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EDITORIAL COMMENTS, I The one redeeming feature in the his- tory of the poisoned beer mystery in Man- chester and other places is the welcome announcement that a Government inquiry has been ordered into tho circumstances attending the deaths which have occurred. An inquiry is what the public demanded, and they will not be satisfied unless it is searching and thorough, and until the parties who should bear the blame are punished either for their negligence or what may be worse. The whole country has been shocked by the revelations which have been and are still being made in different localities. Public confidence has been shaken, and needs to be restored before our national beverage assumes its former prestige.

For many years Welsh coal has occupied a unique position in the world's market by reason of its-rightly or wrongly- assumed superior quality. The navies of the world, the great passenger and cargo boats of Europe, manufacturers at home and abroad, have acknowledged its supe- riority. Of course, Welshmen have had no difficulty in believing everything that has been said to tho advantage of tho pro- duce of their own country. But the supe- riority of Welsh coal is not to pass unchal- lenged any longer. The Admiralty have taken the matter in hand, and aro at the present moment making experiments with a view to test the relative merits of Welsli and English coal. Great interest attaches to the test, for upon tho result much will depend. If it is found that English coal is equally serviceable, it stands to reason that tho Welsh article must climb down from tho high pedestal on which it has hitherto stood and what is practically a monopoly will be done away with.

Much as our senators and other public men in this country have written and spoken on the subject of the housing of the poor, very little has been done to lift it out of tho atmosphere of legislation. The poor are housed now much as they were ten, twenty, or more years ago. Munici- pal authorities stand looking on idly, and even callously, regardless of the cheerless, insanitary, disease-breeding domiciles in which the poorer classes arc compelled to live, but for which they have to pay exor- bitant rents Turning to Germany, we see the authorities making an effort, to settle the housing question in a thoroughly busi- ness-like way. At Charlottenburg, for instance, a. plot. of land of some eighteen acres has been purchased on which to erect. houses for the poorer classes. The question, in fact, is one that is about to receive attention throughout the German Empiie. YY hat if an effort wore made to relievo the strain and pressure felt by the same classes, say in Circliff or Swansea, Land is everywhere available in the neigh- bourhood of towns, and the age of light or electric railways or tramways has dawned upon us,

Irish bogs are as dissatisfied with their lot as the Irish Nationalists, and exhibit a similar desire to b,, free of tho law of the land. Not long ago we learnt that one of them was fast wending its way towards the Atlantic, and now, again, comes news that the emigration fever has affected a brother bog. This individual arranges its move- ments on a sliding scale, at least it has commenced its journey down a hillside in County Tyrone. Like ancient glaciers, the resting-places of some of which the bogs of Ireland aro supposed to mark, these gigantic peaVmanufactories move regard- less of obstacles, trampling on trees and houses and the works of man's hand as if they were so many rushes. The bog now on tho move in Tyrone has already devoured a farmhouse, from which the inmates happily escaped. In this instance, however, the bog must be given the benefit of the doubt, for, possibly, it looked upon the demolition cf the farmhouso as an act of mercy, for a mercy it, would be if half the homesteads (if Ireland disappeared, to make p lace for abodes worthy of human beings. In America and other part-, cf the world "they manage these things better," cyclones and other hig agpncies being employed to make a clean sweep of whole localities, wholo towns disappearing as if they were so many cobweb structures.

