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I THE MABINOGION.,'
THE MABINOGION. Mr. Ivor B. John, M.A., the first Fellow of the University of Wales and a Swansea boy, has added "The Mabinogion" to the very interesting series of sixpenny works Mr. David Nutt is publishing on "Popular studies in Mythology Romance and Folklore," and English as well as We-Ish readers should find the little work interesting as well as in- structive. For the benefit of our English readers we may explain that "Mabinogion" was the plural term used by Lady Charlotte Guest in 1849 for the text and translation of a number of Welsh romances, all drawn from the fourteenth-century manuscript, known as the Red Book of Hergest, save the rom- ances of Taliesin, of which the only known MS. dates back to the seventeenth century. The writer, who is becoming quite a recog- nised authority on this subject, opens with Mathew Arnold's finely-expressed impression after reading the mediaeval Welsh. tales of which the origin and nature are discussed in Mr. Ivor John's little volume. He proceeds to discuss the Mabinogion by regarding them "as remains of a literature fashioned by a specially literary caste, the bards, one of whose definite duties it was to preserve the mythic and heroic traditions of the race." He regards the Four branches of the Mabin- ogi, which in some respects resemble folk and nursery-tales, as "nothing more nor less than degraded and adulterated mythological tales," and later on negatives the proposi- tion that Welsh mythic romance borrowed its substance and subject-matter from Ireland in the tenth-eleventh centuries. "That style," ho adds, "mode of narration, colouring, and subsidiary incident may have been affected is quite another matter." The theories quoted agree in believing that since there was a Goidelic population in Wales, since the Mabinogi appear to belong to the Goidelic regions of Wales, and since there is a great similarity between the Welsh and Irish tales, therefore the Mabinogi must be Goidelic in origin. Approaching the question, however, from the more purely Welsh side, Mr. Ivor John argues thus: "The tales are avowedly mythological: why should the Goidels only have had a mythology Or, if the Brythons are allowed to have had a mythology at all, why shoud the Goidelic mythology alone have survived ? Again, are we to suppose that the whole jealous bardic system of Wales existed for the sole purpose of retailing exotic j Irish legends. We have already proved that a vast amount of legend similar to that of the Four Branches existed at one time: Was that, too, Goidelic in origin? If not, why should only a Goidelic literature have sur- vived ?" We must confess that the theories which the writer argues against present many difficulties, and probably Mr. Ivor John is not far wrong when he treats "the Four Branches of the Mabinogi development as the degraded Brythonic development of early Celtic myth-roots, owing their deeper re- sem blances to Irish tales to original com- munity of myth, and their more superficial resemblances to late influence from Irish sources." This community of myth, of which be speaks, has been demonstrated by compar- ative mythology and folk-lore study "and is best explained by postulating the existence of primary Aryan myth-roots which the dif- ferent branches of the Ayran race different- iated along with their own lints." Mr. Ivor John proceeds to point out the closer tea- tures of the tales comprised in the Mabino- gion, and towards the conclusion of a volume that is as logical as it is instructive and in- teresting, he says a word as to their literary merit, observing that "it would be hard to overmatch in its way the closing incident of Manawyddan, no matter what literature we turn to. This excellence of prose narrative is extremely remarkable in view of the date, eleventh century, or at the latest early twelfth century, to which we must assign the redaction of these tales in their extant form. There are no examples of either French, German, or English prose narrative of the period which we can adduce by way of com- parison."
«.--GENERAL BULLER.
«. GENERAL BULLER. To say that the nation on Wednesday last was staggered by the fiat of the War Office removing General Sir Redvers Buller from his command at Aldershot and placing him on half pay, is but mildly expressing the reception of the news of the degradation, for the tremendous crime of an indiscreet speech, of a distinguished and brave officer of the British Army. The London Press, with a few exceptions, applauds the action of the War Office, and in this it receives the support of military men, but the nation as a whole refuses to believe that the punishment fits the crime. Sir Redvers Buller was first appointed to the Aldershot command in 1898, as a fitting recognition of brilliant services in the field-in the China Campaign in 1860, the Red River Expedition in 1870, the Ashanti War in 1873-4, the Zulu Wa.r in 1878-9, the Egyptian Campaign in 1882, and the Nile Campaign (Chief of Staff) 1884-5—and by way of marking the approval by the authorities, of his work at home as Assistant- Under Secretary for Ireland 1887, Quartermaster General 1887-90, Adjutant General to the Forces 1890-97, Lieut-General 1891, and General 1894—"work as an adminis- trator" that, in the words of the "Daily Telegraph," "has been most highly and de- servedly praised." On his return from South Africa, Sir Redvers resumed his Aldershot command, and so highly did the War Office still regard his services, that, with the full knowledge of the Ladysmith business before them, he was appointed to command the First Army Corps under the new scheme of army re-organisation, and in reference to which Mr. Brodrick had previously said that such commanders must be men who would bs expected to lead the troops in battle. It was his indiscreet reply to the critics of this appointment that has brought about the General's downfall. But the nation, we be- lieve, will never forget the officer who was the popular hero of the Zulu war, who1 re- fused to cook Lord Roberts' dispatches in the present campaign, who throughout the well-nigh insurmountable difficulties before Ladysmith remained the idol, of the officers and men who served under him (we again quote the "Telegraph") and whom it regards as the victim of War Office blunders. "It is a savage and vindictive punishment," ex- claims the London "Daily News," and under all the circumstances which the breach of military discipline was committed, the nation, we are convinced, endorses that view.
