South Wales Daily News

SPEECH BY MR MUNDELLA. A great meetinc was held at Sheffield on Fri- day, aud addressed by Messrs Mundella and Waddy. Mr Mundella encouraged the Liberals not to lose heart, as their principles would triumph in this constituency again. He assumed th it in May, England would have a powerful Liberal Government, supported by a sound Liberal majority. Probably at this moment the Prime Minister was revolving in his mind whether he should uot propose a'policyof decomposition,and his (the spt-aker's) only fear'was that Government would not give the Liberal a chance of turning them out. (Cheers.) Mr Waddy spoke.

RECEPTION OF LIBERAL MEM- BERS AT BIRMINGHAM. On Friday night, Air J. S. Wright, v.ho has been elected for Nottingham, and Mr Collings, the newly-elected Liberal member for Ipswich, were m -t at the Birmingham Station by thousands of the inhabitants. They were expected shortly after six, by which time the streets were crowded. They aid not arrive, however, until a later hour, and the crowd was then immense, the streets being blooked. On their arrival they were headed by a band of music and a torchlight pro- cession, and m irehed through the principal streets of the borough. The Good Templars, who are holding their annual conference in Birmingham, turned out in their regalia, and welcomed the two members. At the Liberal Association Offices the two members made a few remarks, and the procession divided, and escorted the members to their homes. There is no town where the result of the elections are awaited with more interest. The results are sent to the Liberal Association Offices, and, by means of the limelight, they are exhibited on the front of the building.

MR GLADSTONE ON THE ELEC- TIONS. Mr Gladstone addressed what he stated would be the last public gathering before the Midlothian election, at the United Presbyterian Church, West Calder, on Friday evening. He commenced by referring to the results ot the previous day's electious, and said it was now clear that the nation would no longer support the policy which reflected discredit upon the people. He read the figures of the Southwark polling, showing that the Government had been defeated in the con- stituency the result of the election in which chiefly caused the dissolution. He referred to several measures by which he claimed that the Liberals had benefitted the country, and compared them with what, he said, was the disturbing policy of the present Government. The country had to deal now, not with a Government, but with a majority which would support them. All lovers of freedom would rejoice at the results of the elections, and he was sure the people would now tee that England's intere3ts had been mismanaged, their honour tarnished, and would resolve that, for the future, right and justice should be done. A vote of confidence in the right hon. gentleman was carried with acclamation.

NEWPORT HARBOLTRTCOMMIS- SIONERS. The monthly meeting of the Newport Harbour Commissioners was held on Friday, at the offices in Dock-street. Colonel Lvne presided, and there were present Alderman Foote, Messrs Thomas Beynon, T. Colborne, Thomas Latch, Wyndham Jones, Henry Beynon, Oliver Goss, D. Pryce, J. E. Ward, T. Pugsley, J. S. Adam, John Moses, and W. S. Cartwright. The harbour dues for the month were £318 8s 4d. whilst that of the corres- ponding month of last year were A:217 3s 8d; bal- last dues, 239 2s 9d hospital dues. 238 7s grid- iron dues, Z17-12s lid. The balance in the bank was £ 1,285 16s 5d. The Harbour Master reported that the French schooner which had sunk in the Pill had been raised, and was now lying at the Blaina Wharf. Having visited the ballast wharf, he found that no detention was experienced by vessels in discharging their ballast. The centre of the wharf had sunk about two feet. On the 18th March he had visited Dirty Pill to arrange for making a place for mooring pilot boats. The Great Western Railway Company proposed con- structing two new piers in the central arch of the railway bridge across the Usk. it was decided that the day for holding the annual meeting should be the first Friday in Ma v. Some corres- pondence was submitted anent the supply of the new crane for which the tender of Mr T. Dyne Steel was accepted.

