The Cardiff Times

Honour Satisfied. NOVEL MEETING AT ABERSYCHAN. Exciting scenes were witnessed in the Co- operative Hall, Abersychan, on Tuesday, at a meeting which had been convened by the Rev. J. W. Maurice, Baptist minister, of Talywain, in order that he might refute an alleged slan- derous charge which, it is stated, had been made against him by Mr J. Blackmore, a Labour member of the Abersychan Urban District Council. The charge was that Mr Black- mw had asserted at a public meeting that Mr Maurice had incited a crowd to break up a recent suffragette meet- ing by throwing mud and dirt at two-lady speakers, and that by so doing he had dis- graced his cloth. There was a further state- ment against Mr Maurice by the suffragettes that he had promised to attend a subsequent meeting in order to offer an explanation, and that he had not done so. The Co-operative Hall was crowded, when Mr William Maggs took the chair, and he was .supported by the Rev. W. Maurice, Mr J. Blackmore, and two suffragettes, one of whom was a speaker at the meeting which the rev. gentleman was accused of breakmg up. The Rev. J. W. Maurice, addressing the meeting, declared that the charge referred to was absolutely untrue, and his explanation of tho first occurrence was that he stopped at a suffragette meeting, and after he had been there some little time he observed that the crowd was getting hostile towards the lady speakers by the fact that dirt and mud were thrown, and in order to endeavour to pacify the crowd he called for cheers for the Liberal candidate, Mr McK enna. These were given, and so far as he was concerned the matter ended there, and he claimed that he did nothing which could be said to being disgrace upon his cloth. At this point a supporter of the rev. gentle- man who was on the platform interrupted with a remark that his-behaviour was quite Parlia- mentary, but a supporter of Mr Blackmore objected, and the chairman had some -diffi- culty in preventing violence. Order having been restored,. Mr Blackmore stated that what he said about Mr Maurice was said on the spur of the moment, aod the rev. gentleman and his section of the audience accepted this .statement as a sufficient apology. Dealing with tho second charge, Mr Maurice stated that two suffragettes eaQed at his-house and invited him to attend a subsequent meet- ing in order to make an explanation, but he told them that he wuuld not attend, as-he had nothing to explain. Miss Bremner, one of the suffragettes alluded to, stated rhat when she called-on Mr Maurice she distinctly understood him to say that he would attend the meeting, and she took it as-a sign of his courage that he was willing to attend. She then endeavoured to address the meeting on the subjeet of women's suffrage, but when she was called to order by the Chairman she roused the anger of the audience by accusing him of not giving her a fair hearing, and she hadi to resume her seat amidst great disorder. The meeting was then declared closed, but when the two suffragettes reached the street they were met by a hostile crowd, and they had to have an escort of three policemen to reach the railway station in safety.

