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IVY WALTEH llOKSrORrJel THE MURDKli i MiiaflQi women. iw mo ujw existence' whafeyer afecjst'tlu'irariQusiprpjecis ui the 'Whik under a Tor; of THELONEfbN-i SCBOOL OF ECONOMICS. (FEOM A COEKESP05DENT.) The London School of Economics is fortunate in having secured so agreeable a situation as the quiet Adelphi Terrace, only a- stone's-throw from the Strand, and looking out on the Embankment Garden and the Thames. It is an ideal spot for; studying in peace and quietness th facts and causes which underlie the complicated social and industrial life whose roar may be faintly heard outside. The library connected with the school, but free alsa to a wider circle of readers, is a light and airy room overlooking the river, and its book-shelves are rapidly filling with books on all branches of the subjects studied ia the school.

There are shelves full -of economic treatises in different languages, others devoted to the history of labour and of the peasantry there are many volumes on banking and finance, on history and the origin of institutions. The library also -possesses a valuable collection of publications relating to municipal govermxenb in different cities and countries, and a quite unique set of volumes, pamphlets, and notes on the his no such claim has. ever been advanced in its behalf, by. its In introducing the bill. to the House of Commons' on' '4tb.

of May last year; Sir Matthew White Ridley said "I Jo iiot pretend that the bQl is complete "or final; on the contrary, I say it is a tentative and in a. speech delivered at Dewsbury last November he used' somewhat similar language. It is therefore as; an experiment in industrial legislation that the Compensation Act must be accepted; and as such its operation will be most carefully watched. If it results favourably to the working classes and to trade generally, no time should then be lost in extending its benefits to every industry in the kingdom. To the Editor of the Manchester Guardian.

Sir, A paragraph, in your pajer to-day stales that a bill to extend the provisions of this Act has been brought in and ordered-to be printed by the House of Conimsas. An effort should now be made to utilise this opportunity to get the unjust and irritating Compensation Act amended in at least two respects. 1. An employer Should not bs punished unless he ha been at fault. If he has taken all reasonable precautions, to the satisfaction of tho oKcial inspectors, it should be sufficient.

2. In tha matter of insurance, tho employer should be secured against the possibility of a company winding up and leaving him to pay for an unlimited period in cases'of disablement. The severity the Act in its present shape will be found intolerable, and its consequences must be disastrous among small tradesmen who are employers. Yours, ire, E. il.

J. June 27, 1333. (FBOJI A To-morrow an, industrial Act Calculated to affect nearly: balfof 'thoWrMBclass population1 of these islands comes into force and under its provisions the relationship hitherto existent between employer and employed in'tlic several.industries affected will be materially modified. As is well known, this is not the "first occasion on which odorts have been made to amend the'-law affecting an employers responsibility for accidents to 'Iioso in his employment. Mr.

Asquith's Em-plover Liability Bill of 1893, for example; proposed to abolish' the doctrine of common employ-meet, and extended' the right to compensation for accident to every industry in the -fjnited Kingdom; as well ai to every person serving on board a British ship. With exception of the armed forces of the Crown, it may therefore be said to have covered the whole of the working classes. It did not, however, cover every class of accident. It is calculated that nearly half of the industrial accidents arise from causes beyond the control of either masters or men, and for which, consequently," personal- responsibility can be shown. The mere abolition of the doctrine; of common employment, valuable reiorm' as it is, does not rnako any provision for this kind of -risk to iife and limb.

Its abrogation merely, places a workman on an equal footing with an ordinary citizen so far as the common law of the land is concerned, and the common law grants no compensation whatever for accidents for which no personal responsibility can be It should be noted, in parsing, that if Sir Arthur Forwood's Common Employment Abolition Bill, which is now before 'rirliamcnt, were passed, and- the doctrine of vximmon employment abolished in every industry as yet untouched by the Compensation Act, over fiftv per cent of accidents in: those industries remain umiealt with' by any law what- ocver. AVhat is really required is the recognition of a universal right to compensation for all classes of Mr. Asquith's bill' of 1803 introduced tho principle that an employer was responsible not only for accidents to, but also for tho health of, his workpeople in the so-called "dangerous trades." Under its second clause an f-mployer wa- held to he responsible for the sick-nois or death of his in those occupations in which '-'the ri-k of injury to health can be THE MOTHER THE COLONIAL PREMIER ON FRENCH (reuteh's special service.) A representative of Renter's Agency yesterday had an interview with Sir James Winter, Premier and Attorney General of Newfoundland, who, with Morine," Receiver General for the colony, has arrived in London from St. John's on a special mission to the Imperial Government. Asked regarding the objects of the visit, the Premier said': The principal reason is to obtain the Commission ol Inquiry appointed by ihe Imperial Government into various matters in hich there exist what I may describe as peculiar reliiions with the mother ccimtry, in particular the troubles wiih ihe French and the hardship which Newfoundland has to endure in consequence of the French treaties.

The scope of the inquiry will embrace quite a number of subdivisions of that qnestion, as, for instaics, the extent to which the colony has been hindered in the development of its lesources, agricultural and others, by the oppression of the French claims, which have had a prejudicial effect upon everything in tho v-nv nf th inwrfnent of canital in those parts of the country to which the treaty applies, while the troubles occasioned to our fishermen by the French claims, which give an unfair advantage to their French competitors, are urgent matters for investigation. The position of the colony is that we have suffered, do suffer, and shall continue to stuTcr if these conditions continue, and wb aro looking to the Imperial Government for help in some form or another eith-jr in complete relief from these grievances or in any other form that the Imperial Government may bo able ic give us. After ihe report of the Commission moreover, we want a Royal Commission for public information regarding the natural resources of the colony, which are not as well known as they ought to bo. Another important question is the position of our trade with ihe United States, which may necessitate the negotiation of a treaty, on which we must, of course, consult the authorities at homo. In any arrangements entered into between Canada and the United States we ought to have a part, and for this purpose wo must bo directly represented at tho forthconu'ng conference, as our interests an3 rights are in many respects identical with those of Canada.

In tho miti2r of- the Frcrch claims (continued Sir James) what we want is the termination of the French treaties. We do rot expect to get this at once, hut we look to the Imperial Government to do the next best thing. -iThe French question does riot assume the aeuto phase it wure some years ago, but if it is true, es reported from St. John's, that a French syndicate is erecting buildings on the west coast, it is a clear violation of treaty rights. The French have only a right to put up a temporary building for fishery purposes, but they aro evidently trying to claim more.

