The Cardiff Times

Death of Prince Francis. PATHETIC BEDSIDE FAREWELL j Soldier & Philanthropist, j A LOSS TO THE MOTOftlN6 WORLD. We deeply regret to announce that Prince Francis of Teck, brother of the Queen, died a few minutes after 11 on Saturday morning at a nursing home in Welbeck-street, London, where he had been lying ilL The King and Queen were with his Serene Highness at the last. Jt became evident during* the night that the Prince's condition had taken a most serious turn, and at 7-30 a.m. the following bulletin was issued:- His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Terk is now sinking. The King and Queen were at the Nursing Hc-jne from half-past four till half-past eightin the morning. Their Majesties motored back to Welbeck-street, at a quarter past ten. The official bulletin announcing the death of Prince Francis-of Teck was worded as fol- lows :— October 23rd.—His .Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck passed away at 11 o'clock. 1 The end was quite peaceful, and there were present, besides the King and Queen, the Duchess of Teck and Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck. The Duke of TpeAr_-how-- .,ever., is ill, and unable to leave his bed. Service at the BMtsMe. Canon Edgar Sheppard, D.D., Sub-Dean of the Chape! Royal, was there at 3.30 in the morning and remained until after the King and Queen had left. When their Majesties went back to be present at the end Dr. Shep- pard also returned, and immediately after the Prince had passed away conducted a brief and simple-service while the King and Queen and j other'members of the family stood beside the j deathbed. j The- King and Queen left the nursing home j at 20 minutes past 11, fheir departure being made the occasion for a deeply impressive demonstration of sympathy on the part -of the crowd,numbering about^ two' hun- dred persons, which had assembled in the vicinity. When the grave news contained in the early tmfietins -fcweame known her Majesty displayed great fortitude, but had obviously been weeping freely. When their Majesties appeared the crowd with bared heads stood motionless and silent until the motor cardrove r Knew He Was Dying. Some few weeks ago Prince Francis under- weataelight operation in a. nursing home for the removal of an obstruction between the jaw and the nasal passage. Then he joined the King and Queen at Bahnoral, when he took cold. He however returned to town on Octo- ber 13th- and had a serious relapse. He again entered the nursing home suffering from pleurisy with effusion and an operation was immediately necessary. There is reason to believe that aympfons of septicsemia- gave an alarming torn to the illness. A distressing feature,was the patient's extreme depression. For several-days prior to death the physicians had clearly intimated that there was no hope cofrecovery.

60RSE HALL MtfflOERMYSTEftV. The final stage of the Gorse Hall murder triafi was reached yesterday at the Chester Assises. The jury returned a verdict Not, (iwity.

AFTER HOLIDAY SLACKNESS. i Most people wtio are ba>ck from the annuail holiday experienced an acceleration of physical-" energy whilst away, which, however, has appeared since retur t-o home and business-; The change of air, of companionship, and sur4 roundings was a stimulant which worker wonders on the holiday, but bpckin town j find with dismay the old lethargy creep over, us, and the contrast with our recent vigour depressing. To get the benefit of the holiday j don't let this stock of vigour trickle awuy.i ensure that it shall help you over the winter# and from the • moment you get back to towoj use Phosferiuc to sustain your energy ,in&f renew the supply of nerve force continuously" Remember, your luugs have to wot^: harder to? purify the polluted air, your nerves to with-5 | stand once more all the noise, worries, danger*! of city life, the monotony of surroundings, sameness of work, and they want help badly#* « the help that Phosferine never fails to give.A