REFORM OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. lienever any beneficent reform is sug- gested in any charitable institution the proposals are generally met by the objec- tion that either the original wishes of the founders of the institution or the objects of the foundation are not legally adhered to. Friendly Societies and other similar bodies would have been of far greater benefit in the past if a little more latitude had been allowed either in the construc- tion or the alteration of their rules. For a considerable time courts of law have held that Friendly Societies and similar institutions could not alter their rales, even with the consent of the majority of the members, if such alteration was pre- judicial to the interest of any member in receipt of relief under its rules. Recently, however, the courts have taken a wider and more rational view, and have allowed alterations to bo made even to the detri- ment of persons in actual receipt of benefit, provided that when such members join they were awaro of the existence of a rule sanctioning such alteration. There js, of course, a considerable difference between a charity and a Friendly Society, yet there is considerable similarity in their objects, which are mainly for granting relief or assistance to persons in need thereof. There are few matters of public and general interest which are so little understood by those concerned as the rules and principles applicable to the working and management of charitable institu- tions. Time was in this country when a portion of t I'(?, residue of every man's estate was applied to charity, and, though this is no longer so, the favour which is shown by the law in our own times to charities is exemplified by the rule that where a charitable bequest is capable of two constructions, one of which would make it void and the other would make it, effectual, the Tatter will be adopted by the court. Everybody, however, is fami- liar with those necessary restrictions which aimed at. preventing death-bed gifts to charity which would probably operate to disappoint the just expectations of nearest relatives, and assurances of property in other ways contrary to the provisions of the Mortmain Acts. Numerous facilities are provided by law for the proper application and full enjoyment ef charitable funds, and it is, undoubtedly due to ignorance of these and the apathy of people who ought to be concerned that either they become directed into wrong or doubtful channels or even in some cases are allowed to become altogether lost. A useful illustra- tion of the elasticity of charitable trusts administration is furnished by what is known as the "cy-pres" doctrine. It has been said that by whatever authority a I charitable trust is carried into execution, whether by the Crown, the Court, or the Charity Commissioners, tho primary rule is that the intention of the donor must be observed, and the principle of "cy-pres" is this, that where tho charitable inten- tion of the founder or founders cannot be literally carried out, it will be carried into effect as nearly as possible. In other words, if the mode becomes impossible, the gelwral object shall not be defeated, but the. law will substitute some other mode of devoting tho property to charitable pur- poses. There exists, again, a similar free- dom where an existing charity requires to bo re-modelled, as occurs where lapSQ of time and change of circumstances have rendered it impracticable or inexpedient to adhere strictly to the objects originally named, or where, although some provision may still he mado for the original objects, the rovenucs of the charity have increased out of all proportion to their original requirements. The end towards which the charitable trusts were originally directed should bo kept in view, but the means for attaining that end may be varied from time to time. In a judgment delivered some time ago in the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor said :—"You look to the charity which is intended to be created, and you distinguish between it and the means which are directed for its accomplish- ment. Now, the mcans necessarily vary from age to age. Take a charity, such as the present, for the relief of the poor. The condition of the country or of the or of the locality may have dictated what were at the time very convenient means for its proper application. In the progress of society, however, with the greater diffu- sion of wealth and the growth of popula- tion, the means originally devised may become inadequate to the end, and courts of equity have always exercised tho power of varying the means of carrying out the charity from time to time so as to secure more effectually the benefits intended." Few terms are so little understood and are yet so comprehensive in their meaning as the expression "charity" when used in a legal souse. Charitable objects include gifts for the relief of aged, impotent, and poor persons, gifts for distributing clothes or bread to the poor or for putting out their children as apprentices, gifts to insti- tutions established for tho relief of poverty or distress, gifts to hospitals, infirmaries, dispensaries, and almshouses, gifts for the advancement of religion and loarning, and even for public and general purposes, although beneficial to the rich as well as tho poor. An institution such as the Cardiff Infirmary is subject, therefore, to the law relating to the administration of charitable trusts. In settling a scheme for the regulation of a local hospital it was said in one case that it was desirable that a liberal spirit, and not a mere local view of questions, should prevail. Such schemes are being constantly altered and new schemes established when change of times and circumstances requires, as was done in a recent case for the purpose of augment- ing the number of governors. Where money happens to be already in court, as a general rule the court will not part with such a if devoted to charity, until a scheme has been settled with regard to it giving general directions respecting its administration. On the other hand, where a fund is given to a charitable cor- poration as part of its general funds or upon the same trusts as those upon which its general funds art-, held, it is paid with- out a scheme, as also where a legacy is given to tho treasurer, trustees, or other officers of a charitable institution to become part of its general funds.

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LICENSING REFORM, The Hon,. A. Pool's fourth article on Licen- sing Reform J8 held over. It deals with "Defects in the Licensing Authority."

CATHAYS PARK, CARDIFF. THE ALLOCATION OF SITES. A special meeting of the Cardiff Town-hall Committee has been called for Monday, chiefly for the purpose of considering- the allocation of sites to the various bodies. The applications 1 are as follow:— fr yen^f.sity '"°'"?? Council: Ten acres—A« a f ree gift. L?'T?' Imtrnction C.Mitt": Three arteMbooflmnS college: ?rthern light for Welsh Intermediate Education Committee- Three acres-Recreation ground is required in Museum Committee: Two acres-This site was allotted by t.he commitee on the JOth of the 9tli of' October,n^899.ed ? '? ?" ™ the 9th of Oc\oher, 1899. board Renoo/. Board: One acrFm- schoo! board D!-ill-balI The council have also offered sites to the Univei?ty of Wa!<f? for university Offi?, a.n? to the Glamorgan County Cc?uncivi for connty I, offices.

