The Cardiff Times

THE 25 PERCENT. REDUCTION IN WAGES. Statement by the Dean Forest Coalowners. The associated coalowners of the Forest of Dean have issued the following notice :— "The force of circumstances, and the con- tinued and increasing loss of money, has forced 118 to close down our pits. We consider, there- fore, the causes of this serious and unprecedented etata of affairs should be made known. "Previous to 1888 the district had worked tmdijr the sliding-scale, by which, for every Is per ton advance in the price of coal the workmen t received 5 per cent. on their wages. Since that • date advances in wages amounting in the gross to :10 per cent. have been given on this basis, and with 2 per cent. also given makes a total ad- vance now being paid of 32 percent, on all labour, surface and underground. In conse- quence of the serious fall in the price of coal, which has continued for considerably more than a *e»r past, several interviews have taken place between the owners' and workmen's com- mittee, and also between the owners and representatives of the Miners' Federation. SAt the various meetings it has been pointed out that the reductions in the price k of coal made by competing districts have forced as to reduce to the extent of several shillings per i ion that the reductions in the wages made in Wa lea, which, since the opening of the Severn { funnel, oomes directly into competition with us, Juinoaut to 47 per cent.; that in Scotland, which at the present time is sending coal by water directly into one of our principal markets, viz., Sevon and Cornwall, the reductions amount to and that if this district is to continue to exist, substantial reduction in wages must be made. "These statements have not been refuted by the Workmen's representatives but a firm refused ,0 make any concession whatever has been the "Vol. So late as about a couple of months ago an- other effort was made. A meeting representative *f owners and workmen was held. at which a porter was present. The above facts were Again recited. It was further shown that at least ■St) per cent. reduction in wages must be made to enable the district to retain its trade. That the capita! invested, amounting in the aggie- gate to about half a million of money, was at the present time not only without any return what- ever, but further, that the properties were all actually losing money, and that the owners were now prepared to have these statements verified in any reasonable way. A verbatim, report of this meeting was circulated throughout the district. The men were balloted after this meeting. The vote given not only refimd to consider 20 per cent, reduction, but refused to allow the men's committee to attempt to make any terms what- ever, and this by a largo majority. Since that time trade has gone from bad to worgf. Prices further fallen, and the loss by every colliery Jias been so large that it has become impossible to carry on the works. This, despite the fact that every possible effort has been made to economise. The owners have, therefore, with great reluctance and regret, been forced to elose down their collieries, as it is obviously impossible to continue working them when not only is the capital in- volved bringing no return, but further money. and that on a large scale, has to be found to meet the losses being made." (Signed) ti Forest of Dean Owners' Association, p. July 8th, 1893." A Great Strike Probable. A Manchester correspondent telegraphs :— The first definite step towards carrying out the Resolution of the Federated Coalowners for the reduction ot 25 per cent. in wages commenced on Monday. It had been arranged that notices fthould not be given before the 8th July, and the stia^rs contended that such notices can only be Jgivt»n on making-up day at the respective ZoJtieries. These days commenced at the bulk of h Lancashire collieries on Monday, and occur at other pits on various days during the week. Any notices given on Friday or Saturday will be ob- jected to by the Miners' Federation, so far as *hev affect miners engaged under contracts. There is a general feeling that the notices for the proposed reduction will be resisted by the Miners Federation, and a general strike of the men seems inevitable. So far the probability of ft strike ha* ript appreciably increased tlie demand got coal. This is chiefly due to the depressed state of the coal trade, and to the general antici- pation that any protracted- strike oo tha part of jhe men is scarcely probable. The Lancashire and Cheshire Federation will Sneet next Monday to receive reports. Prospective Paralysis of Trade. A Hanley correspondent telegraphs :—If the JJorth Staffordshire coalowners should decide to jlose their pits all the manufacturers in the lotteries will also close their works. This will mean a complete paralysis of trade in the large towns of lIMnley. Stoke-on-Trent, Longton, BqHero, and Tunstall, and the locking out of 200,000 potters. The ironworkers in North Staffordshire are already in a starving condition.

3,500 MEN LOCKED OUT IN DEAN FOREST. The Colliers and the 25 per Cent. Reduction. BaUot papers had been issued to colliers in Dean Forest last week for them to say whether or not they would accept the 25 per cent, re- duction in wages, and a mass meeting was held on the Recreation Ground, at Cmderford, on Saturday evening. Mr William Simms presided, and said they had got what had been looked for for some months, and the climax was at length reached. (Hear, hear.) It was the work of their own hands, and they could blame no one but themselves that they bad brought out their tools. He was not going to say now whether they were ill-advised in refusing the sub- stantial reduction which was asked for last November. People said they were wrong. To- day they were not asked straight for a.ny reduction, simply to bring out the tools, and now they were out he could not say how long they would remain there. Colonel Beefy, in Notts, was not joining the Masters' Federation, and he wished there were a few others that would follow his excellent example. (Applause.) He pointed out that in Dean Forest they had always been willing to work in the shafts, which meant that whereas other districts got 40 per cent. rise, they got 32*4 on 19a basis, or 27 V* on the je and if masters succeeded in tins battle they would have 2% per cent. left. He did not think the men were going to let them have it. (Voices, '•Nor5 per cent.') (Applause.) At any rate, things would have to get worse before the men gave way. (Cheers.) Mr G. H. KOWUNSON, the agent, met with a warm reception. He said it was encouraging to eee how very cheerful the men were, although entering on a very serious business, for he con- fessed he saw no other course open bnt for the men to fight it out. (Hear, hear.) The Miners' federation of Great Britain had not forced on this struggle, but the circumstance was created by the miners of South Wales and Scotland. They were out in Dean Forest three weeks earlier than the other districts. It was the men that helped the masters out of their poverty in 1887, and now they had the audacity to force men to tak 25 per cent, less wages at one sweep. But, aa far as his impression went, no 25 per cent. at ene dose would go off the men's wages. Their ranks were closed up, and if the masters bad never made a mistake before one was made now. During the past week the Trades Union had paid in Dean Forest some :£6,000, and they would want £2,000 a week now. and the Federation of Great Britain would stand by them. (Applause.) Proceeding, he said ho had formed the opinion thftt the men were as resolute against that reduc- tion now as before. The figures were just made up, and he said the result was as follows For the reduction, 78; against, 3,430- (Loud and enthusiastic applause.) He pointed out that no men would be allowed to work at a reduction, but wherever any man had a chance let him return and work if at the old rate of wages. Votes of thanks concluded the meeting.

THE FEDERATION IN SOUTH WALES. Mr W. Brace at Merthyr; A meeting of colliery workmen was held on Monday evening at the Temperance-hall, :Martyr, at which addresses were delivered by Mr Wm. Brace and Mr Ben Davies. Mr Bates presided. Mr Ben Davies, in a powerful speech in the vernacular, advocated the claims of She Miners' Federation of Great Britain. —Mr Brace followed, and spoke ably of the aims of the Federation and of the work it had accomplished. He pointed out that while the sliding-scale recognised the principle that it wae the correct thing for workman's wages to be regulated by thing for workman's wages to be regulated by the selling price of coal, the M.P.G.B on the other hand said the selling price of coal should follow and depend upon wages. At Aberdare, a short time ago, a resolution was discussed and carried that if the men of Wales were going to amalgamate thoy mnsfc do so with their natural allies, the miners of Northumber- land and Durham. When he told them that Northumberland and Durham were amalga- mated with the Federation, be wanted to know, considering what the leaders had thus told them, what there was to prevent these people from amalgamating with the Federation of Great Britain. Ha ridiculed the idea that Englishmen would not support them upon the possible occasion of a strike in Wales, and assured them that the Federation, when the ime came, would be true to them, and, if need be, would lay all the collieries idle and paralyse the trade of the country.—The Chairman mentioned thai a lodge in connection with the Federation would be formed that night at the Globe Hotel, and that lodges would be famed at Troedyrbiw and other places in due course.—On the proposition of Mr Tfd Collins, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr Brace 'and Mr Davies for their speeches.—Mr Collins then submitted, "Thatthis meeting pledges itself to use all legitimate means to get the miners of Wales and Monmouth- shire to connect themselves with the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. "-Tb"s was duly seconded.—Mr Councillor Thomas moved as au åmendment-" That whilst heartily thanking Messrs Brace and Davies for their eloquent addresses, the meeting did not deem it advisable to pass a resolution pledging themselves to any organisation until they had had an opportunty of hearing both sides of the controversy; also. that the leaders of the South Wales organisation be invited to attend a similar meeting. "—The original motion was carried. Uanbradach Colliers and the Federation A largely-attended meeting of the colliers employed at the Llanbradach pits was held at the Llanbradach-hall on Saturday evening, under the presidency of Mr Charles Cobley, Bed was. This meeting had been specially convened to bear an address by Mr Mackay, Abercarn (agent), on the advantage of being connected with the Miners' Federation of Great Britain in pre- ference to the workmen's wages being regulated by the South Wales Sltdiug.sc&L-- -After several of the workmen bad spoken in favour of the Federa- tion system, a resolution was passed, without a disentient, to join the South Wales and Mon- mouthshire Bianch of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. Rhondda Sub-district At the monthly meeting of tl1.t Rhoztdda sub- district, a branch of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, held at the Porth Hotel on Satur- day, when 23 delegates, including officers, were present, the tollowing resolutions were passed "Seeing that the extension of business in the Rbondda sub district in con. nection with the Miners' Federation of Great Britain is increasing that we in future bold our monthly meeting on the first Monday in each month, that is the miners'monthly holiday." —"That a vote of condolence be accorded to the bereaved widows and orphans whose bread- winners lost their lives in the sad eatastrophe at Coombs Coll iery, Thornhill, nearDewsbury, York. shire."—" That we support oar victimised mem- bers according to rule." Settlement of a Dispute at Werfa. A dispute as to prices has been pending for four months past at the Werfa Colliery. This week Mr D. Morgan, miners' agent, Aberdare, has successfully settled the dispute, whereby over 250 men will resume work.

