The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS,MARRIAGES,& DEATHS. BIRTHS. DA VIES. December 13th, at 7, Victoria-gardens, Neath, the wife of J. Howell Davies, of a daughter. SAW.—On December 9th, at Cresswell Villas, Neath, the wife of Edmund Law. of a daughter, x DS.Ou the 13th inst., at 55, Ninian-road, Cardiff, the wife of R. T. Richards, of a son. 287 MCE,A,;DFDec. 7th, to Mr and Mrs T. J. ,.T Richards, Rock House, Pontrbydfendigaid, Cardi- ganshire. a daughter. 230 MARRIAGES. EVANS-SMITH.-On December 13th, at the Lavington Chapel, Bideford, by the Rev. W. G. Summers. A.T.S., AllreO Evans, of 6, Market- street, Appledore, Devon, to Lilium Mary Smith, of 17, Myrtle-street, Appledore. WILL1COTT—PARSOJiS. — On 23rd November, 1903, by special licence, at Cape .Town, South Africa, Eveline Gertrude, eldest danghter of Clifford James Parsons, of Cardiff, to Henry John, eldest son of Capt. B. Willicott, also of Cardiff. 298 DEATHS. CHAPMAN.—On the 9th inst., at 46, Montague- street, Hartlepool, Annie, the beloved wife of William Hughes Chapman and daughter of James R. Evans, 44. Cambridge-street, Grangetown. 269 DAVIES.—On December 6th, at 2, Wells-street, Cardiff, William Davies, painter, passed away (son of W. W. Davies, painter). I)AVIES.-On the 7th inst., David Davies, Canton House, Cilfvnydd, aeed 60. DEVINE.—On December 10th, at the County School., Barry, James Devine, late Bute Dock gateman, the beloved husband of Isabella Devine. EVANS.—On Dec. 13th, at The Anchor, Merthyr, Eliz. Evans, wife of J. B. Evans, in her 56th year. EVANS.—December 7th, Talarlor, Barmouth, 'Rev. David Eva-us, M-Avformerly head master of Lewis s- Endowed School, Gelligaer, Cardiff. 47 EDWARDS.—On 9th inst., at The Bryn, Newport, Anne Farrant, widow of late Rev. David Edwards, aged 83. 986 ELSWORTHY.—On the 10th inst., George Els- worthy, aged 69, of 49, Woodville-road, Cathajs, late employee of T.V.R., after a short illness. GWYTHER.—On the 10th inst., at 9, Clifton Hill, London, WQUam Warlow Gwyther, F.R.I.B.A., aged 73. 9082 HOWE.—Dec. 9, at Aberavon, Rachel, the widow of late Mr Edward Howe, aged 80. LAWRENCE.—At 21, Woodland-place, Penarth, on 12th Arthur Lawrence, aged 32 years, of pneumonia. 352 LLEWELLYN.— December 11th, John, aged six years, son of Mr and Mrs E. Llewellyn, Pontlottyn. LUCAS.—Oir Dec. 7th, at 14, Miles-road, Clifton, Elizabeth Leedham, wife of the late Clement Lucas; aged 76. 821 MARCHANT.—At 130, Corporation-road, on Dec. 6to, James, the beloved husband of Lena M&rchant, age 43 years, late pattern maker, Channel Dry 'Dock Co. OLD.—On 11t,b inst., Joseph Old, 10, Kingsland-road. Canton, after short illness. RICHARDS.—At Maiady House, Cardiff. on the 8th inst., David Richards, superintendent of stores, Cardiff Railway Company, late of Bute Merthyr Coiiierisg, Trehcrbert, aged 60 years. JBOBElvTSI—At 150, Llandaff-road, on Sunday, the 13th mut., after a short illness, Richard, the be- loved husband of Priscilla Roberts, age 59. 2!HOMAS.—A6 96, Bryncelyn, Penygraig, on Monday morning, after severe illness, Morgan Thomas (Ceijiifryn), aged 62." tEHOMAS.—December 14th, William Thomas, of Bigfield Rouse,Abercynon, aced 53. Oldest deacon of C&lfaria. THOMAS.—On ilth mst., at 25, Alice-street, Docks, Benjamin, the beloved husband of Louisa Thomas. THOMAS.—On December 8th. at 38, Bute-street, Treoroiiy Evan Thomas (Ynysfero), in his 68th year of age. 1 TROTT.-On the 9th inst., at 5, Windsor-esplanade, Cardiff, Hannah, beloved wife of Frank Trott, WILLIAMS;—On the 13th inst., David Williams, checkweipher, Gilfach Goch, died suddenly, aged50.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19,1903. THE COLONIAL OFFER. What is the Colonial offer which, if accepted, is to prevent the final break-up of this great Empire ? The question has often been asked, as is natural, when a bargain is discussed, but Mr Chamberlain and his' educative committee have never. ventured a reply. We never believed there was any offer from the Colonies, and we have had proof that Colonials resented the proposition that they were only loyal to the mother country while they could get something from her. This is only the sug- ¡ gestion of that superior party which de. I nounces statesmen as Little Eng- landers who refuse to pipe to the tune called in Birmingham, and a tune to which t Mr Balfour is ready to dance when he is I sure that the country is willing to accept it and applaud, Mr Seddon has cabled I many things to this country at the expense of the New Zealand taxpayer. But he has always neglected to cable to us just what we were most interested to know, viz., what New Zealand was prepared to do when Mr Chamberlain has secured his mandate" to be dictator of Great Britain. What Mr Seddon has failed to send, however, the "Westminster Gazette has provided in an extract from one of Mr Seddon's speeches at an up- country meeting, which is taken from a report in the New Zealand Evening Post." It forms pretty reading, especially in the light of Mr Seddon's beautiful lan- guage about British trade going to Hades because preferences were not given to our Colonies. The New Zealand Evening Post favours Mr Chamberlain's schemes, but it scolds Mr Seddon for deluding the British public. It says :—" Is it not a farce that we should seek to pose as strictly patriotic and unselfish benefactors of the Empire in the line we are proposing to take when Mr Seddon recommended it, as he did at Akaroa, in these terms This course would not increase imports from the I mother country, but would check imports I from alien countries.' That is to say, the British manufacturer would not benefit sixpence from the proposal which we pretend to be making solely for his good. But our protected industries woud benefit, and our consumers and taxpayers would pay, in the name of patriotism, to increase their profits and those of our producers, who would be given a preference at home in return for our rebate." This is the Colonial offer for which we are to eat dear bread, pay more for every article of use, luxury, or of necessity, hand over British politics to the vested interests, or see the Empire fall to pieces. This is the offer referred to in Mr Chamberlain's speeches. Of course there is no offer. Mr Seddon in New Zealand tells the truth to his hearers and cables fairy tales to Eng- land. And the Colonial" offer is the greatest of the manufactured fairy tales with which the Birmingham Committee are seeking to delude the British workers and electors.