It is true that the relations between tho colonial and French fishermen arc nob actively aggressive, but the fact that every season British and French warships have to be on the spot to pvotcct the fisheries shows that there is always a danger of an outbreak. It will probably surprisa many people to know that the French fishermen have almost left tho coast, and that fact in itself constitutes a very real grievance in connection with tho territorial rights of iho French claims. Tho French rights, under treaty, io tho sea coast are only for fishing purposes, and although they have, practically abandoned ihe place they still maintai i their pretended claims out of purb caprice and for no bena-fide It is without parallel in any other British colony that 4C0 miles of sea coast should bo dominated by a foreign Power. The-i French say that under treaty they havo at least full Jgghts to the use of iho soil, and this is incompatible ih absolute British sovereignty in Newfoundland; We 'claim that treaties aro only secondary matters, and complain that the French have always claimed far more than the Imperial Government say they are entitled to. There is always a difference of opinion on the question of tho reading of treaties.

The rights are of no value in the world to tho French, but aro a serious danger to us. Our merchants and our trade are being ruined. Ihe late commercial was in great part due to this question, the settlement of which is an absolute necessity to ihe well-being Newfoundland. The Premier expects to return to St. John's in about a mouth, Mr.

Morine perhaps leaving somewhat earlier. BRITISH TEMPERANCE LEAGUE. Tho sixty-fourth annual conference of the British Temperance League was resumed and concluded at Leicester yesterday. About 150 delegates were in attendance from aftiliatod societies in many of tho country. Mr.

V. S. Caine, the president, again occupied tho chair. The principal feature of tho morning sitting was a paper read by Mr. F.

Thorp, of York, on "The Present Position and Needs of the. Temperance Cause." Another paper was read by Mr. W. Stanyon (Leicester), on "The Battle of-Alcohol." Subsequently resolutions were passed favouring the prohibition of the sale. of drink to children, the wider circulation of temperance literature, in support of the direct local veto over liquor licences, and in reaffirmation of the principles of the League.

The afternoon was.deVoted to a garden party at which tho delegates were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Goddard, of Stoney Gate. The series of meetings was brought to a successful conclusion last night by a second pumic garnering over which Mr. J.

G. Clegg, of The speakers wore the Rev. W. Evans (Leicester), Mr. Thomas Whittaker (Scarborough), and Mr.

F. Thorp. Royal Manchsteh College of Music: A special meeting of the General Committee of this College was held yesterday. In the unavoidable absence of Sir W. H.

Houldsworth, the President of the College, 3Ir. George R. Murray, chairman of the Council, was voted to. the chair. Among those present were Mrs.

C. E. Lees, Miss Gaskell, Mr. Brodsky, Mr. Alfred Hopkinson, Q.C., Mr.

E. S. Heywood, Mr. C. J.

Heywood, Mr. Broad-field, Mr. Gustav Behrens, Mr. Charles Behrens, Mr. Hcriry Simon, Mr.

Eller, Mr. Dunderdale, and Mr. Stanley Withers, registrar. It was unanimously resolved, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Broadfield, That the following paragraph be added to- the Constitution of the College, namely: 'The funds of the College, accruing thereto from students' fees, voluntary contributions, or any other source, are not distributable, and cannot in any circumstances bo made distributable, bv way of dividend, gift, division, or bonus in money, unto or between any of the members of the College; and that unaer heading 3 of that section of the Constitution entitled Name and Objects of the para graph which reads To provide musical instruction of the highest order in all its branches," shall be altered so as to read Tho advancement of the art of music by means of a central teaching and examining body charged with the duty of providing musical instruction of the highest order all its branches.

Manchester Board or Guardians. The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held yesterday at the offices, New Bridge-street, Mr. George Rooke, the chair-nvin. nresidiuc. The he could hardly let the occasion pass without mentioning tho sad death which had occurred at the workhouse hospital, which they all.

deplored, and which had necessitated an inouest bv the coroner. He'beUeved the CrumpsiH Committee was instituting an inquiry, and probably. a report would be -presented at the next meeting of the i. iu. r.

1 1 i Doaru, so inaii hilu tuc iuu ia.La ueiuire biiem mey would be enabled to appreciate tne merits of the case. Mr. Andrew said the Committee had the matter before them on Monday, and when their inquiry was coin-nleted a renort would be presented. The report of Miss Zanetti, the inspector to the Joint Committee of ihe Manchester, Chorlton, and Prestwich Boards under t'he Infant Lite Protection Act, was submitted, and the clerk undertook to furnish a copy to each member of the Board. Mr.

Alderman M'Dougall said with reeard to Manchester, no cases had been found coming directly under the Act, but the inspector had made a large number of inquiries, and had done a very useful work which would be of creat service to the Board in other ways. It might be that after further experience the Board might not need to tace tne same supervision the matter as the other unions co-operating with them, where cases bad been found which came under the Act. "He asked the Board to trust them still further. and moved that the services of Miss Zanetti should be continued till January next. Dr.

Anna Dahms seconded the motion, which was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. G. Harrison, seconded by Dr. Anna Dahms, a resolution was passed approving of the proposal that the Boards or ixuaraians ior jaancaester ana tor tne Chorlton and Prestwich tShions should continue until the 31st January next to undertake jointly to enforce the previsions of the Infant Life Protection' Act, 1897, within the area of such Boards, the expense to be borne by them in proportion to their rateable value.

Upon a motion bv Mr. J. Andrew, that the usual vote of ien cruineas be made to the Red Bank Medical Mission Sir. Watmostgh moved-, as an amendment that such a grant be not made. He said he found that a considerable amount of money was voted each year in this way, and he thought the money coma De more advantageously pxnended in the legitimate business of poor-law relief.

Mr. Johnson said if Mr. Watmough would amend his amendment so that it should read that the Board should confine its attention to matters which legitimately fell within its province, and that no contributions shonld be made to institutions over which it had no con trol, he would second it. The Chairman said the matter was a very important cne. and it would be better that notice should be given of such a proposal as that now suggested.

The discussion was accordingly deferred till the next meeting ot the Board, it being understood that notice would be given ot a. resolution that all subscriptions to charitable institctions be discontinued. NEWFOUNDLAND AND COUNTRY. capable, do not work heartily, or enthusiastically for? either men or women who are practically -indifferent their political enfranchisement. It mW membered that-tho Executive-of our Union is composed of women who.

have their temperance, their, work; thetr social reforms and to attend to, besides their local women's Liberal associations, aad the.assistAnca they have lb give to the men's Liberal associations. Mr Morley may well compliment them on their ncss," but they are rapidly learning a still.bigher form' of unselfishness than blind adherence to party interests. They are learning to forego the pleasure of working, for a candidate when -they are convinced-he is no 'fit" exponent ot Liberal principles. At the recent Council meeting in London 173 delegates voj ed in favour of making women's suffrage a test question. Let Liberal men consider what it means to have 100 women's Liberal associations pledged not.to work for a non-suffrage candidate.