THE QIMRRYMEN'S STRIKE IN NORTH WALES. Ou Monday morning, at 8 o'clock, the workmen on strike, numbering 450, held a meeting in the Pabtic-ball to arrange for taking away their working tools from the quarry, as the ulanage. ment had ordered them to remove aft their tools from the quarry this morning. A procession was formed and a mote made in the direction of the quarry. Arriving there, the deputation was n.et by the manager, Mr Warren Roberts. After a prolonged interview, Mr Roberts communi- p cated with Mr Greaves at Criccieth, and the workmen were asked to remain on the spot for Mr Greaves's reply. This augurs well for an amicable settlement, and strong hopes are enter- tained t3iat the proprietors will not persist in the dismissal of the workmen's representatives.

SEAMEN'S WAGES AT~CARDIFF. On Tuesday the captain of a stearner which is lyiug at Cardiff attempted to get a crew at the Shipping Office at 93 5s sailors and £41.016 fire- men, being in each case 15s below the recagaiscd wages of the port. He failed, and then turned bis attention to gathering a crew outside to bo signed on board the vessel. Mr K. Catbery, district organiser of the Seamen's and Firemen's Union at Cardiff, forwarded to the board on Tuesday a petition numerously signed by seamen and firemen, asking the president to take steps to prevent the signing on of crews in the Roads and in the docks, the petitioners allegiug that the system was an encouragement to wholesale crimping. Mr Cathery informed a South Wales Daily News' reporter that cases are coming to light every day in which incompetent men are sent on board ships at low wages by a few crimps, and entered on the ship's articles as practical seamen. He has in his possession several statements by such men, who said they should never have been at sea if they bad not been, as it were, entrapped aboard a tug, taken to the ship in the Roads, and asked to sign on. In those cases it is alleged that the crimps took possession of the advance notes without giving the men anything in return. We understand that the Board of Trade officials at Cardiff are working energetically in the matter, and dealing with crjinxuug as far as the law will permit.

A COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOR PONTYPRIDD. A public meeting of the townspeople of Ponty- pridd, convened by 3fr Cb'rdbji;,X?Dox, who presided, was held on Monday evening, at the Town-hall, to take the necessary steps towards the formation of a cottage hospital, the site for which, together with the sum of 21,500 towards the cost of erection, had been generously pro- vided—the land jointly by Mrs Geo. Thomas, of the Heath, and Miss Thomas, of Llwynmadoc, and the monetary gift by Mrs Geo. Thomas alone. It was explained that a further sum of at least £ 500 would be necessary to cover the cost of building, and it was resolved that efforts be at once made to raise this sum by meaner of public subscriptions.—Mr W. R. Davies, solicitor, an- nounced that he would contribute. 920. (Cheers.) —The election of management committee fol- lowed, the following eight working men repre. sentatives, nominated by the various trades lodges in the town fand district, being elected en bloc Mr John Jones and Mr E. Morgan representing the build- ing trades Messrs W. Williams, Bloomer, and Edwards, representing the ehaintnakera, engineers, and smiths. Mr D. Long representing the workmen of the Peurhiw Colliti-y; Mr John Evans, Great Western Culliery and Air Gronow, the Albion Colliery. It was arranged that the medical gentlemen of the town should bo ex- officio members of the management committee, and that two more working men should be elected by the trades' council. After sojne dis- cussion the following gentlemen were elected members of the committee in addition to the 10 nominated by the trades' council: Messrs Hopkin Smith Davies, W. Joues-Powel, W. Seaton, William Jones, and David Leyshon. The office of president was, on the motion of Mr Wiliiam Jones, unanimously conferred upon Mr L. Gordon Lenox, who, it was pointed out, had taken a most active part in the movements for its initiation.—It was resolved that a salary of £ 10 per annuir. be attached to the office of secre- tary. and, on the motion of the Chairman, Mr J. M. Sprague was elected to the -,lost.-Thei-e was a large and representative attendance, and a good deal of enthusiasm was displayed.

SOUTH WALES TEMPERANCE ASSOOIA TION. Meetings at Mountain Ash. Meetings in connection with the above assoem- tion were held on Tuesday, at Bethania Chapel, Mountain Ash. Amongst those present were the Revs. W. J. Morris, Pontypridd; Morris Morgan, Swansea D. G. Evans, Owen Jones, J. Howell, MoantaipAsh and Messrs D. Grif- fiths, Cwmbwrla T. Jones Parry, and W. Bevan, Mountain Ash. In the afternoon a conference was held under the presidency of the Rev. Owen Jones, when an able paper was read by Mr W. Bevan, on The best method of attracting Young Men from the Public. house, He suggested that special atten- tion should be paid to the homes of the workmen. They should be made as cheery as possible, and the young men should be provided with books and papers. A reading-room should also be established in connection with all places of worship, and in all populous districts there should be good libraries, reading-rooms, and public baths.—Mr Griffiths, in proposing a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Bevan for bis excellent paper, suggested that it should be published in English and Welsh.—The motion was seconded by Mr Morris (Pontypridd), and supported by the Rev. J. Howell and Mr J. W. Jones. The following resolutions were passed by the executive committee (1.) That this txecntive Records its great satisfaction, in view of the deep interest manifested by the public in temperance reform, as witnessed by the numerous and enthusiastic conferences held in populous centres to promote public meetings and petitions in support of the Veto Bills now before Parliament; ai4a the executive, moreover, urges all friends who have not hitherto petitioned to proceed with the werfc without delay. (2.) That the executive, while thankfully acknow- ledging the unswerving of the Welsh members as a body to the cause of temperance, re- spectfully calls upon them again to ptess upon the Government and the House tba, great urgency of the Welsh Veto Btll, and to remind them that great and widespread discontent will prevail if this Session be allowed to pass without making real progress with the measure. Copies of the above to be sent to the Government and to the Welsh membera for South Wales and Monmouthshire. (S.) That this association is gratified to find b-ir Majesty has been pleased to elevate Sir B. B. Vivian to the peerage, trusting that Lord Swansea will be long spared to support temperance legislation in theltouse of Lords as he has always done in the House of Com- mons. (4) This committee congratulates Mr W. Williams, M.P., on his unopposed return to the House of Com- mons, and the Swansea District ou the good taste shown by the electors in returning to Parliament a supporter of temperance reform worthy of his prede- cessor, Lord Swansea. It transpired that 90 meetings had been ad- dressed during the quartet- by the Rev. Morris Morgan, the secretary, and other friends of the temperance cause. In the evening, at the same chapel, a successful public meeting was held.

SUICIDE OF A GORDON HIGHLANDER. James Martin, a private in the Gordon High- landers, committed suicide on Tuesday morning at the Royal Barracks, Dublin, by cutting his throa^ with a razor ina lavatory attached to the barracks. He is stated to have entered the lavatory ftt half- past nine o'clock, and was shortly afterwards found with bis throat cut. The deceased, who, it would appear, had been reduced from the rank of colour-sergeant, was aged about 38 yew/b aad W seen 18 yeaM* MVjøII.

THE ASSAULT ON A BAILIFF., The Verdict. The*business of the Cardiganshire Assizes was resumed at the Town-ball, Lampeter, all half. past 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, before Mr Jnstice Charles. On the previous day his lord- ship delivered a lengthy charge in reference to the two felonious indictments and four mis- demeanours that had been preferred by the Treasury against John Thomas (27), Pntyr. holied, and Watkin Griffiths (17), son olex. Councillor Griffiths, of Penlanfawr, both of the parish of Penbryn. Defendants were now indicted on charges of two felonies and four misdemeanours. The felonies are:—(1) Feloniously, unlawfully, and maliciously wounding Robert Lewis, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm; and (2) feloniously, unlawfully, and maliciously causing grievous bodily harm, with intent to do Robert Lewis grievous bodily harm; and, farther, causing grievous bodily hauti with intent to dis- able Robert Lewis. The misdemeanours are:— (1) Unlawfully and maliciously wounding; (2) unlawfully and maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm 3) assaulting Robeit Lewis by beating, wounding, and ill-treating him, and thereby actually occasioning actual bodily barm and other wrongs and (4) committing au assault upon Robert Lewis by beating, wounding, and ill-treating him. It may be remembered that the grand jury brought in true bills against each of tbe prisoners for two felonies and a mis- demeanour, a finding which really embraces the whole of the above counts. Mr Wm. Den man Benson and Mr Edgar !Foa (instructed by Mr H. R. i)aniel, solicitor, Cardigan) appeared on behalf of the Treasury and Mr Allen Upward (instructed by Messrs Ivor Evans and Stephens, solicitors, Cardigan) WM for the defendants. Great interest was evinced in the cases, the courthouse being packed by a mixed assembly from the hour when the jury were sworn to the close of the proceedings. The indictments having been interpreted by Mr Thomas, county-court office, Lampeter, the prisoners pleaded" Not guilty." The bames of the jurors who tried the case are:— Abraham John W. James. John Davies, Cjfoethybrenin. Jos.jph Bridgwater, Aberystwyth. Griff Morgan, Talybont farm. Kvan livans, Dehewid. Kichard Edwards, Aberystwyth. J. P. Lewis, Llwyniorwertha Ucha. Morgan Jones, Dolyrciiaiii. Thomas Hughes, Bryugwyimiawr. William Hughes, VaJnor Ucha. Kvan Davies Williams. Joseph James. Mr Benson proposed to take the case of tbe elder prisoner (John Thomas) first, and to charge him on the misdemeanour. Clerk of Arraigns Vnlawfuliy ahd maliciously wounding. I Mr Benson There is one indictment in which I with to include the misdemeanour. It con- sists of four counts. I Mr Justice Charles Then you don't wUh to proceed with the charge of felonious wounding Mr Benson No, my lord; my friend and I have considered the matter. leaving regard tu all the circumstances of the case—notwithstand- ing that the grand juries have found true bills on both felonious indictments—we think, exercising our discretion, the justice of thp case will be sufficiently met on the misdemeanour. On the application of Mr Allen Upward, Watkin Griffiths was allowed to leave the dock. Mr Upward observed that he intended to caltno witnesseSI Mr Benson having opened the case for the Treasury, called the tithe bailiff.