Can it be that the fanner still hankers after Protection, and hopes to get more from Protection than from improved methods of agriculture and the advantages that modern education and scientific system of agriculture can give ? We do not like to think so, but it is a fact that at Bangor agricultural scholarships are going abegging. Agricultural education is not valued in North Wales. The Rector of Llandymog stated at a meeting of the Ruthin Rural District Council this week that he had offered county scholarships of £ 14 each to five young farmers, and in each case the offer had been refused. During the discussion it was suggested that this amount was not sufficient to keep a man at Bangor. One of the members observed that to live on so small an amount the holder of the scholarship would have to be a teetotaller, to which the Chairman re- torted that it was hardly worth while to send a wastrel to college. Comment was freely made on the fact that all through Wales Englishmen and Scotsmen held the offices of estate agent, a fact, no doubt, due to the indisposition of Welsh I farmers to educate themselves up to the position. Opportunities for education and self-improvement are pressed upon young Welsh farmers an^ refused.

I It is quite different with regard tosecond- Iaty education in this part of the Princi- pality. In leading the report of education- ists at the various Intermediate Schools we have been gratified to note how well the spirit of the Intermediate scheme is being ) interpreted and used by Welsh parents. I j The reports are highly satisfactory and j speak of steady progress in education, which cannot but have the highest effect s on the Principality generally and upon ris- i ing young Welshmen in particular. The coming men and women, the leaders of I thought and action and the rulers of the Principality, are being prepared for their positions in life in a way which would have rejoiced the hearts of those stalwarts j of other days who fought for educational possibilities for Welsh children and dreamed of the day which we have so very nearly approached.

As the Christmas season draws nigh announcements are published of the i musical arrangements which have been made in many centres, and we >re pleased to observe that many choirs will give a performance of oratorio. The Welshman's love of music is well illustrated in these announcements, and there is in addition this year an attrac- tive feature in the International Male Voice Competition, which will be held in Cardiff, and for which nineteen choirs have entered from England and the Continent, as well as the more prominent of local Welsh combinations. So far as we know it is the most important effort of the kind- New works have been chosen for com- petition and the merits of the singers as well as the scholarship of the conductors will be fully tested. In this way education and instruction will -go hand in hand with amusement which has been provided as a holiday attraction. The Glamorganshire Beekeepers' Associa- tion is doing excellent work by interesting the general public in beekeeping and the production of honey .which may be made a pleasurable hobby as well as a profitable pastime if only taken up with knowledge and pursued scientifically. Mr Preece, the Amateur Expert," gave an instructive lecture on the subject in Cardiff this week in the hope of interesting the townsmen as well as the cottager and the gardener in the country. This country imports honey to the value of L82,000 annually, every pound of which might be produced within these islands with a little industry, intelli- gence and spirit of competition, and the public would benefit by securing a pure article instead of the almost useless glucose fed American varieties. The quality, value and production of honey is a subject for more than beekeepers and is deserving of attention at the hands of the public. At a time when so much strife and bitter- ness has been set up by the Education Act, it is interesting to record a sign of that better feeling which should exist between Christian wornera of all creeds and churches. The Vicar of Swansea writes a letter to the Press to made amends for an omission from his speech ac the luncheon after the opening of the new church at Landore. He omitted to make any men- 'I tion of the work of other churches in the district. What he wished to emphasise was that Church people heartily and unfeignedly appreciated any and every II effort made in the name of Christ for the spiritual welfare of the people, while believing that the Mother Church of the I land had a mission to everyone. It is not I uncommon to find mistaken zealots in the Church denying to Nonconformists any I Christian grace or right to teach. But the Vicar of Swansea is not one of these.

MR R. F. CRAWSHAY LEAVES HALF A MILLION. Clause Against Foreign Marriages. Mr Richard Frederick Crawsbav, of Tymawr, Brecon, J.P. and D.L., sheriff 1877, died at Bournemouth on the 25tb October last, aged years, a son of the late Mr Robert Thomas Craw- sbay, the celebrated ironmaster, of Cyfarthfa, Glamorganshire, who died in 1879. The late Mr Richard Frederick Crawshay, in conjunction with bis Idest brother and Mr R. T. Crawshay, carried on the Cyfarthfa tvorks and collieries after the death of their father, the ,orks being reconstructed for the production of Bessemer steel in 1883. The testator's estate has been valued at E536,437 2s 7d gross, with net personalty £509,566 9s 2d by his wiaow, Mrs Temple Isabella Crawshay I (daughter of Col. E. Oakes, B.N.I.), his brother, Mr Robert Thompson Crawshay, of 35, North Aodley-straet, and Mr Wellington Taylor, of 59, Lincolns Inn Fields, solicitor, executrix and executois of his will of the 24th October, 1900, with two codicils, the last made 11th April, 1901. I Mr Crawshay bequeathed S200 to his said brother, £100 to Mr Taylor, an annuity of X50 to his late bailiff Rees Jones, and legacies to other ser- vants, and he bequeathed to his wife R300, his jewellery and personal ornaments and horses and carriages absolutely, and the use and enjoy- ment of Tv-mawr and the effects there and an annuity of Y,2,500 during her widowhood. Subject to Mrs Crawshay's interest, the testator left the Ty-mawr estate in trust for his son Richard Oakes Crawshay and his heirs, and he left his residuary estate in trnst for all of his children, but the share cf each son is to be twice as much as the share of each daughter, and should any of his daughters matrv any but an English or American subject, whose native language is English or Welsh, the share of such daughter is to be divided in equal shares among the testator's other children.

