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NOTICE. Our readers will observe that each copy of the Evening Express" bears a number. The number appears over the heading in the first page. A few of our advertisers are availing themselves of this fact in order to facili- tate the giving away of samples of their goods to readers who hold the paper bearing the numbers specified in their advertisements. PuU particulars of the method adopted are given in THE advertisements of Mr. Phil Phillips, Cardiff; Messrs. David Jones and Co., Cardiff; Theatre Royal, Cardiff, which appear on this paqe. I Persons possessing papers bearing any one of the following numbers will find it worth their while to read the advertise- fitent alluded to above 968,176 970,248 973,343 968,300 970,356 973,516 968,440 970,451 973,696 968,529 970,623 973,739 968,654 970,788 973,906 968,726 970,914 974,001 968,844 970,997 974.240 968,968 971,081 975,688 969,077 971,840 976,927 969,201 971,999 977,081 969.320 972,187 977,315 969,459 972,353 977,514 969.600 972,487 977,745 969,787 972,658 977,998 969,814 972,803 978,151 969,946 972,944 978,318 970,076 973,087 978,566 All the above numbers occur in the issue of the EXPRESS for TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 1893.

NOTE 8. By "OBSERVER." CARDIFF. TUESDAY MOltNINe. Professor Tyndall, a great Englishman —using the word in its broadest sense, for he was a native of the Emerald Isle--and a prince amongst natural philosophers, has passed to his rest. To Tom, Dick, and Harry, the great physicist was known and roundly abused for his fulminations against the disintegration schemes of Mr. Gladstone These people neither knew nor cared one jot about the splendid and enduring work done by Tyndall in the realm where his was recog- nised as a master mind—of his patient re- search throughout long years, and the secrets he had wrested from the bosom of Nature. Another class from whom Tyndall, and his great contemporary, Huxley-who happily is still with us-suffered endless persecution was the fifth-rate preachers and desk-thumpers fresh from college, who were wont to edify audiences as ignorant as themselves with fearful denunciations of these "'atheists/ so called because the thoughts of the great philosophers alluded to on things spiritual could no more be comprehended by such groundlings" than by the moth that flutters on the window-pane. Huxley and Tyndall both gave fearful offence to the "orthodox," and it must be confessed that in the case of the former the blows he received WPI* returned always tenfold vicour. To those who would read a really delight- ful book, charming alike in its language, its reasoning, its descriptive power, and the delicate humour that adorns its pages, I recommend TyndaII's "Fragments of Science." Some of its essays will live as long as our language itself. The noble word- painting of Niagara and the exquisitely comical expose of a spiritual" seance may be mentioned as two aspects of a most fascinating volume. When the life of Dr Tyndall comes to be written, it will oe found to have been one o tireless energy and indomitable resolution—a record to inspire -to "fire the hearts of new endeavourers." That Mr.Ward is by no means allowing the grass to grow under his feet will be evident to all who read between the lines of the proceed- ings of the management committee of the museum. During the last few months a vast deal has been done towards putting the museum on a really workable basis, and ren- dering it thoroughly efficient to meet the demands likely to be made upon it by the public. In addition to his other good quali- ties Mr. Ward seems to possess the virtues of organisation and arrangement—indispen- sable as they are to a curator, and he is evidently backed up loyally by his com- mittee. "L.M.G." sends a strong protest against my notes of Saturday relative to the paint- ing of the nude now being exhibited at Queen-street. He holds that all such exhi- bitions must necessarily have a more or less demoralising effect, and makes a great many assertions of the same tenour which I really have not space to re-produce. I greatly fear after reading his letter that L. M. G." is one of those purists who take good care to see themselves that which they would debar from others. I do not blame him, for it is very human after all. To "L. M. G." nakedness and indecency are apparently synonymous terms. I differ from him, and I hold that it is possible again and again to paint the undraped female form and yet do it in such a way as to banish from the average mind the slightest trace of what is question- able, and that, on the other hand, it is not only possible but easy to throw into a fairly draped figure a perfect world of wickedness. I What is this covering of the body but a mere fashion, after all ? Naked and not ashamed" was man in his primeval state, and amongst naked aborigines to-day I question much whether there is one tithe of the indecency that we find amongst the Turks, who are so imbued with the spirit of "L.M.G." that they will not permit their women to display their faces. As to my correspondent's remark on my omitting any mention of the surroundings of the young girl in the picture (which is not strictly accurate if he'll take the trouble to II read my notes again) would it surprise him to learn that my gaze rested quite as much on the exquisite effects he mentions, if not more than it did on the figure itself. But, then, I am not a purist. Lots of Cardiffians who didn't know about the electric sign-writer were a bit scared last night by the spectral discs and flashes of light which diversified the clouds. Some took refuge in the comfortable belief that it was the Dowlais Works; others took refuge in the idea that the approach of the crack o' doom was the more probable explanation. Evideiifay Cardiff is entertaining a clever gang of-not angels, but burglars, and not unawares, either; and it is a somewha peculiar circumstance that lots of people are complaining of "gentlemen" knocking at their doors "by mistake," or opening them and pushing boldly in past the domestics, again "by mistake," of course. The other day a gentleman was persistently importuned by a person apparently of the same class to buy some jewallery. There was evidently some- thing fishy about the fellow, as, though the gentleman endeavoured to lure him to a corner where there was a policeman, he re- fused to be drawn, and disappeaaed. If he had been a mere seller of ordinary trinkets he would certainly not have behaved thus.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Interesting Pars About Interesting People. A fine portrait of Cardinal Vaughan in his red robes as a Prince of the Iloman Catholic Church has been added to the pictures in the Archbishop's House, Westminster. The gold medal which the Prince of Wales gives annually for competition at the King's Lynn Grammar School was presented on Saturday by his Royal Highness to Mr. F. W. Thompson. The Prince of Wales has sent a cheque to a fund which is being raised for the widow and family of the late Mr. Henry Farnham, formerly stationmaster a.t Takeley. Essex. Takeley is the station at which his Royal Highness generally alights when he has visited Lord and Lady Brooke (now the Earl and Countess of Warwick), at Easton Lodge. There has just passed away in his eighty- third year the Rev. Thomas Starling Norgate, for 53 years rector of Sparham. Norfolk, in which county he had ministered all his life. The great Eaj-1 of Derby eonfidered Mr. Norgate's translation of the Iliad and Odyssey into dramatic blank verse an effort of no ordinary genius. The famous property of the elder Dumas, the Chateau of Monte Christo, which stands a little above the road from St. Germain to Port Marly, is in the market. Some of the articles most prized by the famous novelist are still preserved in the house. One of the most historic houses in the king- dom is at present to let. Heale House, Wilt- d shire, was formerly the seat of the Hyde family, and, although it has been considered necessary to modernise it in some respects, great oare has been taken to preserve the original features of the building, and the room in which Charles II. was concealed after the battle of Worcester remains in exactly the same condition as when the Merry Monarch" took refuge there. It was from his .ding- place in Heale House that the King went to Brighton, from whence he crossed safely to Normandy.