Girl's Mysterious Death. BLUEJACKET DISCH AftSfO. The able-bodied seaman from H.M.S. Excel- lent, William Charles Harrison, was again brought up before Mr Fordham at North Lon- don Police Court, on Tuesday charged in con- nection with the death of Edith Blanche Mabel Beck, a. young unmarried woman, residing at Linscott-road, Hackney, on the night of January 1st. or the early morning- of-the 2nd. Professor Pepper, the Heme Office expert, and Dr. Turtle, divisional surgeon, yesterday gave evidence to the effect-that. death was due to suffocation, which might or migh&iiot have been caused accidentally. William Henry Edwards, a bootmaker, re- siding in the same building as deceased and her mother, said he saw accused and-tbe girl entering the house on the&aturday night. Both were very drunk. Replying to Mr Cowper {defendmgj, witness said the pair seemed to be on friendly terms. Mrs Emily Beck, deceased's mother, said her daughter was 23 years of age at the time of her death. She last saw her daughter between 10.30 and 11 o'clock on the^Saturday night, when she left in company with a Mrs Gorman to get provisions. Witness having detailed other cir- cumstances, which included the-finding of the prisoner in her room, went on to tell of finding her daughter on the floor in the kitchen. She called for help. and tried to rouøeprieODer, who said he was tired, and threatened to smash everything it, the room if witness made any noise. A cushion which had been in the kitchen was produced, &nd Mrs Beck, identified it as her property. Answering the magistrate, Mrs Reek said lher daughter had never had any difficulty in breathing, and if attacked was strong ^enough to make resistance. In reply to Mr Cowper, witness denied tha.t the deceased had been subject to fits. By the Magistrate Her daughter was a good girl.and hadneverJbecn in the habit of driving. P.C. McMillan spoke to having been called to the bouse, and on going to the prisoner the. latter said, What's the joke give me a cigarette." Witness then went to the kitchen, where he found the deceased fnlly dressed, lying on the floor. A cushion lay at her feet. Prisoner appeared to be recovering from the effects of drink, and apparently did not realise what was going on. There-was no sign o £ any struggle. Evidence of arrest was repea^d by P.C. Turner, after which Prof. Pepper, replying to" bhe magistrate, said he was perfectly satisfied, that no struggle bad takeu-place. Mr Fordham said he did not see that theN was sufficient evidence to send tbeoaecaeed for' brial. From the doctor's evidence he thought wiy jury would come to the -conclusion that the.. ^irthad been accidentally suffocated, and he iischarged the accused. There was applause at the back (jf the court upon this announcement being made, but it wasdmmediatety suppressed.

THE LAW OF DISTRESS. In the City of London Court, on Monday, an interesting point under the Law of Distress Amendment Act which recently came into [orce, was heard before Judge Rentoul, KX-, in a case in which Mr Alfred W. S. Hanes, pianoforte dealer, sued Messrs Hobson, Richards,and Co. for £12, in regard to a certain piano. The piano, which was second-hand, was-hired by the plaintiff to-a Miss Gribble in July last, and she was to pay sixteen guineas for it, at the rate of 8s 6d per month. She paid, in fact, only three instalments. She married a man named Henry, and went to live in his flat at Clapham Junction. Henry got into arrears with his rent, and the defendants, acting for the landlords, seized Henry's belong- ings. Finding the piano on the premises, the defendants distrained upon it, and the piano was now in the hands of the certificated'bailiff whom the defendants employed. As the plain- tiff was the owner of the piano he now claimed it, or its value, basing his claim on-Section 4 of the Law of Distress Amendment Act, which said that the Act should not apply to goods belonging to the husband or the wife of the tenant whose rent is in arrear, nor to goods comprised in any bill of sale., hire-puehase agreement, or seWemeAtmade by such tenant, nor to goods in the-possession, oeder, or dis- position of such tenant by the consent and per- mission of tha true owner under such ciecum- stances that such- tenant is the repoted owner thereof." Defendant's case was that under the common law of the land a landlord could seize anything and everything on the premises under a dis- traint for rent. Apart from that, Mr Henry bad advertised the premises to let, and be. there- fore, had a beneficial interest in the piano, as he-would have received the rent in respect of it. If his wife had died the husband would have been entitled to bis-wife's property, and, therefore, the beneficial interest vested in him. Consequently the distramt was quite legal. Judge Rentoul K.C., found for-the plaintiff,, with costs,but gave defendantsleave-to appeal..

TITLED CLASSICAL DANCER. Lady Constance Richardson, in a very dia- phanous robe of the Maud Allan genre, Appeared at the Palace Theatre, London, on Monday, giving four classical dances, to the music of Grieg, Tchaikovsky, and Wakiteufel. Her style of dancing—or rather poeAfpasig—is similar to that of Miss A&an and Miss Isadore Duncan, and had we not already seen those ladies would have been more striking than it was. Lady Constance, Richardson ia*graceful and spirited—the Waldtenfel polka was especially charming, but she lacks (says the Standard ") just that touch of inspiration which made Miss Allan so wonderful. Lady Constance Richardson won theheartioatap-f plause.