Let them consider a still because unseen, danger It is perfectly well known in London that, although the Executive profess to help all Liberal candidates, it is not possible to assure them of any warm efforts for iheir return when they aro opposed io the women's vote. How can it be otherwise? They are only human. Yours, 2cc, Uescu. M. Bright.

31, St. James Place, London, S.W. To the Editor of. ihe Manchester Guardian. Sir, I must ask you to allow me, not so much for-my own sake, but on behalf of those merabcrs of our Federation who agree with my letter.

of Monday, to disclaim any imputation whatever of personal motives as to the position of their friends iu Parliament" having influenced the vote of most of those who voted against our "test'' resolution. Wo arc" sure, from both personal knowledge and iiom other sources, that most of them honestly believe that their method of biding our time and working for candidates will bring the desired end more quiokly than the making of it a test question. Let it be our aim to convince them of their mistake, without yielding to that bane qf all contro versy, the attributing of wrong or selfish motives to our. opponents. What an example Mr.

Gladstone Bet us all in ihat respect! By fair rnd persistent effort we, the. Union of Practical Suffragists, hope by next year to make even a grcxter advance tban we have done smce the last vote on the question. Then we registered forty votes; now, in 1898, 170., This is most encouraging. Yours, Jcc, I. Mills.

Bowdon. TIIE LATE ARCHDEACON ANSON. To the Editor of the Manchester Guardian. Sir, May I call attention to an announcement of a meeting to consider tho question of a memorial to the lato Archdeacon Anson The meeting is fixed for Mon day, July 4, at 8 p.m., in the Parish-ioom. It is thought that there may bo some who were formerly connected with the parish who may wish to take part in the proposed memorial.

If so, they are cordially invited to attend. I am, F. G. Buller, Rector. Birc Rectory, Rusholme, Manchester, June 29, 1898.

THE ABSURD CHARGE AGAINST TWO WITIIINGTON GENTLEMEN. To the Editor of the Manchester Guardian. Sir, We and our clients have read the letter appearing in your issue of the 29th inst. from the Rev. Mr.

O. F. Clinton, rector of Emmanuel, Barlow Moor. Our clients aro aware that the "amateur detectives" and tho two po'ico officers made a serious mistake, hut, what our clients complain of is the fact that after tho gentlemen had fully proved their identity, position, and innocence, Mr. Superintendent Bent should have considered it advisable to drag them into court, and actually by an advocate proceed with a criminal action, when he ought to have known there was not a.

shred of evidence which justified him to continue the prosecution. There appears to huvo heen blundering from the beginning to the end ou the part of-the police. Yours, Charles Heywood, Son, Hudson. Manchester, 29th June, 1898. CHURCH REFORM.

To the Editor of the Manchester Guardian. Sir, The Church Reform League proposes to create a Church representative body consisting of three Houses-bishops, clergy, laity. It further proposes that Parlia ment should give to this representative body powers similar to those which arc possessed, e.g., by the Charity Commissioners, reserving to itself ihe right of veto. The two salient features in this scheme aro (1) the enfran chisement of tho laity and (2) the modification of the procedure of Parliament with respect to legislation on matters ecclesiastical. What has Mr.

Coller to say in his long letter as to 'hese two points? As to the first, he tell us, what we all know, that as things aro the laity havo no constitutioual voice in tho Church. His inference is that they can never havo such a voice while the Crurch is established. Why not? Under the C.R.L. the Church would remain established and the laity would havo co-ordinate powers with the clergy in. parishes, dioceses, and provinces.

Mr. -Coller goes on to say that in the Church of Ireland the laity in all tho assemblies of the Church are in the proportion of two to one. Ho forgot to add that voting in the Church of Ireland, as in all fully organised branches of the Anglican communion, is by orders. However, I do not wish to bo over-critical. Mr.

Coller is only saying in a loose way what the Bishop of Manchester, Canon Gore, and other. members of the Church Reform League havo been saying for a long time in language better weighed and therefore more forcible. Both the Bishop and Canon would quite agree with Mr. Coller as to the value of a constitution such as that possessed by the Church of Ireland in putting down lawlessness and clerical waywardness. We diller as to disestablishment being a preliminary to its creation.

This brings me to my second point. A constitution for an established church' is possible if the precedent of tho Church of Scotland holds good, and if Parliament can modify its procedure ixl matters ecclesiastical. Mr. Coller desires to weaken the force of the Scotch precedent by 'urging three points. In tho first place he argues that the Church of England is richer r.nd stronger tban the Church of Scotland.

What lias this got to do with the matter? But, assuming that this statement is true and to the. point, I draw an opposite inference. Mr. Coller and his Liberationist friends are constantly telling Churchmen that disestablishment would strengthen the Church and in the end enrich it by draw ing out more voluntary effort. under our scheme (reform) Parliament wouia exercise a veto on tne acis of a Church rich, strong, but established.

Under Mr. Collet's scheme (disestablishment) this' Church, equally rich and strong, would be "completely independent of the State. Mr. Coller says that the internal administration of the Church of Scotland is different. Of course if is.

But, again, what has that to do with the. matter? The Presbyterian churches in Scotland are in some most important respects less, and not more, democratic than the Anglican churches in Ireland and over the seas. Our church councils are -elected; the kirk sessions co-optative. Anglican lay representation must assent to the simple statements of the Apostles' Creed; Scotch elders to the elaborate theology of the Westminster -Confession. Thirdly, Mr.

Coller refers to tho disruption. I answer that the Church of Scotland had the disruption far greater powers of autonomy than those for which Church reformers are now asking. We ask Parliament not to abdicate the e'xer-cise of its powers, but to amend the procedure by which it exercises them. Not to put too fine a-point upon it, we find, inter alia, the interest shown by some of Mr. Coder's friends in ecclesiastical bills somewhat embarrassing, we think that their speeches and power of drawing up amendments are like Sam Wcller's "knowledge of London, "extensive and peculiar." I do not mean that Liberationists' have created the present problem, but they, have its urgency.

The connection between Church and State may or may not carry with it a balance of advantage. I do not argue that point; I content myself with pointing out that the Church Hetorm league nas snown tnat irsh facilities for ecclesiastical legislation and the enfranchisement of the laity are neither of them inconsistent with such a connection. I must not close a letter which is already too long without acknowledging the kind and intelligent interest which our proposals have evoked from many Liberals and Nonconformists. I received only yesterday a letter from a Nonconformist" and Liberal M.P.. a letter of friendly encouragement, in which the writer expressed his wish to do as he would be done by, and to promote in Parliament the spiritual interests of the Church.