GLADSTONE AND DIVOROE. His Consoience may Save Him from Crime but not from Blunders. Mr. J. M. Robertson, in an interesting "study" of Mr. Gladstone, in the December number of the" Free Review" devotes a con- siderable portion of his paper to the Premier's notions of divorce. "It must be perfectly ob- vious to Mr. Gladstone," says Mr. Robertson, that since the establishment of a divorce law in England there has been much greater scru- pulosity in' public opinion on the subject of adultery than in any previous period. Yet with all these facts staring him in the face, and in face too, of the misery of thousands of ill-judged unions, the sight of which no man can miss, he adheres to his doctrine of 'mystery' and oooult divinity. He insists on binding on the shoulders of myriads of men and women burdens grievous to be borne, refusing to let them be lightened by the finger-tips of reform. He will still tie together enmity and despair in an odious embrace, and all in the name of divine benevolence and the conservation of society. He will not seek to close the road to divorce that lies through deliberate adultery and broadcast scandal, but he will hear nothing of divorce by joint consent for incompatibility, or on the appeal of one spouse by reason of the criminality, insanity, or hrfbitual drunken- the criminality, insanity, or hrfbitual drunken- ness of the other. There is surely something awanting in the intellectual outfit of a. man who, with wide knowledge and a humane tem- per, can thus in these days do violence to poli- tical reasfp IlLtbe name of God, after a life- He must lack natural penetration, intuitive sagacity, vital hold of the principle of suffi- men. reason. And it is to this deficiency, once more, that we must look for the explana- tion of his changes of front, sudden or slow, his jesuitries of argument, his inconsistencies of practice. Given a man with no great gift for logic and moral science, but a great command of language and great energy of character, he must needs boggle over principles when he is fronted by the endless new emergencies of political action. He can but argue fluently this way and that, finding bottom anywhere but in first principles, and clues anywhere save in consistency. Even where he chooses right he will tend to give wrong reasons; and what general right reasons he has will nevot guaran- tee his right action. It is well if his con- science saves him from crimes; it will cer- tainly not save him from blunders."