GERMANY AND BOY M€88EHG€R8. An Attempt to Introduoe Service Repressed. The attempt to introduce a messenger boy service in Germany hag, according to the Ber- lin correspondent of top "Herald," been sternly repressed by the Imperial Post Office. In Berlin, Breslau, and Leipsir prosecutions have been i undertaken. Stuttgart has now also joined the list. The Supreme Court at .Leipzig has rejected the appeal of the Stutt- 1 gart Messenger Bov Service against the judg- ment given against it for a breach of the public regulations. Another attempted departure has also been vetoed. In order to push the sale of the Jour- nal d'AUemagne," the new French newspaper publialied,in Berlin, some newspaper boys, or camelots." from Paris were engaged for that purpose. The Berlin police authorities, how- ever, sent them back again, 811 every news- paper hawker in Berlin must be at least 21 years of ago. Grown men were brought from Paris, but the police refused to license them on the ground that there was no room for LmycZ- hawkers in BetKa.

Rather Rowdy." DISTURBED MERTHYR MEETING Considerable interest was taken in a case, probably the first of its kind, held at Merthyron Tuesday under the Public Meetings Act, 1908, known as the" Cecil Act." The defendant, Samuel Faggott, Treharm, was charged with unlawfully at, a public meeting at Treharris acting in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called. Mr J. A. Lovat- Fraser appeared for the informant, Mr J. Little- johns. Conservative agent for Bast Glamorgan. Mr F. P. Charles defended. Mr Lovat Fraser said that, he believed that the defendant was a Germau Jew. He was pre- -sent at a public meeting held at Treharris on the 1st inst.. called for the purpose of promot- ing the candidature of Mr F. Gaskell, one of the candidates for East Glamorgan. Amongst the speakers were Colonel Lindsay, Mr LitUejohns, and Mr Gaskell. While Mr Littlejohns was ad- dressing the meeting the defend ant persistently and constantly interrupted him. As soon as Mr Littlejohns got two sentences out the defen- dant shouted and bawled. He was standing in the midst of a group of young men and acted as a kind of ringleader, and the result was that Mr Littlejohns appealed to the defendant and warned him. Still the defendant continued to interrupt and to make a noise, and in the end Mr Littlejohns de- sisted, and the business of the meeting was defeated. There was no desire," said Mr Fraser, to make any political capital fout-of the prosecution. Mr Littlejohns had in his possession a letter from the agent of Sir Alfred Thomas." Mr Charles: It is not evidence what the agent writes. Politics have nothing to do with the case. The Stipendiary Magistrate (Sir Marchamt Williams) Itdoes notseem tome it is possible to make any political capital out of it. Mr Fraser said the object of the ,prosecution was to teach foreigners who came to this country that they must. observe the usages of public meetings. Mr Littlejohns gave evidence, saying he failed to make a consecutive speech. Mr Charles It would be as dull as a sermon if it were. (Laughter.) Mr Sidney Wade, reporter, said at the meet- ing it was rather rowdy. The defendant was gesticulating and continually shouting some- thing about the price of bread in Germany. The interruptions interfered with his reporting of the-speeches. P.C. Fisher, who had been subpoenaed, was asked by the learned counsel if he had heard anyone interrupting Mr Littlejohns. I cannot say that I did," replied the witness. The question was repeated, and the witness answered more emphatically, No, I didn't." Counsel obtained permission to cross-examine the officer as a hostile witness, and put into his hands a paper which he admitted having signed in the presence of Mr John Pritchard, and in which he said, During Mr Littlejohns' speech I heard Faggott continually interrupt- ing. It Mr Fraser: Then why did you sign the paper ? The Witness On the understanding that. Mr Pritchard would alter it. I distinctly told him that I did not hear Faggott continually interrupting, and I thought he would alter it. Mr Fraser i Have you been bullied by your superior officer ? The Chief Constable: Istfongty object to th.it question. Tbe-stipendiary We can't have that It was put to the witness that he had re-. canted because Sergt. Dove had declared that if his ■statement, not having been made by the" authority of the-chief constable, we re. produced in evidence it would be sufficient to take the { coat off his back. In answer to the Stipendiary, the witness -stated that the statement was copied off another paper and read out to hiui by Mr Pritchard before he signed it. He, however, told Mr Pritchard distinctly that he coold not say that Faggofct-eontinuoasty interrupted-the meeting. Mr John Pritchard denied that he gave any undertaking to alter the statement, and that. Sergeant Dove used the words imputed to him. The Rev. J. P. Jones, Calvinistic Methodist minister, called for the defence, said that there was no dMOtrdm-ly behaviour on the part-of the defendant. Mr Littlejohns, he-said, insulted the intelligence of his audience -by-coutinnaily!,aok- ing in the course of his speech," Do you see my point ?" He used no tact, and invited attack by his aggressive mood. At this stage the Stipendiary stopped the case, and said that he was satisfied that the defendant did not interrupt in such a way as to cause any wilful disorder in the meeting, and the-caae was "therefore dismissed.