Yours. H. J. BAEDSLEr. St.

Paul's Rectory, Hulme. THE DISPOSAL OF WITHINGTON SEWAGE. To the Editor, of the Manchester Guardian. Sir, My attention has been directed to the report of a public meeting held at Chorlton-cum-Hardy last Thursday, at which a well-known resident ventured to make a statement which to reported to startle the meeting, to the effect that "the new Chorlton drainage scheme would cost 100,000, and that the sewage farm would be done away with." This, he taid, would mean an increased rate of close upon Is. 6d.

in the pound in time. If the gentleman in question did make the statement attributed to him, it is to be regretted, because it is one that has no foundation whatever in fact, and is merely one of those products of someone's imagination likely to seriously mislead the public, and may deter some persons from deciding to reside in the Withington district, which is continually gaining favour as a resi- The announcement which we made yeste: murderer Horsford had left a written acknow his guilt is fully confirmed. Reports more or stantial, but not improbable, aro now curre: effect that Horsford was a triple The story of tho mysterious death of Fanny James (to which we referred -yesterday) is now public property in Spaldwick and the neighbour- hood. Some eight years ago, when Horsford was living with his parents at Stow Longa, a village two and a half miles from Spaldwick, he fell in love with. a beautiful girl named Fanny James, who kept her fathers cottage in tho main street of Stow Longa.

Old Mr. James was at one time a servant of Mr. Cornelius Horsford, the convict's father, aad both he and Mrs. Horsford were averse to the match. 'Walter Horsford and Fanny James were apparently very "ond of one another, and Horsford said that he would marry the girl, in spite of all the objections of his parents, his brothers, and his sisters.

For some months the two kept compauy regularly, and the cngagemeu was practically made public James suddenly left Stow Longa, hired a trap, drove to Kimbolton Station, and took the train to Kettering, where she informed her lever (in a letter which has since been destroyed she intended to stay for several weeks. A press agency re presentative who has been making a series of inquiries in the district has been informed by several individuals that the idea was that Miss James imagined herself enceinte and went to Kettering (where she stayed with a sister-in-law) for the purpose of remaining until her trouble was over. While at Kettering, "it was noticed that she was in a very nervous, excited state, and her ster-in-law heard her remark several times, hy doesn't ho (Horsford) write?" One morning, however, she received a letter bearing the Kimbolton postmark all letters posted at Stow Longa having to pass through Kimbolton. Upoa receiving the letter Miss James waved it triumphantly in the air, and said "I thought he would She went upstairs to her room, and was seen by her sister-in-law no more that day until bed time, when the poor girl was taken suddenly ill, and died in terrible agony with every symptom of strychnine poisoning. The inquest was held next day, but tho ury returned a verdict of death through eating a hearty supper.

The last worts ot tne untortunate gin were Oh, Walter Horsford! what have you done?" It is stated that only a few persons knew the facts of Fanny James's mysterious death, and one of these was a farm hand named James, a cousin, it is believed, of the dead girl. James worked for Horsford, who it appears, knew that tho man had some laea ot tno lagedy. In the autumn following Fanny James's death. the Horsford; were threshing wheat in their, farm yard. Walter Horsford himself was superintending the hands, amongst whom was the man James.

Horsford served out the usual allowance of beer during the dinner hour, but when work was over for ihe day he called James aside and offered to treat him to an extra quart. James accepted this, and they went to the public-house, where Horsford handed him the mug in which beer was served. James soon afterwards complained of feeling queer, and went home to hi3 cottage. Upon arriving at his house James went to bed. In half an hour he was taken seriously ill, and soon afterwards died in terrible agony, and according to tho statements of thoso who were with him during his last moments his symptoms were almost identical with the symptoms of Fanny James and Mrs.

Holmes when they breathed their last. James himself was a healthy and robust man, and before his death he had had no serious illness. Upon the authority of a clergyman in the district it is reported that yet another death might be brought home to Horsford. This is a case of the sudden decease of a servant girl, who some years ago lived at Peterborough. Tho story is that Horsford, regularly visited Peterborough market, was intimate with this girl.

and that sho died suddenly and. under mysterious cir cumstances after receiving a letter from the convict. A correspondent states the. girl's name has not been divulged, but that the full facts of her death are in the possession of two individuals, who, had the occasion arisen would have made them public property. Another correspondent writes: Tho Huntingdon correspondent of the London News Agency, telegraph ing yesterday, states that a great sensaiion has been created in St.

Neot's and the neighbourhood by tho statement circulated during tho past few days to the effect that Walter Horsford, who was hanged at Cam bridge on Tuesday for the murder of Annie Holmes, had committed three others murders of a similar nature, namely by the administration of strychnine. The correspondent, who has devoted tho greater part of three weeks to an investigation of Horsford's career during a period extending over several years, gives the following remarkable statement concerning his inquiries: After Walter Horsford left school ho was apprenticed to tho grocery business, and was assistant in Godman- chester and Huntingdon. At Godmanchester he was discharged for embezzling the money of his employer, and after going to Huntingdon he left the grocery busi ness, which he by no means liked, to assist his father at the Stow Longa Whilst. living at Stow Longa he became enamoured of a girl named Fanny James, the daughter of an old servant of the Horsfords. Mr.

and Mrs. Horsford showed a decided objection to the match. Miss James suddenly left her father's house, and went to stay with a relative at Kettering. Here she was noticed to bo in a very despondent state, until ono morning sho received a somewhat bulky letter. Thereupon she exclaimed, "Who said he (meaning Horsford) would not write? and went up to her bedroom, taking the letter with her.

That night she became suddenly ill, and died in frightful agony. Tho woman who attended' her during her dying moments says that the last words of the unfortunate girl were, Oh, Walter Horsford! what havo you done? At tho inquest, held on the following day, tho jury returned a verdict to tho effect that the deceased died from the effects of a heavy supper. In the following autumn a man named James, a relative of the deceased girl, died in mysterious circumstances. James, who was a remarkably robust young man, was helping Horsford in a day's wheat- Horsford supplied the usual allowance of beer to the men at the dinner hour, and when the day's work was done he called James aside and gave him an extra quart of beer. James soon afterwards went home, complaining of illness.

He died that night great agony. It was given out that James died of Bunstroke, and it is reported that the certificate of death was given without seeing the body. The third case of alleged poisoning is that of a servant girl- at Peterborough, known to -bo intimate with Horsford. who was in the habit of visiting Peterborough market. It is stated that this girl also received a packet in Horsford's handwriting, and died the same night with symptoms of poisoning.

