The Cardiff Times

CARDING MR ROCKEFELLER. ?w York, Tu^d ay.—Owing to the stream o*quisitive people, tramps, and poachees c*Uintly prowling round the borae of M Ja D. Rockefeller in the P°ncantic° Hjih;, tlPillionaire, in addition to the usa^rurm^c! o^ndants who look after his etftd the services of seven deputy snerms t0C>as an official bodyguard. Further and st'-t- regulations with regard to trespa^ef^ haesen formulated by Mr Rockefeller, who is now I in the strictest retirement. Ceta News.

-=: ftTH WORKHOUSE IWFIRWARY y SCHEME. jdiieeting of Neath Board of Guardians Mr W. HoweU, J-P-, presiding, the repfof the Workhouse Visiting Sub-Com- mitlstated that the Board on their recom- metton had decided to pnrebase the site Mxtidepce at Penrhiwtyn from Mr.K- W. jUem, of Baglan, for £6.000, as a site for tbev Workhouse Infirmary subject to the rBSCion in regard to the minerals being eattory to the guardians. In reply to a qua the Clerk said the matter would be agairought before the Board atthen-next paeC after it had been considered by the juMwaittee,

CYFARTHFA WORKS. CLOSING CLAUSE DISPUTE. Attitude of Landowners. SJEEL RING AND DIVIDENDS. Mr Keir Hardie's Criticism. The Oddfellows' Hall, Merthyr, was crowded I on Monday when a meeting was held in support of the candidature of Mr Keir Hardie, the Labour candidate for Merthyr Boroughs. Mr D. Daries, J.P.? Pant, presided, and be was supported by Mr, Mrs, and Miss Scar Hardie, the Rev. G. Ramsay, the Rev. R. J. Camp- bell, Mr Frank Smith, and others. Mr Keir Hardie, who was received with loud cheers on rising to speak, reverted to the subject of the international steel ring, and recapitulated the statements he has made in the course of the campaign. He declared that he adhered to every word of those state- ments. Mr Fox Davies^he Unionist-candi- date, had promised to reply to them, but at a meeting he addressed on Friday night he admitted that he had been unable to get any mformaition from Messrs Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds, and said quite straightforwardly, much tc his credit, that if Messrs Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds did not care to fight their own battles be did not see why he should be called upon to do so. Even Mr Fox Dowries, the Tariff Reform Conservative candidate, was ashamed of Messrs Goest, Keen and Nettlefolds, and washed his hands of them. (Hear, hear.) As to the lease of the land on which the Cyfarthfa Works had been built, he (Mr Keir Hardie) found that his first information was incorrect with regard to the name of the owner of the land. It now trans- pired that the name of the leasehold owner was not Lord Dynevor, but Mr Wingfield and Mrs Macintosh. Accgjjd ing to Sir W. T. Lewis there had been no dispute since 1884. His (Mr Hardie's) opinion, however, was that there was again a similar dispute, that when the lease terminated the company were willing to modernise the works provided proper terms be got in the new lease, and that the reason why the Cyfarthfa Works had not been modernised was because of the dispute with the owners of the land. Rails for the Transvaal. At the Conservative meeting already referred to, Mr F. Mills, general manager of the Ebbw Vale Iron Works, made an attempt to contro- vert a statement which he (the speaker) made with regard to an order for 30,000 tons of steel tails being sent by the Transvaal Government to Russia owing to the high price that obtained in this country as the result of the steel ring. Mr Mills said that this country got no inquiry for the rails, but what he (Mr Hardie) stated was confirmed by the Treasurer to the Transvaal Government in a speech delivered in the Transvaal Parliament, and in a letter by Lord Crewe to the Times." The former stated quite frankly why the order did not go to a British firm. As the reshlt-of in- quiries instituted it was found that all the manufacturers of steel rails in the United King- dom were members of a ring, and that the ring's prices were from £5 5s to £5 7s 6d a ton f.o.b., which meant £6 2s 6d to £6 5s a ton at Delagoa Bay, against £5 13s and ? 14s quoted by the Russian mills. (Hear, hear.) The reason, Haid Mr Hardie, why the order did not come here was because the steel ring insisted upon its full price in order to be able to pays its 15 per cent, dividend. (Cheers.) His statemeBtss stood unchallenged. They weretrue in every particuUvs, and he again said that it was hypocrisy on tbe part of the officials of that company to say that Tariff Reform was going to help the people of this coimtry when they themselves were interested in an international combine which regulated prices and regulated exports. (Hear, hear.J