CHAIRMAN OF BLAENAVON IRON CO. The late Mr Arthur Challis Kennard J.P., chairman of theBlaenavon Iron Company, South Wales, who died on the 23rd of October last, at the age of 72, left total estate of the value of 1145,697 14s 10d, of which sum X143,105 14s 6d is net personalty. Probate of the will has been granted to his son, Mr Arthur Molly Kennard, of 17, Eaton-place, W., and Mr William Bury Homan Mulock, of Bellair, Ballycumber, King's County, Ireland. Mr G. Court, Neath. The late Mr Geo. Court, of the Oxford Inn, Windsor-road, Neath, Glamorgan, who died on I the 13th November last, left totiti eatate of the value of £93415s lid, including net personalty S878 49 lid. Probate of the will has been granted to his widow Mrs Marguerite Court, Mr John Taylor Baines, and Mr Daniel Luther Ellis, all of Neath. Mrs E. Lewis, Narberth. Probate of the will of the late Mrs Emma Lewis,, of North Sodson, Narberth, Pembroke shire, has been granted to her daughters, Martha, wife of Mr William Davies Lewis, solicitor, of Llwynon, Narberth, and Emma Florence, wife of Mr George Lipscombe Matthews, solicitor, of 4, Bedford Court Mansions, Bloomsbury. The whole estate is valued at £ 8,314 15B 4d, including net personalty X4,041 17s 4d. By her will, dated 24th of August, 1901, testatrix gave £1,000 to her grandson George Edwin Matthews, when he attains the age of 21, and a similar sum to her grand- daughter Lilian Emma Matthews, on the same conditions. The residuary estate she leaves to her two daughters, Martha Ida Lewis and Emma Florence Matthews for life, and after her death equally to her grandchildren, Lilian Emma and George Edwin Matthews. Mr Morgan Jones, Rhydyfw. By the will of the late Mr Morgan Jones, of Rhydyfw, £100 is left to Swansea charities.

SIR E. J. REED, M.P. Sir Edward Reed's Welsh medicai adviser, Dr. Davies, of West Kensington, visited Sir Edward at Brighton on Saturday last, and remained with him on Sunday. With his permission Sir Edward Reed returned to London on Monday morning, and attended for a short time at his office to deal with immediate and pressing work. He is much better. It is expected that he will shortly publish an address to his constituents in the united boroaghs of Cardiff, Cowbridge, and Llantrisant.

OOWlAIS STREET SCENE A Spaniard Brandishes a Razor. Emanuel Arborio I" This was the name of the second defendant called at Merthyr Pohee Court on Monday. The court officer, unaccus- tomed to such names, cried down the stairway for Spaniard on bail." P.C. Eunt said he found the foreigner drunk in a DowJais-street on Saturday, causing great consterna.tion, by brandishing a razor and accompanying the action with an utterance of something in Spanish." A fine of 10s and costs was imposed.

The King has been pleased to appoint Lord Lamington, G.C.M.G., to be Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, upon takiug. ilij$-,scat, v,,s -Governor of bombvy. t

I Some New Christmas Toys. Some very ingenious toys are on sale this yea!, those of the mechanical order being very pre- dominant and very novel. Among the expensive things is a perfect model of the Decapod, the huge tank engine built by the Great Eastern Railway this year to cope with suburban traffic. The child of an ener- getic disposition will enjoy himself in a motor-car, big enough for him to ride in. It is propelled by pedals like a bicycle horse. There is the diver, a little man arrayed in complete uniform, who takes his plunge remains below for a while, and then returns to the surface like his human counterpart. The clockwork airship is having a very large sale. It is suspended from the ceiling by a string, and on being wound up sails round and round in a most realistic fashion. -1 I A remarkable piece of mechanism is a clockwork I train which climbs and descends inclines by; I means of a cogwheel underneath. This cogwheellj only comes into action when on an inclined track, where it encounters a rack-rail. The latest train novelty is called the railway smash." This wonderful toy consists of two carriages and a. goods van, so constructed that when the train is in motion an accident occurs, and the train smashes up in quite a realistic fashion. Of course, it can be put together again. Another novelty of the year arc the electric tramcars. They meet each other on a single line, with an occasional donble track for passing. The first tram to arrive on the double portion of the line comes auto- matically to a standstill until the other has passed the points safely, and then glides away again. ■ I

