South Wales Daily News

THE MIERS ESTATE. The sale of this estate, which will take place at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, on Tuesday next, is one not only of unusual interest, but one which will attract a large number of persons from all parts of the country. The eztatg is one in which are centred points of interest rarely found collected together. Its vast mineral resources render it, in a commercial point of view, a property which men engaged in the development of the South Wales coalfield will be only too anxious to possess. Contiguous to the Miers estate is a well-known property the mineral product of which laid the foundation of all enormous fortune to the purchaser. Beneath the soil are all the workable seauas of the South Wales coal field, including the anthracite coal, the value of which is known to all. There are at the present moment several collieries on the estate sending up large quantities of coal daily, and there are large portions of the estate also where the ffimerals are not let, and these will form the chief feature of attraction to the com- mercial speculator. The property is situated in the Dylas, the Glyn Neath, and Swansea Valleys, and although the whole district from Neath to Merthyr abounds with scenery, the beauty of which has often been placed in juxtaposition with the valley of the Wye, the estate covers about 8,000 acres of the most beautiful and picturesque portion of the valley. The scenery from Neath increases in graudeur and be;tul,y as the land rises to the north, and the vhinity of Daim Mountain, which forms one of the western boundaries of the estate, is remark- able as affording views which have been repro- duced on canvas by numbers of landscape painters. Its close proximity to the Vale of Neath, the Great Western and Midland Rail- ways give an interest to those who might desire to have a residence the landscape scenery around which it would be almost impossible to surpass in Wales. Much of the surface is thickly wooded, other portions sheep walks, and for shooting pur- poses also the whole area is invaluable. The Dulais river passes through the north-western portion of the estate, and affords excellent fishing. The Vale of Neath has often been described. Tourists visit it from all parts, but those who pass through it by the Vale of Neiitli itailway only get a faint and imperfect view of the scenery around, and the peuestiian who traverses the valley on foot finds many beautiful spots near the Dulais river, all(i of the finest scenery occurs on this estate. 1 he JVIiers estate is one connected with which there are many historical associations, and there are also 1 daces of interest to the archaeologist. This paftof Wales was probably inhabited at a very early period, and in more recent times was the scene of struggles between the Celts and the Romans, and the Sam Helen, a Roman road separating the estate from that of Mr M. S. W-iiiiiiiii is tho longest and most complete road of the kind to be found in Wales. It formed at one time a portion of land belonging io the Crown, and Edward VI., for services ren- dered, granted the estate to the Earl of Pem- broke. in this family the estate remained for ,t,tt.,e time, when it passed ink; the Mackworth family, and from this family it passed by settle- ment, executed in 1797, upon the marriage of the late. Dame Hanbury Leigh and Capel Hanbury Leigh. At this time part of tie property now offered for sale was vested in trustees, Dame Hall bury Leigh voluntarily conveying such parts to trustees upon trusts to raise certain sums for her use. Like many other estates, the descendants have for some time disputed the right to certain portions of the estate by those who held them. Years ago a suit in Chancery was commenced, entitled Llewellyn v. llous, and more recently that of Miers v. Miers, being a suit for determining the priorities of charges under Darne Hanbury Leigh's will, and, under an order from the judge of the Court of Chancery, the state will be sold by Messrs Stephenson and Alexander, who have be,en ap- pointed auctioneers and receivers by the judge. The property has been divided into live por tions, each of which will be offered separately for competition. The first lot comprises the manor of Ivdlyoebill and Neath-Ultra. This is siLuated in the Dylas Valley, and comprises 4,516 acres of land, 011 which there are 'now 36 farms, with several cottages, and a sheepwalk of 500 acres. are fie collieries here, besides large areas of ground, beneath which the minerals are not let. This is the largest part of the estate, and by far the most important. This and the other portions of the estate are in- tersected by the Neath and Brecon Railway, the Great Western, and the Midland Railways, so as to afford e\ery facility for the transport of stock, &c., to or from the farms, and minerals from any part (,f tlia estate. As a mineral investment, it may be mentioued that a similar though smaller estate, belonging to the Saunders family, in the Rhoiidda Valley, was sold Some 30 years ago. At that time the Sauuders property was very similarly situated. It has now been developed, and realises to the purchasers immense fortunes. The second lot includes five farms in the Dylas Valloy, with an area of 653 acres, and also the nvnerais beneath, which are not let. The third lot comprises the lordship and manor of Cac- Gurwen, containing four farms and an area of 462 acres, and the Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and l'enllaerfedwen Commons with 2136 acres of common land. A part of the minerals under these commons is let, but a large part yet remains to be develojjed. The next lot includes four farms near Pont Neath Vaughan, ueariy at the top of the vy'ley, and contains some of the most magn fieent scem ry. The whole of the minerals hem are let to the new Hritish Iron Works Company, and are being very successfully worked by thom. The last lot comprises the farm of Maesmarchog and nil mel ons cottages at Abernant. The other lots are within easy distance of the Glyn Neath Sta- tion in the Great Western Railway. As a whole, the estate is one of hp, most impor- tant as well as the most valuable inoperty that has bseu offered for competition in Glamorgan- shire during the last half century.

