The Western Mail

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. Appended is a chart of the baromotrloal readings for the 46 hours ended Mouday midnight, ph reci., rerod at the Wttiem 3fait Office, Cardiff. The iiiHtrument hl 33a. nbove øe level.

IIIGH WATER TO-DAY. Morning. Kv.mirikj. Hel^hfc, ^wensea 9. 0 9.,?3 ( .,IiL, 10 .14 31. 5 Newport 10 3 10.16 3 II

WEATHER FORECAST. 1 Ot The forecast of the weather throughout the We,t of Enwrlaiid Rld South Wulea for to-<lay (Tnesduv) iR as (-(to-- Ar. I» wÍ1¡ds. ?t ,itst, but ?d?. rating later; changeable; *ov\c 6h*\ccr*; cooler. Yestertut's Forxcasv. ?E..aMd8.wiu?' lujlder raiuy. j YRSTBRDAT'S WBITUKB. 8. ,?4; morning I.i" afterwar<l« cloudy, threatening i?.

WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. The following table gives the temperature nd rainfall at Cwrt-y-VU, Iltnirth for 24 h)Ur9, as registered at nine a,in. and .?. I t?, th- T)r _(.-R. day:- ,x X»MP«H,ATUaj £ — _Raikfau.. Max. Mia. Mcau. Monday. ( 19^ 44 35 39 5 'CO TueidttT 0 43 5 41 5 .00 Wednesday j £ 1 4' J44r5 ?CO TburaJay 122 40 34 7-0 *00 Friday 23 38 ?3 ?5 M "aturda,. 24 60 40 45 0 *61 Suuday j 25 53 37 45'0 C?O

y HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. ITARttTERfl. CRIOKUOWELL, mesday, November 21, Tretower n R.m. Pridny, November 30, Cwm Rhos 11 a.m. MRS. PRYSE RICE'S. Thursday, November 29, The Kennels.10.30 a.m, FOXHOUNDS. CARIIAlt Vt ENBIIIRFI. Tuesday, November 27. ..m. v d, 30, Whit, Mill 11 r, GLAMORGANSHIRE. Wednesday, Novomher 28, Llanbursn. 10,45a.m. Friday, November 30, St. Nicholli4 .10,45n,n, GF, LLI (I A E It. Tuesday, November 27. Gelligaer Village 10.30 a. m ,;? .mbr 29,iiiii1o.30 a.m. Farm 10 a.m. LLANGEINOR. Tuesday b,?r 27. Cl li i m P¡'d,YN:ek7Ll\VC¡1"lg I LLANGIBBY. Friday, November 30, Little Mill 10,30 a.m. MONMOUTHSHIRE. Thursday, November 29, Haneoy Cross ltoads 11 a.m.. MR. CURNE'S. Thursday, November 29, Dsvauden GTeen a.m. MR. SEYMOUR ALLEN'S. k^Tucgday, NV-lb,,r V, Cro Ti "(I, 1 a. m "ie;:),YN::r:, c;"ed. PEMBROKESHIRE. [Thursday, November 29, The Kennels, Haverfordwest 11 a.m. TIVYSIDE. Thursday, November 29, Cenarth.10,45 a,tn, YSTRAD. Tuesday, November 27, Pentonteg .1030 ",m, Friday. November 30. Gellifnliog 9.30

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL JSERVTOES. Tuesday, ?o?emhcr 27.—Stainor in E Sat! hy.?.. [A h:Wl.:dI1,iaY. November 28.—Arnold in A.; bymn, 247, Thursday. November 29.—3.30 p.m.? Orgnn Recital, Six p.m.: B,idg. in G; hvmn, ZS. Friday. November 30 (.St. Andrew).—8.30 a,m,: Holy Communion. Six P.m.: W"lmi!ley in C; hymn. 109, Saturday, December I.-Tours in F; hymn, 217.

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EDITORIAL COMMENTS. ■Judging by the welcome given by th" public to the "Western Mail" Infirmary Shilling Fund, the schemo is one that is likely to prove highly serviceable to the institution, fulfilling as it does a double purpose. While it serves to bring the hat round to the man in the street, it forges a fresh link between the institution and the public, and this is the chief thing aimed at. There can be no question that the public will subscribe the needed £ 11,000; what is of "renter consequence is the cul- tivation of a better understanding between the institution and the community, and this, there are strong reasons for believ- ing, will be the direct and immediate out- come of the appeal which. is now being made to the democracy.

