South Wales Daily News

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BIRTHS. MARRIAGBST & DEATI-IS., Notices of Births, ifarriines, and Deaths are charged ttf the rate of Is for the ilrst. Twenty Word., and lid for er»T'i additional Ten Words, and must be RRKPALD. In aU -Mies, the notice must be authenticated by the name Ind address of the u-riter. DEATH. March SO (his golden wedding day), at 39. Castie-road, Cardiff, Mr John Parso11. in his 74th Xear. 5)7 LBYSHOX.—-April 2, at Cosrnn Pill, Penarth, Thomas Ley shon, aged 59. funeral at 1.30 p.m. Monday, April 5th Friends will pleaaeaccept this intimation. 571

• THE MERTHYR VICTORY. MERTHYR has done nobly She has once 140re justified her claim to political leader- ship in Wales. The attempt made to deceive her voters has most signally failed. Desper- ate attempts were made to paint the third candidate in Liberal colours, but those who foolishly tried the experiment have only played out a little game which will cost them 14.4re money than it is worth. Had they gone about their business in a thoroughly honest and straightforward manner, we ah?uld have admired their pluck, but thls was the very thing they did not do. Had they brought out a Conservative duly labelled as such, and had e openly declared himself to be a Tory, we eouId not have found fault with them. It Would have been a hardy experiment, but we eotllcl not have blamed them for it. What 1te censure is the effort made to pass their candidate off as a Liberal, and his own at- ter,, pt to convince the electors that he was a disciple of Mr H. t RICHARD 's. This was not ■ honourable course to adopt. It may have posed upon a considerable number, but could have only one result in a strongly Political borough like Merthyr. Merthyr ;ftiell are politicians almost from their adIes. Nearly all the people dis- ^ss politics. They cannot be Received wholesale' in a matter like this. °dge JEFFRIES, of infamous memory, was wollt to boast that he coiild smell a Presby- terian forty miles off. He\had quite enough of the bloodhound in him to\smell a Protest- a.l.1t at any distance when he wanted a victim |° vent his oaths upon, and condemn to ortures. Merthyr politicians put their Acuities to a better service, but they are 'lQite as sharp in detecting true Liberalism :lnd distinguishing it from Toryism in what- ever guise it may appear. were deceived by Mr LEWIS'S tactiCS) or hig 4,445 votes would pro- it a.bly have amounted to only a few fj^dreds. Those, however, who urged on contest in order to promote a certain md °f traffic, and bring about a free circu- of money, have so far accomplished llelr object. Those, again, who took part 1n the opposition simply to defeat one or Qter of the now successful candidates, have r)lisera I failed. The 8,035 votes accorded Mr RICHARD, and the 7,526 to Mr JAMES, leaving Mr W. T. LEWIS votes behind the latter,and 3,570 behind former, sufficiently vindicate the loyalty )Ierthyr to her old Radical principles. I 18 noble victory will run through Wales 1nongside of the splendid Liberal achieve- ?nQT1t3 at Southwark, which has returned "Wo Liberals, Hackney, Birmingham, Brad- 0rc*> and Wolverhampton, and stimulate the -e°ple in the discharge of their duty at the polling-booth.

PEMBROKE, MONMOUTH, RADNOR, AND BRECON ELECTORS. THE electors in the Pembroke District and County, and also in the County of Brecon, have a duty of the first magnitude to discharge to-day and on Monday. They all know what Wales, what England, what the whole king- dom expects of them. We are well aware that many a voter will have a hard task to perform. It ought not to be so. It is a scandalous reproach to many a landlord in Wales that farmers and others I are pestered and persecuted so as to force them, if possible, to vote against their convic- tions. We sympathise with the electors who labour under this great difficulty. At the same time, duty is duty. In the dis- charge of his duty as a voter, every elector has the impenetrable shield of the Ballot to cover him. We have done all that we can to impress upon our readers the absolute secrecy of the Ballot. We have another and a most powerful witness in the person of Mr CROSS, the Home Secretary, to whose re- marks on this subject we give prominence in another column. Not only is it impossible to find out how an individual votes, .but, as Mr CROSS reminds us, it is equally impossible to show how a particular district has voted. Nothing but arrant cowardice can prevent any man from voting as he chooses. Those who are friendly to Mr W. DAVIES, the can- didate for the county of Pembroke to Mr ALLEN, the candidate for the Pembroke Boroughs; to Messrs BRODRICK and WARMINGTON, in Monmouth to Sir GREEN PRICE, in Radnorshire; or to Mr MAITLAND in the County of Brecon, will be expected to vote for these gentlemen. They are bound to do it. It will never do for Wales to be left behind in this splen- did triumph of Liberal Principles. The whole country is awake and full of life. It needs but an effort. Let every voter in Wales only do his duty, and we shall be able to put upon record the fact that in one of the greatest Parliamentary contests known to history all Wales did its duty. Woe to the borough or county which in this tremendous battle for great principles returns Conserva- tives to Parliament.

