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WELSH BARONET8T80N IN BANKRUPTCY. A Peculiar Case at Carmarthen. Mr Herbert William Pryse, son of Sir Pryso Pryse, Bart., Gogerddan, Cardiganshire, under- went his public examination at the Carmarthen- shire Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr Registrar Thomaa Parkinson. Mr Thomas Walters, solicitor, Carmarthen, appeared for the debtor. in, onswer to the Official Receiver (Mr Thomas Thomas), the debtor stated that in October, 1892, he became a partner in the firm of Dixie and Co., glass and china works, Paddington, X",000 capital being put for him into the concern by his father. He was to become a sleeping partner. He took no part in the management in any way. The other partners at the commencemeftt were Mr Lovegrove and Mr Dixie, and he bought Mr Lovegrove's interest. There was a valuation made, and a stock-taking, he believed. It was all done for him, and he never saw tho papers. It was all managed entirely by his father"s solici- fnrs. Mr Walters I understand that Mr Love- grove's interest in the business was four-fifths and Mr Dixie's one-fifth, and he bought Mr Lovegrove's interest forE2,000, taking upon him- self to pay the debts. By the Official Receiver He knew nothing about the debts at all till this partnership thin was signed. He had since ascertained that the debts, roughly speaking, were from £1500 to £ 2,000. The stock and everything, he was to cl, had been over-valued. When he joined the asset value was put down at £ 4,000, and it was not really worth half of that he believed, and the liabilities were from £1,500 to 12,000. He had had no com- mercial experience in his life, either in regard to this glass or any other business. The Official Receiver I never heard such a thing in my life What became of this wonder- ful business afterwards ?—I acted again on the advice of the solicitor, who recommended me to a. man to look after my interests. Who was this man ?-They recommended me to a solicitor named Clay, of 185, Marylebone- road. London. You went and saw himT—Yes, and I instructed him to look after my interests as much as he could. The end of it was this Eventually I got a letter from a, gentleman in this town saying that they had gone to sell me up for a debt of £ 280, and I had to find this money at a moment's notice because I didn't know what was going on. I sent the money to the under-sheriff. When this patter turned up I saw Mr Clay, and asked him the meaning of it. He said he didn't know, but if that kind of thing goes on you must convert this thing into a company. If you do that they cannot possibly come down upon your own personal estate 'in any wa,y." (Laughter.) I thought it was the best thing to do. I didn't see the fun of having these chaps going to sell me up every week (More laughter.) Debtor added that the X280 was to pay one of the old liabilities of Love- grove After that he had to find another 41,200 odd, which he gave to Clay. But Clay kept writing for more, and he could not find it. The Registrar All this time was tho business being carried on 1—Yes. Tlie Official Receiver Wiat kind of a busi- ness was it ?—A warehouse in Paddington. Did you go back and fore to look after the bus, neon ?-No I knew nothing about it. I had in- structed CIa-v to look after it for me on the recommendation of these London solicitors, and he was paid a salary of ElOO a year for being the manager and the solicitor of the concern. To whom did you leave the formation of the company ?—To this solicitor. 1*3 Were shares allotted ?—I certainly understood they were to be. What was your position ? How many shares were allotted to you ?—I think it was supposed to be about 2,500 £ 1 shares. Who else became shaxoholdcrs 9-This man Dixie, for 1,500,1 think. Were any shares offered to the public Not that I know of. I know the company was regis- tered I left the othar matters to Clay, but I don't know whether he registered any contract as to my shares. „ In further dross-examination by the Official Receiver, debtor said that in his statement of affairs liabilities were put at LY-0. He now knew that theywere considerably greater, and would get an amended statement. The company was now in liquidation under an order of the High Ooaru. He had no property of any kind and nothing to hand over. He made a marriage sottlement upon his wife before they were married in 1896 for kl,500 and also an insurance policy. He did look at the books of the partnership, but was not much the wiser for doing that. Thebooks were very badly lient. The only balance-sheet he ever saw was that drawn up by Messrs Dixie on the back of the memorandum papers. They Jnadfi tilings out very favourably indeed. He asked Sir 1 ryse to allow him to see the report he had, and he re- fused to let him see it. He said it was his own The facial Receiver I presume that Sir Pryse made yon a present of this money^ in ques- tion ?—You are making a very big mistake. He did nothing of the kind. He took it out of money that I was entitled to at his death. I should never have got married if I had not been under the impression that he was making me a present of it. Have you any source of income now 7-Nane whatever. Are you able to say that there is nothing ait Yetradwrallt belonging to you ?—Nothing, except my olothe#. (A laugh.) Who is the tenant of Ystradwrallt ? — Mr* pryse, my wife. And tha house k let furnished -Yes. The examination was adjourned for a month.

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Factory and Workshops Aot. IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS AT MERTHYR. A Cyfarthfa Contention. Thursday at Merthyr Police Court (before Mr W. M. North, stipendiary) Messrs Crawshay Bros., Limited, Cyfarthfa, were summoned upon the information of Mr Augustus Lewis, inspector of factories, that they were the occupiers of a certain iron and 94eal works, the same being a, factory within the meaning of the Factory and Work- shop Acts, 1878 to 1895, wherein a certain young person named William John Jones was employed contrary to section 13 of the Factory and Work- shop Act, 1878, on the 10th January." Mr Augustus Lewis was for the prosecution, and Mr Gwilym James appeared for the defence. Mr Augustus Lewis stated that at half-past 4 o'clock on the morning of the 11th January W. J. Jones (15) was employed in the fitting shop on one of the planing machines, and he unfor- tunately met with an accident. That was duly reported to him by the company on the 12th inst. He communicated with the company, and re- ceived a reply that the shop had been worked on the double shift, and they quoted Section 38 Of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1878, in support of their position. It seemed the facts were admitted, and that the question at issue was a legal one, but he thought the Court should have the facts before them. He mentioned that the youth had worked from 10 o'clock on the night of the 10th January until half-past 4 o'clock on the morning of the 11th inst. Acting under the instructions of his depart- ment, he had an interview with Mr William Evans, the general manager. Mr Lewis contended that in the department in which Jones was at work there was nothing in the Act to justify continuous occupation. This particular branch of the works did not deal with the mani- pulation of cold iron and steel, but with a class of material already malleable, and it had nothing to do with the conversion of material into malleable iron or steel. He described the busi- ness of the factory as the conversion of iron ore into malleable iron or steel. If his friend (Mr James) said the work at the fitting shop was inci- dental to the work of converting iron into steel, he must show them that the fitting shop was part and parcel of the process carried on in the mill. Evidence of the General Manager. Mr Gwilym James, in order that the Stipen- diary might have some notes, called Mr William Evans, J.P., the general manager of Cyfarthfa Works, who said they had blast fur- naces and mills at the iron works. They also had in connection with the works a fitting shop, the steam motive power of which was obtained from blast furnace boilers. For the purposes of the blast furnaces they converted coal into coke, and they had to marshal that converted material to the top of the blast furnace. They employed various persons by day and by night in connection with the blast furnaces, the maintenance of which was a constant source of anxiety, and had to be watched day and night. He described various processes in relation to the fitting shop, where the work was carried on by day and by night. For the proper and methodical management of the works it was absolutely necessary to Lia-ve a fitting shop. He did not think there was a single iron works in the country which did not include a fitting shop constituted in a similar way. W. J. Jones was in the fitting shop on the morning of the 11th January last. His age was 15 years. By Mr Augustus Lewis The work that Jones was doing might have been done by a man or by a woman if she was experienced sufficiently to do it. It was the custom under certain circum- stances at other works to similarly employ young persons. An Engineer's Statement. Wm. Evans, head mechanical engineer at the Dowlais Works, was next called by Mr Gwilym James. At Dowlais they had iron works and blast furnaces, and as at Cyfarthfa a fitting shop, wkere they employed persons day and night. They found it absolutely necessary for the pur- poses of their works to liave a fitting shop, which was part and parcel of the works. By Mr Augustus Lewis The fitting shops had to be kept open day and night at times they could not always put men to work at small machines. They did not work young persons night and day, but upon the occasion of a break- down they had employed a young person in the fitting shop at night at Dowlais. He had not re- ported this to the inspector. Mr Augustus Lewis remarked that he had interviews with this witness, and he had clearly explained the position upon these matters to him, and it would not be fair to press him. A Legal Argument. Mr Gwilym James reviewed the Act, 1878, very elaborately, and contended that the meaning of the word process" meant the methodi- cal management of the works; there. fore it was within their right to employ a young person at a process in connec- tion with the mills, or in aid of a manfacturing process. He quoted various allaslonn in tne Act which, seemed to justify tfiijploy tnent .of a j young person in the steel works fitting' shops, He referred also to the Acts of 1891 and 1895, and urged that no narrow meaning was intended to be placed upon "the process," which included evena locomotive, upon which therefore a young person could be employed. He did not contend that they could employ a young person to do any- thing foreign to the methodical management of the works. But if the Home Secretary had reason to declare the fitting shop a separate factory the Act gave him the power to make a.n order to that effect. That had not been done, and the Court were asked to take upon themselves a very serious responsibility. He emphasised the contention that they had a right to regard the fitting shops as part of the process, and they could not get away from the fact that they were part and parcel of this non-textile factory. Once they interfered with any one of the departments the whole would get oat of gear. This was a matter, he pointed out, which f affected the whole of the works of the United Kingdom. Until the Secretary of State made an order separating any part of the fac- tory," he asked them not to interfere with the operations at the works. Judgment Reserved. Mr North s&id it was an interesting case, and the magistrates thanked both Mr James and Mr Lewis for the very able way in which they had laid it before them but they were not ready to give j adiment. Thiy wanted to consider "the process ï and matters incidental in relation thereto. It was arranged that judgment should be given on Monday week next.

THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S NEW YACHT. The birthday of the Kaiser has come and gone. and in the words of Ingoldsby when recording the great Lord Cardinal's curse, no one has seemed a penny the worse, if we except the German school- boy who is fond of rowing. The growing hope of the Fatherland will, under the new conditions laid down by the Kaiser, find his aquatic enjoy- ment materially curtailed, for under certain weil- THE GERMAN EMPEROH'S K1.W YACSI YAJTPA. I defined pains and penalties he may not essay his skill in an outrigger without being personally supervised by a duty qualified master. This system of official molly-coddling is ludicrous in the extreme, and is edifying reading for tho Eng- lish public school boy. Meanwhile the athletic seafaring Emperor is revelling in the ocean-going qualities of his new yacht the Yampa, said to be the finest schooner afloat, and has been good enough to honour its late American owner one of those characteristic telegrams for which his Imperial Majesty has become so notorious.

A CARDIFF DENTIST'S BILL. On Wednesday at Cardiff County Court Judge Owen heard an amusing case in which Mr Win John, dentist, Cowbridge-road, Canton, Cardiff- sued Mr H. Peters, a tradesman, for lis which was alleged to be the balance due on a tooth extraction transaction. Plaintiff said defendant went to him on the 17tb of December last, and asked him to extract a tooth, as he Wà3 in great pain. He applied gas, extracted the tooth, end charged a guinea, ana de- fendant paid 9s on account. Defendant had refused to pay the balance, hence the action. Defendant replied that Mr John said his usual price was 10s M, bnt that he had reduced it to 78 6d. Mr John had also told him that he had had a tremendous lot of gas. (taughter.)-The Judge: Then don't you think you got off cheaply for a guinea f (Loughter.)—Defendant: I gave him Is 6a over his fee.—The Judge Ah tso you liked the gas ? (Laughter.)—Mr John (plaintiff) Mr Patera cams to me ana offered £ 5 to relieve him of agony he was suffering from a tooth.—The judge: Ton oaght to have takon the money aaA drawn the tooth. (Laughter.)—Mr John YM 1 believe I ahoald, bat Mr Peters was very Moiled, and oonaumed a large asnoont of gas. (Laughter.) —Tbe Judge Don't talk ue; it makes ma feel rnneomfoctable. (Lasgfcter.) Defendant (Mr Peters) sirote, in reply te qumtiess, that lie had arranged to fK the efteeMsg fteetlh extracted foe 7s fid, hnt gave hw Is 63 additional beww* e€ the cMm made for the extra amotmt of gas. (laughter.Honour can judgment for defendant.

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS. MARRIAGE. COOPEK—BAKER.—On the 1st inst., at St. John's Church, Maindee, Newport, Cecil Edward, son of the late Colonel Oharles Cooper, B.N.I., to Frances Baker, daughter of Edward Baker, Esq., Newport. DEATHS. BOWEN.—On 27th ult., at 14, Clarence-embankment, Docks, Fannv Elizabeth, the dearly-beloved wife of William Mathias Bowen, age 28 years. EASTHOPE.—January 30th, at Creswell, Romilly-road, Cardiff, Robert Easthope, aged 83. HAKVFA.—January 31st, at Dobson's Farm, Aberga- venny. Margaret, the wife of Francis Harvey, and only daughter cf the late Methusalem Jones, of Rassa, Beaufort, aged 43. HUGHES.—January 29th, at 23, Ryder-street, Cardiff, Tudor Owen, in his ninth year, the dearly-beloved son of Mr and Mrs Gwliym Hughes (South Wales Daily News). JoNEs.-January 23, at Station-road, Gowerton, after a few days' illness, Mr David Jones, aged 77 years, deeply regretted. LEWIs.-At Cilfynydd, on Wednesday, Jan. 26th, the Rev. Stephen Lewis, Calvinistic Methodist minister, aged 55. MATTHEWS.—At his residence, Thornhill, Mr Thomas Matthews, grocer, aged 77 years. PHILLIPS. On Sunday, January 30th, Mr J. T. Phillips, Art, Teacher, of London-rcl., Neath, aged 45. RODEP.ic;i.-Ilannah, the beloved wife of Wat-kin Roderick, commercial traveller, Tredegar Junction, Pontllanffraith, on the 28th nit., aged 42. WATKINS -On the 31st nlto., at his residence, Tyn-y- coed, Llandaff, William Bradley Watkins, J.P., aged 85 years. 186 WILLIAMS.—On the 27th ult., at The Gockid, Pen- tyrch, Catherine, third daughter of the late Job Williams, in her 38th year. IN MEMORIAM. HA.RRIs.-In loving memory of our dear father, Thomas J. Harris, who died January 29th, 1894. Thou art not forgotten, father dear. Nor ever will you be. As long as life and memory last, thy chOdreB will remember thee. 923

