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NOTES. By "OBSERVER." CARDIFF. WlDNISDAY MOBNING. This is the festive season when political agents blow their horns and call upon the faithful to get their names recorded on the magic list; in other words, to Register Register!! Register! I may, therefore, be permitted to rehearse a. couple of essential items. The qualifica- tions for the borough franchise are.(l) the occupation of land or premises of J610 annual value where the person rated lives within seven miles of the borough; (2) the occupa- tion of a dwelling-house; (3) the occupation of lodgings of the annual value (if let un- furnished) of £10. I To qualify himself for the possession of a vote a lodger—that is, wh6re the landlord annual value of £10, or say a minimum of 3s. lOd. per week, and in the case of furnished apartments 4s. 6d. to 5s. per week, according to the discretion of the revising barister. Where, two persons occupy lodging and are jointly liable, and the value, if equally divided between them, amounts to at least £10 per annum each, both ar? entitled to vote. It is the duty of lodgers who wish to have votes to take the initiative themselves. The claim must be signed by the lodger himself, and his signature must be witnessed by someone who saw him sign and who can, if needful, testify to the truth of the state- ments made in the claim. A form of lodger's claim will be supplied by the political regis- tration committee, and every lodger who is entitled should get one of these forms and make sure that it is filled up and sent to the overseers on or before August 20. The attention of lodgers to this matter is of the greatest importance. Indeed I am inclined to believe that in the humble occu- pier of apartments, cower though he may before some sordid, grasping landlady, and eat without a murmur' the mysterious sub- stance yclept chop or 'ash. which she serves up for his solitary repast, upon the lodger depends the fate of the very Empire itself. I am told there are enough lodger votes going begging to turn every election, and this is certainly the case in Cardiff. Conservative householders and lodgers can assist by attending as strictly as possible to the above appeal and to the instructions cir- culated by indefatigable Mr. Bridcut Radicals can also greatly assist the good cause by being as inattentive as possible and letting their claims lie until, at all events, the end of August. In this way it is in the power of both parties to assist in the main- tenance. of the union and the integrity, solidity, and majesty of the British Empire- Sir,—Knowing how ready you are toameliorate the wrongs of the people I venture to touch upon the coal merchants' out- ing to Clifton last week. Now, sir, Who were they but a few managers, agents, and wharfingers of the Great Western Railway Company at the expense of the colliery pro- prietors' contributions, to the exclusion of the retailers that penetrate the courts and alleys of our town with heavy loads on their backs. I contend this is wrong in principle, and I am sure you will hold with me that some scrutiny should be made into the management and ex- penditure of moneys contributed by the colliery owners.—I am, &c., BLACK DIAMOND. The pitiful fatality at Aberavon brings very strongly before public notice the necessity of adequate protection for excur- sionists and others ignorant of the sea and its perils. A Mumbles resident suggests that all boats be registered to carry a certain number of passengers, and that a maximum charge be fixed for that number per hour. Some such plan as this, coupled with vigi- lance on the part of thoroughly trustworthy men. would prevent the risk ef innocent lives being sacrificed in the terrible way they were at Aberavon on Monday. The Sporting Man will pardon my tres- passing somewhat on his preserves for the space of a paragraph. A circular is to hand from Switzerland bearing on a work for the international guidance of cyclists, and it has this luminously worded plaint:—" How many often can you observe that the agent does not know himself what the customer wants from him," and "how funny also is the situation of a cycler who cannot discover the article which twinkled him from the machine of 8: tourist crossed on the road or whom you offer fifty different patterns, one better as the other, and fitted with the latest improvements which the astonished cycler hardly knows by name, but in no way by appreciation." I fancy the twinkle" fol- lowing the perusal of this will be slightly different from what the author intended. As "Wales Day by Day" truly says, whilst we are striving to keep cholera out at the front door it may after all creep in through carelessness at the back. An instance of this has been under my notice for months past. A back lane in the neighbour- hood of Cathedral-road has ever since last year been in a state so undesirable as to call forth numerous complaints, including letters in the Western Mail. Long before the drought a corporation notice was put up at each end of the lane, but apart from that nothing whatever has been done, and the lane stinks as vigorously as ever. What is the good of quarantine and such-like pre- cautions when we have such nuisances beneath our very noses ? Our lady correspondent will do good service by continuing to gird at the silly practice of calling children by extravagant and fanciful names. As she rightly says, the poorer the child the more high-flown are the notions of its parents, and don't they make the registrar stare sometimes So far is this nonsensical custom being carried that the good old-fashioned names run some risk of disappearing altogether. Yet it is a fact that a large proportion of our great men have borne but two names, and the surname of the simplest character—William Shaks- peare, John Newton, John Locke, and a score of others. Not long ago in a parish register I noticed Flavius Josephus Jones. With a sigh of relief I observed that this outrageous cognomen had been bestowed upon a child that died soon after its christening. And no wonder! I trust that the postponement of the con- cert intended to be given by the ladies' choir this evening does not mean any relaxing in the determination to cross the Atlantic. If this be the case it is infinitely to be re- gretted, and I trust that the public will wake up and look the matter squarely in the face. It has been suggested to me by a friend who takes a good deal of interest in the vocalists so ably-led by Madame Davies that an effort to put the choir right finan- cially might very well be made among the Welsh people on .the other aide the Atlantic. There seems to be a good deal of force in this idea, but I fear it is now too late to put it into practice. Considering the thousands of people who use 'busses and trams every day of their lives, and jump on and off in the most free and eapy fashion, it is a wonder that acci- dents are not of frequent occurrence, yet we very seldom hear of one. Yesterday, though, a young girl fell off the steps of a 'bus in Roath and was injured. The semi-spiral stair of these conveyances are always more or less awkward and slippery, and when used when 'bus or car is in motion become positively dangerous.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE IN THE VALE OF LLANGOLLEN. A sensation was caused in the Vale of Llan. gollen on Monday by the suicide of the widow of the late Police-constable Brooks, of Vroncy- syllte. Since the sudden death of the constable ip May Mrs. Brooks has been greatly depressed. -Early on Sunday morning she left her bedroom in a nightdress and wandered dewn the valley. A search wae made by the village* and the lifelps body was diaoovered a tS» Bw Dee, MMTAUOMFTAMIMFC