BIRTHS,MARRIAGES,& DEATHS, BIRTHS. ALLEN.-At Caerau Houze, !Fly, Glam., on the 21st October, the wife of Walter Alien, of a son. 457 ALLGOOD.—On October 23rd, at 164, Colum-road, Cardiff, to Mr and Mrs James S. Allgood, a daughter. 663e CHAM BERLAIXQn October 24th. at 32, Park- square. Newport, to Mr and Nlrs William Henry Chamberlain, a son. x475e TaiNG.—At 6, Senghenydd-road, Cardiff, October 20th, 1910, to Mr and Mrs Horace Ching, of Port Said, Egypt, a daughter. 369 EDWARDS.—On the 20th October, at64. Cavendish- road, Brondesbnry. N.W., the wife of Augustas Edwards, of a daughter. C&12 GILMORE.—October 23rd, at 76, Theobald-road, Cardiff, to Mr and Mrs D. Gilinore, a son. 684n HORSPOOL — On October 19th. at 7, Princes-street, Roath, Cardiff, to Mr and Mrs J Horspool, a-son. n MORRISH.-At Duloe House, Albany-road. Card October 17th, 1910, the wife of Albert C^Morrish, of a son. 67n PELHA.VL.—October 18th, at 60. Kimbertey-road to Captain and Mrs Pelham. a son. 739n PREECE.—On October 21st., to Mr ami Mrs. T.. R Preece, 14, I) en ton-road, Canton, Cardiff, a," daughter. 501n .PRICE.—On Oct. 20th, at 2. TafF Embankment, Cardiff, to the Rev. T. P. and Mrs Price, a son.358n TREHARNE.—Sunday, 16th inst., at Dan-y-Deri Villa.,Ferndale, to Mr and Sirs D. Treharne, Secre- I tary of the Rhondda and Pontypridd District Master Bakers' and Millers' Association, Ferndale, and District Chamber of Trade—a daughter. 3341 WILLIAMS-.—On Friday, 21st October, at High- brook Vicarage, Bayward's-heath. to the Rev. 11.. and Mrs Mostyn Williams, a son. C873 MARRIAGES. UGELEY-SMITH -On October 19th, atSt. Peter's Church, Stoke GoIdington(Bucks), John, son df the late John Begelev, Esq., of Northampton, to Edith Mary, seventh daughter of Thomas Smith, Esa-, Stoke Goldington. 345 BIRKS—COOKE.—On October 22nd, at Roath-rdad Wesleyan Chnrch, Cardiff, Walter Harry, eldest- son of late Wm. Birks. of Higher Openshaw, Man- chester, to Alice Florence, third daughter of late ZL A. Cooke, LPantrisa-nt. 564 COHEN—KELHAM— On the 22nd October, 1910, John M. Cohen, younger son of Joseph Freeman ■Cohen, of 4, St. John's Wood-road. N.W., to Nannie, eider daughter of R. Phillips Kelham, of oM Langdale, Creditoa-road, West Harapstead, N.W. C874 DAVID—J-AMES .—On October 20th, at St. Alban's Church, Treherbert, by the Rev. D.J. Evans, vicar, Watter David, Royal Stores. Tynewydd, eldest son etJohn David, Woodlands. Creigiau (latfe of Blaen- Moitdda), to Lilian, youngest daughter of Daniel James, draper, Dunraven House. Treherbert.. 342n RMDIA-X HAWKS WORTH BARKER..—October 22nd, at St. Martin's, Scarborough, by Rev. Canon Watson, Sab-Dean of York M inster, a by the 'Vicar and Rev. C. Moailliet. William Alfred Piddian, son of the late Dr. Fiddian. of The Walk. Cardiff, to Winifred. Mary, eldest daagftter of Reginald Hawksworai-Barker, of Grosvenor Bank, Scarborough. 932 GUBERT--CTTRTIS.-At Redwellty Church.oetober Igth, Edward A. Gilbert, eldest son of Mr and Mrs John Gilbert. Bargoed, to Edith V. Curtis, eldest, daughter of Mr and Mr Frank Curtis. Pviiynmey. n KJHNSON—VILLiS —On Oct. 22nd, at SuHy Church, 'Sully, by the Rev. John Williams, Rector, Everett, eldest son of the late John Watson Johnson, Elec- fcrieai Engineer, Cardiff Railway Co.. to Lizzie., -eldest daughter of George Villis, The Haves, Sully- JIORGAN-LESTER JO '.NES.-On Tuesday, October 18th, at Llandotigh Baptiit Church, Sydney Charles Morgan, son of Mrs Morgan. Gibbs-road, N-owport. to Bertha, eldest daughter of W. Lester Jones, Llandough. At Home, Wellwood, Dinas wU. Thursday and Friday November 24th and 2Sttu336? 'PULLEL"V-SMITH.-On October 19th, :.t St Peter's Church, Stoke Goldington (Bucks), Albert, sou of L Pullwn, of Fulham, Londou, to Mildred ^ujrusta, fifth daughter of Thomas Smith, Estwot>Stote Gotdington. 346 BEY—BEVAN.—On the 20th inst., at Hancteworth Parish Church, by the Rev. A. H. Rhodes, SLA-, the Rev. A. W. Watt. B.A. and the Rector (the Rev. H- G. Daniell Bainbridge), Dr. J. F. Bey, of >Diaas Powis, to Bertha Maud, youngest daughter of Mr and Mn Charles Sevan, of Seaforth House, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham. At home. The Myrtles, Dhias Powis, Nov. 21st, 23nd, 23rd. 793 "DlITERTON JOXES—GARROD THOJDSSs— 'On the-20th October, at Vktori-roadcongregabovul Chrtrch, Newport, Moa^jby the Rev. A. W. Aader- «on, B.A., and the Rev. E. Walrtmd Skinner., Alan Ire-verton. efclesteon of Mr and MIS Bonn U. Iovft. to Mildred Eleanor, younger ciauehterot' Etr-and Mrs Garrod Thomas, both of Newport, Man. At Brynhytryd-road, Nov. 21st to 26th„ xtfm: DEATHS. Bs&ERY.—On the 15th instu, at*29^Elymoote*road. Penarth, Majy Wiihehnina (Mina JE. de M.}, dearly beloved daughter and only child of W. M.D., MJ8..C.P. R.IJP. BROWN.—On the 16th- inst., at 76,GleaHay-fltreet, Cardiff, Margaret Ann, beloved wife-of John Brown.. Funeral Thnrwtay, 2.30, for St. German's Chareh.. JftuKLAJSD —On 20th tost., at 269, Moorland-road, Cardiff, Elizabeth Buriand. betowed wife of John 13Tirtand. WSSELL.On Ortober 22nd, at 54, Peutrebane- strpet, Grangelown, Cardiff (late-of Stuart-street, Docks), after a short illness, George William, the beloved husband of Ali-ce Bnsaell. CHAPMAN.—October 22nd. at Drug Stores, Cwm- aman, Edward E. Mins Ciiapman, beloved husband of Martha Chapman. nRISOOLL.-on 20th October. Pt Ema-ald Honse, Woodland-road, Barry, residence of his uncle (J. Hayes), J. Drucoll, assistant master, age 23 yftri., KDMONDS.—October 18th, at 10, Hawthorn-road, North, Llandafi, after S. long and painful illness, Elizabeth Annie (Bertie), beloved eldest daughter of the late George Frost, Bridport, and Mrs Frost, 10, TremllMMt-terrace, Cardiff, and wife of John Edmonds. EDW ARD8.-At. LlwynceTyn. Abereynon, on the 20th inst,. Polly, the bekjved wtfe of Bran Rees Edwards, ajid -eldest daught«- -of Daniel Fenwick. .BVANS.-At Gelhlenor Farm, ](bM-stfg. October 23rd, Benjaarrn Evans, aged 57. GMYFTTHS.-AT Glanwern, Porthcawl, on- October 20th, 1910, Edith May Griffiths, the dearly beloved daughter of Edward and Katie-Griffiths, of Treorky. GRIFFITHS-oetober 20th, at Caerwerit House, Severn road, Cardiff, Matilda, the betoved wifeof George Griffiths. HOWKLLK—Oct. 21st, at the reskieTice-of his-parents,. 25, Gilfacbcynoti. Merthyr. Harry Howell (late of Spillers and Bakers, Cardiff), age 22. 1IUGHES.16th October, Elizabeth Hugbes. wife of Rev. Dd. Hughes, C.M. Glyn Neath, at the residence of her father, Rev. Thos. Powell, 10, Curwen-terrace, Port Tiilbot- XAMES. At 96, High-street, Cymraer, Porth, Thomas Ja/iies, late Cap Coch, Aberdare. -TENKS.-On Oct. 24th. at 7, Clare-street, Cardiff, Mary Ann (Polls), the beloved wife of Geo. D. i-er-ka XENK INS.—Igih of October. Alberta, dearly beloved daughter of J. A. and M. J«nkiBS, Treharris. Klllt-S-On the 22nd, at 44, Port ma nmoor- road CardiS, James, tbe husband of K^J.Jen- kins> aged 64. JONES.—On the 18th insl., at Percy-pftm, *AU)ez- tridwr, Jane (Jenny), the betoyedwiteof Walter B. Jones, M.E., Windsor Collieries, and oinly daaighter of Thomas Richards, M.E^ late of Xlwyn- eelyn, Porth. SO-NES .-On the t8tlirinst. at 27, Ragvmy4ermee Abercam, Lewis Jooes, in His 78.th year. JONES.—At Cowbridge, on' the 18th inst^Moses Jones, Chemist, High-street, Swansea, JONES.—On the 23rd inst., at 38, Inverness-terrace, Hyde Park, the beloved wife x^f. Alfred.R. Jones (Eliza Jeesk), daughter of the late David Thomson. C895 JONES-On October 19tb, at the- residence of her brother, 14, Union-gtreet, Carmarthen. Elisabeth Ann Jones, age 52. LEYSHON-—23rd October, at 15,. Column-road, Cardiff, Sarah, widow of late Richard Leyshon, eaddler and harness maker, aged 85 years. Beiovd -mother, faithful to the eharge committed to her. XARSH.—October 16th, J. R. Marsh.,betovedfinsband .Sarah Marsb, 86, Wyndham-road, late King's-road, Cardiff. HORGAN.—October 19th, killed at Llaobrjidacli Colliery, George, beloved -on ofThamas Xk-maa. OfROUR KTi.—On the 13tii inst-, at 13, John-tStreet, Cardiff. George Patrick, the dearly beloved son of ::Joån and Annie OTtonrke. aged 4 years. ESuLMZER.—On the 19th October, at Asliieigh, Neath, Emma Palmer, widow of the late George Palmer. PARSONS.—Oct. 22nd, after short illness, at 90, Mack)ntosh- plajfte. George Wyndham, beloved hus- band of Lilian J. ParsoliC aged 34. 611n PATTERSON.—At 20, Longcrmss-street, October 22nd, Annie, beloved widow of Edmund Patterson, late-of Cardiff Docks. EENGELLY .—At Midnight, Sunday, OctoberIfeth, Miimie Emily, the beloved wife of Charles H. Pengelly, 24, Braeval-street, Cardiff, at the-Cwdiff Infirmary, after a brief but severe iliness. rui 2, Station-terrace, Treherbert, on 23rd inst.. Samuel Phillips, late Statkmmaater, aged 48 years, for 36 ycaxg in servica of Taff Vale j Railway Company BA-DCLIFFE.—On the 18th inst., Tatioain RadoeIitIe, of The Cottage, Ash Hall, Ystradowen. P=IKRTS .On the 13th instant, at 33, Stuart-street, 'Cardiff, the Residence of his eldest daughter, William Roberts, late of Watton, Brecon, in his 67th year. 1&0BIN5L—Oct. 21st. at Easfl»rook,Dinas Powi&^after a short illness, Herbert George (Georgis), the goraigest beloved son of Mary Jane and the late Charles Robins, age 11 years BOWF,.—On October 23rd, 1910, at Washfield Farm, Twnpletoo, 8.0 Pem., Ann, beiove(r wife of Wm. Rowe, aged 65 years. 6T2n SHELLARD.—On the 18th inst., atl6. St. Fagan's- street, Grangetown, Henry, the beloved son of Henry and Margaret ard, shipwright, age 25 yea" SMITH.—<hi the 21st inst., at 18, Lljaimaes-street, Grangetown, Cardiff, Sylvia, relict of the late Wm. Smith, aged 70 years. THOMAS-.—On October 19th, at Axbridge, Bertha, aecoaddamehter of J. J. Thomas,-Chemist,Porth- cawl. TYNEF.On the 18th, at 24, HiUs-terrace, Cardiff, Mary Eften, the beloved daughter of John and Ellen Tyner. W,ILLIA-MS.-On Tiitsday, October lath, at Green- fields, Macfcyslieth, Rees Williams, late Enig Villa, Talgarth. aged 72. WOOD.—Oct. 20th, at 12, Charlotte-street, Cogao, Eliza, the beloved wife of„Thomas Wood, driver T-V.fi.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1910. THECHANCELLOR &-THE PEOPLE. The many-sidedness of the Chancellor of tbse Exchequer puzzles the Opposition no less than his courage alarms them. They -denburtce his finance as Socialistic, and endeavour to raise scares on the robbing and confiscatory" nature of his proposals. But-^they do not alarm the serious-minded politician, nor again has their denunciationihe effect of check- ing the Chancellor's appeal to the «ourrti:yx«i behalf of the poorer section i-of the-comTnunity. Therplatform and the "pulpit serve his purpose equally when he has a message to give to the country, and Ms social sermon in the City Temple has "aroused his critics to a newstateof frenzy at his daring and his doctrines. He set out torcombat privilege, and preached the justice-of popular rights. Having been attacked, Mr Lloyd. George did not fear. to give the reasons for the faith within, him, and at Creditor on Saturday he said- he bad been asked what right he had to speak, at the City Tempie as he- did. His right was the right of every man in a free country to discuss the social con- ditions of his time, and the right to give a franic expression of his opinion about- them. He clamned-ra further right, the right of knowledge, for he declared that he had lived the life of the wxxrking class, and knew their worries and anxieties. And he went on, being where I am, it is not merely my right, it is my duty, not to forget the men and women of my class—men and women who are still struggling on with unbroken heroism to overeome the difficulties which once haunted my home. That duty I mean to discharge to the end, to t.he end, G-odhelp- ing me." It is a right and a task which may not be pleasant to the-privileged classes* but the country will applaud the purpose and the sentiment of the speaker. It represents the highest form of states- manship to hold the balance equally between ail classes. Mr Lloyd George recognises that the wealth-pcoducer has rights of citizenship which should be recognised and considered equally with those of the wealth-seeeiwer. Theiwm^ens of taxation already press unequally on the workers, and in ftnding necessary increase to meet the demands of«an ex- panding country and the burden of armaments, the Chancellor has looked andis still looking to the privileged classes and the wealthy to provide a just isbare. The City Temple speech has become famous. It represents the gospel of the poor, and is,already a classic. The Economist" takes, it as the subject for one of its-leading articles, and expounds its teaching ia its busings relaAkmship to the affairs of the country. The head- master of Dulwich had the Chancellor of the Exchequer's apeech read aloud to his sixth form, and the editor of the Economist" gives him public e-redit for his sagacity. Mr Lloyd George has called the attention of the country to..the. faet that the" idle rich" present as serious a problem as the idle poor." It needed courage in a statesman to do this, but the Chancellor has proved his courage, and declares his preparedness to accept the penalty ofdass hatred and misrepre- sentation. H e*ehampions the poor and the weak, and forces attention to. their rights. It mallear little what name bis enemies give to this gospel, for he has the •workers of "the country behind him.