LORD KENYON OY CHEESE- MAKING. Lord Kenyon presided on Wednesday at the distribution of prizes in connection with the Whitchurch (Salop) Dairy Show. Refe- r-enoe having been made to the defi- ciencies of dairies affecting the milk and, consequently, tie cheese, his lord- ship ditt,,i this t) be tm,-? If far. ldI:S:teahitto 4':m:' dfaro\ I landlords would do everything possible to put matters straight Landlords were 8trained more and more each succeeding year. The ín- come-tax had been increased, and whilst in. comes did not increase, the expenses of living did. One meam of manufacturing good chewe was to scald and keep clean the vessels used.

Suitable for the Most Delicate of Difwtion Every Table in Cardiff should have at least one of our French 2d. Loaves and 2d. Whole- meal. At any of our Branohes.-T. Stevens Confectioner (Limited). a8674—2

LONDON LETTER. THE PEMBROKE BOROUGHS PETITION. 3D, ItOCVF.RIK-BT'aEKT. E.C., LONDON, Thursday Nioht: The political movements to-day are not of great importance. The Marquess of Salisbury, who, with the 'Marquess and Marchioness of Lansdowne, had been the Queen's guest overnight, came up to town to-day, as also did Lord Lansdowne, and both went to the Foreign Office. They travelled separately. The Opposition are not doing anything to call their party meeting at the beginning of the winter session, but I understand that a consul- tation uf the leaders is to he held at the house, of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, when this, among other difficulties of the party, may be discussed. -ks for Mr. Bal- four, he has gone down to Sandringkam to shoot with the Prince of Wales. NEW LORDS OF THE THEASTTUY. The impossible rumour that Mr. Victor Cavendish is to bo a Lord of the Trea- sury is again revived. This time we have an improvement—that he is to succeed Lord Edward Stanley. As a matter of fact, there is no Lord Edward Stanley, and, as I have said many times, there is no vacancy among the Lords of the Trea- sury. HKXURXING SOJ.DIKBS. ropuiar enthusiasm made up to some extent for the comparatively informal reception of the returned Life Guards to-day. The rain which has rained every I day Juring the present month generously stopped before the arrival of the men, and t,, U., ;,d enabled to march to their barracks in comfort. Bands and escorts were provided by the regiments, and General Trotter, commanding the district, went; to Paddington to moot them. The important omission, however,,was that no horses were provided, and the gallant men had io tramp through the streets as if they had been a marching regiment. The most j inc?nt. 7' i(? most pleasing demonstration was in connection with t!walTival of a detachment of Caiuv dians, who were carried on to Addison- road Station, and thzne" marched to the Kensington Barracks, where they .<r? to stay during their sojourn in London. lAr?? numbers (?F people turned out to grcet the I Canlu1ians, and they were evidently much gratified by the warmth of their reception. The Grenadiers sent their band and a guard of honour to escort the men. Never- theless, it dees seem that not sufficient honour has been p:(1 by the military authorities to tho returned soldiers who lare of the quccn's Own Life Guards and the Canadians, one of the most loyal regi- ments in the Empire. Kr.KCTION I The C.oekermouth eVKdion petition, which, as I have explained, could only lv, lodged because the charts made were of illegal payments, turns out to be a, ver- poor affair, after alj. The petitioners' case, I believe, rests on the allegation that the Unionists hired two rooms, on licensed premises. The facts are that the room;, in question are public halls, each of which belongs to an hotel. In hiring these halls for meetinsrs the Unionists overlooked in each case that they weTe- covered by tho hotel licence. But this does not seem to be a case in which the election judges will press a technical and inadvertert blunder against the sitting m<,mh"r. certainty if the case is, as I have been informed it is, not such as the Act of Parliament con- templated. rKMHltOKE PETITION. The first day's proceedines in the Pcm-I broke petition Bavo. on the "Whole, gone in favour of General Laurie. The petition seeks to disallow the votes of freeholders from Haverfordwest, and takoc the form of a. scrutiny. The result of the examina- tion of the votes as fpr as the proceedings went tn-dav was to ratify 2.67q of Genera l Laurie's votes, thro* being declared bad. Tho total is one less than the number (iffi imlly for General JA1nri". For Mr. Terrell, the petitioning Radical, there were 501 good votes passed and one rejected when the. proceedings were adjourned. The question arisins out of the objection to freeholders will, of course, be decided by the judges. Slit EDWARD CT-AHKE. I have excellent authority for stating that not tho least political importance is to bo attributed to the fact that. Sir Edward Clarke returned several of his briefs to clients quite recently. Rumour hll-S Iwen so busy with the name of the great advocate that the gossips in the Temple rushed to the conclusion when they heard tho news that there was more behind it than appeared on the surface. The real fact see.ns to be that Sir Edward Clarke is overwhelmed wtth work, and that he finds it absolutely necessary to select only those cases to' which lie can devote proper attention. He is, perhaps, tho most hardworkimr man at the Bar at the present day, and though his income is, doubtless, commensurate with the invalu- able services which lie renders his clients, his chief antagonists cannot say that he does not deserve that reward. Sir Edward as an advocate to-dav stands on an exceptional plane, and though his fees are probably higher than those of any other counsel, there is no counsel whose services are in greater request. "BOBW LEAGUE." The promoters of the new league now known 3S "Bobs' League" include the names of Irr. Claude H. Hay AI.P Sir Frederic k Bridge, Dr. Clifford. Dr Conan Doyle, the Earl of Meath. and the Hon. W. F. D. Smith. M. P., and their object is to give effect to Lord Roberts's wishes expressed in his letter recently nnbiisbed relating to the treating of soldiers and sailors returning from South Africa Already a few lamentabb inci- dents havo been brought under the notice of these gentlemen where men who have returned from the front have Iwen the subjects of mis- placed generosity, and in appealing to I',] sorts and conditions of men. irrespective of creed or party, the league hopes to do much to assist Lord Roberts in putting I (l(,wn the pernicious practice of Reneral mdu?ncc. It is suggested that all mem- "?"' t' league ,hall wear a small piece .f khaki ribbon or button in their coats and that branches of the league should be formed all over the country. The league is il only of a temporary character but' it will have served its purpose if it assists Lord Roberts in the object he. has at heart, Mlt. WINSTON CHURCHII.Ii, Mr. Winston Churchill, who has recently been giving his lecture on South Africa in Ireland, appears to have had a very favourable reception at Dublin. The Countess Cadogan and party from the Viceregal Lodge gave him their patronage as did their Royal Highnesses the Duka and Duchess of Connaught and the new Chief Secretary, whilst Lord Ashbourne presided. It was not expected that the National press would praise either the lecturer or the lecture, but even a partisan press somewhat grudgingly acknowledges the Fascination of the subject, and the excel- lent manner in which Mr. Churchill deals with it. The "Freeman's Journal," how- ever, comforts itself in conclusion by saying that "the lecture from first to last was in gross bad taste, and that sometimes his screen convicted him of the worst kind of dishonesty."