POLLING DAYS FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS. A-NGLESEA Sat., April 3 BRECON (1) BRECO,NESHIRE w. Fuller Maitland (L.). ) w- A K „ Hon. Arthur Morgan (C). APnl 5 CARDIFF (1): E. J. Reed (L) 1 m „ ;i R Arthur E. Guest (C) j Tues*' Apnl 6 CARDIGAN (1): David Davies (L) Tues„April 13 CARDIGANSHIRE (lJ: L. P.'Pugh (L) Thur., :&p,il 8 '1'. E. Lloyd (0) CARMARTHEN (1): iL> CARMARTHENSHIRE (2): W. Powell(L) .) Viscount Emlyn (C) >Wed., April 7 John Jones (C) ) CABNARVON Sat., April 3 6 CARNARVONSHIRE Tues., April 6 GLOUCESTERSHIRE WEST (2): Col. Kingscote (L) -U. Lord Moreton (L) sThurs., Apl. 8 Hon. R. L. Plunkett (C).) m. HAVERFORDWEST MERIONETHSHIRE Wed., April 7 MONTGOMERY Toes., April 6 MONTGOMERYSHIRE Fri., April 9 MONMOUTH (1) iw &«"<&}Tue'-AptU MONMOUTHSHIRE (2) Hon. G. Brodrick (L.) "J — r'"April J. A. Rolls (C.) ) PEMBROKE (1): H. G. Allen (L.) lkfon., April 5. Thos. Aleyrick (C.) .) PEMBROKESHIRE (1): a&"rphiipj, (b.y: April s- BADNOBSHIU (2) A^8

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MONMOUTH BOROUGHS ELECTION. ANOTHER MONSTER LIBERAL MEETING AT NEWPORT. GREAT ENTHUSIASM. SPLENDID PROSPECTS OF WINNING THE SEAT. Such are the favourable prospects which face the Liberal committee as ta winning the repre- sentation of the Monmough Boroughs for the Liberal cause, that it was deemed desirable to hold another meeting, and to report the success- ful results of the canvass. Probably of all the splendid meetings which have been held, last night's meeting was the most numerous and most enthusiastic. So far as popular feeling is con- cerned, there is very little public expression of opinion but that Mr Carbutt is the coming man, and that Mr Cordes will he restored to the bosom of his family at Brynglas. Even those whose betting tendencies lead them into all sorts of in- discretions. have now reduced their odds to even betting. The chair was taken by Mr Charles Lewis, one of the vice-presidents of the Liberal Association, and on the platform was Mr E. 5H. Carbutt, the Liberal candidate, who on entering the platform with Mrs Carbutt, was vociferously cheered, the assembly rising en masse, aud demanding cheers for Brecon and Leeds. There were also on the platform Mr Thomas Beynon, Mr John Moses, the chairman of the Liberal committee; Mr J. R. Jacob, the hon. secretary Mr Wynd- ham Jones, Mr Tom Jones, jun., Revs. J. W. Lance, Dd. Edwards. Henry Oliver, T. Webster, W. Shillito, Messrs G. B. Batc'oelor, A. R. Bear, W. Woolf, M. Wheeler, William West, W. Yanghan, W. Binning, H Phillips, W. H. Brown (secretary,) F. J. Heyburne, E. J. Smith, Edward Thomas, W. Stevens, J. Elliott, T. Thomas, Henry Collier, Oliver Goss, Jacob Bsrlyn, W. Gluzebrook, Macmiilan, Lewis (Maindee, Hall.) David Jenkins. H. J. Parnell, &c., and an ex- ceedingly la.ge assembly of ladies. In opening the proceedings the CHAIRMAN, ns an old Liberal veteran, had pleasure in taking tha chair, as he yielded to no one in his ardent love for Liberalism. Contrasting the blessings gi vell by the Liberal administration with those given by the late I ory ijrovernmenr, lie urged the electors on Tuesday next to Lack up the majorities which were now being given for the Libei al party. (Cheers.) He trusted the assembly would support him in carrying oat this meeting ill a q lliet and respectable way, and give every oae a fair hearing.. (Cheers.) Mr CAR BUTT, who. on rising, was received with loud and continued cheering, said th it since they had Ja,t met in this hall Parliament had been dissolved by t e Queen by the advice of her Ministry. The appeal to the country had taken its effect during the past two days, and during that time they had seen the result of the polling, and they had found, as they expected it would be, that there was a Liberal reaction, not in one plaue only, but throughout the whole country. (Cheers.) If they took the returns for yesterday, they would find that t'.iere had been an increase of i5 Liberal seats gained, a.! against live Liberal seats taken by the Conservatives iu 1S74. If they looked at those polled to-day, including Chelsea, Aylesbury, Finsbury, &c., they would find tiz,t the Liberai seiits gained had increased to 35. (Applause.) Those 35 meant 70 votes as a majority in a divi- sion, and it they only eat "n to return a few more he believed t death-knell of the Conserva- tive party ha 1 been founded. (Cheers.) He thought Lord Beficonsfiehl knew th;<t too. He trusted that the County and Boroughs of Moil- mouth would .not disgrace themselve-i. but help in working up a. Libeial majority in the House of Commons, (Cheers.) In looking through the returns issued they would find that all the 130 go towns with a fair representation had returned Liberal can 1id:1tes, with only one or two excep- tions, and those, he thought, could be accounted for. They had lost one seat iu Sheffield. He believed that Mr Waddy was a ge tie uau highly esteemed throughout the country, and he believed that those were exceptional circumstances in the case" of Mr Waddy. (Hear, hear. and a voice, He'll bf,- in again.") There was one re'urn, howevtr, which had been telegraphed to him last night, which he felt gre:ot interest in. and that was the return of Mr William Ewart Gla istosiC—(loud cheers)—for his (Ilr C;-ti butt's) old