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HOSPITAL RE* oRM ASSOCIA- TION, MEETING OF MEDICAL MEN AT CARDIFF. A meeting of the Cardiff medical practi- tioners interesced in the Hospital Reform Association was held at the Medical-rooms, Queen-street, Cardiff, on Wednesday after- noon. Dr. Milward presided over a repre- sentative attendance.—Dr. Horder explained the objects of the association, and produced a table of figures showing the proportion of out- patients to population in various large towns. The highest was Dublin, with 421 per 1,000. Cardiff was low down in the list, having oniv 80 per l.OOO.-Dr. Tenison Collins proposed a resolution approving of the objects of the association, and pledging the medical practi- tioners to support it. There was, he remarked, no antagonism to the hospitals intended, but, considering the growing competition in the profession, by th'3 great increase year after year of the number of persons entering it, and the demand diminishing, the result was that they were degraded by having sixpenny dis- pensaries set up by men who had no other means of earning their living. He thought one of the first things they ought to do was to show governors of hospitals that the object the society had in view was to save their expenditure. In France, where the hospitals were State institutions, persons who were able to pay were, after discharge, presented with a bill for their treatmeni.—Dr. Blight seconded the resolution, which was carried I unanimously.

JUSTICES' JUSTICE AT SWANSEA. "In my legal pinery this week." says Mr. Labouchere in "Trutli," "a correspondent has supplied a couple of cases from Swansea which, though somewhat out of the ordinary run of those I give in this column, nevertheless afford an interesting object-lesson in justices' justice. The law with regard to the sale of loaves by weight is. of course, designed for the protec- tion of the whole community, but if any dis- tinction at all is made in dealing with offenders, surely it ehouid be in the direction of punishing most severely a tradesman on whom the poor rely for the full measure of their u*:ly bread. The Swansea Solons, how- ever. take the opposite view, and tine the baKer whose trade is with well-to-do people twice as heavily as the baker whose business is done among the poorer classes. Tho cases referred to are those of Henrietta Whi'e, who was fined 20s., and Josiah Wil- 1 an: who was fined 10s.. the former's busi- ness '1<- ing stated to be among the middle class people, and the lalter's amongst poor people.

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From Far and Near COLUMN OF CHAT ON INTERESTING SUBJECTS. Items of News ana anecdotes Gleaned for the "Express" from N., S., E., and W. No cycles are allowed on the promenades at Scarborough after eight o'clock in the morn- ing, so many of the lady visitors ride their machines on the sands, some of the more venturesome going right to the water's edge. A curious ecclesiastical movement is on foot in Ireland. Some genius belonging to the Disestablished Irish Church has been in- spired with the idea that under the Disestab- lishment Act army chaplains have no business to be employed in Ireland. Counsel's opinion has actually been taken upon the subject, and is said to be in favour of the ecclesiastic's con- tention. The progress of the movement is watched with -p-cially keen interest by tho garrison of Dublin, who are specially afflicted l.y the sermons of one particular divine on the Army clerical staff. Colour blindness is alleged to be on the in- crease. Tobacco is responsible in a measure for this. according to a doctor who examines candidates for employment on the railway. Women are seldom attlicted in this way, hence. he argues, it must be caused by something that men do which women do not. Wha.t cases exist among women will be found to be in- cited from male ancestors. It is not im- passible, however, that a man may use to- bacco without such an effect, but lie believes a large proportion of the cases are caused by tobacco. The reason for which Lancashire farmers are migrating to Essex transpired at a recent meeting of the Lancashire Tenant Farmers' Association. The chairman said that in Emex. instead of the farmers running after the farms, they fou. d the landlords were run- nillg after the farmsrt. In Essex thty had practically got what the Lancashire farmer was striving fur-fixity of tenure. Tenants fblt sect-re there, for if a now tenant could net be found, the landlord had to pay the valuation. In Lanca-shire they clung on tili the lust, be- cause they knew when they went away they would be penniless. After two and a half years' labour the lens for the largest and finest telescope in