CHRISTMAS COAL FOR POOR PEOPLE. Sir Thomas Morel and four or five members of the coal committee of the Cardiff Corpora- tion deliberated on Thursday over the best mean. of ensuring the proper distribution of coal anions the poor people of Cardiff during Chrietmaetide. It was decid-d not to open a coal d?epot, as commended in a resolution formerly passed, but to ask all donors to com- municate with the head-constable, and that he be empowered to direct the distribution of the fuel in the various districts with the aaBi. tance of the town missioners. Another matter decided was that the heads of departments should report to the com- mittee ?8 to the quantity cf ?oal consumed dunns the pa?t tweJve months, the oaantitv and n¿u'h'1 1t;I1 he ::i during the next twelve months, and aIm the present position of the current coal contract*' together with the amount at present in stock

Mr William Hopkjnson, formerly poetmaster I of Bnrton-on-Trent, but who recently retired from the postal service, dropped down dead in I Leamington on ??"?"'? night, it ;8 BUP. p??d fmm heart di?eas.

HOW CARDIFF OBTAINED AN INFIRMARY. FINE STORY OF GROWTH FROM A SMALL BEGINNING. AN EISTEDDFOD SURPLUS WAS THE ORIGINAL SEED. The history of the Cardiff Infirmary may be described all coeval with that of Cardiff ae a town. Up to the thirties the Metropolis of Wales was little better theIU a big village; tliea came docks, railways, progress. Early in the century of whkh we shall 80 soon take leave a fw benevolent Cardiffians founded a <1islx" sary, which wafl located in a court off Working- street, afterwards called Dispensary-court, and on the •site where now stands Morgan's Arcade. The old dispensary stood till subsequent to the erection of the present fine buildings in Ncw- port-road, and afforded a contrast of a most striking character. For a while the dispensary met the wants of the neighbourhood, but as the first waves of the tide of prosperity advanced the institution bccam more and still more inadequate. A.¡ this time an eisteddfod, which his since hecom historic, was held at Cardiff, and it wut dc-'jided at, ths instance of the third Marquess of But-e-the marquess to whom the town owes the initial step3 toward. its tub- sequent imnsciw? prfpcrítJ.-t{) devote tlia balan-e of the proceeds (£3JJ) to the erection of an iJlfii"Il1 ry. It is matter for regret that the pcope of this article does not permit any extended refe- rellce to the Royal Eisteddfod of Gwcnt and Dyfed held in August, 1834. Suffice it to say that it took place at tho castle; that the Princess Victoria, afterwards our gracious Queen, wag patron; that the then Marquess of Bute was presidfnt; that. "Ap Iolo" opened the proceedings; and that the assembly one of the most brilliant in the annals of the Principality. Daring the week of the eistedd- forI a grand concert was given at the quaint oHl Tcwn-hall, whirh stood in the middle of Iligh-strect, and an oratorio was performed at St. John's Church. To the £350 above mentioned the Marquess of Hute addod' £ 1,000, and undertook al800 t, provide a site for the coming infirmary. Other donations were received, the whole totalling up to tonic £5,OO). At this point we first meet with the honoured name of the late Mr. Daniel Jones, who,, from the leading part he took In the foundation of tb-a infirmary, deserves more than parsing mention in this place. Mr. Jones was a Cardiff eolicitor who had amassed considerable waltb, including an ancient property at Beaupre. famous in his- torical annals. Mr. Daniel Jones it WiI" who generously offered to defray the whole cost of the infirmary building on the sole and not onerous condition that he should be recognised as founder of the institution. Needless to say, Mr. Jone"3 proposition was gratefully accepted, and between donations and bequests he enrich the infirmary by a sum of over £JO,IXJO. In his honour the fol- lowing inscription was placcd over the entrance door of the original edifiee:- "Infirmary, Erected at the sole expense of Daniel Jones, of Beaupre, MDCCCXXXVII." The firM Cardiff Infirmary was substantially the building which constitutes at present the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire. A mere glance at this edifice, whether outside or in, paves the way for the assertion that the patients found it cold, crude, and severe. However, that was the general state of things in early Victorian days, and the poor Bick folk no dnubt. blessed the benefactors who had riven them so excellent a. substituto