Mr. C. Le Nevo Foster once more reminds the public of the possible exhaus- tion of our coalfields nt no distant date. He bases his calculations on the fact that our output year by year grows larger. Last year, for instance, it amounted to 220,094,781 tons, an increase of 18,040,205 tons as compared with the previous year. With our annual output increasing at this enormous rate it needs not the o-ift of a prophet to foresee that the British coal- producer, whether in South Wales or in some othr part of the island, will come sooner or later to his last "heading." This being the case, our coal supply is only a question of time, and Mr. Le Neve Poster argues that., though our "beds" may last for centuries, a coal famine will begin to be felt within the present generation. This is a serious matter for the consumer, and, armed with such knowledge a this, "Mabon" and other Labour leaders need not trouble themselves about maintaining the price of the "black diamond" by artifi- cial means.

The Dowlais people are, surely, indebted to Lord and Lady Wimbornofor much sym- pathetic interest which they take in th. place, not only once upon u time, but. all the year round. One institution after vnother springs ut), and each bears the imprimatur of the lord and lady of the knd. Their latest gift is the new Wim- borne Club and Institute, which was opened at the dose of last week. Of course, there was a chairman on the occa- sion, the gentleman fulfilling the duties being Mr. Alfred Bowen, who seems to have performed his task with a considerable, amount of tact. Mr. Bowen naturally looks upon the club and institute with more than common favour, and believes that there is a good time coming, when the "Western Mail" will have to alter the name "D'-imal Dowlais" to "Smiling Dowlais." The "Western Mail" has no objection what- ev-r to this, and nothing gives it more than to realise that it was in- strumental in bringing about the change which Mr. Bowen foresees. .&

Unfortunately, matters in the Penrhyn slate quarry dispute have been allowed to drift until at present they se-em to out- siders to be past remedy. The men are 1 leaving in hundreds for the South Wales and other coalfields, and declare that they will have nothing more to do with the nuarry unless they are sent for. Of course, .c takes two to make a quarrel, and in this very awkward business at Bothesda ono is at a loss to know for a certainty which side is the more to blame. But tho blame lies somewhere, and one is curious to learn whether Lord Penrhyn., who has the reputation of being one of the most con- siderate of employers, could not exercise the role of conciliator himself, and thus avoid tho catastrophe whidl falls upon tho neiglibourhood at any rate, it would be a satisfaction to the publi to learn whethpr his lordship has himself acquainted vith the "ins and outs" of the quarrel, and whether he has endeavoured to exercise his prerogative as an employer of labour to deal with the men in the matter of the dispute.

Wo now know Mr. Kruger's object in seeking the free soil of France and other European countries. It is to speak, that is to say, with his enemies at the gate. Ho believes in death-bed repentance, and now, at the eleventh hour, he comes to propose arbitration and ask that bygone-, be by- gones. He does not wish us to remember tho hard words which he used in regard to Great Britain, or the gauntlet,, in the form of an ultimatum, he flung down for this country's picking up. He does not wish Great Britain to remember anything. Ho wants the past to be a blank, and the rela- tions between this country and tho Boers to be "as they were." Of course, he is prepared to make concessions, and gene- rous ones they are, too. He promises equal rights all round. Male or female, bond or free, black or white, above the age of sixteen will have all that Mr. Chamber- lain and Sir Alfred Milner asked for prc- viou\to tho war. Surolv, if Mr. Kruger has been thus brought to his knees, war must be a good thing, though it has cost eighty or a hundred million pounds.