Letter Box Thief. PRISON BAftBEFrS BRJfF HOLIDAY. At the Old Bailey, on Tuesday, before the Recorder (Sir Forest Fulton, K.C.) George White, aged 39, a barber, pleaded not guflty of forging and uttering a cheque for JE40 lis 9d on the Knightsbridge branch of the London County and Westminster Bank. Mr Leycester, for the prosecution, said that the cheque, as originally drawn on the account of The Martini (London) Company, Limited, a Knightsbridge motor car firm, was for £llls 9d, and was crossed. The letter in which it was enclosed wasstolen in the course of post, the amount was increased to JE40 lis 9d, the crossing was obliterated, and an endorsement was forged. On December 10th, the day after the cheque was drawn, the prisoner presented it ai the bank, and on being detained and questioned, he said that he was cashing the cheque for a gentleman, whose name he did not know, but whom he met at the HorseShoe Hotel, in Tottenham Court-road. The prisoner adhered to his story and said that he was promised a sovereign for the cheque. He behoved it tobe agesnmie cheque. The jury found him not guilty of fargery, but convicted him of uttering. It was stated that the prisoner had been repeatedly convicted since 1888. His last term was four years' penal ssrvitode, to which he was sentenced in 1906, and he was Km ticket-of- leave at the time of his arrest. There were 14 convictions against him. Detective-sergeant GoodchQd said that the prisoner was a member of. a gang of letter-boix thieves, one of whom was a skilled forger, and th^ gang met at a-pohliohoiase and chose-the uttererby ballot. The Recorder: I see he is-described as a.1 barber. Does b& ever follow ttM&occupation ? Prisoner I'm always a barber in prison. The Recorder: You will have an opportunity of continuing 'that occupation for sometime. You are an habitual criminal. Your home is in prison, and yon come-out occasionally for a. holiday. Sentence of five yeaa,sr-peiiacfsei?witude<wa&^ passed.

MR DONALD MACLEANS DEFEAT .I His Work for Liberalism at Bath. The hope of ^Liberals in Bath that they would be able to retain the representation of the smallest two-member constitoeney in the country has been disappointed by the smallest majority known since 1885. With the excep- tion of 1906, Bath had not returned Liberals since the split, and although we were beaten on Saturday (writes our jcorresponde«t) with the best of men and the best of measures, the satisfactory fact remains that, leaving out 1906, the Liberal poll was virtually 800 more than ever before. In spite of all the aristocratic prejudices of a city of tbe character of Bath, where the chief asset of the community is rather wealthy visitors and well-to-do resi- dents than commerce, and where there is no preponderating Labour vote, the fact stands out boldly after these two elections that the Liberal and the Conservative vote is equal now, and that the wobbler or any section of the community which happens to be specially thrown into opposition to the party in possession can govern the representation, Mr Donald Maclean was justifiecl when he said at the Liberal rooms:—I say this definitely — that this is not a victocy for what they call Tasriff Reform." I have no hesitation in-saytng myself that the small majority of votes which has turnedour position as members for this city itcbo of I not being members foarthe time being is mainly to be attributed to the insidious and very dangerous influence of the liquor traffic- Jnst so long as the people of this country consent to allow the liquor traffic to turn elections as they have done this election in Bath so long will the people deprive themselves of their essential power of expressing their views an great Constitutional issues in ascordance-with what I believe to be the wiabes of the majority of this constituency." And Mr G. P. Gooch, by whose defeat the Commons loses one of its most intellectual members, added Our forces hawse been, de- feated by acombmation of mfbiertces, some of which are very disgraceful to public life and disgraceful also, I f ^ar, to the city of Bath, bat it is a disgrace not for the city itself but-only to a certain and small section of it, and above all to one important and unscrupulous trade, the influence of which we all know too well." Mr Maclean has infused in his ten yeacs* aaeociation with the city an enthusiasm for the cause which will not be qoefled by Saturday^ incident; Mr Gooch has done an amount of political education which cannot be over- estimated. The two made an ideal partner^, ship.

DISCARDED MAN'S CRIME. -—i' A verdict of "Suicide, but that there-was not sufficient evidence to show the state of his fnind." was returned at an inquest at Doocaster on Tuesday on Samuel Berkley (39), a native of the West Indies, who shot himself after a murderous attempt on the life of a woman named Annie Smith, wife of Ernest VViKiam Smith, a naval stoker. IJvidence was given that Berkley lived with the woman for 12 years, and she had had eight children by him. Last February she left him and married Smith. Deceased repeatedly asked her to return to him, but she declined, and on Monday he went to her house, and after making an attempt upon the woman's life he turned the revotver-tspon himself, with fatal result. In a letter to the woman Berkley said her if sh&did not return.

ADVERTISEMENT FAILURE! A certain firm of Manehfflterfeatteis were in the habit of giving every buyer of a hat an insurance policy which guaranteed to the wearer's relatives a substantial sum should he be accidentally killed while Wearing the hat. The other day," writes a. corespondent, I went to this hatters to buy a new insurance bat, but on payment of tbe advertised price. I received the hat and the hat only. Oh, we decided to give it up,' the shop assistant ex- plained, when asked about it. No one ever <rot killed while wearing a hat, so as an adver- tisement it was a complete failure.