MR GUEST'S FATHER. WHEN will the supporters of Mr ARTHUR EDWARD GUEST grow weary of telling us who their candidate's father was. If there was any doubt about his paternity there can be none at all now. Every wall in Cardiff is made to cry out in confirmation of the fact that his father's name was Sir JOHN GUEST. We admit it. There is no dispute. No one grudges him the honour. We would therefore submit to his Committee. that the question of his paternity be now regarded as quite settled. We had not intended making any further allusion to it, but we find that, in order to make assur- ance doubly sure, handbills are thrust under the doors of all the houses in Cardiff, headed "A few Plain Facts Worth Reading." Among these- facts the fatherhood crops up again. Here, however, it appears in a new and startling connection, for we are carried back from son to sire, and informed who the father himself was. This extraordinary document asserts that "our worthy candidate's father, OIR JOHN UUEST, was the great mover, the great pivot on which the Taff Yale Railway was established. This is an announcement which would puzzle anybody but a Tory. If we read it rightly, Sir JOHN GUEST was a great mover. What in the world a great mover is, we cannot make out; and yet this is not all, for we are still further informed that on this great mover the Taff Vale Railway was established. Who ever heard of a railway being estab- lished on a mover ? One would think the line cannot be very secure, if this be a positive fact. But, as if utterly to con- found our judgment, another plain (!) fact is given us. It .is stated that Sir JOHN GUEST was not only a great mover, but also a great pivot, and that on this great pivot also the Taff Vale Railway was established. Is that railway, then, a swing or a see-saw, or what is it ? The few plain facts are not, after all, particularly plain. We fear .they need some explanation. They are such as even that phenomenon, a Conservative working man, would have some difficulty in comprehending. However, we. rake up this much :-Mr ARTHUR EDWARD GUEST is the son of the late Sir JOHN GUEST, alias the Great Mover, alias the Great Pivot. Truly, wonders never cease. We would only add to all these facts other three SOLOMON was the wisest of men but his son, REHOBOAM, was the greatest fool that ever lived and his folly decom- posed and disentegrated his father's king- dom,

MR BROGDEN'S SEAT FOR WEMESBURY. Mr Isaacson, who was nominated as the Con- servative candidate for Wedneubury, has retired, lefcvijaa: the old member, Mr A. Brogden (Liberal), ia undisputed p9,^w»i<>R of the "IL