It is doubtful whether the document written by iiors- ford, and purporting to contain a confession of the crime for which he was executed on Tuesday, will ever be made public, though it is understood that the murderer's i i -a friends will snoruy do suppuea witn. a copy oi it, CORRESPOND ENCE. NOTICES TO CORKBSPONDBNTa tnntitlana relatine to the business department of the paper can be given only by letter; and. on the other band, tho Editor cannot undertake to furnish information except through the correspondence column. Letters applying for information to be furnished by pot Mnnnt.

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THE LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE UNION OF WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATIONS. the Editor of the Manchester Guardian. jri May I say a few words with regard to two letters which appeared in your paper one from my friend Mrs. John Mills and the other from our late regretted treasurer Miss Bertha Mason. It does not seem to be understood that, as a union, we are not bound give assistance to any candidate, local or Parliamentary, and therefore the refusal to do so in any particular case should.not be misunderstood.

It is inevitable that, since help cannot be given to all, a selection must be made in favour of those candidates for whom the women want to work, and'this depends upon the power to enlist sympathy. -1 am sure Miss Dend's defeat was regretted by all, but it was currently reported that ehe was against women'3 suffrage as a test question, and this undoubtedly operated unfavourably to her election. I do not "know, having been abroad eo long, whether our Executive did or did not refuse to assist in this election, bu' it is certain that, whatever resolution our Executive unrnuat tne whole of the' TOUujjr-dfet Ch ton, among otner townsmps, as weu han TliRtriefc Council 'ot Lev hulm'e." That-smeme: was estimated-blithe dist r-ci nrtn V. XT the Council which contemplates that the scwago will be done away (c) what is rr, that 100,000 would be necessary, it wn not. involve tne general poay -or -ratepayers an penditure of anything: '-approaching a rate of Is.

6d rtji- the ampie margin aoovq-engineers estimate, it' would be nearer tho that the" scheme may," in several to onefourth of. the amount named to the rate Src. JosErn Sw abb rick. Assoc. M.Inst., CC, Chai- man of the Witlnngton Mam Drainage on mittec.

THE MONEY-LENDING CttI30TTE. To the Editor of the ManehAter Sir, Referring to the correspondence of the last days, I beg to state that copies were sent to tne un man of the Parliamentary Committee, and I beg to close vou copy of a letter received from him in re ence to the same, and my reply. W. H. Jose 1, Brown-street, Stockport, June 29, 1893.

(Copy.) Local Government Board, Whitehall, S.W 28th Janrary, 1898. Dear sir, In reply to your letter of yesterday ct Diamine that witnesses were not called before tho Mor lending Committee to show that money is sometir lent at reasonable rates. ot interest, air. ttusscn wu me to point but that the Committee were only appoin to innuire into the alleged evils attendant upon system of money-lending by professional money -lenr at high rates oi interest or unaer oppressive conoui as to renavmcnti." Yours faithfully. (Signed) P.

J. WiLLti W. H. Jones, Esq. (Copy.) 1, Brown-street, Stockport, June 29, lSSf; Dear sir, I am favoured with yours of yesterday.

enclose further correspondence from the chestcrxGuardian." Although, as inferred, tho mittee aro only asked to inquire into, the evils of mn lending, yet tho Committee appeared glad enough obtain recommendations, from various witness such as County Court judges, lawyers, At the s-n time, who could txissiblv cive more valuable evidence guide the Commitleo in their new rules than those years occupied as money-lenders caarging rcascna interest and terms? Such people havo applied to heard and have been ignored, thus prejudicing pull i i. 1 I I us to'do is to ventilate our case through the prcs: Yours truly, (Signed) W. U. Jo.ves.i T. W.

Russell, M.P., London. MEMORIAL NOTICES. The death is announced of tho Eev. J. ol New St.

George's, Stalybrif'gc. T. Read, vie A telegram from Cape Coast t'astlo states that Mnj 1 ot tne Znd West India Kegiment, di of fever at Coomassie on the 27th inst. Tho committee of tho Staljbriclgo Music Festival havo unanimously' resolved io wind up ti affairs of the Society, which was established 80 yea. ago on tne same nnes as tnac at otocsport.

Black Smoke Nuisance. At tho CityPoliij Court yesterday the following persons were summonl by the Manchester Corporation (Sanitary Departmerl ior creating a nuisance by allowing black smoke escape from the chimneys of their premises: Manchester Brewery Company. Limited, New Yor street, fined 5 and costs; Wilh'am Lockett, Bron street, 4- and costs; William Ilcnry Vaughan (triult as Henry Vaughan and Son), Thomas-street, 20s. costs; Frederick George Goodbehere (trading as Bai and 3 and costs; James Rubi sou (trading as Broadhurst and Gibbon-stre Ss. and costs; nomas JacKson.

exor. ot tne lato joi Harrison, Hulme Hall Lane, 21s. and costs. Ordc of abatement were made against John Gre. Lane, Brook-street, and William Hyde, trading, as Hyd Rusholme Brewery, Monmouth-sfcreet.

Mr. Roo superintendent of the Sanitary Department, Town tla prosecuted. XTTPS'S COCOAINE (COCOA-NIl JgJJ A 1). The eholi-o wasted nib. (broken-uD lieans) of the na ural Coco; KtiMrtf.d tn nnwnrful hvdraullc nrcssure.

vlve forth the excess of oil. leavlttc for ute a tineiy flavoured powder" Cocoaine a product which, wnen prepireu wun oomu? water, nas.iue co slstenconf tea, of which it is now, with mam-, tenebclally taklfiij place. Its active principle, neinx a eemie nerve xiimuiant, iho needed enerev i liout unduly exciting the system. Sold onl ihiiArf (,,. if utiahl" nt obtain it of vour tradesman, a tin will sent post fr-e for 9 KITS LIiIlTi.ll Homoeopathic.

Chemists, Lumlon. rBEETH. MACDONALD'rf Painless tjsten 1 Se's. inlaid Gold. Wa.

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1UCHAKDSON': IIUWOKTH. At the Albion Congregation-! I Church, Asbtou-undcr Lyne, on the 29th June, by tn Hev. J. and the Kev. James liichardsou ffato o' Madagascar) father of the bridegroom Charles Kahsswurtii Kichardsos.

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bj Jnnea. rector, assisted bv the Hev. It Uivnv rn 1 1 ci son of Joseph Shaw. Two Elm Bccles'Xcw ltatd. Pendleton, to Lvdia, third daughter oi Jmvt Walki.ex.

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DEATHA June 23, at 10, Gloucester Square, Hyde ra-k Lewis Philip, younger sou of Walteb and Mav. i rKKSSWORW. tne26th inst.at his residence, 96. Oxford r.l,.i,...n.Maior-k. Charles Fabsswouth, 111 in his 65th vear.