STILL IN HARNESS. Professor Blondin Will soon be a Septuagenarian. It was on June 1, 1861, that Mons. Blondin, then in the prime of life, first visited England and electrified the visitors to the Crystal Palace by his daring and wonderful feats on the high rope. Two years previously he had conceived and executed the bold idea of cross- ing the Niagara Falls on a rope 170tt. above the water-level, the distance traversed being 1,100ft. He afterwards performed the still more wonderful feat of walking the rope across the Falls on stilts, carrying a man on his back. This was witnessed by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who was then on his American tour. The veteran hero, who will complete his 70th year on the last day of February next, will return to the Crystal Palace--the scene of his first British triumphs—on Boxing Day next, and will re- peat every evening during the Christmas holidays his thrilling exploits, proving to the public that advancing years have in no wise diminished his intrepidity and dexterity.

MONARCHS OF THE WOOD Laid Low in vhe Big Gales of a Month Back in Scotland. The Dundee Advertiser" has published statistics Showing the estimated number of trees blown down by the recent gale on the principal estates in Perthshire and Forfar- shire, and the estimated value of the timber destroyed The returns show that the aggre- gate number of trees blown down on estates in Perthshire is 403,587, and on those in For- farshire 1,044,757, giving a. total over the two counties of 1,448,344. In Perthshire the damaged trees represent a value of J660,743, and in Forfarshire of £ 221,520—in all, £ 282,263.

Silver-tongued Coleridge. A writer in the "Pall Mall Gazette" gives a striking sketch of the Lord Chief Justice at the Jowett memorial meeting. "The golden- mouthed Lord Coleridge proposed the motion for raising a memorial fund. His tall figure, with scanty, white hair, stood up rigid on the dais more like a monaetio saint in a mediaeval picture than a mere Lord Chief Justice. But the quiet, soothing flow of his voice hinted from time to time at a deeper power. So, beneath the steadily moving, sometimes almost commonplace, matter of the speech there came out a wann personal emotion." Coleridge a generation a.go earned the epithet" silver- tongued." We prefer it to "golden-mout-hed."

Grief Caused Crime. An inquest was held at Manchester on Mon- day on the body of Mr. Selig Kahane, a well- knov-! Manchester shipper. Deceased passed through his general office into his private office smoking i oigarette, apparently well. In a few minutes his partner found the door looked, and on bursting it open Kahane was found dead in a pool of blood with a. large pattern knife in hie hand. Grief at the conduct of a son was alleged as the cause.

Conan Doyle's Next. Mr. Gonan Doyle has another historical novel far advanced. He has been engaged for some weeks in the delivery of literary lectures in various parts of the United King- dom, and has everywhere met with abundant succcees. He leaves England in a few days for the Engadine, where he proposes to spend the winter on aooount of the rather delicate heatth of a member-cf. his family.