NEW FICTION. A fascinating sensational stor-, of love and mystery, entitled THE YBLLOW HAND, by Mr ALLEN URPWAP-D, will commence on February 19th. In addition to the above, a new story of mining life, from the pen of J. Monk Foster, will appear NEXT WEEK.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY.5, 1898, A PUBLIC LESSON. Now and again a town or a number of villages in close proximity suffer from the scourge of a widespread epidemic. In some cases a public scourge becomes a public lesson, but we are afraid that the lessons taught by bitter experience and mournful loss are frequently wasted on an inattentive world. Gloucester recently suffered from an epidemic of smallpox, and the cathedral city was like a city of the dead. An attempt was made to cast the responsibility upon the anti-vaccinators, who were in evidence in the city, and an endeavour to hush up the real facts of the case, but it was made clear that something more than this was concerned in an epidemic which spread with such rapidity and caused so many deaths. It leaked out that the cases of disease were more prevalent in one district than another, and that the district where tem- porary hospital accommodation had been arranged was afflicted in an alarming manner, and then it was reported (that there had been strange exhibi- tions of ignorance and neglect to take the most elementary precautions to prevent the spread of the disease. It was first a matter of drainage and then one of hospital accommodation and facilities, or rather lack of facilities, for isolating the cases. As a matter of fact, Gloucester was caught napping over its public duty in pre- serving the public health and in the pro- vision of hospital accommodation. When the scourge appeared it was too late, and the citizens suffered severely. The Maid- stone epidemic of typhoid is another case in point where there lias been a strange remissness in providing the absolute necessities for pre- serving and safeguarding public health. The Inspectors appointed by the Local Government Board are holding a public inquiry at Maidstone into the causes and the course of the typhoid epidemic, and it is to be hoped that the whole truth will be laid bare and the public lesson recognised, though an attempt has been made to hush it up and to cover the manifest short- comings of the local governing authority. The Local Government Board insists on a thorough public inquiry, and a sifting of the evidence. From this course the citi- zens have nothing to fear, in fact it would be nothing short of a public scandal if the evidence were not properly sifted and the lessons of the terrible epidemic brought to light for the public good. There are many things to clear up, and the public and sanitary officers desire to know the cause and course of the epidemic, whether it was caused by a con- taminated water supply and by what means it was spread. The tainted water supply was cut off at Maidstone, but it is alleged, and it is admitted, that the proper course of disinfection and the immediate destruction of infected articles from the patients was not tesorted to, and herein lies a considerable amount of the blame which is attaching to the local sanitary authorities. The truth about typhoid fever," writes Dr. MORTIMER, "is, briefly, that it is a disease which can only be developed from its own specific seed, and that the seed or germ may be conveyed either in fluids or in the form of dust in the air, or by germs in clothing." Here we see how necessary it is to promptly destroy by burning every suspected or contaminated article of clothing, and the neglect to do this at Maidstone was un- questionably the cause of many lives being sacrificed and untold suffering endured. The experience of Maidstone, where the epidemic kept on the increase for several months, is a terrible warning to other public sanitary authorities that infectious disease may not be trifled with when once it mani- fests itself. The only safeguard against the experience of Maidstone is an active and alert sanitary authority, a satisfac- tory system of drainage and water supply, and isolation hospital accommodation. No town or district which lacks these first necessities to public health can be con- sidered safe from similar scourges to those suffered at Gloucester from smallpox and by the people of Maidstone from typhoid fever. We trust that the lessons of the Maidstone inquiry will be driven home to every sanitary authority in the country, and that the general public will learn the lesson, which is greatly in need of enforce- ment, that infectious diseases may not be played with or treated lightly.

CABINET COUNCIL. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Tuesday under the presiebney of the Marquis of Salisbury. The Press Association says the Council was of a very protracted character. Lord Salisbury, who presided, came up from Hatfield for the gathering. Mr Chamberlain travelled from Birmingham in order to attend, and other Ministers journeyed specially to town. The only absentees were Lord Cadogan, Lord Ashbourne, and Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the last named in Scotland, and the two former in Ireland. Apart from anxious foreign questions, which presum- ably did not escape consideration, the Ministers have an important Session before them, and the Press Association understands that the Se., sional programme and precise form of the Queen s Speech were chiefly responsible for the length of the sitting. Ministers were in attendance shortly after 2.30, and did not separate till 5.30, the Council being thus the longest held for some time. This protracted meeting indicates the multiplicity of points that had to be considered and arranged, and the deliberations evidently resulted in agreement as to the form of the Speech, as the Premier, Mr Chamberlain, and other Ministers afterwards left for the country, Lord Salisbury returning to Hatfield and the Colonial Secretary to Birmingham.

RUMOURED IMPENDING RESIG- NATION OF LORD SALISBURY. An Official Contradiction. The Meriting Leader made the following announcement on Monday:— We understand, on information that we believe to be thoroughly well-founded, that shortly after the opening of the ensuing Session of Parliament Lord Salisbury will place his resignation as Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary in the hands of her Majesty. It is understood that he will be succeeded in the Premiership by the Duke of Devonshire. The reasons for the Premier's resignation are, we regret to say, mainly dictated by considera- tion not only of his own health, but that of the Marchioness of Salisbury. We need hardly add that our announcement is not made by direct authority of Lord Salisbury but while it will doubtless oe met by the asser- tion that it is absolutely unauthorised," we do not anticipate that veil-informed journals will characterise our statement as untrue. OFFICIAL CONTRADICTION. The Exchange Telegraph Company isopfficiolly informed by the Hon. Sydney Greville, one of Lord Salisbury's private secretaries, that there is absolutely no foundation for the statement again repeated in a London morning paper to the effect that owing to his own health and that of Lady Salisbury the Premier would shortly after the reassembling of Parlia- ment place his resignation in the hands of the Queen. His Lordship attended a meeting of the Cabinet on Friday last, and his health is stated never to have been better. A representative of the Press Association who called upon the Hon. Sydney Greville, one of the Premier's private secretaries, with refer- ence to a report that Lord Salisbury was about to resign the Premiership, was informed that the report was absolutely without foundation, and he (Mr Greville) was at a loss to know why such statements w-tre promulgated.

LOCAL WILLS. Late Mr D. Williams, Liantrisant. The personal estate has been valued at IIA,477 16s 3d gross and M6,418 11s 7d net of Mr David Williams, of Henstaff Court, Liantrisant, Gla- morganshire, and of the Taff Vale Brewery, Merthyr Tydfil, brewer, formerly High Con- stable of Merthyr, and a member of the Board of Guardians, who died on the 11th of August last, aged 69 years, and of whose will of the 16th of March, 1891, the executors are Frank Treharne James, of Merthyr Tydfil, solicitor, and William Griffiths, of Pencaenmawr, brewer. The testator autho- rised the executors to carry on the business of his brewery. He bequeathed to his niece, Mabel Jones, £ 1,000, and to. his housekeeper, Anne Uses, a life annuity of S20. Mrs Williams is to have the use and enjoyment of Henstaff Court and its furniture during her widowhood, and an annuity during her widowhood of £500. Subject to these provisions Mr Williams left all of his real and personal estate in trust for hid daughter, Gwladys Tydfil Williams. LATE MR JOHN HIBBERT, CARDIFF Probate of the will dated July lBt, 1897, of Mr John Hibbert, of Park-place, Cardiff, principal of the firm of John Hibbert and Sons, corn mer- chants, Castle-street, Cardiff, who died on the 6th September last, aged 75 years, has betn granted to his widow, Mrs Mary Hibbert, and his sons John Walter Hibbert, of Cefn Coed, Cardiff, and Francis Arthur Hibbert, of Park-road, Pen- arth, by whom the testator's personal estate has been valued at £ 14.57517s lid. He bequeathed his household effects to the use of Mrs Hibbert during her life and subject thereto iu trust for his unmarried daughters, and he left all of his resi- duary estate, including a sum of £ 10,000 secured by mortgage in trust for Mrs Hibbert during her liie, and subject to her life interest; in trust for his four daughters, Margaret Dennis Hibbert, Ada Louise Hibbert, Ella Blanche Hibbert, ond Emilie Morgan, wife of the Rev. John Hugh Morgan.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT SWANSEA. A meeting of the Sub-Electric Committee of the Swansea Corporation was held on Wednes- day, mnder the presidency of the Mayor, and the position with the tramway company was further discussed. Though no definite step was decided on, we understand that there was manifested a disposition to recommend that a report on the lighting section of the old triple scheme, with the addition of the provision of a supply of power for works requirements, be formulated with a view of being adopted by the Council and at once I prooeec1ec1 with.