The- Crippen trial ended as everyone who followed the story with its incrimi- nating details foresaw—with a verdict of guilty a-nd the passing of the death sen- tence. The case will be-notable in the annate c>Lcrime, .for it was remarkable how great a part modern science played in the tracking and: the convietiouQithe criminal. Wiratess hy was the means of his arrest, practiealiy on the high seas,.and chemistry made known the process-of the mtirdeT. Then came organised ooimxfearee with its evideac^ respeeiang the porticos of a garment found with the remains buried in the cellar. Tbeat which the fabric was designed, manufactured, and put upon the .market was perhaps the strongest link in the chain; of evidence which con- nected Crippen with the crime. Too criminal of to-day has small chance of escape, and if ever -circumstantial lWi- dence was complete against a criminal that offered against Crippen was as strong-a»i evidence offered against any criminal. The vanishing murderear, with the whole: world in the hue and cry .had a dramaJtic, termination, after which the trial of Miss Le Neve exseited little interests j Against this unfortmrate woman the. case for the Crowai was w the verdict of the jury acquitting her -of complicity expresses pubtic feeling pretty accurately. Thus terramatea one of the most exciting Gaees- of craae of modem times. I ireiaad has a separate dep.artment dealing with Agrioaltara, and it is admitted that from tfee Englirii BOard. Wales has not received proper asvsistaiwx^. It is stated that the Board of Agriculture is emeTgingfrom. its moribund state-sad endeavouring to meet the <decu !tnd& made upon it. BntthePrincipality is demand-3 ing equal treatment and a sepaxate exist- ence^Hke that off I reland, and the Giaotor- gan Chamber of Agriroifcore asked the assistaace and support of the Monmouth- shire Chamber. But the agriculturists of ^Monmouthshire decided at their meeting on Tuesday not to support Glamorgan to obtain separate consideration of Welsh agricultural interest. This is regrettable. The old question vsas whether Moomouthbire was a part of the Prin., cipality or to be reckoned as a part of England, and it was agreed that it did nolf belong to Wales. The refusal to co-v operate with Glamorgan for obtaining recognition of Welsh agrienltm-e. as as separate interest may discourage the- Glamorgan agriculturists, but it will not. be permitted to check their efforts to obtain full recognition of ^he Principality by a separate Department of Agriculture for Wales. r