the world has just been completed. This lens is intended for the new observatory at Lake Geneva, and is the work of Professor Alvin Clark. Its focal distance is 61ft., and the extreme diameter of the clear aperture is 41g;n. The crown is about 3in. thick at the middle and 1iin. thick at the outer edges, and weighs 2051b. The tiint weighs 3101b. I The lens and its iron ring and cell weigh J about 1,0001b. The cost of the giajss plates in Paris waa £ 8,000, and the entire cost of the .ens is estimated to have been £ 21,000. A report has been received by the Russian Imperial Geographical Society from M. Clements, who is exploring Mongolio. He states he has failed to ascend the Otkon- Tengre, the highest peak of the Hangai range. He reached a point about 14,000ft. above sea level. Several small glaciers have been dis- covered, and also two small extinct volcanoes, He is led to think that he will find many others in the Hangai range. The same society has received another report from Dr. Sven He ding, who is in charge of a scientific expe- dition in Khotan. Dr. Heding has discovered the ruins of two ancient towns. One of these contains the remains of some monuments, the style of which indicate their Indian origin. The year of the accession of William IV., 1830, was minus a Lord Mayor's Show and Guildhall banquet, and the civic chief magis- trate took over the duties of his office with- out the accessories of gorgeous pageantry or high wassail. The King and Queen Adelaide had arranged to attend the banquet, but the Lord Mayor-elect thought it advisable, through the medium of the Duke of Welling- ton, to stop the Royal visit on account of the threatening attitude of some of the Reform agitators. The show was also countermanded. The Lord Mayor was severely criticised in respect of this action. A novel kind of strike has now just come to a peaceable conclusion at St. John's Col- lege. Oxford. The undergraduates went out on strike for better dinners and more of them. For some time the state of the kitchen had been calling forth deep but silent indignation. At length a meeting was summoned, and only seven undergraduates out of the 50 or more who generally dine in hall were present. On the succeeding night there was only one undergraduate. This gentleman was not a solitary blackleg, but the scholar whose duty it was to say grace. As soon as this was effected he, too, retired to leave the fellows to dine in solitary splendour. This led to a compromise, and the workers have returned to dinner under a pledge, it is understood, of better fare in future. Here is an amusing William Morris story: -The poet was keenly interested in the fight for Trafalgar-square, and when it was reported that Sir Charles Warren intended to defend the square with guns, he discussed with a friend the point from which the firing would commence. Mr. Stead, who was present, re- marked that in case they fired from Charles Stuart's statue it was a good thing there were no houses, but only the National Gallery, behing the square. "Only the National Gallery exclaimed the poet-and he shud- dered with horror. The coming man in France, if, indeed, he has not already arrived, is M. Paul Deschancl, '.vhoss contribution to the debate on the Senate question has found praise everywhere. M. Deschanel is still comparatively a vonng man. having been born at Brussels in 1856. He was educated at the Lycee Condorcet, and passed as licentiate in law in 1875. His in- troduction to political life was as secretary to Jules Simon when that statesman was Minister of the Interior. He was elected deputy in 1885 as member for Eure-et-Loire. He is one of the most brilliant orators in the Chamber, and made a celebrated speech some few years back defending the interests of France in the East, for which he was deco- rated by the Sultan. He has also written several works on political subjects, and one charming volume entitled "Figures des Femmes," which was crowned by the academy. Just prior to and during the run of "New Babylon'' the late Charles Wilmot was land- lord of the Duke's Tavern in Brownlow- street, Holborn. It was here that the famous saying, "Good goods, very." which was the catch say of the town, originated. There was an Oddfellows' Lodge held at the house, which was largely attended by theatrical folk, and it was here that poor Wilmot asked his brother Oddfellows if they could suggest any funny wheeze for the piay in which he enacted the part of the Jew. A gentleman, who was afterwards largely concerned in financing the piece, was examining a new silk muffler at the time and absently ejaculated, "Good goods, very Paul Meritt, the author, who was of the company, said, "That'll do, Wilmot," and it was forthwith adopted.