The Engineers. RESUMPTION OF WORK. If The Press Association telegraphed on Monday evening :—Messages from the chief provincial centres show the extent to which work has been resumed in the lock-out area. The Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Soicety, who as usual sat during the forenoon and again in the afternoou, did not receive more than three official communications from the country, and one of these conveyed the welcome information that fully 25 per cent. of the men at Hull, where some trouble was feared, had after the advice tendered them from headquarters returned to work. Some amount of friction was not unnaturally feared elsewhere, but the executive was not called upon to issue a single telegraphic instruction, and this may be accepted as proof of the smoothness with which arrangements for the resumption had been carried out. A HAPPY AUGURY. The expressions of mutual respect made at Friday's conference are of happy augury for the future of the great industry concerned (says the Dai'y News). There is cause for satisfaction also in the fact that both sides, on a cool consider- tion of the whole dispute, will be able to point to something gained. It goes, of course, without say- ing that the result of the conflict is broadly a victory for the employers, and a defeat for the men. On the original cause of dispute—the hours' question—the employers' victory is abso- lute. But on the "management terms" it is qualified. The best sort of victory is that in which both sides gain something, and the present is, happily, a case in point. It may therefore be of interest briefly to summarise the advantages which the representatives will regard as accrmng to their respective sides: WHAT'THE EMPLOYERS GAIN. 1. Absolute victory on the hours' question. 2. Greater freedom regarding use of machines. 3. Greater freedom to introduce systems of piecework. 0 4. Extension of overtime limit, where restric- tions are now imposed. 5. Declaration against disputes on mere ques- tions of the demarcation of work. WHAT THE ENGINEERS GAIN. 1. Definite recognition of the right of Unions to make collective bargains as to conditions of employment for shops, and districts, and nationally. 2. Creation of local Conciliation Boards. 3. General recognition of specific overtime limit. 4. Recognition to some extent of the principles of a minimum wage and extra payment for extra exertion in piecework. of a, minimum wage; and extra payment for extra exertion in piecework. We shall not pursue the unprofitable inquiry which set of advantages is the greater, nor will we ask whether the advantages gained were, on either side, worth the sacrifices entailed. It is more to the purpose, we think, to confine our- selves to the point that neither side has issued from the fight entirely empty.

PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD DISMISSALS. A crowded meeting of dockyard rivetters was held at Portsmouth, on Saturday night, to con- sider the recent dismissal of four Trades Union officials from the yard, and also the piecowork system. Besolutions were passed asserting the truth of the statements made by the dismissed men as to the dishonesty practised under the piecework system, and calling for an inquiry. During Saturday evening the discharged Unionists waited upon Sir John Baker, one of the borough members, and laid their grievance before him. Sir John pointed out that they had been dismissed for breaking an Admiralty regula- tion providing that workmen must not approach the Lords of the Admiralty direct, but must send petitions through local officials. The deputation replied that this was only an unwritten law, and that past circumstances justified them in for- warding their memorials direct. In the result Sir John promised Parliamentary assistance. THE DISCHARGED MEN REIN- STATED. A correspondent at Darlington telegraphs:- Speaking on Saturday night in connection with the election campaign in South East Durham, Mr Morton, M.P. for Devonport, announced that the four Trades Union officials who had been dismissed at Portsmouth Dockyard had been re- instated. He had telegraphed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, who had inquired into the matter and ordered their reinstatement. LETTERS FROM MR GOSCHEN. Sir John Baker, who communicated with Mr Goschen on the subject of the discharge of Union officials from Portsmouth Dockyard, has received a reply. Mr Goschen writes: You correctly understand that the Admiralty i3 carefully inquiring into and revising the present scale of piecework with a view to ensuring a satisfactory scale in her Majesty's Dockyards, embodying any adjustments which may appear to be equitable and expedient in the existing system but there is no question of the system of piece- work being- abolished, as your first inquiry would seem to suggest. In this connection I will only further remark that I cannot accept it as proved that on one occasion the men were unable to earn more on an average than 8s per week." As regards the second question as to the particular offence which brought upon certain workmen their dismissal from the service, Mr Goschen states that the part the men played in the meeting in question just outside the dockyard gates a3 reported in the public Press, and in a letter ad- dressed to him by one of them was of a character prejudicial to the public service. A Wolverhampton correspondent has received from Mr Goschen, through his private secretary, an important letter relating to the discharge of labour leaders from Portsmouth Dockyard. It must be plain," says the communication, that the meeting held just outside the dockyard gates was of a character prejudicial to the public service. One of the men discharged had been previously suspended from duty for what was Eractically a fraud uoon the public, inasmuch as e had claimed from the recorders of work pay for the putting in of sixteen rivets when, in point of fact, only one rivet had been put in. The fact that this man, of whose fault some of his fellow- workers must ha,ve been cognisant, took a promi- nent part in the proceedings, gave them a. character which rendered it necessary for the Admtralty to dispense with the services of those who took the lead at the meeting. The action of the Admiralty," the letter proceeds, was not directed against the four men as Trades Union leaders, but because they were men wbo headed an improper agitation directed against the legitimate functions of the Admiralty in the administration of her Majesty's dockyards." The letter adds The agitation has been confined entirely to Portsmouth Dockyard, and the men at the other yards have taken steps to repudiate the action at Portsmouth." f REPORTED REINSTATEMENT DENIED. I The Press Association Portsmouth correspon- dent telegraphs :—The statement that the four Trades Unionists who were dismissed last week from the dockyard have been reinstated is, to say the least, premature. The men are still out, and they informed the Press Association representa- tive on Monday morning that they have heard nothing in reference to the case from the Admirality authorities since their discharge. QUESTION TO BE RAISED IN PARLIAMENT. Mr Sam Woods has replied to the request urging him to call the attention of Parliament to the present dispute at Portsmouth Dockyard. Mr Woods states that he will bring the matter before the attention of the House at an early moment. It has been suggested to him (says the Central News) that he might do it in the form of an amendment to the Address, but he is scarcely likely to do this, as it is not considered probable that the Government would deem it sufficiently important, but in some other forxn Mr Woods will bring the matter forward.

MR GLADSTONE'S HEALTH. CANNES, Wednesday.-The following bulletin concerning Mr Gladstone's health was'issued to- day Mr Gladstone was free from pain yesterday, and had an excellent night. The ex-Premier drove out twice yesterday, and also; took a drive at noon to-day, returning at half-past 1." Count Munster, the German Ambassador to France, has called at the Chateau Thorenc. Mr Herbert Gladstone states that in all probability bulletins will in future be issued every other da,y.-Reuter. The latest news from Cannes goes to show that the alarmist rumours as to the state of Mr Gladstone's health had little foundation in fact. The venerable statesman, who ift now the guest of Lord Rendel at the Chateau Thorenc, has just had four photographs taken of himself and mem- bers of his family. One of these is a picture of Mr and Mrs Gladstone seated in a Victoria ont- side the chateau, the right hon. gentleman having his hat off—a rather risky experiment even in THE CHATBAV THORENC, C4NKU, I the soft climate of Cannes, when he is supposed to have been suffering from recurrent neuralgia. A second photograph includes Lord Rendel and Mr Henry Gladstone in the group. The other two leave out Mrs Gladstone. It is understood that the negatives were all that could be desired, so that the British public will probably be enabled to have the latest portrait of the G.O.M. in the co"—*■* bat weeks.