THE '68 EVICTIONS. Story at First-Hand. INTERVIEW WITHMR W. J. PARRY. (From a Correspondent.) The publication in the South Wales Daily News of the facts of the Welsh evictions following the election of 1868 has done much to open the eyes of the present generation to what their parents suffered under landlord tyranny, and to what they may themselves expect if the House of Lords and the landlord party now succeed in regaining their lost power. I have just been favoured with an interview by one of the most prominent mem- t bers of the Executive Committee of the Evic- tion Fund, who showed me the originals of a highly interesting £ orrespon<Jenccrwhich passed between him and Mr Evan Matthew Richards in relation to that fund in 1870. This gentleman—Mr W. J. Parry, of Coetmor Hall—was, like Dr. Gwenogvryn Evans, per- sonally connected in an official capacity with the 1868 election, being indeed Mr Love Jones- Parry's election agent in Carnarvonshire. Mr W. J. Parry has kept careful record of every- thing in which he has taken part during an unusually busy public life extending now over nearly 50 years. In the present instance, there- fore, he is able to produce original writings proving every essential statement he makes. I now give his personal narrative as related by him to me:— I think I am justNted in saying-there is no man in Wales to-day in a better position than I am to give the actual facts of the evictions which followed the 1868 election. I took a most active part in that contest, and was a member of a small committee which induced the late Scir Love Jones-Parry to comeoutas Liberal candidate for Carnarvonshire, and thus pre- vent the Penrhyn influence taking it for granted that the representation of thecounty wasaPenhryn possession and to go from father toson as a matter of course. I was appointed Mr Love Jones-Parry's election agent, and con- sequently know all the circumstances attend- ing and following that historic contest. It was well known before the polling day that those who followed their convictions and voted Liberal in that election might have to suffer in consequence. Nor were the expecta- tions falsified. Notices to quit were served wholesale in Carnarvonshire, Merionethshire, Cardiganshire, and Carmarthenshire in par- ticular. In addition to evictions from farms, many workmen were dismissed in vajrious places. In saying this I am speaking from personal knowledge, and can in many cases produce-documentary evidence of what I say. The serving of these notices and these dis- missals. which was done openly in most cases, naturally created a great sensation through- out the country. One fonn which public in- dignation then took was the movement for establishing a compensation fund to assist the sufferers, as already described in the South Wales Daily News.' In this movement Mr E. Matthew Richards, then member for Cardigan- shire. took a leading part. The late Mr John Evans, Carnarvon, and myself wcréappointed to represent Carnarvon- shire on the Executive Committee of the Eviction Fund, and 1 attended most, if not all, of the meetings which were held at Aber- ystwyth during the years 1869 and 1830". I am sure that over 200 cases came before ns to be investigated, and assistance in money was given to a large number, though in several cases monetary assistance was refused when offered. In some cases Liberal landlords and employers found farms or employment for these victims of political persecution. I dianot keepa record of the cases out- side Carnarvonshire, but of these I have the particulars, and if nesessary can give the names of the farmers and workmen who were evicted or dismissed, and who received aid from the fund. In Dolwyddelen and Trefriw alone ten farmers were evicted from t5»eir holdings, and after careful investigation-d their cases these were assisted with grants from the eviction • fund. The grants were paid them through me. J In the Penrhyn Quarry alone 80 workmen were dismissed. I have the names of 53 of them, all Nonconformists, who, as I can per- sonally voueh for, were dismissed for the following reasons :—11 were dismissed for voting for Jones-Parry, onewas dismissed for voting for Osborne Morgan, four for refusing to vote for Mr Pennant (the late Lard Penrhyn), they remaining neutral, four for acting on the 1865 Quarrymen'sj Union, six for acting on the 1865 Strike Committee, 27 for speaking or canvassing for MrLove Jones-Paray. Of the 12 first above-mentioned one left for America, two removed from the neighbour- hood, one» became a lunatic patient at Denbigh Asylum, where he died. Two of those who voted for Love Jones-Parry and suffered dis- missal in consequence started business an their own account, and were very successful, »fctaining"to independent positions. They are well-known public men, viz., the late Mr Richard Evans, Bethlehem, and Mr Moses Evans, Carnarvon. One of those who were dis- missed for refusing to vote for Mr Pennant is Mr Richard Thomas, of the firm of Tones and Thomas, chartered accounafcants, North John- street, Liverpool, who was then a^young man of perhaps 22. Having noted Mr Lloyd Carter's frequent reference to tbeabsencejjof this class of evidence from the report of the Weteh-Land Commission, I asked Mr Parry why itrwas that tiris-evidence was not given. He-smiled as he-repiied :—" The laie Mr-Tom Ellis himself requested me to prepare a. full statement. I have his letters still. I did pre- pare it—and I have the MS. still. But, for some unexplained reason I was not afforded an op- portunity of laying my case before the Com- mission. The very same thing happened in connection wifeh-fche Welsh Church Commission. I was asked to prepare a case, and did so at th e -cost of much tame and labour and research, but-"was not^catted upon as a witness."

