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When vou ask or send for TLiclor Williams' Patent Balsam of Honey, do not allow anpybody to per- suade you to purchase something else. IS you do you simply throw off the genuiue article and take 011 with a false one. Wonderful Cures Daily. Thousands of Tes- timonials to hand from all parts of the wcerid. READ ON FURTHEBl. SPONTANEOUS TESTIMON E. WORTHY OF IOUR CONSIDER ATION. Bir,—My wife desires me to say that, your Tudor Williams'Balsam of Honey has proved a roost valuable medicine in our large family (eight child: ten). As soon its a cough or cold makes its appenra: ice a do e of Tudor's Bdsam is at once administered. aud this treat- ment is followed up until the cold disap ^ears. Before using the Balsam in our family the chili; ten have been prostrate with cuius for several weeks, but now, by Inking doses as directed, they seem to su Iter very little inconvenience. During the short time tl te cold is upon them the action of the Balsam is uia.veilous, and th- iittle ones take it readily and ask for ill ore. —VYALTBR •I. BKETT, C.M., Headmaster, Severn Tunnel School, March 16th, 1892. READ ON STILL FURTHER. Sold by all Chemists and Stores all o-rer the World, I e' ifd., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. bottles San tple bottle sent (post paid) lor Is. 3d., 35., and 5s. from tlte Inventor. D TUDOR WILLIAMS, R.D.S.L., M £ I)ICAL-HALL, ABERDA! CE. 2569 riURRIFIU FIRE, !• ^CHANGE X BUILDINGS, CARDIFF. GEORGE pRICE'S OA FES AGAIN TRIUMPHANT. The GEORGE PRICE SAFE belongin g to the Bureau Veritas Office the rArHXa were JNOM' EVi.N D18. UOLOUBED. Tiiis Safe had not fallen into the cellar, and thus escaped the fury of the flames. nor was it in a pilrt of the building where there was siaircely any fire, but was subjected to such intense heata:j-to melt off the brass Ílaudl. Other Makers' Safes, which were not i n nearly such a fierce part of the lire, and where the fu rniture was not I even destroyed, have not come out so wtili. Testimonials will appear luter. The BRfe may be Seen at the Offices of QWEN AND JJRXANT, 5, SWISS-CHAMBERS, QUEEIS-STREET, CARDIFF. (Agents for South Wales .) [2662 Ei T IIEATH AND SONS Having increased their Show-roomn. now place before the pablic a perfect displajr-of all kinds of Musical Instruments. piANOS, QRGANS, JJAKPS, By all the Leading Makers, bo 5U new and second-hand, at the lowest poasi bh) prices. p I A N 0 tS By UROADWOOD, COLLARD, BRIiNSMEAl) ERARD, KIRKMAN, STEItNVVAY, SCHlEDMA\'ER, h.. FROM 10s. MONTHLff. QRGANS. SOLE AGENTS FOR M,SSON AND HAMLiN ORGANS. BELL, SMITH, EARN, D'OHERT R, &C., ORGANS Always in Stock in great VitBiety, FROM 7s. MONTHLY,«.at J JJEATH AND gONS 61, QUEEN-STRICET, j V CARDIFF. 9, NORTH-ROAD, J 34, TAFF-STRliET, l'OISlT YPiilDD. MANUFACTORY: PEEL-GROVE PIANOFOIETE WORKS CAMBRIDGE-ROAD. 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The PUBLU: APPliUCIATION and increasing popu- larity of UPTON'S DliLIOIOUS TEAS amongst all classes may be judged by the fact that LIPTON Unquestionably pays more Duty to Her Majesty's Customs for Tea supplied direct t" the Consumers than any other firm in Great Britain or Ireland. This undoubtedly is the STRONGEST POSSIBLE PROOF of the Extraordinary Value and High-class Quality of jyPTON'S JQICLICIOUS rjjlEAS. NOTE THE PRICES:— MAGNIFICENT BLENDED TEA, S. tected frotn the best tea-growing countries (PURE AND FRAGRANT). PER iS. LB. Specially selected CEYLON, INDIAN, and CHINA BLEND. PER i^S. ^D. LB. EXIKA CHOICEST CNrLOY and INDIAN BLEND, PEU IS. 7D, LB. THIS IS A MOST DELICIOUs TEA, AND IS EQUAL IF NOT SUPERIOR, TO WHAT IS SOLu BY MOST TliA DEALERS AT 2s. to 3s. 6d per lb. 5, 7. 10, and 201bs., Packed in Patent Fancy Air-tight Canisters, without, extra clmrge. 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Tea and Coffee Sale rooms: MINCING-LANE, LONDON, E.C. Wholesale Tea Blending and Duty Paid Stores Bitlh-atreet and Cay ton-street, LONDON, E.C. Coffee Roasting, Blending Stores, and Essence Manufactory OLD STREET, LONDON, E.C. General Offices: BATH-STREET, CITY-ROAD, LONDON, E.C. Local Branches: 7. HIGH-ST AND 811. MARY-ST. SWANSEA Arcade Buildings, High-street LLANELLY 9, Stepney-street. iiKlSTOL 22, Wine-street. BRANCHES EVERYWHERE. Purchasers at Lipton's are Supplied First Hand. No Middlemen's Profits to Pay. Over ONE MILLION PACKETS SOLD WEEKLY. M786 Jg^EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. 