt a v_I bM .mø Fs*i» i?ad and f<vlpfd*re<l during the receTA CWo. THE OiYERDUK STEAMSHIP DAI LARA. A C?e?ral News telegram from New ? ork on Monday -A dispatch from H?t!M:'tetM that an unknown T«ee) i4 reporw mbof* 100 mileg to the ttetw?d of H'lifM. It mWd this TMtw may be the Daiaara, which is now eight clays overdue. A LINER'S ESCAPE. Lloyd's agent at Moville telegraphs thafc the Allan Line steamer Laurentian, from Halifax for Liverpool, etruok Malin Head on Suntliv night. She arrived there on Monday with tMf forward coMpartment ful of water. FISHING 8M \OKS EXPERIENCES ROUGH WEATHER. A ntmber o! fishing omarks arrived nt Yar- mouth on Monday more or lefle damaged, v the reflult of gales on Thursday and Friday, and in two instances a man had beea washed over-1 board and drowned. The crews report that the weather on the fiihing ground was most severe, and considerable toM has been incurred by the ?mt<:e to the vem" and gear. CARDIFF STEAMER ASHORE. Moyd'a agent at MaJt. telegraphs that a telegram rwoived from (?ozzc? 8 aro, Sicily, tates that the Brituh steamer arden, ironi Novorqssisk to Rotterdam, is ashore near Cape l'NI, The captain states that there is every prolKibality of floating the vessel. H.M.S. Nympho has gone to assist her. MINOR CASUALTIES. Th* ste»msr Jiarborne, from London for tarry, in bal1 &ad the WarriAaL from Loudon for Sydney ?ctHdtd below Grav_1Id on Sunday. evenilW. ,? The former *evenly damaged her port lia. a'"s to th* len rigging, and w#A run -I,or, making water in her fomhotil The M,.rri;.?. apparently un ?'- r? The Harborne when being backed collided with ?e ketoh Spray, of and for HulL The Spray alitly damaged. The tumian banltio Orient, from Hull for Ha ti, an d the Rumian steamer Pallm, from rho:n&ifr,RîtdI: mouth of t?o Humber on Sat.roay. The Orient returned to Hull with the ION of her bowsprit and headgear damaged. The Pallas proceeded. The steamer Ihuibrodv, which grounded in the River Avon, has been floated and docked at Avonmouth. On Mondav the steamship Geni, of Newcastle, arrived at Cardiff, and docked in the Roath Basin for repairs. She had broken & crank shaft piri on the voyage from Carthsgena. The steamer Elecitra, from Briton Ferry to Fecamp, with ooI, put into Cherbourg with her crank shaft broken or def ectiVO. I

TURKISH AFFAIRS. RISING IN SOUTHERN ALBANIA. A Reuter's telegram from Constantinople on Monday says:—The Sultan has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Medjidieh Order upon Mgr, Ormanian. the Armenian Patriarch. A Central News telegram from Constanti- nople on Monday says:—The Sultan to-day received in audience Sir E. Ashmead Bartlett, M.P. RISING IN ALBANIA. A Reuter's telegram from Satanic* on Mon- day says: -Intollilgenc* has reached here that the Mohammedan Albanians at El BUlan, i Southern Albania, have risen against the Turkish Governor, Habri Bey, threatening to kill him ulalooa be resigns his post. The autho- rities at ManastEir have sent a detachment of troops to afford protection to the Governor. The affaif is considered serious.

