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R. W. MILLK"' C°* PRIZi: ME DAI. ALE8 AND STOUTS. MILD AND PALE ALES FIIOM la. PER GALLON. I-OKTER otl STOUT from b. PER GALLON. Ic Ci-sks of 4J-G*I1». mi Upward*. Purchasing Agenta Appointed in all Towng 1 where not already repreaeroted. QROFT jgli.EW'EST^ J>ftISTOL.

MAIDENS BLUSH At What is Seen Daily on Penarth Beach. SOCIETY SCANDALISED. For some time past the modesty of Penarth has received daily shocks of such a severe nature that there was a danger of this most graceful virtue leaving this popular seaside resort for ever. During the sultry weather which has prevailed for some months ar certain section of the male population, very well known and highly 'espected, not only at Penarth but at Cardiff Docks, have in the early hours Of morn indulged in a matutinal plunge in the sad sea mu waves. In a fit of absent- ttiindedness which has now lasted several I Months these gentlemen have discarded the f^ents of civilisation for the buff attire of nature. It i8 in this respect that the native modesty of Penarth has suffered. •L ?aany a madden blush has been brought to the eeks of the fair denizens of Penarth villadom wnenon peering through the windows overlook- tng the beach they have seen the shore and esplanade dotted with male creatures" chessed in the simple and inexpensive fLli Adam adopted before the i^ven the strongest-minded lady could +v. view such a scene without a severe shock to system, and after much deliberation, and anxious thought, a strongly-worded appeal was jnade to a high and all-powerful authority—the • enarth Local Board. When this august MMty keard the grievances of their fair con- ltituents they were sorely troubled-not at the )ffence committed against the modesty of the ;own, but at the difficulty of dealing with such lirh personages against whom complaint was Made. At last in a fit of recklessness and ring the board has decided to prosecute batàers who set at defiance the laws of decency by not enshrouding their bodies in the old- 10ne<* hlue gown or some other appropriate nr.fv.Un^5: is the determination of the fromThi^ral 6X611 are no^

LORDS AND HOME RULE. Mr. Gladstone as a Creator of Peers. The Morning says :-It is interesting to note that, in spite of the outcry in Radical quarters against the House of Lords, the number of Peers created by Mr. Gladstone during his first three Administrations exceeds 50-the exact numbers being from 1869 to 1874, 30; from 1880 to 1885, 32 and during the short Administra- ion of 1886, eight. Since the present Govern- ment came into power in August last year, t'oout half a dozen more peerages have been -reated, so that in all nearly 80 new peers Jave been created by the present Prime wumfetor or advanced steps iu the peerage. °> these n°hlemen have promptly turned —i t1*" hacks upon their old principles and their OM leader since their elevation, and are now to oe ranked with his opponents. Still, the number of new creations is very significant, as showing the avidity for titular distinctions in the ranks U, be^ party of Doubtless, a con- siaerable addition will be made to the member- snip of the House of Lords when the present r?°Aer?^ent <?oeR out of office, so that in all probability Mr. Gladstone will have, during his iour Administrations, either newly created or Commc>e<* higher dignities nearly 100

FIRE AT A COLLIERY. Firemen Have Narrow Escapes from Falling Debris. Early on Thursday morning a fire broke out at the Sandwell Park Colliery, West Bromwich, aid proved to be of a very serious character. The engine-house was found to be well alight, P^t-rope being also burnt through, and the pit-shaf+ °f Ca^e was down shatteredtanc,e of 450 yards, and was pullev it r>n+ J?leces- the rope ran off the framJ woodwork at the top of thepit- ^opped ^ni nl7 }tIOngh • At the time the cage stSl Z\Z w.menat, the colliery wis almost mirac^ous°ly °meS°caped "being described interfered with the balance of the engine, and the weight of the other cage caused the machinery to revolve until it ran out the Md-hS TL fc/ "h?f tU» «»» ».« ° oontmwd to fiercely for ours> the beams of the roof of th« ing t^ou^rth ltflmatelf iallin§r. endways, crash- basement £ ? °/ into the Quenchintr th* fl u J firemen engaged in some of tfLl £ ?am,es h.ad very narrow escapes, dZis fckn°cked. d0wn b7 ^e falling "ix o^clock n Continued work until was prSicX subdn^J when tbe fir0 estimated at about £ 2 000 ThHofK hy insnrano« ■'•ne loss is covered °f the fire has yet

A SAFE SEAT WANTED. Mr. Gladstone Says he is not Going to Contest Montgomery. dent /^a<^stone, writing to a Welsh correspon- states That °WIUng"street °n September 1, newed H+ + 6re no ^oun<ia'tion for the re- ^tion h<i htS aCCepted the invi- tion +/ tfle Montgomeryshire Liberal Associa- gene™? the co^ty seat at the next election and to vacate Midlothian.

WELSH LADIES' CHOIR. Safe Arrival of the Paris in New York. Choir ^ar*8' with the Welsh Ladies' "clock +u°ard' arr^ve^ at New York at six clock this morning, all well. =

EXECUTED THIS MORNING. ^venges the Brutal Murder of an Insuranoe Agent. Jfme«^Uy was executed ing for C ,Gaoli Dublin, this morn- Bide in ?ilrdeTKf Bernard at Stepa- larly brutal nJur er was a particu- toinsSoL I Wh° was agent for *<lbeS V,TW' u?Dg Wajlaid ^drobbed leavy £ ^dea^ by biows on the head with a bWe been instantaneous 7 iS beUeVCd ==-

Extraordinary Story from Brighton. thin^new^+iu'al ProTides this week Some- f«lloi wrs^e Way-of ropery." A young course at Br ^nm^ ln a ca^ trom the race- Placed his 1,= j n town, and incautiously vehicle Hi a « on e ■'edge of the door of the rings. -t ri&ors were covered with valuable attractpH^ that while his attention hloclt in ?" crowd which had caused a tnade by some a bastardly attempt was favoured vi Ve? secure tbe rings- They the vonno. i ^Ue hold decisive slash to cut THE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE AT WORK. I