Our London Letter. [FROM: OCR LONDON CORRESPONDENTS. J LONDON, TuzsDAY NIGHT. MB. GLADSTONE VOLUMINOUSLY SAYS NOTHING. No one has faith in Mr, Gladstone. Of this we had a significant illustration this afternoon, when he had made his state- ment as to the continued sitting of the House during the winter months. The first question on anyone's lips was, Did he mean what he said, or has the curiously qualified phrase he used been so adapted as to leave room for a back out when the inevitable moment arrives ? It is clear, as I have stated all along, that the Cabinet are in a position of incredible difficulty. So difficult is the situation that the statement had to be almost torn from the Premier. There was a question on the paper relating to the time of the House to which Mr. Gladstone could appropriately have tacked his state- ment, but he answered the question and said nothing. Then Mr. Jacks rose with the air of a man who is not to be denied, and put the question direct. The Premier perforce had to answer it as he did, namely, to intimate that the House would be adjourned when Home Rule and Supply are passed, and would meet later on for further legislation. WHAT THE STATEMENT IMPLIES. That is not an autumn session. It is the embodiment of the idea I unfolded some weeks ago of a continuous sitting. The sitting in the autumn would be merely a continuation of the present session. It would be from Martinmas till Christmas, and yet the Daily News declared only yesterday that a Martinmas to Christmas sitting was insufficient for the passing of the Parish Councils Bill, which is the object dear to the hearts of Gladstonians. Many of their county members got their seats under the fraudulent pretence that Home Rule meant parish councils. They dare not go back to their constituencies until they have passed a Parish Councils Bill. Certainly, as the Daily News says, such a Bill cannot be passed this year, even in the continuous sitting indicated by Mr. Gladstone. Is it a game of bluff and brag, or is it a deliberate attemjgb to risk everything on a daring attempt at legislation in November after a recess ef about a fortnight ? Assuredly, unless they secure the co-operation of the Opposition, Ministers will not be able to wind up Supply and release the House for a long holiday before the middle of October. If the thing is persisted in I predict a collapse, either by a defeat or a surrender of the Govern- ment. The continuous strain cannot be borne. Many members already are looking dreadfully ill, and to-day the Premier is the worst of them all. He was haggard of face and feeble of voice. HEREFORD. The hope of retaining the seat at Hereford is what Ministers are buoying themselves up with at present. They are sanguine about winning, and I do not deny that they have a better chance than the Unionists. In the meantime our side is making use of the fighting chance that remains. Mr. Ross has gone down to speak to-night in place of Mr. Dunbar Barton, who is ill and cannot go. THE OLD DONKEY" STORY. No one who knows Mr. St. John Brodrick believed for a moment that he had called Mr. Gladstone "an old donkey," and in conse- quence had been compelled to fly helter- skelter with his wife ,Lady Hilda Brodrick, from a mob at Farnham. Mr. St. John Brodrick himself says there is not a word of truth in the report. His word is sufficient. The story is the more extraordinary in that Mr. Brodrick is one of the smart young Tories who have earned Mr. Gladstone's praise. He is not only as much a favourite of the Premier's as a brisk Tory can be, but he was also the close chum of Mr. Herbert Gladstone at Eton and Oxford. Mr. St. John Brodrick to his natural ability adds that form of genius which is comprised in the art of taking pains. To these gifts, as well as his administrative capacity and early love of politics, he owes it that he left the univer- sity labelled Prime Minister Brodrick." MR. CHAMBERLAIN AS JOURNALIST. Of all the great soldiers, economists, and statesmen who have contributed to the Pall Mall Gazette series of special articles against Home Rule, Mr. Chamberlain has shown most brilliantly the journalistic quality of appealing directly to his readers. It is clear that if he had not been a great statesman he might have been a great editor. There are two paragraphs in the last column of Mr. Chamberlain's article which for picturesque packing of facts within the smallest compass, combined with forcibly brilliant statement of the case, are bound to excite the admiration of most, and the envy of many, practical jour- nalists. I hope those two paragraphs will be widely quoted. They lend themselves admirably to the process of amputation, being self-contained. Is CAVE-MAKING GONE OUT ? The Balfour clause, as it is now called, is creating a pretty pother in Parliament. It is regarded as legitimately a clause on which a Government might be turned out. But I see little chance of that desirable consum- mation. As a clever and rising young Tory who is not remotely associated with the Balfour clause remarked to me last week, the days of cave-making are numbered. The lamentable case of Mr. Atherley Jones is direct evidence to that effect. Mr. Atherley Jones had in hand a large and fine cave, which was to be in- habited by seventeen members of the Ministerial party. But, lo! when the day of reckoning came there was no cave, because there were no cave men. The seventeen members who were to have followed Mr. Atherley Jones and to have defeated the Government dwindled to a couple. AMERICAN JOURNALISM AND BRITISH. The reason why it is almost impossible nowadays to form a cave is, I am told by experts, the publicity given by the press to everything that occurs in the lobby. When a cave is projected or is being formed the journalists know all about it, the names of the cave-men, and the reasons that influ- ence them. All this information is pub- lished, and it becomes known to the Minis- terial Whips. Cave, cave," is to them a cry of warning. I observe that an American writer in Scribner's has been looking down from the lofty altitude of American journalism on British pressmen, and has been chiding them that they do not follow the American example by becoming hail-fellow- well-met with statesmen and leaders. My reply to the American's reproaches is that British journalists get to hear all that is worth knowing and preserve their indepen- dence. But they have not the same class of-men to deal with that American journalists have. In America the statesman or politician (they have an ugly word for politician) is usually a professional, and, as such. is glad to secure the notice and assistance of pressmen. In this country the leaders of parties and the statesmen who have charge of affairs are men who would not tolerate the free and easy ways of Americans. They are not cultivated by journalists simply be- cause it is a waste of time. A masterly reserve is one of the first qualities cultivated by British states- manship. Moreover, there is the Privy Councillor's oath often in the way. Mini- sters, for instance, are extremely shy of communicating information lest they might inadvertently let out secrets acquired in the Cabinet. There is no comparison between the methods and work of English and American journalists, because the environ- ment and circumstances are totally diffe- rent. THE JIBBING OF MR. LITTLE. Exaggerated importance is being attached to the jibbing of Mr. Shepherd Little last night. It means no more thap the ordinary Gladstonian jib. It is one of the eccentric movements of which we have seen many this session, caused by blowing off steam to relieve an over-charged conscience. Mr. Little's doubts about his vote on the third reading will disappear when the third read- ing comes on. In the meantime he votes steadily in favour of the Government Bill of Betrayal, Coercion, and Gerrymandering. Mr. Shepherd Little was bound to make a show of doing something for the loyal minority, seeing that he is advertised by hie party as one of those rare survivals, an Ulster Protestant who is in favour of Home Rule. There are only one or two of the species in existence, and we may take it the party managers will take the utmost care that he is not lost to them. Mr. Little is unique in another respect. He is a mous- tached barrister. He ousted Sir James Bain from Whitehaven last year, and is likely to be ousted in his torn at the next revelation j M the daeefonl wheeL >