Interment Manchester Southern! Cemetery this day (Thursday), the th at n. Iuquirlei may be addressed to Messrs. bitterfield and Cv Mb5nl Salford Roval HosDltal. Elu Gkl'jcdV. of Mount Urougbloii.

IligheJ Uroughton. third of the late John Uowes Oruudy. hrnnnhlin. HODGKINSOA-At Southampton. 26th.

en route from South Walton Church, near Liverpool. 1 15; this day flhursday). irnimii w.ih at her residence. iclor unnRKivmr. ol uarusie.

azw Avenue, DIdsbury, in her 74th year, Emma, widow of ifnijKH. J.P.. of Manchester, and Meartow llnnk Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Interment at Brooklanus Uenu-ry. on Fiiday July Friends, please accept thu (ilM JOPSo5f.

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Last night Trofcssor Hewins, the Director of the School, addressed the students and a number of outside friends upon the work of next session. It is a salient feature of the school that it is conducted almost as much by the students as by the lecturers, and in inviting the co-operation of the former in the development of its work' during ihe coming session Trofessor Hewins was only carrying out what is tho persistent policy of the institution. Economics and political science have the advantage as subjects of study that are concerned with life and affairs that are actually going on around us, that firsthand investigation can be carried on with profit by those who take up the study. The students are encouraged to make investigations.into particular branches of their subjects, and if the results prove worthy they are published. Several vplumes of this kind have already been issued.

It is, of course, only the more advanced students who are able to take up research work, but the school contains a. large element of this kind, and, indeed, represents to a great extent what ihe Americans call a post-graduate college, many of its students being men or women from Oxford or Cambridge who have already taken a degree or its equivalent. Some join the school less to attend lectures tlian to study under guidance, and of these a good sprinkling are foreigners, Germans perhaps, who have taken their Ph.D. and como over to study some Draui-u of economics or political stfience. Though tha study of such subjects is well advanced and organised in some foreign, and particularly in German universities, no complete institution exist on the Continent for the all-round study of economic and political science, and the freedom of speech which we enjoy in this country renders London the natural headquarters 'for a school in which current events, political question's, and thorny social problems may be discussed in their scientific aspect without danger of political penalties.

The school numbers nearly four hundred students, whom about seventy are women, the latter being in most cases women who have been at one of the Universitits or have in other ways attained University standing. There are about twenty-five lecturers, among whom may be noted the names of Professor Foxwell and Professor Edgeworth. Occasional lectures are also given by outside experts, as. for instance, by Sir Courtenay Ilbert on 5 Jurisdiction in Protectorates," and Mr. and Mrs.

Sidney Webb on Trade Unionism and on Methods of Social Investigation." Besides economics pure and simple, lectures are given on banking, on foreign trade and on tho collection of statistics, on taxation, and on local government. An interesting section is that devoted to palaeography and kindred subjects, in which students aro taught with the aid of facsimiles to decipher ancient manuscripts and to recognise their character, a piece of study which should prove invaluable to students of economic history a wido and little-explored field. The commercial side of the school is also being developed, and whereas our technical schools aim chiefly at instructing workmen and foremen, the School of Economics endeavours by courses on railway economics, commercial law, and insurance to educate thoso who will have the management of large concerns requiring a knowledge of general principles and of the practice of different commercial centres. Railway management in different "countries and tho opening of the Yangtse district in China come in for consideration under one head, and the agitation which is now going" on among manufacturers and insurance companies with regard to insuraucerales and the Compensation Act would probably form a point of study and discussion under tho other. If the tuhool prospers, this department should grow and develop considerably.

In cne or two cases railway companies have sent officials to study at the school. The classes aro held chiefly in the afternoon and evening, and at present the students belong chiefly to London. Wheti, however, the institution becomes better known, there can bo Iittlo doubt that the advantages it possesses for the study of the subject, which grows in interest every year, will attract studenfs from other parts of the kingdom. ST. HELENS CORPORATION BILL.

The Tolice and Sanitary Committee of tho House of Commons yesterday further considered the St. Helens Corporation Bill, Sir Stafford NoYthcole presiding. The proposed extension of the borough boundaries by tho inclusion of six acres of the County Asylums Board's land oh the borough side of Ilainlrill Road was aguin under consideration. The Corporation asked for it because the road would be a clearly defined bounda-y, and because this patch of land, on which there was an infectious liospitat, was included in the St. Helens district for the registration of deaths, The Lancashire Asylums Board called Mr.

H. W. Deacon, chairman of Kanihill Asylum Committee, who stated that the extension would be no practical advantage to the borough but would be a disadvantage to the Asylums Board, as the rates would be increased by about 11 a year. M'Kenna (ono of the Committee) And what will this opposition cost you The witness replied that it would be about 80. Mr.

J. T. Wood. C.E.. Liverpool, said there was no difficulty about road repairing which made it necessary for tins extension to lake place.

The Committee said tho matter was a small one, but on the whole they had decided to allow the extension. After some fonnal evidence by Colonel R. Piikington. Mayor' of St. Helens, the Committee passed part 2 of tho bill, which gives tho Corporation power to make additional tramways and to use electricity as a motive power.

It was stated that the Corporation intend to work the tramways themselves at the end of the present lease of the lines, and that until that time they would by agreement supply the electricity to the Tramway Company. Part 3 of the bill deals with street improvements, and eives seven years more for the completion of street im provements authorised by the Act passed in 1893, and four years more for the compulsory purchase of land. The Committee gave the extensions asked for. Clause 52 of tho bill extended the exemption from any new street expenses given by the local Act of 1369 to buildings" used for religious purposes) to buildings used for public religious purposes, to churchyards and burial grounds, and to any premises appropriated to the purposes of a Sunday school or to the purposes of a public elementary or secondary school," whether used whollv or in tart for such purposes. The Committee.

said they would give the clause, amended by leaving out ihe words "or to the purposes of a public elementary or secondary school." Mr. I.3nkester (who appeared for the Corporation) said the amendment made the clause worthless. The Chair man: Shall we strike it out? Mr. Laukester said the promoters would consider whether it should be retained. Further consideration of the clause was then postponed.

The Corporation asked for a clause to exempt erysipelas from the list of diseases to be notified under the Notification Act, and Dr. Harris, medical officer of health, said that this disease had greatly diminished in frequency of occurrence, that many cases were reported which were rot reallyerysipelas, and that consequently considerable cost was incurred by the Corporation. The Committee struck out the clause. The Corporation by another clause asked f6r power to make a by-law to regulate the size of gas service and supply pipes and fittings in private houses. The by-law would require the pipes and fittings to be of the size required by the number of lights fixed in the house.