94, Commercial-road, Peckham, July 12.1889. Dear Sir,-I am a poor hand at expressing my feel- ings, but I should like to thank you. Your have done wonders in relieving my terrible cough. Since I had the operation of Tracheotomy (the same as the lute Emperor of Germany, and, unlike him, thank Sod, I am still alive) perfoimed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, no one could possibly have had a more violent c ugh: it was so bad at times that it quite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious and hard, has been softened, and I have been able to get rid of it with- ouL difticuity.-I am, sir, yours truly, J. HILL." UTTEHLY UNRIVALLED. J The above speaks for itself. From strict inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges is understated. The operation was a specially severe one, and was performed by the specialist, Dr. H. T. Butlin, of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Since the operation the only means of relief is the use of these ]jOZt*nges. So successful are they that one affords imme- diate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation is intense. w EIGHT IN GOLD. 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CONSERV A T ISM AT CADOXTON. BARRY. A public meeting was held at the Public-hall, Vere-street, Cadoxton-Barry, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of forming a local branch of the Ely Habitation of the Primrose League. There was a tolerably good attendance, and the chair was occupied by Captain Morgan Lindsay, ruling coun- cillor of the kEly Habitation, and amongst those present, were the R^v. E. Morris (rector of Cadox- ton), Miss Small, Mr. R. G. Morris, Dr. and Mrs. I reliarne, Mr. B. G. Davies (solicitor), Mr. L. Y. Owen, Mr. W. L. Thomas, Mr. J. A. Owen (archi- tect), Mr. 1. T. Dando, Mr. T. Martin. Mr. J. H. Nelmes, Miss Wiiliams, Mr. J. H. Mockford, Mr. E. Lloyd, the Missca Edwards (St. Andrew's Rectory), the Misses Palmer (Palmerstown), &c.—After an opening song by Mr. J. B. Mockford, Dinas Powis, the Chairm in delivered a stirring nddress on the principles of the Primrose League, and expressed a hope that tl»e nf>w branch would be as suc- cessful as the O'her branches in the division. cessful as the o-lier branches in the division. Referring to the recent contest in South Glamor- gan, C"pt. Lindsay said remarkable progress was SIKIW?:, for the Unionist vote w¡os four times hjitvitr this year tha n it was at the previous elec- tion. (Cheerj.) If the habitations of the division were energeti.- and faithful, he had not tho slighti-st doubt that they would soou be able to return a Constitutional member for South Glamorgan. (Applause.) — Mrs. Cox, Dinas Powi", contributed a song, arid Mr. Pettifer, a delegate from the Grand Council, and at one time a staunch Liberal, followed witli an address on i.lie effectiveness of Conservative politics in contradis- tinction to the Radicalism of the past decade.—A recitation by Mr. Davies, and songs by Mrs. Cox and Mr. Mockford, followed, and the meeting closed with votes of thanks to the chairman and Mr. Petti/

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THE FUNERAL OF THE REV. EDWARD MATHEWS. r BY MOHXEN. On Wednesday, shortly after the hour of noon, the mortal remaius of the eminent Welsh preacher, the Rev. Edward Matthews, Bridgend, who, during 60 years had been a leading iight with the Welsh Methodists, were consigned to the grave in the burying ground of the new church at Old Castle, Bridgend. Hia residence was within 50 yards of the God's Acre where his remains were interred. The coffio, which was a very un- pretentious one, was painted black, and the furni- ture upon it was of the same sombre hue, only relieved by the wreathB of white flowers on the lid which had been sent by Lady Danover, Mrs. Nicholl, Merihyr Mawr; Dr. Davies, Taibach, and Miss Editii Preece, daughter of Mrs. Preece Bridgeud, a friend of the family. The chief mourner was Mrs. Matthews, who was accompanied by Mr. Tom Matthews, Miss Matthews, Llan- cadJe (nephew and niece of th, departed), Dr. Neile and Mrs. Neile, Barry (niece and nephew); Mt. Alexander Matthews and Mr. W. Alexander Matthews (relatives of the deceased), Richmond- road, Roath; Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas, Llancadle; Mr. Evan Thomas and Mrs. Thomas, Monk Nash and Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Splot Farm. The follow- ing ministers of the denomination of which tho deceased was so distinguished an orna- ment were also preseut:—The Rev. William Williams, Argyla Chapel, Swansea, who had been the deceased's intimate friend the Rev. William John, Bridgend the Rev. William James, Nantymoel the Rev. Thomas Powell, Laleston; and tho Rev. B. P. Morris, Bridgeud. Among those present in the church were the Rector of Coychurch; Mr. Morgan Lewis, Bridgend Dr. Davies, Taibach; and Mr. John Hemming. There was a considerable number of the