EXPRESS SANTA CLAUS FUND. Tfca Children to Have a Meat Tea. HOW fE HOPE TO DO IT. "Santa Claus" Will Visit Local Trades- men and Ask Them to Assist Her in Her Task. The ladies cf the Santa Claus" Dorcas Committee meet at 15, Tudor-road, Cardiff, this (Tuesday^ afternoon, and all ladies able to spare the time will be welcomed at their sewing meot. ing. The time is very short, and a great many articles require stitching. Some nice coloured over-alls and knitted stockings have been forwarded by Zete Williams, of 34, Longcross-sfcreet, Roa,th. Postal orders for 2s. were enclosed in the fol- lowing note 54, Lower Cathedral-road, Riverside, Cardiff. ) Dear Santa Claus,"—I enclose you postal orders for 2s. towards your fund, and trust it will prove a great successs-Yours very sincerely, H. W. DOWN. Santa Claus" smiled as he perused this encouraging communication Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, Lord Crwys Lodge, Held at Crwys Hotel, Cathays, Dec. 5, 1893. To Santa Claus," I have great pleasure in informing you that we opened a subscription list for the" Santa Claus Fund on last night (Monday) in the above lodgri, when we collected £1 2s. We are keeping the lif-t open for another week, hoping to make the amount larger.—Yours respect- fully, R. MITCHELL, Secretary, 61, Woodville-road. A friend thus apologised for returning our bag unfilled:—A Friend' regrets she was unable to fill the Santa Claus' bag, as she gives all her old clothes to the sisters working in St. Mary's parish. She now encloses postal order for 2s. 6d. as a small donation to the Santa Claus fund, which kindly place among the other anonymous contributions." Bags have been returned to us kindly filled by Mrs. Griffiths, 36, Richmond-road; Miss Smith, 5, East-grove Mrs. Burt, 103, Newport-road: Mrs. CI J. Smart, 296, Cowbridge-road; "Ernest," 246, Cowbridge-road; Miss F. Samuel, 1, Pembroke-terrace; Mrs. Philip Williams, 29, Newport-road; Miss Nance Lamnell, 7, Pembroke-terrace: Miss Fanny Hopkins, 14, Cowbridge-road; and 27, Edward- terrace. Santa Clans" is now very busy running hither and thither, accompanied by her little sister, making arrangements for the little ones' tea. She wants a very great deal for the thousand children who will be very hungry, and Miss Ettie Lascelles Carr has thoroughly made up her mind that her proteges shall have a meat tea. Some pork pies have been promised her, but not a thousand, and all the little ones must be treated alike. She wants oranges and apples, packets of sweets, and other good things, and so to-day or to-morrow she will call upon you, with a smiling face and pleading eyes, which I am sure you won't be able to resist. There will be a Christmas tree, and every child will have a gift therefrom-and a parcel, too-but it must be given, so she says, to a well satisfied little one, who, having looked well after the inner man, will be better able to appreciate the further luxuries of warm clothes and amusing toys. Promises for Our Tea. Promises for our tea, even as I write, are pouring in thickly upon us. Mr. Daniel Lewis, jun., of Duke-street, will send us a box of oranges and the Royal Stores at the Hayes per Mr. Griffiths, will supply us with another] Mr. James Hurman, Llwyn-Crwm, Llanishen, has also undertaken to forward us a hundred pork pies. LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. .E s. d. Proprietors of the Evening Express. 500 "Leillah" 3 3 1 Collected by Mrs. Hunt 2 2 1 Mrs Barry and Mrs. Crow 220 Mrs. Smart, 296, Cowbridge-road, 200 Mayor of Southampton 110 Mrs. C. J. Jackson, Penylan. 110 Mr. Edward Fletcher, Theatre Royal 110 Mr. Oswald Stoll, Empire. 1 1 0 Mrs. Clara Novello Davies 110 Mr. H. Radcliffe 110 Mr. Price. 110 Thomas Jones and Company 1 1 0 Mr. James Allen 110 Councillor Shackell 1 1 0 Miss Grace and Mastery. V. Leslie, per Mr. Leslie, New York 1 0 10 Mr. Lascelles Carr 100 Lord Tredegar 1 0 0 Lord and Lady Aberdare 1 0 0 A Lover of Little Children .i. 100 Mr Lewis Williams 100, Mr. G. A. Carr, Grimsby 100 Miss Talbot 100 Miss Cooper's Collection 012 7 Three Monmouth High Schoo Girls 0 12 0 Mr. Archibald D. Dawnay 0 10 6 Mrs. Archibald D. Dawnay 0 10 6 '"Mrs. Gumption" 0 10 6 Royal Hotel Proprietor, Southampton 0 10 6 P. J. F. H. A. R. 0 10 6 E. W. D 0 10 6 Dr. John Williams 0 10 6 Mr. Jesse Williams 0 10 6 Phillips and Co., Tea Merchants 0 10 6 Major Thornley 0 10 6 The Misses Thornley 0 10 6 Mr. E. Barry, per Barry and Sons 0 10 6 AnAnonymous Friend. 0 10 6 Mr E. Heme, Oakfield-house, Wordsworth-street, Cardiff. 0 10 6 Councillor Brain 0 10 0 Alderman Carey 0 10 0 Madge, per Mr Lewellen Wood, J.P. 0 10 0 Gwen, per Alderman Matthias 0 10 0 Mr. David Williams, Henstaff Court 0 10 0 Misses Maude and Nellie Gram 0 10 0 Lover of YonngGirls 0 10 0 Morien" 0 10 0 Gertie and Edie, per Mrs. Box 0 10 0 AFriend. 0 10 0 Mr. D. Davies, Llwyn-yr-Eos 0 10 0 Messrs. Stranaghan and Stephens 0 10 0 A Barrister 0 10 0 Councillor Frank Beavan 0 10 0 Mrs. Lee 0 10 0 A Friend 0 10 0 Alderman Jacobs 0 10 0 Mrs. Rooney 0 10 0 Mr. Riohard Cory 0 10 0 Mrs. Lewis, The Palace 0 10 0 Anonymous. 0 10 0 AFriend. 0 10 0 Mr. F. C, Lloyd, deputy town-clerk. 