THE END IN SIGHT. -0. The Strike Will Termi- nate Next Tuesday. A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. The South Wales coal war will terminate next Tuesday. That may be regarded as a foregone conclusion. The strike leaders recog- nise the futility of prolonging the struggle, and are making up their minds to propose at to-day's meeting at the Rocking Stone a general return to work on the day named. Some one may ask why do they not go back on Monday ? And there is a good deal of irony in the reply, namely, that Monday is "Mabon's day," and even the strikers respect that festival. Of course the appeal to the men who have resumed work to attend to-day's meeting is likely to meet with little response. They have already indicated in a very practical way what they think on the matter, and probably they will re-echo Mr. David Morgan's dictum that "those who have made the pie should eat it"—those who have forced the strike and carried it on till the present should themselves decide what they will do next. TO-DAY'S MASS MEETING. Processions on the Way to the Rocking Stone. This morning a procession started from Porth in order to attend the Pontypridd meeting. The Porth section of the procession num- bered about 160 men and boys the Ogmore section, 600 Ystrad, 450, each being headed by a band. The Porth party carried a banner bearing a pictorial representation of the death of the sliding-scale on one side and on the other the funeral." The Ogmore section carried a banner, on which was inscribed Ogmore to the front," but the section itself was in the back. On the other side of the banner were the words Unity is strength." As they marched from Porth to Pontypridd considerable numbers joined the ranks. The result of the meeting at the Rocking Stone is looked forward to with considerable interest, because it is expected that this will be the funeral of the strike. It is said that one of the questions to be brought forward is a charge against the employers of victimising some of the hauliers who have gone on strike. In one case it is said that the places of 21 hauliers have been filled by men from Ogmore and other places. AT THE ROCKING STONE. At the commencement of the proceedings at the Rocking Stone about 15,000 to 20,000 per- sons were present. The vote on admission of the press was almost- equally divided, but the chairman pronounced, amid some cries of dissent, that the amendment for admitting the reporters had been carried. Communica- tions were read from various collieries declaring favour of standing out for the advance calling for a change in the checkweighers who were un- favourable to tho men's rights, and giving par- ticulars of the alleged victimising of a. fireman at Havod Colliery for not standing" some timber, and of a collier who took his place. Councillor Richard Morris wrote protesting against the interference of the police with peaceable processions, and urging the mass meeting to call for a. n amend- ment of the Local Government Act, placing the control of the police in the hands of the county council alone. The CHAIRMAN said Sir William and his friends were bent upon doctering the sliding- scale, but he hoped one doctor would be found to drive a lancet to its heart and pronounce it dead. The strike bad taught the masters some lessons, and it had taught the men the absolute necessity of organisation. They had the agents, judicial bench, military, and Government against them, and they must give a deaf ear to everything but organisation. It ought to be impossible to divide them. They had had a grand opportunity this time, and it flourished for a. time, but they would take better care of it next time. When they went back to work they must be on their guard against victim- ising, and stand by any one who was made a show-card for their port in the strike. Mr. ISAAC EVANS admitted that the sliding- scale resulted in increased trade, but as that had led to the increase of the price of cutting coal the workmen were no better off. Fifty- seven and a helf were added to the standard of 1879, but that standard was the lowest in Wales. had known, and they only had the advance for six months. They had the workings of the best organisation in South Wales of any in the country. They had shown great determination in the struggle, and some of that crowd which number 32,000 had walked from Neath that day. The chairman of Friday's meeting at Ponty- gwaith produced the report of the committee which had investigated the action of the police stopping the procession at Porth on August 29 in which charges of undue vigour were made against the police. The report was accel t-d by the meeting and ordered to be sent to the Home Secretary. A telegram was read from the Blaengarw men declaring their intention to hold out for an ad- vance. Another telegram was read purporting to come from the men of Blaengarw, Ocean, and Nanthir. stating they hod decided to go to work. A Blaengarw check weigher said the hauliers of Garw were firm, and had determined that when they returned to work the man who bad made the mischief there—(applause)—must be discharged. Relieving Distress. A meeting of the colliers and hauliers em ployed at the Lewis Merthyr House Coal Pit was held on Friday night, and it was decided to re- turn to work on Tuesday morning, whatever the decision of this afternoon's Rocking Stone meeting may be. A meeting of the steam coal workmen of the same firm was held this morning to make arrangements for distributing S30 re- ceived from the Cambrian Miners' Association for the relief of the families of the strikers. PARLEYING WITH THE LAW."

A FRENCH STORY. Murder Charged Against a Candidate at the Elections. The Standard <■»;.■ s The election campaign in Paris has led to a painful surprise, which is causing great sensation, especially in the Fifteenth District, where M. Chauviere, a muni- cipal councillor, is a candidate. A few days ago M. Laguerre, the well-known Boulangist, who is his competitor, affirmed at a public meeting that on the 14th of August, 1870, on the occasion of the riots at La Villette, M. Chauviere killed a corporal of the fire brigade, and four days later confessed his crime to a prisoner confined in Ste. P^lagie Prison. M. Laguerre added that five men had been condemned to death for that murder, while M. Chauviere, to avoid being suspected of the crime, took refuge in the Ste. Pelagie Prison, which he was able to enter on account of having been previously condemned to two months' imprisonment. Twenty-four of the persons who were present at that meeting, and who heard M. Chauvifere's energetic denial of the truth of M. Laguerre's statement, never- theless wrote to M. Rochefort, who was indi- cated as the person to whom M. Chauviere had confessed his crime, requesting" him to divulge the truth. M. Roohefort replied in the In- transigeant, stating the truth of the confession made to him by M. Chauviere. M. Chauviere flatly denies the truth of M. Rochefort's asser- tion. He, moreover, affirms that no corporal of the fire brigade was killed in the La Villette affair.

DEATH FROM ANTRAX. A Boy Dies Through Handling Hair of Diseased Cattle. An extraordinary case is reported from Wor- cester of the death of a boy from anthrax. The lad was employed in a hair-cloth weaving fac- tory in that city, and it is supposed that he con- tracted the complaint through handling the hair of diseased cattle. The medical evidence at the inquest tended to confirm the suspicion that the poor boy bad unconsciously inoculated him- self with infectious matter by rubbing a small boil upon his cheek. A yet more serious feature in the evidence was the statement of Dr. Walpole Simmons, acting physician of the Worcester Infirmary, that this was the fifth example of the possibility of anthrax being communicated to a 1\11man being that had been furnished by the -.o factory during the last twelvemonths. The jury exoneratedL the em- plbyers from blame, but recommended that the bales of hair at present in the warehouse should be proteoted so that no one could obtain access to them, and that the authorities in London should be communicated with, with a view to taking precautions with the bales previously to their being disinfected.

A meeting of the directors of the Barry Rail- way Company was held on Friday at the General Offices, Barry Dock, Mr. Archibald Hood, J.P., the deputy-chairman, presiding. The other, directors present were Mr. John Cory, Mr. T. Webb, and Mr. T. R. Thompson wth jlr. Richard Evans, general manager Mr. W. Mem, secretary Mi". J. Bell, C.E., resident engineer, and other officials. The business, r-s usual was' conducted in private, but we^ unucrstand that questions of an important character affecting the development of tdtt6 CpJPPWJyI

MILFORD AND AMERICA. The Proposed New Transatlantic Port. Despite the undoubted natural advantages that Milford Haven presents for the accommoda- tion of shipping, very slow progress (says the Daily Chronicle) is being made in the direction of making the new docks pay. The history of the company up to the present has been charac- terised more by the creation of preference stock and debenture obligations than by the making of profits. At the half-yearly meeting on Thursday, however, the prospects were slightly more cheerful than usual. A little profit has been earned for the first time, and there is some talk of a new cargo line of steamers between Milford and America, which, with the co-opera- tion of the Great Western Railway, promises well. Probably the next revival in the shipping trade may see Milford in a fair way for pros- perity. Although somewhat out of the way, it has magnificent capabilities, and ought some day to prove a formidable rival to the other western ports.