LON DON L'KTT&R. [SPECIALLY WIRED.} OpJt OALLEIty CORttESraNDJMnf,] THE FATE OF COL. STEWART—POSSIBLE NEW PRERS THE RESIGNATION OF SIR W. M'AUTUUR M.P.—THE CONG 11EGATIONAL UNION—THE DAIRY SHOW AT THE AGRI- CULTURAL HALL—THE WINNER OF THE CESAREWITCH—THE DOWNWARD COURSE OF sm R. CROSS—THE CONGO COUNTRY. LONDON, Wednesday Night, Inquiries at the Foreign and War Offices to-day leave little doubt as to the fate of Colonel Stewart. The news of the murder of this gallant officer, though not officially confirmed, is believed to be true. The loss of this brave man, while universally la- mented by all who know his worth, affords the Tory papers another opportunity of attacking the Government on its Egyptian policy, of which the Standard and the St. James's do not to-night hesitate to avail themselves. There is much interest in the speculations as to the possible new peers which it may be necessary to create in order to overcome the resistance of Lord Salisbury and his followers to the Franchise Bill, should, as we anticipate, the measure again be rejected. wing William made the stipulation that the Whig Ministry should first call up peers' eldest aons, and upon this principle a selec- tion might be made from the following list Viscount Anson, Lord Ashley, Lord Brabazon, Lord Carnegie, Viscount Castle- rosse, Viscount Coke, Earl Compton, Lord Creinorne, Viscount Dalrymple, Earl De Grey, Viscount Dungarvan, Viscount Kilcoursie, the Marquis of Kildare, the Marquis of Lome, Viscount Lumley, Viscount Melgund, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Norreys, Lord Pelham, Viscount Savernake, Viscount Somerton, Lord Wodehouse, and Viscount Wolmer. These are, however, only the eldest sons of Liberal peers above the rank of viscount, and as such bearing a courtesy title. If the sons of the viscounts and barons were also included, the list could be much further ex- tended. None of those named have scats in the House of Commons. Of the heirs to peerages who are representatives of the people, and who would scarcely care to be. called now to the House of Lords, the more prominent names which suggest themselves are those of the Marquis of Hartington, Viscount Baring, Viscount Ebrington, Vicount Lymington, Lord More- ton, the Marquis of Tavistock, the Marquis of Stafford, Mr Brand, Mr Albert Grey, Mr Portman, and Mr Cooper. Enough are, however, given to show that should Mr Gladstone have to resort to the course to which William the Fourth gave reluctant assent as a last resort, there is ample mate- rial from which to draw temporary aid with- out permanently adding to the rolls of the peerage. The announced retirement of Sir William M'Arthur from the representation of Lam- beth at the close of the present Parliament is a surprise to the Liberals of that vast con- stituency, who have received the intelligence with regret. His genial presence and kindly manner made him very popular amongst all with whom he was brought into association, and the Liberal executive have all their work to do in order to find an eligible successor. This is one of those enormous boroughs which should be dealt with in any scheme of redistribution. Stretching from Blaekfriars to Norwood, and including a population of half a million, with more than fifty thousand electors, it imposes much too heavy a burden on its two members, both men of mature years, and one of whom (SLT James Lawrence) was for some time incapacitated by ill-health from attending to his parliamentary duties. In the brief space before Parliament again meets, the Church Congress at Carlisle is speedily followed by the meetings of the Baptist Union at Bradford, and the Congre- gational Union in London. The sittings of the latter were opened to-day in the City Temple on the Holborn Viaduct, under the presidency of Dr. Joseph Parker. Upwards of fifteen hundred delegates were in attend- ance, and Dr. Parker's address, entitled The Larger Ministry," was listened to with much interest. These, the autumnal sittings of the union, will extend over several days, the peripatetic system being to a certain extentt-esorted to, inasmuch as tho evening meetings will be held not in the City Temple or in the Memorial Hall in Farringdon- street, just over the way, but in the princi- pal Congregational chapels in the district. Of all the purposes to which the Agricul- tural hall is put during the twelve months, one of the most useful and interesting is that of the Dairy how, now one of the features of the autumnal recess. In that vast building in the north of London the ninth exhibition of this society was opened to-day under very encouraging auspices. The specimens are more numerous than on any previous occasion, and the whole quality or the show is pronounced by the judges to be excellent. The fine weather drew a considerable crowd for the first day's inspec- tion. The results of important races are always posted in the windows of the sporting newspapers in Fleet-street, and the fact that St. Gatien, the dead heater with Harvester for the Derby, had won the Cesarewitch, was this afternoon received with consider- able excitement. That a three-year-old, carrying four pounds more than Hobert the Devil, the winner of the same race two or three years ago, should come in first out of a field of 20, was regarded by the fraternity as a truly remarkable performance. It does not escape notice that Wood, who is next to Archer in the number of winning mounts, has been to the front in all the principal handicaps this year, the last of which in the Cambridgeshire will one more test the skill of the rival jockeys. A remark parenthetically dropped by Lord Hartington at Rawtenstall touches upon a remarkable personal phenomenon in politics. Speaking of Sir Richard Cross, Lord Hart- ington, with more than usual asperity, said, The strength of Sir 11. Cross's language appears to be increasing. I don't know whether it is increasing in the inverse ratio of the responsibility he feels, and whether he is