general public within the church. The funeral ceremony wes performed in English by the Rector of Coity, assisted by the Rev. — Morris, curate. At the close of the service in the church the curate gave out the Welsh hymn, Yn y dyfroedd mawr a'r tonau," &c. The curate led the singing, all apparently joiniug. At the grave, after the uaual beautiful service of the Church had been performed, the curate gave out, "Bydd myrdd o ryfeddodau." Here again the curate led the singing, and all, standing bareheaded, joined, some of the old friends shedding tears while they sang. The ceremony being over, several went to see the comn "ar waelod bedd," and dropped sympathetic teiirs as they read on the plate below" Edward Matthews, born 1813; died Nov. 2ô, 1892." The grave, which is in a corner beyond the chancel window, was bricked the height of the coffin. From amongst the very numerous expressions of sympathy which Mrs. Matthews has received I have selected the following :— Mrs. Nicholl, Merthyrmawr, wrote :— I must send you a. line of sympathy in the great .sorrow that häs befallen you. Believe me that your grief is shared by everyone who has had the privilege of Mr, Matthe.ws's acquaintance. He was 1\ man whom e'7eryboiJy loved and honoured, and who has done more for ChristiauiLy and righteousness in llls own country than can be relllised by people who do "ot know (.his district as well as I do. And you must indeed feel desolate, but yet it should be a consolation to you to I [eel th it you mad" Mr, Matthews's last days as happy as they could possibly ùe, and that nothing that love could do was left undone. As for himbeJf-what a blessed change it must be for him. Professor Pryp, of Trevecca College, wrote :— In him we have lost, as I thinK, tho greatest genius of the modern pulpit. I had not the privilege of hear- ing him more than three times, and I am sincerely glad t<>clay that I had those opportunities. Not to have heard Edward Matthews would have been a loss indeed, The vividness of his description and his remarkable dramatic power made passages of his sermons alto- gether overpowering, and how grateful Wales ought to be that he had consecrated all those powers in the service of Christ aud His Church. If he had used his talents in various secular fields that one could mention he would mo^t certainly have made a lasting reputation for himself. But. happily, the Master had called him early to His own service, and right loyally did he serve Him and us for a long life. I cannot refrain again from referring to the excellent work which he did in connection with our college. He requires no other m mument to commemorate his zeal and devotion to the Matter's service. The name of Mr. Matthews will ever be inseparably connected with this college, for it owes to him almost its very existence. The world seems emptier to us now that he is gone. The Rev. J. Cynddvlan Jones wrote: The last two years have been to you a time of much trouble and anxiety, but you have the satisfaction of knowing that you have helped to smooth down the path to the grave of one of the greatest men Wales ever produced. Lady Llanover wrote to Mrs. Matthews Lady Llanover cannot sufficiently express the deep regret and sorrow which she feels upon receiving from Mrs. Matthews the very sad news of the death of one for whom she had a real and true regard, and whose loss she considers must be i'reparable, although shfi has strong confidence that a Heavenly Providence will provide help and protection for tbe very numerous souls left behind, who hflVe now lost their mainstay and also support Mrs. Matthews herseU in her dt ep sorrow. The ouly and best consolation is the firm belief t.hltt, she alone suffers, atid that he whom she has lost is in peace and happiness. There is a chair at Llanover which is always called Mr. Matthews's Chair, and she believes it was only yesterday til&t she named it, little thinking that he himself was gone from this wurld. She will only now repeat her deep sympathy with Mrs. Matthews alld her owu reul sorrow at the loss of so good a mall. and she hupes that later on Mrs. Matthews will come again to Llanover, where she wilI be most welcome, and can have rooms to herself at Ty Uchaf, should she prefer it to being at the Ty Porth, where Parch J. and Mrs Prys will beat hiind to sympathise with andeu- deavour to console her. Mrs. Matthews, the widow, received communica- tions, expressing deepest sympathy, from Sir David Ev-inn ( x-Lord Mayor of London) and Lady I Evans, forwarded from Ewell Grove. Surrey. It is no Secret that the family would have pre- ferred a public funeral, but the instructious of the deceased wero emphatic in favour of a private one.