Great Gale. DISASTERS AFLOAT AND ASHORE. A LIGHTHOUSE SET ON FIRE. Four Occupants Burned to Death. A Liverpool correspondent telegraphs — The terrible storm which raged throughout Tuesday night has resulted in an extraordinary catastrophe at the Little Crosby Lighthouse. When the signalman at the Hightown cabin, on the Sonthport branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, went on duty at 4 a.m. on Wednesday hewa,s astonished to see the lighthouse was on fire and burning furiously. He immediately sent for the policeman resident in the village and communicated with the Crosby Fire Station. In the meantime the constable went to the scene of the fire, but the flames were so fierce that he was unable to get near. It is surmised that the force of the wind blew in the lantern of the lighthouse, which stands close on the shore, causing the lamps to explode and set fire to the surrounding woodwork. The burning oil then ran apparently to the floors beneath, igniting each in turn. At 6 o'clock the fire was still burning, and it was feared the inmates of the lighthouse— an elderly man named Buckley and his wife, and, it is thought, a visitor had perished in the flames. At about 6.30, which time the Crosby Fire Brigade arrived, the constable had forced his way into the lower part of the lighthouse and had found Buckley's clothes, but no signs of the man or the other occupants in the interior of the building, which at this time was a red hot mass. The worst fears as to the fate of the hree occupants were subsequently realised by the finding of a portion of the remains of a body, charred beyond recognition The remains of a large dog kept on the pre- mises were also found. The police are still digging among the debris to try and find the other bodies. Buckley and his wife were elderly people, and had been in charge of the lighthouse two years. It transpires that there were four persons in the lighthouse, the fourth being a girl named Wilson. The work of searching among the debris of the burnt lighthouse at Hightown, near Liverpool, was resumed on Thursday in the hope of finding further portions of the remains of the victims. Several large bones were unearthed, but in ouch was resumed on Thursday in the hope of finding further portions of the remains of the victims. Several large bones were unearthed, but in ouch form as to be quite unrecognisable. It is apparent that the three victims have been absolutely cre- mated. The search work will be continued,and the remains submitted for medical examination be- fore the inquest is fixed. ON THE NORTI-I-EAST COAST. A heavy gale prevailed over the North-East Coast on Wednesday. The wind bad almost the strength of a hurricane, and railway trains experienced great difficulty in making headway. The mails from London and the South due at Hartlepool at 6 o'clock had not arrived at 9. FORCE OF THE WIND ASHORE. At Paisley on Wednesday a building in New- street, used as contractors' quarters, was blown down by the violent gale, and a. woman named Jessie Mack, who had taken shelter in the place, was buried in the debris. She was badly injured. At Helenborough the roots of houses were stripped and street lamps wrecked. At Sunderland a man named James Hayes was blown bodily off a horse he was riding, and he had his thigh dislocated. A CARDIFF STEAMER'S EX. PERIENCES. The Cardiff steamer March, from New York, has arrived at Queenstown, and reports that on the 22nd January she shipped heavy seas and had cabin skylights and companion carried away, cabin and state-rooms flooded, &c. On the 26th she shipped again heavy seas, causing deck damage. ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. New YORK, Wedner-day. -The storm has swept half the country, and many lives are reported lost by land and sea. The fire alarm system at Boston was wrecked, and during last night fires raged all about the city and suburbs. It is re- ported that 36 persons (of whom all but three are seamen) have perished cn the New England coast. A SEAMAN SWEPT OVERBOARD. The Catherine Latham, a schooner, left the Dee, and was caught by the gale when in the Irish Channel. The seas swept her decks, and the crew expected her momentarily to founder. During the storm a huge wave broke over the ship and swept away a young seaman. He was not seen afterwards. The Catherine Latham eventually found shelter in Carlingford Lough. RESCUED BY THE MUMBLES LIFE. BOAT. The ketch Crowpill, of Bridgwater, went &shore eastward of Neatli bar on Wednesday whilst being towed by a steamer, when the ropo parted during the gale from the west-north-west. The Mumbles lifeboat Wolverhampton put out fully manned, and after a difficult task succeeded in rescuing the captain and crew, and safely landed them at Briton Ferry. The.,drowpln now lies in a precarious condition, aed will probably be- come a total wreck. This being the first ap- pearance of a lifeboat at Briton Ferry a large number of persons witnessed her arrival. SUPPOSED LOSS OF A VESSEL IN THE IRISH SEA. The fnll furv of the gale was experienced in the Irish Sea. The Royal Mail and express steamers between Holyhead and Ireland were swtpt from stem to stern in crossing. The captain of the Greenock steamer which arrived at Belfast on Wednesday reported passing the topmasts of a small vessel six feet out of the water. A rumour has reached Belfast that a large vessel has foundered off the Copelands, but no confirmation can be obtained. YACHTS SUNK OFF, GREENOCK BAY. A perfect hurricane of wind, accompanied bv drenching rains, has been sweeping over Greenock and the Clyde. A number of yachts, including the 40-ton cutter Neeira, owned by Mr R. A. Miiir, Glasgow,have been sunk in Greenock Bay. The Dublin steamer Hound was unable to make Ardrossan on Wednesday, and the mails and passengers were landed at Greenock.

OVERDUE CARDIFF STEAMER. On inquiry at the offices of Messrs J. and M. Gunu, Cardiff, on Wednesday, a reporter was informed that no information had yet- come to hand regarding the fate of the steamer Dunbar, of Cardiff. Hope has not yet been abandoned, but the fact that she is more than a week overdue narrows the possibility of her safety. While on the voyage from Theodosia to Constantinople she would have a strong wind 011 her beam the whole of the way, and it is possible she was driven ashore on the opposite coast somewhere near Sioub. If such is .the case some days must elapse before information can be obtained, as means of communication from this place is very bad. LIST OF THE CREW. The officers and crew were as follows :— E. Evans, master, of New Quay. David Davies, Llangranog, chief mate. J. Thomas, Solva, second mate. F. Shepherd, Liverpooi, third mate. A. Mattiion, Tousberg, carpenter. A. Svensen, Patrick-street, Cardiff, steward. C.Vuillemier, 54, Christina-street, Cardiff, cook. F. Phipps, Peel-street, Cardiff, A.B. C. L. Conrer, 16, Cadiz-street, Cardiff, A.B. J. M. Thanassi, 10, Frederick-street, Cardiff, A.B. T. Lacey, 171, Bute-road, Cardiff, A.B. E. Turner, 322, Cowbridge-road, Cardiff, chief engineer. F. Tredinnick, 71, Angus-street, Cardiff, second engineer. C. Williams, 88, Splott-roau, Cardiff, third engineer. J. Edwards, 77, Court-road, Cardiff, donkey- man. Henry Robinson, 27, Peel-street, Cardiff, fire- ma.n. C. Richmond, 14, Bute-treet, Cardiff, fireman. W. Casey. Bute-road, Cardiff, fireman. James Mahouey, 3, Norah-street, Cardiff, fire- man. W. Jeffries, 8, Evelyn-strect, Cardiff, mess-room steward. A man named Brookshaw was also engaged, but he did not tura ino,aud a young man named C. Turner, related to the chief engineer, was taken on in his place. A Greek named N. Sepurns was also engaged as a substitute for a seaman who signed on but did not turn up.