CLEVELAND VACANCY. THE EVE OF THE ELECTION. The Press Association correspondent states that nearly forty publio meetings on Monday brought active operations to a dose. The Unionists held a meeting in every polling dis- trict in the diviiion. The end of the contest is chiefly remarkable for the importation of the personal element, Colonal Ropuer being charged with giving preference to foreign manten on veifiels, and paying wages much below the Union scale. Ttt- colonel in a telegram A Sir Joseph Pease complains of these unfair tactics, and hitting below the belt by the Liberal speakers making statements which ae has no opportunity of disproving by the time of the election. In the polling to-day (Tues- dav) the great advantage will be with the Unionists, who bave IIA unlimited number of carriages placed at their disposal. The Liberals, on the other hand, will have 'a very soaaty supply for IUch a scattered constituency. Every effort will be made to bring all the avail- able electors to the poll, and the total vote cast is expected to be heavy. PREVIOUS ELECTIONS. At the last election the figures were:- Mr. Pease (R) 4,762 Mtjor Ropuer (U) 4,175 Majority 587 At the 1893 election tha Gladstonian majority was 348, in 1896 Mr. Pease was returned un. opposed and in 1885 the Gladstonian majority wae 4,103.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUICIDE. POISONED AT A CHEMIST'S I COUNTER. The Vienna correspondent of the "Daily News," telegraphing on Sunday, <ay»:—An extraordinary case of suicide is reported from Villaoh, in Oarintbia. It seems that a matter named Kropp at the grammar school there some time ago beoame nervous and excited and had to be given leave of absence. He began to hstve oleeplm nights and asked his doctor to prescribe very weak morphia powders. He got as many of those as he could, ordering them from all the ohemijU' rihopa in Villaoh. But he Menu to bave been afraid tha* it would take him too long to get enough poison to kill himself, so he tried another way. A few daye ago he went into a chemist's and showed the doctor's preeohption. The c!erk brought out & @Mau box of morpm., which be opened phu»d Mote Mm. The ec<MotmMter asked him whether it was pure, and whether there would be enough to kill a man. "Enough to kill more than one," the cierk answered, as he took the ccales and an ivory spoon out oi the drawer. He had these ia his hands when the man, quick, to ligblniag, ssiaed the box and pourid the Contents into his mouth. The ApottiMM? tCM? the < of ?'' clerk ran it?o the .hop, WOU *< mother MMtect, 'nd all th," y*. about for antidotes. Then the schoolmaster took a loaded revolver out of his pocket and threatened to thoot arv risii who would dare approach him to prevent his death. And now give me a chair to ci-e in." he saiid, "Don't you see that if I am convinced that itt -mother month I should be taken into a madhouse, the bad thing for me is death f" In the meantime a doctor had been fetched. but the man grew weaker and weaker, and on the way to the hospital died. Ho is doesribed as a young of fr&t promuie.

DR. LEYDS AND MR. CONYNGHAM GREENE. According to the Johannetburg "Sttr" Presi- dent Kruger was particularly anxious that Dr. Leyds should formally welcome Mr. Conyog- ham Greena on his arrival, in order fbt no suspicion of a slight shoultl be aroused. Dr. Leydt mentioned that he had an engagement to go to the Rtnd, and it was aiTauged that he should meet and welcome Mr. Greene as the trains crossed. He did not do it. The result was that there was a violent soene in the Executive Council, in whioh the President freely Expressed hi, anger and annoyance at the omission.

RIFFIAN PIRATES. I KARROW ESCAPE OF A BRITISH I SHIP. A Reuter's telegram from Tangier on Mon. iday saysReports have reached here that the SBtitMh ..nm, v-W Vir??n de ? Anpilos hM nMiovty .d capture by IMt.M pirates/ 4tbo ware foiled in their purpose by the timely arrival of the Spanish steamer Eler- vlrla, which took the Virgen de 101 Angelos in W. ——————

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INCREASING THE BRITISH ARMY. PROPOSED STRENGTHENING B7 FIFTEEN THOUSAND MEN. The "Daily Telegraph" says that within the course of the next fortnight the official on. nouncement will be made of a proposed increase to the standing Army. In the schemes put forward bv the Commander-in-Chief for the re-or, .nbation and better administration of the Service, there was a draft recommending certain and considerable additions to the number of infantry battalions, artillery, engineers, and other branches. After much deliberation, it was resolved V,at the addition to the land forces should be sanctioned, and ways and means found to meet the cost in the next Budget. It is not likely that the full amount which will be ultimately required annually will be set out in this year's votes, as the troops will be raised to the new numerical standard gradually. Indeed, at the moment the civil powsn are considering how much, or rather how littli*, it is advisable to spend for the increase of the Army. The oause of the proposed addition to the Army is to be found in the necessity of garrisoning naval stations abroad more effec- tively. It may be guessed (says the "Tele- graph") that the increase will in the end require an addition of nearer 15,000 than 10,000 men. A sum, therefore, of between one and two million pounds sterling will have to be pro- vided during the first year. '1111e new levies will consist mainly of infantry, artillery, and engineers. Of course, there will lie other cietails-medioal staff, ordnance, and what not.