T aff- Bute-Rhymney. FREIGHTERS' REVERSED DECISION. A specially requisitioned meeting of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Coal Freighters' Association was held yesterday at Cardiff, Mr Joseph Shaw (Powell Duffrvu). presiding, to again consider "Hie attitude to be adopted with reference to the rLWf-Bule-: Bhymnev Amaigamatton Bill. At the meeting' last week the voting resulted in the resokatkm to oppose the Bill being- carried by 129' votes to, 46, the tonnage represented being 12.900,*000 and 4,600,000 tons respectively. But as this, did not represent a majority of' three-fourth^ necessary before the funds of the association can be expended in fighting: a Parliamentary measure, the association as a body could not take active steps to fight the Fusion Bill. It transpires, however, that a number of the members of the association- at-the last,meeting either abstained from voting altogether or in the. absence of fresh ius-tructiousvotedwrongly. At any rate, since then a number of freighters were advised to adopt a coucse contrary to last year, with the result that in compliance with -thearticles of association another meeting was convened on Tuesday, when it was praeti- caily decided unanimously to oppose the Bill. M^ptbers pcesent represented an annual out- put of 16 million tons, and the resolution to fight the fusion scheme was carried"by 149< votes, representing 14,900.000 tons, to nothing, one trader remaining neutral. The Freighters' Association is the stongest local trading body, and. its decisions on mat- ters affecting tho coal trade carry great weight. Opposition is now obviously strengthened by this practically unanimous decision, and it will reqouire overwhelming evidence-to induce any Committee to alter the decision of Parliament last summer. It is of interest, by the way, that Sir-George Doughty (Conservative), who was chairman of the "House of Commons Committee to, deal with the Fusion Bills, has lost his seat. in the present election. The matter has still to be considered by the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, and the course now adopted by the Freighters' Asso- ciation is certain to exercise considerable in- fluence with the Chamber.

HEROIC WOMAN DOCTOR. A pathetic tragedy, in which a young woman doctor sacrificed her life to-save that of her patient is reported from St. Gall. (Switzerland). Mile. Hughentobler, aged 26, who had only recently taken her medical degree- and begun to practise as a physician and sur- geon at St. Gall, was suddenly called upon to perform a serious operation on a woman in a village near by. In order to save the woman's life MBe. -Hugbentobler dichnot wait to put on the rubber gloves wljich all surgeons use-when operating. On returning home Mile. Hughen- tobler became ill, and she found-that she had -.contracted blood poisoning through a slight [ scratch on one of her fingers. Although plrysiciansi were caHed in immediaftely, it-was, impossible to save her-life, and she died the next day.

DINNER HOUR IN SHOP. Messrs J. C. Smith and Sons and Mr F. Win- ter, two of the leading drapers inStrafcford-on- Avon, have deeided to close their shops be- tween 1.15 p.m. and 2.15 p.m. each day for dinner. Mr Winter explains that, with,lialf the assistants away between the times mentioned, customers have experienced some disadvan- tage, and the proposed alteration will there- fore be a source of benefit to customers, assis- tants, and-the proprietors.