_4- ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT AT DOWLAIS. Charge Against a Post Office Clerk. At Morthyr Police Court on Saturday (before Mr C. H. James and Mr Matthew Truran) Alfred Ernest Comford, Dowlais, was charged with embezzling the sum of Z20, the property of her Majesty's Postmaster-General, on the 6th inst. Mr Charles (from the office of Mr Gwilym James) a.ppea.red to prosecute on behalf of ths Postmaster-General, and sxplained that, with their Worships' permission, he did not pro- pose to go into the case fully, but to ask for a remand until Thursday. As their Worships knsw, it was necessary to bring down a, gr6st deal of formaJ evidence in caaes like this. Mr John Drummond, travelling clerk in the employ of the Post Office, gave evidence to the effect that pri- soner was employed at the Dowlais Post Office aa a clerk. The Savings Bank accounts from Dow- lais for the 6th inst. appeared to contain an erased item of a deposit from Mr J. H. Thomas, but the amount of £ 20 was not carried out. In the deposit book produced there was an entry of a deposit of .£20 initialled by the prisoner. Wit- ness had some conversation with prisoner on the 27th inst., and he (prisoner) admitted he had appropriated the JE20. Prisoner offered no objec- tion to being remanded.

ST. ASAPH CATHEDRAL. New Organist. The Dean and Chapter of St. Asaph Cathedral have offered the position of organist to Dr. Wilson, of Oxford, and on Wednesday the posi- tion was formally accepted by him. He is a B.A. and Mus.Doc.v Oxford, R.C.O, and formerly Organ Scholar of Eeble College. The vacancy at St. Asaph Cathedral was created by the appoint- ment of Mr Allen all organist of Ely Cathedral.

Wreck off Guernsey. TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. GALLANT RESCUES BY BOATMEN. List of the Drowned. The Central News says :-The steamer Channel Queen, plying between Plymouth and the Channel Islands, and carrying passeugeri and freight, was totally lost early on Tuesday morning off the rocky shore of the Island of Guernsey, and between 20 and 30 persons lost their lives. The Channel Queen left Plymouth about half- past ten on Monday night under the command of Captain Collins, who has had charge of the vessel since she was put on the service about two years ago. She had on board a full general cargo and forty- seven passengers, of whom forty-four were Frenchmen engaged in the onion trfde, who were returning to their homes at St. Brieux, where the Channel Queen in the ordinary course would call after leaving Jersey. There were also one passenger for Guernsey and two for Jersey, one of the latter being Mr Cowell, a traveller for the Plymouth firm of James and Rosewall. The passage was a normal one until nearing Guernsey, when very heavy weather was encountered with some fog. A course was. steered for St. Peter's Port, but somehow the vessel got out of her course, pro- bably owing to the terrific drift of the tide at that part of the iron-bound coast, and in the early hours of the morning when it was still pitch dark the steamer ran on the dreaded Black Rocks, a mile or two north of Guernsey. Efforts were at once made to get out the ship's boats, but before this could be accomplished the vessel heeled over and great seas began to break over her. The scene was now a terrible one, for the Frenchmen were thrown into a state of panic, with the result, it is stated, that the work of the sailors was seriously impeded. One boat, however, was got out in pretty good time, but it was instantly swamped by the heavy sea, and several of those in tne craft, among them Mr Cowell, were drowned. By strenuous efforts another boat was got out, and loaded as deeply as it would hold with passengers, with only the number of seamen necessary to navigate it, and this had scarcely got clear of the doomed ship when the Channel Queen slipped off the rocks and settled down till little more than her funnels were above water. It was not until daybreak that the news of the disaster reached the mainland of Guernsey, and then a general alarm was sounded, and every effort was made to rescue the survivors, some of whom had managed to cling to pieces of wreck- age thrown on the rocks. By noon it was known that Mr Cowell, the commercial traveller, Mr Scawn, the chief engineer, 12 Frenchmen, one sailor, and one child nad perished. A consider- able number were then unaccounted for, but it was hoped that they would turn up safely in the course of the day. The news of the disaster naturally caused a painful sensation in Plymouth, where the Chyinel Queen and her officors and crew were well known. One of the earliest messages was re- ceived by Mrs Collins from her husband, the captain, who briefly stated that the ship had been lost and that he was safe, but gave no details. Chief Engineer Scown was assisted by his son as second engineer, and both were competent and much-respected officers. The son is among the saved, and he telegraphed the sad news of his father's fate to the family in Plymouth. NAMES OF THE DROWNED. Telegraphing on Tuesday afternoon, the Guern- sey correspondent of the Central News said all the missing passengers and crew have now %een accounted for, and it is now clear that the total loss of life by the disaster is 18. viz. A. Scawn, chief engineer l44), married, and leaving family. F. Fudge, fireman, Jersey. J. Hawkings, greaser, Plymouth, married, and leaving wife ana nine children. H. Davey (23), A.B., Plymouth, unmarried. Ernest Thompson, cook, Plvmouth, married, and leaving wife and three children. Mr Cowell, commercial traveller, Plymouth. Mr Frank Ewell, of Sonth Devon-place, Ply- mouth. married. Twelve Frenchmen were also lost. The names of the latter areTonguile, Cabot, Garach, Menne Leroux, Creignon, Melier, Louis Esprit, Claude, Marie Francois, Francois, and the infant son of Mrs Polland, Plymouth, which was swept out of her hands in the boat. HUMANITY OF THE ISLANDERS. The surviving members of the crew have been furnished with fresh outfits, and most of them will leave for their homes on Wednesday. All the survivors speak in terms of gratitude of the heroic conduct of the, boatmen of the island, and also of the women, who tenderly cared for the destitute and exhausted men and women cast upon their shore. FULL LIST OF THE CREW. The following is a list of the crew which left Plymouth in the vessel Captain Collins. P. Regan, first officer. J. Gnnnby, second officer. Mr Scown, first engineer." Mr Scown, jun., second engineer. IV illivms, I;tewaxd. Aime, second steward. Hawkins, greaser. Gallagher, greaser. Stabb, deck hand. Syborn, deck hand. Fudge, stoker. Wilcocks, stoker. Renouf, stoker. rph"1'A WA." .t..n sa.t.1..a,, A.NI? ftnnk

--ow- -87 .V-. THE ANGLO-FRENCH COM- 'MISSION. The Anglo-French Commission which has to consider the vexed question of West Africa and delimit the frontier of the Lagos Hinterland has a pretty stiff task before it, and it may be that the slavery question will enter into its deliberations. Slavery ofwhat is termed the domestic kind is known to exist in some of our own colonies in West Africa, whie further in the interior, but nevertheless within the sphere of British influ. ence, slave dealing of the worst order is carried on. Sir Ralph Moor, the Consul-General of the Niger Protectorate, favours an ordinance, which will in all probablity be passed by the Govern- ment, that will tend to eradicate slavery from the Niger district, and have an important bearing on the iniquitous traffic throughout West Africa. The effect of this ordinance will be to establish a COL. EVERETT. MR GOSSELIN. If. RENZ LBCOKTE. COMMANDANT BINGER. compulsory silver currency throughout the Pro- tectorate. On the Gold Coast and at Sierra Leone, where silver currency has been introduced, it has beon found to have a civilising, and, it may be added, a humanising effect, and the very natural presumption is that the same result will' follow its introduction further inland. The main object is to do away with the primitive system of barter, in the course of which men, women, and children are disposed of for what is considered to be their equivalent in other commodities.