The Committee gave the clause, but struck out all reference to fittings. The Committee adjourned. A Practicai. Judge. In the course of the bearing on Tuesday of an action in th Chancery Division of the High Court for an in-i junction restraining interterence witn tne access of light and air to the-plaintiffs' bmlding, the.eipert evidence on each side was so hopelessly in conflict that the JadgefMr.

Justice Kekewich), being unable to come to any definite conclusion upon the matter, decided to be his'bwn witness and to act upon bis own evidence. therefore, before coming into court, he went to view the two "premises in question and speedily made up his mind, for on taking his seat he immediately delivered judgment, which he commenced by saying that it was a most lovely morning, with the sun shining brightly, and iherefore he bad a fine opportunity of judging whether or not there had. been any material interference with the access of light and air to plaintiffs' building. He was clearly cf opinion that there was a material interference, and he directed the defendants to pull down their building to a height of thirty feet. The plaintiffs were the "Christian Herald" Company, and the defendants the Cooperative Printing Society.

()" TIIH WAY TO KLONDIKE BREAKING CAMP AT BENNETT. KECTtn'S SPF.CI.1L SERVICE.) JCNE 1. Ai last th" long-eipected moment has arrived when a start for tho goldiields can be made. Many eager proj-ector3 are already oi: the way, but the more prudent have curbed then- impatience, knowing that by delaying their departure for a few days more they will set out, upon ths long and adventurous voyage with a much better prisoect of it in safely. In places where there is no current the ice still holds, in spite ot several weeks of summer weather and one or two days when the thcrmonrcter has registered over 80 degrees in tho shade.

Some of tho waterways are therefore still blocked by tho still melting ice. During the last day er two, nevertheless, several hundreds of boats have cast off tli2ir moorings and sailed gaily away. The lively tented city of Bennett, is rapidly dwindling, and Lindcr-man, seven miles above us, is sending its whole population this way. Tho chief amusement of those who are wailmg to start until they are certain to be able to go slraigni through without stoppages on the way has been to watch tiie many boats from Litderman shcot the rapids on the little stream that connects that lake with Benncr. Those rapids- are not very long, but they are very swift, shallow, and rocky, and at one point there is a big boulder standing upright in the contra of the stream and rendering a very sharp turn necessary in order to avoid it.

On that rock already havq been shattered tho hopes of many a sanguine prospector. A very good riverman can hardly guide his boat past it without striking it, and to tho inexperienced the attempt is hopeless. For a day or two after tho -boats first began to run these rapids most of them attempted it with their cargoes on. board, bat the loss of several outfits has made everybody more cautious, and now the boats are being taken down light, while he owners' goods aro packed over tho trail and reloaded into the boats at 'the bottom of tho rapids. The fate of those who have already lost their boats and outfits is very pitiful to contemplate.

They aro mostly poor men who came on this adventure with just enough money to take them to the promised land, with a years provisions and supplies. They have invested their in these goods; for many weeks they have toiled hko beasts of hauling their goods over the steep and stormy passes; they have taken meir axes into the woods and cut logs; have wearily wbipsawn them into lumber, and out of that have laboriously built their ooats and when at length all has been completed the boat adoat with their goods on which their whole success depended all has been'lost upon tho first rock they encountered. From independent prospectors they are, in an instant, converted into homeless beggars in a strange land. Their loss is no doubt due to their own foolhardiness, but their fate is none the less pathetic, and tho sympathy emotional only of the whole camp goes out to them. This emotional sympathy might possibly be converted into a practical one were it not for the fact that the majority of the peoplo arc, like themselves, poor, with their last dollar already invested in the expenses of this enterprise.

To those who thus make shipwreck in the very outset there is nothing left but to work their way in, or out and back again to their homes. The story qf the trail and of the waterways is full of S'toh incidents. There is now in the heart of this camp a little mound of sand, roughly placed in, that marks the spot where lie the remains of a miner who came in last year. Young and adventurous, he. undertook to run bis.

own boat through the rapids. The fatal rock caught it-and smashed it to splinters, throwing all his to the bottom of the stream. Undaunted, he returned to his home in Seattle, bought a new outfit, returned here, built a new boat, and with unaccountable hardihood tried once more to run the same rapids in the same way as before. Once more ho struck the same rock, and lost boat and all again. Overcome by this succession of disasters, he walked to the top of the hill, drew his revolver and blew out his brains, and now his grave is a warning to all who feel tempted to take the same desperate and unnecessary risks.

But the warning is too often unheeded, and within the last week several boats and outfits have been lost on the same rock. To-day two boats lie piled upon it, both wrecked this morning. Yet by letting one's boat down light by means of ropes no risk whatever need bo incurred or a. pound of supplies lost. Everybody is eager not to lose a single day in arriving at the iukon; bat every day affords, some striking exemplification of the old maxim "The more hurry the less Thus the curious tented city of Bennett is fast becoming a thing of the past.

All who still remain are putting the last finishing touches to their boats and making ready to "pull stakes" and start away. By this time next week this town of five thousand people will have vanished completely. Lindermau, with its two thousand, will have done the same, and fully five thousand boats, with about twenty-five thousand people, will be afloat on their way to the Yukon. New people are coining in rapidly. but, not, of course, quickly enough to make up for the general oModus.

Tho size of the fleet of argosies is. hpwevcr, steadily growing, and tho number of the lisats already registered by the police has reached 2,300. Certainly less than half have yet been registered, and therefore it may safely be said that already there are 5.000 constructed or now under construction. What the total will be beforo this summer closes it is impossible to sav, but at the present rate of increase it is probable that at least 6,000 boats and barges will pass from these waters to the Yukon this year. Our temporary sojourn in Bennett has been by no rae-Mis unpleasant, for' tho community, though they have toiled hard, have found time for lots of amusement.

Everyone has been in good spirits all buoyed up by the optiniistic expectations with which they are going into the promised land. They have devoted a large measure of their spare time to conviviality have drunk probably as whisky as would have considerably deepened the shallow channel where so. many of their boats run aground. They have gambled considerably, as people do in ail mitring camps. Ked.

blue, and white chips have passed as currency, and have more than once been gitliered in at tno cnurcn collection, mere have ticen numerously attended prayer meetings and church services, and social" gatherings of all sorts have helped to make ihe time seem short. Though almost every race of this continent and of Europe is represented, there has been no discord onion; them. The two nations most largely leprcseated the British and American have pulled together in the most fraternal spirit. have, been occasions when one have expected some friction, but the good sense of the Americansl has averted it. There has been only one instance, to my knowledge, of a man attempting io resist tho authority ok the mounted police.

