, 1894-05-16

'Balata" is. according to Mr.. Smith Della
cour's report, one of the most valuable of the
forest products of. Surinam. 1t is described
as combining in some degree the elasticity of
caoutchouc with the d%uctility of gutta-percha,
freely soflening and becoming plastic and
being easily moulded like the latter, and for
which substances it is proposed aS asubstitute.
The tree which produces this is said to be
widely distributed over Dutch Guiana, even
III parts SO Gar in the interior as to have
been hardly y >ited rs yet; and the industry,
now that experience has taught how it can be
carried on without the wasteful determination
Of the tree should have a great future value.
tIADAME PAru AND THE WELSH Poor -
Madame Adeiina Patti has inst announced
her intention to give another concert for the
inmates Of the Swansea Hospital and the
poor Of ~Craig-y-Nos. The prima donna
has already raised $4,000 10y her CON
certs for tie Welsh poor. The concert will
be given in lie theatre at CIajg-y-N Nos
Castle. Dolty telegraph.
Mr.. Gordon BE nets decision 10 purchase
the yacht \i5iImt ana bring her 10 Cowes in
time for thie seasons racing will be hailed
with the greatest satisfaction by all yachts
men. Keen as was the interest felt last sea-
son in the performances Of tho Naahoc, the
career Of the Yigilant in English waters Will
probably be watched with even greater
attention, and the knottN point whether the
English craft are eqo3d to the American
representative outs, under tho conditions
attached to English yacht racing, may now
be settled. Lord Brlssepa steam yacht
Sunbeam has arrived at Coves from her
foreign cruise.
ATTEMPTED 1KAM Ronpru} or THE
DrcHEss OF M~ANcHEsrEF's JEWELS Madrid,
April l0.-Ihe Madrid newspapers report
that the Duchess Of Manchester. who is ira
Yelling in Spainy was a paesr1ger in tho
Southern express from France. when between
the stations Of Alegrid dc AIava aud Victoria,
on the main line to Madrid, a r0bber, who
had managed to board the. train, entered the
car and stole a case Of jewelry and other
valuables belonging to her Grace. In en-
deavouring to make good his escape, how
ever, the thief fell underneath the wheels of
the carriage and had both his legs crushed.
The train was at once stopped. The valua-
ble8 We're recovered.
The Bank Robbery in the City.-Tho
greatest mystery still surrounds the daring
robbery from the counters of Smith, Payne,
and Smith Bank, | Lombard Street. 1t has
been ascertain ed that the bay contained
81, 523 in notes, including one for El ,000and
one for G609 the number of which are known
and e6,275 in Unacceptable bill of exchange
beside G3 and a few shlIlings in silver. The
clerk who had charge Of the wallet has been
for years in the employ Of the British COlum-
bia Banking Company, 50, Lombardstreet
and has been in the habit Of paying in large
uums of money to other houses. 1t appears that
having placed the bag before one. of the
receiving clerks he moved to make some in
quiry. Returning he rmarked to the.
clerk, That is all right? o. The latter lid
not understand his meaning and it then
transpirsd that the clerk had seen nothing of
the bag. No one had been noticed to be
standing near the spot, and up to the present
no trace has been found either Of the con-
tents of the bag or the perpetrator Of the
robbery. Detective-InSpector Robert Out
ram, of t he City police, has. the case in hand
There ara treasures of ancient knOw1adoa