SWANSEA 0FFICERS AND THE PRINCE OF WALES'S LEVEE. The Prince of Wales, who is honorary colonel of the 3rd Glamorgan Rifle Volunteers, has issued a command for all the officers of the regiment to attend a levee to be held at St. James's Palace on the 8th inst. for presentation to his Royal Highness.

A CYCLE TRANSACTION. At Cardiff County Court on Thursday Henry J. Matthews, coaltrimmer, Cardiff, sued the North- way Cycle Company, London, for Zio 2s 6d for money said to have been paid. Mr Parsons (instructed by Mr T. H. Belcher) was for the pbkintift', and Mr W. B. Francis, solicitor, for th« defendants. Plaintiff said that in the beginning of last year ha bought a bicycle from tha defendants through their looal agents on the inaflkliaent1 system. The machine was delivered, but he found it defective. He spoke to the agent about that, and after further nwotiatione the agent, took the machine bade. Between the brnae delivery and now he had paid off the cost of the, bieycle before it was' due the contract. wards the agent paid back £ 3, and plaintiff now wished to have the balance. At the close of the evidence his Honour gave judgment for the plaio^f with coat".

Shooting Affray. SENSATION IN BUTE-STREET, CARDIFF. —- SAILOR FIRES AT A BARMAN. Bute-street, Cardiff, was on Tuesday evening likely to have been the scene of another tragedy, and this time, as on the last occasion, the weapon used was a revolver. The affair took place at the Rothesay Castle Hotel, which is situated near Sr. Marv's Church, and stands at the cornet of South Church-street and Bute-road. At about eight o'clock in the evening it appears a seaman, whose name transpires as William Tymore, was drinking in the bar with a com-" panion, ayoun^coloured sailor named Hilton Steed. There were a. few other customers in the bar at the time, and things were going on quietly enough when Tymore, who appears to have been slightly under the influence of drink, got disorderly, and took to annoying those who were present. He carried this conduct to a length which forced the barman, a German, of the name of Hugo Meyers, eventually to bundle him out by the side door into the street. Stand- ing on the pavement in Church-street, he called upon Meyers with an oath to come out and fight, and while the barman was still standing within the doorway to prevent, if necessary, his re- entrance, Tymore whipped a revolver out of his trousers pocket and fired. The shot luckily missed its mark, appearing from a subse- quent examination of the premises to have grazed the woodwork about two feet from the ground floor. P.C. 34, Adams, happened to be in the vicinity, and, attracted by the report of a firearm, he immediately made for the spot. When the constable came up Tymore was walking away carrying the revolver in his hand. Adams immediately proceeded to arrest him, and in spite of the interference of the coloured man Steed, who came to his companion's assistance, succeeded in disarming him, and conveying him to tho Bute-road Police Station, Steed meantime being tackled by a number of civilians and handed over to the custody of; P.C. Singer. At the police station Tymore was formally charged with shooting at Meyers with intent to murder, while Steed was detained on a charge of obstructing the police. The revolver taken from Tymore is an apparently new six-ehamber one, and was found to contain three ball cartridges and three empty cartridge cases. Nothing is known of Tymore beyond tbe fact that he describes him- self as an able-bodied seaman, 32 years of age, and that he is supposed to be an American-Irish. man who recently came over to Cardiff in a trader. POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. At Cardiff Police Court on Wednesday (before the Stipendiary, Mr T. W. Lewis) William Tymore (32) was charged with unlawfully and feloniouslv shooting Hugo Meyer with a revolver loaded with ball cartridge with intent to kill and murder at South Church-street the preceding evening. P.C. Sidney Adams, the first witness, stated that at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening he was on duty in Bute-road when he heard the report of a firearm in South Church-street. He immediately proceeded to the spot, and found prisoner walking away, and in the act of putting a revolver in his pocket. He arrested him on a charge of shooting. Prisoner, in reply, said, I only did it in fun." When subsequently charged at the Central Police Station that morning prisoner said, I fired the revolver to frighten him; I had no intention of harming him." On him he found the six chambered revolver produced, containing three loaded and three discharged cartridges. Witness's examination of the premises, the Rothesay Castle Hotel,where the affair took plac e disclosed a mark on the doorway about 18 inches from the ground, where the wood had been freshly torn. Prisoner I fired the revolver at the ground, and not at the man at all. The Stipendiary: You will have an opportunity of making a statement and of calling witnesses latet on. Witness, in reply to the Stipendiary, said he was not prepared to say that the mark referred to was caused by a bullet. On the application of Inspector Durston prisoner was remanded until Friday to enable the police to complete the ease for the prosecution. In connection with the same affair Helton Steed (20), a coloured seaman, was charged with obstructing P.C. Adams in the execution of his duty. The constable stated that on arresting Tymore, the prisoner Steed, who was with him interfered and attempted a rescue,giid would have succeeded but for the help of a, couple of civilians. Prisoner was similarly remanded until Friday.