SIX LIVES LOST.-FOUR SAVED. Milford Trawler's Disaster. The steam trawler Weymouth (Messrs Sellick, Morley, and Price) arrived in Milford Haven on Monday morning with news of a terrible boating fatality off Barquero, Portugal, last Thursday night, resulting in the loss of five hands from the Weymouth and one from the trawler Manor- bier Castle. I Interviewed by our representative the skipper (S. R. Longthorpe) said :—My vessel and the Manorbier were anchored in Barquero Bay, on the coast of Portugal, in the Bay of Biscay, on Thursday la3t. I sent five men with five men from the Manorbier ashore in a boat from the latter ship for stores. About 11 o'clock at night I heard cries for help coming from the water towards the shore. I launched a boat and proceeded in the direction of the sound, and discovered that the Manorbier Castle's boat had capsized, and only three of the ten men were clinging to her. We rescued these, but all the others had disappeared. Next morning we found one man had managed to get ashore. All the four survivors belonged to the Manorbier Castle. Our representative ascertained from further inquiries that a heavy gale prevailed at the time and that the men were probably swept out of the boat by a heavy sea. Both vessels 3eft for Blil- ford Haven, but whereas the Weymouth arrived early on Monday morning the Manorbier had not come in up to 4 p.m., and the survivors are on board her. The terrible occurrence has caused quite a sensation at Milford, coming so soon after a similar catastrophe which happened in Dale Roads, when three men were drowned. The Manorbier's hand who is drowned was J. Galnett, third hand, of Hull, unmarried. The five drowned men of the Weymouth are W. Holman, second engineer, of Bristol, married. W. Seymour, boatswain, PJymouth. married. S. Knight, fourth hand, Yarmouth, married. A. Brown, fifth hand, Hull, married. J. Varley, trimmer, North Shields, Bingle. It is reported that five of the men's bodies have been washed ashore near the scene of the fatality. ■

SENSATIONAL EXPLANATION. Survivor's Thrilling Narrative. The theory put forward by the skipper of the steam trawler Weymouth as to the cause of the disaster in the Bay of Biscay on Thursday was that the men vere washed out of the boat by a wave or that the boat upset in the heavy sea. The Manorbier Castle, with the four survivors on boaid, put into Milford at half-past 3 on Tuesday morning, and they told a story which has a more serious aspect. Interviewed by our representative, the boatswain, W. A. Maw, said — The skipper, bo'sun, third hand, and a I decker ot the Manorbier went asbora along with the five men from the Weymouth about half-past 4. We bad a few drinks, feut not much. We started to go back about half-past 10 or a quarter to 11, and we bad a quarrel in the boat. The bo'sun and the trimmer of the Weymouth were pulling at the oars. One could pull better than the other, und they started quarrelling about it. They went for one another, and we all got to one side of the boat, and it capsized. The captain clung to the boat. and I was swimming about a bit. I looked round and saw another one on the top of the boat, and I recognised him to be my mate, the third hand. I I made for the shore, when one bloke got hold of me. I went down with him twice, and the next time we came to the top he hadn't strength to hold, so he let go and drowned. I could hear the captain crying out for help. I got to the shore, and was dashed against the rocks several I times. The sea was very rough, and one big wave washed me on to the rocks, where I could cling. When the moon came up I climbed the rocks and got into a field. I had had to pull my sea boots off, and my feet were all cut. It was raining very heavily, and the field was full of nettles. I walked to the village of Barquero, three mil-eil away, and knocked the people of a shop up. They could not understand what I said, so I showed them my clothes, torn and wet, and my bruised feet. They understood then that something had happened. They took my clothes off and got me some more. Other people came ont, and women were crying for pity. They took me to the shore, and I saw our boat and the other boats looking if they could see anything of the missing men. I was picked up and ten on board the Manorbier Castle. I took my clothes off and turned in for about 24 hours before I could stand. Then I had to turn out, and I had a terrible time on the voyage back." The boatswain's story was confirmed by the other survivors of the ManorbierCastle who were picked up by the boats. No trace could be found ot the missing men. The names as given on Tuesday were correct with the exception of that of the second pngineer, which should be Longman instead of Holman.

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST LICENCES. BRIDGEND AND DISTRICT FIGURES. The annual meeting of Bridgend and District Temperance Council was held at Hope School, Bridgend, on Wednesday. Alderman Edward Thomas, J.P., ex-Mayor of Cardiff, pre- sided. The secretary (Rev. J. T. Rhys) said the chief object of the meeting was to strengthen the hands of magistrates in the pro- posed reduction of licences. The Chairman said that there was no reason why he,. a magis- trate, should not express an opinion on the temperance question, and he was not afraid to do so. (Cheers.) He urged them to be vigilant and self-sacrificing in their efforts to make Britain a sober country, and appealed to the churches to take a deep interest in the move- ment. (Cheers.) Mr Donald Maclean, Cardiff, Liberal candidate for Bath, delivered an address on the licensing question, emphasising the need of reduction of licences. As to compensation, if any were given, it should come from the trade itself, but there was a good deal to be said in favour of So no cow-, peyisation.The Rev, W. J. Kettle moved a resolution rejoicing in the decision of the magis- trates to reduce the number of licensed houses in the Newcastle petty sessional division. The Rev. E. Hughes, Pontycymmer. seconded, and it was carried unanimously. The Rev. J. T. Rhys, Pontycymmer, moved a resolution de- ploring the appalling amount of drunkenness in j the county of Glamorgan, and expressed convic tion that drunkenness could be very appreciably diminished if the laws were enforced more strin- gently, not only against the individual, bat also against licensees. In the Bridgend police district last year 1.500 persons were convicted of drunkenness, but only 27 licensees were proceeded against. (Shame.) Mr J. Hockings, Maestog, seconded, and Mi John Walters, Maesteg, suoported. There were, he said, complaints from policemen that J strong cases bad been dismissed. The police were sometimes discouraged in this matter, instead of being stiengthened. (Cbeenr.) The í resolution was carried.

v I At a special meeting ef the R hymney'Distciat of Oddfellows held at the Puddlers' Arms on ¡I Friday evening, Mrs Ann Williams, treasurer, was presented with a silver tea and coffee ser- vice and a case of dessert knives and forks in recognition of faithful epnriCQ to uw-dinuiet in tbooffice named.