borough of Deeds. (Ap- plause.) Mr Gladstone had been returned by a magnificent majority of some 11,000 above the highest of the Conservatives. That was sufficient, at any rate, to show his calumniators that Mr Gladstone was respected, and that by a large con- stituency in the centre of Yorkshire. He hopsd that would encourage the friends in Midlothian to go forward and place the great statesman at the head of the poll. (Applause.) Mr Gladstone did not prefer ease and the applause of the con- tinent of Europe to the love and esteem of his fellow creatures in this cpnntry, and the eyes of all were directed to him now, (Cheers.) Lord Beaconsfield. at least, if one might judge by the Acts of Parliament passed during the p st six years, cared more for the applause of Europe than for the people at home. There was one thing to which their attention had no doubt been directed, and it was this—there was an inequality in our representatiqn. He held in his hand a list of nine boroughs, including Bridport, Le ves, and such places, which had returned nine Conservatives, and their total votes only numbered 4.734. Now each of those members had a voting power in Par- liament equal to that of Mr Gladstone, who in a large borough had 11.000 ma- jority. (Hisses.) Did not that show them that a redistribution of ee:its was recessary ? (Cheers.) If a Liberal Government was p'aced in power, after having givan the same privileges that they in England enjoyed to ther friends and brethren in Ireland, they would proceed with the question of the redistribution of seats, so that those small boroughs should be grouped together or put into the counties. He had been told that he was not to make a long speech to-night, but simply to meet them and give the lie to some of the calumnies spread by their opponents. If they could do nothing else the Conservatives could calumniate. One of them had in the House of Commons called Mr Gladstone a traitor to his country and the small fry had followed the examplethus set them. (Laughter.) He felt from the appearance of this meeting that he should be elected as their member next Tuesday. (Cheers.) They bad been told by a local paper that he (Mr Car- butt) had been coolly received at Monmouth. They were cool there. (Cheers.) He would not have liked to be greeted ith such a warm reception as the Conservatives in Cardiff had given Mr Reed, by stoning him. In Monmouth the meeting was cool, calm, and collected. They started with what they disagreed with him, and they finished by giving him a unanimous vote of confidenoe. (Loud applause.) Referring to the cry raised by the cry raised by the Tories that the Liberals cared nothing for the colonies, he asked—Who lost America 100 years ago? (A voice; "The Tories." Yes, the Tories, because they wished to have tax- ation without representation. Now the Liberals had not done anything of that kind with the colonies. They had dealt properly with Australia, and in return, when the people of that colony heard that Ireland was likely to be visited by a famine, thpy subscribed handsomely towards its relief. (Applause,) If they took Canada, it was the Liberal Govern- ment that gave them proper representation. (Hear, hear.) The only way to overcome the difficulties in South Africa was by giving the colonies their proper representation, and enabling them to govern themselves, and not by sending men there to get up wars. (Hear, hear.) The Zulu war WM got up entirely by the Conservative Government; killing semi-savages, and doing so under the fancy that they were going to attack us. He denounced the action of the late Government in sending out soldiers to give them something to do, and slaughtering savages by thousands. He maintained that this was not the way to deal with savages who had always been on friendly terms with the the English. Having expressed his_ political ■views he ueed'not'reiterate them. He desired to say a word or two with reference to the election on Tuesday. Every elector could then exercise his vote under the Ballot, and no one could know how that vote had been recorded. Mr Carbutt pro- ceeded to explain now the electors were to vote in order to secure his return. They bad only one vote in these boroughs, and those who favoured his return must give one vote to Carbutt. An Elector I wish I had 50. Mr CARBUTT wished lie had. They must re- member also that Carbutt's name was first. (Cheers, and That's where it must be.) If the paper be properly filled up and put in the box, DO one could reveal the secret as to which way they had voted unless they choose to reveal it, and no man could be made to suffer for what he had done. (Cheers.) fie asked them not be led away by wild statements, He stood before them as a Liberal opposed to Tory principles; he came there at the invitation of the Liberals, and was their candidate because he represented their views. (Loud cheers.) If they only did their duty he believed on Tuesday night he should have the honour of saying I am your member," (Great cheering.) Mr J. R. JACOB proposed, in a speech of gre^t eloquence and force, a resolution pledging the meeting to return Mr Carbutt. He dealt with the Tory calumnies, the sublime au- daoity gf Mr 3* A* Efeiaft Wi fLQQAWmal" parade of "the local man," and the opposition of Mr,Cordesto extend County Fr-,tnehise,ilis support of the fugitive Slave Circular, the Army Discipline Bill, and flogging in the army. He asked them in the name of the great Liberal party, and the great achievements they had gained, to uphold the grand banner of Peace, Retrenchment, and Reform," and he asked them with confidence to record their votes in favour of Mr Carbutt. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. THOMAS JONES seconded the proposition. The Rev. E. THOMAS rose to support the resolu- tion. He said the question they would have to settle next Tuesday, was whether they would have another seven years of the kind of Government they had just had, with just a little deterioration. (Laughter and "No, no."} They hnd had the lean kine, and if they saw any more of the lean ones coming, they must tell them there was nothing for them to eat. (Laughter.) What the country had had from the Conservative Govetnment was a specimen of what they might expect in the future. He was a Con- servative—(laughter)—he hated changes, and he hated a change of Government, but, iu the case of the Conservative Government, there was one con- solation—it could not be a change for the worse. (Laughter.) When Mr Cordes addressed them some time ao, he told them that Mr Gladstone had never left a single shilling surplus. Mr Cordes told them publicly, before many witnesses, that that was so, and he had a way of explaining it, and yet they' had (been bothering about it ever since. Even Mr Gladstone had been dared to say that he had left six millions. (Laughter.) Then Mr Cordes had said it was not the Liberal Government that had made good times, but that it was the good times that had made the Liberal Government. Well, it was six of one and half-a- dozen of the other. Good times and the Liberal Government went together, and even when there was a hint some time ago that the Government was about to retire or expire-he did not know which—the very hope of getting rid of a Con- servative Government made the good time, to a certain extent, return among them. (Cheers and laughter.) He hoped they would remember the party they were indebted to, and vote accordingly on Tuesday next. (Cheers.) Mr T. BEYNON then spoke. He referred with pleasure to the fact that telegrams were being received announcing the success of the Liberals ever hour. (A telegram here came in, and was road by Mr Cat butt, amid great cheers.) Mr BevnoP then went on to say that the telegrams c;anti in every 10 minutes, (Laughter.) He advised those present to vote for Mr Carbutt, and dealt at some length on the speech Mr Cordes de- livered last niffht. The proceedings were of the most enthusiastic kin i. The reading of the telezrams of the successful results of the elections to-day, as supplied by the South Wales Daily Nevis, was greeted with vigorous cheering.

WEST GLOUCESTER ELECTION. THE RECORDER OF HEREFORD ON THE POLITICAL SIT UATION. Speaking on Thursday night at a Liberal meeting, held at Lydney-on-Severn, and support- ing vote of confidence in Colonel Kingscote and Lord Moreton—who had addressed the eJectors- Mr Guise, the Recorder of Hereford and Chirk of the Peace for Gloucestershire, said he was able to address them as brother electors. Iu the I-eir 1852, wlieu they first sent Colonel Kingscote to Parliament as their representative, the question then raised before the country was whether the people of England should be allowed to have a cheap loaf. (Cheers.) By mean-) of the Colonel's vote, and the vote* and eiforts of the rest of toe Liberal ( arty, the che p lo if was secured. (Cheers.) The issue now ber'ore the country was different. Lord Beaconsfield had always opposed cheap bread for for the people, and he now offered something in the si.ape. of his particular policy Imperial ascendancy (Ironical cheers.) "Now," added Mr G use, "What dies Imperial ascendancy mean ?" (A voice." To make him Emperor of Cyprus," and laughter.) It means menace or threats toother powers: it means a crippled commerce, and very possibly war, and if war then expendi- ture, and if expenditure then increase of taxation. (Cheers.) I will exemplify this very shortly. Let us take Cyprus. (Laughter.) Lord Beaconsfield has established us on that iiiiserable island. It has no harbours and they must be made. It has no docks or other sufficient places capable of con- taining the vessels of war of the present day. These must be supplied. There are no sanitary arrangements, and the air of the island must be improved. Then we must have a large force so as to provide from time to time for those of our soldiers who may bo unable to withstand the unhealthiness of the island, and all that means expenditure. Then we come to Turkey. Under the auspices of Lord Beaconsfield we have under- taken to re-organise and re-habilitate the country, which means heavy expenditure. Then we have given a most unfortunate guarantee to protect the Armenian frontier against Russian aggression. Long before our troops could reach that frontier the Russian army would be at the Salonican gates, ;-nd we must have a large army to cope with the hordes of soldiers Russia- could pour into the country. Then we come to India. In the opinion, I believe, of most competent authorities —before the Russo-Turkish war began—we had a perfectly