beginning to be conscious that under no circumstances is it very likely that lie will ever again hold so responsible a position as lie has held before." There is not just now much talk about the arrangement of offices in the next Conservative Ministry. There was, however, about a year ago a disposition to make these assignments in advance, and it was very generally agreed that Sir R. Cross must next time "takeaback scat." Lord Randolph Churchill, before he had sown his wild oats, was accustomed to say that Mr W. H. Smith must also go. Marshall and Snelgrove he was then wont to call the right hon. gentlemen, the gibe being understood to communicate his opinion that they were more of the shopman order than of the statesman. But Mr Smith is in all ways miles above Sir Richard Cross, who will, probably, live in history as one of the most remarkable instances of hopeless medi- ocrity unaccountably enthroned in high places. Mr Disraeli made him Homo Secre- tary and a Cabinet Minister for reasons which are certainly not discernible in the late Premier's confidential conversation. With Lord Ronald Gower, for example, I have always contended that Sir Richard Cross made a very good Home Secretary but he became puffed up with his position, fancied foreign politics was his metier, and assumed airs which nnule him both unpopular and ridiculous. Bereft of the dignity and im- portance of office, his parliamentry course has been downward ever since he sat in Opposition, the progress culminating in a famous scene which the House of Commons will never forget. His fall must be com- plete indeed when a statesmau so free from rancour as is Lord Hartington publicly takes note of it. The interest taken in the Congo country is not confined to Belgium, France, or Eng- land. The t nited States, as if they had not territory enough of their own to con- quer, have cast their eye upon the Congo. Mr Stanley tells me that- a commissioner from the United States has just arrived from Brussels, and has placed himself in com- munication with the association founded by the intrepid and astute traveller. The gentleman, whose name is Tisdel, has been received with open arms by the association, who are, as they claim, truly international, and welcome everybody to the now Canaan whither the Vmerican Moses would lead any of the tribes, provided they have a little money to start with and the will and the power to labour. Mr Tisdel will, in a week or so, set out for the Congo country and survey it for himself.

THE SUGGESTIONS FOR A COMPROMISE WE are now but a fortnight from the meet- ing of Parliament, and it is, therefore, quite natural that the air should be filled with definite proposals for getting past the dead points at which we have stuck ever since the unfortunate rejection of Lord WBMYSS'S resolution. But what appears most extra- ordinary is that some Liberala who presume to speak as tho.se having authority should advocate what is really tantamount to a surrender of their whole position, and bring it before the country as a compromise," or, still more absurdly, as an ultimatum." We are now informed that Lord HAKTINGTON has opened up a loop hole of escape for Lord SALISBURY and that in order to allow him to withdraw from what is certainly the most slippery position that a political leader has occupied during this century, Mr GLADSTONE is to lay his Redis- tribution Bill on the table before the House of Lords takes up the Franchise Bill, an,1 that if Lord SALISBURY satisfies himself that it is a fair and reasonable bill, and one that will not give colour to the in- sinuation of "jerrymandering," he will, it is hoped, consent to pays the Franchise i 'ill, and immediately proceed to a discus- sion of the other. It is to the ingenuity of the Pail Mall Gazette that we are indebted for this astounding suggestion, and our con- temporary professes to have discovered the basis for its inference in Lord LIARTINGTON'S recent address. Now, in the first place, our contemporary makes a perfectly gratuitous assumption, and one that is more than questionable when it asserts that this proposal is not Lord HARTINUTON'S, but Mr GLADSTONE'S, and that the noble lord would not "obtrude" his own views "on a "matter of such vital moment if they "differed from those of his chief." We venture to characterise this supposition as utterly unwarrantable. Mr GLADSTONE has himself declared over aud over again that he has not the oeusorship of his colleagues' utterances, and it is really absurd to main- tain that a hypothetical case such as Lord H AP.TINI.:TON put—rather, we imagine, for the sake of drawing out the full significance of Lord J^ALIISBURY'S contention than for anything else—inu.st be considered as the formal ultimatum which the collective wisdom of the Government has concocted. But we go further, and venture to affirm that Mr GLADSTONE would not and could not accept such a compromise, which, in the face of Lord SALISBURY'S recent utterances and publications, would not have the ghost of a chance of acceptance. Mr GLADSTONE more than any of his col- leagues is able to see what the country has set its heart upon. He started off to Mid- lothian with the intention of preserving strict silence about the agitation for the re- form of the House of Lords, but when he was about to start off home again he made a few observations on the constitution of that assembly, which showed that even he had caught the spirit which filled every audience lie addressed, and was prepared, if need be, to do more than threaten the Lords. But if Mr GLADSTONE came to this momentous de- cision, it is absurd to suppose that he cannot have seen what was even more obvious, that the country would have no compromise with Lord SALISBURY, and that the Franchise, and the Franchise now, irrespective of Re- distribution, was what the people had made up their minds to have. The Pj{[[H: MINIS- TEll., indeed, claimed on behalf of the Fran- chise Bill that it was a good thino in itself, and therefore a measure that should be secuied and is it to be supposed that he would propose as a condition of its passiuj that J ¡.