The Cardiff Murder. PROBABLE DATE OF EXECUTION. V The dtthe execution of Thomas Calling, now at Cft £ i&43s £ -1 under sentence of deaL for murder, ha* seft been definitely fixed, but it will probably take place on the 21st inst.

COUNCILLOR HENRY BOWEN AND MR. BRACE. An Apology Demanded from the Federation Leader. At a meeting held at Tondu on Monday Mr. W. Brace, the local representative of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and the defendant in the slander action recently heard at Swansea Assizes, is reported to have said, that he had been served with another writ for libel. This (writes a correspondent) is hardly the case, but I understand that Mr. Brace was referring to a letter he received a day or two after the trial from a firm of solicitors acting on behalf of Councillor Henry Bowen, of Tredegar, in which an apology was demanded from him for certain statements he is reported to have made at a meeting at Cardiff some little, time-ago. The statement in question was to the effect that Mr. Bowen attended a conference of miners as a delegate without being selected by the men, and that he paid his own costs to attend.

A CHALLENGE TO A CARDIFF POLICEMAN. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary; and Dr. Paine) William Bennett, alias Naish, was brought up charged with assaulting Police-constable Beetle while in the execution of his duty in Worcester- street, on the 8th inst.—Police-constable Beetle said he was in the street in question on Tuesday when the prisoner came up from behind and struck him with the leather part of a. belt on the head. He turned around, and the prisoner challenged him to take him in custody. Witness succeeded in handcuffing prisoner, and after some-scuffling got him to the station.—Prisoner was now fined £5 and costs or one month.

ASSAULTS ON THE HIGH SEAS. At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Dr. Paine) George Nicolo was charged with assaulting and wounding Adono Vincent on board the Derwent- dale, of Scarborough, at St. Louis, south of France, on the 12th of June las.t. Mr. James defended.—Alono Vincent, cook on board the Derwentdale, said the ship was on a voyage from Barry to Alexandria. While at St. Louis the defendant went into witness's cabin with a knife in his hand and threatened to take his life. In the course of the day he tried to stab him with the knife, and succeeded in cutting him.—Alfred George Wyatt, steward, deposed to seeing defendant with the knife and hearing him threaten to take prosecutor's life. —Prisoner was sent to gaol for a month.

WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING ACT. The Anti-Shebeen Crusade at Cardiff. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary; and Dr. Paine) Elizabeth Woodward was brought up charged with selling beer without a licence at 25, Mary Ann- street, on the 25th of June.Police-constable Dicks proved the case and accused was fined JE25 and costs, or two months' imprisonment.

THE SOCIAL EVIL AT CAR- DIFF. 'f' At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary and Dr. Pame) Ann Morgan and George Thomas Morgan were charged with keeping a disorderly house.at 32, South Church-street on the 9th > inst. Police- constables Dicks and Gregory stated that they watched the house and saw every evidence of disorder there.—The Bench fined prisoners jE5 and costs or a month each. t V

AN EX-WELSH OFFICER IN TROUBLE. --+- Captain Osmond de Beauvoir Carey, late 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, has been sentenced by the Guernsey Police-court to three weeks' im- prisonment, half the term in solitary confine- ment and on bread and water, for an assault on the lady-co-partner in the Rockmount Hotel with Mrs. Carey, who is judicially separated from the defendant, and has custody, of "the two children of the marriage. He was further charged with violent and outrageous conduct at the hotel—the police-officer who took,him into custody finding it necessary to have recourse to handcuffs—and the court required him to find substantial bail for his peaceable behaviour during one yettr. Hard labour, which is usually the other moiety imposed by the sentence in similar cases, was dispensed with in the case of the defendant. 'd'

GAZETTE NEWS. BANKRUPTCY ACTS, 1853 AND 1890.— RECEIVING ORDER. Jamea Evans, Dyvatty-street, and Thomas Davies, Evans-terrace, trading as Evans and Davies, Alexandra Arcade, all Swansea, tailors anddrapers. FIRST MEETINGS AND DATES OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. William Gill, residing at Hamilton-street, Car- diff, and trading at St. Mary-street, Cardiff, commission agent; first meeting August 17, at the Official Receiver's, Cardiff; public examina- tion October 2, at the Town-hall, Cardiff. John Williams, Bute-street, Cardiff, iron- monger first meeting August 16, ait the Official Receiver's, Cardiff public examination October 2, at the Town-hall, Cardiff. David Davies, residing and trading at Victoria-buildings, Abercarn also Book Mart, Abercarn, at Newbridge, and bookstall, Crnmlin, all Monmouthshire, general dealer and newsagent; first meeting August 15, at the Official Receiver's, Newport, Mon.; public examination August 15, at the ToVrn-hall, New- port, Mon. John R. Protheroe, of Montiow-atreet, Mon- mouth, baker and confectioner; first meeting August 15, at the Official Receiver'#, Newport, Mon.; public examination August 15, at the Town-hall, Newport, Mon. Richard D. Thomas, New-street, St. David's, Pembrokeshire, grocer and baker;. first meeting August 15, at the Official Receiver's, Carmar- then public examination September 6, at the Temperance-hall, Pembroke Dock. ADJUDICATION. James Evans, Dyvatty-street," Swansea, and Thomas Davies, Evans-terrace, Swansea, trading as Evans and Davies, of Alexandra, Arcade, Swansea, tailors and drapers.

