The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1885-10-10 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

LESSAR O TRE BOUNDARY QUESTION.  A Times telegram from Moscow, on Friday, soya :-11. Les ar passed through Moscow, yesterday, on his way to join the Afghan undary Commission on November 10th, at 201111rar. Ile regards the boundary question as wattled for the time being, and asserts thst the Russians wall respect the new frontier. But he Soon Afghan incursions. The delimitation of four hundred miles of frontier must, be says, ecaupy eight months.  The death is announced of Mr Francis B. /hooey, of Llandough Cagle. Jenkins, the runaway baakrtip, be been brought to Merthyr from Cardiff gaol.  A Central News telegram, on Monday, stye that M. de Glens will leave Conenhagen tomorrow for St. Petersburg, via Stettin. The Goßah, of Cowes, with a cargo of railway ohairs, has arrived at Padstow leaky, having struck on Drombar. 'the ketch Taunton, of Bridgwater, from Padstow for Swansea, in ballast, stranded near tarthaawl. Crew saved. She may get off.  One of the sufferers by the New Treiegar eap, losion Lewis D. Perkins, succumbed to his Inyttriee between four and five on St.turday afternoon._  W. H. Thomas, of Llandovery, one of the Welsh International team of last year, goes up to Oxford next term. It is wondered whether he will ha deemed fit to play for the "Varsity." The Welsh schooner John Parry, from Liver. pool for Bray, coal laden, is off Castletown, Isle of Man, showing signals of distress. The crew landed, leaving the vessel holding to her anchors.  Mr. Searle, of the firm of Searle and Herring, brewers, Mewport, was crossing Commercialroad to catch a tramcar when a cab, coming from the opposite direction, knocked him down, and the wheels passed over his legs. The Paris correspondent of the Standard has been informed by M. de Freyeinte and by Woon Donk, the Burmese envoy, that a treaty for the construction of railways by the French Government in Burmah ban never beiug discussed. Woon Douk's mission in France is to conclude the terms of the ratified treaty of commerce and represent Bor..ah perminentlyin France. Henry Norman, of Fulham, was executed in Ifewgate Gaol, on Monday morning, for the wilful murder of his wife, whom he stabbed whilst asleep in bed. Prisoner had entertained strong hopes of a reprieve, but during the last few days be became resigned to his fate. Norman sulked steadily to the scaffold without assistance. The executioner performed his duty expeditiously, a drop of seven feet being allowed, Death appeared to be instantaneous, here being no struggle. Mr. Chamberlain wan entertained to breakfast by the Bradford Liberal Club, on Friday morning, and declared there were no differences among the Liberal Party as to principle, though there miAht be so to time and expediency. The most moderate Liberals could not object to his views The differences among the Conservatives were greater than those among Liberals. In reference to the 11.nse of Lords, if the peers again contested the will of the people, the representatives of the people, in the truly popular chamber would know i 1,3.1 to deal with them. There was a little superstition in their reverence for the Second Chamber; but he thought when the House of Commons was absolutely representative another and superior chamber could be created. Deliberate obstruction in he House of Commons would have, however, to be dealt with. He believed one way of restoring the efficiency of Parliament would be to make the speaker a Dictator, and to regulate to local leaders much of the work with which Parliament now dealt. He believed that Triennial Parliaments would secure great efficiency. He was sanguine of success at the coming elections, and believed that Liberalism in the next Parliament would be more thorough than in any which had preceeded it.