South Wales Echo

EDITORIAL NOTES. I LORD SALISBURY'S views on the Sunday- closing question have evidently been care- fully formulated with a desire to please both the Temperance party and the publi- cans. He says I should be pre- pared to place the power of licensing in the hands of the local authorities to the extent to which the magistrates have it now. I see no reason for thinking that the local authority would exercise it less wisely and less liberally than the magistrates and I cannot blind my eyes to the fact that special sectional and not always fair opinions some- times gain ground on the bench, and really disqualify the magistrates from exercising a perfectly satisfactory jurisdiction on thatsub- ject. One reason why the local authority will be a good authority to manage the licensing question is, that if any unfair encroachment is made on the industry of the publicans or others, fair compensation undoubtedly must be given, and the local authority would have to provide that fair compensation. And I believe that the terrot of having to pro- vide that fair compensation would furnish no inconsiderable motive to induce the local authority to observe a wise and cautious moderation in the exercise of this important duty." Here the MARQUIS plainly gives an opinion in favour of the publicans' claim to a "vested interest" in his licence. But if such a vested interest exists, how is it that the Darwen magistrates' refusal to renew certain licences in that town was upheld by the various courts ? If Lord SALISBURY should ever have the chance to enact such a law, he would no doubt" square lithe pub- licans by granting compensation in all cases where there has been what he calls an unfair encroachment" made on the industry of the publican. But with regard to what will constitute this "unfair encroachment" we are left to guess. Whether Lord SALISBURY ever does or does not have the opportunity to bring in a Bill admitting the publicana'i vested interest in his licence, he will never carry it in this country. The publicans as a body feel this to be the case, and would rather the subjest was not meddled with. There- fore Lord SALISBURY'S reference to the question in his great speech yesterday will certainly not please them.

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LONDON LETTER. I Specially Wired. I By Our Gallery Correspondent. LONDON, Wednesday Night. It is a long time since there was such an intense desire to hear the utterance of a lead- ing Statesman as there is in anticipation of Lord Salisbury's speech at Newport to-night. The reason for this is obvious. Lord Iddes- leigh has spoken,and so has Sir M. H. Beach, but neither of them has said anything. Mr Gladstone has issued his manifesto, and it remains without response, The Conserva- t.ive party arc being marshalled for a pitched battle at the polls, and they do not know for what particular policy they are going to fight. They will, therefore, await with impatience the appearance of to- morrow's morning papers which shall make full disclosure. On the side of the Liberals, the interest is only a little less. Apart from the national importance of the forthcoming announcement, there is much curiosity to see how Lord Salisbury will deal with the situation. It is a signifi- cant circumstance worthy of note that in advance all conjecture goes in the direction of supposing that he will endeavour to out- bid the Liberals. Evidently, according to general opinion, Conservatism is played out. Osman Digna has been slain so often, and has, so shortly after the event, returned to life again, and conducted business as before, that there is an inclination to look cautiously upon the report which reaches us this afternoon. It is, however, very circumstantial, and appears to be accepted as reliable by Colonel Chermside. It is the Abyssinians who have on this occasion been the victors. Amid the rush of other interests, we have almost forgotten that before the late Government went out of office, they entered into a treaty with King John of Abys- sinia to assist in putting down the revolt in the Soudan. The Abyssinians have moved slowly, but, if report be true, surely. With the Mahdi and Osman Digna both dead, there is reasonable hope that peace may fall upon the troubled Soudan. The returns of the French elections pub- lished to-day remove aU doubt as to the reality of the Conservative reaction that has rushed like a wave over France. The result was unexpected, but of itself can hardly be regarded as a surprise. The Ite- publican Government