¡rd..f:fP-RY altoulii be a. to signify his approval of another and a totally different measure ? If the bill is a good thing in itself, why make it conditional on something else? But the suggested compromise really ruua counter to all that has been said during the recess with regard to the attitude of the Lords to the Commons. What has brought about this difficulty 1 The demand of the Lords to pass the bill only on their own terms. Is that a demand that the country is prepared to meet ? As far as Wales, at any rate, is concerned, we may unhesitatingly answer in th3 nega- tive. The corollary from this proposition that the House of Lords may force a dis- solution at its pleasure has been indig- nantly repudiated by the PRIME MINISTER, and yet we are asked to believe that he is proposing a compromise which virtually ad- mits in some degree the right of the Lords to make such a demand. We cannot for a moment believe in this ultimatum," and we arc sure of this, that the country will vehemently protest against it, and that Mr GLADSTONE, were he to propose it, would find himself confronted by those very men who have most heartily backed him up throughout this struggle. But looking at it from Lord SALISBURY'S point of view, can he accept it ? Unless he be taking lessons from I Lord RANDOLPH, his colleague in this new dual control, who, according to Sir C. DILKE, takes on an average from a fortnight to three weeks to execute a voltaface, he could not give it a moment's consideration. For it is perfectly certain that no Liberal poli- tician would dream of drafting such a bill as he demands in the National Review. Mr GLADSTONE'S suggestions for redistribution are mild enough in all conscience, and will not endure any watering to make them satisfy Lord SALISBURY'S palate, and any friction that occurred in the negotiations would inevitably bring up a loud chorus of Radical demands for a more thorough-going scheme. If the noble lord would be well advised, he would agree with the PRIME MINISTER at once, and not wait for the torrent of Liberal opinion which is gradually driving Mr GLADSTONE into the arms of Mr CHAMBERLAIN. For the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE is not, disposed to cave in." He has told the people at the Potteries that it is to the nation that the appeal must lie." So would Lord SALIS- BURY say, but not to a, limited electorate "alone, but to the whole nation." Appa- rently, therefore, Mr CHAMBERLAIN has heard nothing of this ultimatum," and is determined to fi^ht out the battle and have no compromise. In this resolution he will be supported by the Liberal party at large, and we venture to assert that Lord HAKTINGTON, too, will be found to adopt the same attitude. Indeed, so far ia it from being likely that this arrangement will be made, it is more probable that it will be found both just and expedient to dis- solve Parliament before the Redis- tribution Bill is brought forward. Mr FORSTER expressed the opinion of many friends of reform when he said last week at Otley that the question of redistribution was one that concerned most vitally the whole electorate, and not merely the three- fifths that at present enjoy it. It may be argued that there is great injustice in the principle that one part of the electorate should determine in what way the votes of the other part should be apportioned. An appeal to the whole country 011 the question of redistribution would secure the produc- tion of a thoroughly representative and efficient measure, and it is not at all un- likely that such an appeal may yet be made. But no appeal will be made on the Franchise Bill, andLordSALisBURY'smostextraordinary proposition that the people must be appealed to in the dispute between an irresponsible body and its own representatives will not for a moment be admitted. It will be well that all suoh inane "compromises" as that we have mentioned should be blown away before Parliament meets. The Lords must not come together under the idea that the people are prepared to abate one jot of their right to settle this matter, which concerns them and them alone, and the leaders of the Liberal party must have their hands strengthened, and be made to feel that the Bill must be passed on its own merits, though Lord SALISBURY may have to pass under the yoke. He owes his present position to his own temerity and presumption, and his dignity and its preservation need not be the paramount question before her MAJESTY'S Ministers.

LOCAL COMMISSIONS. The London Gazette of Tuesday night contains the followi;):- T tvu" «. M °ffice> raM Mal1. 0ct- 7>1884- L NB BATTALIONS,—The Welsh Regiment — Lieutenant Er/c J, Eagles Swayne has been ap- pointed a probationer for the Indian Staff Corps. India Office, Oct. 7. Ine Queen has approved of the following ad- miesinns to the staff corps, made by the Govern- ment in India :— MADRAS STAFF CORPS.—To be lieutenant, lieutenant Gordon Napier Coalfield, from the Soutli Wales Borderers. Dated 23rd April, 1883, but to rank from 1st July, 1881.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.- Enfeebled Existence.— 1 his medic no embraces every attribute required in a ;;enec l and domestic remedy. It overturns tho foundations o disease laid by defe. ifve fo il and im. pure air. ui obstructions or congestions of the livar, hings, bow 1 or any other organs, these pills are especially serviceable and emio. ntly successful. They should be kept in readiness in eery family, being a medicine of incomparable irility for young persons, especially those of feeble con;t,itnt.iŒs. They never cause pain or irritate the most sensitive nerves or most tender bo els. Hollowav's Pills are the best known purifiers of the blood, lb most active promoteis of a .sorption and secretion, whereby all poisonous and obnoxious partie'es arc removed from both solids ami fluids.