for the primitive dispensary. According to their first report the committee state that they had provided accommodation for ten men and ten women patients and for the resident establish- ment at a cost not exceeding £ZB4. The number of Ti-Piticnts since the opening had been 42, and the out-patients 1.116. including 237 trivial cases and 224 va..einalion8. This was in 1657-8, the time of tho Queen's accession. As years went on the pressure on the build. ing steadily increased, and wings had to be added. Nevertheless, the state of the funds WaB a continual source of anxiety to the managers, although such benefactors as the lat-e E. P. and G. Richards came forward with handsome additions to the common stock. Moreover, the working men of Cardiff bad con- tributed creditably of their means, and a big "raffle" had also been held with the object of lightening the ship. Xow, at length, when things wore an ominous look, the yonng Marquess of Bute signalised his coming of age by wiping off all the 1ia.biJities, a generous act warmly and justly acclaimed. At this time (1869) we find the "Western Mail" referring to the "bleak stone building in New- port-road," whilst tho committee themselves speak of it as "dilapidated in its exterior and bare and defective within Its wa11s." The removal of tho deht, however, kindled new vigour, so that we find the institution (accord- ing to the report) renovated, and a source of health and comfort to the patients and of pleasuro to the .i8itors. And still the calls on the ammodnHon came, until in 1873 Mr. Robinson, architect, re¡YJl-tec1 by express request that he could alter the existing buildings so as to accommodate 71 patients at onoe at a total cost of some £ 4,500. This, however, by no means met the views of the medical staff, who unanimously and wisely declared that every effort should be made to secure accommodation for at least 100 or 120 freds. Indeed, it was high time something were done, for the overcrowding was such a" to engender erysipelas, to the great discom- fort and danger of the inmates. In 1874 definite steps were taken to secure a new and adequate site, and Lord Bute offered one for £5,OX!, or one-half its estimated value. Steps were also taken towards plans for a new building, and in 1876 these were submitted by the selected architect-Mr. Bell, of Manchester -the cost working out at £27,OCIJ. So far so good; but as there was no prospect of the fund" being adequate to moot this demand things I, in abeyance till the atrtumn of 1830. A building oommitt.oo was now formed, the names of the members of which it may be of interest to insert, viz. :-Me8srs. Jonas Watson (chairman). R. Bird, J. A, le Boulanger, J. Cory, Daniel Jones, Rees Jones, Dr. Taylor, J. Ware, J. H. Wilson, Dr. Sheen (bon. øecretary), the Rev. W. C. Bruce (now archdeacon), and the Rev. A. Tilly. This oommittee made an eanlc8t appeal for subscriptions, but interest again flagged, when Lord Bute onoe more came to the rescue. The noble marquess prDporM, (through Mr. W. T. Lewis) to present to the committee the freehold site of the suggested buildings, the value of which was estimated at 1,2,000, and, further, w give 9. donation of £1.003. N..edl61!s to say the offer was gratefully accepted, whilst, as nothing succeeds like success, substantial sum" were now forthcoming from Lord Wind-I sor, Lord Tredegar, Mr. J. H. In-sole. Mr. Ware, and Mrs. Morgan Leigh. When the fund. reachcd £20,000. or there- aboats, the authorities felt, themselves justified in proceeding with their building scheme, and in 1881 it was decided to abandon the pJHn8 of Mr. Bell and to proceed with the erection under Messrs. James, Seward, and Thomas as architects. Their estimate was in round numbers £22,000, and the contract wa., I, to Mr. Clarke Burton, who wae to complete within twenty months. The memorial stone was laid on January 31, 1883, by the Marquess of Bute, being his first public anearanoo afler nine years' absence. The ceremony was, there- fore, cf a specially interesting character, and in the evening hi. lordship entertaaned a large party at the ca«t.1e. The new infirmary cost £28,000, and in 1892 oertain further additions were made at an outlay of £11,000, whilst the Lie of the build. ings is such as to permit of still farther developments when the same beoome impera- tive. The wards are námed after Lord Bute and other leading benefactors, and marble busts of the third Marquess of Bute and of Mr. Daniel Jones, of Beanpre, stand in the corridor.