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CUTHBE^TSON AND POWELL, Clerks to the Board. 58, Water-street, Neath, 15th October, 1901. [01422 A LFRED DODD, DECEASED. Pursuant to the Statute 22nd and 23rd Victoria, cap. 35, intituled An Act to further amend the law of property and to relieve Trustees," NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of ALFRED DODD, late of The Fisherman's Institute, Union Quay, North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, deceased (who died on the 26th day of August, 1901, and whose will was proved in the Principal Registry of the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice on the 8th day of October, 1901, by Percy Thomas Dodd, the Executor therein named), are hereby required to send the particu- ars in writing of their claims or demands to us, he undersigned, on or before the 16th day of November, 1901, after which date the said Executor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and demands of which he shall then have had notice, and he will not be liable fer the assets of the said deceased, or any part thereof, to any person or persons of whose claims or demands he shall not then have had notice. Dated this 14th day of October, 1901. WEBSTER & WEBSTER, Solicitors for the Executor, 68A, Lincolns Inn Fields, London. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF MINES AND INDUSTRIES. Applications are invited up to October 29th for the position of INSTRUCTOR of CHEMISTRY, Metallurgy and Assaying. Salary, £ 400. Particulars on application to State Agent for South Australia, 1, Crosby-square, London, E.C. [01430 OLAMORGAN MICHAELMAS QUARTER SESSIONS, 15th OCTOBER, 1991 LUNACY ACT, 1890. The following Justices were appointed to pxerdse the Special Jurisdiction under Sec. 10 of the Lunacy Act, 1890 :— David Roderick David, Maesgwynne, Port Tal- bot Aberafon. John Lewis Williams Ward, Victoria House, Merthyr Tydfil: Caerphilly Higher. Pearson Robert Cresswell, C.B., Hillside, Dow- lais: Caerphilly Higher. Thomas James Webster, Brynglas, Merthyr Tydfil: Caerphilly Higher. Lieut.Col. H. E. Morgan Lindsay, Ystrad- mynach House, near Cardiff Caerphilly Lower. Henry William Martin, Pant Road, Dowlais: Caerphilly Lower. William Watkin Leigh, Glyn Bargoed House, Treharris, R.S.O.: Caerphilly Lower. R.:ph Thurstan Bassett, Crossways, Cow- bridge Cowbridge- Freder: -k William Dunn, Th& Cross, Llanble- thian, near Cowbrilge Cowbridge. L;eut.-Col. John Hobart Tyler,. St. Hilary, near Cowbridge: Cowbridge. Oliver Henry Jones, Fonmon Castle, near Car- diff Dinaspowis. General Henry Herbert Lee, Dinaspowis: Dinaspowis. James Sydney Batchelor, Penarth Dinas- powis. George Laker Haynes, Brynhir, Penclawdd, R.S.O. Gower. Admiral Sir Algernon McLennon Lyons, G.C.B., Kilvrough House, Swansea: Gower. William Graham Vivian, Clyne Park, Swansea Gower. Charles Henry Williams, Roath Court, Cardiff: Kibbor. Richard Charles Graham Dornford, Brynhafod Llandaff- Kibbor. Dr. William Taylor, Cardiff Kibbor. Evan Jones, Ty Mawr, Aberdare: Miskin Higher. William Thomas, Brynawel, Aberdare: Miskin Higher. David Evan Williams, Hirwain, Aberdare: Miskin Hiah^j. Evan John, Llantrisant: Miskin Lower. Thomas Pascoe Jenkins, Scotland House, Tonypandy: Miskin Lower. Elias Henry Da vies, Brynheulog, Pentre, R.S.O.: Miskin Lower. Edward Davies, Cae Wern, Neath Neath. William Jones, Tynyrheol Hou-e, Tonna, Neath: Neath. Thomas Godfrey Powell. Brynteg Neath Neath. John Edwards Vaughan, Rheola, Neath: Neath. Col. John Picton Turbervill, Ewenny Priory. Bridgend N -vca-'tle and Ogmore. John Iltyd Diilwyn Nicholl, Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend Newcastle and Ogmore. Robert William Llewellyn, Baglan Cottage, Briton Fprry: Newcastle and Ogmore. Arthur Gilbertson, Glanrhyd, Pontardawe: Pontardawe. Herbert Lloyd, Plas Oilybebyll, Pontardawe: Pontardawe. George Hinrv Strick, Cefn Eithin, Lower Cwmtwrch. R S O. Pontardawe. Edward Daniel, Rcsehill, Swansea Swansea, Lieut.