THE FEDERATION. IlANxiiy, T seventh annuaJ meet- ing of the council ol this feleration was held this afternoon in the osseinbjy-rootn of the North Stafford Station Hotel, Stoke-on-Trent. The principal members or the council had breakfasted together in the morning and talked over the pro- posals to be made to the meeting. Short speeches, advocating more strenuous endeavours at thorough organisation aud the feasibility of rais- ing a fund of £ 10,000 with this object were de- livered at the breakfast. These suggestions sub- sequently found embodiment in resolutions sub- mitted to the afternoon meeting. Mr James Kitson president of the federation, presided over the latter, and was supported by Mr Schnadhorsfc, Mr Alderman Kendrick, Mr Richard Tangye, and Mr Cameron. There was a large attendance at the council. The report of the council, after detailing the work which had been performed during the past year, proceeded to make special reference to the franchise agitation in the following teriris:- Notwithstanding the demonstrations of popular feeling against the action of the House of Lords, the Tory majority of that House are apparently again about to reject the Franchise Bill on the disingenuous pretext which sufficed to govern their conduct on a former occasion. That this proceeding will excite in the minds of great masses of the people a bitter sense of wrong, and, to say the least, an imperative demand for a large abatement of the powers of the House of Lords, there can be no doubt. If that House makes it clear that it will only yield rights to the people in answer to agitation and outcrv, it is necessary that the means of making the popular voice well heard should everywhere be ready. An agitation which will fitly express the determination of the people to subject the House of Lords to the people's power, should immedi- ately follow a second rejection of the Franchise Bill by that House. The officers will accordingly submit to the annual meeting a resolution for the creation of a special fund to be devoted to the furtherance of the national movement for promo- ting the success of the Franchise Bill, for securing a settlement of the question of redis- tribution on a just and equitable basis, and for supporting such measures as may be thought necessary to maintain the full authority of the people's representative House." After speaking of the steady increase in the number of associa- tions connected with the federation, 27 having been affiliated during the past year, the report concluded: "It is, however, the intention of the officers, in view of those continually increasing demands, to make such arrangements as will enable them to adequately discharge the grave responsibility which the position of the federation in the country now entails upon them." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he came that day to preside over that great committee of the National Liberal Federa- tion in the very best possible spirits, because he came from a great demonstration which they had been holding in Leeds during the past week. Such was the enthusiasm and preponderance of the Liberal party in the North that they were obliged to measure their supporters by the acre, and he was told that more than five acres of calixi earnest men weie assembled round the various platforms at Leeds. Well, with such men and such gatherings, he thought they might make up their minds that the Liberal party in the North of England, at any rate, was able to do anything and to carry anything. (Cheers.) He could not avoid remarking upon the tone and the temper of their meetings in the North. Their people were calm and resolute and deteimined. They were showing marks of intelligence and of the effect of the great Liberal measures, particularly of the national system of education, one of the outcomes of the National Liberal Federation. (Cheers.) They were also RIIOwing that they had a know- ledge that the men of the towns were kept down by the want of a sphere for exertion on the part of the agricultural labourer, aud they were set- ting aside for the moment any claim for imme- diate legislation in their own benefit, with the knowledge that in order to raise the men of the manufacturing population it was necessary that the agricultural labourer in this country should have a fairer field than he had in the past. (Cheers.) But if they wished to rouse enthusiasm and indignation in their meeting they had only to refor in tones of compassion to the House of Lords, and they had only to call upon the people to resist the arrogant professions of the House of Lords to call forth the full temper and spirit of those meetings. And when the time came for that association and other Liberal associations to speak at the word of its leaders they would know how to deal with the House of Lords in this great constitutional struggle. (Loud cheers,) They knew that this suspension of the Franchise Bill was a Tory dodge. (Hear, hear.) He denied that Mr Gladstone had precipitated the conflict in order to divert the attention of the Liberal party from other measures of the Government, and he claimed for the federation that it had rendered great services, not only to Liberal principles, but to the Liberal party. It had bound all ranks together, and had put new life and energy into the party, which, when expended successfully in the passing of the Franchise Bill and the Redis- tribution Bill, would give them new life and new strength for the other great measures which were arrayed behind it. (Cheers.) Mr Wlad- stone had told them that great constitutional changes might be forced upon them, and when he called upon them ne ttile chairman) was satisfied that the members of the association would be ready and eager to assist him. (Cheers.) It might be that they might be called upon for great sacrifices. Already there were murmurs from the working men of the north that they were too restrained at these meetings. He had heard one *ian say that if he were called upon again to vote for such resolutions as had been passed in favour or the extension of the franchise, he would come with a musket on his shoulder. Let their oppo- nents beware of that feeling, and if the members of that association were called upon to make further sacrifices, he trusted they would be ready cheerfully to render them to get another instal- ment of the rights of the people. (Cheers.) Mr T. RUSSKLL (president of the Glasgow Liberal Association) seconded the adoption of the report. He thought they had got reason to be satisfied with the progress of the Liberal cause during the past year, seeing that it was largely due to the action-of the federation. Though there had bean some check in regard to the Franchise iiiil, he did not altogether regret it, because, ;t had raised questions much greater and wider. They hoped