In addition to its perils mining has~its special diseases, and occasionally the public of South Wales is reminded of these terrors of the mine by a discussion of some new disease with an unpro- nouncable name. Probably many readers will hear for the first time this week of the disease of the eye. nystagrrws, from which miners suffer, a disease which, is the cause of great physical and mental suffering to Jts victims. And with it" comes the announcement of the award of the Tyndall Scholarship to Dr. T. L. Llewellyn, of Bargoed. Dr. Llewellyn's paper on this subject received the award in an open competition in which were applicants from all parte of the United Kingdom. The scholarship will enable the possessor to pursue his studies in nystagmus and report to the Royal Society.

I It is. generally accepted as a truism that' you cannot make men sober by Act of Parliament," and on many an caa:\iQD;¡qae4;t opponents of legislation to secure tem- perance reforms. But we are constantly placed under the necessity to change our accepted ideas of things, and the assertion that men cannot be made sober by Parliamentary Isgislation has lost a good deal of its force, for recent experi- ence phows that Mr Lloyd George's Budget has had a very wide-reaching effect in sobering men, or in reducing the consumption of dram drinking. The return of spirits taken out of bond charged with duty for home consump- tion shows some striking reductions. The return covers the period from January, 1908, to June, 1910—the latest available. Taking the 15 months from January, 1908, to March, 1909, the ljome consumption of British spirits totalled 41,448,360 proof gallons for the 15 months from April, J.909, to June, 1910, it was 27,940,365 proof gallons, a | diminution in dram drinking in the one period against the other of no less than 13,507,995 proof gallons. Regard the figures how we may, the reduction is stupendous and repre- sents a decrease in dram drinking beyond the grasp of the mind, for the totals are in millions of gallons

Fifty Years Ago. (From the|"Cardrff Times,"Oct. 27,1860), M-unicipal elections wereoccupyingthe minds of the electors of Cardiff at this time fifty years ago, for four addresses appear in the issue to the electors of the South Ward, the candidates being Messrs John Cory, Daniel Jones, George Watson, and R. H. Mitchell. The Margam Review.—The following letter was sent to Captain Came by the Lord Lieute- nant :—" The Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan- shire requests that Captain N it Viol I Carne will convey to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the-Pourth Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers the expression of his admiration of their soldierlike hearing and military elficiency as evinced at the review of troops on the 8th of October inst. It will be his pleasing duty to report to the Government the opinion which he has formed. and which is in accordance with that of the reviewing officer." Police Business.—-It is*>a Wmewfaat ingular circumstance that on Tuesday and Thursday in the present week there were no-prisoners for triaJ before the. borough magistrates. < Has the good time come for Cardiff when the magis- trates may fairly say, We will only have three court days in the week ? We bope:it has. Cardiff Import Trade.—W-e are pleased to see among the imports of the present week two large cargoes of wheat for Messrs Spiller and Browne. direct from New York to this port. w understand that,- with the exception of one cargo ome years ago fer the, same firm, thare the first imports-of wheat into Cardiff direct from America. The 55th anniversary ol t-he ever-memorable,, Battle of Trafalgar was celebrated on Sunday on board, many of the s trips in the sports. Roath Cattle Market.—The. raarket^on Tuea-: day was the largest that. has yet taken place, there being nearly 1.200 sheep penned as well as a good supply of beasts. Some of the sheep from Ireland were of ex- reliant quality, several of the lots selling as high as 45s per head. There were severaJ lots of beasts of good quality, which sold readily at high prices, but inferior descriptions of cattle were quite a, drag. A Beef ranged from 50s to 60s per f good wefchw mutton 7d to 7d per pound, second quality, 6!d-,to 7d. Motmtam Ash Primitive M«tivodists.—The opening of a new chapel of the above denomination'took place- on? Stiuday last. Tho Rev. T. Hibbs preached morning and evening to crowded audiences, and Mr Dawes in the afternoon. Liberal* collections were made at each -service. Newport Gymnasium.—A society for the construction and management of a gymnasium has beensta.d.edbere. It is stated that no tess ..13 have already been taken.

Gift to Welsh Cellege.. _pi- SIR T. P. JTMES'S MUNIFICENCE. £11,000 Hall Presented. At the half-yearly meeting of Governors of the University College of North Wales atChes- ter on Wednesday, Lord Kenyort waa unani- mously re-elected president, and his Honour Judge Bryn Roberts, treasurer. In their last report the Coumiil tilled attention to the need of a great hail for thv new college,-and they now reported that this need had been supplied by the munificence of Sir T. Priteha«k Jones,.BarSt, at a cost-of £ 17 ,000.

Sagged and Mutilated. LAOrS SHOCKING FATt. The deadbotty of aweil-dressed womatL^boot ;.6, was found on Wednesday lying on the metals at the ~Great Centrat Stactkm at Otters- po41, near Liverpool. The body was practically cut in two, and.in the woman's mouth a lady's handterckiefted been stuffed. The police are Tnacfing Taqxriries. The dreceased jbed as being 5ft. in -height, of iair complexion, w^iiigfat brown. hair. Shc-was attired in^giey *tlffe&-<yiarter; length coat, White silk Mouse, black skirt,. white ftannel petticoat, and Iflack .stockings. Deceased was wearing- goM earrings and- a star-shaped brrjoch, biarektret. black straw ( ■trimmed with satin, and black clotb-gkxresv ?

SUSPtCIONS. Albert Edward Keill, cxnttimsisjon agent, Ma i pas -road^N ewport, .was chared.at Newport- on Wednesday with loitering in Shaftesbmy- sfcreet for tie purpose of betting. P.a. (Wdi- oott stated that he watched Neill for 20 t mirtntes, during which time,, it was aDeged, transactions took place between the defendant and six men". The officer said he did not; see any money or slips passing, the business being carried through with the -quickest pos- sible despatch. At the-police station there was found upon defendant JE66 in gold, £2 10b it* silver 8td in bronae, and three cheques £2 respessteveiy, a total 8!d. There wsere no slips in defeadantis pofc-- seSBtoa,- nor were-tbere any entries in ATfaote- book. Defendant denied the charge. The Benc h said tebat whife tbere*was ampl&gromrd. for the oiffcer :s«u»picio«s, there was noi-mffi- cient evidencr -U>-ocaceict. The csase'<war'dis- missed.

oaTH AT FOOTBAU. mTGH. At4n -inquest at Deptford»o«.Mesday o&iiier- Txwfy oCEdwardBobêrt Upton, (40), keith-road, IHord. it was stated that, whilst watching a football inateh between wall and Brighton and Hove at New Cross on <. Saturday he was taken tsaddenly 31, and (Tied later at the Minar Hospital irom-ruptare of a biood vesael of the heart. A-doctor said that; the excitement of watching fJse game, or. hustHjig in. a crowd, was .liable to accelerate death, in tihe casewofca^man m the eoodition ia.. whichdec was. A verrfict Natorat was returned.