FULLER STATEMEMT WANTED. Ittathe King's Bench Division-on.Tuesda.ythe. case of fodder and Parker eWe bejore thei. Lord: Chief Justice and Justices Buckhili and Bm-y, on appeal by Messrs P. and A. Hoddell from a decision of the justices of the borough of Monmouth, who eonvieted the appellants on an information laid before them by Vincent Charles Edward Parker, charging the defen- k dants with unlawfully causing a traction engine to be used on the 6th September. 1909, at.the borough of Monmouth, the engine not being licensed by the Monmouthshire County Council and not paying a registration fee. The facts were stated in a special case submitted for the opinion of the Court by the justices. The engine was registered under section 10 of the Act as an agricultural locomotive by the Herefordshire County Council, and was used in Herefordshire for threshing some wheat which it conveyed to Messrs Courteen's mill at Mon- mouth. On the part of the appellants it was contended that section 9 of the Act did not apply to the locomotive in question, and that they were not liable to pay a, fee to the Mon- mouth County Council. MrfCharles appeared in support of the appeal, whilst the conviction waa supported by Mr Barlow. Mr Charles argued that the engine being an agricultural locomo- tive, was not liable to be licensed or to pay a registration fee, as it came within the excep- tions within the Act. Mr Barlow, on the other hand, submitted that the engine being used for hauling, which was not an agricultural pur- pose, did not come within the exception of the Act. The Lord Chief Justice said the case must go back for fuller statement. The Court wanted to know what was done wiith the corn after it was ground. Did the meal, or flour, go back to the farmer by whom the wheat was sent and did the waggons in which the corn vaalumled belonaftotfae farnwrh

THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CORN. Newport, Wednesday.—Very little business in con- sequence of election. Maize 6d per quarter dearer on the week, barley and oats very well held. Flour passed at last week's prices. CATTLE. Usk, Monday.—Kair attendance and supply at the fortnightly market to-day, and business was brisk at the following quotations Best quality beef Gid to 7d per lb., seconds 6d to 6Jd, wether mutton 7id, ewn 6d per lb. cows and calves 912 to S16, yearlltlga f-S to £12, two year olds £11 to f.16 sows and pins 16 to £10, strong stores 35s to 45s each, three months old 16a to 18s, weaners 14s to 16s each porkets— heavy weights 10s to 10s 6d a score, light do. 10s Gd to lis, baconers 10s a score Newport, Wednesday.—Short supply of cattle ¡ sheep and lambs, very short supply of calvei and pigs. Large attendance of buyers, good trade. Best beef 7d, seconds 64d and 6fd. best. Irish beef&jrd. seconds 6d and 6Jd, cows 4fd and 5Jd, best wethor mutton 8d. ewes Sid and 6d. lamb 8d and Std. calve. 7d to 9d, porkers lis 9d and 12s per score, baconers 1Qs and 10s 3d per score. Gloucester, Saturday.—-Wheat in moderate suppiy— red 36s 6d to 37s 3d, whites 36s 6d to o7s 6d. Foreign wheat-PlateR 42s, Russians 40s 9d to 41s 9d, Mani- toba 42s 3d. Maize-Plate 27s 6d. Besaarabian 266 9d. Barley 21s. Oats-white ns 9d tt 20s, black 189 6d to 20s 9d. Weather wet. FAIR. Tajparth, Monday.—The January stock fair at Tal- gartb was not, very largely attended, and trade was somewhat slow. Prices -Barreners. £10 to 9121; li-j ear-old steers, £81011 to £10 best beef. 6id to 7d second quality. 6d to 6Jd best mutton, 5fd to 6d lamb, 7d pork, lis to 12s per score cart pigs, 18g, to 22s carthorses, £ 30 to £45; cobs, c-19 to £24. PROVISIONS. Builth Wells, Monday.-Fairly large attendanceand supply, andmoderately brisk demand. Pricesremained unchanged. CHEESE. Newport, Wednesday.—Short supply, good demand. Caerpbillies 66s and 70s, fancy dairies 73s, doubles 60s and 63s. truckles 68s and 70s, singles 60s and 638. HIDE. SKIN. FAT, AND WOOL Rhoudda, Pontypridd. and Aberdare Hide, iallow, and WooL Company, Limited, Treforeat. Saturday.—Hides (without horns or slrails) 90 lbs and upwards, ordinary flayed, 6d; perfect flayed, 6td 801bs. to89Ibs., 5»d. 6d 701bs. to 791b«.. 51d, 5.-d; 601bs. to 691bs.. 5id, 51d 501bs. to 591bs., Std, 5ld 491bg.and under, 5i<? heavy cowa. 601bi. and up, 5d, 5±d; light cows, 591bs. and under,'5d. 5ia; bulls, 4d. 4td; cuts and warbled. 3d to 41d. CaMskina—ITtba. and upwards, Tid; 121bs. to 16lbs., 9d; llIba. and under. 9d; cuts, 7iei. Lambs, 2a to 611 6d. Pelts. 2s to 7s. Fatr-belt sweet elean, 2id; aeconds. lid common, lid. Salt, 2s J)8t owt.