in France, almost without interval since the fall of the Empire, has been a travesty upon personal liberty and good government. Had Gambetta lived it might have been different, though those who had any personal acquaintance with his imperious character and au tocratic disposition would not have been particularly iar surprised if he had, through stages familiar in the career of the fir3t Napoleon, developed a system of personal government that differed only in name from the Em- pire. Gambetta was at least strong, which no other ruler of France has been during the last fourteen years. The rest, balanced between parties clinging frantically to power, have blundered along in a way to make any nation sick. A combination of bluster and cowardice, greed and cunning, have developed such results as the Tonkin war the constant skirting of troubled waters by skirmishing and gesticulating round other peoples colonies and the lapse of the commercial treaty with England, to which the trade of France was sd enormously indebted. If what France has enjoyed since 1871 be a Republican Government, the unhappy country may well pray to be delivered from it, and gravely take whatever comes next. I hear from a private source that Mr Parnell has already put his foot down upon the movement in the United States, reported in to-day's telegrams. The pro- posal of the American Irish National League to send over some of their members to assist Irish candidates in the approaching general ejection was communicated some days ago to Mr Parnell, who immediately cabled a message strongly opposing the suggestion, for a party—which numbers within its ranks gentlemen of the fluency of Mr Healy; wind-bag Sexton, who can himself, without apparent physical inconvenience, talk for two hours about nothing Mr Harrington, who is no bad second Mr T. P. O'Connor, the brothers Redmond, and the rest-to have offered to it a few American stump orators, is a little embarrassing. What Mr Parnell wants is money—as much of this as the Irish Americans like to send. But he has besought them to spare him any relay of eloquence. The Royal Commission on the depression of trade held its first meeting to-day, under the genial presidency of Lord Iddesleigh. The depression in trade must have been shared by the members of the commission, whose position has not been improved by the cruelly frank replies which some of the pro- vincial chambers of commerce have returned. It is all very well for politicians to spend their time, making believe to institute enquiry, which is nothing at all unless it be followed by legislation. But hard men of business have no time to divert themselves in this way, and the commission has during the past few weeks been sorely snubbed. The commission, if it were fully worked out, would occupy at least two years, but its career will doubtless be cut short in November. One looks in vain down the long list of Conservative candidates in the Press Asso- ciation's most useful broadsheet for the name of Mr Warton, Bridport, whicn by a strange mischance introduced him to the political world and has been itself swept out of the list of the constituencies. But so have many other little boroughs, and their repre- sentatives haveturnedupas candidates for one of the constituencies carved out of the district. But silence and night have fallen over Mr Warton, and his stentorian voice will be heard no more in the House of Commons. As far as Bridport was concerned this was inevitable. Mr Warton was elected for the town, owing to a misapprehension. But this was so completely corrected that never since the day of his election till the day of the prorogation did he visit his constituents. He always had a feeling that he was physically safer at Westminster than at Bridport. That he has not offered himself for some other constituency is somewhat of a marvel. It could not be that he is ashamed of himself. Mr Ashmead Bartlett who, coming into Parliament at the same time as Mr Warton, and who has aohieved something of the same reputation, has no such scruples. Eye being wiped out he turns up cheerfully at Sheffield. But Mr Warton is out of the hunt, and the Conser- vative party may be congratulated upon the fact. Mr Warton represented all that was evil in the Conservative Opposition of the House of Commons. He was unmannerly, unscrupulous, and stupid. His highest notion of legislation was indiscriminately to block bills, and his notion of parliamentary courtesy was to interrupt Mr Gladstone with constant cries and outbursts of insolent laughter.