0 10 0 Mr. R. M. Watkins, The Wharf 0 10 0 Mrs. Yeall 0 2 6 Mrs. w. h, Down 0 2 0 Amoants tinder 10s. already acknow- 15 0 5 Total jE68 14 6 DONORS OF GIFTS. Ashben. Mr. E. M. Davey, Mrs. S. A Friend Edwards, Mrs. Aberdare Hall Evans, Mrs. William A Friend Edwards, Mrs. A Friend," 97, Rich. England, Misses mond-road Earl, Mrs. "A Friend" dwards, Mrs., toys A. J." and clothing, Abraham, Mrs. J. I Evans, Master Ainsley, Mrs. Friend, A A Willing Helper" I Gladys, Tow,and Jack. "A Well-wisher," 136, Goroin, Mrs. Richmond-road ) Gibbs, Mrs. W. N. Barnett, Mr. I Griffiths, Mrs. Annie Bland, Mr, J. G. Great House, Roath, Bird, Mrs. Hacquoil, Mrs. Bacon, Flossie Hall, Mrs. John Bacon, Mrs. Booth Harbridge, Mrs. Beaugeois, Master Hawkins, Mrs. F. Dudley Hesketh, Miss Bennett, Mrs. Hillier, Mrs. Bloomfield, Mrs. Hancock, Mrs. Bowring Mrs. Hare, Mrs. G. A. Box, Mrs I Hilda" Borrow, Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. Brunn, Mrs. S. Hurford, P.H. andE. E. Carter, Miss Blanche Hacquoil, Philip Mrs. Cyclops Heath, Mrs. Claud-road. 70 K. T." Claude-road, 31 Kittle Claude-road. 50 Jacobs, Mrs. Claude-road, 48 Jacobs, Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. F. and James, Mr. Samuel children James, Mrs. E. Cliffe and Batten, The Jenkins, Mrs. Roes Misses Jones, Mrs. William Cooper, Mrs. and Miss Jones, Mrs. J. Arthur Cole, Miss Jones B, A. Miss Cowbridge-road, 38, Larkin. Mrs. Cowbridge-road, 44, Lenard, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. W. Lewis, Mrs. Church-terrace, 6 Lewis, Mrs. Crafter, Miss Look, Miss Cox, Mrs. W. Lewis, Mrs. Church-terrace, 6 Lewis, Mrs. Crafter, Miss Look, Miss Cliffe and Batten, The Jenkins, Mrs. Roes Misses Jones, Mrs. William Cooper, Mrs. and Miss Jones, Mrs. J. Arthur Cole, Miss Jones B, A. Miss Cowbridge-road, 38, Larkin. Mrs. Cowbridge-road, 44, Lenard, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. W. Lewis, Mrs. Church-terrace, 6 Lewis, Mrs. Crafter, Miss Look, Miss Dumfries-place, 4. Lewis, Mrs. Edward Davies, Mrs. W. R. Little, Mr. P. G. H. Diamond, Mrs. Lamb, Miss Lansdowne, Mr. Walter Richards, Mrs. E. Lansdowne, Miss Lizzie Richmond-road, 52 Lewis, Mrs. J. W. Richmond-road 38, Lewis, Mrs. Richmond-road, Is., 42 Lacy, Mrs. Richmond-road, 44 Lewis, Mrs. W. Richmond-road, 126 Longdon, Mrs. Richmond-road, 108 Lansdowne, Mrs. Richmond-road, 131 Langmaid, Mrs. Richmond-road, 165 Little Johnny." Richmond-road, 72 M'Eacluan, Mrs. Richmond-road, 43 Mullin, Justin Master Richmond-Road, 4 "Maude" and"WilEs." J Richmond-road, 51 Marks, th6 Midges ltichmond-road, 117 Moore, Ms, Chaiies f-^siimond-Road, 66 Morgan Morgan, Mr. Ii^achmond-Road, 53 Muriel, Riggie Marquand, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. B. M.D. Richmond Richards, Mrs. Dan road "Ruby" Marquand, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. B. M.D. Richmond Richards, Mrs. Dan road I "Ruby" M. M. M. Ruthin-gardens, 8. M. W. Roath Court, 3 Newport-road, 65 Scott, Mrs., Newport-road, 39 Scott, Mrs. Newport-road, 57 Stanfield, Mrs. Newport-road, 63 Si-owe, Mies Newport-road. 205 Shepherd, Bob, Bert, Newport-road. 1 q Lil, and Dol Newport-road. 199, Seward, Mrs. Newport-road..1 73, Sharplej and Pritchard Newport-road, 93. Seymour, Mrs. Newport-road, 151, Sonthey, Mrs. Newport-road, 226, Spencer, Mr. Newport-road. 232, Sturge, Miss Maggie. Newport-road, 53, St. Andrew's-cres., 1. Newport-road, 67, St. Andrew's-ores., 13. Newport-road, 191 Sympathy." Newport-road, 226 Sympathiser." Newport-road, 126 Taylor, Ethel Newport-road, 220 Tinv Toddles Newport-road, 234 Thomas, Mr. J.Walter Newport-road, 194 Thomas, Mrs. Newport-road, 132 Thomas, Mrs. Newport-road, 213 Thomas, Mr. Nance, Masters Harry Thomas, Mrs. D. W, and Ralph Thomas, Mrs. Nameless One Thome, Miss Elsie Nickless, Mrs. Two Little Children Oakfield-street, 46 Two Little Girls Oakfield-street, 32 The Walk, 6 Pearce. Mrs. The Walk, 8 Pendennis House The Walk. 3 Prest, Mrs- E. The Walk, 29 Price,' Mrs. Yachell, Mrs. Phillips, Mr. A. I Wardsworth, Mrs. Plasturton-avenue, 4. Watkins, Mr. Plasturton-avenue I Willmott, Mrs. Plasturton-avenue, 6. Whale, the Misses Penfound, Mr. Lemuel Wallace, Mr. Price, Mr., Tudor Hotel Williams, Mrs. Parade, 31. Cardiff. I Williams, Miss Ellen Park-place, 9. Windsor-place, 14. Penford, Mrs. Windsor-place, 12. Plasturton-gardens, 20 I Williams,Mrs. "R.F. Yeo, Miss Annie Ramsdale, Miss F. Thatcher Rees. Alderman T. PROMISES IN KIND. The following ladies and gentlemen have promised to help the fund by gifts of various kinds, including dressed dolls, toys, clothing and material, sewing and knitting machines, &c. :— Alma and Florry Jones, Mrs. Anderson, Anderson, Lansdown, Mrs. and Co. Lansdown, Lucy. Andrews, Mr. S. Mari Lwyd Lawen. Bishop, G., M., and C. Parsley, Mr. H. H. Crowe, Mrs. Raper, Mr. F. Cardell, Mrs. Spencer, Mr. A. W. Dawnay, Mrs. Stevens, Mr. Edwards, Miss Sympathy" Father's Boy." Thornley, Mrs. Gunn, Mrs. J. E. Thomas, Miss Jennie Hutchins and Co. Williams, Miss Zete. Jacobs, Mrs. CLOTHING. Boys. I GIRLS AND INFANTS. Pairs of boots and Babies' garments 423 00 r shoes. 113 Pairs of boots and Pairs of braces 9 shoes, 85 Caps 142 Aprons 28 Coats. 73 Bodices. 53 Collars 136 Dresses. 76 Hats 51 Fur and wool wraps 28 Mackintoshes 7 Hats 95 Mufflers 35 Jackets. 61 Neckties. 105 Nightdresses. 25 Shirts. 70 Pinafores. 54 Pairs of stockings 104 Skirts 35 Suits. 3 Pairs of stockings 26 Pairs of trousers. 64 Underwear 134 OTHER PRESENTS. Books 141 Dolls 53 Satchels 8 j Toys 113 Small toys, Ac., 164.

