... SWANSEA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The monthly meeting was held yesterday after- noon, Mr J. R. Leaver presiding. Mr Rehennt brought up the question of waiting time for vessels, and said what was complained of were the charges exacted by the agents of the GreM Western Railway Oompany through causes over which the shipporil had no control. He had dia- cusscd the question with the goods superintendent ...

... Newmarket Training Notes. NEWMABKET, Monday.—On the Bury side, Chaloner's Chit Chat galloped six furlongs. Mum- ford's Felicita was sent the sa.me distance. G. Platt's Woolsthorpe, Ninus, South Australian, Ful- crum, Ta.rbolton, Ecu d'Or, Aylstone, Tin, Sir Jacob, Ijaban, Sati, Leisure Hour, Canopus, Arimaspian.and Ever Deceptive cantere.1 twice six furlongs. Sher- wood s EileanAigas.Henders ...

... POSTPONEMENT OF NOTTINGHAM MEETING. In consequence of a heavy snowfall it has been found compulsory to postpone this meeti-T. How- ever, if possible to-day's programme wili take the place of to-morrow's bill of fare, which is postponed until Monday next. ...

... FLOGGING IN SWANSEA GAOL. Question in the Commons. Mr Lloyd Morgan has given notice for to-day (Friday) to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that a prisoner named George Attewall was flogged in her Majesty's Prison at Swansea, in December last, until the blood flowed freely from his back, and that at the end of the flogging he ...

... FRENCH AND THE RED SEA. Bombay, Thursday.—Her Majesty's cruiser Eclipse, flagship cf the East Indies squadron, with Rear-Admiral Douglas on board, will sail to-morrow for Muscat. A report has reached here that the Sultan Oman has promised to France the lease of the coaling station on the Muscat coast. It is understood that a protest has been lodged on behalf of Great Britain. In connection ...

... LATE COUNT CAPRIVI. The Funeral. EnossEN ON THE OnKB, Thursday. The funeral of the late Count Von Capiivi took place this afternoon on the family estate at Skyren. Among those present were representatives of the Emperor, the King of Saxony, the Imperial Chancellor, and the Foreign and Wm' Offices, besides Count Posadowsky, Secretary of State for the Interior, Admiral Tirpitr, Secretary of Navy ...

... morning.—CtSef Justice Ker 'ed this morning.—Ccr^f^ News, ...

... Strike at Ton (Ocean) Cottiery. I On Wednesday about 100 men came out on strike at the Ton (Ocean) Colliery, Rhondda Valley, in consequence of a dispute in regard to unloading rubbish. It is contended that the cus- tom is that colliers are paid 5d per tram for the work. The management, it is stated, recently Produced the Barry system of working into the 6-feat seam, where the tneu out on ...

... A Swansea Scandal. REVELATIONS IN THE POLICE COURT. At the Swansea Police Court ou Monday Richard Watson, labourer, of 7, Farm-lane, Swansea, was summoned by Beatrice Maud Theophilns to show cause. Ac. Plaintiff spoke to her intimacy with defendant, and said defendant promised to oiftrry h^r. In cross-examination by Mr Viner Leeder she said she had bad a. child before. Mr Leeder Who was the ...

... Faure's Funeral. SCENES IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL. Enormous Assemblages. IMPRESSIVE DEMONSTRATION. Paris, Thursday, 6.30 a.m.—From an early hour this morning the streets of Paris were alive with people making the way to the line of route which is to be followed by the funeral cortege of the late President. Many persons passed the night ont of doors in order to secure good places. Opinion is ...

... Annual Dinner at Cardiff. The second annual dinner of the Porthcaw Golf Club, which was held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, last evening, was, like its predecessor, eminently sucessful. The president of the club for the past few years, Mr E H. Ebsworth, of Llandough Castle, occupied the chair, and sitting with him at the cross table were his guests—Mr E. B. Stoddart and Mr Stephen B. Reid, the ...

... ANOTHEPT GOLD iiJSH. Although unheralded by a.ny of the wide publicity which was accorded to the rnsh to Klon- dike, it is stated in Vancouver thai, a rush almost equal to that famous boom in from that city for Atlin. the new ^oldfields in British Columbia. The Bill which was recently passed by the Legis- lature, and signed by the Governor, forbidding aliens to take up claims unless they had ...