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A Story of Collier Life, By R. T. CASSON, Author of "Philip Llewellyn," "The Life and Adventures of a Social Wastrel"Harry &c. CHAPTER IX.—(CONTINUED.)—WILL EVANS THE NEW LEADER. The tidings tliac Mary had been successful in her interview with the masters was circulated throughout Penygraig and its vicinity in a re- markably short space of time, and cansed the deepest feelings of satisfaction among the miners and their families, who showed their delight in many strange ways, one mother of a large family, puttiug- a birch broom out of her bedroom win- dow, and when asked what she meant by that, stating that she would like to sweep Mr Hanna- way, and the tew who still believed m him, clean out ot the valley. Mr Hannaway was expected that evening to preside at an executive meeting and the miners expected that the last distribution of strike pay would be made. In consequence, the meeting was largely attended, Will Evans being among those present. It was held at the Swan Inn. A glance at Mr Hannaway's face showed that he had heard the news of the men's submission and when, as chairman of the meeting, he stood up to speak, it was plain that he was greatly angered at the men having decided to go to work without consulting him. His speech was brief, but exceedingly bitter. He began by reminding the:n of the handsome and liberal support they had received from other districts-(a voice How much a week? Not enough to keep body and soul together). This interruption acted on the excited nerves of Mr Hannaway like a spark applied to a keg of gunpowder. if you can't let me go on without unnecessary remarks of that kind, you had better leave," said the agitator. "The room is as open to me as it is to you," said Wiil Evans, for it w as he who had interrupted Mr Hannaway. You haven't hired it from the landlord, I suppose?" "Fair play, Evans," cried some of the colliers, and Mr Maunaway was allowed to proceed. But he was greatly disconcerted by the palpable indi- cations of opposition manifest in the meeting. I have very little to say," he proceeded. As you have agreed to go to work without consulting me at all in the matter, I must send back the money I have received for distribution among you. The faces of many of those present assumed a look of blank dismay when they learnt that the pittance they had looked forward to would b3 withheld from them. The shopkeepers in the village had kept open logger than usual in the ex- pectation that the men would spend the trifle they received in food, to enable them to go to work on the morrow. An ominous silence ensued, and a gleam of satisfaction overspread the countenance of Mr Hannaway, who evidently began to think he might yet prevail. I should not be justified, you see," lie plaus- sibly resumed, in paying you the money. It was contributed to assist in the support of men on strike, and you are no longer on strike—you have agreed to go to work. Now, if you would defer your decision until to-morrow, and give me time to communicate with the Union-" "No, we will not alter the decision we have L come to, for I tell you plainly, my friends, that if you don't go to work to-morrow morning, the pits will be closed against you, and the whole of your places filled by strangers," said Will Evans. "But the money—we want it very much," said an old miner. How much have you brought, Mr Hannaway ? Mr Hannaway hesitated, but being pressed he said it was nearly iifty pounds. Fifty pounds-it seemed a good deal of money, but it would not give each married collier more than three shillings, or each single collier, two shillings per head. Yet the men were silent; they were placed in a curious position, and did uot know how to get the money they sorely wanted, and yet keep their engagement to go to work next morning. "Don't trouble yourselves abcut the money," i said Will Evans, "I will advance fifty pounds, and I am sure the masters will give every man and boy a 4 sub to-morrow night." You will advance fifty pounds," said Mr Han- naway in astonishment. Where will you got the money t I have it; saved it, instead of spending my wages in such places as this. I will lend the money, trusting that each man will repay it-not this week-nor next, but within a month. Will you do this ?" Yes, we will," was shouted by all the miners present, and three cheers were called for, for Will Evans. After the excitement had subsided, and Will had gone to fetch the money which he had drawn from the bank two days previously, in the ex- pectation that it might be required for such a purpose. Mr Hannaway, with his face so convulsed with passion that he could scarcely get out his words, and yet in a tone meant to be a threatening one, declared that he washed his hands of the whole affair. If they had only stuck out a bit longer, their employers would have been compelled to give way, and they would have had an advance of wages. You forget the strangers, who are already at work, and the hundreds of others who are ready to come, glad to work for what we have so long been refusing. Good-bye, Mr Haunaway; we don't want to sse your face again," said one of the collliers present, one who had gone to work when strangers came. Mr Hannaway said no more; he could perceive that his influence was gone, and without even bidding the few who had' sat near him good- night, he walked out of the room. Stop a moment, my friends," said the collier who bad just spoken, there is a little business we might transact before we go. We have had enough of leaders from a distance, such men as Mr Hannaway, who don't seem to understand us at all. Our own agent is too ,much under Mr Han- naway's thumb, and bas not attended any of our meetings since we began to think about going to work again. He has been getting an easy living since we have been on strike. Suppose we choose a leader from among ourselves, such a one as will not try to live at our expense, one upon whom we can depend for the best advice in our difficulties. What do