ELECTORAL NOTES. MR REED AND THE RAILWAY SERVANTS. In his speech at Crangetown, on Thursday evening, Mr Reed remarked that "It had been alleged against him that he did not vote in favour of Mr Raikes' resolution on behalf of the railway servants. He did not vote for it, because nobody voted for it." In connection with this attack of the Tories, A Liberal Railway Man puts forth his views as follows :— "To Railway Servants and others engged in Hazardous Employment.—Brother Electors,—Our Tory opponents are once again trying to mislead Ills by the re-assertion of a lie which has been over and over again denied and disproved by Mr Reed. They state that Mr Reed did not 'support by his speech and presence' the Bill to compensate rail- way servants, brought in by Mr Bailees, the Tory member for Chester. Mr Heed lias over and over again stated that this bill was brought in by the Tory partyjpurely as an electioneering dodge, but notwithstanding this fact, he considered it con- tained some good points, and, by the efforts of the Liberals, could be converted into a real actof justice to railway men. He consequently attende i the House of Commonsat great persona!|inconvenieuce. and though suffering from illness, with the in- tention of doing his utmost to push forward the Bill, but the House was counted out before the vote v as taken. What reliance can we place upon the statement of people who continue to re- i peat a lie, time after time, when they know that there is absolutely no truth in what they state ?" The wriler then goes on to prove that the attack of the Tories upon Mr F. W. Evans is founded on false premisses,and quotes Mr Evans's circular to the Secretary of the Cardiff Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, showing that Mr Reed's reply to questions on Mr Brassey's Bill was favourable, whilst that of Mr Guest was indifferent. The writer then concludes as follows "Fellow railway men, judge for yourselves3. Let us treat with contempt any further men- dacious statements by the lying crew who appear to surround Mr Guest, and do your utmost on Tuesday next to swell Mr Reed's certain majority of hundreds into thousands." THE HOME RULE EXECUTIVE AND THE ROMAN CATHOLICS. The receipt of the telegram on Thursday after- noon, from Mr E. H. O'DonneU, by the Cardiff Conservative Committee, caused the utmost alarm among the Conservative agents. It u as impossi- ble to keep the telegram from the public, and the only step that remained as to call a meeting of the Roman Catholic electors, if possible to coun- teract its influence. This was held, as usual, at the St. Peter's Roman Catholic Hall, admission only being obtained by ticket. From the begin- ning to the end of the meeting, chairman and all present urged on the electors to stick to previous promises to support Mr Guest. It was nicely ar- ranged that Mr Guest should not be present to hear all the arguments used by his friends to per- suade the electors to support him, or it is very probable that he would have been disgusted with what was said. Every effort was made to persuade the electo s that it was to their local interest to support Mr Guest. This was the great cry, and the main argument used to dispel the influence of Mr O'Donnell's telegram. It was equally well arranged that when everything had been said that could be said in Mr Guest's favour, that lie should enter the linll and deliver an address, of which, however, only about a dozen lines are reported in the Tory organ, because it would not do to publish it. Mr Guest deprecated very strongly the organised attack on the Liberal procession on Tuesday evening. He exhorted them on no account to commit a breach of the peace, and at the close begged of them not to make any demon- stration when he left the building. The last re- marks were needless, for even their own friends admit that there was none of the Irish enthusiasm displayed. Within the last few dayfi a great change has taken place in the political sympathies of the Irish people of Cardiff. There were many of twe Irish residents of Grangetown at Mr Reed's meet- ing on Thursday evening, but every hand was held up in favour of the resolution approving him as their representative. The meeting at the St. Peter's Hall on Thursday was not attended by one- fifth of the Catholic residents, the hall was only tolerably filled, while at the first meeting held there during this election some 200 or 300 were unable to obtain admission. The hardest words that can be used against an Irishman is to tell I him that he is a traitor to his country. These words have been applied by Mr O'Donnell, than whom no man is more highly respected by the Irish, to all Irishmen who vote for the Conserva- tive party. The effect of the telegram was seen on Thursday evening, and will be still more manifest at the poll on Tuesday. An effort is now being made to organise another torchlight procession for Mr Guest on Saturday evening, in order to rouse up the Irish excitement, but the chief of his party are averse to it, although it is stated that 1;000 torches have been ordered. MR SHIRLEY ON HIS DEFENCE. Mr L. V. Shirley has written a letter to Sfr Reed, and sent it to our contemporary, which commences by saying, "I regret to see by this morning's papers that in one of your speeches yesterday, you impute to me a participation in the disturbance which took place at your torch. light procession on the previous evening." On turning to our report of the meeting we find that Mr Reed's words were "And when they went out to show how strong they were and how many there were of them,then forsooth their opponents-they must define be- fine between them, they must take away Mr Guest from them-they must take away Mr Shirley—(hisses)—and Col. Hill-but he said their opponents could not separate themselves from the circumstance-then their opponents fell upon them with stones and bludgeons." According to this report of Mr Reed's speech Mr Shirley was specially exonerated from having taken any part in the disgraceful affair. But the Tory organ put a totally different construction on what Mr Reed said. The Tory reporter said- "And said that when they went into the open air, then forsooth their opponents—and his hearers must distinguish between them whether he should dissociate Mr Guest, Mr Shirley, or Colonel Hill-they fell upen them with stones and bludgeons." WIOI If Mr Shirley had read our report—he says, "I regret to see by this morning's papers "-he could come to no other conclusion than that—there being such a great discrepancy between the two reports, one directly contradicting the other- there was some mistake somewhere. It being evident to every unbiassed mind that the cue of the Tory organ is, by any and every species of evasion, subterfuge, and falsehood, to damage Mr Reed in the eyes of the Cardiff electors, Mr Shirley can scarcely be excused for crediting the false colouring given to Mr Reed's words by his own favourite paper. CESSATION OF TORY BOUNCE. The jocular, hifalutin," and confident tone of our Tory contemporary has suffered a serious check, as notified in the milk-and-water sop placed before its readers on Friday. That pretended exuberance of enthusiasm is gone, and we have it on good authority that the Tory organ is almost frantic with rage and disappointment at the failure of all its prophetical prognostications. In spite of the Tory oracle, Mr Cyril Flower has proved equal to the task" at Brecon, has turned out the Tory member. Again—look at Merthyr. That political nondescript, Mr W. T. Lewis, whose candidature was so enthusiastically seconded by the Cardiff Tory paper, has been kicked out by such a majority as makes it plain that the Tories of Wales, though backed by the thunder of their organ, are playing a losing game. After the polling had taken place, the Mer- thyr reporter of our contemporary, who must have had on his nose a pair ot rose-coloured spectacles, wrote to the effect that he was very sanguine of Mr Lewis's success. How very san- guine some people are to be sure That "hope deferred that maketh the heart sick buoys them up with false expectations, and when it dies, the greater the disappointment consequent thereon. What toting enmuent on the If MaguitM hopes V of success is the official declaration of the poll ? The Tory in disguise—the wolf iu sheep's clothing —has polled a fraction n ere than halt the number of votes of his opponent Air James. The Tories of South Wales may begin to consider the pro- priety of writing on their committee-room doors j —Sic gloria transit 7nundt TORY FLURRY IN BRECONSHIRE. The Tories of Breconshire are in a tremendous flurry; and it is [evident that they consider the case of their candidate a desperate one, if we may judge by a specimen of the letters emanating from his agents. At the foot of one of these docuincntp, in the handwriting of on of the agents,the follow- ing words are found:—"I earnestly request you will not fail to vote then, if you have to leave on Sat- urday, as the return of Mr Arthur Morgan de- pends ia a great measure on the Out-Voters." The Breconshire Tories are evidently relying to a great extent on out-voters," but the farmers have had enough of thestep-mother.Government of Lord Beaconafield, and are likely to wofully dis- appoint those who profess to depend on them. On the other fly-leaf of the above precious document are some Directions for Voters respecting rail- way orders," which shows that Mr Arthur Mor- gan's agent is making good use of the Act of Parliament on the conveyance of voters. A TORY DODGE IN CARDIGANSHIRE. A rumour obtains in the district around New Quay touching a sly underhanded way of intimi- dating the tenants of Tory landlords. A voting paper is handed to the tenants, and they are requested to put it under the real voting paper in the polling-booth before the mark is made, so that there is an impression made upon the paper underneath in the sane spot as the real voting paper. When the tenant comes out, the great slave-master will step forward to ask for the paper which has been given to him previously, so as to finll the impression. Liberal agents should look out for this dodge on the polling d:iy. AN APPEAL TO PEMBROKESHIRE BAPTISTS. A Baptist writes as follows :—I feel that of all sections of Nonconformists we, as Baptists, should be the last to prove unfaithful in the hour of trial. It was not so, however, at the last election, I am sorry to say many whom I had known fiom my childhood as leaders in Baptist Churches, teachers in Sunday schools, and even readers of Baptist literature, were not ashamed on that day to be seen voting and canvassing against the man who stood forth as the champion of Liberalism and religious equality. A few days ago, reading the speech of Mr Cyril Flower, at Brecon, I was pained to see that their weakest point as Liberals were the Baptists. I hope, however, in the election to-day will not be so in Pembrokeshire, but that animated by the glorious history of the fathers of the Baptist denomination, and remembering the vital issues to our beloved country now at stake, the Baptists of Pembrokeshire with every Nonconformist in the county will rally round the standard so nobly held aloft by Hartingtou, Gladstone, and Bright, and, sheltered by the secrecy of the Ballot, will vote like heroes for Mr William Davies. TO THE LIBERALS OF MONMOUTH. SHIRE. An Abergavenny Elector writes to us as follows :—I have read with considerable pleasure your article upon the secrecy of the Ballot. I am ouvinced that the farmers are rapidly realising their position, viz., that they can never hope to get any of their grievances remedied under Tory rule. The numerous promises made in 1874 to secure the farmers' vctes have not been carried into effect. Then why should the farmers of Mon- mouthshire give them a renewal of their con- fidence by giving their votes in favour of the pre- sent Conservative candidates, who, if returned, will support a Government who will never carry into effect any desirable legislation for the farmers ? Messrs Brodrick and Warmington are pledged to support any reform in that direction. Fellow electors of the county, one of the greatest fights for principles will take place at the polling booths of Monmouthshire to-day. Do what is right and just. Fear not to vote according to your political convictions. We need not fear about the result. One word of warning to Liberals. Do not split your votes with your opponents. Keep together, and split your votes only between the two Liberal candidates, and recollect that you are fighting for principles which were secured us by our noble ancestors. pONSERV ATIVE RECEPTION AT j NARBERTH. Thursday being market-day at Narberth, the Conservatives paid the place a visit. Mr Philipps, the Tory candidate for the county, was drawn through the town by about two dozen boys, who made as much noise as they could to elicit popular sympathy. But the proceedings could not get a cheer as they passed. On arriving at the Rutzen Hotel, Mr Philipps addressed the meeting for ten minutes on the working of iiiis committees and the war policy of the Government. Mr Crop- per (the borough Tory candidate) next spoke, but he did not hold out as long as Mr Philipps. The purport of his remarks was that a man should get his beer when and where he liked." The Rev W. D. Phillips, on rising, complimented the Liberals on their present majority of 15 and spoke in very high terms of Mr Gladstone, Mr Bright, and Mr Chamberlain. The address be- coming too Liberal, one of the Conservative can- didates gave him a nudge to stop, thus finishing the meeting, which only lasted about a quarter of an houlV A SONG FOR THE TIMES. Tune" When Johnny comes marchin" home The Tory term's about to cease, n Hurrah! hurrah' Their friends would fain renew the lease Hurrah hurrah But we'll give the sack to Farmer Ben His brother Bill shall try again, And we'll all feel gay « When Dizzy (roes marching home. The country's cry is Turn them out Hurrah, &c. And Beaconsfield must "face about Hurrah, &e. No more he'll march through London town To sing his loyalty to the Crown And we'll all, &c. The Holdings' Act (the wily elvesn." Hurrah, &c. They voted in, but out themselves I Hurrah, &c. When last their tenants paid the rent They nobly remitted nought per cent' So we'll all, &c, To thin the line of Dizzy's blanks. Hurrah !&c.. 4 We'll put a stop to Tory pranks. Hurrah &c. The Tories have almost broke our backs With stagnant trade and Income-tax But we'll all, &c. So, Becky Sharp^' Good-bye" to you. We'll vote for none but statesmen true Hurrah &c. And when to Hughenden back you're gone. Your conjuring tricks you there may con And we'll all, &c. When once we'Ie rid of Brother Bell Hurrah! &e. Shall peace and plenty reign again; 1 liurrah &c. And Gladstone, he the man shall be, Back'd by a good majority And we'll all feel gay When Dizzy goes marching home.