WARNING TO WELSH FARMERS. Vote-Catching Dodges. TO THE EDITQR.. Sir,To those who have the genuine wel- fare of the Welsh farmer at heart no passages in the election address of a Tory candidate have more Interest than those which touch upon land. For the most part they are simply echoes of what Mr Balfour said at Birmingham in September, 1909. The election addresses, however, are being supplemented by a "syndica-ted article" from a correspondent," which is appearing in some of the Conserva- tive papers in Sonth Wales. Mr J. W. Jones-Cremlyn, who is going to the poll against Mr Lloyd Morgan, uses language which is even stronger than that of the syn- dicated article. If millions." so runs a sentence in his address to the electors, if millions can be safely lent to rebellious Irish- men, surely you have the right to demand the same terms for loyal. God-fearing ^Vales.?' The writer of the Tory land article does not call Mr Lloyd George a rebel, neither does he like to be outdone in local colour by Mr Jones- Cremlyn. The Socialist plan of our Welsh Chancellor would mean, if it were carried out, ruin at no distant date to hundreds of free- hold farmers. This would be a bitter reward, indeed, to many an honest and industrious Welsh Nonconformist freeholder, who had been taught to. look upon Mr IJoyd George as a Welsh national hero." The question which will at once occur to the Welsh farmer is. "Where have these good friends been all this time 1" They seem terribly anxious to do something for him since the election came into view. The Welsh farmer has passed through periods of trial and suffer- ing. What H«fp Did the Tories Give P To go no further back than 1885, Lord Salis- bury was in power from 1886 to 1892. Waa there a word said from the Government bench about helping the farmer in Wales ? These Tory candidates who are now talking glibly about God-fearing Wales." and Tory writers who have such a-tender spot, for the honest and industrious Welsh Nonconformist free- holder," are recommended to look up the record of the-Salisbury Government of 1886— 1892. They will find that on the 29th of June, 1888, Mr Tom Ellis, M.P. for Merioneth, moved: That having regard to the special circum- stances of Wales and the prevailing agricul- tural depression and their effect upon the Welsh people, this House is of opinion that her Majesty's Government should pay imme- diate attention to the subject, and take steps to provide a measure of relief which shall secure fairer conditions of tenure and a re- adjustment of rent, more equitably corres- ponding to the fall in prices, and make such wM^enable the cultiva- Tom Kllis, of course, was beaten,.as he was handsomely beaten four years later when he brought ill his Land Tenure Bill for Wales, which was backed by Mr Lloyd George and • Sir S. T. Evans. It is too much to expect that the people who are now on their knees for the ^Welsh-farmer's vote should know anything i about the heroic struggles on behalf of the •'Welsh tenant as far back as 1892. The country had a Tory Government in 'power from 1895 to 1905--a lease of ten years. A great dealc-ouddbe doneby the-Conservatives for the farmer during that time. They passed an Irish Land Purchase Act, they established County Councits in Ireland, they introduced Chinese labour into South Africa—but there was no mention of the farmer. It is true that Mr Jesse Collings talked much aodoften during his loug career of three acres and a cow," with the net result, as Mr William Jones put it, that w, did not get aaqnnch as A calf." Now over against this clean sheet of the Tories must be set the Record of the Uberari Government. During Mr Gladstone's«econd Ministry the AgriculfcuraJ Holdings Act-of 1883 becamedaw. Mr Jones-CremiyB and others who are eager,to pose as friends of the farmer should read the story of XS83 in its relation to agriculture. For tberfirst time-Parliament was made to stand by the tenant in insisting that, whether he liked it or not. the landlord most pay compensation for certain s)'ecificd'improvements..As,soOn as they got back, not only to office, but to