REV. W. THOMAS'S TESTIMONY VETERAN CONGRESATIONAUST INTERVIEWED. A Martyr to Praiciple. Time was when the Rev. W< Thomas, who was pastor of the Congregational Tabernacle, Whitland, for 53 years, took a vigorously active part in West Wales politics. He is 78 years of age, retains all his faculties, and he can distinctly recall the evictions of 1868, in addi- tion to those which have already been recorded in the South Wales Daily News." Our reporter visited him at his residence in Whitland on Monday, and found that the old gentleman had quite recovered from the effects of an internal operation. Since he gave his evidence before the Welsh Land Commission at St. Clears 16 years ago, he said. land- lords of West Carmarthenshire have ceased their tyrranical political practices-" I unflinch- ingly told the Commission," Mr Thomas said, th:tf; to deprive any man of his livelihood on account of difference at the polling booth is both impolitic and unwise, as well as cruel. Instances of this Happened on Whitland Abbey (estate in 1868 and 1874. The owner then was the late Hon. W. H. Yetvertosn. He had becomea Conservative then, although he had represented the boroughs of Carmarthen for several years as a Liberal. In 1868 the ice of Conservatism was broken in Carmarthenshire bythe Late Mr E. cl. Sartoris. Mr Yelverton's farm bailiff did all he corukljin every way to bring abontthe tcium- pbautretum of the Conservative candidates. In canvassing he approached the estate car- penter—William Morgan—and asked for his vote. The carpenter's reply was that if he was free he would like to give one vote to Sartoris and the other to master, i.e., to whomsoever he directed him." What happened f It was stated that that wovtfcl not be satis- factory. It was essential to give the two to the Conservatives. The last order was to be Beady eaady on tbe pcfling day, and thecarriage came for him at the time fixed beforehand. But Morgan was not found.. It was as if the earth had swallowed him up. He re- fused to go to St- dears, and it was no loss to either side, as it happened. But on the follow- ing morning, very early, the bailiff visited the carpenter and totd him, with an air of autho- rity, to go up to the Abbey to speak to the honourable gentleman k before you do anything again on tbe-estate.' However, old Will' was too old to 'stoop in such cirotnn- stances. It was Too Stormy at the Abbey then JOT him to ask anything, but he wentin search of work. and succeeded in getting 3d a daymore than he had on-the Abbtjy estate. He refused to return for thre&jnonthR to his work, and did not go before a-specialmessenger came from-his master asking him to do so forth- with." What was-the date of the circumstance you have just mentioned That's just what the chairman (Lord Carington) asked me. It was 1868, and I further told his Lordship that in 1874 I was served in the same manner by the same land- lord. I had been his tenant since 1864. The owner in 1874—Mr W. H. M. Yelverton, who died and was buried in France last year, being succeeded by Mr LnfcfcreU Blake, Pwilywhead— owned the house and garden then, and his father owned the fields, whieh he let to me as a yearly tenant through his son and heir. In 1874 there was a contest in Carmarthenshire for two seats. At tha beginning of the cam- paign the Hon. W. H. Yelverton sent me a printed circular—signed by himself underneath the printed signature-asking me for my vote and interest. I considered the circnlar very pressing. After thinking the matter over, I wrote a respectful reply m the negative. It was unmistakable in its meaning, I must-con- fess. I loved- myb-eedom intensely, and made up my mind to use it in accordance with my deep convictions in favour of Liberalism, and that mdtjpendehtly of all possible .and-certain consequences. Notice to Quil In a few-days it was made known to, me that I bad. 6ffended the honourable gentleman, and that a notice to quit woold follow on or before March 25th. This happened P, tho end eff January. I was not at all frjghteBed by the intelligence. However, on the 21st of March I was served with a notice—" to quit on the 29th of September next." On the 31st of August I sold all my^stock and crops by public action. The amnfennaftr-a.sJfpd thfe farm bailiff | • for permission to leave the hay on the premises until the spring. He blankly and bluntly re- fused in the hearing of a crowd of people, and thus I lost about JE30 on that rick of hay. But I never asked for the land, because I felt I had no joint, either in my body, mind, or creed, to stoop to any landlord in such circumstances." '"But what had the son of the Honourable (t) to say about it ? Oh, he had. no sympathy (fairplay) with my eviction, because he offered me a lease on the house and garden, and we were always on friendly terms." "What did his father do further in the mat- ter? When the Hon. Mr Yelverton read a copy of his own circular, and a copy of my reply to it, together with my comment on his treatment of a poor Dissenting minister in the Carma.r- then Express,' since defunct, he made up his mind from that day forth to dismiss his farm bailiff, who had unfortunately dragged him be- fore the tribunal of public opinion. Twelve months after Mr Yelverton, through the farm. bailiff, had served me with a notice to quit the latter received one himse'f, and died in six weeks." Was-your evidence at aD shaken 7" Landlord Interfirenci. Oh, dear, no. I strongly maintained that no landlord has a right to tamper with the sacred convictions of their conscientious tenants, and submitted remedies which, I felt, would brighten the farmer's prospects very materi- ally in the near future. One in particular was the re-adjustment of rates and taxes. I endorsed the views of Sir F. Frtzwygram, M JP., and of Mr J. C. Macdonald, M.P., which they expressed when speaking on the Queen's Speech at the opening of Parliament in March, 1894. The former looked to the redistribution of local taxation as the meansof giving to British agriculture a new lease of life, whilst the latter did not think it possible to do any- thing to remedy the depression in trade which would be so effectual as the removal of taxa- tion from the poorer classes, and placing it on the shoulders of the rich, or, in other words, as a popular Budget." Had your exposure any effect Certainly. Landlords in West Carmarthen- shire have been very careful ever since, and I don't know of any political notice to quit being served in this division since that period." Have you any more '68 illustrations 1" In that year Mr Hy. Phillips, of Moore, had notice to £ quit Lookabout, a farm in the parish of Uanboidy owned bythe Honourable I have mentioned." And why did he -get, that notice 1" It was patent, very he had voted for Sartoris, the Liberal candidate." How soon after the voting did he-get the notice to quit ?" About six weeks after." What is your idea of exposure ?" 11 It strengthens the Liberal position and prevents a recurrence of landlord tyranny. The Hon. Mr Yelverton eventually recognised his error and dismissed his agent." He was regarded,, perhaps, as the real tyrant ?" Original Correspondence. Yes, I have here the very letter which the. Hon. Mr Yelverton sent me.. It is somewhat novel. I have also a copy of my reply to it." The Abbey, Whitland, Jam. 29th, 1874. >> Dear Sir,-Being fully satisfied that the well-being of this country, and the security and just rights Mid interests of all classes, more especially 'those of the agricultural class, depend on the affairs of the nation being committed to the care of a Conserva- tive Government, I have determined to give my warmest-support to Mr John Jones, our late member, and Lord Emlyn in the coming contest for the county I therefore earnestly solicit your aaastainco on the occasion with your vote and interest in favour of those candidates. I shall be greatly obliged by your assurance that you will grant my re- quest, either by letter or otherw:ise.Yours faithfully, W. H. Yelverton. tCopyof Reply.) Whitia-nd, January 3tet, 1874. k."Hon. W. H. Yelverton. Sir,-ln replyto Y<mr letter, I beg~to inforin you that I am^ a Dissenter in principle and praetaec, and I am determined to be a consistent and persevering one. As such I am a Liberal, and cannot relish Conservatism as embodied in and represented by Mr Disraeli and his sup- porters. We are indebted as Dissenters for our liberty to the Liberal party. You, of course, are at liberty to disagree with my sentiments, as we are each onlyresponsible to God for what we are and do. I have very great personal respect-for you, but I have no votes. If I had I would give them on the poll day to the candidates who would promise to support the measures which cannot but be dear to me and all other Nonconformists throughout the kingdom and the world. Wrth regard to my interest,' that will and must be used for the further- Of those principles which I profess from pnre and strong convictions.I am your hnmfele«erKan £ W. Thomas, Congregational Minister.