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OVER THE NUTS AND WINE 4VIPS AND CRANKS FROM BOTH HEMI- SPHERES. A. Salectisa of Jokes and Funny Anecdotes fer the Mental Kecrsatitn of Old and Tounf, I Grubb (excitedly): Did you hear that I went home last night and caught a burglar? Clubb (calmly) That's nothing. I went ho/ne late and caught the deuce. Teacher: Johnny, have you your knife with you? Johnny: Yes'm. "Then I wish you would sharpen my pencil for me." "Plfase I'd rather not." "Why?" "Cause while I was sharpenin' it I might drop the knife on the floor, and then you'd g.ve me a bad mark for makin' a noise." Husband (to wife m full evening dress): My stars. Is that all you are going to wear? Wife (calmly): All, except the flowers. Which of these clusters would you select? Hue band (resignedly): The biggest. "His mother-in-law has gone to lee him again." "1 shouldn't think she would." "Why not?" '"He oalled her an old cat the last time she went to see him." "Well, she justifies the name—the cat came ack, you know." Mrs. Weetside: Your husband got in at three o'olock this morning, and yet you say he i? a man of regular habits? Mrs. Elmore: Certainly. It's his regular habit to get home at three o'clock. ——* "What is there about that girl that is so de- lightful, I should like to know?" said a drum- mer, discussing a well-known Avenue beauty. "I "aw one thing about her last night," re- plied another, "that made the situation de- lightful." "What was that?" "My arm." "What n fast dictator you are," said the typewriter of a. Main-street merchant. "I ought to be. he replied. "Mother-in-law lives a.t our house, and I have object lessons constantly." A Frenchman alighted from an early morn- ing train at a London suburban station, and wanting some information as to what he should do to reach his destination, was in some diffi- culty, as neither he nor the staff on duty could understand each other. At this point the in- spector came forward, saying, "Get away, you ohaps; let me talk to him!" Placing his hand to the side of his mouth, he shouted in iiis very best English in the Frenchman's ear, "If you wait until nine o'clock, I shall have a man on duty who can speak your confounded language!" A great deal has been written about learning to say "No." If you want to teach a man to say "No," just ask him "if he would like to pay that little bill to-day ?" "When I married you," he said, "I thought you were an angel." "I inferred as much," she said. "From tbn very first," she went on, "you seemed to th.k I could get along without clothes." Needles were invented in 1545, and some men haven't learned to thread them yet. A First-class Recommendation (Advertise- ment): "Wanted, a situation by a cook whose grenadiers have remained true to her all the time of their service." An Easy Remedy.—"Oh, dear!" sighed Mrs. Cumso, as she tossed about in bed, "I'm suffer- ing drecd'ully from insomnia." '"Go to sleep and you'll be all right," growled Mr. Cumso, as he rolled over and began to snore again. "You eat very awkwardly," said the Dela- ware Avenue housewife, who had just given a tmmp something to appea-e hunger. "I guess you'd eat awkwaaxl too, mum, ef youse was that outer practice as I am," he replied. "There there!" said Mrs. Blue-Myrrli, pick- ing up her little boy, who had hurt his toe, "don't cry. Be a man like mamma." "Do you think there's music in the trombone?" "Yes, there must be none comes out." "I say, guv'nor, you won't catch anything in tha-t stream. There's no fish in it." "Then, what the hengment have you got that sign up for, 'No fishing allowed?' J The following story comes from the neigh- bourhood of Ben Nevis. A shrewish old body tried to lead her husband from the dram-shop by employing her brother to act the part of ghost and frighten John on his way home. "Who are you?" asked John, as the appari- tion rose before him from behind a bush. "I am auld Nick," Was the reply. "Are yt- really?" exclaimed the old reprobate with much satisfaction, and not a trace of terror. "Then, mon, come awa'; gi'e's a shake o' your hand. I'm marrit tae a eister o' yours!" "Hello, Blobbs! Doing anything trooked nowadays?" "Not I. I'm living above sus- picion." "Glad to hear it." "Yes; a de- tective lives on the fifth floor of our house, and I'm on the sixth." Brooklyn Man (joyfully): I've invited Grimson to dine with ui to-night, and he's coming. His Wife: But it was only la¡,tt night that you said you hated him. "I d'o: but he's got to oroes three electric tram lines to get here." "You are charged," said the judge, "with riding your bicycle through the streets at a rate exceeding ten miles an hour." "Ten miles?" said the man, whose new wheel had run away with him. "Ten miles? I'll bet I was going 300." I Tommy (who has been reading about Abdul and the Armenians): I say, pa, do you know why there's no European concert? Pa: No, my boy, tha t's what everybody wants to know Tommy: Well, it's because there's no har- mony anion get the Powers. You can't have a concert, you know, without harmony." "Every once in a while we are reminded in a mo.<t vivid manner of the maxims we learned in early youth," paid the man with a cross of court plaster over his cheekbone. "Of course. Most of their merit depended on their application to every-day affairs." "And yet theie was one which had entirely escaped my memory until I took my second lfs.on a bicycle." "Which was it?" "A little learning is a dangerous thing. Among a host of other questions to be found, as a rule, on the forms to be filled up before a life insurance policy caji he effected, occur— "Age of father if living?" "Agu of mother, if living?" A man in the country who filled up an appli- cation made his father's age 112 years, and his mother's 102. The agent of the insurance company W:1b amazed at this, and fancied lie had secured an excellent customer, but feeling somewhat- dubious he remarked that the appli- cant came from a ;ong-lived iamily. "Oh, you see, sir," replied he, "my parents died many years ago, but 'if living' they would be aged as there put down." "Er-er--exactly, 1 understand," said the agent. Gwilvm EvuII"" Quinine Bifctarg, The Ver-table louic. Is sold in hottles, 2s. 9d. And 4s. 6d. (cwh of mutatio See the name, tiwiiyni oil label, stamp. and lJottle. lief use any prcjKvralion ottered as a substitute for it. e4919-4 On Tuesday, at St. Mary's-room, Pem- broke, Mr. Robert George, J.P., was pre- sented witn a beautiful salver, subscribed for by the Conservatives of Pembroke, aa a token of their respect for him and his great services to the Conservative cause in the Pembroke Boroughs. Mr. George has retired from business, and has gone to reside atSaun- dersfoot. The chair was occupied by Colonel Saurin, of Orielton, the president of the club, and Mrs. Saurin made the presen- tation, and Mr. George suitably replied. »; I Pater: Yet, it's hard to make both ends meet with my family of six grown girls. Sympathetic Friend: I suppose you have to husband your time? Pater: Yes, until I husband some of my daughters. Tourist: These are beautiful mountains, but how much more picturesque would they look if there was an ancient ruin on the summit. Hotel Keeper Yes. I believe an ancient ruin would draw more tourists. Next year I am going to have one built. "If I were to die you would never get another wife like me." "What makes you think I'd ever want another lik-i you?" "Ha, ha. laughed Talkmore, who had seen our hard-worked editor dispose of a nuisance by sending him on an errand. "Ha, ha.! Good way to dispose of bores! Make 'em do some- thing." "Yes, it works well," replied the editor, "By "lie way, I wish you'd drop this letter in the box at the oorner as you go home." Bore No. 2 departed, looking decidedly puzzled and not altogether satisfied. I' The wounds of love are quickest healed by another dart from his bow. "Where are the children, Susan?" asked a j. visitor of the nurse, the mother being absent. "The ladies up at the parsonage has got them all for dinner to-day, ma-am," was the reply. No man is much of a hero to a widow. —The woman who marries for spite usually gets it. Few men would marry if they could live for ever.—Matrimony has established the fact that love is not incura.bly blind.—About every third woman imagines that she is a saint.-T1he man who is good for nothing else sometimes makes a good husband.—Never marry a man to re- form him; reform him first and then don't marry him.-A good many men marry to get a home and then spend most of their time away from it.