EARL AND COUNTESS POWIS'S SON AND HEIR. There were festivities at Welshpool, Mont- gomeryshire, on Tuesday, in celebration of the birth of a son and heir to the Earl and Countess of Powis. A deputation of tenants attended Powis Castle and presented a beautiful illumi- nated address to the earl and countess, and two silver cups to the infant Lord CJive. Lord Powis acknowledged the gifts. Abput 700, tenants and workpeople were afterwards enter- tained at dinner and their wives and childrep at tea. Sports followed, the prizes being presented by Lady Powis.

Drowned whilst Butterfly Chasing On Monday morning Annie Mary Rowley, aged six years, daughter of Mr. William Rowley, of Lambert-street, West Vale. was drowned in the Calder and Hebble Canal at Salterhebble, near Halifax. The little girl ran across the gates Of one of the canal locks aftet a butter- fly, and, slipping, fell into the water and was drowned..

A Conscientious Coroner. At Exmouth on Tuesday the coroner, Mr. Cox, fined himself a guinea for being late at an inquest. The amount will go to a Ideal chanty.

On Monday afternoon a number of navvies en- gaged on the extension of the line from Llan- dyssul to Newcastle- Emlyn were drinking in a public-house called Pensarne, about two miles from Newcastle-Emlyn, on the Carmarthenshire side. A row took place about some beer, and a reneral fight ensued. In the conrse of the brawl it is stated that a person named William Bradley was stabbed under the right eye by a penknife by another navvy named George Owen. Owen was taken into custody by Pdliccrsergeant Sogers on Theedav afternoon, ana wa^s brought [6K- IomI foph wi fimmaL-,

The Pulverizer. There, I'll just send him to the Western Mail, and if with facts, logic, and sound arguments, he doesn't crush that paper, my name is not E. Beavan.

The Swansea Murder. SENTENCE ON PRISONER. FIFTEEN YEARS' PENAL SERVITUDE. At Glamorgan Summer Assize this morning Mr. Justice Charles, sitting in the Crown Court, passed sentence upon the man Edwin Thomas Phillips, against whom the jury on Tuesday re- ttimed a verdict of manslaughter. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said the crime was one which deserved severe punish- ment. Prisoner had been found guilty beyond all question of manslaughter of a very aggra- vated description. He would be sentenced to penal servitude for fifteen years.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Captam Bourke, of the Victoria, now staying with his mother at Eaton-square, is suffering from the effects of an attack of jaundice, con- tracted after the loss of his vessel. The Archbishop of Canterbury left England oh Tuesday for the Continent. His Grace has had exceptionally hard work this year and needs rest. Sir Frederic Leighton, P.R.A., who is still in town, is hard at work upon a picture, which at present he calls The Spirit of the Mountain." representing a lovely female figure seated on a mountain top looking at the moon. Mr. Robert Barrett Browning and his aged aunt (the only sister of the late poet, who is now 80 years of age) are staying at San Martino. in the Austrian Tyrol. Mrs. Robert Barrett Browning has been in Scotland, and is at pre- sent in England. Mr. Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry, and a party of friends arrived at Montreal on Monday on the Allan steamer Numidian. They cross the continent by easy stages on the Canadian Pacific Railway to Vancouver. They join the rest of the Lyceum company at San Francisco, where their American tour opens on September 4. Madame Patti will sail on October 28 by the Lucania on her farewell tour of the United States, and her company, which will include Madame Fabbri, MM. Novara, Lely, Galassi, and Mascheroni, with Signor Arditi as con- ductor will leave on the same day via Southamp- ton. Before she sails for New York Madame Patti will undertake a short tour of the English provinces, under the management of Messrs. Harrison, and on her return she will probably give one or more concerts at the Albert-hall.

AN ITALIAN VESSEL SUNK IN COLLISION. Charges Against a British Captain. I A Central News telegram from Quebec this morning saysA collision occurred off Cape Roziare, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence, on Tuesday between the British steamer Oxenholme and the Italian barque Columbus. The latter vessel was sunk, but the crew were saved. The captain of the Columbus has arrived here, and places all blame for the accident upon the Oxen- holme, against whose officers he has also formu- ated charges of ill-treatment, which he has odged with the Italian Consul.