MtNSDO* 08 A | liodotphe drebes. twenty years -of native of iSonakawix, walked into the police station at Peldfciwrh, a lettie town near Appenzell. and g-d. himself up for nruieder. Hesaid that on Setperobea- 17th last, accøm- patiied by a Tjirotese friendnaured. Huber, he climbed the Hohe Kasten, a mountain 5,900 feet high. on the frontier of the Cantons of St. Oali and AppenzeB, and that they quarrelled during the cfunb. Grebbs added that be pulled out a knife and it into his friend, who fell dead, He carried the body to > the brink of a precipice and threw it over. Crebs said he confessed because he cowld not; stand the strain any loager. He is now in prison, and the pofiee, aided by guides, are sear<^iiig,io*r Haber's body.

A MTSTEEY S43EVSD. For years medical men have been seeking a cure for eczsna, the mostcomnwa and most. stubborn of skin diseases. Some said it was a blood disease some aaid it was the, result of iritligestion. It remairted for one ■ stndions ehemist to settle lieryond any tion that ecaema in all its forms is a skin disease and related in noway to a disordered conditon of the Wood. Tmssameebemist ex- perimented with maory antiseptic bealmgand soothing agents, but it wafv notuntilhe formed the compound Oadum that he at last realised that he had given to the world something that would bring relief and cure to millions of sufferers. Caduin ranks to-day with the great discoveries of the medical world. Its action is so positive that the itching of eczema is stopped at once. People who have itched and scratched for years find sltepand rest as soon as Cadum is applied. Cadum is sold by all chemists at 7 and 1/11 a box. It cares j eczema in yjl its forms, also pimples, blotches, i itch, tetter, scaly ski, chafings. psoriasis,.). eruptions, rash, sores, scurvy, scabs, itching: 9807

Holyro.od Palace. The question as to whether an attempt shall be made to restore Holy rood Palace as a resi- dence for the Court, in which their Majesties may take up their abode for a settled period of the year, or be preserved as the future home of a Scottish Parliament, is just now engaging the thoughts of the Scottish people. The qquestion is also interesting just now from the fact that delegates from all parts of Scotland have been assembled in Edinburgh during the week to discuss the form of the Scottish National Memorial to King Edward VII. Briefly, the igiea is that the cost of putting the Palace itself into a condition that would fit it for a Royal residence should be borne by the Imperial Exchequer—since it is Crown pro- perty—while the Scottish people should charge themselves ivith,the.still heavier task of clear- ing away the slum property in the immediate neighbourhood. Founded in the twelfth century, Holyrood Palace was burned down—all but the indestructible north-west tower," where Mary Stuart's apartments are still shown—dur- ing the Crw: av/eliian occupation. Charles II rebuilt it. George IV held his Court in. it in 1822 Queen Victoria and King Edward occa- sionally occupied it; but it has not been occn- pied as a permanent Royal residence, such as is now mooted, since James VI of Scotland left Edinburgh in 1603 to become James I of Eng- land. When King Edward and Queen Alex- andra, in May, 1903, made their first official visit to Scotland after their Coronation, they resided at Dalkeith Palace. But during the visit they held a levee, attended by 1.000 gentlemen, at Holyrood Palace. Their Majesties were received with full State honours on enter- ing Holyrood for the first time as King and Queen. Edinburgh is looking forward to King George and Queen Mary paying a visit to ^Scotland after their Coronation next year. Among other ceremonials during that visit will be the opening of the Chapel of the Knights of the Thistle, whieh is now approaching com- pletion at St. Giles's Cathedral; and their < Majesties will hold their Court in Holyrood PaJace. During the last few years a great deal I has been done to improve the interior of Holy- rood, and the Office of Works is at present con- tinning the work. Among the changes contem- plated are the introduction of electric light and thoroughly overhauling the Royal apartment s.

RfOGRAPHICAL DETAILS.' dpeat-Work, for Philanthropy. The late Prince Francis Leopold Frederick ofteek, was born, at Kensington Palace on January 9th, 1870. He entered the 1st Dra- goons in 1890, and retired with the rank of majorin 1902. He saw a good deal of mili- tary service. He was A-D.C. to the general officer commanding at Qnetta. 1896-7, captain in [the Egyptian army 1837 -8. In 1899-1900 he sewed in South Africa,reeetvmgthe medal and three clasps and D.S.G. Prince Francis of Terk was the second brother-of Queen Mary. The eider brother is the piesentDuke ofTeck, aniJbe married Lady Grosvenor, a daughter of the first Duke of WestSarinster. The youngest brother is Prince Alexander, who married HJLH. Princess Alice of Albany, a daughter of Queen Victoria. youngest son. The Teck family's connection with the British Royal" House arises in-tbisway:-The first Duke of Cambridge was the seventh son of George III[- ,and a younger brother ■oif ftie Dnkp of Kent, Queen Victoria's latter. He Iiad one son—the second and test Duke of Cambridge, who married xaoBTganatfeally Miss Louisa Fairbrotber, whose children bea the name of Fitz George-and two daughters. The elder is still alive-and is the Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz. and the younger was "Princess Mary Adelaide, who married Francis Prtnee-a-nd Doke of Teck, and was the Brother afQneen Mary-andtbe Princes of Teck men- tioned above. Prinoe Francis of Teck will long be remem-. bered for his great and successful effort to raise £ 204300for the Middlesex Hospital. His interest in automobdism was manifest, for as i ■ chairman of the Royal Automobile Club he. •<&d much to secure the good opinion of tfre; general pabfic towards motorists. He was; Selected chairman of- the Royal Automobile Club 3»1908, aad was re-efcefcd in 1909. In'Society he was a great favourite. Tall. well formed, and good-looking, he was always a striking figure and showed to al advantage in uniform. "Frank," as he was always familiarly known inthefarnii- circle, was a great favourite with his sister, thwQneen. and there is no estimating the anguish which her Majesty has suffered on his-account-during the t trying period.