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WALES DAY BY DAY Mr. Winston Churchill Is 26 years of 3.C9 to-day. Mr. J. W. Philipps, tbe member for Pem. brokeshire, has paired and gone abroad for a few weeks. An eisteddfod surplus was the origin of the Cardiff Inifrmary. It is about the only thing in Wales which has grown out of an eieteodiod 8urpln.. At Llanfabon Welsh Calvinistic :Methodi6 Chapel thero is a lady deaconess-M^s A Morgan, who was elected at the district monthly meeting yesterday. The threatened exodus to South Wales f qtia-rrymen from the Bethesda district owing to the Penrhyn dispute has comm<,nced. Already a large number of men 11a,e arrived at Da". la.Í8 to seek employment in the works auè collieries. George Borrow mentions irt "Lavengro" "I have heard of a remarkable Welshman, of whom it was said when the grave closed over him that be could frame a harp and p)a, it. build n ship and sail it, compose an ode and set it to musk" Who was he? The he3dnust",ss of the Penarth Interme. (bate Schods iMios B. C-Jay. B.A.i had a pretty "skit" (the word, v-e sadly c0nfes5, is more journalistic than scholastic) on the collecting fiend. She said the collecting instinct wal common to magpies Hnd the human race. Of late years many wealthy men who derive their income from other sources have bought estateg ín Wales. The nlotie generally is a desire to live in 8. pleasant country with » pleasant people. On the other hand, land agitation in Wales has done much to ebuka the confidence of capitalists. One why t;.e wheels run so smoothly at the Cardiff-Dowlais Works is that the manager. Mr. Foreter Martin, knows—so it ",dd--cyery man in the works by his Christian name There is so much, after all. in calling a man Bill or Jac'; instead of Mr. Jones or Mr Jenkins. To Wales belongs the proud title of the "land of song," but Desterro. in Braz:! enjoys the undisputed claim of being the most musical place in the whole world. In this town, which contains scarcely 15.0:1) inhahi. tant3, possessed of llI1a1\ mean" there are iij pianos and seven choral societies. The three suburb. again boast of six musical societies. If the manners of this town are not, exeep. tionally sweet, proverbs are of no a"unt. Here are a few riddles for Christmas in Cardiff: — Why wouldn't Walter Cook'-Because he knew Lewellen Wood, What is Charlie Waring?—Why. TheMackia- tosh, of course. Why is Henry White?-Because he a" James Tucker. What makes the Brothers Cross'-Because the Jlev. W. E. Winks. Here is a story which will, no dcubt, do duty at the numerous St. Andrew's dinners in this district to-night. Talking .of a donkey (say, the "Westminster Gazette") re-calls a Sew Zealand story. One of the candidales. a pro. nouncd &otlD¡¡,n, at an election there had received a present of a huge thistle which at the moment happened to be lying on the tabie of his committee-room. Somoone sud. denly entering at onoe withdrew, with the remark, "I beg your pardon; I didn't know you were at lunch!" Henry Newman may consider that he has made the best bargain with the law that has yet been recorded. Newman plied for hire ia Merthyr with a four-wheeler without a licence. He made about ten journeys a day for about eleven months under this unlicensed oon<lio tion. Mr. Marohajit Williams figured it out, and tokl Newman that tie was liable to £ 4.500 in flnos. The defendant gasped. It crowed his mind that to pay that sum off in instalments he would have to be a second Methnsalah. But the stipendia-ry tempered justice with mercy. He fined the man 40s. and costs for one journey only. Mr. Bennet Burleigh waR in 1885 Radical candidate for the Govan Division of Lanark- shire. He was subjected to much heckling, but he more than held his own, to the great delight of his supporters. At a meeting of the workers in the shipyard of tbe late Sir William Pearce, the Conenative candidate, one of the men, a Liberal, wanted to know why Mr. Burleigh, if he were an honest Radical, wrote for the "Daily Tclegrarh. "Juøt for the same reason," replied Burleigh, "as you, another honest Radical, work in the yard of a Conservative Bhipbnilder." The heckler collapsed, amidst, roars of laughter, Sbatopeare has the honour of fixing the Welsh dialect which became conventional in English drama. In an article on ..Diat8" in the "Gentleman's Magutine" it is said:- "Shakspeare was so pleased with his success in Welsh dialect—of which he was apparently rather fond, for lie introdnces a Welshman in the Merry Wives of Windsorthat he retains 'Flueilen* when he has dismissed 'Jamy' and 'Macmorris.' 