THE SUCCESS OF "CIGARETTE." The last nights of Cigarette are announced at I the Shaftesbury, and the young composer, MI", Haydn Parry, may (says tlie Morning) congratulate himself on having-been ahle to score over a hun- dred nights t'.r his fust opera. Certainly his next work will be looked for with interest, but we trust next time he will allow Mr. W.»rhum St. Leger to write a libretto unhampered by a cut and dried ready-ma le tdot, which offers no scope to hid gtuuina wit. fang.J. and humour.

Missing Word Compe- tition. A NEW FEATURE FOR OUR READERS. For some months past certain of the London weekly papers have been carry- ing on a missing word competition with astonishing success. We happen to know that thousands of the competitors hail from Wales, a corner of the country which does not appear to have been lucky enough to secure many wins. In view of the popularity of these competitions, we have decided to provide facilities whereby a competition can each week take plaoe in the Princi- pality, and the whole of the money won be shared among residents of the district covered by the JEveniny Express. Here- under is given the sentence, with a dash indicating the missing word, viz.:— THE SENIEKCR. There are two sides to the Welsh Sunday Closing question, as there are to every other question. But the existence of the shebeen evil, due to this example of temperance legislation, cannot be denied. The extent. of"that evil is alleged to be Those desiring to compete must cut out the coupon (which will be given in the Evening Express each day during the week), fill in the missing word, together with name and address of the sender, and forward it, with sixpence in stamps, to the Evening Express Office, St. Mary- street, Cardiff, the latest to reach us not later than Monday morning, the 5th of December. A sealed envelope containing the missing word has been deposited with Mr. J, E. Gunn, accountant, Westgate- cbamhers, Cardiff, who will disclose the contents in our issue of Wednesday, December 7. Competitors may make as many guesses as they like, providing each gues.8 is written on a separate coupon, and aocompanied by a separate entrance fee. The total amount received in entrance fees will be divided equally » between those who furnish the correct word. The envelopes should be marked with the word Competition." No 1. Word. Name Address WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISM. Rssociation Meetings at Abergele The meetings in connection with the above association were continued on Wednesday, the Rev. Cynhafal Jones, D.D., in the chair. SUNDAY CLOSING. A resolution was adopted rejoicing at the efforts in the direction of temperance which were being made, declaring that Wales was ripe for further legislation, and demanding the immediate passage of Mr. J. Herbert Roberts's Bill on the question, and also of Mr. Bowen Rowlands's Veto Bit!. popies of the resolution are to be sent to all mem- bers of Parliament and the leaders of political parties. IMMORALITY IN WALKS. Mr. ROBERT ROWLANDS, J.P., proposed the follow- ing resolution in regard to purity — That we regret toO understand that unchastity prevails among us as a natiou to a much greater extent than we are disposed to think. After making a cardul investi- gation, we must confess that the evil exists to an alarm- ing extent. We call upon all our Churches, as a body, to do their utmost to eradicate the evil by endeavourillC to cherish pure and chaste feelinjfs iJJ our young people, and, by every possible means, to try and check the plague that causes such havoc among lIS, and to get all our people to be pure in thought and action. The motion was seconded by the Rev. JOHN WILLIAMS (Rhyl) and unanimously passed. VOTES OF CONDOLENCE. The following resolution was pi^posed by the Rev. JOHN HUGHKS, D.D., seconded by the Rev. WILLIAM JAMES (Aberdare), and passed in deep silence:— That this association expresses its sincere grief at tbe recent lieath of the Rev. David Saunders, D,Ð., and the Rev. Edward Matthews, and its grateful acknowledg- ment of the vnluable services which they were enabled of God to render the ministry of the Gospel and the Kingdom 01 Christ in various ways, more especially among the Calviniatic Methodists; that the association tenders its sincerest sympathy to the brethren in South Waies in view of the severe loss they have sustained by the removal of two such eminent ana useful merl from iheir midst, in which loss we ourselves also largelj par- ticipate, owing to the close relation in which they stood to the whole connexion.

POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. Important Appointment for Mr. Gavey, of Cardiff. We have much pleasure in announcing that, in consequence of a re-arrangement of the head- quarter staff of the Genoral Post Office, London, orought about by the death of Mr. Edward Graves, the late engiiseer-in-chief to the depart- ment, the important position of chief technical officer to her Majesty's Post Office has been con- ferred upon Mr. John Gavey, of Cardiff. Since the year 1872 Mr. Gavey has held the position of superintending engineer of telegraphs for the South Wales District, and has resided in Cardiff for the past fifteen years, during which time he has been closely identified with the social and scientific life of the town. For several years he has been a prominent member of the Car- diff Naturalists' Society, holding the office of hon. secretary for three years, and the presidency of the society in 1890. Mr. Gavey has served the town for some time on the free library and museum committee, and has also been a member of the techuical education committee since the introduction of the Technical Education Act, a position fer which his professional acquirements rendered him especially fitted. It is worthy of mention that Mr. Gavey has taken great interest in the development of the tslephone in his district, and the present effective system of Telephone Trunk lines, connecting the various commercial centres of South Wales and Mon- mouthshire, has been erected under his supervi- sion, the first—that between Cardiff and Newport —being established, and exchanges in the two towns opened, in the year 1881, since which time the system has largely expanded.

CARDIFF MUSICAL FESTIVAL COMMITTEE. The 1895 Festival. A meeting of the provisional committee appointed to make arrangements for the festival to take place in 1895 W3.a held on Wednesday afternoon at the Park Hotel, Cardiff. The meeting was called to elect officers for the noxt two years, at the expiration of which period the new guarantors will be called to elect an executive council, according to the procedure of the last festival. There were present Mr. H. M. Thompson, the Rev. Canon Downing, Mr. Walter Scott (Morgan and Scott, solicitors), Mr. T. Evans, Mr. W. H. Johnstone, Mr. J. W. Moiris, Mr. E. W. Waite, Mr. J. E. Gladstone, and Mr. E. Barry.— Mr. H. M. Thompson was unanimously elected chairman, and Mr. W. Scxtt liou. secretary.—It was unanimously decided to ask Sir Joseph Barnby to conduct the festival of 1895, and the following were appointed as a musical sub- committee to consider and report upon the new works to be performed at the next festival:— C'tnon Downing, Dr. Arnold, and Messrs. H. M. Thompson, E. W. Waite, T. Evans, W. H. John- stone, J. W. Morris, and J. E. Gladstone.—It was also unanimously resolved to ask Mr. Lascelles Carr and Mr. David Duncan to join the com- mittee.