EBEN. BEAVAN BACK. He is Welcomed by the Members of the Burial Board. A meeting of the Cardiff Burial Board was held on Tuesday at the offices of ttie authority. The Mayor (Councillor Trounce), who pre- sided, said he was glad to see that Councillor and he hoped that Mr. Beavan would long be spared to give them his valuable assistance. Councillor White also spoke of Councillor Beavan's usefulness to the board, after which Councilor Beavan suita.bly responded to the kind sentiments expressed by the mayor and Councillor White.-The Board then proceeded to public business. After the minutes had been passed, a. letter was read from the Rev. A. Tilly, in which he complained of the im- mense distance which had to be travelled by funerals to graves at the extreme end of the cemetery.—It was agreed to make a. road from Crwys-road through the Recreation Ground to the cemetry, and thus an easy aooess would be made to the part of the cemetery referred to by the Rev. A. Tilly in his letter. The authority thought that to construct the road it would not be necessary to call in skilled labour, and it would be a good chance of giving work to the unemployed. The matter will be laid before the unemployed committee.

LADY DILKE Has Written Severa) Books and been Decorated by the Sultan. Lady Dilke, who intends to defend the pro- ceedings which have been commenced against her on account Of the article Industrial Position of Women," which appeared in the Fortnightly Review," has had a by no means undistinguished literary career. She wrote for several years for the Westminster and "Saturday Review," and later acted as art critic for the "Academy." Her greatest work, The Renaissance of Art in France," was published in two volumes in 1879, and was illustrated by herself. A few years afterwards Lady Dilke published a volume of short stories called "The Shrine of Death," which received an uncommon honour. During the visit of Sir Charles Dilke and his wife to Constantinople, it was read to the Sultan, who was so pleased with it that he decorated the authoress, and ordered it to be translated into Turkish.