MR ROBERT LEWIS IN THE WITNESS- BOX. Mr Robert Lewis said I am the bailiff of the Nov/castia lSmlyn County-court. In the enrjy part of the month of May last I received in- structions to levy distraints for tithe rent-charge. The lauds in respeot of which I had to distrain were situated at Penlau. (The orders from the county,court were produced.) On the 5th May I visited Penlan to carry out those orders. I had with me an escorts, They were P.C.'s David Jones (9), Hughes (22), James (2b), and County Councillor Powell. We went in a waggonette. On reaching Penlan there was a crowd of about 100 people. This was about one o'clock in the afternoon. At Penlan I got out of the carriage. Seeing the occupier of Penlan, Mr Griffiths, standing near to the entrance of the farm, I went up to him and asked for payment of tbe tithes due, according to the orders of the county-court. His answer was, I will not pay if I can help it." I did not attempt to distrain. I wanted a little way along the road. P.Q. Jones was with me at the time. I was struck by somebody on the road. After that 1 went back to the carnage. I was followed to the carriage by the police and the county councillor, and we started to drive away. First of all the driver was on the right, P.C. Hughes on the box seat by his side, I sat in the conveyance immediately under Hughes on the left-hand side. On my right sat P.O. Jones, opposite to me sat C.C. Powelt. was just underneath the driver. On Mr Powell's left lJt P.C. Juries. Then the waggonette Started. We had proceeded only a very shoft distancs' when I suddenly received from behind ft terrific blow on the back rather behind the right ear. I felt the blood gushing out. I did not see anyone strike the blow. Immediately after another blow feU upon me. I was sinking to the bottom of the brake when I received the second blow. Tbe first fall made me totter. As the result of the second blow I sunk in a helpless state to thebottom of the conveyance, the blood flowing freely. I fell towards the left. It was moreof a glide than a fall, I feU with my head towards the driver. Immediately upon receiving the blow I did not become unconscious, but I was quite heipless. I saw the defendant Thomas shortly after the second blow attempting to strike again. That was the first time I saw him. I had seen him previously on that day. I can't say who struck the second blow. When at the bottom of the brake with my head resting on the seat I heard shouts to gullop away. I caw the erowd had become very much frenzied. I could not see Thomas follow the brake after we had driven away. The Mood continued to flow until we had driven about three miles. Then I became unconscious. On regaining consciousness I placed my handkerchief to the wound to stop the blood, and P.C. Jones also lent me his handkerchief fcr the same purpose. On recovering consciousness J: was at Troedyraur Rectory. I was in the carriage outside thelroue., I was asked by some of the police if I would take a little water. Some tea was, however, brought to me. From there I was driven on to my IOOg- ings at Newcastle Emlyn. A doctor was then sent for. Dr. Powell, of Newcastle Emlyn, came. He got there immediately after my arrival. It was probably from three to four o'clock. He told me to apply cold water to the head, and bathe it very frequently, and to go to bed. On the follow- ing day the doctor ordered physic, and that night —it would be about midniKht-I became uncon- scious again. Dr. Powell was again sent for. I wired to my own dcctor on the 6fcfi. He said he could not come. It was a distance of 30 miles. Dr. Powell attended me after two ov three unisonsciousnesst on the second occasion, I was in bed from the 5th until the 11th. Oil the latter day I asked Dr. Powell to let me get tip. He said I might, but I must be careful to remain in the shade. On tho lltii I got up foe two hours. I have not been able to attend to my duties up to the present time. I was also attended by Dr. Davies, of LlandyssuJ. I told him I wished to return to my duties, but he said, owing to the nervous shook I had received, it would not be advisable. I saw the stick 1D Thomas's hand I noticed the stick particularly in the morning when I first saw him. It was five feet long, about 1% inch diameter in the centre, and at the butt end of a length of about six inches it would be fully two inches iu diameter. It was an ash stick. CROSS-EXAMINATION. Mr Allen Upward What was the demeanour of the crowd when you arrived at Penlan on this morning and the afternoon Witness: On other occasions?' 1 am not asking you abont other occasions. I am asking about this morning. What was the demeanour of the orowd ?—Not particularly threatening, and yet there was something about them I did not like. Describe the "something" which you didn't like?—In the first place, on the previous day Describe the something about them on this day.—Most of them had large sticks in their hands. They, although not very escited, looked determined and resolute. The answer of Mr Griffiths that he would not pay them if he could help it was received with acclamation and ap- proval, with such like expressions as "Very good," "That ia the way to answer them." Those expressions were in Welsh. Anything else about the crowd you did'nt like f—The great preparations that had been made, as they termed it. to protect their pro- perty. The manner in which they clustered around me, and also when I walked along, the very careful manner in which they kept on tbe land side of the road. Mr Benson: That is between bianand the hedge, Mr Allen Upward: Anything else?—-Witness: The eagerness with which they watched my every movement. You had several times previously been to distrain on thu very land of Penlan ?—I bad. On those occasions did you try to force your way on to the Jand?—Not force; oo, not by foiw. If P.O. James said he saw you try to force your way on tbe land, would that be a mistake ? -Yes. Mr Justice Charles: Do you mean on this day ? Mr Allen Upward: On previous occasions, my lord. (To the witness) Is it your custom when executing distraints to walk along the road in the very way yon describe, and then, when the crowd are off their guard, to make a rush post them and turn on to the land that you wish to distrain or. ?—I have used those tactics on differ- ent occasions. Do you think the crowd were wMobiug you and clustering around you to prevent yon lining those tactics on this occasion !1 have no doubt of it. As a matter of fact, if you hadn't been frightened or struck, should you have used thoec taqtjcs on thw occasion ?—Not; not in that way. You had a constable following yon as you walked along the road ?—Yes. I put it to you—you were about to make a rush and get on to the land ?—No. You believe it to be your legal right to rush on to the land ia face of the resistance of the occupier ? m Mr Benson That is « question of law, my lord. Mr Allen Upward Quite so. I am not dis. puting the law I am merely putting it to hilo. To the witness; You belieye that is your right ? —If there is any person there to oppose me, I I'J11. instructed that I am; but tfeft* I amjiol to strike npybody, or push anybody, or attempt to squeeze him between anybody. Realiy J If you are attempting to get over a hedge, arid the owner comes and resists you and prevents your breaking in, you snmmpn bim for an assault, don't yon?—Yes. And no matter bow slight the resistance may be—it may be a technical assault—you get. him fined £5 ?—I have had serious assaults before when J65 have been inflicted. Have they inflicted for mere nominal assaults Not for those mere touches of which you speak. On a previous occasion, at Penlan, bad you. by these tadliC3-0f first walking along- the highway and then making a rush—trespassed upon tbe land at,Brynbedw ?—No, sir. Mr Benson When ? Mr Allen Upward: In December. To witness: Were you on that occasion turned off land which was said to be Brynbedw ?—Yes. Did you summon the owner of Brynbedw for assault—for tutning you off his land ?—I did. And was the caae dismissed by the county-court judge ?—It was;' What interval was there between the two blows which you say were struck at you when yon were sitting in the break 1—The blows were struck i Domed lately one after the other. Was it practically one act ?—No, sir. First yon said you fell to the bottom of the break and then to the side, aud then you glided down. As a matter of fact, did you not go upon your knees and then deliberately place yourself in a lying position ?--1 am not able to eay how it Was; but there was no deliberate act in tbe matter at all. I fell helplessly down. I believe the position you took up was a most safe and comfortable one. Mr Benson objected to tbe way in which the question was put. Mr Justice Cijarles: The witness denies that he took up such position. Mr Allen Upwdrd The position in which you were found after the hubbub was over was the moat safe and comfortable position No. It was the only position practicable. The waggonette was a short one, and I could not have lain at full length. My feet would be at. the door and my head would be bound to be at the box-seat. And do I understand you to say that you didn't know how you got into that position ?—No, sir. Were you perfectly conscious all this time ?—I was perfectly conscious when I lay on my back and the carriage was driving away. Did you furnish your solicitor, for the purpose of this case, with a statement of your evidence?— Yes. In that written statement did you say that yon were semi-conscious when you lay in the brake? -Yes You now say that yotj were completely con- scious ?—No I won't say that, but I was con- scious of \vls*fc passed around. Do you still say that you were semi-conscious? What state do you mean by being semi-con- scious ? Were you .berf&tly aware of all that was taking place ?—Although in a helpless state physically, t could realise all that was passing round. Your facilities were quickened, if Anything, by being semi-conscious ? (Laughter.)—I cannot say that they were. Did you observe what passed more keenly than other persons in the brake ?—I cannot say that I did. Did you go on observing, very clearly aU that passed till you had got completely away from the crowd ?—X didl/t know that I observed ail that passed, but I observed some things. And was it when there Was nothing else to be observed against the defendant that you liud, denly lapsed into unconsciousness. Mr Benson That is not the question. Mr Ailen Upward When did you say that you I became unconscious ?—When we bad driven some three miles away. Can you fix the exact spot ?—I W$ conscious I when we turned off at a place just below Glascosd Farm. I saw County Councillor Powell. He bade me Good-day." conscious of that. I knew nothing shortly aftejf until we arrived at Troedyraur Rectory, You didn't take out your pocket-book and make a note that you "had become pnconscious at that spot,'I sup^eJ^Np, 7 You regained edrawdtiwess when you got to the rectory. You are quite siife it was not rather before you came to the rectory ?—The first thing I knew was when the policeinan asked if I would have some water. When you saw Dr. Powell did he say anything about the character of the injury you had fe. ceived ?—No, sir; I don't think he did. Did you complain to him of internal symptoms which be could not see for himself ?— Internal ? No. On the 9th you were not seen in the garden by any chance smoking ?—Certainly not. Why did you call in Dr Dvie. ?—Because I felt very ill and wished for another medical gentleman to come to tne. On the day you called in Dr. Davies, waa your wound, as you call it, practically healed would be a scale over the wound at that time. On the 11th Dr. Davies me a certificate rtating I was unable to attend Penrhivvpal Sessions. On the 18th did you go into Newcastle Emlyn Petty-oessions wearing a large, conspicuous white plaster 1-1 did. When-did you first put on that plaster T—The day before. ',L' Who advised you to put it on?—It was suggested to me by those in attendance. Did your m»n recommend o. You didn't, of course, put on that plaster with any idea of magnifying your injury iu the eyes of the magistrates?—Certainly not. You say yoy are still unable to resume your duties ?—The doctor will, I believe, certify now that I am able to pursue my duties. Oh What doctor ?—Dr. Davies. t)r Powell had not attended me since the 12th May. Have you changed your doctor because vou have no laith in Dr. Powell's medical knowledge? —No it is becanse of certain remarks that I have heard that he bad used in Newcastle Emlyn remarks which the doctor himself denies. Am I to put it to you that the doctor did not think your injuries were as serious as you thought them yourseU ?—-The doctor is here to give an opinion himself. Is that the cause why ycu~teffc him ?—No. Because he didn'ttbiukyour injuries sufficiently serious?—No, You swore an informa^io^gainst the prisoner immediately after the bktwf^tter getting back to N ewcastle Emlyn ?—Yep» vi j.. Mr Allen Upward said^-the information im- plied a charge of felony. (To witness). Why did you require a warrant T-^Secause he might 6y the country. s J Have' you caused riUy^uestions to b& put in Parliament assuring the tfi|t(t.of the prisoner ? Mr Justice Charles W^Jtrieally—-(laughter)— that beats almost anything 1 have ever heard. Mr Allen Upward My lord, the subjects are all presumed to be present in Parliament, Mr Justice Charles: Oh, nonsense. As if any man could make this man responsible for a lot of questions that are being put in the House of Commons. Mr Allen Upward I fear that tbe case is pre- judiced. It was stated that the questions were put from information supplied by this witness. Mr Justice Charles: You ought not to have asked that question. JRE-BXAStlSATIOX. Re-examined by Mr Benson, witness said he had been bailiff of Newcastle Linlyn County-court since 1892- Have you, in the course of your tactics, used what I may call force, in the sense of striking blows with a stick ?—Decidedly not. And have never been summoned for any supli at ?—Yes I have. Was it dismissed V—It was, with costs against thp plaintiff. And what was tb. opinion expressed by the magistrates at the conduct of the person who bad brought the summon? ?—That he conld consider himself very fortunate if proceedings were not taken for perjury. From the 5th of May till the present time have you felt influences following from the blows 1-1 have EVIDENCE OF POUCK-COSSTABTES. Police-constables David James (26), David Jones (9), and Thomas Hughes deposed to seeing the stick descend. One of the offioets (Jones) said he caught hold of the stick which Thomaa had, whereupon Thomas hit the witness on the arm to make defendant let him go.—Conaty Councillor Powell heard the sound of a blow, and law Police-constable Jones take hold of defendant Thomas's stick. The demeanour of the crowd was orderly. MEDICAL TESTIMONY. Dr. Joshua Powell said he was called in by the bailiff on the 5th inst. The wound, 1%lu. in length, was a lacerated, contused wound, such a one as might have beeu caused by a blow of any description. It was not a ctean cut wonnd. Cross-examined: He could not call it a trifling wound. The external appearance might have been trifling; still, one did not know what had happened internally. Lewis was recommended to lie by, as a precaution. He told Lewis to wire to bis solicitor that he could not go to Penrhiwpal sessions. In saying that witness relied entirely on the bailiff's statement as to his condition. The plaister was not necessary on tbe 13th May. It may have been on the 18tb, because the wonnd may have been re-opened. Dr. Henry Davifts, Llandysaul, said he saw the bailiff on the 11th May. He was weak and nervous. On his head, above and behind the right ear, was a scab in process of healing. There was a swelling. Nervous tonics were prescribed. Lewis was told to go abont the garden of lus Jodginga. He was in an unfit state to pursue his duties. Me Allen Upward nervousness one of the things which can be very easily counterfeited by a patient ?—You con regulate the action of the heart at the command of the will. I have seen it tried certainly. That was the oase fop the prosecution. Mr Alien Upward I have anoint to raise on the first count. of this indictment-r-the count for unlawful wounding. Mr Justice Charles: I shall put it to the jury. J shall ask them whether they are of opinion that there was an aggravated assault or only an ordinary assault. Mr Allen Upward I thought I ought to raise the point becasse the magistrate have been attacked. Mr Justice Charles: By all means. 1 appre- fiate tbe point. I have heard the evidence of Dr. 'owell, and I now appreciate tbe course which the magistrates took. I tlaid yesterday, in charging the grand jury, that I did not venture to pronounce any opinion as to whether, they were right or wrong; but after hearing the evi- dence of Dr. Powell as to the legal division of the kin the question has lost its importance. Tne question is whether there was an occasioning actual hann or an assault, which might be caused by common assault. Mr Benson having addressed the jury, SP2ZCH rog. TEN DEFENCE. I Mr'Allen Upward commented upon the original charcre. whiob. if tbt defendant was found wetter. would send him to penal servitude; but now, because it was felt that no jury would find the defendant guilty on them, the serious charges were whittled down to a common assault. He (Mr Upward) hoped the jury would not be influ- enced by the attempts that had taken in Parliament to bias theic minds-. It was a most, odious and disgraceful thing for any man, even if he be a member of parliament, to indulge in a course of conduct whiph was calculated to assume guilt before the defendant was found guilty by a jury. Seven charges had actually been preferred against thedefendani» Hehad heard learned judges very strongly conqtjinn the practice of piling up a lot of charges, Mr Justice Vaughan Williams on that ciecuit bad condemned the practice, which had been adopted in the hope that one of the charges would stick. It had been called "The laying of atrap to catch a verdict." The case to which Mr Jn^tice Vaugban Williams referred was different to this. He was condemning a case in which those indictments were drawn as a matter of roijfine. There was something more than a course of routine in these tithe cases. He (Mr Upward) said there had been a deliberate and a wilful attempt on the part of the bailiff to exaggerate jtliis charge from the very first moment. RobLewis seemed to consider that the very lightest blow that could be struck upon him—a blow that would be treated as im assault if committed upon anybody else-ws to be treated as a felony because he was the official of a county-c^urt. He was perpetually going about trying to got into land, whether he was legally entitled to do so or net. A matter of appeal on' jfchat point was pending in tlie High Court, and ,'if they touched bim he dragged them to the flinty-court and got them fined. In the preset .instance the jury were asked to say that a sunlit wound, for which a doctor thought the Application of cold water was euffioient, WtW one of a Serious and a felonious kind. Parliament hail hot set such valuo upon n county-court bailiff as; Mr Robert Lawis did himself. Parliament had got a graduated sdale for punishments. If you raised a stick to the sacred person of a gamekeeper you could get penal servitude for seven years. If yon assaulted an archbishop at the altar you could get imprisonment for two years. For an ordinary individual the penalty was one year; but by i section 48 of the Tithe Act for as- I saulting a bailiff a fine of j35 was imposed. So much for the sacredne^s which that gentleman attached to bis person. (A laugh.) If an assault had been committed, the jury were asked to say that it was one that could lie dis- pnsect of by a line in the county-court. He (Mr Upward) maintained that an owner was entitled to oppose forcible entry by force. Mr Beuson$aid that only applied to the owner. Mr Ailon Upward said the owner could call in frieuds. Mr Justice Charles Sfifdi there was no evidence of forcible entry. 'J V,' Mr Alien Upward" êgnMnded that there was no evidence of anyom;having seen the blow struck except that of the office^ ,|?ho sat on the box seat. He said there were discrepancies iu the evidence, aud he asked the jury to teach Lewis a lesson how to behava in court* ot justice, and not to be carried away by an incited idea of his own importance..