you say ?" Loud shouts of "Will Evans, that's the man! Three cheers for our new leader." Will Evans returned while the cheering was going on, and after it had subsided was informed of the general wish of the miners present, that he should become their leader, and adviser in all trade disputes. I will accept the position, my friends, but not the pay which your local agent has hitV^rto re- recived. What I can do for you, I will, without recompense of any kiud. I have brought the money with me, but it is in gold, and so far as I can see the only way to get out of the difficulty with regard to change 18 to Pay the money at five shops, ten pounds to each, and let each miner take his payment out in groceries and other food. What do you say?" The proposal was agreed to; one or two men saying something about tobacco. Oh! The grocer will let you have tobacco. Come along." In something like a triumphal procession the colliers marched through the streets, their wives and daughters joining them on the way. Will Evans had no difficulty in allotting the number of miners to each shop, the proprietors of which were kept till past inidmght serving their deligh- ted customers. Next morning the village of Penygraig was early astir, for the men were going to work again,, and the women wished togive them a good breakfast. before they went, fearing that their prolonged ex- perience of short commons might tell upon them when at work for the first time. As Will had stated, the manager readily agreed, to allow daily "suba" for that and the following week, and the miners were thereby greatly rejoiced. On the following Monday evening a meeting of local tradesmen was held with a view to making a presentation to Will Evans, thorough whose in- strumentality, it was generally felt, the strike had been brought to an end. But hearing of this in- tention, Will went to the meeting just before it closed, and begged the tradesmen to abandon it, as he feared his influence with the men would be seriously undermined, if he received such a pre- sentation. Then suppose we give it to Miss Armitage ? She had almost as much to do with the men going to work as Mr Evans, said a local butcher. This was unanimously agreed to ♦ and in the result Mary was the recipient of a handsome gold watch, bearing an inscription to the effect that she had, by interviewing the employers at a critical moment, averted a disaster which threatened the miners of Penygraig. (To be continued. )

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I YANKEE YARNS. I — I I SO MODEST. I Western Lady—" I am very sorry to notice, Mrs Pilgrim, that your daughter is troubled with hereyes." Boston Lidy-" You must be iiiis taken. My daughter has the very best eyes." But I cer. tainly seeher wearing glasses the entire time." "That is on account of her extreme modesty." "Extreme modesty! Wbat do you mean?" She would be most awfully shocked to look at anybody with her naked eye." I SUMMER BUSINESS- Ah, doctor, they tell me you have been buying another new house. How can you afford it." T)oct,)r-" Easily enough. Summer business; all owing to summer business." "How's that.?" Doctor-" \VelI, in the first place, I go into the country where there is a rush of city folks. At least half get* sick while away, and the other half are sick* after they return home, where I am ready to receive them. Money at both ends, don't you* see? Millions in it." A BLOWER GAIT. I I In a down town restaurant much frequented by bankers and brokers is a surly old Irishman, a waiter, who never byany chance makes a straight- forward answer. To plague him, two customers pre- tended to disagree as to his nationality, and finally one of them referred the matter to him. What nationality is yours, Mike?" said the customer. "Are you French or Irish?"' "Sure," said the old man, no nation is a quarreling over me." Once when he was especially grouty, he gave feeble expression to his ill temper by moving so slowly about his work that hemay be s:tid to have crawled. "Have you no other gait than that, Mike?" a customer inquired. Indeed I have, sir," said Mike, but it's slower than this." THE PRICE. OF CLAMS. I I An elderly woman atured in black, witti a paie face and a huge market basket, stopped at a fish stall in Fulton market and inquired the price of clams. I want to get a good many," she ex- plained, "for my boarders is askiu' for 'em." "I know." said the marketman sympathetically, this is just the season boarders is clamorin' for clams," and he proceeded to uncover a bushel basketful of the bivalves and expatiate on their merits. The would-be purchaser leaned over to examine them, and suddenly sneezing, dropped a set of false teeth into the basket, though unseen by the marketman, who had turned to another. customer. Somewhat startled by this loss, the woman endeavoured hastily to extract her property from where it was wedged in between two half- pound clams at the edge of the basket, but each effort only forced the teeth further down. What are you doing, madam?" said the fish dealer suspiciously, as he observed her motions. Nothing," she answered, and kept on digging furiously toward the bottom of the basket. We don't come any strawberry dodge here, madam, big ones on top, little ones below. The clams is just the same right down, all fresh and good," added the dealer indignantly. But she didn't answer she just kept on digging. It injures clams to paw 'em over like that," continued the dealer, beginning to imagine that the woman bad some new scheme for secreting clams. Just then, however, the errant teeth reached the bottom 'of the basket, their owner in hot pursuit, scattering clams in all directions m her haste. With an exclamation of relief she drew forth her dental apparatus, clapped it in a handkerchief and fled. Well, I'll be goldurned," ejaculated the clam dealer when he had recovered from the astonish- ment this incident caused, "them teeth must have been dredged up, and she saw 'em and froze to 'em. Perhaps they might have fitted me.'