'Flnellen' ie. ot course, Shakspeare's greatest effort in dia- lect, and, therefore, worth studying." But the writer adds a qualifying clanse. which fixes the value of "Welsh dialect" so-called: "The Welshman, like the Highlander, has no dialect, speak ug either his native tongue or pure English, which he has learnt as a foreign, tongue." Beaupra, closely associated with the starts ing of the Cardiff Infirmary, is a fartons name in the history of Welsh literature. There for generations the bards of Gwent and Morganwg found a welcome and a hospitable board, and many a bardic gathering vas held in its spacious hall. The name was introduced by the ",ormans, and is dCfieriptjve of the natural charms of the 100I11it.y The Normans, wb., occupied Beaupre, became, through inter- marriage and contact with the natives, Welsh in thought, feeling, and spcech, and inanv of them were generous patrons ot the Webh muse. David Jones, the founder of the Cardiff Hospital, was a successor of tha ancient lordly possessors of Beaupre, and though his name is not oelebratcd in song, it is inscribed over the portal of the institution in Newport-road, and t.reasured in the memory of many a poor patient who found bodily sal. vation under its roof. Not long ago there were complaints among the clergy in one of the Welsh dioceses because seniority was not taken as some Qualification for promotion. A Welsh Wesleyan tells of an amusing illustration which has juft occurred of the manner in which military regulations may interfere with ecclesiastical order. The senior Wesleyan chaplain with the Natal Field Force is the Rev. Owen Spencer Watkins, a young minioter who has only recently passed his probation, and whose father is well known in North and South Wales. Mr. Watkins received his first appoint- ment in 1896, when be was sent as chaplain to Malta. He afterwards served in the Soudan, and is now in South Africa. The military authorities ordered him on a tonr of inspeo tion to visit all the Natal Wesleyan cllap. laincies. Mr. Watkins named his ecclesiastical superiors, and pleaded his own youth. The authorities refused to recognise tlie argument, and declared that they could only deai with hitn as øenior acting-chaplain in connection with the Natal Field Force. So the young chaplain had to go accordingly and "inspect" the work of his own chiefs. During the curious attempt to revive ancient technicality in a criminal case a few days ago at the Monmouth Assiies (the legal note- writer in the" Pall Mall Gazettoe" says) coun- 8el actually moved to quash an indictment ün the ground that 'n every one of its counts "the number of the day of the month and the number of the year of our Lord were es. pressed by numbers" instead of by means of words folly spelled, and some learning was displayed in support of the contention. For- tunately, the judge bad power to amend this glaring "defect" there and tuen. The strict old rnJedate8 from the Dark Age, when indict- ments were drawn in Latin, and it was quite part of the game for the Crown, or any other spiteful prosecutor, to entangle and catob their ?n by ay teh,,iej trick they -d d,, ie .roaYt 'ec'il I;a for illiterate prisoners—the vast inaiority-- that everything in the indictment should be as plain as pli. coald be. Macaalay mentions a solomn argument in the King's Becli jnft after the Revolution whether an indictment should be quashed because a Latin w> rd in t was spa(led wrong. Ru to-dav it would be fairplav run mad to excuse a g\1;lt. trar.. as it turned out in this callC, en ar., such round.