MASTER AND SERVANT. It is stated that it is the intention of the Taff Vale Railway Company to appeal against tho judgment delivered by tho Court oi Appeal which reversed the decision of Mr. Justico Farwell, and declared that a Trade Union is not a body which can sue or be sued in its registered name. It is too often forgotten that the duty of our judicial courts is, not to state what the law should be, but only what it actually is. Therefore, if the highest court declares the law to be in an unsatisfactory state, and prejudicial to the interests of an impor- tant class or section of the community, it is the dutv of those who aro prejudiced thereby to ir/lttercce their Parliamentary representatives to remedy those defects in our law which have been disclosed by the, judicial authorities. Our cast-iron system of jurisprudence allows no deviation from the law or precedent laid down by the House of Lords, but our law-makers at St. Stephen's have, fortunately, the power to adapt our laws to tha ever-changing neces- sities of the age. It is nearly a quarter of a century, however, since Parliament legis- lated on Trade Unions, although such asso- ciations are verv closely connected with the prosperity or reverses of English com- merce. In fact, it may be said that the subject is practically unknown in recent Parliamentary debates, and our statute- book is singularly deficient in enactments dealing with this important matter. A Yst amount of information was collected by the Royal Commission appointed in 1867 to inquire into the operations and effects of Trade Unions, and led even- tually to tho passing of tho Trade Union Act, 1871, which declares that the purposes of a Trade Union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, ho deamed to be unlawful so as to render void any agreement or render any member liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise. Tho definition of "Trade Union" given in the Act is important, and means "such combination for regulating the relations between workmen and masters, or between workmen and workmen, or between masters and masters, or for :m- posing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trado or business as would, if the Act had not passed, have been deemed to have been an unlawful combination by reason of some one or more of its purposes IHng in restraint of trade." This incom- plete and experimental piece of legislation made a Trade Union neither a corporation, nor a. Friendly Society, nor an individual, nor a company, nor a partnership between a number of individuals. Eguallv suitable provision against disputes is made in tho Building Societies Act, tho Companies Act, and the Partnership Act but in Trado Unions, on the contrary, although they to a great extent discharge the same functions as Friendly Societies in granting relief during sickness or other assistance to their mmber, the individual members have no legal remedy whatever if they are unable to obtain the benefits for which they have paid their contributions. As the rules of a Trade Union could not have been enforced before tho Act of 1871, such rules being in restraint of trade, we have now the anomaly cf persons entering into a, contract declared by the Act not to be un- lawful, aud yet if the contract be broken ruch persons are excluded, as it were, from the pale of the law, and cannot legally enforce their rights. On the other hand, it is but fair to remember that no agree- ment for the payment of contributions can be enforced against any individual member who ohooses to discontinue his contribu- tions. The position, then, of a Trade Union appears to be as follows: It cannot sue or be sued in its registered name, and its funds are not liable to be taken in execution un d er a judgment obtained against the Union in such name. Its members are not liable to be indictod for belonging to associations which before 1871 were illegal as being in restraint of trade, and they may prosecute any of their officers who misappropriate the funds. On the other hand, the members have no legal status or rights as between themselves and the Union, but must denend entirely upon their mutual good faith for the benefits due under their rules. To many members this position cannot be deemed satisfactory, while the fact that the Legislature has legalised the existence of powerful Unions, capable of owning great wealth and of acting bv agents with absolutely no responsibility for the wrongs they may do to other people by the use of that wealth and by the employment of those agents, will justify the public in asking for an amelioration of the law so as to prevent either labour or capital having an undue advantage over the other.

DBATR OF SIR JAMES WALKER. I Sir James H. Wallter, third baronet, died at Land Hatton, York, on Ht1!\day night. He held a commission in the 3rd Battalion Hamp- shire Regiment, and on the embodiment of hi, battalion at Aldershot early in the present year was appointed acting aide-de- camp to Major-general Thynne, C.B., com- manding the North-eastern District. The dfceaaed was thirty-five years of age.

But is Beat. There is 11c getting round that word. Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bit, is the B«?t Remlty for Weaknê8i. Nervousness, and. Iw:Hg,stiol1 Potties 2s. 9d. and 4a. 6a. [41617 KXGLA?D'8 GLORY MATCHES-This b- .f English m.d? m,trh?, b? btin,!d f,o. rl F;¡:o:h: .îef;:dJ facturers, Moreland and Song, Gloucester 71633