WELSH MUSIC. Mia. JOSEPH BENNETT AND THE EISTEDDFOD. The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion proposes to open its winter session with the reading of a paper, followed by discussion, upon the betterment of Welsh music. Possibly this will lead to some re-arranfement of musical procedure at the meetings of the National Eisteddfod. The present system, as I have again and again shown (says Mr. Joseph Ben- nett in the "Daily Teh-graph "), is defective in the extreme, doing the least possible amount. of good, and as much harm as the nature of the case allows. As a competitive method it has utterly broken down, and tends rather to the degradation than the elevation of thOde who take part in it. The 1898 Eisteddfod will be held at Festiniog, where. I have reason to believe, the present staite of things is not wholly approved. I

A MILITANT HECTOR. DEFIES THE LAW AND BARRI- CADES THE PARSONAGE. The Central News Limerick correspondent telegraphs .that considerable excitement pre- vails at Ardoanny, Co. Limerick, over the eviction of the Rev. It. H. Cotter, M.A., Pro- testant reetor, who is to be dispossessed to-day (Thursday) by the sheriff and a large force ci police and bailiffs. Mr. Cotter was deprived of his benefice by the court) of the General Synod of the Oburcih of Ireland in June last for heresy in respect of the doctrine of baptism, but lie refuses to surrender the premises, and after much negotiation it has been found neces- sary to evict him. He thjpp ana resistance, and has barricaded the parson. a into a kind of fort, the Union Jack flying above.

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For the Ladies FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE BALL-ROOM. Our Lady Correspondent's Collection I of Interesting Paragraphs for I The Fair Sex. I Travelling hats are very elegant. They are I worn chiefly with tailor-made gowns. Short and very elaborately decorated capes will be worn,, but they no longer lead the fashion. A pale blue satin ball dress is set off with revere of white, covered with lace and edged wall chinchilla. The demi-toilette dinner gown has often a little fur judiciously used as trimm'-ng, seme- times bordering the lapels and occasionally ecllgingthe skirt as well The use of fur on ball dresses adds a note of soft, deep richness to the composttions, as in the caise of a white satin lined with rose colour and bordered with fur about the shoulders, with a rosy frill of satin just showing above its browiimess. One of the latest novelties in ball dreeees is the chameleon tulle, composed of veils of different colours laid over eaoh other, each con- sisting of tulle. They are, in fact, so many skirts superposed, and an endless varied effect of mingled tints may be obtained in fhia way. A smart young woman in a grey cloth coat and skirt, seen, at the ekat-ing rink at the Princess Club, London, was demonstrating most success- fully the charm of the double turn when worn with a rose pink silk petticoat, a.nd a portly lady in dark blue velvet elaborately decked with jet was ae clearly showing the advautages of repose. Never wash a bread board in an iron sink. The iron will leave a black mark on the board, which it is difficult to remove. Wash the board on the table where it has been used with cold water, scrubbing occasionally with sand soap. One of tihe newest ways of adapting paste stones" to the decoration of dresses is to hang them in chains upon the bodice, following the line of an nnag.iiary zouave. Embroidered upon satin they have a very rich effect, and it is difficult to decide whether they look more beautiful thickly studded over black satin or pure white. ) Some handsome new mats to place under j the jardinieres kept on polished tables are squaretl of white China silk, with a oorder of piush almost a finger wide. These mats are made over a stiff foundation of crinoline or canvas, covered with a layer of cotton and lined at the back with siik of a contracting coiour. Pink, mauve,, apple-green, and canary yellow are coinomed in some, with a trimming of shaded crysanuiemurns; while another shows crimson, scarlet, tan, and russet united in a glowing semblance of autumn colourings, the tnmming in this instance consisting of green velvet with a few sprays of brambit leaves,, cleverly copied from nature. THE BEST THEATRE HAT. A Du&ciii bonnet, with flat top and slightly uprolling sidtes, all of velvet straw can be worn winter and summer. For winter purchase half a yard of very wide chiffon with a heading. Cut it in two as far as the heading. Roll the two sides into tassel-like rolls and sew upon the front of the hat, letting the chiffon rolls fall to eaoh side. For the back there can be little fans of lace put on, and the top is trimmed Wit-n a rose and some leaves. Such a hat is very pretty, and oh, how simple to make I ASTRAOHAN AND CLOTH. Over a vicuna-cioith dress one very neat dresser will wear a bolexa of black aatrach&n, with a front of heavy boucle cloth. The bolero is tight at back and sudeis, and turns back wijth broad daip&hi. Lozenge-sfoaiped buKtons of pearl trim it. Aetrachan is a greater favourite than ever, It is cheaper than Persian lamb and quite as becoming. As a muff fur it is very good, fc<r it keeps its shape. Boas of astrachan are stuffed and rather large. Muffs are mod«rate in size, and jaelcec sleeves will be tight-fitting beilow the elbow. Very gay little hats will be worn with these rough winter outfits. ADVICE FOR EVENING DRESS. Evening clothes are possibly the desires of your hearts? Then go home and cover up your last year's dresses with embroidered and jewelled net,, swathe the bodies to match, and wear a large group of art ficial flowers on the left side. large group of art ficial flowers on the left side. If this prescription does not please you, buy a new gown of poulte de soie, embroidered in sequins with a bodice of net embroidered to match; or, again, if this proposition does not appeal to you, then have a chiffon f-rook, with a deep-gathered flounce from your knees and a hem of fur—chinchilla for choice. And then collect all the money available, and give your- self a moire theatre cape or ooat lined w-ith sable or mink, and decked round the shoulders with a lace hood. TO HUSBANDS AND WIVES. Don't have teasing secrets from one another -:t is one of the first rules that a young married couple who really love should put before them- selves. Then, again, don't keep troubles from each other. If you go about with a cloud of care on your brow and inform your other half tuat it is, "Oh, nothing," you are laying the seeds for an unhappy future. Your partner loves you, feels every disturbing breath that overtakes you, anu asks you about it in love. It may be that you desire to spare the one you love the worry t-nat besets yourself; but it is not fair or wise to do it. Evasions of that sort are so paloable as to lead to almost inevitable misconstruction, and to loosen the sympathetic bund between you. A NEW MANTLE. Fashion is not very definite yet about the new winter mantles, but the cape is still in vogue. It allows of smart sleeves with puffs, frills, or emuiettes at the .on. and very often has wing sleeves, the only objection to them being that they admit a great deal of cold. A description is given of one that is both smart and warm, and has the long stole ends that suit so many. It is made of seal plush and edged round with moufflon, besides having a moufflon ruche round the neck and down the front. But what distinguishes it from other capes is that there are broad bands of jetted black satin put in at the shoulders, secured at the waist, and ending in long stole ends in front. Whether worn with bonnet or hat this is thoroughly complete, and the satin bands serving as a frame to the moufflon give a handsome and compact appearance. Of course, the charm of such a rr-antle is .gone unless it is put on quite straight, and there are people who spoil the effect of good clothes by always wearing them awry. The pretty hat is a white felt one, trimmed with rows of quilled black satin ribbon on crown and brim. The feathers aie black ostrich I tips, and they spring from black latin rosettee.