that during the coming session the Franchise Bill would b passed, and so got out of the way. But they could not now agree to allow the other questions to drop out of sight. (Hear, hear.) The report and statement of accounts were then adopted. Mr RIOHARD TANGTE (chairman) then moved the following resolution:— That this meeting heartily approves of the proposals of the officers for the ere itioli of a special fund to be devoted to the furtherance of a natio al movement for promoting the success of the Franchise Bill, for securing a settlemei.t of the question of redistribution on a just and equitable basis, and for supporting such measures as may be thought neces ;ary to maintain the full authority of the people's representative House. He said the Marquis of Salisbury seemed deter- mined to persevere in his defiance of the nation. In all probability the Franchise Bill would be thrown out again in November. NVould they sub- mit to it? (Cries of "No.") If not, it became them to see that means were ready at hand forgiving prompt and emphatic expression to the indigna- tion of the country. (Clieet-s.t In addition to being prepared to meet the expected action oi the peers, it was also a matter of prime necessity that they should make full provision for continuing the agitation against the House of Lords until it be either mended or ended. (Cheers.) A movement hke this could not be carried on efficiently without ample supplies of the sinews of war. The instance of the anti-Corn Law League would be in the minds of all present. He was sure that they would not be wanting in that particular 'ar RTe;,t contest which lay before them. Mr Chamberlain said at Birmingham the oth' r day that the fate of the peers was in their own hands. It lUiht be so but unless they speedily altered their tactics, it would not remain there tor a long time. In times of great political excitement like this men's minds underwent rapid changes, and many, who set out on this contest with the full belief in the utility of a reformed House of Lords, would very soon ask themselves the question whether it ought to exist at all, (Hear, hear.) Let that House be wise it might yet be wise in time. (Cheers.) Mr CAMEKO.v CORBETT seconded the resolution, and said that the ad, ption of it would show how earnest they were in the work before them. (Hear, hear.) They had every reason to suppose that in the end the opposition would depart from them, but they could not at present congratulate themselves on victory. They %v uti have to use greater efforts in a struggle of the first magnitude, and the establishment of this fund would be a srreat strength to the Liberal party. It would show opponents as well as friends that they were determined the campaign should be carried to victory, however great the struggle might be, and however long the contest might last. (Hear, hear.) It was most important that the reuirm question should be settled during the present Parliament, and it would be a glorious crowning of the work of the greatest leader the Liberal party ever had. (Cheers.) Mr STEWART, the Liberal candidate for Boston, supported the motion. He said the Lords must yield under the pressure which was being brought to bear. He hoped emphaticiJly that the com- mittee would be supported in the appeal they were making-an appeal the wisdom of which could not be doubted. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then unanimously passed. It was announced that subscriptions for the special fund had already been promised, amount- ing to £ 24,250—(loud cheers)—and that the coun- cil did no mean to rest until the fund reached ;cioo,ooo, Mr Alderman Kendrick (Birmingham) moved the re-election of Mr James Kitson as president for the ensuing year. (Cheers.) Mr Godfrey WE: GWOOD (Stoke) seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A brief acknowledgment followed from the President. Mr EDWARD GKIPPER (Nottingham) moved, seconded by Mr JOSEPH LUPTON (Leeds)— That the foP owing g- ntlemen be elected vice-presi- dents :—Mr Jesse ColliiiRs, M.P., Mr Henry Fell Pease, ex-presidents of the federation and the under- mentioned gentle,, en who are presidents of their locil associations :—Mr A. K. Reyner (Ashtou-under-Lyiie), Mr George Dixon (RiTTtnntihanr, Air Charles Town«end (Bristol), Mr Bees Jones (Cardiff), Mr David Dale (Da.r- lington), Major »^ornwains West. (Denbighshire), Col. Scurftold (D.irham, South), Mr Tnouias Russell (Olas- gow) Mr Edward Crossk-y (Halifax), Mr John Howell' ,a"fl 'yard's), Mr Frederick Fish (Ips- wich), Mi Ed wm Cliphan (Leicester), Mr James Ellis (Leicestershire >oUtf(), Ml R. D. Holt (Liverpool), Mr Robert Leake (Manchester), Mr H. Coghill (New- fivrl! !'ndor • Lyme). Dr. it. Spence Watson 1,, ?■ 'e'1"T.vne), Mr John Edward Ellis (Notting- \*TS ^4"e' North). Mr Edward dripper (Nottingham), p i i\ J^'ker (Portsmouth), Mr Robert Leaner (shef- Mr Edwin Jones (.Southampton), Mr Henry H anile (Staffordshire. East), Mr J. Nash Peake (Stoke-on-Trent). Mr E. Capper ltobson (~undarland), Mr Thomas Phillips (Swansea). Mr E. T. Holden, M.P. (Walsall), Mr H. H. towler, M.P. (Wolver- hampton), Sir Arthur liass, M.P., Mr E. H. Carbutt, M P., Mr lluh Mason, M.P., Mr R. N. P inips. I.P., M. F. T. Mapi.in, M.P., Mr William Harris, J.P., and Captain K H. Verney, R.N., J.P. and that Mr Richard Tangye be appointed treasurer, and Mr Alderman Fowler Williams hon. sec. This was unanimously agreed to. Mr W, Y. CRAIG, M.P., referred to the demon- stration of the previous day, and said that although the 50,000 persons who were present separated with indignation on their countenances, they went away with the utmost quietude, but with a determination that they must, and would, have the franchise. (Hear, hear.) That their conduct entitled them to it could not be denied. (Hear, hear.) He moved— That this meeting condemns with indignation the delay that has taken place in securing electoral rights f<r two millions of men through the rejection of the Franch se Bill by the House of Lords, and appeals to the Liberal party to resist any c-'ci- iuuaii e of the op- position of that Hou e to the bill as an outrage upon the rights and liberties of the nation. Professor DOUG Ii ERTY (Derry) seconded the r solution. He said that the Liberals in the North of Ireland felt the deepest indignation at the conduct of the House of Lords in delaying a measure so plainly just., exped ent, and moderate as the Franchise Bill. Their indignation was largely mixed with contempt when they watched the proceedings of the Tory party, and listened to the oratory of its leaders. The extreme folly of the House of Lords had raised the question whether the will of the Lords or the people was to be supreme with'n this realm. Possibly, tlie Lords losing too '-ixm the courage ol the: r <:01) victiollJS might deprive the jieople of the opportunity of now settling this question, which sooner or later they should have to face and settle. The proseut struggle could end only in the vic- tory of the cause of national liberty, and of well ordered political progress. Mr W. S. B. M'LARKN (Keighley) expressed the regret of his association that the extension of the suffrage to women had not been included in tlie Franchise Bill. The re.