I Jumped from the Train, GERMAN SAILOR'S FATAL FREAK. I Ccmrades' Story at Newport, I A German seaman was on Saturday found in an unconscious condition on the railway near Castleford, Yorkshire. It appears that he, two other German seamen, and an English seaman were engaged on the S.s. Amie, and on being paid off at South Shields on Friday evening took train for Newport. Inquiries were made at Newport and his two German comrades were discovered, They admitted that he had travelled with them, and state that their injured com- panion opened the door of the carriage as the train was pulling up at a station just outside Birmingham and that they had not seen him since. The English sailor, they added, left the train at Gloucester. Neither of the seamen at Newport reported the matter to the police or railway authorities. Further investigation is being made, particularly in view of the discrepancy between the s,tatemant that he left the train near Birmingham and the fact that he was picked up near Castleford. Fellow-Travellers' Statements. The German seaman who was found on the railway near Pontrefract in an unconscious con- dition, and was removed to Laeds Hospital., died at the Hospital on Sunday night without having recovered consciousness. It appears that the de- ceased was travelling from Shields tp Newport in. company with two other seamen. The latter, who arri ved at Newport on Saturday, have been seen by the Newport police, to whom they have made statements. Hanrich Martens, German fireman, stated that he left the s.s. Amy at Shields on Friday last, and booked to Newport via Gloucester. Three other members of the crew of the Amy-Otto Grotsepel, Hermann Vaigt, and the cook, an Englishman-also booked to Newport. They left Shields at 10 p.m., and all went well until they got near, as he thought, Birmingham, when Hermann Vaigt. who was sitting in the corner facing the engine, rose from his seat and said that he was going to get out. Vaigt thereupon opened the window and got through it. The train was not travelling fast at the time, and Martens did not report the matter, as he thought Vaigt had left the train at a station. None of the occu- pants of the carriage had any quarrel with Vaigt either on the train or during the voyage. Otto Grotsepel, the other German seaman, said that when Vaigt said "I am going out he opened the window, nut his legs through, said "I am going," and then disappeared. Grotsepel, who did not say anything to Vaigt because he thought it was a joke, on Vaigt disappaaring looked out of the window and saw Vaigt lying on the line. Vaigt got up, but fell down again. He did not report the matter because he did not think the man WM hurt. No words passed between Vaigt and the other occupants of the carriage immediately before the former left the train. The Englishman who was in the same compartment finished his journey at Gloucester. The two Germans, who arestaying at a boarding- house in Mill-parade, Newport, where they have boarded on former occasions, are to be sent back to Leeds to give evidence at the inquest.

< t?" The Tonnage Question. MEASUREMENT OF FOREIGN VESSELS. BOARD OF TRADE'S ACTION. Our London representative has received an official intimation from the Marine Department of the Board of Trade in reference to the state- ment forwarded on behalf of the dockowners of the Bristol Channel, to the effect that certain English vessels, on being sold to foreign coun- tries, have had their net registered tonnage, on which dues. &c., are paid, materially reduced. The Board of Trade state that they have not re- certly issued any general instructions on this matter but the surveyors of the Marine Depart- ment have been directed to check the measure- ment of those vessels to which Mr Beasley, general manager of the Taff Vale Railway Coni- pany, acting on behalf of the dockowners, called particular attention, and this is being done as these vessels arrive in pores of the United King- dom.

NEW MAP OF GLAMORGAN. The Education Areas. Mr G. E. Gordon, of Swansea, whose excellent maps of the South Wales coalfield are so well known and highly appreciated, has issued a map of a novel ard particularly aseful character. It shows all the schools in the county of Glamorgan which are under the administration of the Board of Educa- tion,and exhibits also the intermediate education centres. There are distinctive marks for the elementary day schools, the higher elementary, the intermediate, the pupil-teachers' class centres, the schools of art,truant schools, and the different schools for blind, deaf, and defective children. The antonomous districts are also shown, and there are distinctive marks for Church of Eng- land, Roman Catholic, and other schools. Mr Gordon has done very useful service in thus mak- ing accessible at a glance to all persons interested in the education question, a comprehensive survey of the situation in this locality.

CARMARTHEN POLICE STATION. Government Inspector's Complaint. At the meeting of Carmarthen Town Council on Tuesday night, the Mayor (Councillor E. A. Rogers) presiding, the Town Clerk (Mr R. M. Thomas) read a letter relative to a recent visit paid by H.M. inspector of constabularies to the Carmarthen lock-up, in which the writer stated that a new police station was wanted, as the present one was entirely out of date. Councillor Samuel moved that they should not entertain the proposal to build a new police station, as shortly they should not want a police station. (A laugh.)—The Town Clerk We shall lose our certificate, and shall not get X500 back.—Coun- cillor Treharne moved that they inform the authorities that the matter was under considera- tion. The Town Clerk said it would bring to a head the amalgamation with the county. Coun- cillor Principal Evans asked if they could not come to some arrangements with the county authorities for the use of the gaol. The Town Clerk doubted whether that was possible. For county lock-up purposes there was a separate building outside the gaol. Ultimately, on the motion of Councillor H. W. Thomas, seconded by Councillor Morris Jones, the matter was re- ferred to the Watch Committee. A letter from the clerk to the Education Committee relative to queries made at a previous Council meeting by Councillor Blagdon-Riehards, was read, and it appeared that the expenditure on educational matters would exceed this year's estimate by a considerable sum, but the Town Clerk thought the amount estimated would be sufficient to go along with.