LONDON LETTER. STATUS OF THE TWO BOER I EX-REPUBLICS. THE QUEEN OP HOLLAND'S I MISTAKE. 30, Houvrjiik-STREKT. B.C., I LONDON, MONDAY NIGHT. I understand that the British Govern- ment, bai e refrained from notifying the Powers of the annexation of the Boer Republics because it would be inconsis- tent with the situation created by the suzerainty which Great Britain exercised over the Republics. This should be within the knowledge of the Powers. They knew that no representative of the late Rppub- lies could be accredited to any Power exccpt for commercial purposes, and that no treaty could be made between the Republics and outside Powers except through the British Government. It is true there have been agents accredited to European Governments, but that wa, in defiance of tho suzerainty. Under the cir- cumstances, and seeing that improper use is being made of the forbearance England has exercised, and that Mr. Kruger is being treated as an independent Sove^ reign, it is possible tljat some means will be taken to bring AÖ tlw notice of the Powers the fact that both Republics have ceased to exwt, and pre now annexed te the British Empire. But this will be done in such a way as not to prejudice the rights of suzerainty which the Empire alivay- possessed. It is desirable that the ;e rights should be respected if oiiiy fL-, a I)i-t- ctnleut for tho future. "I't K'lAI, FEELING IN FRANCE, Responsible statesmen in France are very much annoyed at the demonstrations j that havo taken place in honour of lir. Kruge-, and it is not unlikely that his early departure is in consequence of the official reception lie has had. Any indigna- tion experienced with England is reserved for itigratcs like M. Henri Rochefort and Prince Henri of Orleans. M. Rochefort when banished from his own country for his political violences received hospitality in Jxindon, and, despite the fact that his political sentiments were hostile to the instincts of the English people, he had extraordinary kindness shown him. His mode of re-paying these kindnesses has been to poso as an enemy of Eng-I land, and, finally, to propose the establish- ment of a force of 25,000 men that would be conveyed to South Africa in armed transports to help the Boers. His casp is not worse than that of Prince Henri of Orleans, whose family has for many years enjoyed an asylum in England, and who has re-paid that kindness by brutal and malignant hostility towards Kngland and her Sovereign on every possible occasion. As for the youn? Queen of HoHand's eom-I munications with Mr. Kruger, deep r(?gr?t is expressed that she should have suffred herself to have been so misled. It is regarded as an unfortunate circumstance that her Majesty at this early period of her eign should have allowed herself to be made use of in a way that cannot bo con- ducive to the interests of her House and Holland. THE SPEAKERSHIP. A falw rc?i)o has got about that Mr. Gully's re-etectiouM Speaker wa4? be opposed, and that the Government were going to offer him a judgeship. There "'ouid be no precedent for such a proce-\ dure. Speakers have in the past left the Caair and entered the Government, a.'1 for instance, Mr. ;peaker Aldington, who became Premier. But there i? no record of ene being appointed a judfts; at any rate, the best form of contradiction will be given to the repurt by the re-election of the right hon. gentleman being proposed by Mr. Arthur iialfour and seconded by Sir Henry Campbell-Ban form an. This is also an unusMi pro?'dure. I do not remem ber anv Leader of the Houso having pro- P" ? Speaker, but Mr. Glad stone, when Leader of the Opp-ition once seconded the re-election of Mr..Peel. It has been stated to-day that two Chairmen of Committees will have to be elected by the House to fill the places of Mr. Grant Lawson and Mr. Arthur O'Connor. This is quite wrong. There is only one Chair- man of Committees, namely. Mr. J. W. Lowther, who will be re-elected in the usual way—that is to say, on the first occasion of the House going into Com- mittee it will be formally moved that Mr. Lowther take the Chair. The Deputy- Chairmen, among whom were Mr. Grant Lawson and Mr. Arthur O'Connor, are not elected by the House, but are nominated by the Speaker. FIRST LIFE PEERAGE, Special interest attaches to the title of Lord Wensleydale, which I hear has been chosen by Sir Matthew White Ridley on his accession to the peerage. It is not merely that Wensleydale is the district whence comes the most delicious cheese made in England, but that there was a former Baron Wensleydale, whose creation was connected with a dispute as to the first life peerage proposed. This was Baron Parke, a well-known judge, who being sent to the House of Lords to strengthen the Appeal Chamber was given a peerage without the usual succession to heirs male. This was the form of a life peerage. As such it ivaa recognised, and was so stoutly contested that the Government had to give way, and the peerage was made out in the ordinary form. The first Lord Wens- kydale, however, had no succession, and tho peerage was extinct in 186S, his only survivor being a daughter, who married the Hon. William Lowther, and is, con- sequently, the mother of Mr. J. W. Low- ther. FLOTATION OF BOVRIL. There I1.re two or three stories going the rounds just now about the manner in which the flotation of Bovril was brought about. The story originally promulgated was to the effect that a gentleman who now occupies a leading position on one of the chief illustrated papers accidentally met Mr. Hoo'.ev in Cheapside, and chaffintdy told him that he had been negotiating for the purchase of Bovril. Mr. Hooley at nice told him that if he could get' the business for a certain figure he would give him £ 10,000. The genUeman of the press who had wqua-int?nce with Mr. Lawson Johnstone, prompUy called upon him and effected the purchase, and, at Mr. Hooley's instigation, after the transaction was com- pleted Mr. Lawson Johnstone added another ;CIO;W, to Mr, Hooley's present. With this capital the Fleet-street man was able to buy a large holding in.the paper upon which he now exercises such influence. Tho other storieg may, of course, have some foundation, but money after all, speaks in this romance of Fleet- street. Perhaps Mr. Hooley himself may be persuaded to give us his version, as the matter is one which is engaging some interest just now.