GIFT BY LORD BUTE TO ATHENS I The Marquis of Bute, who stayed some months in Athens last year, has left to the city, as a memento of his visit, a splendid collection of bronzes. M. Gillieron, an expett employed by ,Lord Bute, has been able to successfully copy cer- tain wall paintings in the Church of Megali Ecclesia, in the old market-place of Athens, in spite of its having been considerably damaged by fire.

.SERIOUS COLLISION AT CARDIFF I — — On Tuesday evening a somewhat serious colli sion occurred off the Low Water Pier, Cardiff, between the trow Independent, of and from Bristol, with grain, and the trow Neptune, of Gloucester, laden with a cargo of bricks. Both vessels were bound in to the Glamorgan Canal, the Independent leading. For some reason or other the latter let go her anchor, when the Neptune, coming on in rear, struck her with her anchor on the starboard side, inflicting damage below the water-line. The Neptune herself did not escape, one of the flukes of the anchor holding her bows. Both vessels imme- diately afterwards grounded. On Wednesday they were temporarily repaired, and towed into the Glamorgan Canal. The cargo of the Indepen- dent, a quantity of which was discharged after the collision, is stated to be badly damaged.

SIR GEORGE ELLIOT AND THE I WORKING CLASSES. I Sir George Elliot, Bart., member for North Durham, has recently paid a visit to his exten- sive coal property at the Albion Mines, Picton, Nova Scotia, and is now travelling in the United States for the purpose of acquainting himself by personal observation of the latest modes adopted there for the prevention of accidents in mines. Whilst at Picton, Nova Scotia, Sir George had an interview with the workmen at the Albion Mines as to the houses in which they live, the result being that he has instructed Mr Ruther: ford, the manager of the mines, to make it known to the miners that they may each have half an acre of land as their own freehold, which they may cultivate and build one house upon for 50 dollars, or;610, and that such payment may be spread over ten years by periodical instalments, without interest. Sir George has further re- quested Mr Rutherford to design and project the village that this would occasion, and to send the plans to London to await his return. ;t

CARDIFF SHIPOWNERS' Al, ¡. SOCIA TION. A meeting of the members of the Cardiff Ship- owners' Association was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. Mr Tellefsen pre- sided, and there was a fair attendance. At the outset a vote of condolence was passed to the widow and family of the late Mr John Fry, one of the representatives of Cardiff shipowners on the pilotage board. Colonel Martin was elected to occupy the position on that board formerly held by Mr Fry, and Mr J. R. Christie, the other representative of the association, was re-elected. The work performed by the Load-line Committee in endeavouring to collect reliable information on the much-vexed question of the proper marking of the load-line on vessels was then alluded to, and a resolution passed thanking Sir Edward Reed, the chairman, together with the other members of the committee for the gteat pains they bad bestowed upon their work. There was no other business of interest.

DEATH FROM LOCK-JAW AT I E CARDIFF. I .I-¡- A littie,boy named William George Nutt died at the infirmary on Wednesday from the effects of lock'jaw. It appears that on the 26th ulb. de- ceased waa knocked down by a cab, which paesed over his leg. He was treated at the infirmary, and afterwards taken home. On Saturday last tetanus set in. and, by the advice of Dr. Vachell, he was once more taken to the infirmary,where he died, as above stated, on Wednesday. An inquest will be held.