THE "DARKEST ENGLAND" COM- MITTEE. The committee on the Darkest England" scheme held a fuither meeting on Wednesday, Sir Henry James presiding, arll1 ail the members being pre. sent. Evidence was taken from the Rev. Webb Peploe, vicar of St. PauFf, Onslow-squave; Mr. Arthur H. Bowles, Jand ngent, and others'. The committee hope to publish their reMaM on the whole iatwiur buioia CUB#

OUR LONDON LETTER (FROM oca LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. J LONDON, WEDNESDAY. HANGING UP HONE RULE. A surprising evolution is possible in regard to Home Rule. From the first it has been a favourite device with the extreme Radicals to propose having the Home ltule liill intro- duced and then hung up for a year. Hung up, I suppose, to obtain a high flavour. That project is now revived. The Radicals are pressing it vivaciously, and they state that they have obtained the consent of the Anti- Parnellites. On the latter point there is some probability that they are right, for such a Home Rule Bill as the members of the Cabinet have been able to agree on is not one that the Nationalists dare accept. The Bi'l that the Nationalists can accept is one that will split the Cabinet. This interest- ing dilemma is the opportunity of the Radicals, who gaily cry, "Hang up Home Hule, and let us get on with legislation in the interests of the Radical party,' NOT THE BILL. The outlines of a Home Rule Bill cabled from two American papers by Dalziei's Agency are the dry bones of a bogus Bill. They are the evidence of a Bill not seen, but which might have been. It is quite possible some such visionary scheme has been evolved, considered, and rejected. Therefore, among other youthful indiscretions, Mr. Herbert Gladstone may have communicated the out- lines to the skilful jour 'istic hand that has served them up in the Sta s. But this is not the Bill Mr. Gladstone Wi., produce. What that Bill will be exactly no one can say yet, not even Mr. Gladstone, for the Cabinet'are not yet done wrangling over it. The only thing fairly assured is that before Parliament meets Ministers must, by hook or by crook, close their differences and agree on a Bill to lay before Parliament. It may bring them their doom, but, as they are doomed already, that does not matter. THR HEXHAM PETITION. The point decided in the Hexham petition to the effect, practically, that an election com- mences, when a candidate is chosen had never beell definitely settled. Dut there can be no question of the definiteness of the judges at Hexham. One of the acts for which Mr. Clayton is unseated was committed eight months before the dissolution of Parlia- ment. It is hardly open to appeal on the point, inasmuch as the question of time appears to have been expressly left to the judges. When the Corrupt Practices Act was in committee the evil of indefiniteness was pointed out, and it was urged that there should be limitation to a fixed number of days before the actual polling. That view was controverted on the ground that by fixing a limit it would encourage corruption in the open interval, Therefore, the matter was left open for the iudges to decide at what time the acts of a candidate or his agents became electoral acts. MR. GLADSTONE IN THE SAME BOAT. Mr. Gladstone would have been in the same boat with the two unseated members had not the Tories compassionated his condition and refrained from petitioning. Strawberries would have unseated him. During the actual election Mrs. Gladstone drove about in a car- riage distributing strawberries to the cottagers' children. Gladstonians themselves admit that the act was palpable, and would have been oounted in as bribery on an inquiry. In fact, all my information on the subject is derived from a Gladstonian source. Tories scorned to take advantage of a ladylike indiscretion. But after our recent ex- perience is not such chivalry wasted ? Mr. Gladstone unseated for bribery by strawberries would have been delightful. It would have matched Sir Wiliiam Harcourt's adventure at Oxford, when he was unseated and afterwards was sued for the cost of flowers supplied to the order of his agents. The funny thing about that action was that oniy a short while before Sir William had been buoyantly accusing the Tories of having bilked the bill." FORTHCOMING BTE-ELKCTIONS. In South Meath, where the unseated can- didate had a majority of 83, the Glad- stonians declare their friends will hold the seat by an increased majority. In Hexham, where the unseated member had a majority of 82, they take the contrary view, declaring that they will win the seat back. Of course, the difference lies in this—that, buoyed up by hope, they have to imagine that exactly opposite results in the two constituencies will happen. In South Meath there was deplorable and general intimidation by the priesthood. It was so bad that it had to be kept from the ears of the rank and file in England, The Independent and ParneUite organ in Ireland explicitly accuses the other side of having taken measures to secure that cooked reports only were supplied to the Gladstonian press in England. I will not join in that accusation. It has probably been suggested by the fact that the reports in the Gladstonian papers give the feeblest idea of the determined use the priests made of their religious influence over a superstitious peasantry. Let me rub in one point only. The very worst term of reproach the priests could find to level at voters who would not obey them was to call them in derision after the name of the Protestant pastor in the district. What toleration—nay, what mercy—could be ex- pected for the Protestant minority of Ireland if the island were governed by a native Par- liament elected mainly by the influence of priests who, when they called a voter a Pro- testant, thought they had exhausted the resources of invective ? LORD ROBKRTS'S SUCCESSOR. Sir Geo. White's appointment in succession to Lord Roberts as Commander-in-Chief in India is a triumph for the Army in India as against the Horse Guards' influence, which wanted to send out Sir Evelyn Wood or some other of our only generals." Sir George White is an officer who has risen to high rank by the right of genius. He first 'came into public notice by the masterly way in which he oonducted the trying and delioate operation resulting in the permanent occupation of Burmah. But long before that he had been identified by Army men as a brilliant commander. His long service with the Indian Army fits him specially for the high command. He is not without diplomatic knowledge; having gained some insight into affairs, he acted as military secretary to one of the Viceroys. FRENCH MADE EAST. The acquisition of the French language, now so important a part of education, has been immensely facilitated by a clever, but simple (perhaps clever because simple), device which has been imported into a new elementary grammar composed by MM. Gustave Lolv and L. J. F. Goujon. The idea is to help the young mind onward by pictures. A series of illustrations is given, in each of which the various objeots are neatly labelled with the name in French. This method fixes the word on the youthful mind, for it is merely an adaptation of the natural way in whioh childhood acquires the habit of language by connecting the sounds of certain words with certain familiar objeots and im- pressions. The system has been disoussed by scholastic experts, and, as far as I can gather, has met with unanimous approval. This will, no doubt, encourage Messieurs the Joint Authors in the second course of their grammar they are now engaged on.