RAILWAY STRIKERS IN AMERICA. Setting Fire to Rolling Stock. A Dalziel's telegram from Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday says :-The first act of violence on the part of the strikers on the Louisville and Nashville Railway occurred to-day, when a mob of about 200 set fire to freight cars in different parts of the railway yards. Only the prompt and energetic action on the part of the fire department saved the large warehouses which are filled with cotton from destruction.

A High Sheriffs ball. On Thursday evening Mr. John Franei s Wallog, Aberystwith, high sheriff for the county of Cardigan, gave a ball to the county magistracy and others in the hall of the college at Aberystwith. A large number accepted the invitation, and dancing was kept up to an early hour on Friday. A dancing floor of panelled oak and walnut was laid down, and the large hall was beautifully decorated in art draperies by Messrs. Womersley and Co., decorators, of Leeds. Supper was laid in one of the adjoining rooms, and a portion of the large corridor, decorated in Oriental style, was converted into a magnificent reception-room.

Accident at Cardiff Docks, James Brown, a labourer, living in Ruperra- street, and employed at the Wallsend Pontoon, fell down the hold of the steamer H. M. Pollock, and sustained injuries to ^iis kntie. He was t&ken toLtbA

CYCLING RECORDS. Extraordinary Perfor- mance by Harris. NEW TIME FOR THE MILE. World's cycling records for machines of all types were again beaten on Friday e7?n^nC^' the London County Grounds, Heme Hill, ^he record breakers were G.« E. Osmond and J- • Stocks, who, mounted on a tandem safety, beat records for machines of all types from two to 27 miles inclusive en route. They covered the ♦xtra- ordinary distance of 26 miles 156 yards in the hour. Although the pace had so far been tre- mendous, they continued riding for another milA or so (27 miles being reached in lhr. *min. 44 l-5sec.), when they dismounted owing to Stocks's saddle being troublesome. After an in- terval they turned out again to pace A. W. Harris in his attack on the English record for safeties, previously standing to the credit of L. E. Meintges, viz., 2min. 93-5sec. Hams beat this easily by doing 2min. 7 2-5sec., be- sides tieing F. G. Bradbury's half-mile record of Imin. 34^ sec. on the way. Mr. Pembroke Cole- man took the times.

TO-DAY'S SHARE MARKET. HOKE RAILWAYS. OP IG 12.10 CLO Arg Brighton Railway Ord 165 .» j -• Do. Deferred M7 147# — Caledonian Consolidated. 114 Do. Preferred Con. Ord. 83% Do. Deferred do 30 £ S 31% — Chatham and Dover Ord. 13% 1 ••• Do. Preference 97% Glasgow and South West. 109 ■ •••' ••• Great Eastern Ordinary 75fe Gt.N'thn.Prefd.Con. Ord. 112$- Do. do. Defd. do. 50 Do. do. A's 51 Great Western 152 Hull and Barnsley Lancashire and Yorkshire 103 — London and North-Westn 162% 162^ Loudon and South-Westn 181 — Do. do. Deferred. 64 Man., Shef. and Line. Ord 58 S ••• Do. Preferred 89 Do. Deferred. 23 Metropolitan Con 84^4 ••• Do. LandStock 74{ £ ••• Do. District Ordinary 23^ -••• Do. Preferred 82 Midland Ordinary ^41$ North British Owl. Pref. 70% 7lJU Do. Ordinary 51% 32$ North-Eastern Ordinary 152% North Staffordshire 124 — South-Eastern Ordinary 116 Do. Deferred. 731,4, — East London 7 Taff Vale Ac. 9 Tl'h Furness 66% AMEKICAN RAILWAYS, &o. Central Pacific 21% 214& Chicago, Milwaukee 60% 60%f Denver Ordinary 10^4 110* Do. Preferred 29% 30 Erie Shares 15'ft ilo% Do. Preference 30{ £ Do. Second Mortgage.. 75& 76^ Illinois Central 95 Lake Shore 121-% 122 Louis and Nashville 55% 55^ Missouri, Kansas & Texas 11% 12 New York Central 104 105 New York Ontario 15% 16% Norfolk Preference. 22% 23^ North Pacific Preference 23^ 24 Ohio and Mississippi 161f4 Do. Preference 70 Pennsylvania Ordinary. 51% 51^ Philadelphia & Reading. 8% 9 Do. First Income Bonds 32 Union Pacific 23% 23% Wabash Preference 16'X I6ty Do. General Mortgage.. 26% 27% Atlantic G.W. 1stMort. 23%j 23% Atchison 19 19% Canadian Pacific 76% 77% Grand Trunk Ordinary. 7'k 7% Do. Guaranteed 62^r; 62% Do. First Preference 43' 47 Do. Second Preference. 31%! 31% Do. Third Preference. 17% 17^ Mexican Ordinary 14 Do. First Preference 64{ £ Do. Second Pi tference. 41 FOREIGN ffONDS. Lombards Ordinary 8% M Mexisan Cen.4p.c. Bonds 4 Do. do. First Income 12% Buenos Ayres Gt. S'thern 99 BuenosAyresandRosario 4914 .s Central Argentine 55 Chilian 1886 77% Do. 1892 85% Buenos Ayres 1882 26 Do. 1883 26 Argentine 1886 60% Do. Funding 62% Do. 44 p.c. Sterling 38 Do. Treasury 38% Argentine Cedulas A 28% Do. CedulasB 25% Buenos Ayres Cedillas I.. 7% ..J Do. J 7% Brazilian 1889 64 Egyptian Unified 100% Do. Gov. Pref., New ?4^ Do. State Domain 102% Do. Daira, New 101 ■ French3per Cent. Rentes 98 Do. 4^ per Cent 103 £ > Hungarian 4 p.c. Gold Italian 5 per Cent 33% J Mexican 6 per Cent 55% Peruvian Corporat'n Ord. Do. Preference 18& Portuguese perCent. 1869 21% Greeks 1881 43 .„ Do. 1884 37% .s Russian 4 p.c. Conversion 100%, Spanish 4 per Cents 02 Turkish 1871 98 £ Do. Ottoman Defence X> .I. Do. First Group 54% Do. Second Group 34% Do. Third Group 23% Do. Fourth Group 22% .■ Ottoman Bank Shares 12^§ MISCELLANEOUS. Uruguay 3J per Cent, 31%! Honduras 4% Paraguay 14% Transvaal Loan 104 LondonS.Katherine'sDk 44 East & West India Docks 20 Peninsular &Orient'lPref 134% Do. Deferred 182% Cunard Steamship, £ 20 pd 11 Gen. Steam Ntiv., R15 pd. 4% .t Do. 5 perCent. Pref 5S Do. 5 per Cent. 1887 5 Anglo American Tel. Pref 93 Do. do. Ordinary. 51 Direct United St's Cables 11% Eastern dit' ■> 15% Eastern EI tension 15% Brazilian Submarine 12 National Telephone 4-jfc Arthur Guinness Ordin'y 332 Allsopps Ordinary. 37 Bryant & May Ordinary 14% i Consett Iron 20 Ebbw Vale St. A Ir'n Co. 6 Hudson's Bay Shares. 13% Hotchkiss Deccan Land Sfy Suez Canal Spratt's Patent 8% ] Hammonds 2 Eastmatts 3% Leed's Forge y«( Lister and Co 5$* ••• Salt Union Ordinary >5% Elmore Oop'erDeposifng Nitrate Railway Primitive Nitrate |" San Jorge Nitrate T& ,[[ San Pablo Nitrate Dublin Distillers 2ft Bell's Asbestos 3% "i. Oceana Land 2% Chartered Africa 18/3 w United Concessions 3/6 New Exploration (Ros.). Cape Copper Mines 14 "? Rio Tintos 12% Mason and Barry Ife .• Tharsis Copper 4& Mysore Gold 3jfe Mysore Gold Fields 1% .„ „. Palmare j os 6d Indian Consolidated 6d Montanas 2/0 De Beers Diamonds 14^ South African Eipl'rati n 1°"& New Jagersfontein 14% GoldFields S. Africa. Mfe V Salisbury Gold New 1% City and Suburban 10 | Jumpers 2% v Ferreiras 7% Jubilee Jumpers 2% v Ferreiras 7% Jubilee Simmer and Jack 3^ Wemmers 4 ]" Crownreef ;7 t>, Langlaagtes 2% Langlaagte Block B 4/6 t. Primrose 3% Australian Broken HOI. 1/6 Pigs Peak ii /6 Wentworth Priority Yankee Girl It/6 Tarapaca Water Do. Bank 2 British Water lias North'sNav. Collieries 2 Coats 14% Pears'Soap Ordinary 6% Do. Preference. ••• S Do. Debentures, Bartholway Brewery Ord. Do. Preference „.h:. „. St. Louis Brewery, Ord. Do. Preference .b