FOR SUPER-DREADNOUGHTS. In general dimensions thesoper-Dreadnoughfc of to-day (says the Shipping World ) is a battleship of from 500ft. b.p.to, say, 536ft. over all, with a beam of 84ft. to 86ft., and with a draughtof 27ft. The docks that can receive such a huge vessel are relatively few in num- ber, and they become an even more select band when we aHow anything by way of margin for the deeper draught of adisabled battleship. U we take all dry docks of 550ft. and over in extreme length, of 90ft. and over in breadth at entrance, and of 30ft. in depth on sill at high water ordinary spring tides, we ftad on examination of the highest authorities that the world's total number amounts to no-more than 3&?n all, distributed as follows^— United Kingdom. 10 British Dominions andiDependencKS 5 The United States. _—— 9 Germaay 6 France-and Tunis 3 Italy 2 Russia-in-Asia. 2 Total 39 Our country, therefore, accounts for a-foorth of the entire total, as she is well entitled to in view of the size of her fleet-and the wide patrol it maintains over the Seven Seas. Whether, indeed, our docking facilities might not be added to with advantage is, of coarse, an arguable point; and at Rosyth Naval Base, on the Clyde, at Cardiff, and elsewhere, we are actively preparing to increase these facilities on a large scaJe. But, in view of the table given above, it cannot even now be a matter of dispute that our facilities are equal and superior' to those of any other European nation. Those who maintain the contrary cannot support their contention when an appeal is made tx>facts that are easily accessible and rehableaxtd, as far as known, complete.

SOUTH WALES HEROES. At its first meeting for the yearrheid on Mon- day, the Committee of the Royal Humane Soeiefcy made the following awards in Welsh cases :— Testimonial to Herbert Nicbolls, Greenfield- street, Swansea, for his gallantry in saving a woman who fell into 25ft. of water in the North Dock, Swansea, on December 24th. Bronze medal to John Pugh, pit sinker, Argoed, Moou, for his heroic action in saving a fellow-workman who fell from a platform about 70 yards below the surface in anew pit shaft at Argoed, into 15ft. of water at the bottom, on November 19th. Pughw wearing his heavy clothing, jumped down and held his comrade up till further help-came, and they were got out.