good defensive frontier; we had a good basis of operations behind us. Now we cease to possess a basis either behind or before us, and around us is a multitude of Afghanistan troops between whom there is no cohesion, not unifor- mity, and there is only the uniformity c •ntained in the fact of their united hatred of us." Lorl Beaconsfield, continued Mr Guise, wished to in- troduce a mission in Afghanistan, which requires large forces, and again means expenditure, and, of course, its concomitant taxation. Ha appealed to the electors of Lydney, and West Gloucester, not to allow the Premier to set up his idol of Imperialism in their hearts. Lord Beaconsfield hail set up the temple of Moloch and the star rampant in his tabernacle," but he (the speaker) urged the electors to trample these under their feet by returning Col. Kingscote and Lord More- tou at the head .of the poll. (Cheers.) A FORESTER'S OPINION OF THE GOVERNMENT. Speaking on Thursday night, at an enthusiastic meeting of the Liberal candidates held at Lydney- on-Severn, Mr J.W.Probyn, in support of Colonel Kingscote and Lord Moreton, said he had just heard somebody say, in reply to Colonel Kings- cote, the Government had done nought, but after hearing Lord Moreton's speech, he remarked that he was speaking to a body of Foresters the other day at the Speech House, when a good honest Glouces. tershira man, referring to the Government, said that he thought their foreign policy was all under ground, and that they worked very much like "hoonts" or moles. (Laughter.) When they watched the working of those small animals they could not say what they were doing under-ground, or where they would come up next. The Govern- ment, too, in their foreign policy, also worked underground, and came up like hoonts," (Laugh- ter.) ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION AT COLEFORD. OnFriday nightCol.Kingscote and Lord Moreton attended at Coleford, the metropolitan town of Dean Forest, where their reception was of an en- thusiastic character. The candidates were met outside the town by a large procession, headed by a band of musio, and the carriage was drawn to the Town-hall by Foresters, ho cheered heartily. It Was found impossible to hold the meeting in the hall, and the candidates addressed the electors and non-electors, who filled the entire square, from the balcony. The speeches were received with extra- ordinary enthusiasm. Dr. Batten presided. Mr B. W. Provis moved the resolution of confidence, and stated that the Liberals were winning victories all along the line. A great number of ;ails had already been driven into the Tory coffin, and they intended in West Gloucestershire to drive one of the last nails, when the lid would be quite secure. (Great cheering.) Mr Isaiah Trotter, J.P., seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr Thomas Nicholson also ad- dressed the electors. Earlier in the day enthusi- astic meetings were held at Parkendand Lyd- brook.

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Mil E. J. RELID WITH THE ELECTORS. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. THE TORY POLICY CONDEMNED. A HARBOUR OF REFUGE IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. On Friday eveniag Mr E. J. Reed addressed largely-attended meetings at Roath and the Docks. At 'i'redegarville, the Baptist Chapel.capable of accommodating 1,200 persons, wr.s crowded, and the proceedings were throughout most enthusias- tic.' The chair was occupied by Mr J. O. Riches, and there were among tiitiie on the platform, ami near it—the Rev. A. Tilly, the Rev. Dr. Thomas, Mr Peter Price, Mr R. Cory, Mr Lewis Williams, Alderman Lewis, Alderman Elliott, the Rev. W. E. Winks, Mr Thompson, junr., Mr S. W. Kelly, Mr Peter Price, Mr \V. P, James, Mr W. Sanders, Mr J. Ramsdale, Mr Rees Enoch, Mr T. Rees, Mr David James, Mr Webber. Mr W. Armstrong, the Rev. N. Thomas. Mr Reed, who was accompanied by Mrs Read, and Miss Reed, was, upon appearing on the platform, re- ceived with loud and prolonged applan.se. The CHAIRMAN said that both the foreign and domestic policy of Beaconsheld's Government were alike to be condemned. But as regards local matters it had been said that the Conservative can- didate would be the saviour of local trades— the great coal and iron industries of this part of the country—aud that he would take care that the tra.de, should be revived. As a mat- ter of fact, the only way was to get rid of this policy of wrangling and disputation which had kept the world in a continual state of agitation, and which had been the means of locking our capital up in banks. (Laughter.) That was the direct fruit so far as the trade and commerce of this country was con- sidered, for we did not know the moment that we should be plunged il to some European war. And, on the other hand, ttie Bencon-field Government had so hoodwinked Parliament that Parlia- ment had lost all control over the affairs of the country, having been simply called upon to vote supplies for the wars and the other things which the Government had undertaken, without their knowledge. (Cries of It was this system of which they muet get rid before trade and commerce could improve. (Anplansc.) In a speech made by Mr Cross a complaint was actually made that the Liberal Government had not