INDIAN FAMINE. INDIAN FAMINP, I THE, LORD MAYOR'S FUND. I Up to 3feday evening the Lord Mayor 01 London's fund for the relief of distress in India amounted to about £ 10,000. The invitation to join the Maniion House committee has been accepted Iby Loid George Hamilton, the Mar. quess of Lansd<>wns, the Marquees of itipon, the Marquess of Dufferin, Lord Northbrook, Lord Rothschild, Lord Roberts, tco. STOCK EXCHANGE FUND. I A fund was opened on the London Stocfc Exchange on Monday, and nearly £3,000 was subscribed. GENEROUS R ESPONSE AT LIVERPOOL. A publio meeting, convened by the Lord Mayor, was held at the Town-hall, Liverpool, on Monday for the purpose of opening a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian famine. Tlm* was a large and influential attendance. A mong the speakers were the Bishop of Liverjwol, Mr. S. Smith, M.P., and Mr. Warr, M.P At the close of the meeting subscriptions mounting to £2,290 were notified. FUND AT SALFORD. I The Mayor of Sslford has decided to open a I fund for the relief of the sufferers.

SUICIDE OF AN ITALIAN PRIEST. A Reuter's telogrscn from Marseilles on Mon- day sayn: —An Italian priest, belonging to Naples, named linp Gahrtola, cams on Friday night to stay at tin hotrf in the Cours de Louis. He was found devi in his bed this morning with his right hand giasping a revolver, the barrel of which wee resting against hio(ilieek. The body was taken to tlio morgue. 'i'he Italian Consul was informal of the death.

CYCLING COMPETITIONS. I ENGLISHMAN'S VICTORY IN I PARIS. A Reuter's te'egram from Paris on Sunday says: —The 50-kilomptre bicycle race for a stake of 10.000 franoi between C. F. BllrlI, of Putney, uid Constant Huret, the French fcidor, who h"J,\s the :14 hours' world's record, (ook piace thiy -ttiartioon at the Velodtome d'Hiver, in the presence of a ltrgf rumber of spectators. The Englishman won inlh. 4min. 5sec.

THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS. RESOLUTION BY CARDIFF CONSER. VATIVES. At the ordinary weekly political meeting held in the Adamsdawn Club, Cardiff, the subject being "The Elementary Education Act," the following resolution was proposed by Mr H. J. ITiatcher, and seconded by Mr. GIP."on:Tbat as the 4s. per child promised in the late Government Bilt would be utterly insufficient to enable the volun- tary schools to meat the unfair competition of the board schools, her Majesty's Government be urged to provide a suitable remedy for this competition by securing in the forthcoming Bill a share in the education-rate for all citizens who require it in the schools of their choice. After discuasing the question, the resolution was carried unanimously.

LAMPETER COLLEGE. THE SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER. London correspondent says that Pro- fessor Scott, the bursar of St. David's College, Lampeter, has just obtained from the Lord Chancellor's secretary, Mr. Muir Mackenzie, Q.C., the supplemental charter of St. David's College. The charter is written on three skins ef parchment in bold lwal caligraphy, and bears the stamp of £:50. It is dotted ths 2nd of June last, and is sealfd under the Queen's sign manual by Mr. Muir Mackenzie. The new charter, it may be remembered, vests some of the powers which were oxclusively in the hands of the visitor, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's, in the new council. This body will meet for the second time next June.