"ADVICE TO MOTHERS."—Are you broken in your best by It Elick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth P Go at once to a chemist, and get a bottle of MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm less; it produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as rrisrht w a button." Of all Cfcemiata. Is. lid. net

SNUFFED OUT. I Courage Failed at the 0 Sticking Point. WEAK WELSHMEN. [FROM: OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. The Welsh membert3 met in one of the committee-rooms of the House of Commons this afternoon to discuss the attitude of the Govern- ment in relation to Welsh disestablishment. There was a large muster, and Mr. Rendel pre- sided. I indicated in my message last night the probable character of the conference. The statements I then ventured to make have been thoroughly justified by events. Indeed, my prediction has proved accurate in almost every detail. As I assured your readers, nothing is fniiher from the minds of the Welsh members tlmb formal separation from the Liberal party. Mr. D. A. Thomas, to do him justice, seems quite ready to raise the standard of revolt, and ile would be joined by Major Jones, Mr. D. fiandell, and a couple more but, after ai|, these Stalwarts" can almost be counwsd on the fingers of one hand. It is a knowledge of this circumstance that enaJdes Mr. Gladstone to view the doings of the Welsh party with perfect unconcern. The Grand Old Word-spinner knows his Welsh items thoroaghly, and treats them according to that knowledge, that is to say, with complete disdain. Through the bland and amiable Mr. Stuart Rendel, the Separatist leader has greater control over the Welsh members than is gen&rally imagined. The wealthy member for Montgomery has not a drop of Welsh blood in his veins, and is an utter stranger to what is known as Welsh sentiment; and let it not be forgotten that, as chairman of the Welsh party, he represents, not Wales, but Gladstone. }fr. Rendel was suave as ever at to-day's conferettfce, but the silken glove concealed the hand of steoJ. and he engineered'' the proceedings beautifully from the start. Mr. David Rande6 it was who sounded the note of defiance. Mr. David Bandell represents the Gower Division of Gla" morgan, for which at the last election he was returned unopposed. After a brief speech the member for Gower proposed the following resolution That, inasmuch as Mr. Gladstone does not give assurance that the Government will deal with the question of the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church in Wales in the order of priority accorded to it by the Liberal party, we beg to intimate to him our resolve henceforth to take independent action, and the secretaries are hereby instructed to communicate accordingly with Mr. Marioribanks. the chief Liberal Whip." This trenchant proposition was seconded by Major Jones, who sits for the Carmarthen Boroughs on the strength of a majority of 225, but on being put to the meeting it only received seven vetee, fourteen being re- corded against it. FNe members abstained from voting in the circumstances. We are seven." may be considered an appropriate senti- ment for the recalcitrants. Owing to the mys- tery erishroufUng the proc«?'«iing^ at tLe niteiirt- it is difficult to give names, but I believe the seven Stalwarts were made up of the fol- lowing :— Mr. D. Randell (Gower), who was returned unopposed at the election of 1888, had a majority of 606. Major E. R. Jones (Carmarthen Boroughs), who holds his seat with a majority of 225. Mr. D. A. Thomas (Merthyr Boroughs), whose majority last year was 9,644. Mr. Alfred Thomas (East Glamorgan), whose majority was 2,967. Mr. J. Herbert Roberts (West Denbigh), whose majority is 2,333. Mr. W. Abraham (Rhondda Division), who was returned unopposed at the last election, and whose majority in 1885 was 867. Mr. Pritchard Morgan (Merthyr Boroughs) whose majority was 9,452. > The omission from this list of Mr. Lloyd George's name is sure to attraot atten- tion. I^e perky" young lawyer who misrepresents Carnarvon is fond of posing on platforms in the Principality as an advanced Nationalist, and those who have heard his wild and reckless outpourings on the plat form will rub their eyes in amazement when they find that he led the moderate „ on this occasion. Startling as it may appear, it was none other than Mr. Lloyd-George who proposed the amendment to Mr. Ran dell's proposition- Mr. Lloyd George sits for the Carnarvon Boroughs by a majority of 96. The amendmen was in the following terms That, having carefully considered the corre- spondence between Mr. Gladstone and the Welsh party and the present situation of the Welsh disestablishment question, we confidently rely that the Government will without fail place the Welsh Disestablishment Bill in such a position in the Ministerial programme for next session as will enable the House of Commons to carry it through all its stages and send it up to the House of Lords before the session is over. Unless the Bill is placed in that position, we shall, as a party, be gr under the regrettable necessity of having to re- consider our attitude of supporting the Govern. ment, and of taking an independent course." The dire threat embodied in this remarkable amendment is contingent upon so many circumstances and dependent upon so many conditional possibilities that it is not worth the paper on which it is written. That being BO, Mr. Thomas Ellis, Junior Lord of the Treasury, broke his prolonged and sphinx-like silence and fearlessly seconded it, crying ditto to all the "prave worts of his friend Lloyd-George look you." Mr. Ellis is the member for Merioneth, and had a majority of 2,378. For the amendment there were fifteen votes, against it only five, neutral five, and so, of course, the amend- ment was carried. Doubtless Mr. Stuart Rendel smiled inwardly over the accomplishment of his task, and probably hurried off to report to the G.O.M." how successfully he had curbed these fretful Celtic spirits. And thus the world wags. A notable absentee from the conference was Mr. S. T. Evans. For some reason or other Sam seems to be receding more and more from the forefront. Just fancy this flaming spirit being absent from to-day's meeting. I shouldn't like to suggest that the absence was diplomatic, but, pray, what does it mean ? It is a conundrum which I confess I am obliged to give fp