THE KING OF SIAM'S FAMILY. Ninety Wives and Seventy-two Children. A Dalziel's telegram from Paris this morning says :-According to the Figaro the largest family in the world is that of the King of Siam. His Majesty has two official wives, 88 wives of minor order, and 72 children. Even if he had not been blessed with any direct heirs the throne would not have gone out of the family, for the king has, 50 brothers and sisters, and 226 uncles and nephews. The king boards his relatives, and this explains why there should be as many as 200 cooks in the royal kitchen.

SLIGHTLY MIXED. A startling paragraph appeared a day or two ago in a Turin newspaper. Under the heading of Capture of a Criminal it said :—" Yester- day the police at length succeeded in capturing the famous coiner, Giacomino. The mayor, the prefect, and all having special invitations, crowded round him in the attempt to shake him by the hand. The band played the Royal March, while the mob, which crowded around the entrance to the station, applauded enthusias- tically. A grand banquet will be given to- morrow in honour of the great statesman." Fortunately law and order are safe in Italy. The populace did not give the reception to the coiner, but to Signor Giolitti, the Italian Prime Minister. The type of the two paragraphs had got mixed in the office of the paper, that was all.

ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W, Lewis, stipendiary, and Dr. Paine) John Davies, aged 20, was brought up charged with assaulting Police-constable Cassidy while in the execution of his duty, in Wood-street, on the 9th inst.-The officer stated that he was on duty in Wood-street this morning when he saw the prisoner behaving in a disorderly manner. He went up to him, and the prisoner knocked him down.—Prisoner was fined £ 3 and costs, or month.

A DISTINGUISHED WELSH- AMERICAN AT TAIBACH. Morien" writes: — There is a Welsh- American on a visit to Taibach at the present moment who deserves special attention. His name is Mr. John Henry, and he is the owner of the large Mansfield Ironworks near Pittsburg. He was born at Taibach, where his aged mother is still living, and it is to visit her he has travelled from the United States on this occa- sion. He was one of the gentlemen who accorded us a cordial welcome when the mem- bers of the Iron and Steel Institute visited America.

THE HEREFORD ELECTION. Destroying the Independent Conservative's Address. There were several fresh arrivals on Tuesday, amongst whom are members of the Women's Liberal Federation, and canvassing on both Ing sides proceeded with great vigour. During the night posters containing the address of the 'Independent Conservative Candidate" were torn down from the hoardings, and, after being tied in a bundle, were cast into the river Wye. Sir Joseph Pulley on Tuesday night devoted the greater part of a speech at the Corn Exchange to a consideration of the provisions of the Home Rule Bill. He accused the Conserva- tive party of coquetting with the Nationalists in 1885, and also quoted extracts from former speeches of Mr. Chamberlain. Bi-metallism was a funny reason for Mr. Grenfell leaving the Liberal party, because Mr. Gladstone certainly was not in favour of it, and most of the Liberal party were against it. The Conservative party were opposed to the Home Rule Bill because they were afraid of the Labour programme, and the Ulster- men's opposition was dictated by fear that their unjust ascendancy would be interfered with.—A vote of confidence was passed. Mr. Radcliffe Cooke held a large meeting in the Drill-hall.—Mr. Ross, Q.C., M.P., London. derry, said he wished more Gladstonians would follow the honourable example of Mr. Grenfell. There were many on the Ministerial side who felt the same as the late member for Hereford, but would not resign because they hoped that the Lords would throw out the Bill.—The candi- date, on entering the hall after coming from the meeting of railway men, was received with great cordiality. He explained his reasons for object- ing to the Rome Rule Bill, and contrasted the natures of Loyalists and Nationalists.—A vote of confidence in Mr, Radcliffe Cooke was carried.— Other speakers were Colonel Eyre, C.B., and the Rev. W. Maclure.—Several outdoor meet- I ings were held during the day on both sides. Both candidates received deputations from the United Kingdom Alliance, and Sir Joseph Pulley's replies being regarded as the more satisfactory, he will receive the support of the members of that body.-At a meeting of the licensed victuallers on Tuesday night the atti- tude of the candidates was considered, and it was resolved that the trade support be given to Mr. Radcliffe Cook.

CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AT SEA. Presentation at Cardiff. This morning an interesting presentation for conspicuous bravery at sea took place at the Local Marine Board offices, the Docks, Cardiff, the recipient being Carl Halgen, an able seaman and a native of Sweden, who was one of the crew of the steamship Eglantine, of North Shields. It will be remembered that on the 17th of July Captain Bowen, the master, and Mr. Hunter, the mate of the Eglantine, were pre- sented, the former with a piece of plate and the latter with a medal for saving the lives of nine of the crew of the barquentine Chislehurst in the North Atlantic at the risk of their own lives. # Mr. John Cory, jun., presided this morning, and there were also present Mr. Charles Hughes, assistant-superintendent; Mr. Charles Baker, deputy-superintendent Mr. G. Ecombe, and Mr. G. C. Easterby, a representative of Dr. Barnardo's Homes. The presentation to Halgen consisted of a bronze medal and JE2, and it was made by Mr. Cory in the course of a few well. chosen remarks. At the close a cordial vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Cory on the propo- sition of Mr. Charles Baker.

THEFT BY LADS AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-court this morning (before Mr. T. W. Lewis, stipendiary and Dr. Paine) two lads, aged twelve years, named James Elliott and Philip Parr, were brought up charged with stealing, between Saturday and Monday last, carpenters' and masons' tools, value £ 1 5s., the property of Robert and Albert Colley, builders, from a shed in Alfred-street. -Evidence having been given to show that the tools were left in the shed on Saturday, and missed. On the Monday a lad deposed that he went with prisoner Elliott to a field, where the latter showed him a bag of tools buried in the ground. They then went together to Mr. Fligelstone's, pawnbroker, to pledge the articles. Here witness was arrested, and in consequence made a statement to the police.- Elliot was remanded for a week in order that arrangements might be made for receiving him into Dr. Barnardo's uome in London.—Parr was dismissed with a caution.

Board of Trade Returns. The Board of Trade returns issued on Tues day show that the imports for the month ended July 31 amounted to JE55,292,373, against £33,497,585 in the corresponding month of last year. The decrease is £ 205,312. The exports for July are jei9,651,374, as against £19,463,597 increase, £ 187,777. The imports for the seven months ended the 31st of July were £230,924,092, against JE246,188,358 in the corresponding period of last year; decrease, £ 15,264,266. The exports for the seven months were JB127,429,314, against £ 131.324,599, beinff a decrease of £ 3,895,286.