taken some means of checking the prosperity of 1873, (Laughter.) He (the speaker) did not know that th»t required checking, but he did know that the foreign embroilments, which we had been par- takers in. had been the C'reat cause of the com- mercial depression of the last three years. (Applause.) However, trade had now commenced to improve, and he hoped that Cardiff would reject the Tory candidate, who represented prin- ciples which had been rejected with the scorn and execration and indignation of the people. (Cheers.) Mr LEWIS WILLIAMS, who followed, described Lord Beaconsfield as the" father of misrepresen- tatiou," and intimated that Lord Beaconsfield had thoroughly educated his own party in this re- spect. The Solicitor-General, Sir Hardinge Giliard, for instanco, had w. n his seat by misre- presentation and Mr Guest had also attempted misrenresentation, for Mr Guest had asserted that £ 100.000 had been spent by the Cardiff School Board, whereas a little more than one-third of thatamonnt had been spent. (Cries of "Shame.") It wiis plain that Mr Guest's statements) were false, and the same might be said in regard to his remarks about the cost of education, which, he said, was two or three times as much in this country as on the continent—seeing that while in Germany education cost 2s lid per head of the population the cost in England was Is lid per he i 1 of the population the cost in England was 1* lid per head of the population. (Loud cheers.) The Conservative policy was, he said, a policy of prescription and persecution, and a policy of monopoly and war, whereas the Liberals had won us self-government, freedom, and education—the Liberals had overcome the domination of the ruling classes-they (the Liberals) had given us civil liberty-they had uprooted the monopoly in trade, and they had given England free trade and commercial freedom. (Applause.) Mr E. J. REED, upon rising to address the meet- ing, was received with loud and prolonged ap- plause. He said that his impression as regards the recent victories was that the actual majorities the Liberals had obtained had been in the large centres of industry and of thought. He had felt some interest in the elections which had already taken place, and at Chelsea he was glad to see that Sir Charles Dilke had been returned, for Sir Charles was a gentleman who possessed many of these qualities which went to make up a useful member of Parliament. (Applause.) In his experience of Cardiff he had found that the respectability, the religion, the intellectuality, the morality, the social improvement and the education of the place were on the side of the Liberals. True, the previous night, when, at the South Wales Daily News office, from whence the results of the polling were being announced, he noticed that from the mouths of apparently respectable and well-dressed men there came, "Three cheers for the man who smashed the windows," and "Three cheers for the man who paid the fine." (Cries of "Shame.") His experience had led him to the conclusion that they had on their side everything which they considered respectable in society. They knew what transpired on Tuesday last.Ou the authorityof the other side,he mightsav there were present in the procession persons whose respectability could not for one moment be ones- tioned, tor they represented the wealth, the influence, and the status of the town in no small degree, bnt in a very large degree. (Applause.) They know that the Liberal procession had been attacked by an organised mob placed in position for the purpose. Mr Guest had expressed his objection to what had passed, and has said that he regretted it and Mr Shirley had written him and said that he did not approve of torch-light processions. (Laughter, and hisses.) Nowseveral days had elnpsed since that insult to the town and to all that was worthy and respectable in it, and a!l that they had heard had been Mr Guest's per- sonal communication to himself and Mr Shirley's letter which was on the whole I more offensive than otherwise. If no formal and public and pronounced remonstrance against the use of Mr Guest's name by those organised sets of rutiiaus was produced before the poll, then he said that was a state of things under which thpy should go to the poll. (Applause.) He called upon his supportere to bear and forbear to the ut- most extent they could, consistent with their per- sonal safety. (Cheers.) In dealing with the foreign policy of the Government, Mr Reed pointed out that Lord Beaconsfield's Government had been unjust towards Japan, whereas Russia had been for years past svstematically treating Japan with respect; and it was of no use pointing 'this out to Lord Beaconsfield's Government—(ap- plause)—it v. as impossible to elicit from them any redress. (Applause.) He condemned the policy of ascendency in the councils of Europe, and went on to deal with the Agricultural Hold- ings Bill, and the position of the Liberals in regard to education. In advocating the assimila- tion of the county and borough franchise, he said that was a measure which the Liberal party pro- moted not from an indulgence iu abstract theories, but because the country required it. (Loud cheers.) Other speakers followed, and the meeting con- cluded with a vote of confidence in Mr E. J. Reed.