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MINERS' APPEAL. NORTH WALES DIVISIONS. "Vote for the Liberals." On Tuesday a letter was issued to the electors by the North Wales Miners' Association, and signed on behalf of the Executive Committee of the association by Mr Thomas Hughes, chairman, and Mr Edward Hughes, general secretary. The manifesto states :— In the name of the miners of North Wales we make an earnest appeal to you to supporo the Liberal candidate.s-in the coming electioa. We 1 do so for the following reason? ;—The late Liberal administration repealed the coal tax. which repeal has been the. means of giving us considerably more work th^n we were doing at the time of the last election. The Liberal Government passed the Mines Eight Hours Act, amendments of the Work- men's Compensation Act, the Trades Disputes Act, the Checkweigheis't Act, appointed a Royal Commission to mqmre into accidents in and unhealthy conditions of mines, amended the Housing AJct, 8fd abolished Chinese slavery in South Sirica. • The letter concludes :— j The issues of this election sre:—The rights of the electors to control: through the House of Commons the whole of the finances of the country, as igainst the insolent-claim of the Peers to interfere, and you are asked to say yes or no, whether you approve of the Budget. As an ialternative, Tariff Reform is offered you. Tariff Reform means two things, at least it mi^ans the ruin of the shipping tradje upon which the coal trade of North Wales is dependent, and, if carried, would mean colliers being idle, and thousands of our members being thrown out of employment. I On the other hand, it means that miners will have to pay more for their food, their meat, their sugar, their tea, their clothing, their boots, and everything that they buy, and it thereforemeans less employ- ment, and a great increase in the cost of living. We appeal to you to help t<^ prevent this appalling disaster by voting and work- ing for the return of tlie Liberal candidates. APPEAL TO CHURCHMEN. The following is a copy of a letter sent by the Rev: Thomas Pritchaid, the rector of Llan- fwrog, Ruthin, to Mr Clement Edwards, the Liberal and Labour candidate for the Denbigh Boroughs:- At the close of your arduous contest allow me-to say how heartily I desire your success. My vote is yours, and I must tell you why. Amongmanyrea.sons, your unflagging zeal in the intereetof the sons of Labour. Your aim has honestly been to better their lot. Your very independence has but emphasised your conscientiousness and whole-heartedness. My vote is yours as a .supporter of the pre- sent Administration of wide-awake and thorough-gciog workers. I say this not from mere pedantic political partisanship, but from higher considerations, fsr the present is a,Progressive Government, aiming at advance all round in all social and moral good. As a. Engbind Liberal and Progressive Union, of which Lord Aberdare is president, I am wholly for the Government tpolicy. What I believe is a heroic attempt feo-stamp the prineipies of thfe Sermon on the Mount on the Statute Books of my country. The Welsh chieftain with his Budget dares the Destroyer, and our intrepid Premier leads his legions to the Waterloo of Consti- tutional Government. Liberal Churchmen will not be decoyed by side issues. Our grand old Church must not be made the' shield behind which crumbling feudalism fights its last battle.

Horses & Dogs as Food. m SEmLUlrs AtlWAl CONSUMPTION. Berlin, Tuesday.—With reference to the statement published in the British Press re- garding the consronption of horse and dog flesh in Germany, the Morgenpost" publishes official statistics, according to which 136,575 horses and 6,362 dogs were slaughtered in Ger- many in 1908, showing as regards horses, a slight increase on the figures for 190Z, but a decrease of 10,000 on those for 1906, and as regards dogs, decreases of 99on 1907 and 159 on 1906. There was certainly an increase in the consumption of horse and dog flesh in 1909, the result of increased prices in-the better class of meats.—Renter. During the first nine months of 1909, 9.217 morehorsesand 497 more dogswere slaughtered than in the corresponding period of 1908. Taking an average of 150,000 hoxses and 7,00o dogs slaughtered annually, the total yearly consumption in Germany amounts to about 45 million pounds of horse fiesh,. and 140/100 pounds of dog flesh.—Renter. Dependence on Foreign Countries. The United States Consul at EEfnrt, in a report to his Government, makes the fol- lowing report of the increasing mar- ket for fish in Germany. Owing to > the rapidly growing population oj Germany, especially in the industrial cities and towns, and the oeiative scarcity of productive land, the nation becomes each year more dependent upon foreign countries for its food supply. Therefore, the cost of various farm products is constantly increasing, and fish, because of its comparative cheapness^is now one of tne chief means of subsistence of the German people. Even among the families who are not obliged to economise at the table, fish is a favoarite food, because it possesses the qualities of nutrition and easy digestion, and affords an agreeable variation in the fiesh diet. Such large quantities of fish arc now sold in all the German towns that sure accessible from the sea. ports, that the domestic fisheries fall far short of supplying the demand. Consequently there is an ever broadening market in Germany ior fish—fresh, canned, and preseNOO-ex- ported from other countries. Although the German fisheries of the North Sea yielded in 11907 £1,000,000 worth of fish, and those of the Baltic Sea over JE600,000, it was necessary to import fish amounting in value to more than £ 1,250,000 for home consumption. The "re- markable development of transportation facilities in Germany during the past two decades, including the exceDent..service pro- vided by the railroads in handling perishable food, has been a ^reat stimulus to the fish industry.

DuE TO PENNY NOVELS. At Cardiff-on Tuesday W. Price was chazged with stealing a purse containing about 14e, the property of Emily Bezant, and also with ob- taining three pairs of boots, valued £10s 5d, from Sarah John by false pretences. Mrs Bezant, who lives in Minister-street. said on January 8th defendant called at her house and asked if she let lodgings. She took him in, and he went into the kitchen with her. Whilst there she had occasion to go to her purse, and he saw her. She then left him alone for a. few minutes, and later he went and never returned. The pmse was then found to be missing. With regard-to the=other*charge it was aDeged that defendant went to Sarah John's boot shop in Bute-street, .and said his father had given him authority to get the boots. This, however, was not the case, for the defendant left home in November, and had not returned since. The boy's father, who lives at Sen- ghenydd, said has son was most disobedient, and he i*eally did not-nowwhat to do with him. He attributed his badcondocttothe reading of penny novels. There wereno previooscasesreeorded against the defendant, who was bound over t»«be of good behaviour.