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Lord Salisbury's Speech. OPINIONS OF TO-DAY'S PAPERS. I "Times." To-days Times says:—"Lord Salisbury is always clear in statement and forcible in argu- ment, but he is generally more pointed and epi grammatic than he was at Newport yesterday. The gravity of the issues with which the Govern ment have immediately to deal, and on which the contest of November next will turn, weighed upon the Prime Minister's mind. His oratory, for once, was wanting in brilliance, though not in dignity and impressive power. The local self-government question is one with which, he contends, the Conservatives have a peculiar claim to deal. It must be admitted that Lord Salisbury's proposals, though their scope is limited, and though he does not undertake to pro- mise such results as Mr Chamberlain holds out to the democracy, are sufficiently thorough going. Lord Salisbury goes on to say that to set up the machinery of local self-government is only the first step the next and more important steps are the decentralization of powers now in the hands the Executive Government, and the definition of the resources by which the local system is to be supported. The land question, as Lord Salis- bury understands it, does not include projects for distributing patches of ground among the working classes. Lord Salisbury's; scheme includes compulsory registration of titles, though he is not quite con- fident that it will work a short legal presump- tion, giving an inalienable title where possession has not been challenged for a certain number oc years and the cheapening of the cost of con- veyance. He would also permit and encourage the sale of Church lands, and get rid of the Ecclesiastical Commission. If Lord Salisbury is able to carry out the objects which he sketched at Newport yesterday, he will have fairly covered two, at all events, of Mr Gladstone's four points. The programme is not a thrilling one, but it is enough to show that a Conservati ve Administration is not necessarily doomed to legislative barrenness. Lord Salisbury regrets the step that has been taken by the Prince and the people of Bulgaria, but he is not going to stir a finger to undo it; nay, he seems, if not to have expected the step from the very beginning, to have thought it quite conceivable that it might take place. Seven years have passed the province of Eastern Roumelia has formed a character of its own and if it is now determined to join Bulgaria, the result will be very different. This is the Prime Minister's argument; and though it is not remarkable for its complete agreement with his former views of the value of that division of the Berlin Treaty, it may be welcomed as evidence that the English Cabinet is prepared to look on accomplished facts in a reasonable spirit." Daily News.' To-day's Daily News says We are glad to find Lord Salisbury recognising the fact that the new nationalities of the Balkans should be true and real nationalities. He acknowledges it as inevitable that where there is a homogeneous Christian population subject to the rule of the Porte, that population will, by its own progressive tendencies, necessarily before long free itself from that subjection. He de- sires to maintain the Turkish Empire only where it can be healthily maintained, and when this is im- possible to strive to cherish strong self-sustaining nationalities which shall make a genuine contribu- tion to the future freedom and independence of Europe. On domestic questions Lord Salisbury speaks with somewhat less certainty and clearness. The question is being asked by Conservatives more eagerly than by Liberals, Has the Government a policy ?' and Lord Salis- bury's speech is the answer. Probably the first feeling with which his declarations will be read all over the country will be one of disap- pointment. He has made an able debating speech; it could not be otherwise from Lord Salisbury. But as a rallying; cry on the eve of an election, as a manifesto, to the country, it will be received with -satisfaction^by his, opponents and dismay by his friends. It is a policy of doing timidly some things which the Liberals would do thoroughly, and letting a good many evils alone that they would endeavour to remove. On the, whole, Lord Salisbury's speech will not have a very inspiriting effect on his own party, though it will not be surprising if Mr Parnell gets-en- couragement from it. The outline- of domestic legislation is thin and meagre. There is nothing to awaken zeal and it is zeal, enthusiasm, and popular sympathy which can, alone" give the, Conservatives a chance against • the^full. pro. gramme of,their opponents in tha'- coming elections." f I "Standard." To-day's i Standard says The exposition of Conservative -.policy which- the country has been awaiting with eagerness* v almost ever since Parliament was prorogued, is now before us, and we at once ex- press our betief that; it S will:* create- a favour- able impression" on all but-the most ^violent partisans. On one or two important points Lord Salisbury's ■ speech is briefer "than we could have wished; but, taken as a whole, it is eminently practical, as well: as eloquent and vigorous. It possesses-: one great merit; it is based on personal knowledge and experience of the subjects! which it embraces. The-Prime Minister said with much foroe, at an earlier period of the afternoon, that it' was of para- mount importance at the present day* to bring home to the minds of, the new con- stituencies what was the real truth in regard to various