FUNERAL AT WTNDSOR. Tributes of Public Sympathy. The remains-of. the 4ate Prince Francis of Teck were conveyed on Wednesday morning from London to Windsor for the funeral service. The approaschesand main entrance to Padding- ton. Station were crowded a full hour before the time announced for the arrival of the funeral. cortege. Atan early hour, before many were astir, the coffined remains were removed from the Marlborough House-Chapel to Paddington- Station. The majority of the mourners matde the journey to Windsor by the special mourning train which left Padding ton at 10.24. These included the deputation from the Middlesex Hospital and from the Officers' Training Corps, the latter of whom wore khaki uniforms. Apicrng those present were Sir Squire Bancroft, the Hon. Derek Keppel, Lord Eaber, Captain Fitzwilliam, the Bishop of London, Mr and Mrs Winston Churchill, Col. Sir Douglas Dawson, Mr and Mrs George Alexander, Lord Stratheona, Viscount Kitchener, Barl Spencer, Sir Schom. berg McDonnell,Lord Charles Fitsairaurice, Earl;, Howe, Colonel George Holfords Lieutenant- Colonel Sir A. Dasodson, Lord Montague of Beamlieu, the Duke of Northumberland, the Earl of Grewe, the Belgian Minister, Lady Mountstephen, S* Beerbohm and Lady Tr Mr Arthur Bourarier, Lord Knollys, and the. Marquis de Several. i; The crowd had grown to large proportions, S e minutes before the .time fixedfcr the depac- j ture of the Royal train. Comprising four of the usual coaches drawn from the Royal stock kept in readiness at Paddington, the train was drawn up in readiness at, No. 1 platform, the major portion of which was kept free of the public by a special force of police. The coffin was placed in the mourning carnage imme- diately preceding the Royal compartment. About the coffin were drapings of purple, partly hiding the interior from those on the platform. Accompanying it were Prince Alexander of Teck, the Marquis of CholmondHey, Sir Douglas Dawson, and Colonel Frank Dugdale (Lord Chamberlain's Department), Lord Cole- bropke (Lord-ill-Waiting ),and the Hon. Sidney <jh~eville. The first to enter the Royal compartment was her Majesty the Queen. His Majesty the King, after holding abrief conversation with Viscount Churchill, who received their Majesties, joined his consort. His Majesty wore the uniform of a Field Marshal. With them in the saloon were Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck, the Duke and Duchess of Teck, Prince Arthur of Cohnaughfc, and Princess Louise Augusfcaxif Scifreswig- Hoiste At Windsor. Immediately below the Royal waiting-room at Windsor was a gun carriage in charge of the Royal Horse Artillery. The Royal train ar- rived at 12 minutes pastil, and the Union Jack on the keep of the Round Tower gave place to the Royai Standard, and minute guns began from the Curfew Tower. Queen Mary and the Duchess ofTeck were the first to alight, and her Majesty with other Royal ladies en- tered carriages, and with travelling escort pro- ceeded direct to the chapel, where they were conducted to the Royal pew. Meanwhile the paU-bear<?rs entered the saloon and removed vering from the coffin, and undertakers proceeded to remove the beautiful wreaths to the Albert Memorial Chapel. The King-stood with bowed-bead as the coffin was carried out to the gun-carriage, and the procession then moved off to the sound of Chopin's Marche Funebre, played by the com- bined bands of the Coldstream Guards and Royal Horse Guards, and the Royal Standard was carried before King George. Just before the funeral cortege reached, the chapel magnificent wreaths from the German Emperor and the King of Wartemburg were idelivered by special messengers. The King, Prince Christian, the "Duke of Teck, Prince Alexander, Prince Arthur of Con- naught, and representatives of the foreign illlonahs followed the coffin on foot. During the brief and -impressive service the King stood at the head of the coffin, while Lord Kitchener and other pallbearers stood beside it. When the coffin had been lowered to the vault where the Print's parents rest, the. congregation dispersed. The Royal and ofclfcea- mourners-returned to JLondon. Working-Lad Mourners. Among those attending the funeral from :r.ondon'W'ere four whose presence will "be a memorial of the worktheprinec-didtorthepmr boys f Hoxton,of whose club—theClaud Eliot Lads' Club—he was the very actilve president. They were the Rev. Brooke Harte. Vicar of Christ Church, Roxton Mr E- G..Lawrence, bon. secretary of the club and Edwin Thome and W. Chick, two of the boys who were chosen by lot to represent their bereaved fellow-members. A memorial service was conducted by the Vicar at Christ Church last night, and the Lord Bishop of Stepney gave "the address. Two hundred boys of the club were present. The wording on the wreath sent by the club was In gratefulmemoryof our president and fellow-member. From the members and helpers of the Claud'EBot LadsJ'Okib. f deem his faith the best Who daily puts it into loving deeds, for the poor,, the suffering and oppressed, For thesc are morerthan creeds. Pinned to the -card was a sheet-with as many of the boys' signatures as could be obtained. Simultaneously with the funeral at Windsor memorial services were held in London at St. Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal. The c&tnedral was filled with a. congregation re- presenting the State and the City, among tho«R present being the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, several members of the Army Couneil, and representatives of most of the Cabinet Ministers. All the services were also represented. At the conclusion The Last Post was sounded by trumpeters of the 7th Hussars.

KMSHTHOOD8 FOR nlMOEtS DOCTORS At Marlborough House on Wednesday the King received Dr. Alfred Pearce Gould, senior surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital, and Dr. A. Kingston Fowler, physician at the Middlesex Hospital, and conferred upon each the honour of Knight Commandership of the Royal Vic- torian Order. Sir Alfred Pearce Gould per- formed the operation upon the late Prince Francis.of Teek some ten days ago, Sir A. K. Fowler being-the physician in attendance. The King and Queen received at Marlborough House yesterday Miss CL-ira N. Smith, matron of the nursing homeAi which Prince Francis was operated upon. an&nursed, and thankied her personally for all she had done for the invalid. His Majesty bestowed ilponiter the Royal Victorian Medal. The Queen has pre~ brooebes to all the nurses in attendance, on her brotber at ttie bome.

BABIES IN A BAG. I The disco very-at London; Bridge Station of. the bodies of two female babies in a bag was investigated qa Tuesday by the Southwark coroner. The bag was left at the BaJham station of the lAmuton4 Brighton. and South Coast Railway at 10.30 p.m. on Saturday, i)ctober 8.th. liwaa.acid esoed-WatsoDBox- hill, to be called for," and the man WOO took. it said the charge would be paid -It, the other- end. As no one called for the bag it was for- warded to the Lost Property office-t London' Bridge. Detective-Inspector Carting expressed the opinion that the babies had been left in that manner by poor people who could not afford the funera-I expmmeg. Tlw1 police doctor said he did not think that the babies, which were apparently twins, were born alive. The, jury returned a verdict to thatefltect.