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NEW ASYLUM FOR CAliDIFF. I TROUBLE ABOUT THE PLANS, i A special mating of the Cardiff Corporation was held on Monday morning. hiB Worship the Mayor (Mr. T. Andrews) presiding. When the miuut-ea of the asylums committee came up, Alderman Trounce drew attention to the correspcndcnoe with reference to the retirement of Mr, Kirkland from the piano com- petition. The committee had decided at one meeting that they would not pay lir. Kirkland the S1lUl of £100, and at a subsequent meeting they decided to pay the money. That, on the face of it, was not satisfactory. Mr. F. J. Ve;).ll replied that the matter had been fully considered by the committe<>, They felt, on the one hand, that it wouid be unfair to allow Mr. Kirkland to compete after know- ing that he was one of fr, Hine's assistant*. Dairies that, he had a legal claim upon the committee, and so he had the whiphand of them. Mr, Morgiin Thomas asked what explanation Mr. Bine gavo of the fact that be did not, com- municate with the committee when he saw that ,\1r, Kirkland was one of the selected com- petitors. He thought that Mr. Kirkland ,d1nulù net be paid a single penny, because h knew th he waB in Mr. Mine's employ. Mr. Veall replied that they were not the kC(.;JCTScf Mr. Hine's cn..ienc2. Mr. Hine did not regard the matter in the same light as the committee did, and his ;tofition was supported by the president of the Institute of Architects. Thre should hnve«becn n. Chill& in the cur ditions preventing such a thing. Mr. A. M. Ii) £ .>d-ew proposed that the minutes rni referred back. Either Mr. Ki""nd "'a. dhq:wl\fl2d and not entitled to the £100, or he was entitled to go on with the competition. Aidermsn Trounce seconded. Mr. S. A. Brain thought that no purpose could be ferved by referring the matter back, Mr. Hine had ihosn ihat be did not know that Nlr. Kirkhuid waS a compeCtor until after he had mads his award. Alderman Carey explained that he had voted for the payment of the £ 100. a though he did no care about the payment. Mr, Hine 1mew that Mr. Kirkland was one of the six 8e¡tod on the day after ho raade his award, but it was a weuk btfore the committee knew aln" thing about it. and then they learned it from an outside source. It would hase been nothing hn fair if Mr. Hine bad communicated with the committee immediately he found that one of hi. nasigtalJ;8 had leen selected. The com- n1tte2, on the one hand, felt that they had to protect the f.O eort1::to. but if they rejected r. Kirkland upon the linee of the first resolu- tion Mr. Hine would have withdrawn from the assessorship. and t.hcy would have had to delay the whole niavter two or three months in order ta b«aria again, aud do all the work afr8h. There was nothing for it, in the interests of the town, but to cwallow the pill, and it was a sorry moment to him when he felt^hat the best course open was o pass the resoludon now brought up. Mr. llp,i!ett said that if he had been ir. Mr. Hinc's position he should have settled the matter without troubling the committee and the council as he had done. In answer to Mr. Chappel], Mr. Veall said that the conditions did ret stipulate an acute hospital, but two of the selected plans pro- vided for such a hospital. The committee had dedded not to have an acute hospital, and the final plans would not contain it. Alderaaan David Jones thought that, the committee had acted quite rightly in the course it took. After further di8C118sjO!), Mr Ingleew with- drew his amendment, and the mi:¡utc8 were passed