SUMMING UP AND VERDICT. The Judge, in suminUig up, said it did^not matter what their opinion of tithes was. The question for them wa**his~was a blow struck ? If he sat in the box find a difficulty in disregarding the evidenole .of the four witnesses who said the blow was struck. The jury, after five minutes' private consulta- tion, brought in a verdict bf guilty of common aault. Judgment was reserved until the other case had been heard. A Second Case. Mr Allen Upward would not consent to a verdict of common assault against Watkin Griffiths. Mr Benson said if ths jucigs thought he was justified in taking that course he would not offer evidence. Tbe Judge said he WQlÙfluQt interfere. A fresh jury was then gwpru, and the evidence proceeded with. Mr Robert Lewis and P.C. David Jones deposed to seeing the defendant come up suddenly behind Lewis and strike ..nim two blows on the back of tho head, damaging a six-shilling hat. Mr Upward said this was a trumpery matter, which might have been settled by an action in the county-court. The jury, having retired for a few minutes, acquitted the defendant. Mr Allen Upward I think I am entitled to as for formal acquittals of the indictments for felony. The Judge You are entitled to note that the jury were re-sworn. After bringing in a formal verdict of not guilty against John Thomas and Watkin Griffiths on charges of felony, the judge pronounced formal acquittal on these counts, Mr Benson offering no evidence, but saying he would leave tho indict- ments on the file, endorsed Not proceeded with." The Judge, dealing with the first case and giving judgment, said tha jury upou the clearest evidence had found John Thomas guilty of an assjmjt. He (tho had to take into con- sideration all tl»« &fteu ois tauces or the c, aDd the fact that thejpsisooer'h*<* b«en acquitted of the more serioita cafirgy; Had hè"butftS<1 acquitted the verdict would be very different from that he abfriifc to pronounce, He thought *he endir pf jjisitidifc'WquTnJ; tiet jnet by tentencing him to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. The business of the assizes terminated at 5.45.