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BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. *M '« ? h,,t of the harometrtc? readings for tho 43 IlOUN endod Tlinrsdav midnight, at raids- tc?,l at the Hest?_ JfaH UJIlce. (2???ditl. Th. lnetriimeijf. ^3 t, above Jcvøl.

HIGH WATEB TO-DAY. s  Movnin^. Kvenm*. Helffhc, Sc, wansea 11.3o ?r,! ('dit? ..12,' N.w,.?t 12.? 27. 7

WEATHER rOBECAST. BSCfcU *BOM *ETKOROLO(1IC1L OFTICH—8.30 ..11. The forecast of the weather throughout the West LDffland an^l .r '? ?"'? for to-day (Fridav) is follows :—VaHaMe breezes, jhially E.; cloudvy; some Yaw. YKSTEBCAY'S LORBCAST. ( YKSTEBDAY'S 'VF.A.TllF.R'1 N, i-d, b,?,ki. S.E. winds I't., ??,.g?,bl.) ? ,?b -11?'Y unett\(>d, showery,

!I';E TKMPEKATTJRE AND RAINFALL. Tho r following table gives the temperature and rainfall at C?vrt-y-? Pen&rth. for 24 b 1ur. as regiatered M nine a.m, and ,.t?ftd to tn* oreoeding day;- .TD)AkTT*v lKMPKUATUttK.R..AIVFALL. DUIt. I!UIrF4tL M" Mm, MoaD Thursday ?2 40 34 37-0?M 'ri<].? .?. 23 38 J3 ?7-5 'M ?tartiny 24 50 40 4 ?-0 61 Sund&y 25 11. 37 45'0 -00 Mond?. 25 151 38 44'5 '24 Tuesday ? ? 41 45'5 '? WoouMd. 8 48 42 45*0 '33

The tab of deaths in tho North Dock, Swansen, still mounts up. Yesterday the bodies of two working men were fished out of tho dock, dragging operations only having bcon resorted to days after the men were missing, and after a bowler hat belonging to one had been found in the dock. Surely, this points to a degree of supinenoss and indifference on the part of the authorities compared with which the con duct of the captain who was censored for apathy by the coroner yesterday left little to bo desired. This dock is, unques- tionably, a death-trap, not in one, but in many places. It is situated right in the middle of a dcosciy-crowdcd neighbour- hood, and its angles form short cuts to different parts of the town. Such a dock requires special precautions. The sus- picion. engendered with regard to one case yesterday appeared to have little founda- tion, and, indeed, there is no. need to search for extraordinary causes for death in these waters, with people passing at night through its dark arches and round its corners to get to their homes. It is quite clear that either these dan?rous pavts should be fenced off at nights or else the illumination should he greatly in- creased at the dock-ide.

EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT AT MERTHYR, ACTORS UNCONSCIOUSLY LARK WITH A DYING MAN. A man named Daniel Hindley, aged 25, of 4, Ball-court, Merthyr, died at the Merthyr Gene- ral Hospital on Thursday, from injurie-s BUS- 1 tained at the Princc of Wales Circus. There is a water carnival going on at the circus, and on Monday night the deceased was engaged for the first time to take the part of a fat policemau. Attired in inflated clothing he jumped off a bridge stretching across the lake, and in plunging into the water, which was only about 2ft. deep, it appears that his head struck against the bottom, with the result that he fractured his spine, and was partially paralysed. The buoyancy of his garments kept him afloat, of course, and the other actor8 in the play had a lot of fun with him, perfectly oblivious of the fiwt that anything wrong had happened to him, and it was not until the performance was over that the dis- covery was made that he wae dead.