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"Express'' Football Competition. This week we continue our football com- petition. The prizes given will be:- First Prize: Bound Volume of Stoddart's Portfolio of Photographs of Scenery and Cities, value 15s. Second Prize: "Beautiful Britain," value 12s. id. 1"he following matches will be played on Saturday, November 28: — CARDIFF V. NEWPORT. SWANSEA V. LLANELLY. NEATH V. BRISTOL. MOUNTAIN ASH V. TREHERBERT. HOW TO COMPETE. I Yeu must fill up the Coupon underneath as folJow8 With the Names of the Teams whom yeu think will win. ith the actual number of points for and points against the teams you think will win. I FoTec-sts must be made Ðh the Coupon. As many forecasts may be sent in as desired. All forecasts must arrive at lutest by Twe.ve Midnight every Friday, marked "Football Competition" on the outside, and addressed tho "Evening Express," Cardiff. Coupons will be dated, and will only.. available for the week's competition ef which they bear the slate. The result will be declared in every Monday's issue of the "Evening Expr"ss." Our decision is final. In case of dispute a Scrutiny Fee of 2s. 6d. must be deposited, not later than Tuesday even- ing, which wall be returned if the complaint be found to be well-based. f 1_. "EVENXNU EXPRESS" FOOTBALL COUPON FOR WEEK NOVEMBER 23 to 27. -R POINTS I POIN'JB WINNING PEOBABLE WINNING TEAM. FOR. AGAINST. POINTS. i i 2 4 I I I | NAME AJSBRESS