A COUNTY-COURT ACTION. Judge Bishop and the Superior Court. At the last sitting of his Honour Judge Bishop at Neweastle Emlyn Couuty.court, Mr H. R. Daniel, solicitor, Cardigan, pre- ferred a charge of assault on Mr Robert Lewis, tithe bailiff, against Thomas Owen, farmer and blacksmith, Stlash, Penbryn. who was represented by Mr Allen Upward (instructed by Messrs Ivor livans and Stephens, solicitors, Cardigan). It may be re- membered tliat, with a view of having questions of law decided by appeal, the facts were agreed to and the defendant was NotIce of nppeal has been lodged on behalf of the de- fendant, the principal ground being that the jurisdiction of the judge was ousted, inasmuch as Lewie, whilst clhnbinK; a' fnoe to enter the premises, exceeded his duty. M a bailiff, and that, therefore, upon the facts admitted, no assault was comuutted. We understand that counsel have been retained, and that the case will be brought on for hearing In the course of the present month. ■ •;

PEMBROKE OOCK AND THE ROYAL WEDDING, A Curious Echo of the Celebration. The marriage of the Dako and Duchess of York was celebrated at Pembroke Dock by a bonfire on the Barracks' Hill. To make the necessary arrangements fo¥? that boa fire, a com- mittee was appointed bya representative public meeting, convened at thft^n&tance of the Pem- broko Dock Chamber of CSjwtnerce. In order to secure suitable material foe-tbe fire, the captain- superintendent of the dockyard was apprpached. with the result that a considerable quantity of oaken planks was procured 'from the dockyard. Whether the committeeia*reed to purchase the planks or not has not what bM since occurred would] appear to suggest that they either did not, or, if ihfey did, they obtained them ou the specific urtidorstanding that they were to be consumed at tbe i bonfire in question. Certain it is, however, obtained the planks, and rm It is that a large number of wee t be seen lying some distauce f rotti*tbcf'buming pile on the evening of the weddirtpT<fcy« tV$'e not consumed. The next morning, a local tradesman removed the spare planks to his owir rtees.. Later au. the Metropolitan police detective officer attached to the dockyard visited the premises, and, finding the timber there, reported the fact to the authorities at the dockyard. Following that, the bonfire committee were conunuuieated with, and some of them summoned to an audience with Captain Fitzgerald. What actually took place at the interview is not known, but so fur as can be gathered the oommittee explained that the individual who had possession of the planks gave some old railway sleepers, which they thought would answer the purpose of a bonfire much better than heavy, oak, inexchanRe for them. As the result of further inquiry, it is rumoured that the captain-superintendent has ordered the planks to be returned to the storekeeper at the dockyard.

MAYORALTY OF CARMARTHEN. A special meeting of the Carmarthen Town Council was held at 140- town-hall on Tuesday, to appoint a mayor in the room of Mr James Davies, deceased. Dr. James Rowlands, the senior alderman, was ejected to the chair pro —The Chairman said$ha$he felt called upon to refer to the death of the mayor, Mr James Davies. He was a man full of energy, and took a great interest in pubhe work. His death was an undoubted 108900 the town. They aU joined in expressing their condolence with the family in their bereavement. He proposed that Mr Henry Cadle should be appoin,ted to fill the vacancy thus caused. He was a gentleman well versed in financial matters, arid r bis abilities would be particularly oseiul at the present junoture.—'Mr D. P. Roes seconded tho motion, whioh was unanimously carried.—The new Mayor, in responding, said he would perform his duties to the best of his ability, a»d tie trusted every mem- ber present would enable. bim to do go.—A vote of condolence was passed with the fanulyof the late mayor.

A CARDIFF STEAMER IN r COtUBtOM. The steamer Letvoenock, while on her voyage from Sulina to LondPb* th of grain, collided with a Greek steamer near Petji, and sustained very seriojBfl ifenjage. It appears that the steamer Lavj^^ipdiEf wfejch left Sulina on the |th inst., was run inw ^it'the 6th (Thursday last). Having been found" be leaking badly, every endeavour is being made to get her cargo of grain discharged, and as soon M this is accomplished the steamer will be docked for repairs. The steamer is one of the large fleet owned by Messrs Morel Bros.

I- THE editor of the Medical Annual alter a care- ful examination of Cadbur/a Cocoa, pronounces it to he both a fofftl and a b?Verage of the highest quality 141 SPEOTACIES TO iivit AW. SIGHTS, as reeoin mended by th«fB*<Ueal 5. Higl- street. Cardiff.

The Cholera. ARRIVAL OF THE WIDDRINGTQN. ACTIVITY OFTH^ CARDIEF SANITARY AUTHORITIES. The steamer Widdringfcon, of South Shields, on which there were several cases of cholera, including two fatal ones, wljile she was in the Mediterranean a few weeks back, arrived iu the Bristol Channel on Friday morning. The vessel had been expected on Thursday evening, but as she did not come in on that night's tide, a very sharp look-out was kept for her by those on board the sanitary authority's boat Champion, which is constantly cruising about in the roads. The manner in which the vessel was sighted and boarded i, perhaps, best told in the words of Inspector Jenkins, the chief sanitary inspector of the port, who has shown unflagging vigilance since the re-appearance of cholera on the Contiuent. Alderman T. W. Jacobs, the chairman of the health and port sanitary committee, who has personally super- intended the work of this important department both afloat end ashore, and has got everything into the most perfect working order, was seen on Friday, on his return from cruising in the roads, one of our reporters, and in his presence Inspector Jeukina made the following state- ment:— W Ij sighted the Widdrington at 6.15 this morning when she was off Suiiy Island, iu mid- channel. The weather was very uazy. We had been on the look out for her all night, and I recognised her from a description that had been given me. When we made for her and she saw us coming she blew her steam whistle, and we answered with oms. She was then flying the old quarantine flag at the foremast, the flag being a yeHowooewith a bluek ball over it. When w made up to her and sh« had stopped we hailed her, and were informed that all on board were well. We told the master, Captain Bsdlington, that we would conduit the vessel to the mooring station near the Fiat Holm, and we directed him to hoist the signal required by the cholera regulations, that is to say, J the national ensign at the mainmast head and the letter (a plain yellow flag) under- neath. This was done immediately. We told the pilot who had boarded the Widdrington some ten minutes before we cair.fc up to her that we would lead the way to the mooring station. The vesset followed in our wake, and at the given signal—the dipping of our pennant—she let go her anchor. VVe did not then board her, but immediately returned to the shore in order to cowimunicate with the medical officer of health. This we did by landing at Penarth and tele- phoning to town." Alderman Jacobs, in the course of an interview with our reporter, stated that Dt. Walford and himself proceeded out in tho Champion shortly after ten q'dock. The presence of the alderman there at th:tt hour excited a good of curiosity, and not a few suspected the object of his mission. Information of the vessel's arrival reached him somewhere about 9.15. The tug contained an ample supply of disinfectants. When the Widdington was reached the doctor went on board with the inspector, and •everything about the wasfouucl to be in a very clean and neatly-kept condition. It then transpired that there had been five ca?es of actual cholera on board, including the two that proved fatal, but most of the members of tha crew bad bean more or less ill. The last tp be attacked was so far convalescent on Sunday that lie wis able to undertake light work. The crew consisted of 21 hands aU told, and the disease had been confined to the seamen's ride of the forecastle. The men who died were sailors ;-the firemen ap- peared to have escaped. The CAptain seemed very much depressed at tho outbreak of the disease and its fatal effects, for the two men who died had only been ill 10 hours and 12 hours respectively, and they died within an hour a half of each other, their remains beinf buried at. sea. All the crew appeared tol Uiei in a very subdued and low-spirited state, as if* stilt experiencing the effects of a realisation of their alarming position. Alderman Jacobs added that the most complete and elaborate precautionary measures would be with regard to tho vessel. The pilot had not been permitted to leave her, and ehe would be kept tbe mooring- station until all danger was past. Every portion of the ship woul$be thoroughly disin- fected and cleansed, and it was probable tuat this portion of the work would not be completed be- fore Monday next. All the water on board, including that in the ballast tanks and the drink- ing water, would be pumped out, and the tanks thoroughly disinfected while all infected bedding nd clothttig would be destroyed. The ship had baen provided with a fresh supply of drinking water from the breakers on the sanitary boat. Entrance of the Widdrington into the Bute Docks. disinfection and cleansing of the steamer Wkldringtou, ol South Shields, which had been lying at the mooring station near the Flat Holm since her arrival on Fri- day morning, was completed on Monday. In tbe morning, Dr. Walford (the medical ooioKt) and Alderman T. W. Jacobs (the chaiiman of the health and port sanitary committee) went out to her on board the Champion, and jjave the neces- sary certificate for her ,d. The vessel then weighed anchor and made on the aftnoon" tide for the Roath B>£ifÎIJ, through which she, entered the :1.St Dock. Her arrivftr W$jw&tchei3 by a con- siderable number of people on the pier-head, and » great amouut of curiosity was manifested in her. She appeared to have been very thoroughly fumigated and disinfected, for every portion of her smelt like a chemist's labora- tory. An the deck-bouses and fittings appeared to have been recently painted, and everything about the steamer was in a very clean and orderly state. The crew looked in good health, and, beyond the strong smell of disinfectants, there was Bottung to indicate that the ship had had cholera on board and had ji oome ot of quarantine. She was boarded in the Roath Basin by the Custom House officers, but a number of other persons came on board at the same time, apparently from feelipgs of curiosity. The captain was spoken to by one of our representatives,, and asked tor a few particulars of his recent experience?, bat be mani- fested a strange dread of Pressmen, and declined to say anything. -■ -=