VOUNG CARDIFF VIOLINIST. Complete success was t he verdict-passed "by a critical audience at the violin recital given by Miss Gwladyg Oliver Evans, a voung CardnBan, in the Whitehall Rooms, Cardiff, on Saturday evening. Miss Evans is now a pupil of Professor Eberhasrdt, of Bertm, and has made rapid progress during her-brief course of tuition under her German master. Her pro- gramme of music was entirely classical, and every piece was rendered with rare technical skill, as well as warmth of feeling, which showed how deeply she had entered into the spirit of the composer. Leading off with Grieg's Sonata 13 she fully satisfied those who know the difficulties presented-by his work to cope with them in a firm and graceful manner. In, Mozart'a Concerto in D. Major, with Wabehnj's cadenza, she executed the long violin solo passage with remark- able ability, which secured her enthu- siastic recalls. The change to Ernst's Elegie in its slower movement and plaintive strains gave the performef an opportunity of showing the versatility of her powers. The difficult harmonies and cormscafcions of Hu- buyJs Zephyr and the refined melodies of Musiok's Seherzando were delightfully dealt with. We heartily congratulate this promising yoqng Welsh violinist on the- suceess she has so far achieved Miss Constance Evans, a promising pianist, sister of the violinist, ac- companied with great skill.

ALCOHOL A NO THE HUMAN BODY." » Mr W. Harris Wesley Ouild at Charies-street Weslevan Church, Cardiff, on Tuesday, when Dr. Arthur E. Piddian delivered an instructive lecture on Alcohol and the Human Body." The lecture, which was followed with keen interest, was illustrated by a series of lantern slides lent by the National Temperance League. At the outset Dr. Piddian drew attention to the great decrease in the use of alcohol in the treatment of disease by the medical profession to-day compared with 30 yeans ago. After slides had been shown illustrating the effect of dilute solutions of alcohol on lowly forms of life and on plants, the effect of the drug on the hnrnan brain and on the working powers was dealt with in a very ifrfceresting manner. Then fol- lowed a short description of the delay in < digestion caused by maJt liquors and spirits, and a series of slides showed the relative mortality of publicans and abstainers, and the much smaller caJIs which were made by abstainers upon sick funds.as.conmared with noQ-sbstauieis. t

Monastery Outrage. SENTENCED AT OLD BAILEY. The Common Serjeant, at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, had before him the tvo men who were concerned in the monastery outrage on November 13th at Upton Park. The accused were William Jones (32), labourer, of no fixed abode, and Timothy O'Leary (29), waterside labourer, Red Lion-street, Wapping, and they pleaded grilltv to burglary at the Franciscan Friary, Khedive-road, Upton Park. They were also indicted for maliciously wound- ing Aloysius Crowley, one of the confraternity- No evidence was offered on this count. Mr Forrest Fulton, prosecuting, told the story of the outrage. There had been a bazaar at Stratford Town Hall, he said, after which Father Andrew Egan and Brother Aloysius Crowley drove back to the Friary with the day's takings, amounting to nearly £500. As soon as they got into the entrance hall they were, it was alleged, attacked by the prisoners. There was a terrific struggle in the darkness. Father Andrew felt what he thought was the muzzle of a revolver against his ear, and a voiee saying, If you are not quiet I will. blow your brains out." Another man struck him on the head, and he feH senseless. Crowley was also attacked, and severely injured. The hall was splashed with blood. Fortunately the attackers did not get the money they went for,' as upon an alarm being raised Jones was cap- tured. O'Leary was subsequently traced by means of a tobacco box. Inspector Ball said that Jones had been convicted under the name of William Murray for housebreaking. He had a number of other convictions against him. and for years had been a persistent thief. O'Leary, the second prisoner, was once in the Army, and had been ignominiousiy discharged. For the past 10 years he had been known to the police, and although he was a hard working man there weret intervals when he gave way to drink. Prisoner was then a very violent man. Wit- ness thought that prisoner had been led away, but it should be remembered that there was a third man concerned in the outrage, and O'Leary had refused to divulge his name.Jones had also refused information. The Common Sergeant said the case was a very serious one indeed. Jones would go to penal servitude for seven years, and O'Leary, to whom the police gave a slightly better character, would have to go to prison for 18 months' bard labour. J ones, upon leaving the court, said, bowing with mock politeness to Inspector Ball, Thank you for this, Mr Ball." I —mmmmm—