-olutiou w is carried unanimously. Tho next resolution was as follows That this meeting repaid; the cl um made by the House of Lords to determine thj time and occasion for the d ssolution of Parliament as a direct violation of the first principles of representative Government, and confidently trusts that should the peers again refuse to pass the Franchise Bill, her .Majesty's Govern- ment will continue to assert and defeud the liberties of the country, taking sucu decisive measures as may be necessary to compel the House of Lords to subo.it to the will of the nation. Mr JESSE COLLISTGS, M.P., in moving it, said he thought the resolution read exceedingly well. With regard to the first part, if a Govemment with a strong majority in the House of Commons were to resign at the dicta- tation of a handful of persons representing no- body but themselves, it would be introducing a new principle into the constitution and if the Government were to yield to that demand they would be betraying the freedom and the liberty of this country. (Cheers.) Now, a good deal had been said about compromise, and he was sorry to hear that Lord Hartington, whom they all so. much respected, should even appear to present what he called a compromise, but what was in reality a complete surrender of the position. (Hear, hear.) It was so monstrous that he could scarcely believe the report was correct. It they were to believe what Sir Stafford Northcote and other leaders of the Conservative party said they had shown that their only love for the franchise was that they might have a Redistribution Bill along with it, which would take away with one hand what they gave with the other. A confer ence such as had been suggested, he felt satisfied,, would simply mean the hanging up of the fran. chise to an indefinite time, and would bar the absolute ruin of the present Government. There was no precedent in which the Lords had given way to reason, common-sense, and justice every yielding had been to an appeal to their fears. At present Lord Salisbury had to face an earnest nation, but if the peers again threw out the bill, he would have to face an-angry nation. The people would not be patient for ever but if any violence happened, upon Salisbury and those whom he influenced would be placed the one and the sole authority for every violation of order which might take place. (Cheers.) The peers at this moment were the dangerous class of the country, but there was one thing for which he thanked them, and it was that their action with regard to the Franchise Bill had brought the total abolition once and for all of their legislative powers within the range of practical politica. (Cheers.) Mr E. R. RUSSBLII (Liverpool), in seconding the resolution, said that either the Lords must submit to the people in this matter, or the ulti, mate issue would be to rob the Peers of the power of interfering with the legislation of a self-govern- ing people. Meantime the Liberals must firmly maintain their position alike in view of their strength in the matter of the franchise, their bounded duty to maintain the supremacy of the representative chamber, and the entire rejection- of the idea that the House of Lords, which was powerless to effectually censure a Government by resolution, should be allowed to bring the Govern* ment to book before the people by rejecting the Franchise Bill. The resolution was unanimously passed. Dr. OFtossxEY (Birmingham) moved the last reaolutioll That, inasmuch as during many years measures just in themselves, necessary for the well-being of the people, and approved of by the House of Commons* have been habitually subjected to mutilation, vexatious delay, or rejection by the House of Lords, this meeting is of opinion that the time has come for such a revision of the constitution as will effectually limit the power of veto which the Peers now possess, or will deprive them of legislative fuucti us. He urged that whether the House of Lords passed the franchise now or not its power should bo limited or abrogated. He reviewed the various other suggestions made for altering the constitu- tion of the upper chamber, and pointed out the objections to these. A limitation of the right of veto in the hands of the present House of Lords was what ought to be aimed at. Mr Alderman CROPPHK (Nottingham) secondest the resolution, but remarked that he would have been better pleased with it had it proposed at once to deprive the House of Lords of its legisla- tive functions. They ought not to be too chicken hearted m the matter. (Hear, hear.) If they wished to keep the workiugmeu of England from violence they must show that they were in earn- est in this agitation. MRGILSTON (Leeds) also remarked that he thought it might be more strongly worded he did not think they should bother with the Lords any longer. He, therefore, moved as an amend- ment that the resolution should end thus- This meet ng is of opinion that the time has now come when the existence of the House of Lords as a legislative body should for ever cease, (Cheers.) He believed this would tickle them up a bit. (Loud laughter.) Mr SALE (Stoke), a reformer of 1832, seconded the amendment, saying that the longer they trifled with the House of Lords, the more agita- tion and discontent would reign through tbeo country. (Cheers.) Mr Alderman KENDRICK (Birmingham) said the wording of the resolution had been carefully considered. He personally believed that the working of the consitution would be distinctly improved by the total abolition of the House of Lords; but to put this, without reserve, in their resolution would be an error in tactics. The volume and impetus of their movement might be somewhat lessened and retar led thereby. Some discussion followed on the expediency of withdrawing the amendment. Ultimately Mr RICHARD CHAUBKIRLAIN sug- gested the insertion of the words at least be- fore the words effectually limit the power of veo." This was agreed to, the amendment withdrawn, and the resolution ivuan.mously passed. The next question raised was where the fedeta- sion should meet next year. The CHAIRMAN announced that invitations had been received from Iltill, Stockl)ort, and Bradford. After gentlemen from those towns had urged their respective claims, it was resolved to refer the invitations to the committee of the council. A vote of thanks having been giveu to the osi. dent, the meeting separated.