NEWPORT OHAMBEH OF COMMERCE. The Invitation to the MicjJand Company The monthly meeting of tli$Newport Chamber of Commerce Was held at be Town-hall on Tuesday, the president (Mr E. H. Watts) in the chair.—Before tho commencement of the ordinary business, the President proposed » vote of con- dolenne with the relatives of the late Mr J. R. C. Simpkins, who was a promiuent member of the chamber. The President remarked that they had known the deceased gentleman intimately, and all regretted his untimely death.—Mr G. 7. Jones seconded the proposition, which was passed in silence. The Secretary, Mr S. Williams, read the correspondence which had taken place with regard to the proposal to invite the Midland Railway Company to extend their system to South Wales. Replies favouring the }>roposal were received, and stating that deputations had been appointed to attend the conference, whioh is to be held at Newport, to consider the proposal, were received from the following authoritiesCardiff County Council, Swansea Harbour Trust, Neath Town Council, Llanelly Local Board, Aberavon Cor- poration, Bridgend Local Board, Byxry Local Board, Rhymney Local Board, Merthyr and Ystrad Local Board, Newport Corporation and Newport Harbour Commis sio nef., and Cbepstow Local Board. Motions favouring the scheme had been placed upon the agenda papers for consideration at the next meetings of tbo Carmarthenshire and the Cardigan- shire County Councils; the Tenby Cor- poration also favour the proposal. The agents of large estate holders in Cardiganshire, Pem- brokeshire and Carmarthenshire also strougly favour the scheme. Mr A. J. Williams, M.P., also wrote promising assistance in the matter. Communications had been opened up with the Midland Railway Company, and Mr G. H. Turner, the general manager, wrote to the effect that the company had not before them at the present the question of extending their railway to Newport; but the directors would carefully consider any proposal which might be laid before them. The chamber now proceeded to appoint a com. mittee to make arrangements for the holding of the proposed conference, and it was resolved that the following gentlemen be appointed a com- mittee, and also that they represent the chamber at the conference, namely, Messrs Jfi. H. Watts, W. E- Heard, C. White, L. B. Moore. H. J. Piilmgei, M. Wheeler, J. Young, and G. H. Llewellyn, with Mr S. D. Williams as secretary pro ten.-Mr J. Young stated that the town a meeting to consider the proposal had been called for Monday next the requisition presented to (he mayor asking him to sail the meeting was the most important document of the kind which had ever been presented in South Wales. He thought there were good grounds for believing that their hope6 with regard to a competing line for South Wales would soon be realised. Tbe Secretary read a letter from the Newport Postmaster.stating that letters posted in time tor the 11.30 j).m. collection at Newport were not delivered in London until inid-day on the follow- ing, owing to their being no train by which to forward otters for the early morning delivery.—- Mr G. H. Llewellyn thought that the time vviiaopportune for pressing the Post-office authorities and the Great Western Railway Company to provide a late train to Bristol from South Tyales In time to catch the midnight mail' for London from Bristol,—Mr Llewellyn moved a resolution to the above effect, and Mr L- B. Moors seconded the resolution.—The Chairman said that he saw no reason why the late train from pardiff to Newport should not be continued to Bristol.—The resolution was then unanimously adopted.—On the motion of Mr Thomas Parry/ seconded by Mr L. B. Moore,« similar resolution to that passed by the Swansea Chamber, of Commerce was adopted in favour of tho establish- ment of a special tribunal for dealing cheaply and expeditiously with questions between traders and tho railway companies as to the rates and charges. —The chamber als9 adopted a resolution in favour cf a scheme for prepaid foreign letters being sstftblished.

Lord Justice Kay has jltlit added £1,500 to a sum of £3,,000 given by him in 1891 to Jesus .College, Cambridge, to endow studentships in, theology in memory of Lady Kay, which we to be called the Lady Kay studentships. The learned Lord Justice w educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, but Lady Kay, who died in 1839, was 110 daughter of Dr. French, who was Muster of JfØ8, A&d « Cfepon of Jtyr.

WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. Welsh M.P.'s Drafting a Measure. The Globe says are informed that some of the Welsh members are engaged in drafting a Bit! for the Disestablishment ot the Church in Wales, which they intend to submit for the cou- s'deration of the Government at an early ocpor- tunity. Welsh M.P.'s and Mr Gladstone. Mr Stuart Rendel presided over a well-attended meeting of Liberal members for Welsh con- stituencies which was held on Tuesday evening in one of the committee-rooms of the House of Commons. At the close of the meeting, which occupied about an hour, the following com- mumcation was made to the Press :— Mr Gladstone has, in answer to a memorial signed by 30 Welsh members on behalf of Welsh Disestablishment, undertaken to make communication on the subject as soon as the Irish Government Bill is substantially through the House of Commons, and the Welsh members have decided to wait until such further com- munication has been made befote taking any further ttep." A motion was brought forward to authorise the publication of the letter received from Mr Glad. stone, but, upon a division, it was found that a majority, although not a large one, were against the publication of the letter. In connection with tbe Welsh Disestablishment question, Mv Gladstone, replying to a correspon- dent, says it is an absolute untruth to assert that he is intending to escape from fulfilling the obligations of the Liberal party in regard to Church Disestablishment in Wales. The Campaign Committee. A meeting of the campaign committee waft held at 1 ilandrmdod on fnday, theRov. Aaron Davies in the chair. The Secretary (Mr J. Machreth Rees) reported that during the last two months nearly 30 Welsh Disestablishment meetings had heenneld in different towns in England, includ- ing such important centres as Stockton-on-Teea, Stoke-on-Trent, Stony Stratford, Hackney (Cen- tral), Norwich, Trowbridge, Shipley, Queeusbury, Bradford, and Chatham. Either a Welsh member of Parliament, or a deputation sent direct from Wales, spoke at each of these meetings. Pamphlets and leaflets deal- ing with the question^ nad been distributed by the thousand all over the United Kingdon). Arrangements were made to issue some fresh literature dealing with the latest development of the case. The committee is nt present actively engaged in collecting evidence as to the means by which signatures to the peti- tions against the Suspensory Bill Were obtained. When the proper time oomes-some startling-revelations about this matter may be expected. Arrangements were also made to make a thorough canvass of Wales and the English towns for subscriptions to carry on the agitation. It is to be hoped that the response will be both prompt and libaral, because the expense connected with the work that the com- mittee has now on hand is very heavy.—A letter way read from the Rev. W.M. Thomas, Caerieon, stating that he was obliged, owing to hus wife's iilaess, to resign his membership of the com- mittee. The resignation was accepted with regret, and the executive of the South Wales Liberal Federation are to be requested to fiU up the vacancy. Messrs Humphreys Owen and C. R. JbneS were added to the literature committee. The following resolution was unanimously passed:— That this committee rejoices to understand that the Welsh Parliamentary pArty have taken steps to remind tbe Government of the pledges given to Wales by the liberal leaders and by the Liberal party in general, and desires to express its strong hope that nothing leg will be accepted by the Parliamentary party in satisfaction of the nation s demands than that a com- plete Bill to Disestablisb and Disendow the Church in Wnjee eball have precedence over all Ministerial measures in the next session of Parliament, unless it be necessary to re-introduce the Home Rule Bill, in which case this measure only shall have precedence, i ThW ^ncliided the meeting.

SIRWJlFRJO LAWSON AND THE DIRECT VETO BILL. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart., M.P., has addressed the following communication to the secretary of the United Kingdom Alliance House of Commons, July 8fch, 1893. "Dear Mr Whyte,—I do not wonder at your being a little anxious when you see so many Eolitical prophets forecasting the course of public usiness, and studiously avo:ding any mention of the Government's Liquor Traffic (Local Control) Bill. But I do not think that you need be much troubled on that account. It is evident now that, after tlie Irish Bill has been got out of the House of Commons, we shall have an autumn sitting to forward the measures promised in the Queen's Speech. Surely you need not be under any apprehension .ttfiat the Liquor Traffic (Local Control) Bill will be suddenly dropped out of the list. The demand for it outside is as strong as, or perhaps stronger than, is the demand for any of the other measures in the Government programme. Remember, that in a former Parliament we passed three resolu- tiqijs jn its favouj^ that a general election has, been wdii"quite as much, iu PlY opinion, on it as on any other question; that Mr Gladstone has declared the Liberal party to be united as one man inQf the pelicy embodied iN the Bit!; and that the Bill iteelf-tbougli not perfect —is the largest step towards the overthrow of the liquor traffic whioh has ever been endorsed by a Government. Remember also how gallantly Sir William Hargourt. who takes charge of the Bill, has nailed hia colours to the mast.' Certainly, so far, we have little or no fault to find with the Government. They are honestly endeavouring to fulfil the pledges which they gave us at the general election, aud there is not the slightest evidence that they have any dis- position to play fast and loose with the Bit!. But they could not do so even if they bad such disposition. Lord Roaebery de- clared that the temperance men are the backbone cf the Liberal party.' The Bill which has been brought in, in response to their demands, has roused the liquor power to intense and extraordinary animosity, and their support is gone for ever from the Liberal party. Is it pos- 8ibloto suppose that the Government, having thus finally estranged the great drink monopoly by introducing the Bill, will straightway proceed to alienate the temperance party by withdrawing it ? It ip difficult euough for a Government to get oa when supported by one party, out if it is supported by neither party, anyonecau see wlmt must necessarily become of it. Our friends need not fear. Our position is growing stronger every day. No doubt the delay iu getting on with the Bill is intensely aggravat- ing. But let ua utilise that delay by still further educating and enlightening public opinion on our great question. If wo persevere in this course, we may be as assured of within a measurable distance of time as we can bo of any future event—Yours truly, WII-PWD LAWSON James Whyte, Esq., "Secretary United Kingdom Alliance, 16, Dean?gate, Manchester.