THE IRISH VOTE IN CARDIFF. LETTER FROM MR A. M. SULLIVAN. The following correspondence lias taken place between Mr E. J. Reed. C.B., and Mr A. M. Sullivan, who sat as M.P. for Louth in the last Parliament. It was quoted in part in Mr Reed's speech at Grangetown, on Thursday evening, when the pubiication of the full text was promised "Royal Hotel, Cardiff, March 23rd, 1880. "Dear Mr Sullivan,-A telegram has been sent stating that the Home Rule Executive, after a lengthened conference, have passed a resolution c'dling upon the Irish voters of Cardiff to remain neutral in the present contest, on grounds which I have nothing whatever to do with, and respect- ing which, according to the telegram, only a statement emanating from'my opponents here has been made. I do not wish in any way to call in question or to discuss the action of the Home Rule Committee, but as one who has voted in the present Parliament for many measures lying quite a; art from the Home Rule question, but of great importance to Ireland, I should like to poi-jt out to you what appears to me the anomalous position in which I shall be placed in the next Parliament in reference to Irish questions. "I presume that those Irish members who now call upon the Cardiff voters to withhold their votes from me will feel bound to abstain from asking my assistance in passing such measures as Mr Meldou's Bill, and other measures calculated to put the Irish people in their ov n country upon the same level as the English and Welsh people iu political and municipal matters. I cannot pro- mise to act a retaliatory part, nor is it at all likely that I shall do so; but I must express to you my regret that you and other Irish members should thus turn against me, who have so often supported political and municipal reforms for the Irish in the Parliament now expiring. That you only do so as a member of the Home Rule League makes the matter less personal but I, nevertheless, cannot but regret that, while I am fighting a supporter of Lord Beaconsfield, men like yourself should endeavour to weaken me in the contest. From what I know of you I am quite sure that you will, nevertheless, hear with personal satisfaction that in spite of all opposition my chances of success are all that I could possibly desire. -11I, my near Sullivan, Yours very truly. "E. J. REED." 3, Dr. Johnson's Buildings, "Temple, E.C., London, 24th March. 18S0. II My dear Reed, I regret deeply and heartily the miserable local quarrels and misunderstand- ings between some of your local Liberals and the Irish electors, which Lord Beaconsfield's partisans are striving just now to turn to his profit in Cardiff. The Home Rule Executive here in London have been urging me for the last four days to go down but Cardiff is only one place out of nearly a score demanding hourly attention-nivht and day, I may say by letter and telegram and since Friday, I am the last of the Irish members remaining here to toil through this mass of work, leaving my own interests in Ireland quite out of view. Some steps should have been taken before the battle began, to adjust the misunderstanding which clearly existed and knowing my own countrymen as I do, their faults as well a3 their merits, I must say the presumption fairly is that in Cardiff as in Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne, London, Birmingham, Ashton, Sheffield, Liver. pool, they would at this hour be found the fast friends of the English popular party if there were not 'a screw loose' somewhere. "There must be some reason for the exceptional state of things in Cardiff, as in most quarrels there may be faults on both sides; but the mischief is that a Prime Minister who is the dead' enemv of both the Irish and the English masses may profit by this stupid and lunatic feUIJ, "What the Executive here have done about abstaining from voting,' is to decide that, even should all the statements put forward by Mr le Boulanger, president of the Catholic Registration Society, be as well-founded as he conceived them to be, voting for Mr Guest would still be a deadly crime against Ireland, and it would, at the utmost be the duty of Irishmen to abstain from voting at all, if they could not vote against him. I am bound to say that if it be correct that the Liberal registration agent has been striking Irish electors off the roll, his committee should have seen to the matter, as aU Irishmen would feel resentment at such shameful conduct if it occurred, The mere statement of it has angered myself. "But after all this has been said, to explain and account for the irritation amongst the Irish votets in Cardiff, there remains still the fact that the Irishman who gives a vote to Lord Beaconsfield by sending Mr Guest to the House of Commons, strikes a blow at the heart of Ireland. Angered as I was by the statements as to the conduct and language of some of your local Liberals,dt was nothing to the indignation I have felt on reading in the Western Daily Mail the reports of the Irish meetings addressed by Mr Guest. It is the old, old story—' Irigh Pat' is to be caught by flummery' and soft soap.' Mr Guest, an amiable 'young gentleman, is hard at work coquetting" with those Cardiff Home Rulers; but -,in the House of Commons he will cheer his chief when he denounces the idea of coquetting with such men. Ireland will not soon forget those who are leading our people in Cardiff into the camp of their bitterest foe. Even still I have an intense conviction that on the polling day they will revolt jrom such a treason to their country. "Wishing you all success and renewing the expressions of my deep regret at the opposition offered to you by some of my countrymen," Iremain very faithfully, "A. M. SOLLIVAX. "E. J. Reed, Esq., C.B."