A CHEEKY BOY THIER Gave Saucy Answers to the Questions of the Court. Where do you live?" asked th-, judge in a New York Polioe-oourt, of fifteen-year-old John Bryon, charged with burglary. "I decline to answer," was the reply. "An honest boy would not be afraid to tell where he lived." "I consider this a private matter." You've probably got a. record you're ashamed of," said the Court, "and that's why you won't tell where you live." "That is my business." He was arrested in a saloon where he had stolen and packed up cigars and liquors. He was held in 1.000 dollars bail for trial.

"THE GAIETY GIRL" Queen Objects and Another Alteration Must be Made. We take the following from the "Referee": Poor George Edwardes—the mildest-man- i. totl man who ever ran a theatre—a man who would not hurt a fly, unless it kept the stage waiting—seems to be fated of late to give potentates grounds for much uneasiness. Hardly has he escaped from the wrath of the Sultan concerning 'Don Juan' at the Gaiety, than, 1o! up crops another complaint oonoern- ing his Gaiety Girl' at the Prince- of Wales's. But this time the complainant was a Lady whom you and I honour, a Lady for whom we regularly prwy (and sing); a Lady who never goes to the play now, but who occa- I sionally commands the play to go to her. It appears tha,t a report had got abroad that the Rev. Henry Monkhouse was made up to represent a certain real (and popular) clergy- man. and this being thus an instruction^ went forth to the proper official to command George Edwardes to command his reverence to forth- with transform himself into a medical man."

Misery Ended By Death. An inquest was held on Monday at Brony- garth, near Oswestry, on the death of Richard Edwards, labourer, aged 85, who lived alone for many years. He was found dead in his cottage at Pontfaen on Saturday by a neigh- bour. He was lying naked on the hearth. The neighbour gave deceased a. bed and blankets, but he had burnt them. Another witness said he used to give deceased food. Deceased was never known to wash himself or allow the house to be attended to.—The Coroner thought it was the worst case of the kind he had met with.—A verdict was returned of Deaili from natural caugee, hastened by irregular living and !e*insur*M