A successful reunion was held under the auspices of the Newport Junior Liberal Associa- tion at the Liberal Institute on Monday. Coun- I cillor L. S. Abrahamson presided, and introduced the new chairman, Mr E. G. Clarke, to the meet- ing. During the evening an excellent musical 1 programme was gone through, and Mr Glarke gave-& aenes of ubumawgmpb V18W.io

MR CHAMBERLAIN. TWO FISCAL SPEECHES IN LEEDS. Important Development. COMMISSION OF EXPERTS. New Tariff Reform League Move. LETTER FROM MRCHAS. BOOTH Gibes at Walking Delegates." Mr Chamberlain on Wednesday addressed two great meetings at Leeds, at the prin- I cipal of which he made the following im- portant and highly significant announce- :ment:— I amilgoing to make a statement of some importance, as I think it will prove in the future. Under the aus- pices of the Tariff Reform League, which is the organised representative association of this great movement, we are going to form—we have gone a long way in the direction of forming- a. Commission-not an official Commis- sion, but a non-political Commission of experts, to consider the condition of our trades, and the t'emediey which are to be found for it. This Commis- sion will comprise leading representa- tives of every particular industry and of every group of industry. It will comprise representatives of India, of the Crown Colonies, and of the self- governing Colonies. It will invite before it witnesses from every trade, and it will endeavour, after hearing all that can be said—not merely in regard to the special interests of any particular trade, but also in regard to the interest of all the other trades which may be in any sense related to it-to frame a modeltariff. Mr Chamberlain concluded his tariff reform campaign for the present year by addressing two great meetings in Leeds on Wednesday. The prin- cipal meeting took place in the Coliseum, at which neatly 4,000 nersons were present,and afterwards Mr Chamberlain addressed an enthusiastic gathering in the Town flail, consisting chiefly of working men. Earl Fitzwilliam presided at the former assembly. < Mr Chamberlain, who on rising to speak had a I rousing greeting, said the chairman had jast compared him to a physician, and it was a fact that he offered his last prescription a few weeks ago at Newport. (Hear, hea.r) Already since I that time he had counted something like twenty other prescriptions from physicians who, as far 1lps he knew, had not been called in-(Iaugbter)- but who had given their advice gratuitously and in opposition to what he had previously pre- scri bed. Twenty to one was a great dispropor- tion. (Hear, hear.) It was flattering in a sense but it was aIs>o embarrassing. (Laughter.) He was not alarmed at the number. (Laughter and cheers.) In fact be was inclined to say the more the better, because he had discovered that some of these gentlemen answered one another- (laughter)—and some of them were even clever enough to answer themselves. (Cheers and laughter.) He was not so much impressed as perhaps he ought to be with the authority which they carried. It was true that Mr Ritchie had called his attention to the fact that there ware four ex-Chancellors among them and that one of them was himself. (A laugh.) He had a doubt whether the magnificent robes which the Chancellor of the Exchequer wore upon occasions carried with them all the virtues and all the wisdom of all his predecessors. (Laughter.) He was quite unable, without any disrespect, to accept Mr Ritchie as a great finan- cial authority because he happened to be under toe tuition of the permanent officials of the Trea- sury for the space of few months. (Laughter.) It was neither the number nor the authority of his opponents which filled him with alarm. It was remarked the other day by a Scotch paper which did not-agree with him at present, but which would agree with him before long— (a laugb, and hear, bear)—that all this oratory amounted to A Perfect Haggis of Fiscal Feeding. (A laugh.) If there were any Scotsmen present they would understand that allusion. (Hear, hear.) He was afraid lest all these words might darken counsel; lost the great issues they had to consider might be lost sight of in a jumble of irrelevant detail and inaccurate statistics. Per- haps he would be best fulfilling his duty if at the close of his first provincial campaign he endea- voured to recall those main principles which were at stake—questions few, simple, and intelligible to the man in the street, and upon their opinion of which would ultimately depend the verdict of the nation. In the first place he laid down a pro- position which he did not think anyone had hitherto had the hardihood to dispute, viz., that Free Trade was not an inspired doctrine. (Hear, hear.) It was a policy brought by reasonable men before the public tor their consideration, and adopted at the time because in their opinion it was suitable to the then existing circumstances and conditions. Was there any policy or institution or system in this country where everything was changing and everything, he hoped, progressing—was there any one of them which did not at least re- quire revision after 60 years ? (Hear, hear.) That particular policy was adopted at the time on the faith of promise and predictions and ex1 pectations which had not been fulfilled. b.e thought that was another reason for reconsidera- tion. (Hear, hear.) Mr Cobden's ideals had not been attained, and if his statements had been completely fulfilled we might not be so anxious to see the policy relinquished which was based upon them. Throughout there was One Fatal Error in Mr Cobden's predictions. The foreign nations did not, as he supposed they would, follow our example, and although they had not followed our example they had not been rained-(heax, hear) —as a matter of fact, they had built up their own trade, and were now invading our markets. Had the United States been ruined ? (No.) Had any protected nation been ruined ? Speaking generally, it was true that in the increase of population with the decrease of emigration to other countries, in the condition of the home in- dustry, in the enormous increase of exports, in the comparative wealth of the country, in the rate of wages with the condition of pauperism, in every single case foreign nations had made more progress than we had. (Cheers.) France had not increased so rapidly in popula- tion as we had, but taking these protected countries as a whole, his statement was absolutely correct. (Hear, bear.) And that had happened under a tariS of 30 per cent., 60 per cent,, and 100 per cent. We had learnt something since the days of Cobden of which it was really impossible for him to have any know- ledge. Cobden spoke of what he believed. We speak of what we know. (Cbears.) He did not ask them to conclude from this that Protection was agood thing orabad thing. That was another question. He asked the people to clear their minds of the cant of those who professed to represent Mr Cobden, and to say that whether Protection was good or was bad it could not be