BRIGHTENING THE LIFE OF DISMAL DOWLAIS. LORD WIMBORXE'S XEW INSTI- TUTE OPENED. The new Wimborne Club and Inetitate for Wok¡ngmeD, ,?td by Lrd and L.d, W imbome at Dowlais, WM successfully i" ,?igu?.t.?d on Saturday night, when a? smoking concert was held. The club premisee were crowded with a large and appreciative assembly, under the presidency of Mr. Alfred Bowen (deputy works manager! A capital pro- gramme had been arranged by the hon. were- tary (Mr. R. H. Kees). and. besides individual contributions of vocal and instrumental music, recitations, readings, Ac., the Dowlais Philharmonic Made Voice Party ¡conducted bv Mr. Harry Evans. F.R.C.O.) attended and sang with splendid effect the test, pieces of the Liverpool National Eisteddfod, where they were aignaliy victorious. In the course of an addre-ss. the Chairman said that the workmen and others who were privileged to UBe tbe club and institute ought to be deeply thankful to Lord and Lady Wjm- borne for proriding them with such a palatial building, and he hoped the3' would nnite in making it an unqualified succees. (Cheers.) With such a place at their disposal, they scarcely knew themselves, and the "Western Mai!" would have to alter the name from "Dismal Dowlais" to "Smiling Dowlais." (Applause.)

MAINTENANCE OF TRUANT CHILDREN. MERTHYR STIPENDIARY AND THE PARENTS. At Merthyr Polioe-court on Monday several persans were summoned for arrears due in respect of t)?. ma;numarwe of thoir children at the Quakers' Yard T-t.! th?ir bild extib ca.se an order was made for payment of the money due forthwith. In one case. in which the father had been directed to contri- bute only Is. per week towards hie boy's sup- port, the Stipendiary said there no sense in calling upon man to pay «o email a sum. There was no reason, he added, why the rate- payers should be oblig-cd to maintain children who got into trouble through the negligence of their parents, and aa each boy cost about 7s. 6d. a we-k to maintain in the school he intended in future, where a man was in a posi. tion to pay, to make an order for the p full 1 amount.

SCENE AT A DOWLAIS CHURCH SERVICE. Some little diversion was created on Sonday evening at the new Church of St. Luke, Geili- foeloff, Dowlais—the gift of Lord and La<lv 11-imborne, and only recently dedicated—bv an incident which occur red daring: the ser- vice. It appears that in the absence of the cura<e-in-char?e (the Rev. W. Evans) the pu:pit "as occl'p'ed by the Rev. E. J. Hutching. arother of the parish curates, and a High Chure-bman, Th" latter in the course of a, sermon beariup on Church history declared with considerable emphnj8 that one of the greatest sins any member of the Church ot England could commit was to enter a Non- conformist place of worship, and he considered it to be his duty a clergyman of the Church of England to say so The statement promptly brought a member of the congregation to hi. feet, and. addressing the preacher, he asked in a loud voice, What about entering a Roman Catholic church?'' A sidesman immediately called upon- the intruder to Be quiet and sit down," and the man resumed his seat., Mr. Hatchings him- self took no notice of the interruption, and proceeded with his sermon. The incident and the extraordinary remarks which gave r se to it occasioned a regular flutter amongst the large congregation present, and have since become the subject of general comment throughout the town. The Rev. Mr. Hutrfiings it may be added, shortly terminates his curacy at Dowiais where he has been located for nearly twelve months, and leaves for St. Dying g, Cardiff.