CARDIFF MUSICAL SOCIETY Berlioz's "Faust," one of the most beautiful and difficult- of operas, was excellently per- formed 0IIl Wednesday night by the Cardiff Musical Society. The orchestra played in admirable harmony and time, and the instru- mentation was well balan -ed throughout. The only instrument that did not appear to have much to do was the harp. The harpist, however, a. pretty girl dressed in a lovely shade of green, was a pleasing note of colour. To pick out from what was all good pieces that were excel- lent, we might mention that the "Hungarian March" was splendidly performed. The "Ballet of Sylphs" was mos'. musical, and harmoniously delightful, as also was the inusio of the "Dance of the Will o' the Wisps." The chorus appeared to be in fuller numbers than in former years, and may be congratulated on the success they achieved. The chorus of "Faust's Dream" was rendered with exceptional effect, a remark that might also be applied to the chorus of soldieins and students which ended the first part. Tile chorus of peasants was another morceau that the choir did full justice to. Miss Lilian Tree, who undertook the part of Margaret," possesses a voice pure, rich, and flexible, and of full compass. She. particularly excelled in the romanca. "Ah, me! My Heart is Heavy," and in the difficult music of the ballad, "The King of Thule. Mr. Whitney Mockridge's voice, though very sweet, did not appear to be of sufficient power for such a large hall, and this was especially noticeable when he sang with the chorus. His vocalisation, however, improved as he went on, and lie gave, "Oh, Welcome Gentle Twi- light" with great feeling and expression. The baritone, Mr. G. A. Holmes, was very success- ful in his score, which is more declamatory than the rest. He managed his voice very cleverly, and sang with spirit and enthusiasm. Mr. W. Llewellyn is a very powerful bass, and made a good impression on the audience. The hall was refreshingly full. The baloony had mot a dozen seato empty in it, and downstairs it was simply crammed. The patrons of the concert were almost all in full evening dre-^s, but there was nothing very striking in the way of a. costume. The blouse proper has given way to the silk or brocade bodice. A greeu silk made with deep double epaulettes edged with tin-" frill" of tulle or net cut as an Eton, and worn over a. pink vest veiled in pink chiffon was charming, and a handsome brunette wore a bodice of turquoise velvet. The lace yoke had a deep fall of laoe from the bust and ruffled sleeves. A soft pink, which was made I' up with a quantity of Valenciennes lace arranged as tucks across the bust and sleeves, was much admired by our immediate neigh- bour. We noticed several other bodices of I turquoise and of red, the two prevailing colours of the season. A girl in moss green swathed with a broad pink sash looked well. Miss Lilian Tree wore a low black silk. which suited her somewhat massive figure well. She has a splendid chest and bust. The most perfect attention was given by the audience, and there was a remarkable absence of the usual annoying undercurrent of small talk. ?- -?-

HOW TO TAKE OUT PATENTS Many useful and novel appliances are from time to time devised which are not turned to practical account owing to want of knowledge on the part of inventors as to how to patent their inventions. We constantly receive letters askinc our advice, and, with a view to affording information as to costs and modes of procedure in applying for provisional protection and patents and registered designs or trade marts, we have made arrangements accordingly. Any of our readers who desire such information should send a stamped envelope, enclosed to the Patent Editor, Western Mail," Cardiff, by whom it will be handed to a thoroughly trust- worthy and experienced parent agent, who will reply fully to our correspondents; or au inter- view can be arranged on giving a few hours' notice.

LOCAL NEWS ITt: MS. The rite of confirmation was admiruis'bered on Wednesday at St. Peter's Church. J,ia nelly, by the Lord Bishop of Swansea. There were candidates, numbering 150, from Llanelly, Felinfoel, Llangennech, Llanedy, Llanon, Hendy, and Kidwelly. 1896-7.—WINTER CLKANING.—Household Furnish- ings, Gent*' and Ladies' Clothing-, French-cleaned or Dyed, CAKFETS Effectually Beaten. LACE CUR- TAINS Practically Cleaned, LINEN Laundered in a superior manner. Shirts, Collars, Ac., a speciality. All Orders receive prompt attention. RED CROSS VANS in all parts daily.-SEND POSTCARD to the Cardiff Steam Lai'cdry, Dyeing, Carpet and Window Cleaning Company (Limited), Minny-street, Cftthays, At all inquest on the bodv of Herbert H. Harris. of 4, York-street, Swansea, who died under circumstances reported on Wednesday, the jury found that heart disease was not the cause of death, and no mention was made of nicotine poisoning, as suggested in the first reports. I

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1- TRANSVAAL IMMIGRATION LAWS. KRUGER SUSCEPTIBLE TO ENG- LISH FEELINGS. The Cape Town correspondent of the "Times" telegraphs :—A draft law on im- migration is to be submitted to the Transvaal Voiksraad, which enacts that all aliens enter- ing the Republic must be provided w,ith a proper foreign passport, supplied by the Government to which they belong, showing that the holder has sufficient means of sup- port or can obtain the same by work. Failing a passport, strangers may be admitted by letters of saie conduct or by simply reporting themselves and proving their identity. The above regulations will not apply to aliens who are in the Republic at the time of the passing of the law, if they are duly regis- tered. The President is reported in an inter- view to have said that, seeing how many people were flocking into the Transvaal without means of support, they must take measures similar to what was done in the United States to prevent it, but he feared that such an acb would be construed into a desire on the part of the Government to prevent English workmen from coming there at all.

DEAN VAUGHAN AND THE PRIMACY. It is untrue (says "Truth") that Mr. Glad- stone offered the Primacy to Dean Vaughan in 1882, after Dean Church had refused to leave St. Paul's. Dean Vaughan would, no doubt, have reached Lambeth had he wished for such promotion, but long before Archbishop Tait's de:ith he had deliberately put away from him- self the great places of the Church of England. In 1856 'Macaulay wrote: "The sooner Vaughan is made a bishop t'.e better"; and Lord Palmerston offered the distinguished ecclesiastical mitre after mitre, including tLe See of Durham when Bishop Villiers died, in 1861. Dr. Vaughan, however, had quite made up his mind that he would not accept a bishopric. Mr. Gladstone gave him the Mastership of the Temple in 1869, which was a piece of prefer- ment that exactly suited him.