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j NAVAL SURPRISE. Bigger British Gun. GERMANY'S PROGRAMME UPSET The "Daily Telegraph" Naval correspondent reports a dramatic development in naval policy, and says Germany's naval expansion has been interrupted owing to this unforeseen change of policy on the part of the British Admiralty. Earlier in the lear, he says, the Prime Min- ister stated' that Germany had ordered four mora large armoured ships in April, and it was presumed that they would belaid down at once and completed in about two years. On this assumption Mr Asquith concluded that in 1913 Great Britain would have 25 Dreadnoughts and Germany 21. These anticipations are no longer trust- worthy. the whole Naval outlook having been changed by the dramatic appearance of the -new British 15.5 inch. gun. which is being mounted in the 11 latest Dreadnoughts. The Admiralty kept their secret so well that every- one was deceived and the new development had at once a surprising result in Germany. The construction of the four German ships ordered in ApriJ, and which werf to have carried 12.01 inch guns, was suspended, with a view to the reconsideation of their armament, and not one of them has yet been begun. ft, as is now understood, these ships are to have guns corresponding more or less with the new 13..5in. British weapons, they must be re- designed. The effect of such a change on armament or displacement, armour disposition and speed may be suggested by the fact that whereas each of the 13-5in. guns to be mounted in the British ships weighs 86 tons, the 12.01in. German gun weighs only just over 51 tons, and there is. of course, a vast increase in the burden imposed by the mountings and ammu- nition. The whole of the preparatory work which had been practically completed in April last will now have to be done afresh, and it is probable that a good deal of material in process of manufacture will have to be scrapped." Entirely new plans must now be drawn, and, in effect, not the ships ordered last April, but vessels of an absolutely new design will eventually be laid down. How long this retardation of German con- struction will last it is impossible to say, but it is practically, certain that the year 1910 will close without the keel of a single armoured vessel having been Jaid in any of the German shipyards. Whether, in view of the con- gestion in the shipyard! due to the latest set- back .Germany could lay down early in 1912—the ships of that year's—two or more—and com- plete them in 24 months, is uncertain. All that is certamis that if, when the present difficul- ties have been surmounted, she determines to overtake arrears, she will probably complete, by April, 1914, as many as 21 Dreadnoughts,- and this number may be exceeded. By that date the British Fleet will possess 25 vessels in addition to those included in next year's pro- gramme. 1,2501b. Shell. The new British gun will throw a shell of l,2501bs. The Dreadnought's 12m. weapons fire an 8501b. shell. It is said that the Ad- miralty placed orders for a number of the 13'5 guns and gun mountings last year, and that the fact only leaked out early in August last. As the "Telegraph" Correspondent points: out, the incident in its application to German naval shipbuilding illustrates the inherent defect of a naval law regulating construction over a term of years." It may be pointed out that Mr Balfour in his Glasgow speech asserted that in 1913 our superiority in Dreadnoughts, over Germany would be only as 25 to 21. The Telegraph correspondent estimates that in the changed position the proportion then will be as 25 to 13. This, however, does not take into account the two Colonial Dreadnoughts with which Britain would have more thau two keels to Germany's one. Like Mr Balfour, he also has left out-of the count the possibility of our laying down ships of the highest class next year.

SOME PATHETIC CASES. The South Wales Depositors. Messrs Clarke. Dovey, and Co.. Cardiff, have been asked by the London Central Committee in connection with the Charing Cross Bank to represent the interests of the depositors in the Cardiff branch of the bank. Up to the present depositors to the amount of about £1,700 in all have communicated with Messrs Clarke,Dovey and and Co..furnished par- ticulars of their claims. No statement of affairs, however, has yet < been filed with the Bankruptcy Court in London, and consequently it is impossible at present to find out the extent to which the Cardiff branch of the Charing Cross Bank was used by the South Wales public. The amounts of local individual deposits vary from £2,000 to £10, and in some cases the depositors had such confidence in the hank that they allowed their interest to accu- mulate with the capital. It appears that a large number of the depo- sitors belong to the industrial class. Some Pathetic Cases. At the-offices of the Chaung Cross Bank Depositors' Protection. Committee, at 2, Gresham-buildings, Basinghall-street. the secretaries—Messrs Moore, Partridge and Com- pany—are being inundated with fetters from depositors of the bank, asking for advice and, • in cases cases, appealing for nelp. Mr Partridge informed a Press represGnta- trve oB Wednesday that tbr distress caused by the fajmre was apparent in all parts of the country. One ma. miner.. wrote from the North of England, stating thathe had and had depositied it in the Charing Cross Bank. He asked Messrs Moore, Partridge and Co. whether there was any chance of getting any partionuof that sum back. All, it seems to me, is lost," be wrote,, "and this is heart- breaking after putting by all one's life." A son asked for advice on behalf of his parents who- had deposited £ 240—their life savings—in the bank. My father had been in his situation fbr 20 years," he explained, and left it in the hope of taking-a small place in the country." I have only a sm all d-eposit. wrote another depositor" "amounting to £35, and I have worked very hard to save & little money. jE35 is a lot of money for a poor woman, and I shall be glad to know if any of it can be-saved." A young girl clerk in her letter explained 'that she had taken her hard earned savings to the bank, amounting to Saturday, 15th October, and on Monday the bank closed. I cannot afford to lose even this," she wrote. I was left an orphan and penniless in baby- hooand I was maintained by my aunt. Now I have to maintain my aunt and myself. It is so hard to put by a little money." These are but,a few instances of the pathetic cases which are being brought to their notice, said Mr Partridge. Another meeting of the committee, of which Sir W. H.Dunn, M.P., is president, will be heM fewdays.

OFFER OF FARROWS' BANK, LTD. MrTbomasTarrow, chairman of Farrows' Bank, Ltd., Gheapskle, E.G., has written to Sir W. H. Dunn, M.P., who is interesting himself in the case of depositors, offering on behalf of the bank to advance the amount of interest now, and as it may become due, to every necessitous case, provided that an assignment of the deposit itself, or a'charge upon the same sufficient to cover the amounts advanced, or a guarantee of some responsible person or persons, be handed to them. But if, for any reason, it is not deemed necessary to accept this offer, and it is regarded as more desirable that a reliefiund should be opened in the press, the writer requests that his name may be included as a personal subscriber to the. extent of 100 guineas,

SUGGESTED MANSION HOUSE FUND. A conference was held on Wednesday in Londonbetween Sir Wm. H. Dunn. MJP., Sir William Bull, M.P., and Mr D. S. Wateriow, M-P., the chief members of the Charing Cross Bank Depositors' Protection Committee, of which Messrs Moore, Partridge, and Co., char- tered accountants, 2, Gresham Buildings, Basinghall-street, B.C., are the hon. secre- taries. The question of a relief fund was dis- cussed, and ultimately it was decided that Sir WilMaan Dunn should approach the Lord Mayor with the view. to a Mansion House Fund being opened if the Lord Mayor thought it advisable.

LADIES ONLY." The reading-room for ladies only," at Tot- tenham Central Public Library has been closed —not because the women of Tottenham do not want to read, but because they decline to do their reading among ladies only. They went to the general reading-room, sat at the same table as the men, and sent the attendants up to the ladies' reading-room to bring the. women's papers down to them. Of late the woman who used the room turned it into a conversation-room instead of a reading-room,

FASCINATES WOMEN. For several weeks crowds have paused to watch the little army of steeplejacks working on the clock tower at the House of Parliament. There seems to be a peculiar fascination, par- ticularly forwamen, in the movements of these men about the spidery scaffolding 360ft. above the pavements. One hundred and fifty feet of the tower from the summit down have been scaffolded, and 11,000ft. of poles, 500 boards, and 30,000ft. of wire rcpe have been used.

It is proposed that next year's exhibition at Shepherd's Bush should be a microcosm of the British Empire," embracing exhibits from the United Kingdom, from the skilled workers of India, and from the ice huts of the Esqui- maux to the bush dwellings of the aborigines of Australia.