MUSIC AND DANCING IN THE RHONDDA. Applications for Licences. Applications were made to the PontyprieM Bench on Wednesday for mnsic and dancing licences for 18 licensed houses in the Rhondda District Council area. Some time ago the Councii adopted that portion of the Public Health Act which compels licence-holders to obtain licencet to enable them to carry on music and dancing in their houses. The question has aroused much interest in the valleys. The magistrates on the bench were the Stipendiary (Mr J. Ignatius Williams). Alderman Richard Lewis, Alderman W. Morgan, Messrs T. P. Jenkins, E. Edwards, E. H. Davies, E.John J. Roberts, and Dr.Hunter. Mr James Phillips, solicitor, Pontypridd, appeared on behalf of 17 of the applicants, and Mr Donald Maclean opposed the whole of the applications on behalf of a number of ratepayers from various parts of the valley. The fonty- pridd and Rhondda Valleys Temperance Defence League—which to all intents and purposes pro- vided the opposition—was represented in court by the following members :—Revs. W. I. Morris. Pontypridd, president; W. Charles, M.A., Treorkv W. Rees, Rhondda A. Pearce, Porth; and Alderman J. Jones-Griffiths, Penygraig, secretary. The applicants were — M:s E. Williamsj Blaenrhondda Hotel, Blaenrhondda Mrs Mary Bevan, Stuart Hotel, Treherbert; Mr E. Richards, Dunraven Hotel, Treherbert; Mr W. Collins, Castle Hotel, Treherbert; Mrs Marv Pearce, Exchange Hotel, Treherbert; Mr D. Thomas, Treorky Hotel, Treorky; Mr Wyndham Jones, Cardiff Arms Hotel, Treorky Mr John Thomas, Boar's Head Hotel, Treorky; Mr Hy. Jones, Crown Hotel, Treorky; Mr John Salmthiel, Railway Bar, Treorky; Mr Esiah Jones, Trempins Hotel, Cwmpark; Mr Wm. Webb, Griffin Hotel, Pen- tre Mr John Williams, Bute Hotel, Treorky; Mr Thomas Williams, Miskin Hotel, Trealaw Mr Morgan Williams, Prince of Orange, Dinas Mr Thomas Watkins, Brithweunydd Inn, Dinas Griffith Davies.Penrhys Hotel, Pontygwaith and Mrs Jones, Bailey's Arms, Pentre, who asked for a licence for the Queen's Hall, Pentre. Mr Phillips stated in May last a deputation waited upon the District Council asking them to put the Act in operation, and another deputa- tion-whlch, with the exception of collieries, were the largest ratepayers in the district-asked them not to do so. It was extraordinary that those who desired the Council to adopt the Act now asked the Bench not to grant the licences. In reply to the Stipendiary, Mr Phillips said that if the District Council had not adopted the Act no one would have power to grant the licences. In Merthyr and Aberdare the Act had not been adopted, and had it not bean for the foolish conduct of one licensed holder in Ponty- pridd, who had since left the town, the Act would not have been adopted in Pontypridd. It had been held by some people that music and dancing in public-houses led to immorality, bat he challenged the Rev. W. 1. Morris and the Rev. W. Charles to prove that that had been the case in a single instance. He also combatted the statement that musis and dancing induced men to drink more, and declared that the experience of members of the police force and those who were in the trade was that wherever music took place in a licensed house it was better conducted than a, house where there was no music. When men quarrelled in a house upon politics, religion, or their work, the row was at once stopped by means of music, thus strikingly proving the old saying that Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast." (Laughter.) The first application dealt with was in respoot of the Blaenrhondda Hotel, and Mr Phillips said that Mrs Williams was prepared to aocept ft music licence only for the taproom. Mr Phillips added that when the Bench granted licences fo the Horse and Groom and the Tredegar Arms, Pontypridd, four years ago, they did so on the ground that no intoxicating liquors, including perry and cider, should be sold or comsuned in the room whilst music and dancing were going on. and that no tobacco should be Bold. It was stated that the licences granted to the two houses named had not been renewed aftei the first year. The various applications were proceeded with, and the opinion was expressed by the applicant that music and dancing did not lead to more drinking, and were also the means of stopping rows and inducing better conduct on the part o! those present. The harp was, it was stated, in use in several of the houses, and the landlord of the Crown Hotel, Treorky, stated that the harpist was a bhnd man 28 years of age, and his prin- cipal object in seeking the licence was to continue giving the harpist employment, other- wise he would have to seek relief from the parish. Mr Salathiel, of the Railway Bar, Treorky, also employed a. blind harpist, 44 "years of age, and he advanced a similar reason for getting the licence. -Mr Phillips explained that in many of the houses in the Rhondda music and dancing had been carried on for many years until the Act was adopted by the Council. Half-a-dozen of the applicants'were prepared to accept a restricted licence, which would not permit them to sell intoxicants in the rooms. Mr Walker (of the office of Messrs Treharne and Treharne) applied for a similar licence for the Penrhys Hotel, Pontygwaith, where dancing classes were held in a long room above the stables, and Mr D. W. Jones, solicitor, Pentre, asked for where dancing classes are held. Mr Maclean contended that the opposition was reasonable, as they did not oppose in case where intoxicants would not he supplied in the rooms sought to be licensed. He would not enter into the evils of intoxicating liquors in connection with concert rooms and dancing classes because they were present in the minds of the Bench. It was singular that with one exception all the applicants who were willing to take restricted licences had rooms far away from the bar—either upstairs or outside, and the natural inference was that there were no facilities to obtain intoxicants. He admitted that it was perfectly legitimate for the applicants to endeavour to get more customers by means of these licences, but in the interest of public order he contended that they should not be granted. After a brief consultation in private, the Stipendiary observed that the Bench had care- fully considered the applications, and had decided to abide by the rule laid down by them some years ago. They were willing to grant the licences to suitable buildings provided that where music and dancing were carried on no intoxicants should be supplied or consumed. Licences would therefore be granted to the Queen's Hall, Pentre; Blaenrhondda flotol, Treherbart Boar's Head, Treorky Brith- weunydd Anns, Dinas Prince of Orange, Dinas; Bute Hotel, Treorky Tremains Hotel, Cwm- park and the Penrhys Hotel, Pontygwaith. The Stipendiary added that the others were at liberty to apply for similar licences, but MJ Philips replied that his instructions were not ti accept licences with such restrictions. Mr Phillips caused some laughter by statin* that perry and cider were not of the nature « intoxicants and asked that they should be sold. The Bench disagreed with his view, but added they would permit the sale of tobacco in tbd licensed rooms.

LOCAL WEDDING. Protheroe—Henimerde. On Saturday afternoon. at the handMiot church of St. James, Piccadilly, W., with chorfu service and the presence of a very large stai influential assem bly, the marriage took place oi Mr Archer George Prothero, of the Wallib Regiment, son of Mr Francis Thomas Egertoo Protheroe, barrister of tho Inner Temple, -I.P. Monmouthshire, of Malpas Court, No-Nporto Monmouthshire, and grandson of the late P.,ey. IP. Lewis, of St. Pierre, Chepstow, Monmouthshire* and Miss Lavina Henimorde. third da«nhter ot Mr George Richard Henimerde, manager of th* London and Westminster Bank, St. James* square, London, W. The service was fully choral, and the only decoration was the altar vases, which had been specially refilled with Arum lilies and white flowers foi the occasion. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. E. M. Prothero, the uncle of the bride groom, Vicar of Llangwm, Monmouthshire, and the Rev. J. B. Booth, M.A., of St. Jatnes'i Church, Piccadilly, W. The bride's fathor gave hor away. Mr W, E. Logan Stewart, of the vVeisn -Regiment, stationed at Aldot. wat best man. There were only two bridesmaids- Miss Amy Henimerde and Miss Muriel Henimerde (sisters of the bride), in pale green* velvet and pouched bodices, trimmed with white satin and Minerva lace tabots and silver belle- They also wore nett picture hats, with chifo* and ostrich feathers, caught up underneath witfc scarlet velvet. The bridegroom's presents tA them were unique old paste brooches and nose- gays of geranium and lillies of the valley, tied with long scarlet streamers. The bridd selected a gown of white ivory satin, with bocbra of pearl embroidery, and draped with exquisif old Limerick lace, caught up with diamonds and orange blossoms. The ornaments were peazis and diamonds, the gifts of the bridegroom, anct bouquet of white lilac, lilies of the valley, and white roses. The reception given by Mra Henimerde at 1, St. James's-square, Piccadilly, was verj largely attended, and early in the afternoon thf newly-married couple left for Brighton, wherl the early days of their honeymoon will be spent The going-away dress was of pale grav.ficei cloth, the bodice trimmed with white satin braided in gold, lace tabot and gold b6lt, roag coloured straw bat and feather to matoh, witl shaded roses under brim.

WOUNDING AT BARRY DOCK At Pouarth Police Couit on Wednesday (W fore Colonel Guthrie and Mr E. Handcoo* Elizabeth Parriam was charged with unlaw- fully wounding Annie Cunningham, a singI4 woman residing with her parents at 41. Guerefr street, Barry Dock. The prosecutrix appear** in court with her head bandaged, and stated tha* she saw the prisoner quarrelling with a neigh bovr, Mrs Marshmaa. She went to see what wot the matter, when jibe heard prisonor say to MØ Marshman, I'll do for you, and if 1 can't do fcJ8 yon IU have satisfaction and do for someone ol8* to-night." She then made a rush and struck he* (Annie Cunningham), drawing the knife aero* her face. It was a white-handlod table knij^ Croes-examiaed by Mr A. W. Nicholson, who o* fended, witness aid she had never spoken CI. prison»r before. The blow wss struck in coj* blood. A man named Bob had previe#*}? told prisoner to pnt the knife away, and not 01 mischief. Mary Bedwel I corroborated in evefj detail, as did also William Liewellyn. Dr. LI01° Edwards described the wound. It was no*, serious wonnd. and there was no danger soner was committed to the Quarter Sessions.