THE CARDIFF SHIPWRIGHTS' DISPUTE. IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—I beg to hand you herewith copies of resolutions passed at a meeting of employers held last evening, together with a copy of letter sent to the Secretary of the Cardiff Shipwrights, and shall be glad if you will insert the same in your next issue, with such remarks as you may deem necessary. I may mention that the employers are willing to gtve way on all points except free toleration." They do this with the object of con- ciliating the men with whom they would much prefer to deal in preference to strangers, any quantity of whom are ready to come here on these terms.—I am, &c., J. ROSE. 2, Bute-place, Bute Docks, Cardiff, October 7th, 18S4. Cardiff and Penarth Ship builders and Ship- repairers' Association. 2, Bute-place, Bute Docks, Cardiff, Oct. 7. 1884* Dear Sir.—At a meeting of employers held last evening the following resolution was unanimcuslY passed, with a view of terminating the present difference between ourselves and the ship" wright..3 That if Cardiff is made a free port to all society men. the employers are' willing to work under the Cardiff shipwrights' rtilt-s. You will see that this resolution rcr/i^Vok all differences, and the only question now before us is that of free toleration, which, if you are wiilmff to agree to, the present dispute may at once cease and your members resume work. In consequence of so much valuable tiins having already been wasted on this subject, it is abso- lutely necessary that we make this our tiltittil-tun, to you, and the following resolution was there- fore passed That unless society men signify their intention of accepting the foregoing terms by noon of Thursday next., the 9th inst., we, the employers, are compelled to decline all further negotiations with them. Awaiting your reply,—I am, yours truly, -.x, Signed), J. ROSE, Sec- Mr W. Watkins, secretary of the Shipwright* Society, 30, Frederioa-street, Cardiff.

THE RECTOR OF LLANITHEL' AND ABERBEEG SCHOOL. At Pontypool county-court on Tuesday—before Judge W. S. Owen, the most interesting case w* that of the Rev. J. Hughes, Rector of Llanitheu who sought power to eject the Llanitliel School Board from the Aberbeeg School, and to recover from that body a certain amount of niouey alled to be due to hi m on account of what he had spent in the enlarging of that building. M.r Plews, of Merthyr, appeared for the plaintiff* and Mr E. Lawrence, of Newport, for the School Board. This case has been in different forms several times before the late judge and also tne magistrates, but each time no satisfactory res.n(ja has been arrived at. It appears that Mr was one of the trustees of this sctioo* when it was first built in 1872, a° took a leading part in a parish meet' ing to form a school board, and after that; have this school transferred to that body. Bu subsequently, when that assumed a practical form, the rev. gentleman made some objection*# and has since fought hard against parting with the trust partly repo-ed in him. The reasoij^ this change of front are by no means clear. A a hard struggle by the advocates on each side, after the rev. gentleman had been cross-examn at some length by Mr Lawrence, the Judge a' him whether it was a matter of money, °r u or religious difficulty, or what for which tended. Mr Hughes, in reply, strayed » T again to other premises, and was stopped by 1 judge, who asked if it could ,lot settled if he cleared the court, as it se?rf1t him a question of such a nature as ought to o brought to an am'cable settlement. s r.ent agreed to, and the court was cleared of all ex p members of the board on the one side, an *ij| Hughes and his co-trustees on the other, the officials directly engaged. In a short t;m^ matter was disposed of by consent to with' the plaint and the defendants to pay a balanc £ 120, alleged to be due to the Rev J. Hughe executing the enlargement of the school, provi a proper account be rendered, 111 12 months, by that time a confirmation of tne deed, Atig 15th, 1881, to be made by Mr Hughes and n co-trustees (the effect of which is to transfe school to tha board), the deed to be executed j the judge in case the parties differ. ^eja0[ members of the school bo .rd, and also Mr Hughes, were present, and expressed selves glad that a termination of this lonfif troversy seems to be now probable ia future.

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