CARDIFF MUNICIPAL BYE- ELECTION. Mr. J. Johns (of the Clifton, Hotel Roath), whose name was mentioned as a probable op. ponent of Mr. Charles Waring at. the approaching bye-electiou m the Central Ward, following the example of Mr. W. Triggs, has also declined to stand in the Libarai interest. After all, therefore it, is probable that Mr. Waring will be allowed a walk-over, inasmuch as should a Liberal candi- date come out, mid b-1 elected, his term of office ■will expire next. N■>v«u b"r, and the Liberal Association, it is said, is not favourable to an airuiKemrnt under which its candidate, if suc- cessful, ahovld be returned unopposed at the next 1 election,

(Cuttings and Comments. External staircases are to be erected at Brighton Workhouse, so that should a fire occur the inm t'Z may be provided with adequate means of Three hundred and twenty eight tIl0u, divorces have been orintoj f, us>md uctiii gunted by tne courts of n United States during the f t .■ 8 Che Past twenty years, 90 0er cent, of them bemg at the suit of women. P According to the Bookman, the demand f Tennyson's poerrig laat month was so ore(,t °C one time the printerg ||ad 26 machines* wo £ upon them. The sale of the new volUme ,ms J"* unprecedented^ ]ar?e. been paperr«thatatrr°^ °aSP'0»>" » morning Verv remarkif ? -ma" Corr'm"ted "«icide." V markah,e, exclaims the Evening ar Pou. As a rule, dead men do not commit an> thing. "DJ A Canadian womall h1s written to the Toronto d lw 8 a'e U'at dur"!S tlle peiiod of four years and two months she has nicked UD in H t- o„« .t time, 11,000 p", P T,te ZZ J-f published ber letter „„H the lonely Bod shocking word '«Liar." and 8hOCking A gentleman was passing along a street ip Camden Town tbe other day when he was struck in tie side of the head with a ieaden pellet. a. ,J was taken to the North-west London Hospital where the uiiet was extracted from the vicinity of the temple, It is surmised that someone had been carelessly practising with an air-gun. One of the prettiest of the evening bonnet* vmtes Isabel A. Malion in the DeceillleC lad £ Borne Journal, is a tiny square made of gold wangles; it is so arranged that the point of the square comes just in front. Here is placed » whit. Satin ribbon rosette, out of which Spring two tiny White wings. With the usual French thonght fop the complexion, the ties are of black velvet ribbon; Wo hear from Newcastle that the young Earl 0f tundel is to be placed under hypnotjc treatment ,1S Painful affections not having been benefittfc(j by the many" cures "—including a pilgrimage to Lourdes-which have been tried. The earl, 118 fiveryone know, is the eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk, and, should he live, must flnme dny inhere the title and represent "all the Hood of all the Howards." A br.ppy and vigorous old lady in New Hamp. shire gives these rules for the secret of success of 80years' living on this planet, which brin„s 1\0 much care and worry to many of Iler sisters :I "ever allow myself to fret over things I cannot help. I take a nap, and sometimes two, eve,-y day; and 1 try to oil all tile various wI/eels of a busf life with an implicit belief that I Call trust Him who rules this great universe." I heard the ot.her day (says TrUth) a good story of Mr. Cliauncey Depew, who is regarded by hit countrymen as their beet after-dinner speaker Some one said to him, "We are getting tired 0( your speeches. A IDan has only to put a coin it the slot when he gets a dinner, and then up comet the speech. That," replied Mr. Depew, "'3 difference between you and me; wU|, you'the coia. produces a speech, and then up come8t,,e dinner." Mr. N. G. Cfayton, who has lost his seat at Hexham, may be described as the of the Conservative party in Northumberiand_ fIø is a. nephew of Mr. John Clayton, the famous Newcastle lawyer-millionaire, find succeeded to fais uncle's estates on the death of the Intter tWo ycars øgo, when he returned from the solicitor firm in which he was a pa.rtr)er. The local Tory daily, the Newcastle Journal, has Mr, clayfon for its chief proprietor. What the failure of a "bank" like Barkers* means is shown by a list of some of the creditors The amount of money lost is in seve,al instltncp., as low as £ 13( while the general run is between £100 and £300. Occasionally the ni0nev gone reaches .El.COO, and in one instance it j8" £ ^800, but the bank in the main got the soi^j snviogs of frugal people, and all has gone. The CaRes are mentioned of two widows vrho each deposited £1,000, on the interest of wbich they liv0<jj and now there is nothing but poverty before then) probably the workhouse. Nothing is more sinned againot to-day than the use of scents, writes Mrs. Burton Harrison in the December Ladies' Home Journal. To the people to whom any strong odour in distressing, the present reign of scent bags in the garments of women who frequent public placed and public conveyances is intolerable. It is oojy the faintest; suggestion of a refined perfume that should ever be allowed to hang even for a momenti about the belongings of a well-bred girl; and eveu such a casual use of the merest whiff of the dainty and impalpable essence should be rue; to wear auy redolence upon her person in sachet is un- pardonable. On every hand the gaming spirit is abroad. In a certain board school in South London, where birch and cane are unknown, the punishment inflicted by the master for carelessness H to make the culprit write the word « negligent as many times as he can on a slate for half an hour. But very soon the boys began to bet halfpennies among themsetves who could put the largest number of "negligents" on one side of the slate in a given time, and the worst boy in the school always won, because frequent punishments afforded him so much practice that he was able to get in the word 5UO times. This premium on care- lessness has come to the knowledge of the teacher, who is now searching for a more salutary mode of penitence. t There is a good story concerning Mr. Herbert Spencer in the current number of Lippincott's Magazine. His doctor once told him that it was not good for such a man as he to live alone, as his solitary meals were apt to be marred by thinking too much of deep subjects, and advised him t(: stay for a while in some boarding-house, when' the dinner talk would be conducted by cheery^ brainless folk. He went, but did not stay. I; came to bis ears that tha pleasant lady whose 888' was next to him at table was a sad disappoint ment. A friend asked her how she liked tM boarding-house; could she recommend it ? 55 Oil. yes, I think I can," she replied "but there is a Mr. Spencer who thinks that he knows about science and philosophy. I have to correct hiaa every night!" A joke of an amusing yet serious character has just been perpetrated at Pontefract Barracks by a recruit. Some very successful plays were pro- duced a few evenings ago in one of the barrack* rooms. A young recruit who had shown much brightness in his work since admission to bar- racks was given one of the principal parts to per- form under the title of Lord Faacourt. He waa attired in clothing of a style befitting the role b. was to assume, and did his part very clevarly indeed. The ploy over, the performers were enter- tained to supper, during which Lord Fancouri was noticed to go out, as if for only a momentary absence. He did not return, and is now on the list" of those numerous individuals wanted as deserters. His costume included a new overcoat for which nearly £6 bad been paid recently by one of the officers, a silver watch and gold albfJ" belonging to the hospital sergeant, and other articles which disappeared along with him.

PRIVATE BltlS IN PARLIAMENT The Central News says.that at eight o'clock on Wednesdav night the period expired in which plans for private Hills to be promoted next session can be deposited in both Houses of Parliament. There were 172 deposited fm- the next cession, composed of 48 railway, four tramway, 50 mis- cellaneous Bills, and 56 provisional orders, and lourteen electric lightiog orders. Last session there were 2H in nil, of which 21 were suspended at the di-aolutioD, to be resumed this session at the stage they had then reached, among them being the Channel Tunnel Bill. LOCAL HILLS. The following are of local interest:—Pontypridd L'ic:*l B anl '(Tas), Barry Railways, Brechin and Edsell District It-iilway", Fishguard Bay Railway and Pier, Pembroke, Pendine, and Carmarthen liailwoy, Fortyptidd, Caerphilly, and Newport R.iilwey. Rhordda and Swansea Bay Railway, T#H Vde Railway, Bridgend Klectric Lighting Pcavif t Wtijust Qider, and Tenby Piaar and Promeniwfek.