MR. SANKEY AT CARDIFF. A..111 be eeen from an annonncement in another column, Mr. Ira D. Sankev. who is known the world over as "the Singing Evan- gelist," DayS" visit to Cardiff th? I- l?, and ?)! aM?r<-B, two m?tin? !n the Park-hall to. day (Tueday\ ?'? in "? afternoon and ^an*Lotvh! er in the evening T)? Mne Ribbon Choir wj) lead tbe engine at both meeting

FOREIGN STATE APARTMENTS, j A London correspondent gays that in only one of the Government palaces of the pri i- I the State apartments at the disposal of the permanent or temporarv heads M the ?mtry. The reason je peculiar. When any "cJntinenta*) Monarch de. it. is customary to close for twenty-five years one or more of the rooms devoted to his private use. and leave them entirely undisturbed. This custom is cansing BOme inconvenience to the young King and Queen of Hilly, It iø twenty-two years »ince the od K.nf Victor Emmanuel 'Pas?d away, and two of his rooms at the Qii. R?l are 6ti)i Oosed. A fine room h ch King Ilurnbei naed is a?o 1, k,d ,p. and as there are r too many palatial apartments in the Quirinal the new Kin^ is aniiou. to have Victor Emmanuel's rooms re-opened. At Berlin, also, two sets of rooms are still Feated-thoee devoted to Kaiser Wilhelm 1. and the Em- perortredei ick. In RI1.ia. a. most handsome set of apartments closely identified with the life of the late Czar is untenanted; and, furthermore, the private ivxmis of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria ere sealed. In France this practice does not prevail.