public questions; to strip exaggerated promises of their gaudy* colouring; and to teach the people to consider not only what they might think desirable, but also what was actually possible-an object to which many Liberal orators appear to be totally indifferent." [ 11 Daify Telegiaph." Today's Daily Telegraph says — Lord1 | Salisbury enjoyed yesterday evening, at Newport, a position of singular advantage both as a Prime Minister and a party leader. He was fresh from a Cabinet Council, where he had been able to obtain the unanimous^-assent of his col- leagues to a bold programme of policy, and he had before him, thrown face uppermost.,on the table, 'the electoral cards, as played by his< opponents. The speech delivered before the border Conserva- tives at Newport was indubitably a masterpiece "of skill, lucidity, arrangement, and, we must in equity add, of candour. Some of the tricks of his antagonists the Tory leader deftly over-trumps, some he lets pass with sharp r comments; but he does not finesse," and when he has to call the old- -fashioned Conservative suit, as upon the question of Disestablishment, ,he does it with an outspoken honesty of conviction which certainly recalls the bygone English fashion of talking politics. It-was good strategy,ftow his own point of view, for Lord Salisbury^to^addre&s the larger part of his oration to Birmingham rather than to 'Hawarden. Of the manifesto issued by the ex-Prime Minister he said little more than t that it was I a, long and dreary epistle,' and he made some searching, if rather anachronical, re- marks upon the fate which had compelled Mr Gladstone to offer up 4 the last surrender upon the altar of party/ In the shape of abandoning to the will and pleasure of the majority that Established Church the maintenance and glorifi- cation of which were the pride of his early days. On the question of approaching danger to the Establishment, Lord Salisbury.was, in truth un- compromising. Here, and here alone, lie was 'True Blue,' and declared an 'implacable resistance. Bristol Mercury." To u Jh-Uioi Mercury says" We will do I the Premier the justice of acknowledging that his yesterday's deliverance is not wanting in fullness. He spoke with the evident consciousness that the prospect of his party at the polls is likely to be largely influenced for good or ill by what he had to say. Lord Sal bury's declaration about upholding the Turkish Empire wherever it can healthily upheld,' is a confession of impotence. Upon home questions his lordship was hardly so satisfactory, though his education in Liberal ideas is evidently moving apace. With respect to Local Government, he is in favour of 'large reform. bLt he leaves thff public to guess what those large reforms are which he and his colleagues desire, contenting himself with the bald avowal that he is willing to pbee the licensing power into the hands of local authorities. Lord Salisbury's statement regarding Irelaud is a practical repudiation of Lord Ran. dolph Churchill and his crazy intrigues and unless Lord Salisbury juggles with words, which we are loth to believe, the alliance between bis party and Mr Parnell will henceforward* cease. His reference to the land ques- tion betrays a strong desire to dish not merely the Whigs, but the Radicals too. Lord Salisbury's views upon the land question are now as advanced as those of Mr Bright himself. He is favourable to a cheat) and easy mode of transfer of land, of a popular and inexpensive system of registering titles, and of an indefeasible right to the purchaser to transfer. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in many a country house to-day. The deluded and betrayed squires must be in despair where to turn for a champion. Taken as a whole, Lord Salisbury's speech is a, large bid for power." I "Western Daily Press." To-day's Western Daily Press slys:- Long as Lord Salisbury's speech was, it was not always definite where definiteness was needed, and with regard to the powers to be possessed by local governing bodies and to the change he would make in the incidence of taxation he was content with generalities where ha should have been precise. So far as can be gathered, ho neither wholly assents to nor dis- sents from the proposition that focal governing bodies should control licensing. Th"y might control Sunday closing, but, in a passage which should have been more explicit, Lord Salisbury seemed to object to local governing bodies con- trolling licensing, upon the ground of some mysterious connection between beer and civil and religious liberty. One reform which/ he does advocate is valuable. Ha is compelled apparently against his will to advocate a system of compulsory registration of land a3 a prelude to a reform in the system of transfer. But his language in regard to this is remarkable. He confesses that he does not believe in it, but the Lord Chancellor thinks it can be accomplished, and so it may as well be tried, and if it does not answer there will not be much harm done This is not the language of successful reformers. It is the language of an Opposition leader unable to resist the will of a majority. There is nothing in his speech, surprisingly Liberal as it is id many respects; which can alter the conviction of the country that Liberal measures are best car- ried by Liberal statesmen, and the readiness of the Conservative party to agree to some of thd most obvious reforms will be chiefly valued as a promise that when a Liberal Government dealS. with these matters the Opposition will assistt rather than obstruct."