"GOOD MORNING," Said a Publioan before He Eloped with His Barmaid. » On Thursday at Blackburn a protection order was granted to Margaret Ann Seed, wife of John Seed, a well-known publican in Blackburn. The applicant stated that her husband had eloped with a. barmaid in his employ on the August Bank Holiday, and it was believed the two had left the country. He took with him £300 of the money she brought him by marriage. He simply said Good morning on leaving. A later teleg-ram says :—Seed, the Blackburn publican, who, it is alleged, eloped with his bar- maid, is well known as having been the princi- pal backer of Higgins, who beat Darby about a month ago, and it is reported that he won about £1,000 on that event. He was landlord of the Cheetham Arms and Alexandra Hotel. Seed is about 40, while his alleged charmer is said to be only, a little more thaa Wf that age* ,1..

SPORTING CHAT. | Gossipy Paragraphs of the Turf and the Field. A curious feature of the afternoon's proceed- ings at Sandown was the almost entire absence of speculation on the Cesarewitch or Cambridge. shire. Brandy, who for some time has been favourite for the Cesarewitch, should hold her position in the market, for she has only 71b. more to carry than last year, when, it will be remembered, she got third after making nearly all the running. If Euclid is meant for the Duke of York Stakes he is bound to take a deal of beating. Mr. Kilsyth has had a very quiet year up to now. The following is a list of the probable starters and jockeys for the Champagne Stakes :-Illu- minata colt, A. White Sempronius, M. Cannon; Stowmarket, G. Barrett; Jack the Dandy, G. Chaloner Squadron Leader, Allsopp La Nievre, T. Loates; and Speed, F. Webb. On paper it looks a good thing for the Illuminata Cfflt. Best Man has incurred a penalty of 71b. in the Portland Plate at Doncaster by winning the September Stakes at Sandown on Friday, 7st 91b now being the weight of Mr. Wallace John- stone's colt for that race. Ilium, winner of the Michaelmas Stakes at Sandown Park on Friday, is engaged in the Tat- tersall Sale Stakes at Doncaster on Wednesday, and should Lord Dunraven's colt go to the post he will have to carry 9st 71b. Backers of Best Man had an anxious minute or so on Friday, for at the end of the rails Affluence came to the front and looked a winner all over, Best Man only catching Mr. Jennings's filly in the last few strides. On form Watch Tower looked a good thing, but he failed outrageously when asked to take a prominent position at the entrance to the rails. In the First Nursery Mr. Coventry had some difficulty in getting the field off, most of them being very unruly. Fitzgalliard did a bit of steeplechasing by jumping the rails.

Sandown Park Meeting. 2.0—The JUVENILE NCBSERY HANDICAP of 103 sovs the winner to be sold for 100 sovs. Five furlongs. Mr A Cooper's Frenchman II, 8st 61b Finlay 1 Mr H Heasman's Westergate, 9st C Loates 2 Mr J T Crossley's Little Gipsy, 8st 41b Calder 3 lvlr C Archer's Glendower, 9st F Pratt 0 Mr T Cannon's Gratis, 8st 91b Paine 0 Mr Chaddleworth's Bessie, 8st 61b Bowes 0 Mr W G Stevens's Savdmartin. 8st 61b.M Cannon 0 Hunt's Wiped Out, 8st 41b Hunt 0 Mr W Green's Persecuted, 8st 21b. Madden 0 Winner trained by Burbidge. Betting—6 to 4 agst Little Gipsy, 100 to 15 agst Frenchman II., 7 to 1 agst Sandmartin, 100 to 14 agst Westergate, 10 to 1 agst Glendower, and 20 to 1 each agst any other. 2.35—The CABCTSTON HANDICAP of 20080VS j winners extra. One mile. Mr W G Stevens's Tudor, 5yrs, 8st 71b M Cannon 1 My C White's Dromonby, 3yrs, 7st lib .Allsopp 2 Mr H G Miller's Sweet Music, 3yrs, 6st 31b .Toon 3 Mr H Heasman's Ellerton, 6yrs, 8st 81b .T Loates 0 Me R Lebandy's Bach, 4yrs, 7st 121b G Barrett 0 Baron de Hirch's Gamboge, 3yrs, 7st Madden 0 Mr W R Cridland's Don't Forget Me, 3yrs, 6st 71b H Nightingall 0 Mr C Hibbert's Glenloch, 3yrs, 6st 71b (iu. 71b ex) Bradford 0 Winner trained by owner. 3.J0—The ABBEY STAKES of 600 sovs, for two year olds; colts 9st, fillies 8st lllb; selling and maiden allowances. Five furlongs. Mr C J Merry's Glengarry, 8st 111b Finlay 1 Mr E E Hutton's Sir Oracle, 8st 61b .G Chaloner 2 Mr T Cannon's Poppylamd, 8st lUb .M Cannon 3 Mr T Cannon's Swiit Runner, 9st Brown 0 Mr H Cox's Grong, 8st 91b G Barrett 0 Mr Deacon's Village Main, 8st 91b Bradford 0 Mr J Jewitt's Toretha colt, 8st 91b .T Loates 0 Winner i; aired by Braimes.