MR REED AT THE DOCKS. Later in the eveninsr Mr Reed addressed a large meeting of the electors of the South Ward at the Mount Stuart Chapel. Like all preceding meet- ings the proceedings were most enthusiastic. The sacred building was crowded, a very large nu:nber of persons being unable to obtain sitting accom- modation. Mr David Edgar Jones was called ou to preside. There were present besides all the platform Mr Thos. Rees, Mr D..Tones, Mr J. P. Thompson, Mr D. Evans, Mr F. J. Beavan, Air W. P. Annear, Rev. Mr Stevens, Mr S. Evans, The CHAIRMAN in his address referred to the position of the two candidates, Mr Reed and Mr Guest, and eaused considerable amusement when in asking who was Mr Guest, a little boy called out, "the son of his father." Air Jones admitted that such was the case, but Mr Guest's father was one of the best supporters of the Liberal cause. He then denied Air Guest's right to claim their sup- port on the ground of local interest as he was well informed that Air G ne-t had no more interest in the Dowlais Works than he (Air Jones) had. Mr Guest having many years ago, sold his shares in the undertaking to his brother. Then, again, where did Air Guest live?—("On the continent;" loud laughter.) He sauUbeware 1 of such homeless wanderer they did not seek the electors' welfare. They only Bought their own, and they might der end upon it that their interest and the interest of the fOtttozft. wv _Irj, differed bear.) After alluding to the cry that Wi ought 1o support the Conservative cause be cause Lord Bute was a Conservative, he passe' on, and in the course of an admirjible acdress, 11A sketched out the injustice which the Tories ha inflicted upon the country, many years ago, wh: a mall was subject to ail kinds of niquity, if hi did not submit his comcitnca and his religiol to the dictates of tho.se who had been placed il tJowr. Mr ANNE AH delivered an address, more p.rf.tcu larlv with refc-ence to the last weak effort of th. Tories in Cardiff in issuing a hrqø poster vote ill< Guest i:!d the Roath Dock,"aii(i repudiated sllch. dodge on the part of the Conservatives. Theidei was ridiculous to suppose that by retain ing Air Guest LordlJute would be sc pleaeed that he would pet about constructing the Roath Dock. Amid loud apolause, be referred to the great Liberal victories throughout the country to show how great had been the change in the, olI'tic;l feeling of the inhabitants, and a proof that the inhabitant?) cf Cardiff would with- out doubt send Mr Reed to Pa. ii:\menk with s1Ih a triumphant majority that the Tories would nol trouble him again for manv yeaia to e. Air D. EVANS ADDRESSED the meet in; in Welsh, pointing out how much the Nonconformists of this country were indebted to ti e Liberal party, to whom they owned, among other things, religious liberty. He appealed to them to Let; tilac in mined on the polling day. Air THOMAS REES delivered a stirring address repudiating the Tory dodge that t,iey, as electors, were to lay down their national interest for the rake of inducing Lord Bute to construct tha Roath Dock. The Liberals fought the battle on the great principles that were before the country. and lot such little pettifogging questions as whether by sending Air Guest to Parliament Lord Bute might be induced to construct the Roath Dock. lie then passed on to consider the legislation of the Tories, and amid lou I applause and cries of "No, no," asked the meeting if they desired that such a Government should occupy the position of rulers of the country for another six yeats ? Air Reed entered the chapel at this point, accom- panied by Air .T. Batchelor, Air W. Sanders, and Alderman Elliott, amid loud cheers, the whole meeting rising in amass to greet liiin. Mr REES concluded a stirring address by refuting the absurd statements that had been made respecting theexpeuditure of Cardiff School Board. Mr HEED, on rising, was again loudly applauded, the cheers continuing for several minutes. He said that the issue which they would have to carry through on Tuesday had now a two-fold ciiaracter. They had not only to secure the re- presentation of Cardiff oil the side of the Liberal party, but secure it with such a mafority as would be worthy of the rising snirit of Liberalism in the country. (Loud cheers.) And not only defeat their opponents, but so defeat them as to prove that in all future political contests in Cardiff they must depend upon something more in their candidate than the fact that he depended on hIS father's name a father who represented politics the very opposite of hid own-" and that that name was associated with works with which their candidate seemed to have precious little connection. (Cheers.) The Liberals in the conduct of their election show to their opponents that they must resort to something more to insure their candidate success in opposing one who was selected by the great Liberal party as their representative. (Hear, hear.) It was very true that they were at the presenc Fmoment looking at the, result of the contests with considerable pleasure at the growth of the Liberal party, but they must remember also that there was another person who was in serious trouble of mind. That person was the highest in the realm, and that lady was the first lady of the land, and she was at present undergoing a mental struggle in deciding whom she should call to her counsels, because the late Alinistry was doomed which the voice of ttiis country had effectually pronounced. (Cheers.) Then