LORD MALSBUEY i}S CUR- RENT TOPICS. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Halsoury, re- plying to the toast of his health on Wednesday at a complimentary dinner at tho St. Stephen's Club, London, in celebration of his being for the third time Lord Chancellor, condemned inetponsible utterances on the question of the Armenian atroeititv, but at the same time deprccated the cruelties which had been com- mit ted- He denied that the present Govern- n.eut was responsible for the difficulties which had arisen in South Africa, and hinted that they were due to the policy of the late Govern- ment. Referring to the education question, he asserted that the present difficulty had arisen through the attempt to destroy the voluntary schools, and to re-place them by board schooLs. The principle for which the Government was contending was that every parent tiiould have the right to insist that his children should be instructed in the religion in which he believed, and no Administration could dtstroy that principle. As to Home Rule, lie did not think it dead. The only method of governing Ireland was by enfor- cing obedience to law, and with land legislation there inuet be compensation.

THE LODGING-HOUSE FIRE, INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF FIVE VICTIMS. The inquest on the five viotims of the fire at the Dorsett-street lodging-house, Porlma.n- square, London, was held on Wednesday by Coroner Dantord Thomas.—Donaid Smith, the landlord, said that on Sunday night he was a,wakentd by Mademoiselle Taj 11 hand, who saw flames in the second-floor front room. He fetched a bucket of water, but found the room full of flames. The fire br-gade promptly arrived, but the whole uppeT part of the building became ignited. Ail the tenants burned paraffin. His wife, stepdaughter, stepson, and three young men lodgers escaped, but three women in the upper room were burned, whilst two had since I died from injuries.—Police-constable Noble said he heard screams when in Dorset-street, and saw a woman at the third-floor window, crying for help. Witness afterwards saw her leap to the ground. The fire escape arrived a moment after.—Other evidence showed that two people were rescued by the police. There was no delay on the part of the fire brigade, but several minutes elapsed before the police I gave the alarm.—In summing up, the Coroner commented upon the brave attempts of the police and firemen to rescue the inmates. Evpry effort to save life was undoubtedlv made, and it was merciful to think tha-t the unfortunate people were suffocated befo,re thev were burned.—Verdicts of "Accidental deaths" were returned.

THE COEDCAE COLLIERY DISPUTE The case in which W illiam Hitching?, haulier, Havod, and other hauliers were sum- moned by the Coedcae Colliery Company for their alleged breach of contract was resumed at Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday, (before Mr. J. Ignatius Williams, stipendiary, ar.d Councillor James Roberts).—John Jenkins and Charles Outridge, overmen at the Lewis' Mi-rthyr Collieries, gave severa;l names of men who had been paid a half day's turn for work- ing four days in the week, and also gave instances where this half turn had been dropped in cases where men had worked three turns a week.—Mr. J. H. Jones, for the defence, con- t(-nded that the defendant* when they were engaged did not know of such a custom or that they had entered into such a oontrnd.-Willia.m Hi tellings, one of the defendants, said he had been employed as a "divider" at the Trevor Pit for the last four months. During this time he had not been oropped before the 5th inst. of the extra half turn for doing the work of "divider."—Similar evidence was given by the other defendants.—The Stipendiary gave his decision in favour of the company, and ordered each of the defendants, fourteen in number, to pay 5s. damages.—Costs were disallowed.

The Rev. John Williams, of Pontychm, Llantrisant, who has received a unanimous call to undertake the pastorate of the Welsh Congregational Churches at Towyn and Bryncrug, Merionethshire, will enter upon his work on the first Sunday in December. Miss Charlotte Griffiths, a milliner, 47 years of age, residing at Priory-street, Carmarthen, threw herself over the quay wall into the River Towy at Carmarthen on Tuesday, and I was rescued, after some difficulty, by a labourer named David Lewis. The unfor- tunate woman was medically examined, by order of the magistrates, and, being certified insane, was removed to the asylum.

PORT OF LLANELLY, BOBING FOaa THE NEW DOC^' Just now there is a considerable amounte activity at the Llanelly Harbour in prep# tion for the construction of the new do- J¡I Bcring operations are being carried on on the site with a view of ascertaining the nature the foundations. Up to the present operations have had a most successful Ihe drills have encountered a large qu of rock, which, when the foundation of 1 ø dock comes to be laid, will serve an exoelj^ purpose, and will considerably reduce the of tihe dock. The channel from the harb^' lighthouse out at sea is also improving, a.« depth of water now being found between } north and the south training walls. obstructing sandbanks, which have in the hampered and hindered navigation, become muoh smaller, and ships are now %rf to ride over them without any danger. line of direction, too. is becoming much tortuous, there being now a fairly stra,!tbl channel as far as Burrv Poirt. During t1 kist few weelo, the sill of the Great \\t!ate iii Railway Dock has been left high and dr^ low water. This has not been known A. many years, and shows that the water more completely from the harbour, and the tide is acquiring a greater range.