Official Scratchings. The Sportsman las been officially informed by the Messrs. Weatherby of the following scratchings :— Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Stakes-renny Loaf and Friar John. Doncaster St Leger-Buckingham, Sea. Air, Peri- gord, and Haut Brion. Doncaster engagements-Ram Lal and Old Pen- sioner. Portland Plate, Doncaster-Floss and Berigord. Cleveland Handicap, Doncaster — Bracken and Pensioner. DoncasterWelter Handicap-Ravenspur, Pensioner, and Old Hoppy. Alexandra. Plate—Thessallian and Mervyn. Tattersall Sale Stakes-Mascotte, Glasgow Plate-Throatlash. Rufford Abbey Stakes-Lord Cecil. Bradgate Park Stakes-Hippona. Prince of Wales' Nursery—Delphos, Vieux, and Saxe. Great Yorkshire Handicap-Soleil. Hurst Park September Handicap—Vanguard. Saturday Handicap, Hurst Park-Novarre.

NO STA BLE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT rklEUIMAN'SM Ijlgglg fglEMBROCATIOM Indispensable in any stable, but especially in the stable of a Master of Hounds."—HAD- DIGTONN, Master of Berwickshire Hounds. ELLIMAN'S ROYAL EMBROCATION. Sold by all Chemists and Saddlers. Price, 2s., 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d. Prepared only by ELLlMAN, SONS, and CO., W.S., Slough, Engla 31E35. IMPORTANT TO BACKERS OF HORSES. Mr. ALFRED CROOK, Turf Commission Agent, Ostende. The advantage in sending to Mr. Crook is you may rely on receiving full market prices. Letters posted by night mail arrive following day, and are replied to by Return.—Address: ALFRED CROOK, Ostende. Postage, 2Jd. Doncaster, St. Leger, Cesarewitch, and Cambridge- shire. All other events throughout the year. DOUBLE EVENTS AND STARTING PRICES. JUKKS AND FLOOK.—Sole Representative, J. Mat thews, Cardiff.

A WORKMAN'S DESPAIR. Inability to Follow His Usual Employ- Ment Drove Him to Suicide. Mr. Buokley Roderick (coroner) held an inquest on Friday touching the death of Thomas Davies, who committed suicide by hanging him- self at his house in Catherine-terrace, Llanelly, on Thursday afternoon.—The evidence of Mrs. Hannah Jones, who lived next door to deceased, was to the effect that the unfortunate man had been low-spirited and suffering from ner- vous debility for several weeks. He had' been unable to follow his employ- ment as a doubler at the South Wales Tin- works, Llanelly, for seven weeks, and on Monday last he re-commenced working as a labourer. On Thursday deceased returned from work about half-past four in the afternoon, and Mrs. Jones asked him how he got through his work that day, and received the reply that he had felt much better than the previous day. Deceased, however, complained of his illness and of his inability to take up his usual work aa a doubler. He said he felt quite daunted, and could not keep a wife and five children on 3s. a day, as he only got 18s. per week for labouring, whereas his wages as a doubler was £ 2 a week. Witness left him sitting in an arm-chair, and when she returned, after an absence of ten minutes, she missed deceased. On a search being made deceased's daughter noticed her father's legs hanging out of the manhole in the ceiling above the landing upstairs. Mr. David Jones was then called in, and, ascending the manhole, found deceased hanging by a rope to a cross-beam in the roof, life being extinct.-A verdict of "Death while temporarily insane was returned.

A RAILWAY INSFECTOrl KI LLED. Mr. James Campbell, permanet way inspector in the employ of the North Eastern Railway Company, was knocked down this morning by a train at Chester-le-street, near Durham. and killed.

Valuable Prize for a Cardiff Steamer. Information reached Cardiff this morning that the steamer Eric, owned by Messrs. Turnball Brothers, of Whitby and Cardiff, picked up off Newport News a large -Norwegian sailing ship, laden with valuable timber, apd successfully itowedIjgfinto»«t, •

^—■——i m CRICKET. [ YORKSHIRE V. SOUTH OF ENGLAND. Play was resumed at Scarborough in bright, but rather boisterous, weather this morning at ten minutes past twelve in the presence of a small company. Only Newham and Read, respectively 28 and 7, went in to continue the South of England innings, in which 176 runs had been already scored for the loss of four wickets against Yorkshire's total of 226. Jackson and Hirst were the bowlers in the amateur's third over. With but 3 runs added, Newham's middle stump was bowled out of the ground, and Brockwell joined Read. The newcomer was caught at slip at 186, and O'Brien at mid-on 5 runs iater, while Kead left at 206. Lockwood and Richards passed the other total, but the innings closed at one o'clock. Score :— YOEKSHIRE. First innings. Second innings. Smith, b Humphreys 5 Sellers, st Murdoch, b Humphreys 31 Brown, c and b Richard- son 3 Tunnicliffe, c Lockwood, b Humphreys 10 Jackson, at Murdoch, b Humphreys 20 Peel, b Richardson 14 Lord Hawke, c O'Brien, b Brockwell 53 Moorhouse, not out 20 Wainwright, retired hurt 24 Hirst, c Humphreys, b Ferris 36 Hunter, c Hewett, b Brockwell 4 Extras 6 Extras. Total ~226 Total SOUTH OF ENGLAND. First innings. Second innings. Hewett, c Hawke, b Brown 67 Stoddart, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst 54 Murdoch, c Hunter, b Brown 7 Newham, b Jackson 29 Ferris, c Jackson, b Hirst 11 Read, c Moorhouse, b Jackson 27 Brockwell, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst 1 O'Brien, c snb, b Jackson 25 Lockwood, run out 15 Richardson, c Sellers, b Hirst. 3 Humphreys, not out 3 Extras 9 Extras Total. 231 Total. NOTTS V. AUSTRALIANS. Wanting 237 runs to avoid being beaten in a single innings and having nine wickets to fall, Notts went on batting this morning at Nottingham at twenty minutes to twelve. The weather was fine, but there was only a small attendance, though faster than be- fore the ground still seemed to give the bowlers some assistance. Shrewsbury and Gunn, the overnight out onts, were opposed by Coningham and Turner, and when the score of 53 for one wicket had been slowly increased to 66, Gunn was out leg before wicket for 23. Dixon then joined Shrewsbury, who cut Coningham for 4 and 3. Dixon played with great care. Then matters went disastrously with Notts, three wickets falling with the total at 83, and Barnes being clean bowled a fine breakback at 92. Score :— AUSTRALIANS. First innings. Second innings. Lyons, c Flowers, b Hard- staff 60 Bruce, b Flowers 56 Trott, c Mee, b Flowers 22 Geo. Giffen, c Sherwin, b Flowers. 1 Graham, c Sherwin, b Mee 4 Gregory, c Hardstaff, b Attewell 90 Trumble, c Dixon, b Flowers. 36 Turner, c Dixon, b Flowers 11 M'Leod, not out 40 Coningham, c Gunn, b Attewell 9 Blackham, 1 b w, b Atte- well A— 2 Extras .t. 12 Extras Total. 343 Total NOTTS. First innings. Second innings. Shrewsbury, c Trott, b Coningham 9 c Blackburn, b Turner 36 Gunn, c Bruce, b Turner 12 1 b w, b Turner 23 Flowers, not out 25 b Coningham 14 Dixon, b Turner 1 c & b Coningham. 7 Daft, c and b Turner 2 c Blackheath, b Turner 0 Barnes, run out 1 b Turner 4 Jones, b Turner. 6 b Turner 12 Attewell, b Turner 0 b Turner ° Mee,c Lyons, bConingham 0 c Lyons, c Coning- ham 12 Sherwin, b Coningham 0 b Turner | Hardstaff, lbw, b Turner 1 not out Extras 6 Extras 3 1 Total 63 Total 126