THE lATE~mPUnTOF THE VICTORIA. Proposed Memorial at Jesus College. We have received from Professor Hawker the following interesting letter, con' taimng an admirable suggestion as to the per- petuation of the memory of Chaplain Morris, who perished, so gallantly op the flagship Victoria. The suggestion, we venture to say, id one that should receive the cordinlendorsement of patriotic Welshmen everywhere :— TO THE EDITOR SlB,—I be much obliged if you will allow me to make it known in your columns that it is proposed to place injects College Chapel some memorial to the late Rev. S. S. O. Morris, who lost his life so bravely on H.M.S. Victoria, Mr Morris was a distinguished member of this college, as bis contemporaries and friends are well aware. The nature of the memorial will depend on tho response to this appeal. Subscriptions will be received by the Vice-principal.—I am, &c., W. HAWKER mjGHES. Jesus College, July 8th, 1893..

THE ROMAN fORTIFIOA TtQN5 NEAR OHEPSrOW. In extension of the important series of Roman fortifications extending along the lower course of the Wye, an unrecorded line of rampart has just been noticed in the beautiful grounds of Mrs Price, at Petmioel House, between the camps of Tutslnll and Llancant (Llaucoed). The line reaches froip the top of a cliff near the roadside, above Mrs Price's coach-house, in a diagonal Una through the wood on the summit of the cliff above the Wye; and there are indica- tions lot a branch near the summer, house in the wood, giving the work a tri- angular ahape. In one place the rampart is in tine preservation. It does not run alone: the top of the Wye cliffs in a parallel line, but tends in the direction of Warewod's Green House in- land, and is a further proof that the so-called Offa's DyJce jn the neighbourhood was apt a mere Saxon boundary line, but a prolongation of most important Roman foetifications. As to the sup- position that the lower part of the keep of Chepstow Castle is of Roman masonry, Mr John Bellows, the great authority on such matters, writes;—"Ih*reno doubt whatever thou art right, and that it is Roman. The whole district is so." Professor Rhys writes it always struck me it was a very strange dyke, especially in your neighbourhood. I am delighted to think there is a prospect of your sleeping away the last relics of it. So I have been watehing the paragraphs from time to imfll in the papers as to the progress of your researches.'

FATALITY AT CARDIFF DOCKS. Shortly after noon onTussday, P.O. Hue ton, of the Bute Docks Police Force, was informed that a man had fallen into the West Dock. On making a search tiro body of a man named W. Rick, engine driver, employed- on board the SAI. Rover, at present lying iu the West Dock, was found. It; appears that Ricks and another man from the same boat named David James went ashore shortly before noon to obtain some provisions, and it is supposed deceased must hare fallen out of the littfe boat In which he was rowing buck to the 8teMner.-In the evening, Mr E. B. Reece, the coroner Cor the district, held an inquest on the body at the town-hall.—The jury returned a ver- diet of "Found drowned," there being no evident* to .k9\Y bow the 4 get iuto, the water.. >