DAY BY DAY Lady Windsor will entertain all the magis- trates of Glamorgan and their wives at St. Fagan's Castle on Friday afternoon. At a concert held in an Aberdare Chapel the chairman called upon an artiste to oblige the audience with The Blacksmith's Village." Writing of the Aberavon disaster the San, says that one might have hoped the miners should be spared in their pleasures, so gruesome are the risks of their toil." Some little scandal was caused at a recent local wedding by the bridegroom exclaiming in a foud voice, God have mercy upon me." Hie explanation was that his abeentmindedness made him mix up the responses. A silver collection was taken at the sacred concert given by the Welsh Ladies' Choir on Sunday at LlaneOy, and it is a significant fact that the takings were all threepenny bits. Why doesn't the Mint turn out silver halfpennies? If the proposal to bold a choral andmale voice eisteddfod at Pontypridd to clear off the deficit is carried out, the tug-of-war between Treorky and Pontycymmer should prove exciting, interesting, and attractive to immense crowds. Till yesterday "Morien" W88 prepared to tolerate the new lino machines; now he would tear them limb from limb. "Morien" WM trying hard to say that he was received into the Gorsedd which was revived at Llangollen in 1858, but the lino wouldn't let him. That's the worst of having machines with opinions. Mr. Ben Davies is to travel on Saturday week from Liverpool to New York en route for Chicago, there to sing at the eisteddfod of the World's Fair. In his journey he will be accom- panied by Mrs. Davies, a charming singer, who, as Miss Clara Perry, is yet well remembered here as a member of the Carl Roea Opera Company Carnarvon Eisteddfodau are generally con- sidered to have been record-breaking events; the first time for the excellence of the arrange- ments, the second time for the reverse. Next year's eisteddfod is eixpeoted to eclipse ita immediate predecessor, for the same committee has been appointed. Clwydfardd's adju- ration of Peace, Peace," stands a good chance of being broken both before and after th meeting. Mabon is described by the Morning Leader as the main pillar and support of the sliding- scale. At the beginning of the year," adds our contemporary, his popularity seemed to be on the wane, but the result of the libel action and the recent advance in the wages of the miners working under the sliding-soale have more than re-eetablishedhis power and influence." This scarcely fits in with the colliers' denuncia- tions of the one and a quarter advance. Lord Swansea has not lost any of that humility which belonged to him when he was Sir Huseoy Vivian. Of all the people who went to the opening of the extension of the Portfaoawi Best yesterday, the most rickety and uncomfortable of all the conveyances which had been pcessed into service was the one which fell to £ heiot af Lord Swansea. His lordship looked more un- comfortable and pained than he did at the meetings of the Welsh Parliamentary party. Some Welsh railway directors have pages and pages of the recording angel's book to £ bra down. The way they denied that there were any negotiations for an amalgamation of the Taff and Rhymney Railway Cam* panies wanted nothing in emphasis and vigour. Yesterday the chairman of the Taff Company confirmed the truth of all the rumours and false statements," so that the papers were right after all, and the directors were—well, wicked romancers. Those who bang upon the breath of princes are proverbially in shaky places. So are reporters who depend upon the will of hantiera.. A Radical reporter was specially invited to attend the mass meeting on Monday. Then the Mail man was admitted to one meeting and told that only he would be allowed to enter the portals of the said mass meeting. When the mass meeting came the hauliers ignored both invitations, and rigidly excluded the two press- men, who then sat on the doontep and COD- versed on the deceit of man. While the crowd on Ystrad Station platform stood eagerly awaiting details of the sad catastrophe which had happened to their relatives