A TALE OF A COW. Put Out to Grass by a Cardiff Butcher it Suddenly Disappears. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Aldermen Jacobs and Lewis and Mr. R. W. Williams) Thomas Jones, aged 42, a. butcher, was charged with stealing a cow, value J67, from a field on the Ely Moore, the property of John Charley, a Llandaff farmer, on the 30th of August.—John Charley said he put the animal out to grass on Ely Moors and saw it last on Wednesday morning. After- wards he saw the skin in the Roath Slaughter- house. It was an elderly cow of a white and red colour. — E. Brown, cattle drover, who seemed rather mystifod as to the difference between a bullock 'nd a cow, said he went to the field at the request of prisoner on the 30th ult. to see a bullock, which he was told by the prisoner to take to the slaughter-house and to haVe it killed on the following morning. These directions he fol- lowed.—The slaughterer, Newman, gave evi- dence and said that he had since seen Jones's cow, which was as much like the cow he slaughtered as was possible.—The slaughtered beast was found to be diseased by Inspector Rees, who said that, with the exception of the hide, it was absolutely worthless.—The case was remanded until next Wednesday, in order that the defence should be prepared.

To late for Classification. OR S*aio^^cTbbaKaPlants, 5s. per 1,000.—Aoply E. Slocombe, Florist, Canton. Ea5 LOST, Yorkshire Terrier, August 30 silver head, light blue back, scar on front paw, broken rib answers name of Charlie. Find?r rewnrded.—Stowe, 24^ Rich- mond road, Cardiff. K90a5 WAITED, Tidy Person to Clean a House for family at ouc9.~4pBlf, 95, Wewjjort Ca*d* ft US

MISS JENNER'S GARDEN. Good Grass Waiting to be Cut, But No One to Do It. The usual weekly meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians was held at the Workhouse. Cardiff, this afternoon, under the presidency of [)r. H. J. Paine. The Clerk read the following etter from Miss Jenner, of Wenvoe :— The Ty-pi-ca, Wenvoe, September 1, 1893. Sir,—I called in on Saturday last and begged the naster at the union to ask if W. Slieppard could come mt here on the Monday, but he has not been. The naster asserted before several others, He always somes back from your place drunk." I give this very ude and false accusation a most unqualified deaial, as to severa 1 of the ratepayers to whom I have named t, some adding, I don't think the master is a teeto- aler." He has not seen the colour of beer here this en years, I should say, and at the Wenvoe Arms, >pposite they are very careful not to let him be terved. I have been quite incapacitated since May 8 from my work in my garden till last week, and it is in a pad plight and good grass waiting to be cut. I have I room berefor him.—Yours, GERTRUDE GEITNEK. Mr. A. J. Harris. "A discussion took place, and the guardians thought it was not desirable that Sheppard ihould go out, as the master stated that he was Irunk on his return the last time.—The applica- tion was refused.

A FATAL LAUGH. Listening to a Good Tale Costs a Pickle Merchant his Life. Dr. Macdonald held an inquiry at Shoreditch m Friday respecting tha death of Abraham Mirando, aged 64 years, a pickle merchant, ately residing at 1, Palmer-street, Spitalfields. —Marcus Blitz, a general dealer, of 13, Tente-t- street, stated that on Tuesdav last he was in the Queen's Head public-house with the deceased md some other gentlemer. One of the party was telling a tale, at which deacea.sed laughed heartily. He was seized with a fit of coughing and fell down, striking his head against the form. De- ceased was picked up and carried to his home. He was perfectly sober at the time.-Dr. George Bagster Phillips deposed to being called and finding the deceased sitting by the bedside gasping for breath. The whole of the tissues of the body were blown out and inflated with air. Witness at once concluded what was the matter, and found that all the ribs on the right side were broken, and one lung was wounded. Every breath the deceased took was pumped into the superficial tissues. The air pipes be- came black and swollen, and caused suffocation. -The jury commented on the extraordinary nature of the death, and returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.

A CARDIFF WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Early this morning Police-constable Samuels was called to No. 37, Lower Cathedral-road, where he found a widow woman named Elizabeth Haynes bleeding from self-inflicted wounds on the breast. Police-constable Samuels having successfully staunched the bleeding, sent for Dr. Greener, who on arriving stitched up the wounds and informed the constable that the injuries she had received were not serious. The would-be suicide has been removed to the union hospital.

TO-DAY'S MARKETS. FISH. GRIMSBY, Saturday.—A good supply of fish was brought in this morning by about eighteen smacks and fourteen steamers. There was a moderate demand and a fair supply of cod and halibut. The following were the quotations :—Soles, Is 2d to Is 4d turbot, 8d to lOd brills, 6d to 8d per lb plaice, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; lemon soles, 5s to 6s live halibut, 5s 6d to 7s; ditto dead, 3s 6d to 5s per stone live cod, 3s to 6s ditto dead, Is 6d to 2s 6d each kit haddocks, 6s to 8s 6d per box; fresh her- rings, 10d to Is 3d; ditto salt, 6d to Is Id per 100. PRODUCE. LONDON, Saturday. — Sugar: Refined, fair trade and steady French quiet; grocery cane firm; beet better; September, 14s 6d sellers, and 14s 4,d and 14s 3id combined buyers; r November-December 14s sellers, and 13s lOJd buyers. Coffee quiet and unchanged; Rio, September, 72s 9d to 72s lOd. Rice dull. Jute firm. Hemp quiet. Oils Linseed, 20s 10,d to 21s lid; rape, 22s to 22s 3d; crude cotton, 18s 9d to 19s; refined, 20s 9d to 23s turpen- tine, 21s 9d petroleum unaltered. BUTTER. CORK, Saturday. — Ordinary Firsts, 103s Seconds, 96s Thirds, 89s Fourths, 72s. Mild Cured Firkins: Superfine, 114s Fine, 107s; Mild, 97s. In market 1,147 firkins, 1 keg, and 361 mild.