THE LATE LIBERAL PRO- CESSION IN CARDIFF. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR SHIRLEY AND THE LIBERAL CAN- DIDATE. Mr L. V. Shirley has addressed the following letter to Mr E. J. Reed, the Liberal Candidate:— t. Cartliff, 1st April, 1880. Dear Sir,—I regret to see by this morning's papers that in one of your speeches yesterdav you impute to me a participation in the disturbance which took place at your Torch Light Procession on the previous evening. Great allowances must be made for inaccurate statements during the time of a political contest; but I cannot help thinking that before a candidate charges any one, by name, with having organised a disturbance—which, I regret to find, you regard as having amounted to a breach of the peace—some care should be taken to ascertain the facts. Now, the fact is that I am as absolutely guiltless of all previous knowledge of, and of all participa. tion in, this very deplorable incident, as the Mavor of Cardiff or the High Sheriff of the county. I was at the time it occurred, and during the whole of that evening, in my own house with every mem ber of my family, and I knew nothing whatever about it until I read the newspapers on the folldty Lag morning, I I never did, and never will, countenance or have anything to do with Election Torchlight Processions, which I regard as being not only foolish, but most mischievous and dangerous de- monstrations and still less would I ever be a party to organising any obstruction to such a pro- ceeding. Those who organise either the one or the other incur, iu my judgment. a verv grave responsibility. I have a vivid recollection of what occurred in 1874, when a valued clerk of mine, whilst peace- ably on his way home, and happening to meet one of the Liberal Demonstrations, had a torch thrown into his face, which for some weekk caused him the most acute pain, and endangered the loss of his eyesight. "Much as I deplore the recent occurrences, they w ill not perhaps have been too dearly pur- chased if they put an end once for all to these Torch Light Processions. Yours faithfully, L. V. SHIRLET, E. J. Reed, Esq., C.B., &c., &c." To the above letter Mr Reed has addressed the following reply :— "¡ Royal Hotel, Cardiff, April 1st, 1880. Dear Sir,—I have received your favour of this date, and much regret that you should have fallen iuto so great an error touching my remarks of yesterday. Those remarks are not by any means literally repeated in either of the Cardiff papers, but neither of them imputes to me, so far as I can see, the 4 charging of any one by name with having organized the disturbance.' I would express my surprise that, before imputing to me an accusation of which I am entirely innocent, you did not yourself take care to ascertain the facts. "I certainly accused no one by name of organ- izing the attack upon our procession, although I stated my distinct opinion that it was and must have been organized, and that it was both organized and carried out by persons avowedly acting iu the interest of Mr Guest and yourself and other of his agents and friends, inasmuch as his name was used throughout the attacks by those who made them, ".I went on to say that Mr Guest had personally disclaimed to me all participation in these out- rages, and expressed his regret at their occurrence; but that more than this would be necessary, for him, and you, and Colonel Hill, and every person claiming to be a respectable inhabitant of the town, and a supporter of Mr Guest you will all have to take further steps, of a public and un- mistakable kind, to free both your candidate and cause from the disgrace of having had stones and bludgeons employed by your supporters, and avowedly on your behalf. I trust this will be done. "How you can doubt that a Breach of the Peace occurred, when several highly respectable inhabitants were cruelly assaulted, and when the life of one man at least has been jeopardized, I do not know. "I am glad to have your views of torch-light processions, but for my own part, although I am not au advocate of them, I think that any pallia- tion of wicked and brutal assaults is more danger. ous than such a I rocession itself. Regretting that you should have been mis- led as to my remarks, and thanking you foryorx disclaimer, I am, Dear Sir, Yours truly, E. J. REED." L. t. oniney, Esq. *Owing to some obscurity in the M.S. copy of Mr Reed's letter a word or two has been in- troduced into this paragraph to make the sense clear. [With regard to our report we must, in justice to our reporter, state that, although necessarily an abridged report (owing to the great length of Mr Reed's speech), it is literally accurate. We reproduce the part referred to :— Ileeple were apt to forget how near we are to the day when we were struggling against these self-same Tories for the liberties we now enjoy. He thought of the Con- formity Act, and the many petty acts of tyranny which had been shown by the Conservatives in this town in refusing a hall to meet in. and when they went out to show how strong they were and how many there were of them, then foisooth their opponents—they must define between them, they must take away Mr Guest from them —they must take away Mr S"iirley--(hisses)-an I Col. Hill but he said their opponents could not separate themselves from the circumstance—then their opponents fell upon them with stones and bludgeons. (Cheers.) On Tuesday night there was the most remarkable turn-out lie had ever seen, or probably ever would see- (cheers)—when, not a crowd of idle boys, picked up out of the outskirts of the race-course, but lines of men, many deep-responsible men, by their age and appear- ance— comprising many of the most influential and respected men in this town- when they stood, as he said, many deep for a length which he dare not put into the fractions of a mile, or into miles—their oppon- ents then fell upon them, in the way he had said. Many of their frieuds were injnre 1. He disliked anYthin being said which in the slightest degree would con- done the anathema'of such transactions. [It is apparent that Mr Shirley's letter cnuld not have been based upon our report.—ED. S.