power in 1906 the Liberals again returned to the assistance of the farmer, whom the Tories had totally neglected for al) the years they were in command. The 1906 Act. went a great deal further than that of 1883 indeed, by 1908 it had been so improved as to amount to a Tenant's Chanter." Through the watchful- )ness of the Liberals, and in spite of the bitter opposition of the Tories, every farmer in Wales is now protected from the unreasonable de- mands of an unreasonable landlord. It is safe to assume, therefore, that all the glowing promises of Tory candidates to farmers are L. Simply Vote-catching Dodges, and they are thrown oat because they think that a farmer can easily be fooled, especially if *the appeal is peppered wtih pious phrases, > which sound so out of place in Tory proclama- tions. The modern farmer is no fool, but it is right tbat he should be warned about the new land scheme which the Tories have invented as an alternative policy to the Small Holdings Act. "No more will come of their scheme than of the three acres and a cow cry—still it may Succeed in its one aim of catchng some votes. The plan, in a word, is to float the peasant proprietor with borrowed capital. Sir Gilbert Parker—the writer of most excellent fiction— has"told us all about it. Ownership is a very pretty term, but the Conservative leaders have had no leisure yet to define exactly what they mean. Mr T. W. Jones-Cremlyn merely says vote for Tariff Reform and peasant owner- ship Sir Gilbert Parker is of opinion that 11 the State might purchase the land and re- sell- it to the intending owner," while the writer of the syndicated article tells us that Mr Balfour thinks that it would be a very good' thing for the country for more farmers to own their farms, as farmers do in Germany and France." As to France an aeutc observer, in the report of the Assistant Commissioner on Agriculture marked C 3375, attributed the backward condition of the national husbandry to the demon of property' which induced men to invest their savings in land instead of de- voting them to the improvement of.its hus- bandry." The Assistant Commissioner also says that in Belgium—the land of small holders—the percentage of pauperism in 1881 exceeded that of any other European country. If a money-less Welsh farmer wants to h«mg> a-mill-stone round his neck, if he wants his hair to be turned grey before its time-the thort road for all that is the new-fangled Unionist policy of land reioftm/' The plain duty of the Welsh tenant is to turn a deaf ear to all tfcat a Tory platform has to say about land and to re- 1 main true to the party which has already given him so much and will yet see that he gets security of tenure and fair rent fixed by a court of law.—I a.m, Ac., of law. -I am, &(- GWILYM DAVIES, M.A. Carmarthen.

SACKVILLE PEERA BE CASE. In the Sackville peerage case on Monday, the Appeal Court dismissed the appeal of the petitioner against the decision of Justice Big- ham, refusing to further postpone the trial which had been .fixed for February 1st. The action is brought under the Legitimacy Declara- tion Act by Ernest Henri Jean Baptiste Sack- ville West, who claims that on a date between January, 1863, and Auaust, 1867, at a place unknown, Lionel, Lord Sackville, had lawfully married Josephine Duran De Ortega. that they had cohabited together as man and wife. and that petitioner had been born in June, 1869, at Arcachon, France. Petitioner claimed he should be declared the lawful and eldest son of the late Lord Sackville. and was entitled to succeed to the title and estates of his father. Petitioner's allegations were resisted by the Attorney-General and Lord Sackville, who con- tended that Josephine Duran De Ortega was married in Madrid in 1851, to Don Juan Antonio De La Oliva, and remained so married until her death in 1871. For the petitioner, it was urged the evidence taken on his behalf in Madrid could not be returned by February 1st. but the Lords Justices held they could not interfere with the discretion of the court hokum.

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