came the question, when the Liberal Par-, liament was assembled, whom would Her Alajesty choose—Lord Granville, Lord H irtington, or Mr Gladstone as her next Prime Minister. It was now certain that one or other of them would have to be called upon occupy that position. He himself did' not feel any anxiety upon that point. (Cheers.) There was no man of higher and purer character, or more entitled to be the adviser of Her Alajesty j a1" Chief Minister of the country, than Lord Gran" ville. There w::sno man more eminently for the position than Mr Gladstone—(cheers)'" and Lone the less than Mr Gladstone or Lord Granville than his valued friend, than whom there was no more noble man in this room or in the country than Lord Hartington. (Cheers.) Reed then compared the address of Lord Rartln ton witk the letter which Lord Beaconsfield had written to Lord Marlborough. He then refuted considerable length a false statement that had been repeated over and over again at Cardiff, that he had designed the Captain, and proved that he had not done so, but that he had stated that vessels so designed would turn over under a PreK sure of canvass long before the Captain was desigpe(j by Captain Coles. He then in a very satiric^ manner alluded to his inferior ability and wanto1 knowledge as compared with his opponent, Guest's, as to the questions affecting seagoing Guest's, as to the questions affecting seagoiDf? engineers in the Royal Navy, and to the question* affecting pilots; and, amid loud laughter, advised them to send Mr Guest to parha- ment, who seemed to understand the subjects so much better than he did* Mr Guest came before them apparently with so complete a knowledge upon these subjecto that he (Air Reed) declined to enter into compe^5" tion with him. He then alluded to Mr Guest*] remarks respecting the ventilation of carrying South Wales steam coal cargoes and here again Air Guest's knowledge was, he said» so profound that it would be ridiculous to rival him. He seemed, however, to have arrived at a conclusion to which some of his (lV[r'Reed') I friends who were coal proprietors would assent, that the great danger to which the trimmers were exposed arose from the fact, tha* South Wales steam coal was liable to spontaneous combustion. (Loud laughter.) Mr Guest formed the coal trimmers that the [South J steam coal was of this explosive character, aO that they had better look out for themselves i this respect. Ha had heard that old who indulged to an unlimited extent in ft were liable to spontaneous combustion, but was not aware that this was a quality that cOtr0 be attributed to the South Wales steam coal., S** was of opinion that it would be far better if,"j. Admiralty used South Wales steam coal nninl^nfl with other kinds of coal. (Hear, hear.) H1" other local point touched upon by J11 f was the desirability of forming a harbo was the desirability of forming a harbb n of refuge in the Bristol Channel, and viewing the Channel from Tenby, ha could bu admit the facilities that existed for such a bour being formed, and could give no why such a harbour had not been formed, explanation that the Tories obstructed everyth]D^ and it was wonderful that the country had 9? tained the position it had attained their rule, when it was thong"; more important to pursue a naked king than c struct harbours of rctuge in such a place Bristol Channel. (Hear, hear.) With reference if these local questions, he promised them tha returned to Parliament for Cardiff be would deavour to bring up his nautical knowledge t level with that of his opponent, ^vag having been a member for" Poole, 'a eminently qualified to represent Cardiff. "L.el0 working man he felt that the working classes j not so oblivious to their o;.vn interests as to geof an idler of the aristocracy to the people s a Pax-liament to represent them. (Cheers.) ,^tors a reference to the question whether the va. of Cardiff desired another six years of f,'0^ jl0o, tive power, amid loud cries of No, no," the gentleman sat down amid !oud applause. I-lq r Mr BEAVAN proposed, and the Rerc* -,ir STEPHENS seconded, a vote approving 01 1e^,„ Reed as the representative of Cardiff, an" ing the meeting to eive him their hearty supt\uth The vote was carried, awid loud apFlause, one dissentient. i to Mr REED, .•■ckr.owledging the vcte, the disgr aceful attack on the procession, ° "S c day night, and begged of the Liberal eh" gSL]j}e carry through the election in ths most pe;lC^ j,a and orderly manner. As it « as the h!sti Jj"in;ced might address them for some time, he tu^gg(?,j[ tnem heartily for their attendance, an i eS-Pi;. his surprise at tiie erreafc and orderly uieetiOg, had bean held in his favour. 1 to tJle A vote of than! to the Ch ir r.an ab)r deacons, for the use of the chai el, ^P^oii, Alderman Elliott, and seconded by Air £ ejn*c concluded the proceedings, cheer after cue'" giveu for Air Reed as he and his friends l building.

MEETING- AT THE CALVI^^ST METHODIST CHAFEL, CLrFTO^ sUp- There was a largely attended indet;,1^'iv;l,istJ<3 porters of Afr E. ,J. Reed, at thei y? eVe>>« Methodist Ch 'pel, Clifton-street, ou J)1C ;j t;,ere ing. Air R. Bird occupied the oh:ur^ av.^Qi A'c were among those present—Mr E. ■J. R, Cory, Air Clemer < n, Air E. R. j." 0?, 'stroP £ Ramsdale, Air J. Ferrier, Mr G. W. Mjf The Chairman introduced t!>e procee i jia<i Cory followed, and said that £ ,o0d found out that we had not anytfl -tTjiber# to expect from the Toriw; aud Uie recen