THE BLUE LIGHTS AND MR REED'S PROCESSION, In onr Tory contemporary of Friday a letter is published from Mr S. P. William-, landlord of the Queen's Chambers Hotel, Queen-street, in which he contradicts a statement in our report of Mr Reed's torch-light procession, an I says, "I beg most emphatically to assert that no demon- stration was made in my house either by blue lights or any other meai s." Some dozens of persons have called at our office, who vouch for the comulete accuracy of our reporter's s! ateiiient. They all agree in stating that blue lights were shown byta well dressed peron. from one of the bedroom windows of Mr Williams's hotel, and a, that one at least of the lights was thrown do .\n f upon the processionists, POLLING ARRANGEMENTS. On Friday morning the presiding officer and clerks attended at the Towu-hall before the Mayor (Mr Jno. McConnochie) and made the USlal declarations of secrecy, and after they had received their respective appointments, the town clerk (Mr Wheatley) pointed out several of the most important points to be observed at the taking of the poll, and urged upon them to strictly enforce the secrecy of the Ballot, and the necessity of being careful to stamp each ballot pa; er with the official mark. The town clerk h 's prepared fulla^d complete instructions to the officers who will take the poll, which are clear and easily tindet-btoo j. The personation and counting agents subsequently made, their declaration before the Mayor, wheu the Town Clerk explained the nature of their duties. This morning the police will attend at the Town-hall to make their declarations, and afterwards the NJ ayor and Town Clerk will go to Llantrisant and Cowbridge to inspect the polling arrangements in those boroughs aud see that they are complete.

LIBERALISM AT RHYMNEY. PROTEST AGAINST CARDIFF TORY RUFFIANISM. Our Rhyinney correspondent, telegraphing on Friday lllg-ht, savs The result of tile Me.-t.hyr election was nailed here with considerable en- thusiasm. Last night's meeting at Brynhvfryd Chapel passed off remarkably well. One p tson created a slight disturbance, but be was taken out of the building by t e police. The meeting was addressed by the Revs. E. Jones, Penuel D. S. Aloriah, 1. T. Jones, Jerusalem; E. Davies, lirynhyfryd; and Messrs Twyuog Jeffries, R. Thomas, and others. During the proceedings a telegram was received, announcing the successful return of Mr Cyril Flower for the borough of Brecon—the whole audience rose OM their feet and g ve a unanimous and prolonged cheer. The following resolution was adopted on the motion of the Rev. T. T. Jones, F.C.S., seconded by Mr W. Hiley—"That this meeting desires to express its sincere sympathies with Dr. Edwards and others of the Liberal party at Caiditf, u,l)o limve suffered from injuries sustained during the attack on Mr Reed's procession, on Tuesday." It was also resolved—"That the meeting pledges itself to do all possible to retuin the Monmouthshire Liberal candidates on Saturday."

BRECONSHIRE NOMINATIONS, Mr W. Faller'Maitland (L), and the Hon. A. Morgan (C), were nominated for Breconshire on Friday. The proposer of .Mr Fuller Maitland was Mr George Overton, And Mr McTurk was the seconder. For the Hon. A. Morgan the proposer was Major T. C. Lloyd, and the seconder Mr David Evans. < The Liberal nomination was supported by W., S. Miller, J. Davies, jun., W. Morgan. tW. fEd. wards, W. Price, Rev. D. Price, R. McTurk, and W. M. Brien. The Conservative nomination was supported by the Rev. Garnons Williams, J. P. Gwynne Hol« j ford. D. Hughes, Ilees Williams, W. Perrott, D«' J. Powell, Rees W. Bridge water, and Johal Hotchkiss.