CHRISTMAS AT THEPONrt- PRIDD WORKHOUSE, The usual meeting of the Pontypridd ]BOO co of Guardians waa held at the workhouse Wednesday, Mr. G. H. Davies. J.P., in » chair, when Mr. Jaraes Richards proposed they give the paupers a Christmas di"11, of the bast- of everything, to include mutton, and pudding. As to drinks, should have coffee, cocoa, tea, or water plenty. (Laughter.) He wanted have plenty of variety, and he begged to R po-fte that that kind of dinner be given. James Morgan seconded.—Mr. Samuel ISvaJ' I'll move an amendment. I think eV £ vj guardian likes to have what he wishes his Christmas dinner, and I think we ought. allow the paupere in that case to have 15 same thing. If a man wants to have a. Flo of beer, let him have it.—Mr. Edward Willi81;, seconded.—Mr. Jeffry: Do you wish us divide on that question?—Mr. Evans: tainly.— Mr. Jeffry: It is only a waste of ti^ —'Ihe Chairman: This has been thrashed °(j year after year for about ten years and def every time. I think it is a waste of tim?- Mr. Evans presses it, of course I cannot it.—Mr. Evans: If we don't move an aii^'l^ ment we shall never have it otherwise.—^ Chairman: Take the names, Mr. Spicket^ Mr. Jeffry: Oh, let's have a show of haiid's';ta Mr. T. James: Yes, ehow of hands is enough.—Mr. T. Evans I hope, you will not think it is at the expense of tn_ ratepayers that I am proposing it. There tfc gentlemen who are prepared to give the —Mr. James Richards: That makes it still. (Laughter.)—Mr. Thomas Jones, said that twelve months a.go he supported 5011 amendment, and he could not see any ;rea}:!e he should not do so en this occasion. ge believed a glass of beer should be given. took it himself. But. of course, there T. gentlemen who conscientiously believed °^ A wise, and they were perfectly justified consistent in taking their own views.{L matter waa then put to the meeting, and ,f resolution was carried by 29 votes to eight-

CARDIFF CONSERVATISM THE COMBINED POLITICAL CO)" MITTEES. The fortnightly meeting of the coinbio^. political committees of the Cardiff Coiisey' > tive Clubs will be held thia (Thursday evening in the Cathays Conservative Clu^ eight o'clock. Courcillor Robert J• I' will preside, and, as the business portant all delegates are requested to > their places. Th? debate on "The bY Municipal Elections" will be resumed b? Councillor Veall: while notices of Mr. Wanock "re Registration," bv p(j Percy Knight "re Mr. Waddington." by Messrs. Cox and Lewis "re the Mail' will be dealt with during the ing. ?

OLD CARDIFFIAN DEA#- HI. We regret to state that Mr. Jonathan J Billups, formerly of Cardiff, succumbed SO ce' what suddenly to heart failure at his residt-1* Clifton, on Wednesday morning. The 9 ceased was 76 years of age, and had for s°fjg yeans paat been living in retirement. was connected with Cardiff for over 40 y and was formerly one of the most promi&e men in the town. He was then a contrao* in a large way of business, and, amongst ow* important works, he constructed a large Po- tion of the Taff Vale Railway and the dock for the Bute Shipbuilding CornPol' The most important of his later work* b eluded the building of the Dowlais Ironwof • East Moors, Cardiff. In addition to his 1 J1.' works, he undertook large and important tracts in other parts of the countiy and abr°!l^ For a number of years he lived in a ho'* built by himself in The Parade, Tredegarv" where his first wife died in 1883. He J two daughters, the eldest of whom is mai"1' to the Rev. J. E. Irvine, a well-known Revivalist, who was connected with Moody and Sankey. and the second da ugh # married Mr. E. P. Lee, of The Parade* prominent local Conservative, who carries the business of a brick and tile manufactui'5 For many years Mr. Billups was connect^ with the Oharlee-street Congregational Chu1^, j of which he was an ardent member. When t Salvation Army movement started he sidered it an excellent mean« of bringing gion before the masses, and gave it a^j-' ,4 u support, both personally and financially. Billups was also well known for his ph" bhropy, and no needy person, whether kn°xV to him or not, was ever refused assistance

SERIOUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE A5 NORTON BRIDGE. At Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesd*^ Jamas Gair, tipper, Norton Bridge, was cha-r^f^ with doing grievous bodily harm to his Annie Gair, on the night of the 14th in^Vu^ Complainant said she left her house on evening of the day named and did not retu^ until a late hour. When she came home usband waa in the kitchen nursing the Cbl d dren. He immediately got into a rage struck her with his fist in the face. She 'eA to the ground, and he then kicked her sever times about the body. She remained unc*-1 scions for some time afterwards.—The chaf? was reduced by the justices to one of com*11 f assault, and defendant was sentenced to & weeks' imprisonment.

The finance oommittee of the Cannartb^ shire County Council met representatives the Carmarthen Town Council on Tuesday. discuss the relative positions of the authorities in regard to the Joint County. Asylum. It was decided to recommend w* the borough be merged in the county asylum rating purposes, but the amount borough should contribute towards the 0 ginal cost of the building waa held in ance. ? Printed by tae Proprieton, Wtatern Mail »nd published by them at their offioes, St. i. •treet, Cardiff; at tbeir offices, Or*tie atifcet, Swansea at the shop of Mr. Wesley • liam«, Bridgend—all in the County of Sla»°rg» at the Western Mail Offices, Newport; 't tJ1( shop of Mr. J. P. Caffrey, Monmouth, both in g County of Monmouth; and at the abop of Mr- Davies, Llanelly, in the County cf Carmarthen. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1886-