It ia rumoured that Lord Hannen proposes to retire at no distant date from his judicial seat in the House of Lords as a Lord of Appeal in Ordi- nary, in which case, it is believed, he will be suc- ceeded by Sir Horace Davey. The Sultan of Turkey dines in solemn state. He uses neither table, plates, knife, nor fork, but only a spoon and bis fingers, with which he fishes out his food from a series of little sauce- pans. He generally has a large retinue in attendance, but he always eats and drinks alone without even a favourite wife to break bread with him. In some caustic allusions to the Progressive financial policy of the London County Council, the Standard, having referred to the unfortunate scheme of Mr Tims for realising unearned increment," remarks Mr Henderson was the poet and prophet of Betterment; Mr Tims is known as the organiser of Hyde Park demonstra- tions. Their joint reputations have been sacri- ficed for rather leSli than the change for a sovereign." In Honey Creek Township, Iowa County, Iowa, a mile and a half north-east of Kaszta, on a bank of the Iowa River, there is an arboreal curiosity in the sbapo of "twin elms," which are 7tt. apart, but unite their trunks like the Siamese twins at a height of 30ft. The trees are each 2ft. 6in. in diameter, and their trunks combine for a length of lQtt. Their height from the ground to the topmost twig is about 90ft" aud the spread of the branches is about 75ft. across. Mr Walter Besant, on his arrival in New York the other day, had little else but theold story totell tha interviewer. The principal topics engaging the attention of authors in England just now." said the novelist, "are their relations to pub- lishers. The question simply is how great a part of the proifts from the sale of a book shall go to the publisher, and how much to the author," and so on. class surely had a more devoted champion than the authors have in Mr Besant. What is probably the oldest prescription in existenoe was translated, with other "medical papyri," in the course of a recent lec- ture by Professor A. Macalisher, F.R.S. It was for a wash for promoting the growth of the hair of the mother of King Chata. a second king of the first dynasty, who reigned about 4000 B.o. This is the translation Pad of a dog's foot, 1; fruit of a date palm, 1; ass's hoof, 1. Boil together in oil in saucpan. Direc- tions for useRub thoroughly in." At 20 years of age a temperate person is sup- posed to have a chance of living for 44 years. Should the samo person, still living a temperate life, reaoh the age of 66, the chances are that he will live 14 years longer. At 20 years of age an intemperate person is calculated to have a chance of living only to the age of 35: while if be sur- vives to 60 his chance of life is limited to eight years more. The death-rate emong the iutem- jierate on beer is about 46 per 1,000 while that of intemperate 011 spirits reaches the high average of 60 per 1,000. Journalism hM just received a recruit from the Church. About two years ago Mr Benson Thorpe, a nephew of the Archbishop of Canter- bury, and an assistant priest at St. Matthew's, one of the very few advanced churches in Pro. testant Sheffield, reverted to the old faith, and entered a Roman seminary at Leeds to be trained for the priesthood. Subsequently, however, he came to the conclusion that the ministry was not his vocation, and having come up to London, he has thrown in his lot with journalism,*ud is now on the staff of the Toilet. r The new chief constable of Margate, Mr Farn- dale, started, like bis uncle, tbe chief constable of Birmingham, from the bottom rung of the ladder. A native of Wakefield, he began life in an apothecary's shop, but at the age of 20 abandoned the pestle and mortar and took service in the Halifax police force. His choice of an occupation was justified in the event, for in four years he rose to be chief clerk, and five years later was appointed head of the detective de- partment. He is still a young man, having yet to complete his 3lst year. Here is a fresh item about the Duchess of York's wedding dress. The toilettes worn by the bride and her bevy of youthful attendants were duplicated in miniature, small dolls fully arraved being in the first instance submitted to the tehees of Te-ck. In this form they gained serene approval, but subsequently—and not unnaturaUy-a Royal grandmotherly finger was inserted iu the trousseau pie. with the result that several faults were found, necessitating alteration in the original designs, the skirts of the bridesmaids being praactically remade to carry out the suggestions made by her Majesty. The Pope has received from America a phoho- graph as an acknowledgment for tbe.Papa.1 saluta- tion be conveyed through the instrument which was exhibited to him some time ago, by means of which he beard once more rhe voice of Cardinal Manning. The present will not be merely a toyr for Leo XIIL intends to utilise it for hit corres- pondence, which has hitherto been dictated to Monsignore Augeii. The secretary will hence- forth take- down the words from the phonograph. The instrument is provided with cyhnders, and the first phonogram, it is said, went to the Ger- man Emperor to congratulate him on the result of the elections. Beekeeping, to which the Baroness Burdett- Ooutts is calling attention in the papers, is one of those arts the secret of which the peasantry and working-men of England have not yet lojved. Here and there it is prosecuted with success, but it has never "caught on" as it might do and as it should dQ. Beekeeping is no trouble, and may become exceedingly profitable. It can be followed almost anywhere. At one time a beekeeper kept his hives on the top of a house in the Strand, and by marking his brood discovered that many of them went as far as Hauipstead for their food. But it is in the country that bee-culture appears to the best ad- vantage, and may even be made to pay the rent. A recent writer inj the Magazine of Natural History aska the question whether ants talk, and relates that one day he saw a drove of small biack ante moving apparently to new quarters, each carrying some of the household goods. Every timo two met in the way they put their heads together as though they were chatting. To in- • vejjtigate tbe matter he killed one. aud the eye- witnesses of the murder hastened away and laid their heads together with every ant they met.' The latter immediately turned back and Bed on another course, as if it bad been told, For the king's sake and for your safety do not go there, for I have seen a monster, just behind, that is able to deefcrov us all at One blow." How, asks the writer, was the new4 communicated if not by speech ? The Right Hop. K. Mai-joribanks, chief Liberal Whip in the House of Commons, must have beeu the recipient of many congratulations on Satur- day, when he celebrated his forty-fourth birth- day. Though a Scotchman, and the heir to a sent irijthe House of Lords—being tbe eldest son of Baron Tweedmouth—Mr Marjoribanks is a very popular personage in this the most democratic House 4,.1 Commons we have yet had. It has, indeed, been said that he is the ablest whip ever possessed by the Liberal party, though that is an exaggeration, Mr Marjoribanks — pronounced Marshbanks, by the way—is undoubtedly among the best; and he has stood the strain and stress of this Home Rule session with fortitude, ability, and that unfailing urbanity which is so large an element in the success of a Whip. The only other Ministerial office be has held is that of Comp- troller of her Majesty's Household, and that only for a brief term. Mr Marjdribanks is a member of the Inner Temple.—Morning Leader. The prehistoric village of Marsh, near Glaston- bury, is receiving more and more attention from antiquarians. On the oecasion of a recent visit by the members ot,the Cardiff Naturalists' Society considerable interest was excited by the numer- ous remarkable objects unearthed in the excava- tions. The members proceeded to the site of the village (about a mile distaut from Glastonbury) and were received by Mr Arthur Bulleid, its dis- coverer, who ia now superintending the excavations, and who pointed out the features of this remarkable place. There were seen the remains of cho huts, with their foundations of layers of Iocs and clay, causeways constructed with piles of oak and per- fectly finished grooving, wattle work looking as fresh as the day on which it was erected, and other evidence of the skill of the dwellers in this ancient settlement. The village hac been visited by Ptofessor W. Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., and other eminent autiquarians, and is supposed to date between 60 B.O. and 600 B.o. The site was for many centuries under water, and was only reclaimed abont 300 years ago.) The Evening News and Post gives us rather a large order. It asks us to be responsible for the moral delinquencies of Messrs Tims and Hender- son, of the London County Council, on the ground that we strongly supported the Progres- sive party to which they professedly belonged. We may ask the Evening New, and Pott what it would think if we asked it to be responsible for the villainies of two members of a much higher tribunal than the London County Council-Mr de Cobain and Mr Hastings—both of whom are now undergoing sentences for terrible crimes, and both of whom were members of the Unionist party, whioh the Evening New. and Post strongly supported with all the ability at its command. Our contemporary would say that we were not chivalric enough to observe tbe rules of fair fighting. We regret also to. say that the St. James's Gazette, which ought to know better, also tries to make political capital out of the scoun- drelism of the convicted couDoilJor..T"c Daily Chronicle. I A Paris correspondent writes The suicide of Mile. Wanda de Kaszyc may give for a few'days a sort of romantic interest to Prince Victor Napoleon. The young lady was of a good Russian family, rich, in the best society, and a beauty. She lived with her mother and stepfather, M. and Madame Metohkovvsky, in the Avenue Louise,"the Aveuue du Bois de Boulogne of Brussels. M. Metchkowsky is a Privy Councillor of the Czar, and a Financial Agent of the Russian Treasury. Ho had for an over-the-way neighbour Prince Victor. Mile. Wanda probably was a girl of the Marie B&skirtcheff school. She fell in love with the Imperialist pretender from seeing him from her window, and wrote love letters to him. He neglected to answer them, and this so affected her spirits that she shot herself in the heart with a revolver. A note written by her a few hours before she carried out her suicidal determination speftks of her despair at Prince Victor's coldness. She was ready to dsvote herself te the work of getting him restored. The day before ehe killed hetaelf she visited the grave of General Boulauger and Madame de Bonuemain to lay flowers oa it. Sir John Blundell AIaple, M.P., who hAil suffering for three weeks from internal shows very little improvement, and is fined to his bedreoin. -b Mr W. H. Greufell, M.P., is laid up at Tap p Court with typhoid fever, but it is believed thtt the attack ia a mild one, and he is reported to progressing favourably. Sir H. Gilzean Reid, the unsuccessful LibtfC candidate for the Handsworth Division at the 1** election, baa been unanimously adopted as wP Liberal candidate for Wednesbury. What does this mean ? The Irish Weekly 1* dependent says :—" The most humorous sow ever sung is God Save Ireland (new verMPiM; It was sung by the Carties in Dowlais." Everyone will be sorry to hear that the beaKf of the Princess Maud of Wales is the cause <* much anxiety to her parents and relations. TW young princess, who is the best-looking of tM Princesses of Wales, and as accomplished ai» charming as she is pretty, has never been strong and does not seem to grow stronger as time goilt on. She is but seldom seen at State ceremonifl and entertainments, and everything is done spare her fatigue and excitement. Those engaged in the manufacture of soap, •* £ their name is legion, will be interested to kno* that the housewives in Florida scrub their øoOl" with oranges. Go into almost any town in orauge-growiug districts and you will see wj* women using the luscious fruit exactly as housekeepers use soap. They cut the oranges '■ halves, and rub the flat exposed pulp upon tl# floor. The acid in the orange doubtless does tM cleansing, but at any rate the boards are as w as snow after the application. Lady Llangattock attended at Buckingbalj Palace to present a wedding gift to the Prince" May from the borough of Monmouth. The nr-i, sent took the form of a handsome album, deeignCf by Lady Llangattock, containing views of tK Wye Valley and the Hendre. The Royal blOJ velvet cover is embroidered in silk with a wreatf of pink and white may blossom around the naU" May," and at each corner of the book is th| Rose of York in white with a gold border. Tfe*, title page bears an illuminated inscription. The many friends of Madame Antoinette sbo"- ing will sympathise with the well-kito ndmeaw vocahat on the great bereavement she has go. m-stained by the death of her husband. A oantM graD) has been received from Australia, wbsffe Madame Sterling had been touring, briefly notifjf" ing the fact. Mr John Mackinlay, who, like h& wife, was of American birth (Madame Steriiul was born at Sterlingville, N.Y.), was 0? musician, but was well-known and generally esteemed in musical circles. They were married ( in 1875. I Apropos of recent criticism of the use of tM. f motto of tlie Prince of Wales in its Welsh aigoitj* cation, it may not be amiss to refer to ot. authorities than Webster's concerning its deri* tion. One of the best American eyolopædi The International Cyolopedia" (Dodd, Mb and Co.)—gives the following under "Ich DieD, According to one theory of its derivation, tw, Eh rase was employed by Edward L on pruentit4: is new-born son, Edward of Carnarvon, to the Welsh, nstm the expression in its Welsh signifi* cation-Riellr dyn, 'Behold the man.$ Mauricien Norton, the notorious deceiver of At Millevoye and others, is a criminal who b" already suffered three imprisonments in Franc* He is a native of Port Louis, and is a mulatto °* a pronounced type. It seems incredible that such a man, clever though he undoubtedly is, should have been able to deceive three newspaper editorf and half-a-dozen deputies into behaving bit monstrous fabrications. The fact is, however* that the deep jealousy of England which is to b* found in the breasts of myriads of Angle* phobists in Paris is the basis upon which Norton worked his nefarious scheme. That he ha* ruined the reputation for shrewdness of a greav number of persons will hardly compensate htiu it a way of reflection for the weary term at tb< galleys which be is bound to serve by way 0* expiation. We greatly regret to announce the death 01: Henry Nettleship, Corpus Professor of Latin iO the University of Oxford, which occurred 00 Monday at his residence in Bradmore-road* Oxford. The oause of death was typhoid favert from which he had been suffering for thrO4 months, the symptoms throughout having beeC unusually severe. He has succumbed less thaf eleven months after the terrible death of bij brother, Richard Lewis Nettleship, who perished of exhaustion during a storm on Mont Blanc oN the 25th of last August; and thus, within year, the University of Oxford has lost two of tb'. most distinguished of her sons, and a remarkably family two of its most eminent membeis. Hen#' Nettleship was born in 1839 at Kettering, and W** one of four brothers who have attained to COu- siderable distinction. Among men of letters who have not fourt marriage a failure is M. Alphonse Dande*' His manage is described in this month's IcUefy and his love for and pride in his wife is referred; to. I often thmk of my first meeting with her, he says. I was quite a young fellow, and a great prejudice against literary women, an" especially against poetesses but I came, sa*»j and was conquered, and I have remained undo" the chirm ever since. People sometimes aek snlÏ if I approve of women writing; how should pot, when my own wife has always written, when all that is best in my literary work is owiii# to her influence and suggestion ? There are whw| realms of human nature which wejmen canno*. explore. We have not eyes to see, nor hearts tI understand, certain subtle things which a worn perceives at once yes, women have a mission to, fulfil in the literature of the day." Listen to this tribute to Walsh music from tbt Daily Chronicle: That the Welsh are musical people very few parsons after givinf attention to the subject have seriously atteniptw, to deny. It is impossible to spend a short ti,811 in any part of the Principality without becoming convinced upon, the point, and it was only 10t autumn that Mr Gladstone said, 'If you want W know whether the Welsh are a substantia* historic race, go, and listen to their musie.' I sparsely populated rural districts, as amid tbt lakrge mining communities, affection for tilt national melodies and the legend or sentiment to which they are wedded is something beyond name. Often of late years authentic stories ba.Y' been narrated of groups of imprisoned minett being cheered during the preparations for rescue by some sweet-voiced courageous companion I versed in the touching, homely, and herolo ditties sung by his forefathers. In no quarter too, during the past half-century has the chorft! practice of musiq increased to a greater extent taking the area into acoount, than in gaUaJJ little Wales. One of the most readable of the articles in t!i# Sunday Magazine" is a sketch, partly descrip^ tiv partly biographical, of Dr. Newman IJSII at Home." Dr. Hall, after many years of devoted service as an author and preacher, still seems t* find life worth living :—Dr. Hall sustains a blitb* spirit, and his physical powers are the wonder of all his friends. Thirty-three of his annual blv daya having been spent in Switzerland, he is t. veterau Alpine climber, and only last year joyj fully participated in au experience of six hoat* climbing up the seracs of the Gorner glacier- which made a great "record" even for party of young people whom lie haf t been induced to accompany. He is oftetf "up with the lark," reading or writing befwj breakfast, and at home he can still do a tramp o* 20 miles in the course of a day without exlir.uS" tion. In several respects Dr. Hall is singularly like Mr Gladstonet in none more so. perhaps than in the impression of buoyant youthfulne J Since be was freed from the responsibility w watching over the multifarious affairs of a great organisation he seems really to have renewed bi» youth, and as the visitor, after being duty impressed by the air of culture and distinction which are a characteristic, notes his healthy colour, his bright eyes, and his tall figure straight and alert, he ventures toprediot that the man wbO was licensed to preach in 1840-strauge anomaly this from our point of view to-day !-will live t4 give lessons in faith, courage, aud hope to tbt oung men of the 20th century I

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