and friends at Aberavon, a large party of Salvationists, who were waiting for a train to take them to Cardiff and Penarth, kept sing* ing some rattlingly joyous tunes alternately with a lot of screeching music from the band—all of I which grated on everybody's feelings. They cared nothing for the accident, and although some of the men in uniform were told of the unseemliness of their conduct, the rebuke had no effect. Elaborate precautions are being taken to keep the cholera out of Cardiff, but while we are fastening the front door as securily ae we can somebody has opened the cellar flap. A man came here last night and wanted us to go with him and hold our nose over an open sewer in Tyndall-street. It's simply abominable," he said, and when people were going to ohnroh they had to hold their nasal organs tight, and walk past at quick march. Worse than thia, the youthful denizens of the street played around this veritable plague spot oblivious of all dangers. Must we have another typhus fever scare ?" They are curious people down Cardiganshire. The other day a well-known anti-tithe oounty councillor was presented with JE500 by friends whose hearts had been moved because their hero had come out at the wrong end of an assault case. The other side, not to be outdone, made a little collection among themselves, and on Monday they presented a witness for the plaintiff with a watch in recognition, as it is pot, of his services to the truth. The young man is Mr. David Griffiths, Glynyrychain, Llanllaw- ddog, and among the prominent gentleJPeD who gathered together to do him honour were County Councillor Thomas, Mr. H. Tobit Evans, J.P., and Mr. John Jones, Trebedw. The insignia of the Order of the Redeemer, conferred by the King of Greece upon Mr. John Bovey, the Greek Consul at Cardiff, is a white enamel cross, with forked arms, connected together by a green enamelled wreath of oaken and laurel leaves. The centre of the reverse consists of a blue-enamelled disc, in the middle of which are displayed the white enamelled arms of the country, surrounded by the legend, The Fourth National Convention of the Hellenes, Argos, 1829," which insti- tuted the Order. The motto of the Order is, "Thy right hand is glorified with power." The obverse bears the effigy of the Saviour, with the motto as given. Ribbon, blue-watered silk, with white borders. That charmed circle, of which Mr. Balfour is one, which calls itself The Souls," has pub- lished a little volume of verse called Foden," and much curiosity has been rife as to who is the author. One clue (says the Bun) has been found in the poem Tan-yr-alt." which is the name of Mr. Howard Sturger's Welsh estate. Personally, however, I should have very little hesitation in saying the book is the work of many hands, and certainly one is led to belieT8 that among them is that of the young lady who was announced by some papers 88 engaged to Lord Rosebery, and whom Mr. Malloek, in his Fortnightly Review verses, indicated by rhym- ing her Christian name to Argot. I refer, at course, to Margot Tennant, daughter of Sir Charles Tennant, who has just been made a trustee of the National Gallery. One of the wedding stories in this column puis Mr. J. H. Wilson in a reminiscent mood, and he has been telling our London correspondent how he was almost married to his brother's wife. "Itwas in this way," explained J.H. "Y acted as best man for my brother. When we got to the altar the verger out me with the bride and my brother with my sweetheart. I thought he ought to know best, and so did not remonstrate. As the service went^on felt sure we were wrong, but had too much t in the verger's knowledge to interrupt. How ever, when the parson took my right hand sad said, Wilt thou,' I thought it was timeto do something. Nay, mister,' I said, brother who wills in this affair; I am hm.Pes> man.' I forget what the parson said, but had the whole servioe to go thrcfligh again.

LIVER COMPLAINTS.—Dr. King's Danddim and Quinine Liw Pills, without Mefcwy. potent remedy; remove all Linear sad Stomsch. Oy plaints, BOioiisiMae. Headache, 8Wnwa«, I