LANDAFF. LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL.—First Sunday after Easter.-8 o'clock Holy Com I union. 11 o'clock: Service, chants; Preacher, Rev. E. Hawkins, M.A., Canon in residence. 3.30, Service, Stainer in E. flat. Anthem, Praise the Lord,"—Goss. Preacher, Rev. J. T. K0ss, Minor Canon.—E. A. FISHBOURNS, Succentor. bL'N'UAr SCHOOL.—The animal distribution of prizes took place on Thursday evening. There were present the vicar, (the Rev. J. R. Buckley)', Rev. Urown, mission ship, Cardiff, Mrs Buckley* Miss F. Watson, Mis# L. Watson, &c. The vicar before distributing the 1 rizes, referre with satisfaction to tfiegreal improvement that had taken place in the Sunday schools during the psst year. The principle prize for an essay on St. Mai k's Gospel, was awarded to Mr James Radley* Later in the evening the Rev. Brown exhibited to the children, by nJeans of the magic lantern a large uumber of very interesting views, wLicb were greatly appreciated.

NEWPORT. TRXFT FROM A SHOP.—At the Newport bomtrglx police-court on Friday—before Mr R. F. Woollett and Mr Henry Phillips-Elizabeth Kirby, a little girl, was charged with stealing 3lbs of floor from ttie shllP of Walter Jonep, in Edward-street There was no desire on the part of the prosecutot to press the cha ge, but Mrs Jones stated that she had lost large quantities of things, and hadl reason to believe that the prisoner was the thief, and that she took the stolen goods to the house of her parents, \\ho lived in Jones's-court. The bench took a lenieijt view of the case, and informed the girl that unless she leformed her way sbe would be sent to a Reformatory. She would now be sentenced to one dny's impusonment. ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—D.miel Kahler wa, cliarged with being drunk and assaulting V.C. Pyrn and P.C. Pullinger in the txecution of then duty, 111 r othergill-street. He was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment,

F HANDSOME ACKNOWLEDGMENT. I T is not often that the services of the daily are publicly acknowledged in con- with great public movements. Our ^.Untryrrven do not forget the press. ^nSlishnien generally "toast" it at their ^eta, but in the severe contests which 411 forth the energies of every earnest Pfel1Ciau' tlle work which the newspaper sh T -lia3 to do in spreading information, Sion ding light on the topics under discus- taking known the merits or demerits ^or P''1^^0 offices and honours, Ollse speeches and endeavonring to *^eir pe°ple a sees# of t]l0ge utT, is not often openly recognised i>y ben wh° may have derived immediate ]lav ^rom it. Few persons comparatively V the fi, slightest idea of the toil imposed 1 ^hig + dai]y P^ss on all connected with it. 1 ^10Wever>such a time as this, ii We are in the thick of one of the is ^fliarr.entary elections ever knojyn, tti, tre'lleidously increased. We cannot, 0 otherwise than express our lati- tude to the meeting held at Merthyr yester- day for the cordial vote of thanks accorded to us for services rendered to the Liberal party in that borough during their recent contest. It was only yesterday afternoon that we received a letter from "An Old Liberal" in Cardiff, objecting to the frequent references made by our friends to the unscrupulous statements of a Tory contemporary, thus advertising a journal which could not possibly subsist in Wales but for Liberal support. The same writer adds that it is to be regretted that many Liberals increase the sale of a journal which does all that it can to injure their cause, and that, too, not with the nicest of weapons, and yet forget or ignore the services rendered by a journal which serves them with all its heart. There is, no doubt, sound sense in this. There is a proverb about virtue being damned with faint prai3e. We have done our best to serve the cause of civil and reli- gious liberty in South Wales and the border counties for the last quarter of a century. We mean to do so still, and we shall be all the more encouraged to go on by such recognition of our services as we have received from Merthyr. If we fight the battles of those who form the great majority of the population of South Wales, it is but natural for the people for whom we toil to show their appreciation.

YR IMDRECH IYN SWYDD G.4ER- FYHDDIN. Taer ddymunir ar etholwyr Sir Gaer i "blvmpio" dros Mr Powell, trwy osodtmgroes x gyferbyn a'i enw-yr un diweddaf ar y papur. Er plympio dros Mr Powell, dim ond un croes sydd yn eisiau, ac nid unrhyw fare arall. Fe gollodd y Liberals y lecsiwn y tro diweddaf (yn 1874) trwy i ugeiniau a channoedd o ffermwyr gael eu perswallo a'u dychrynu gan y Tories, y byddid yn sicr o ffeindio allan y ffordd y darfu iddynt votio. Ond an. wiredd i'r eitha' yw haeru y fath beth. Y prawf goreu i brofi anwiredd yr haeriad yw y ffaith nad oes, yn'un lie, o'r holl fyrddiynau ag sydd we.1i votio trwy'r ballot, er pan basiwyd. yr Act yn 1872, dim son erioed fod un dyn wedi darganfod sut y votio ld ei gymydoir. Y isae ugeiniau o Doriaid yu awr eu hunain yn tystio fod y ballot yn sicr BO yn hollol ddirgai yn hollol ddirgai