Î SECOND EDlrrIO TO BLOW UP KAISER, STORY OF A BRUSSELS THREAT"; British Police Warning '— 4 Brussels, Friday.—Considerable astonishment" has been expressed at the extraordinary measures of precaution taken yesterday even-: ing on the occasion of the departure of tb German Emperor and Empress. The fact is that in the morning a letter had been received at the Palace purporting to I)oi signed by one of the most dangerous militant?; Anarchists in Brussels, and declaring that^ since "no one had as yet had the courage tøi blow up the German Emperor, he himself ha.¡jt decided to hurl a bomb at his Majesty. Despite searches made by the police with Io-í view to preventing the plan being put into; execution,the anarchist could not be found, and the anxiety of the Brussels police authorities wa thus increased. Accordingly all windows along the route traversed by the Emperor and Em- press had to remain closed, and extraordinary measures were also taken along the raflway.- Renter. Paris, Friday.—The Patrie in itsafter-, noon edition prints a message from its Brussels correspondent stating that an attempt against, the life of the German Emperor during his4 stay in Brussels had been planned, but that it has been foiled, thanks to the collaboration; of the British and Belgian police.—Central News. EMPEROR'S AFFABILl-iY. The Brussels correspondent of The Times :-It is pleasant to be able to record that the longer the visit, has lasted the more- cordial has grown the popular reception of the visitors. The citizens of Brussels are remark-' ably undemonstrative, even in the presence of their own much-beloved King and Queen. But the Emperor's stril iag personality and affa- bility, and still more the manifest charm and. goodness of the Empress and Prinncess. have had their effect, and throughout to-day's pro- ceedings the people have shown themselves willing to display more than mere courtesy to the friends of their friends. The emperor has given pleasure by 1 ay ing special stress on the artistic and architectural glories of which Bel-, gium is jus'tly proud. The Socialists have donft, nothing to promote either their political posi-V tion or the welfare of the working classes b: their foolish incivility, of which the result h, merely been to prevent many harmless citizens; from witnessing the picturesque display Royal and civic hospitality.

Boy's Bruises. A TEN-MINUTE THRASHING? 1 SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AT CARDIFF. ] Richard Young and Alice Young. ofTelford", street, were summoned at Cardiff yesterday for ill-treating a child. Mr D. W. Evans prose- cuted for the N.S.P.C.C., and Mr P. Cadle defended. Mr Evans said the allegationl%v" that the defendants had illtreated William Bishop, a boy about 121 years of age, the son of the female defendant, and the stepson of Richard Young. The latter was a tram car conductor. i. It was a somewhat unusual- case, for it was alleged that the boy was kept bort of food and' that becuse he found the key of a cupboard and took some bread and butter his steptatber. beat him about the face and body with a cane. Inspector Everington said he found the boy ha d'three marks about 3in. long on the left jaw, a mark about 2in. long and a bruise cm the j left arm, a bruise about 3in. or 4in, square oan the left obouldertwo bruises about 4in. long on the centre of the back. and a bruise 3ÎB-{ long on the left side. The' mother told him that they had been caused by a cane. In wit- ness's opinion the punishment was most un- reasonable, but he admitted the chira. was well clothed and in good condition. Dr. England also stated that the punishment was excessive. Margaret E. Evans, a neighbour, stated that; on Oct. 12th she heard the child being beaten* the thrashing lasting from five to ten minutes- The boy's cries were most pitiful, and shft repeatedly appealed to his step-father not to,, punish him any more, as he would never do it, again, but Young replied. Come on, you are bound to have it." She afterwards saw the*- child in the street, where he was sobbing most pitifully. He had marks on his face, and was bleeding from the neck. She had given the child food, and he had eaten it most raven- ously. The boy was a good lad, and always seemed to be doing somethingabout the house,, but the way in which he had been treated was such' a tomakê her feel misembte to live nex door. 'She had spoken to the-mother about it, but she said she did not interfere. William Bishop, the lad in question, stated that he was beaten by his father for taking^ food from a cupboard because he w-as- -hungry. j In answer to Mr Cadle, witness said that his, 1 step-father was kind to him. £ 10 or a Month. Richard Young stated that on the day in question he gave the boy some seven or eighty strokes for stealing a key and denying that h«! had it. The punishment, however, was not I excessive;vand was discontinued as soon as the- i lad expressed sorrow, but he might have sus-1 ] tained some bruises in diving under a bed j to escape him. The boy was untruthful, and I had several times committed thefts, but; witness denied striking him on the face or- being cruel to him. | Mrs Young also denied that the boy had | been cruelly treated. ■> The charge against Alice Young was dis- missed, but Richard Young was fined £ 10 and j costs, or one th, the Deputy-Stipendiary saying be was satisfied that the boy had beeW5 j ill-treated, though he did not thinktheill- treatment was,continuous. The boy was ordered to be taken to the- j Workhouse. j 1

Rate-money Written Off. J CARETS SYSTEM OF COLLECTION. j Mr J. Allcock, the City treasurer, submitted at the meeting of the Finance Committe of the. Cardiff Corporation yesterday, a statement of the collections of poor rate (including city rate)' and general district rate made on the 11th April, 1910. This showed that the total amount written off the rate was represented by 3 *35 j per cent., and that the balance carried forward I to the new rate still to be collected represented i 2*25 per cent. Of this, *76 per cent, represented | the balance of rates due upon licensed premises, j which the collectors were unable to recover at j present, owing to the fact that appeals had j been lodged in respect of certain licensed pre 1 mises. ,j A further report was also submitted with the special powers obtained by the Cor- .j poration under their Act of 1909, relating to j the rating of owners of certain classes of smaU property. The City Treasurer explained that whereas, prior to the passing of the Act, it had been the practice to allow 33 1-3 per cent, on the general district rate this was now reduced under the Act, to 17i per cent. He added that the new system of collection was working well,\ and the rate collectors were discharging their duties excellently. The Chairman (Alderman F. J. Beavan) r. marked that the statement was a very satis- factory one, and was very creditable to the" collectors, who had difficult duites to periorm.J and to Mr Allcock, whose supervision had been." of the greatest possible value.

ANTI-PHTHISIS CRUSADE. The Echo Welsh National Momoriab Fund amounts to 5,5081 shillings. Latest con" tributors are Capelmaen Congregational Church, Gwynfe, Carmarthenshire f 42fe. Cornelly Council School, Pyle :— The Staff 15 Scholars 32 Mrs S. Davies,23, Plymouth-road,Penarth 21 K. and F.D., Cardiff. 2 The Lord Mayor of Cardiff has contributed 20 guineas to the Cardiff fund of the Welsh" National Memorial. Swansea's Stayer's Fund amounts to £ 819' 15s 4d and the Llanelly Fund to E122 168 6d. Of the E300,000 sought to be raised, the SUIlte" contributed up to date is a57 M4 12s Id.

FLI'GHT TO BRUSSELS. Issy les Moulincoeux, Friday.—The aviator-, Mathieu left at 12.31 this afternoon with ft" passenger for Brussels.-Reuter.