quite so bad as they represented. (Loud laugh- ter.) It was nonsense. It was treating with -contetnpt the intelligence of the people of this country when these orators told them that to adopt the proposals he had put forward would be the signal for our own rain, for our disappear- I ance from the ranks of nations. They were pleased to say that he was a Protectionist. He did not mind what they called him. He should be judged now and afterwards not by the names which his opponents called him but by his own deeds and actions. (Hear, hear.) He was per- fectly ready to accept free exchange with all the countries of the world. (Cheers.) He was not one of those who believed that we Britons could not com- pete in fair competition with other countries. He did not want to bolster up any rotten trade or to give support to any trade which for this country was not a natural trade, but what he said was that What Was Called Free Trade was not fair competition, (Cheers.) Give us Free Trade I We had never had it 1—(renewed cheers)—and when they had given it to us they called him a Protectionist if he refused to accept it, (Cheers.) We were losing trade not because of the inefficiency of British workmen, as their opponents said. lie knew a great deal more of the British workmen than some of these gentlemen who had never been inside a factory. (Cheeffs.) He thought be knew some of them. Some of the walking delegates—who pretended that they could not only do their Free Trade work and take their orders from their constituency, but that they could dictate to the workmen of this country their policy. They would find thev were mistaken. (Cheers.) The workmen of this country were not. as a whole, inefficient. Were our manufacturers and our leaders of industry so ignorant and so stupid that they could be tnught their business by lawyers and politicians ? (Laughter and hear, hear.) He knew that we should all be the better for improving our scientific methods, but Charlottenberg schools, although excellent, could not be a cure for dumping. (Laughter.) Such schools could not make our trading area larger, and that was smaller than the trading area of other great nations of the world. We were aloiost beginning to hold even our own markets at the mercy of foreign rivals, because under existing circumstances of this system of dumping and bounties and advantages, official and otherwise, given to foreign tradns. They could beat any bnoifieas conducted upon normal principles. We must look further and deeper than any incidental cause for the real reason of the disadvantages under which we were placed and the altered conditions under which we found ourselves. He had proved that by arguments and by Figures Not 'Set Disproved. although other figures had been quoted which led some people to different conclusions. The fact was that during the last 30 years, and on the whole with increasing rapidity, our trade in manufactures with the protected countries had been decreasing, whilst at the same time their exports of manufactures to us, to the. workshop of the world, had been increasing. At the present, in some of our principal trades-in woollens, for instance—actually the foreign pro- I' ected States, who ought by this time to b*" been rained-(& laugh)—were sending to 09 111°: woollen manufactures than we were sending to them. There was in all this only one tory feature, viz., that tbe trade with our possessions had continually increased. (Cheer8,' When he spoke of the Colonies he thought of tbe whole Empire. How were we to keep and if crease our Colonial trade now that it too w/Ø some danger from dumping ? (Hear, hear.) this country in such an unparalleled state prosperity that the best thing we could' o°' according to Lord Roaafeery and other of the do-nothing policy, was to go to sleep »B<* • enjoy pleasant dreams ? (Laughter.) Tbbs was what was called a policy of commercial repose, All prosperity was relative. Moreover he was not convinced by the figures produced to show our unparalleled prosperity, for even tW Board of Trade Blue Book was full of qualified" tions which were ignored by the Free Foodef and Free Traders. The true test of prosperity was the comparative number of people who found full employment at remunerative rates. F, V plovuient, however, was falling off, and VI" going to be worse. Trade was not good novfo and it would be worse in a few months. People Out of Employment j would not readily accept the soothing syrap I offered to them by Lord Rosebery. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr Asquith was another physician. He challenged him (Mr Chamberlain) the other I day in a tone of triumph-as if forsooth he wero a witness and Mr Asquith were the cross-exaaiiD' ing counsel—" Mind sir, you are on your oath, yes or no 1" (Laughter.) He did not admit UL" Asquith's right to treat him in that fashion. A* the same time he was willing to answer the question which with such a flourish of trumps** Mr Asquith had addressed to him. Mr Asqui said, Show me any trade that has been destroyed by the evils of which you are alw$YO talking I"; He (Mr Chamberlain) did not think be had said that any trade was absolutely de- stroyed. If Mr Asquith wanted him to give biul a trade of which even no dregs remained perhaps be might have a difficulty in satisfying him bat he could give Mr Asquith trades by the score which had suffered and had ceased to be great trades. (Hear, hear.) He could give Mr Asquith mills by the hundred that had been closed or diverted to other purposes. He wondered if Mr Asquith were walking down » street and he heard a man crying for help, and saw another standing over him with a chopper* what Mr Asquith would do. (A Voice Ron away," and laughter.) No, he gathered that M1 Asquith would say, Wait a bit; you are not killed yet; when you are I will go for a police- man." (Laughter.) But we could not wait- (Cheers.) We Had to Wake Up. (Renewed cheers.) No, continued Mr Chamber- lain, if I am to have my throat cut I would rather have it cut fighting than have it cut when was asleep. (Loud cheers.) Proceeding, Mr Chamberlain said it was not that wo were ruined 5 it was not that the country was not Drosperous; it was not anything of that desperate kind-if it were what would be the use of proscribing* (Cheers.) When a man was given up there was an end of all things, but it was because me symptoms were likely to prove • danger in the future that he asked the country to take the disease in time."