TARAXACUM AND PODOPHYLLIN. This fluid combination, extracted from medicinal roots, is used instead of blue M' and Calomel tor the cure of Dyspepsia, Biliousness, and all symptoms of congestion of the Liver, which are generally JJain beneath the shoulders# Headache, Drowsiness, no appetite, furred tongue, disagreeable taste in the morning, giddiness, disturbance of the stomach, and feelinz of general de. pressiou. A dose of Taraxacum and Podophvuin sets the sluggish Liver in motion, giving a. sense of health and comfort within 24 hours. Taraxacum and Podophvilin is a fluid trade only by J. PKITXR, London, whose name is on every label. Sottle* 2a 8d aud is 011. 6vid ov all Ohtmnttf 4MM

f VOTE OF THANKS TO THE" SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS. 1- We have much pleasure in Riving publication to the following communication received on Friday niglit Messrs Richard and James, Election 1 Committee, w Central Committee Rooms, Merthyr, April 2nd, 1880. DEAR SIRS, At the meeting held to-day at the Temperance Hall, after the election of Messrs Richard and James, it was unanimously decided that a cordial vote of thanks be tendered to the proprietors and editor of the Soutk Wales Daily News, for the able services of that paper at this election and that I, as chairman, convey the same to you. I remain, sirs, Yours truly, THOMAS WILLIAMS. Messrs D. Duncan and Son? South Wales Daily News, Cardiff.

LORD GEORGE HAMILTON AND THE TORY COLLAPSE. Lord George Hamilton, addressing the Middle. sex electors in the City of London, on Friday afternoon, referred to the Conservative reverses. He confessed that he had not been sanguine as to the issue of the elections, as the Tories had been subjected to persistent misrepresentation. Small boroughs were not alive to the great national issues. If the Liberals came into power they must either reverse the Tory Government's foreign policy, in which case they would not hold office six months, or they must continue it and thus eat their own words.

LLANELLY BOARD OF HEALTH .ELECTION. The following 11 persons have been nomiiutofi to fill four seats William Howell, solicitor, b tepney-street, Llanelly William Henry Lud: ford, railway superintendent. Greenfield-viUas. Llanelly Robert Margrave, merchant, Thomas* street, Llanelly Richard Nevill. iron founder, 1 elinfoel House, Llanelly; John Beavan Phillips bank manager. Stepney-street, Llanelly; John Powell, iron founder, Brynodin, Llanelly John Randell, merchant, Vaughan-street, Llanelly Bernard Robert Rees. printer and stationer" Vaughan-street, Llanelly Aaron Stone, shipl owner, Greenfields, Llanelly Thomas Thomas contractor, Old Oastle'-road, Llanelly; James Foot Youne, tailor and outfitter, Stepney-street, Llanelly. The voting papers were distributed on Friday, and will be collected on the 6th..

CARDIFF. THE APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEIRS.—The magis. trates, on Friday, appointed as overseers for the parish of St Mary Mr Henry Arkell, Bute-street, and Mr Chas. O. Rundle, Mount Stuart-sqnare, For St John's, Mr Andrew Stranaghan, Angel. street, and Mr Frederick Case, -High-street, were appointed overseers. For Llandaff, Mr William William, Glynteg House, Ely, and Mr William Ha:ry, 14, Wyndhatn-crescent, were appointed overseers. For RocUh, Mr Thos. Llewellyn Evans, Crwy. Farm, and Mr William Angel. Poplac Vilh, Newport-road. H.M.S. HAMADKYAD HOSPITAL SHIP.— Report for the week ending 31st March, 1880:—Number of patients remaining last week, 45; admitted since, 11; discharged, 11 died, 0 Out-patients treated, 93; remaining on board, 43. iiuGHES, Medical Supeiinteudent. YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION—On Thursday, Mr E. G. Smart read ii able essav ott "Political Economy." The attendance was good, and the subject nave rise to au interesting discus- sion, in which Messrs Armstrong, Burt, Monfries, C. Hughes, S. Coleman, &(- took part. EXCHANGING A PAIII OF BOOTS.—A', the borough police court, on Fi-iday, before Mr R. O. Jones, Aldermen Alexander aud Evans. William War. ren, a seaman, Was found guilty of stealing a ligir of boots, the property of Charles Emerson. The robbery was committed at a boarding-house, on Wednesday, wijen the iirisoner took complainant'* and left his own boots in their "lac". He was sent to prisou for 10 dajs, with hard labour. INFRINGEMENT OF THE MEIICHANT SHIPPING ACT.—George Kenah aud Henry Inrie, two sea. men, belonging to tl;e barque Col win, of London, were charged with refusing to obey the lawful commands of the Captain, Thomas Bullman. The case was dismissed. Mr Vacheli appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Miller for defendants. (I Once more signs of the approach of Summer p,t er around us, and we are prepared for it Ly provid- m- ourselves with a iarKe an<l eiegant stock oi readv- lna ic clothing, prices for which are marked in plain Inures, at the tirst wholesale cost. We respectfully solicit an early visit, feeling confident every requirement will be met by those who honour us with their patronage Address, The Manufacturer's Alliance, 33 st iUrv. street, Cardiff 7 CUHLY GKEENS.—Any quantity to be had at Mr Harding's, Jlouachty Farm, uear Cardiff. 532 FOB HEALLY AUTISTIC ^HOXOGKA'PHS go to. Frske, 253, Bute-street, Cardiff. 4:>89b GAS FITTINGS.—A Good Selection Cheap at J W oodman's -JC, Wharton-street, Cardiff. on W. F. NICHOLLS AND CO., Tobacco Manufac- turers, and Ciarar Importers, 20, St. Mary-street, Cardiff- 9. Castle-stieet, Swansea, and 22. High-street, Newport Trade terms, and samples, on receipt oi busmels* card. 43710

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