• THE MOND PICTURES. The Nation's Good Fortune. Viewed in conjunction with the Salting be- quest, the long list of pictures left to the nation by the late Dr. Ludwig Mond, father of Swan- sea's new M.P., suggests that our national art collections aace in for a run of good fortune. The Louvre in Paris have been having a simi- lar experience during the past few years, what with the Thorny Thierv—by birth an English- man !—the Rothschild, and the Chauchard legacies so that the Mond and Salting bequests to the National Gallery and South Kensington come as a welcome set-off to the recent ac- quisitions of our friendly rivals across the Channel. Dr. Mond's collection is a singularly welcome addition to our Gallery, for the extreme rarity of genuine pictures by the early Italian masters is well known. During the last quarter of a century new elements have entered into the competition for such works; American and German buyers, private and public, are keen rivals for early Italian pictures, price being oftentimes a secondary consideration. As Dr. Mond aimed at forming a collection of perfectly genuine pictures, rather than one of great number and second-rate quality, his pictures may be said to come to us with the hall-mark of authenticity. But, in addition to this, the full list which we published shows that some half a dozen early Italian artists hitherto unrepresented in the National Gallery will now find a place there so soon as this munificent bequest takes effect. There is a general impression that Dr. Mond confined his attention exclusively to the early Italian masters bat the exhibition of ancient Greek art at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1903 revealed the fact that this was not the case. To that exhibition he lent five articles of the highest interest; and two of these are presumably the Egyptian-Greek portraits which form Nos. 1 and 2 in the published list. A Raphael. The picture which dominates the whole of his choice collection is undoubtedly the Raphael, The Crucifixion," with angels hovering above in the air, St. John and the Virgin standing on each side, with St. Jerome and the Magdalene kneeling in front. This picture was painted for the chapel of the faitnly Garvin or Gavari in the Dominican church at Citta di Castello about the year 1500, before the artist had attained his 17th year it remained in the same place for nearly threee centuries, when it was sold to a Frenchman for-4,000 scudi and a bad copy. The original picture found its way into the great collection of Cardinal Fesch (1763-1839). At first an attempt was made to seJl this extensive collection-of 3,326 pictures, &c~, en bloc, and in tbetl841 catalogue the Raphael was briefly described under No. 700. In the elaborate sale catalogue of 1845 drawn up by the painter George, commissaire-expert dn Musee Royal du Louvre," the Raphael was described in full under No. 479, and at the public sale in Rome, March-April of that year, it was acquired for \ro.OOO scudi by the Prince de Canino, who sold it with other pictures to Lord Dudley. It was included in the Dudley sale at Christie's in June, 1892, and was knocked down for 10,600 guineas to Dr. Richter, on whose advice Dr. Mend's collection was chiefly formed. The price paid was high, but so much have the commercial values of such things advanced within recent, years that it would probably now readilysell for three times that amount.

FEWER BIRTHS IN CARDIFF, INTERESTING STATJSTICS. Cardiff Heath Committee on Tuesday, Dr. James Robinson presiding, had before them the year's vital statistics, submitted by Dr. E. Walford, medical officer. These showed that the death rate last year was the lowest on record—13*0 per thousand compared with 13*2 in 1908, and 15*2 the average for ten years. The zymotic death rate also was the lowest on record, 0.87,v compared with 1.14 the previous year, and 1.78 theaverage-for ten years. The infant mortality returns also were exceedingly satisfactory—103 deaths per 1,000 births registered, against 124 in 1908, and an average, taking the figures for ten years. of 139. The birth )rate, however, has declined somerwat, 25.7 last year compared with 27.0 the preview's year, and 29.5 the Average for ten years. The death rate from respiratory diseases (2.24), phthisis (1.19), and other tubercular diseases (0.37), was about the same .as the pre- vious year. The amount of meat and other food seized or surrendered at shops was 114,411Ibs., while 34 gallons of milk and 150 oysters were destroyed. The number of notices to abate nuisances served was 6^83, compared with 3.2.84 the previous year, this large increase being possible owing to the inspectors beinK relieved of clerical work by the strengthening of the clerical staff. 1f3evera.1 members of the committee described the report as very satisfactory.

£ 75,000 INQUIRY. The Birmingham Corporation are v-ery hope- ful that the result of the inquiry by Major Norton, R.E., will result in the granting of a provisional order authorising the extension of the City boundaries, so as to include Hands- worth, Aston Manor, Yardley, King's Norton, and Erdington in the city. Councillor A. D. Brooks, the ruling spirit in the movement, in an interview onjMonday said, T think the Birmingham case came out very well indeed and not only did we substantiate oir ease and the principles underlying our scheme, but the opponents certainly did not produce any evidence which caused us any surprise." It is estimated that before the pro- ceedings are concluded something like £75.000 will havebeen expended by the various authori- ties-concerned.

OLD MAN'S DEATH. Mr W. Torath (Cardiff coroner) held an in- quest on Monday on Edward Henry Wills (75), a journeyman tailor, who had resisted at various common lodging houses at Cardiff, and who was found in a semi-conscious condition on Taff Mead a few days ago, was removed to the Workhouse Hospital, and who died there on Saturday. Dr. Herbert Price (resident medical officer at the Workhouse) said deceased when admitted had a bruised face and a small scalp wound, and was suffering from heart disease and senile decay. P.C. Preece (coroner's officer) said that inquiries had been made, and there was no reason to suppose that the oldman had been ill-treated. The jury returned a v-erdict uf u Death from natural causes."

tNSTRUMENTAL MUStC. Dr. Morris presided1 at a meeting of the Glamorgan Education Committee on Tuesday, when Dr. James, the chief education official, presented the report of Mr. George Riseley, the examiner concerning the instru- mental music scholarship. He recommended Hilary Evans, of 26, Church-street, Ynyshrr, for the scholarship, and the examiner re: marked that the candidate was a flute player, who would repay them for thetwo years5 train- ing. He possessed by far the best latent talent. There were eight candidates, and J. Haydn Jones, of Clydach- Vale, and Maggie H. Thomas, of Clydach Vale, were second and third respectively. Mr. Riseley stated that generally the piano- forte playing was not great, and that branch of the mtteical profession was over-full. They wanted orchestral players, and the candidate he recommended showed latent talent that should at the end of the schuhu-ship place him in a good position. The recommendation was adopted.

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