(Hear, hear.) He thought we might abate something of oat conceit and take a leaf from the experience of other nations in these matters. They made tariffs to shut us out; let us make taritIs. (Cheers.) Let us make a scientific tariff; let us make a tariff if it were possible-and he be- lieved it was—which would not add farthing to the burdens of any taxpayer, but which by the transference of taxes from one shoulder to another would not only produce the same amount of revenue which would always be necessary for our home expenditure, but which might incidentally do something to develop and to extend our trade. (Cheers.) We were told we could not make a scientific tariff, but at any rate tarifi reformers were going to try to do it- (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman here made the announcement regarding the Tariff Reform Commission, and proceeded :-The principle I laid down at Glasgow was that we should have a tariff averag- ing 10 per cent. on manufactures, and that the tariff should be arranged so as to pat a higher, rate of duty on imports which have the most labour in them—(hear, hear)—as compared with partly manufactured goods imported, bat which do not deprive us of so much employment. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman went on to say that he was told of a prominent member of the Free Food League the other day that if the country gave a mandate to alter our fiscal policy it would take two years to inquire into it, and during that time the question would cool and the whole matter would have no practical result- That was not a bad idea for a Free Fooder. (Laughter.) But the fiscal reformers had viewo ( also, and they were not unprepared for such It iconti ngency- (laughter) and now when the country was ready to give a mandate for their j work, and a Government was in power which wa* prepared to accept their principles, fiscal I reformers would be ready with at all events great part of the information it would desire- (hear, hear)—and had put before it at all events a tariff which had been presented to the people, and upon which the people had had an oppor- I tunity of expressing an opinion. (Cheers.) What had turned him out of office or dragged him 005 of office ? What had forced him into the j greatest controversy of his fighting life? It i was the question—What was to be the future of the British Empire ? That was what be had been thinking of day and night during the past eight years. We were at the parting o: the I ways. There was no one of all the changes that had taken place since Cobden's days greater | than the changed appreciation of Imperial ideas i and Imperial unity. (Hear, hear.) We had no*» I got rid of the provincial idea that the sea. instead of baing an impassable barrier to onjou, was a great highway to connect us. Why should I not our Empire have a I' Common Commercial Bond? It was oar business to try and secure it. He admitted that there were difficulties in the wali but posterity would never forgive us if we lost I any, even the smallest, chance of securing it- An opportunity had arigen in the offer of the Colonies which was at least an approach to Free Trade. He repeated that to give a preference tc our Colonies would not add to the cost of Jiving t but even it it did he knew his countrymen well enough to be certain that for a purpose suit- ciently great they would not be unprepared tc make the sacrifice. The right hon. gentlemat I proceeded to read a letter he had received froff Mr Charles Booth, who expressed the opinion that be did not think Mr Chamberlain's proposals would add to the cost of living of the poorest of the population, but if they should have that effect that would not affect his (Mr Booth a) oWI1 opinion in favour of the merits of these proposals- I which, if carried out with reasonable prudence and circumspection, seemed likely to conduce t6 national as well as to Imperial prosperity. Let the Country Send Him (Mr Chamberlain) as ambassador to the Colonies —(cries of We will ")—with full powers, and be was perfectly willing to risk bis reputation on being able not merely to satisfy the Colonies bat also to secure from the Colonies equal measure in return. (Hear, hear.) He went on to read letter he had received from Mt Fielding, Financ' Minister of Canada, who stated emphatically that the position taken by the Canadian Ministers at the Colonial Conference last year it favour of Imperial preferential trade was cor dially endorsed by both of the great political parties in the Canadian Dominion. The gentle* men of the Free Food League had swallowed retaliation, although with wry faces and choking throats. They had thrown away tb& Principle to which at the outset tbe, attached so much importance. The Frog Fooders had got to the bottom of an inclined piano with the Home Rulers and Little Eng* landers whom they professed to oppose. II- wished them joy of their company. I.Lanhter. He did not think the Free Fooders were verl powerful-(g, laugh)—things which had happened recent ly-(cheers)-seemeci to show that at encyclical, even when issued by the Dake of Devonshire, had not a pontifical authority. (Laughter g,06 cheers.) But whether or no, he (Mr Chamberlain! had faith in the people of this country. Let them not be frightened by what was only all infinitesimal possibility of an imperceptihl*' sacrifice. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) Thef would not condescend to a pusillanimous policy' There were dangers ahead effecting our commerce and also aftecting us more seriously perhaps i" matters on which it was not well to dwell. The question was whether we should meet theSe dangers alone or together. He was in favour of a splendid isolation-not the isolation of a" individual, but the isolation of a family standing together through good and ill, for better or fOg worse. (Cheers.) Let us feel that we at ic-ot had not been deterred from taking our part, that we bad not been driven from the field by the craven fear of possible opposition, by antiquated prejudices, or by any comparatively mean contemptible party or personal interest- (Cheers, amid which the right hon. geDtlainO resumed his seat after having spoken a iittill over an hour and a half.) On the motion of the Earl of Scarborough' seconded by Mr E. D, Beckett Faber, M.P.. resolution was carried expressing the opinion that the fiscal policy was of vital importance t the British Empire, and trusting that measnte9 would be devised whereby our commerce and dustries would be defended against tbe hosti'" tariffs of foreign countries also that it was d^ sir able to bind the Empire more closely mutual preferences between the mother counw and the Colonies.

GREAT BRITAIN AND THIBET- Movement of Forces. | Reuter's Agency is informed that Coloo Ii STounghusband, the British Commjssoner,, Colonel J. R. Macdonald, the commander of to Thibet expedition, have gone from Darjelio £ the Chumbi Valley. < The troops of the expedition are on their to Chumbi from their various stations. concentration would probably take place ( Khomba Jong, where the original political 1° sion is still encamped. Whether Colonel Younghusband will_ "° direct with the troops to Gyantse or will rejoin the mission at Khamba Jong is not J certain. The letters addressed by the Viceroy^ the Dalai Lama mission at Lhassa have returned. t/J" As the result of the latest information view is held that the majority of the peoP'j^ Thibet are in favour of Indian-Thibetan %t. # but that the monks at Lhassa exercise a donu0 ing influence in the present situation.

The condition of Sir Mount bttt&it Lig" has considerably improved.