LORD SALISBURY'SIDEPARTURE The premier drove from the pavilion shortly after the close of the meeting. The carriage att first drove in the direction of Tredegar House, but afterwards returned, crossed Alma-street, and along New Dock-street to Pentonville. His lord- ship gained the Great Western Railway by the Gold tops approach, and bact only a short time to wait foff the 6.33 p.m. train. Lord Tredegar alone aecom-, pained his guest. As the train was about tOs start, a number of persons who were on the plat-, form called for cheers for infr Gladstone, which were; heartily given,and then cheers for Lord Salisbury#' but the response to this was very different, andf the train containing tha distinguished Conserva- tive leader steamed out amidst a very decided?, display of disfavour. ———'■ A

i The So-called Riot at jl Newport. ij Our special :reporter- -at Newport' writes With.reference to "thd-vaUeged rioting in thffl streets,. of Newport last ^evening, it may bw stated that the horseplay, .for it was nothing! more,* was originated by the unwise of .the*'members • of tb& Conservative Juniotff Association, led by a budding youngS Association, led by a budding youngS lawyer, who had presented aa address earlier i the day to Lord Salisbury. These paraded th streets, decorated with broad white sashes on tb left arm, singing the- wbile1 Rule Britannia,"l and other songs supposed to. be especially identi, fied with extreme Jingojhey were reinforced by the hired- chuckere^out," and when neaif. Hill-street came into contact with, a jiumber of, Liberals who had' been attending a meeting at;¡ iheirTooma- in that thoroughfare. The atmos'j phera atvonce J became -electrical, A the Liberal# coveting £ the sashes, and ^the juniors assuming a defiant attitude, Tho crowd whiob assemble^ consisted of'nothing beyond shop assistants and* the eon3 of tradespeople,, who-ought to havaj known better, and these'spent some time i" parading the streets and exercising "their vocal abilities. Several instances of peculiar aggrava (; tion«'by individuals professing' Tory princW pies occurred. One gentleman, understood to be connected with the militia or some othett branch of the reserve forces, struck out at a ma1* at the bottom of High-street, and then beat retreat and secured refuge in the principal hostelry opposite to the railway entrance. Thd crowd naturally followed, but the good humoured persuasions of one or two ser-f geants, of: police preserved the building fronJ harm.As far as can be gleaned from an inspec ( tion, one pane of glass was hit by a stone in pre- mises in Commercial-street, and one square waS broken, apparently by someone being pushed against it, in a temperance tavern in the sarnfl thoroughfare. To describe the affair as a riot, with the crowd being dispersed by a charge of < the police," savours of that childish and hysterical Tory journalism which unfortunately has becoD1 too general of late.

The Bulgarian Union. ACCEPTANCE BY THE SULTAH- [" DAILY NEWS" TELEGRAM.) PHIUPPOPOLIS, Wednesday.—The Sultan hit telegraphed to Prince Alexander his aceeptandf in principle of the Bulgarian union. Fresh reinforcements have been despatched to-day to the front.

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