MANNING OF VESSELS. i PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD Oi I TRADE AND MR. J. H, W ILSO N. T "Middle*borough GaieUV or.. Monc'.iv published the following letter from the Presi- dent of the Board of Trade to Mr. J. Have- look Wilson:— 8 ?'397 "J*nt)My8.:397. "DeM' Sir,—I am dited by Mr Ritchie to etate, in replv to your letter of the 29th tilt., as to the questi?n of the manning of vemels &iid the rating of seamen, that he is not in a position to make any promise in regard to legislation for the coining session, but the report of the Manning Committee is receiving bis careful at- tention.-Yours faithfully. h "GARNHAM R "J; Havelooit Wilson, j

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WALES DAY BY DAY Swansea Ft-M Library attains its majority to. day. T.„rd Penrhyn is back in Penrhvn Castle, but lie is still absent from the quanymen's affections. Sir William 13raiiipton Gurdon has now retsi.*m'd to London, after spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Cory at Duffryn. It is suggested in the "London Kelt" that Mr. Legard should JIe-ap coals on the 11e.d of bit John Gor.-t by at once learning fIsh! F?irly in the :ln4t?matioaal match on &,ttuM&v Cl'fl' Ho wen bad a, bad cut on the head, and a man shouted to him from the crowd to "keep his eye on it." l ancrnft says thai the Knglish halves at the international match never on a single occasion ptMtd out to their three-quartern. He noticod it particularly. What does that show ? That ;t was safer when well grabbed to their manly bosoms ? Ov.r old friend, plain Mr. KbeneT-er Beavaw tint was, seems to be stepping up to some new honour every week. Only the other day he bcrame mayor of Cardiff, and now that an aldermanship becomes vacant lie is asstaed into th Sot again. It is a perfect treadmill of honours. ".Viin would have suspected Councillor T. Morel, .T.P.. of being a jokist? When filling tho aldermanio voting paper in the Cardiff Cc <mcil.(lhamber yesterday he exclaimed in. voluntarily (prompted, probably, by a memory of the previous day's ohurch service), "Here we raise our Ebenezer!" Cardiganshire has lost its centenarian by the clp,;tj¡ of Dafydd Evans, of Llanarth. He was born in the year 1794, and remembered the coronation of George III., George IV., William IV., and Queen Victoria. Evans was a staunch Churchman, and was seventeen years ot dg6 when the Cslvinistic Methodists separated from chn Ohurch. A reporter was bragging about the neatness Son J tidiness of his wife the other day in the a*,tize court. "If I get up at any time of the night," he said, "I know where to put my hand on anything in the dark." He then nulled frum his pocket what he thought was his hand- kerchief, but accidentally displayed to those near him the baby's shft. Unongst those present at the complimentary baziqrot to the mayor of Newport on Monday wa. Mr. William Iloeken, who, aa vice-presi- dent of the Reform League m the 'l'ransvaal, WI. one of the first whom President Kruger cli.pped into prison. Mr. Hosken is a brother to Mr. R. Hosken, one of the engineers at, the Severn Tunnel. He intends going back to the Tiansvaal a month hence. I Local amateur etrtronomers will learn rith rejfret of the sudden death of Mr. ,[hIJa. Glvyn Elger, the leading English a'lthority on this physical features of the moon, and a number of whose lunar drawings were prominent in the astronomical department of the Card.ff tion. Besides being one of the leading citizens of Bedford, Mr. Elger was a well-known rail- way engineer, and had been engaged or con. structions at Menai Bridge, as well as on the South Wales border. Mr. Elger was an ".60. ciite of the Astronomical Society of Wal's. One of the best wearing questions at Cardiff ban been the contract for corporation uniforms. Tr.e trouble has been to get these clothes made at Cardiff at a price somewhere near the mark notohod by the tailors outside the town; and now a Cardiff tradesman hu actually quoted a lo^rer price than any. This induced someone to set,: whether the clothes would be made in Car. diff, and Alderman Carey was able to say at oa:e that the tradesmen had promised, in red ink, that the garments would be made on the promises. That settled it. EIlood itself is not more solemn then red ink. Home men die prematurely, others are chronicled dead while they yet live. On Satur- da:r the Archdeacon of Monmouth read in the "Times" that he had passed awav in 1896. The mistake is explained by the venerable arch- deiioon himself in a letter whioh appeared in yesterday's "Times," tbos:—"Under the head- iiH of 'W^les in 1896' in your & include iti the 'death roll' 'the Archdeacon 01 Monmouth.' The death referred to is that of my lamented and much more distinguished pre- deoss^ Archdeacon Crawley. He resigned tl «i archdeaconry twelve years ago, and I have heid it since that time. As your announce- ment may be a source of unnecessary bewilder- ment, and possibly of some regret, to some of my friends, 1 trust you will be good enough to make tbe necessary correction.