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WALES DAY BY DAY Mi. John Lawrence, the veteran Master of the Llangibby Bounds, was 93 years of age on Monday. "Daiydd Morganwr" mentions that the )J¡8J:I who invented the (team whistie lived till he was eighty-two. Hwre's toleration for you. The Right Rev, IVancis Mostyn, D.D., rica, apostolic of Wales, is arranging to visit Roroe early in the New Year, and he intends leave this country on the 27th of December. Principal Edwards SWCSI"no 1m rdon. he Baye-that he once hoard a funereal speaker dcclare that "this corpse joined this, body twenty years ago. The oore of the joke that he meant. enrpe. Miss Lilian Bowan Rowlands divides has. bands into eight classes, namely, the f&¡tb. leg., the exacting, the jea!oU8. the lazy neglectful, the. seldeh. the dlscourt,o" 3nd the mean. There isn't a good man amcnEst them. There's a strong explanatory note ahout some of the plays in the local theatres tfci, week. In the Cardiff Theatre Royal tbe, are engaged on "What Happened to Jones," and in the Newport Lyoeum on "Why Smith left Hdme," If "OU imagine l'u,itl1 to be & Llr.ncUy football enthusiast and Jones a referee we can easily guess why Swah left home and what subsequently happened 10 Jones. Ir, Keir Hardie has been recording in tha Labour Leader" the impreaai"n8 of his fir-* eisteddfod at Dowlais last week. I> wj8 •• he says, altogether an interesting gathering and revealed that marve.loua lore for, and proficiency in, music for which the Wd.), people are so -renowned. In two respects jie adds, "I was disappointed-lirat, in the girnj cf money prizes; and, next, in the absen of distinctly Welsh song and muvic from tl programme." Nash is a Glamorgan place-name and per. sonal name. Beau Nash has immorta! -4 it. A Nasli was executed tfe- Yrø ago. Monk Nash is known to visitortsto Dan- twit Major and &>therndown Naih Mono- Chorum iNasli of the Monks) is the name in a document of Henry NMI. 's reign. But the same authority states also t,hat the other name of the place waR Osman's Ash" Through the common process of curtailing plaoe-names, we now retain only the end of it —Nash. According to a contemporary a Church Missionary Society's miseivnary who was ttota recently labouring at ^canterbury. Eoperts- land, was called "oar little mlnl.r" by the Indians. The actual word used by them was uiakuhdawekoonuhyqiiessnicnaun! After this," says the "Globe," "one would like 10 know what name the Welsh give to their litCe e",inister. Sir William Harconrt. He deserves 0 nice crisp sobriquet." Nothin? easier. Here is one out of many pc.,ibles- pregethwrbachosirfynwy. People who drive vehicles at night would be much obliged if the Cardiff Corporation wotil;d mark the borough boundary in a clear, broM: chalk-line which can be easily seen. The reason is that in Cardiff a driver is only bound to carry one light r., night, but in the county be has got to carry two lights. The result is that the drivers keep as far as possible on the inner side of the Cardiff boundary, hut if they divert cireii a few inches into the two- lamp area of the county they are pounced npon by a policeman, and then there is a whole lot of trouble and a fine. A policeman harrowed the feelings of the Llandaff magistrates yesterday. He fim of all told a plain and simple tale of a man who drove a horse and eart at the rate of seventeen or eighteen miles an hour along the country road. Then he added, in a voice that struck a chill intD the hearts of the magistrates; "If this had happened when liie nursemaids are out with the perambulators they would never have been able to get out of the way." It happened, however, that the only one in danger on this occasion was the poHreman himself, but it eays much for the gallantry of the force that the first thought, was of the nursemaids. The old ooalowncrs were very much in earnest, and what they set about to do was always done thoroughly. The well-known owner of a level which turned out pros- perously was in the habit of paying an even- ing call at a public, and after a moderate indulgence he would return home to a bowl of porridge, which was always ready for hit.. One night he had an extra glaes or two, and so did not notice part icularly that the bowl was larger than usual. But he managed to finish it, and "a8 getting out his epectacies to read the nightly chapter in the Bible, when the wife came in, and exclaimed, "John, what have you been doing? Your porridge is by the fire, and you have taken the paste I made to do a bit of papering with" It rained shillings into this office vesterd-.y. Be good enough to look at the infirmary fund in another column, and then pay, pay, pay. Big sums are very welcome to swell our Shilling Fund to wipe off the infirmary debt. We hope there are very many more of these to oome, but hig sums, though they gladden the heart, don't possess the pathos of the single ehill iris which the poor man feels com- pelled to send to the fund. The laboriously- written letter, the struggle with the spelling, and the general commotion in the humble home when the shilling has to be changed into the strange-looking postal order-all betoken ,to amount of well-doing and a charity of behrt. which we who have received these splendid lettera of the poor very deeply appreciate. That single shilling is a real sacrifice. Llandyssil and the neighbourhood have given birth toO three "Bens," each of whom has arrived at distinction in hie own way One of them is a stay-at-homean, a;naMins' wealth as fast as his two hands and quick- firing tongue can. The other Ben has jn-; ln appointed hi?f superintendent of t!ie D,,?f .ad Dumb &h-,?; under the Lonó", Sch?l Board. The third B" Jives, movep an1 'has his being in the world of science. Dr Lodge, principal of the new Birmingham UMve ity, referred to him some years api as "a Welsh-speaking lad" in his laboratory. To-day be speaks of Mr. Ben Davies as "my friend and oo,worJrer." It i. a great bonou truly, to stand on the same platform ae "ne of the greatest scientists of the day and head of the new scientific institution of the Mid- lands. CARDIFF INFTRMART SHILLING FUND. [With Apologies to Kipling.] Now they've settled all their quarrels, row they've put things neatnd square In a place that's oaly lived from hand to mouth. Just grope within your pockets for the shil- hng6 3-e to spare- And I'm speaking to YQU. readers nort'i "d south Cardiff, Rhondda, Merthyr, and Pontvpridd O¡¡,mcre. Monmouth, Porth, Bridgend-just listen to what I say! Rally round the Infirmary—assist it in it, need- Pass the liat for your credit's sake, ana pay! pay! pay! Once there were uncanny stories that deftre; od the place's fame- Working people didn't care to cross the dM" But 'tis now the good old proverb giving doge.e a bad name, For things ai-e vastly better than before. Then Garw. Barry, Cadoxton. Aberdavo- All such places, great or email, adjoin n? far away, Come along, each one of you, with :"Ï::¡::n;a galore to spare— Pafs the hat for yonr ctedit'B sake, and pay! pay pay Carlyle was staying at Abergwili with the bishop in 1843, aud, as the asBizes were n, the bishop, following a not unusual enstoffi. had invited the judge and Bar to dinner, "We had our grand dinner last night," wrote Cariyle; "a judge named and about twenty advocates; a dreadfui explosion of dul. ness. champagne, and ennui, which, however, I took little hand in, being empowered b" hi. reverence to go out and smoke whenever I found it dull. Tb" advocates gene- ral, "fillet me with a kind of shudàer T) think had I once had £200 I ..howd. perhaps, have been that! One of them. naroel Vaughan, pleased me not a little. Peace be with Abergwili. and may it be a while before I run across a mass of foriu again, requiring such a curb-bridie ou your KTl.ea t-o observe them rightly. For whiit we nave received the Lord makefc us LhlLlÙLfu..