Indeed, nowhere have I seen Britishers and Americans so thoroughly in harmony. On the Queen's birthday ihe Americans took part in a whole day's celebrations quite as heartily as the British, and frequently cheered themselves hoarse in honour of Her Majesty and ou Decoraiion-day the British reciprocated by organising a suitable entertainment, when speeches and recitations by Captain Jack Crawford and others were keptnp till a late hour in honour of the heroes who fell in defence of principles as precious to one section of the great Anglo-Saxon race as to the other. One serious grievance I must mention in conclusion the entire absence- of adequate postal arrangements. Where so much has been done to maintain law and order and to carry, on every other branch of civil government, it might naturally have been expected that facilities would be provided for the transport of mails. The absence of these has caused inconvenience and discontent.

Better arrange merits are promised for the future, and it is certainly to be hoped that the Canadian Government will realise that this is a matier which calls for immediate attention. CoiirLAlXTS AGAINST a Chief Cosstable. At -the close of his annua! inspection of the Newcastle police force yesterday Sir Herbert Croft made the usual inquiry wheiher the men had any complaints' to make. The 290 men on parade, with the exception of the Chief at once stepped, forward and representatives 'from each division presented a petition informing. the inspecting officer that complaints -as to ihe administration of the force are now being inquired into by a special committee the-- Newcastle Corporation.

These complaints, said the petitioners, bad reference chieSy to the behaviour of the Chief Constable towards them aad to most of the officers superannuated. uiitigaU-d or removed by tho use of reasonable iTcciuitioiis. Wherever it could be shown that ihoao "reasonable precautious" had not been provided, tho workman or his representative had "the right to compensation and remedies the employer as in other cases of personal injury due to negligence." Another of its most features was the abolition of contracting less beneficial was its repeal ho Act of 1SS0, and with it the removal of the triir limit of six weeks within which notice of the -nt bad to bo given and of the restriction of i s' responsibility to three years' wages i ll.f 'in injured in his employ. Its gravest W.I--, that it left the door open to endless innf-much as it provided no means of claims other than those afforded by the law. -The workman was referred to tho Court, or, in ca.se his claim exceeded ooJ, tfi the Hiuh Court, in all cases in which tho em-I ioYiT resisted his demand.

The new Compensation Act differs from Mr. A quith's heme in several most important par-inlars. Instead of insuring every class of its scope is confined to railway men, factory operatives, miners and quarrymen, to those en-i; igetl in engineering work such as the construc-iitin or repair of a railroad, harbour, dock, canal, or sower, and to other industrial operations in which machinery driven by steam or other mechanical power is used. It also provides for the workmen who may be injured or killed while ereennsi, repairing, or 'demolishing a building which is' mora than thirty feet in height. This failure to embrace all the workers of tho country its gravest defect.

It leaves untouched the areat agricultural and seafaring interests which were included in Mr. Asquith's bill. Domestic tervants aro left outside its scope, and the so-calied l.ingerous trades are similarly ignored. Within limits, however, it abolishes the doctrine of roiumon employment and of contributory It renders an employer financially liable for all accidents to thoso in his employ, whether by defective machinery or the "'act of lie is riot, however, held to be liable for iiceidents which incapacitate tho workman for a period of only two wcei, but if the effects of an accident continue more than a fortnight he is compelled to pav compensation not cx- reeling 50 per cent of tho workman's weekly earnings. In no case this weekly payment to exceed 1, and the end of six months it may he redeemed by liie jMjinent of a lump sum.

to be settled, in ult of agreement, by arbitration under ike A In cases whero the accident terminates (he representatives of the deceased work-) entitled to compensation ranging from "i 1 1. 1 3'J0. The only instance within the 1m it-, ol the Act in which compensation is dented thai in which it can be proved that tho injury tii- workman was due to his own "serious and wilitil misconduct." Tho Employer' Liability A it of fixed the period within which notices accidents should bo given at six ami cx-i 'i an injured workman from'its benefits unless action is commenced within six months from i (errrcuco the accident causiug the injury. under consideration compels the. claim for ii to be lodged within the latter ncricd.

re 1. I vaguely -demands that notico of the accident Mi.ui be as soon as practicable after thu happening thereof, and befuro the worknian has voluntarily left tho employment in which he was injured." In all fatal cases tho Act of 1SS0 fixed limit'at twelve mouths; the present Act reduces this period by one-half. Tho Act of 1SSU i nut repealed, as was proposed by Air. Asquith, and in cases of personal negligence on the part of the employer or his representatives, if an injured workman thinks that ho would gain better terms by enforcing that Act, ho is at liberty to place himself under its provisions. In adopting tbi course, however, hp forfeits the benefits conferred by Sir Matthew White Ridley's measure.

Contracting out is to a large "extent robbed dangers under the provisions of 'the new Act. Employers- and workmen may only contract themselves out of its provisions after submitting scheme of compensation to the Registrar of Friendly Societies. This mutual arrangement must meet with the approval of the Registrar as not less favourable to the general body of workmen and their dependents than the provisions of this Act." With such a protecting clause, the Registrar may give his sanction to their joint proposals, and- his endorsement hold -good for five years: but meanwhile, if tho workmen find tli.it they have cause for complaint in any way, they are empowered to approach tho Registrar, and on their demand he is required to investigate their complaints and, either cancel or renew his certificate. The voluntary character of the.e' mutual schemes is, however, guaranteed by the proviso that the Registrar shall withhold" hi "certificate" from all schemes which impose memoership of or participation therein as a con-. dition of obtaining employment.

The Act also provides for the payment of compensation duo from an employer who becomes bankrupt or 'effects a composition with his creditor. Where n' bankrupt employer has aforetime insured in a society against Visk of compensation, the workman is held to have a first charge upon any sum due from the insurance society. In accord with iJie bill brought in by Mr. Asquith. tire servants of the Crown are entitled to share the benefits of ihe measure, excepting only our soldiers and sailors.

The legal machinery of the Act has been reduced to the simplest possible proportions. Where conflicting issues are raised, in the absence of joint committees of employers and employed, the matter- shall be settled by a single, arbitrator agreed on by the parties, or, in the absence agreement, by the County Court judge, to the procedure prescribed by rules of court." When an arbitrator is choseu by mutual a rreement he is to be paid out of moneys to be provided by Parliament." Another most important provision is to the effect that whenever an accident results in an appeal to the County Court no court fee shall be payable bv any party prior to the award." Mr. Asquith. proposed to limit these payments to 5s. and 10s.

for the County and High Courts respectively. Such are the main outlines of the Workmen's Compensation Ac-i, 1S97." It cannot be- viewed as either a final or complete measure indeatf. I.