—I am. sir, v_,mirs faithfiily, W. OONYBKARE BRUCE, Archdeacon of Monmouth." A curious history attaches to the Court Theatre at Liverpool, whioh was so seriouity damaged by fire on Saturday. It was formerly known as the Amphitheatre, and as it seated mere persons than almost any other public place in Liverpool some twenty odd years ago, it was frequently mad for political purposes. Mi. Gladstone, in the historic .campaign when he was ousted by Cross and Turner from the Lit erpool Division of Lancashire, spoke in it. But the moet famous gathering that took place within its walls about that time was when John Bright addressed a meeting of the Welsh frater- nity of that town, Welshmen being present from almost every part of the Principality. One of tht mast singular features of the gathering was thiit the chairman, a Welshman, sjieaking to Welshmen, opened in English, but, M he appeared not to be understood, he broke into vigorous Welsh, amid roars of cheers aud laughter, in which Mr. Bright heartily joined. One of the football journals came out on Saturday evening with a new idea in ballad- mnngering. In order to ph-aae both Cymrio and Sassenach readers, it published two pæanl in anticipation both of a WeMi and an English victor)"—and both from the same hand. While suggesting that the notion is gooJ-\hough it mirM be improved by the adoption of rr. Mastery Stead's "blacking-out" proous-the "Globe" thinks it could have been made still better by the use of a system which would have necessitated no more than the craa.ire of a word or to in eaoh line. As for instance: — Hurrah for the Kaightsof the realm of St. { jT^Tj III,, victory's theirs, and their honour is i :r' Now let there be joy in the purlieus of | I TL, s pmn is something f to wriw iif au ode on, -that 4?An'tm Iit u,,done. Tlu.t the big match came thus fthis I..t.-k to olosa to ?l.. tW. Is a proof of the fading away ot the {: And the divy when in football Old England £ Is indeed And in trutli the occasion for {:1:' General Sir James Hills-Johnes, V.C., G.(;.B., now a Carmarthen-hire squire, is "Jciiuny Hills, one of the sulxuterna in Tombs; troop, and an old Addiscombe friend or mine," in the recently-published autobiography of Lord Roberts. Tbe latter givft a stirring account of the episode—personally witnessed by hin:-whieb won for General Sir J. Hills-Johnes his most treasured doooration, the Victoria Ck*. It occurred during the Indian Mutiny, when his troop of carabincexs was by treachery exposed to a surprise attack. "The u-cop." wrvtes Lord Hvbrts, "was thus left to receive the first rush of the rebel cavairy; it vra6 com- poed of young soldiers, some of them quite untrained, who turned and broke. The moment Hills saw the enemy 1* shoutd, Action front.' and, in the hope of crivin;; his men time to load, and fire a round of grape, he gallantly charged the head of the column single-handed, cut down the leading man, struck the second. and was then ridden down himself. It had beet raining heavily, to Hills wore his cloak, vhich probably his life, for it was cut in many places, as were liij jacket, and even hi", ehiit. As soon as tlie bo,lr of the enemy had paswd on, Hills, extrioating himself from hi-i horse, got up and senrrfied for his sword, which he Had loort in the 1:118. He had jurt found it when he was attacked by three men, two of whom were mounted. He fired at and wounded then caught the h\nee of the the 4int mari, left hand, en d ran the first man, left hMld, and ran hivu )follh the body with his word. The first assailant coming on again, Hills cut him down, upon which he was attacked by the third man on fi"<jwho mcceeded in wrenching his sword from him. HilU fell in the struggle, and must have been killed if Tombs had not ecme to the rescue and save(I his plucky subaltern's life." Both received the V.C. Lord Roberts kteiv, up his friendship with his old comrade, and Mpt it his last few day" holiday at Dolaucothy before leaving England to take up tho duties of Commander-ir.V-hief of the Indian Army.