Bird Did His Very Best BUT FAILED TO GET CARDIFF CHOSEN. Patience was all that was Wanted to Bring the Liberal Federation to Cardiff. With reference to the announcement made in the Evening Express on Monday that the forthcoming meeting of the National Liberal Federation would not be held at Cardiff Mr. Robert Bird, president of the Cardiff Liberal Thousand, who refused to see our repre- sentative on the subject, has since fur- nished a contemporary with the following :— I have received to-day a telegram informing me that the executive of the National Liberal Federation have accepted the invitation of the Home Counties Division, which, I believe, includes the whole of the South Coast. I pre- sume, therefore, that the announcement as to the meetings being held at Southampton is correct. Mr. Hudson informed me that he thought they would be going to Southampton. The explanation of our non* success with respect to the Drill-hall is simpl3 this That the Marquess of Bute was willing tf grant the use of the hall if Mr. Gladstone wen coming to Cardiff, but we pretty well knew that it was not likely Mr. Gladstone would be here Dr. Edwards on Friday informed Sir Willian Thomas Lewis that the ether political part) had had the use of the hall for other lead- ing men than Lord Salisbury, Mr. Chamber- lain and the Marquess of Hartington having addressed meetings there. At this Sir William Lewis expressed some surprise, and stated that he would further inquire into the matter and reply later on. In the meantime the people in London state that they could not wait any longer* and we understand that they have definitely accepted the invitation to Southampton. As to the suggestion that a demonstration is to be helii in Wood-street Chapel, I may say that I have: heard nothing on the matter so far, and arrange* ments have not up to the present been made locally for holding snch a gather- ing. The last letter in refreenoe to the Drill-hall from Sir William Lewis came early last week, and in it he asked me to meet him. I was unable to see him myself, having to go to London, and Dr. Edwards, who met him, waa given the statement that the question would be referred back to the Marquess of Bute. This correspondence, which has now ended in the manner you see, commenced in the early part of October and has been proceeding ever since so it cannot be contended that there has not been sufficient time to bring matters to a satisfactory conclusion." The Correspondence. Subjoined is the correspondence which has passed between Mr. Bird and Sir W. T. Lewis on the subject. Mr. Bird first made applica- tion for the use of the Drill-hall on October 15, as follows:— Dear Sir William,—The National Liberal Federation will probably hold its annual confe- rence in Cardiff early in 1894, and in connection therewith there will be a large mass meeting. As president of the Cardiff Liberal Thousand I venture on behalf of the local committee to ask if you would kindly grant us the use of the Drill-hall for that meeting P There is no other place in the town at all large enough for the purpose, and the concession would be one which would be highly appreciated by a very, large section of the people of Cardiff, and would, I believe, still more closely cement the good feeling which happily exists between the noble lord and the oommunity.-Awa.iting the favour of your reply, believe me, dear Sir William* yours faithfully, ROBT. BIRD, After a week Sir W. T. Lewis wrote promising ? to bring the matter before Lord Bute the next time he saw him." The president of the Cardiff Liberal Association wrote again oa October 21, eaying As the matter is pressing, may I venture the hope that your further kind reply may not be long delayed, and, if it is not asking too much, I should be glad to know when you are likely to see his lordship. The answer was that Lord Bute was "muck Ancaared," and +,'ha+ three or four weeks must elapse before Sir W. T. Lewis could see him, Mr. Bird wrote explaining the urgency of th< application, and asking whether Sir W. T. Lewii could see his way to write to Lord Bute, 01 whether it would meet with his approval if Mr. Bird himself wrote. Again, after several daye delay, Sir W. T. Lewis replied ? If you will forward me a letter such as you wish me to submit to Lord Bute,l will endeavour to get the application considered without wait- ing for my next lisit to Scotland. A letter to be submitted to Lord Bute was ïm, mediately forwarded, and, after waiting another fortnight, Sir W. T. Lewis was asked if he could give a reply. He answered on November 17 I am going to Scotland next week, when, among other matters, I hope to obtain Lord Bute's in- structions with reference to your application for the nse of the Drill-hall. Sir Edward's Opinion. In conversation with one of our represen- tatives on Tuesday Sir E. J. Reed said he thought the Marquess of Bute had been misled in the matter. Why ?" "He said he only granted the use of the hall last week because Lord Salisbury was coming, and as a personal compliment to the ex-Premier, and that if Mr. Gladstone in- tended being present at the federation he would grant the hall for the same reason. But you must rememberj and it has been pointed out to his lordship that Lord Har- ting,t-on and Mr. Chamberlain used the trail." You think the Marquess of Bute has been misled ?" "Yes I da'» The Oracle Speaks. Says the London Daily News :-Our Cardiff readers will be amnsed to find how well they are cared for by the proprietor of their Drill-hall and his agent. They have just had a dose of Conservative doctrine, or what passes for it in modern times, from the Marquees et Salisbury. They may have consoled themselves with the thought that they would get something in the nature of an antidote at a later day; for their Liberal Asso- ciation, in conjunction with the Federation of South Wales, had invited the National Liberal Federation to hold one of its stirring annual gatherings there. The invitation was accepted, hut the guests had reckoned without the chief host. The sojourners in Cardiff—at least all those for whom accommodation as great as that of the Drill-hall is required-are apparently in a worse position than those for whom the com- passion of Burns was aroused at Inverary, when he said:— I pity much their case Unless they come to wait upon The lord their god his Grace. For in Cardiff it is the case of those who do come to wait upon the feudal lord, or his repre- sentative, that moves compassion.

HE FEARED INSANITY. So Shot His Little Children and Then Ended His Own Life. A Central News telegram from New York says: —A distressing oase of double murder and suicide is reported from Erie, in Penn- sylvania. A man named Charles Eody, who was in very comfortable circumstances, appears to have beoome addicted to opium smoking, and from this developed a passion for mor- phine eating, until of late he had given fre- quent evidence of suffering from hallucinations. He seemed to be troubled chiefly by fear that his family would sooner or later become insane, and, in order to avert the calamity, he this morning shot his two children, aged respec- tively six and eight years, while they slept, and then committed suicide.

A Husband's Value. In ih!>! Queen's Bench Division on Monday Mrs. Pritchard wns awarded E300 by a special jury against the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway in respect of the loss of her husband, a retired builder, 60 years of age. Mr. Prit- chard was getting out of the tram at Brockley Station when, it was said, the guard sent the train on before the passenger's foot was off the footboard. The old gentleman was shaken, and was never well afterwards. The widow said she had lost the benefit of an annuity of jBlOO a year. <;

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