A Race for Home. Five full-masted British ships, which are in port at San Francisco, have decided upon a friendly trial of speed on the homeward voyage. The vessels are the Elmhurst (Captain M'Kenzie), from Antwerp the City of Madras (Captain Griffiths), from Liverpool; the Falls of Afton (Captain Fish), from Newcastle the Ulrica (Captain Littlejohn), from Liverpool; and the Glenlui (Captain Cummings), from Queens- town. The vessels range in tonnage from 1,700 to 2,000.

Mr. Braiy, the secretary of the Belfast and Ulster Licensed Victuallers' Association, tele- graphs stating there is no truth in the report that there is a probability of a compromise being arrived at between the supporters and the op- ponents of the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors (Ireland) Bill, on the basis that traders in the five exempted towns would close their licensed houses an hour earlier on Saturday nights and open for three consecutive hours only on Sundays. Mr. Brady further saiys the clauses in the Bill restricting the hours of sale in the five exempted towns and other clauses, which include Dublin townships in total Sunday Closing and extends ing the three mile bona fide limit to six mile-' have "JwMrs condemned by hie association

ENGLISH COAL WAR Enormous Losses by Railway Companies. RIOTING IN LANCASHIRE. Our special trade correspondent telegraphs on Friday :—The stoppage of the coal industry in the Midlands and South Wales has had a disastrous effect upon the traffic returns of the' principal English and Welsh railway companies- Although at first the stoppage accelerated tha mineral traffic, every week since the 23rd of July has shown a large contraction of revenue rapidly increasing in ratio up to the 28th of August. The receipts of the London and North Western, the Midland, the Great Western, the, Great Northern, the Manchester and Sheffield and the Great Eastern Railway Companies hay declined £867,000, whilst the three South Wales railways have lost £ 40,000 during the past three weeks. Up to the present time the total losses of the various railway companies amount to more than a million pounds, the Midland and North Western Companies together having lost more than half a million sterling. The general paralysis of industry which i now taking place, '1 resulting in th blowing out of blast furnaces, the closing o iron and steel works, the stoppage of cotton an< woollen mills, and the general contraction ot. business throughout the country will add im- mensely to the losses the railway companies have already sustained. It is estimated that one-fourth of the fifteen millions of people in the Midlands and South Wales are affected directly or indirectly by the strike.

FOUND AT ABERAVON, Welcome News for the Parents of a Missing Cardiff Child. On Thursday evening Alice Florence Powell, aged twelve years, who resided with her mother, a widow, at 18, Upper George-street, Cathays, mysteriously disappeared from her home, and up to a late hour on Friday night no tidings as to her whereabouts have been obtained. She is small for her age, of fresh complexion, blue eyes and light brown hair, and when she left home she was dressed in -a black frock and wore* black hat trimmed with white ribbon. It is stated that the missing child has beea found Aberavon. }'.

WELSH DISESTABLISHMENTi Mr. Gladstone Makes an Important Cornmttnicatiofi on the Subject. Mr. Gladstone, writing to Mr. Carvel Wil- liams, of the Liberation Society, says he gladly recognises the self-restraint and forbearance shown during the long pressure of the present session by the friends of disestablishment in Wales, and not by them" alone. Undoubtedly," continues the right hon. gentleman, when we come to the consideration of the choice and order of measures for the next' session, the question must be taken into view whether a second Suspensory Bill would be satisfactory, and whether a complete mea- sure ought in preference to be introduced;' but I think you will see that at present we have no remission of the singularly severe labours of the last three months in particular. Allow me to add that it would be most hazardous to dis- pose of the next session by piecemeal anticipa- tions. All great claims must be considered in their relation to one another."

WEDDING BELLS, An Old Cardiff Football Player Ma»vN ried this Morning. LBY OUR LADY CORRESPONDENT.) A very pretty wedding was celebrated thia morning at the church of St. Mary, Car- diff, when Miss Jennie Price became. the wife of Mr. Thomas Williams, of. Tonypandy, a great favourite among local fooW ball players. The bride was led to the altar by her father, Mr. Thomas Price, of the Imperial Hotel, Cardiff, who in due course gave her away. She looked very bright and pretty, and wore a gown of soft grey cloth, en- riched with folded bands of terry velvet overlaid with silver lace. The bodice opened over a vest of silver and white em- broidered satin. Her hat and feathers were also of grey. The two attendant bridemaids-Miss Beavan and Miss Williams wore charming gowns of old rose crepon,trimmed with velvet bands, and hats of old rose silk felt, aigrettes, and plumes. Mr. W. Price (brother of the bride) was best man, and the Rev. J. T. Woodworth, F.R.G.S-, united the happy pair. In the afternoon the happy couple left for London and the Rhine, the bride's costume de voyage being a tailor- made costume of navy blue cloth.

MISSING FROM NEWPORT. M ISSING FROM A Furniture Dealer's Absence isCausinj Anxiety. A furniture dealer, named William Hall, car rying on business in Commercial-street (jusi above St. Paul's Church), Newport, has beei missing from his home and his friends sinet Thursday. He had, it is stated, been a little strange of late, and when last seen on Newport road, was attired in a suit of black and a silk hat. Mr. Hall, whe is a middle-aged man, had stated his intention of going 1,0 Cinderford and Cheltenham, but whether it is expected he would walk there does not appear very apparent. No tidings of him, however, have yet been ascer- tained.

CAST UP BY THE SEA. The Bodies of Two Women Washed Ashore at Folkestone. t The Press Association Folkestone correspon- dent states that the bodies of two well-dressed middle-aged women, apparently sisters, were, picked up on the beach early this morning by, some fishermen. The women are strangers to the town, and no clue has yet been found to lead to their identification, bnt the police are making inquiries, and an inquest will be held in due course. No boat or boatman is missing from Folkestone, and the idea that there has been » boating accident is hardly entertained. The police are, however, telegraphing to towns along the coast in order, if possible, to solve the mystery

STOPPED AND ROBBED. Police Protection Wanted for Cyclists on the Portsmouth Road. A daring highway robbery has been reported to the police at Farnhara. A cyclist, who was on his way from Portsmouth to London ojfc Thursday evening', was stopped by four men on a road near Farnham. He was walking at the' time, having no light on his machine. The men asked for assistance, and he handed them a shilling, whereupon they attacked him robbed him of his purse, containing nearly £ 1^ The thieves escaped. --+

FOOTBALL. PJDNARTH WINDSOR F.C. have open dates fc good junior teams. Average age 17. Aj-plyH ]jf t.w<L 5, Albert-cresoea^ Penaath.