-Co;. Jehn Roper Wright, The Monnt, Gowerton Swansea. Abraham Thomas, Ty Crymlyn, Llansamlet: Swansea. Thomas Freeman. Gwerneinon, Blackoyl, R.S.O.: Swansea. The sam" Justices wore appointed the Visitors of Licensed Houses within the County under the same Act. a.; d Alfred Sheen, Cardiff; to be Medical Visitor, and Thomas Mansel Franklen, County Offices, ■Cardiff, to bo Clerk. T. MANSEL FRANKLEN. Cardiff. Clerk of the Peace. 22rid 0':t., 1901. PMOLYNEUX. Fish Merchant, 126, High- • .reet, Swansea. Cheapest Sho;> in town for Fish of 1111 varieties; wholesale and retail. Truil solicited. [0612 i ENTERTAINMENTS. I GRAND THEATRE, SWANSEA. Lessee and Manager-Mr. Fredk. Mouillot. MONDAY, OCTOBER 28th, and during the week, LADY HUNTWORTITS EXPERIMENT, By R. C Carton. To commence at 7.30. Box plan at Gwynne H. Brader's, 17. Heathfiel l-street. Telephone 291. JAMES PROBERT, (Late of the London and North-Western and Port Talbot Railways), 10, QUAY PARADE, SWANSEA, METAL and General Merchant, Broker and Commission Agent, Dealer in New and Second Hand Rails of all descriptions, Chairs, I Fish Plates, B >lts, Spikes, Old Metals, Machinery. All kinds of Waste Material Bought and on Sale. Agent for Messrs. Pearson and Knowles, Coal and Iron Co., Warrington, for the supply of Colliery Plant. Nantes" and other Sand for Building Purposes. Yellow Metal and Copper Tubes for Locomotive Boilers. Adviser in all matters of Rates, Claims, Junctions, Sidings, &c., with Railway Companies. FOR SALE.—Steam Goliath Gantree crane, to lift from 25 to 28 tons, with iron girders, 42ft. span, height from rail level to girders 21ft. Saw bench, 7ft. 6in. x 3ft. 6in., to take a 3ft. 6in. saw, with shafting and pulleys. Two pile drivers and one bogey. Three bladed grab, by Bruce and Bathos. Air compressor, by Lyle and Hannays, size 6in. x 6in. x 51 stroke, t delivery, 1ft. steam, Ii exhaust. Large timber shed, felt roof (2,300 cubic feet timber). Six wooden water tanks, to hold from 3,000 to 6,000 gallons. Quantity of railway chairs, points and crossirrgs, curved rails, 221bs. to the yard. All lying at Port Talbot. 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At nights the unhappy captive -leeps under brushwood, and sometimes in cln es, as the Perin Mountains are covered with snow. When the bandits are hotly pressed by Turkish or Bulgarian troops their prisoner is strapped to the back of a pack- horse and galloped beyond the reach of the pursuers. Miss Stone has perforce to share the humble fare of the brigands, which con- sists of bread, supplied by the sympathisers of the outlaws, with occasionally a portion of the flesh of a mountain sheep and a sip of brandy when it is obtainable. The bri- gands behavo rudely to their captive, but no positive evidence has been obtained of the assertion that Miss Stone has been gagged and bound, and her ears closed with wax, though it is known that the bandits adopt this course towards their victims. THOSE having HOUSES TO LET OR SELL, or APARTMENTS TO LET, whether in town or countrv, should send an ADVERTISEMENT to TilE CAMBRIAN," which is the best and cheapest medi"]n for this nurpo«>?. 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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1901.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1901. THE NEW METHOD. We cannot help thinking that much undue prominence has been given the deliberations of the sectional meeting of the Swansea Cor- poration over the Mayoralty question during the past week. An attempt to choose Mr. Wm. Watkins' successor for the next muni- cipal year, by what is regarded as the Labour party on the Council, has been the sole topic talked of as though the thing were already signed, sealed and settled. The appointment, we need hardly say, rests with the Corporation as a whole and not with any section of it, and it is to take place on November 9th next. We are quite aware that if a majority of the Council can, beforehand, be got to pledge itself to a certain course of action, the result is practically a foregone conclusion, but, for ourselves, we are perfectly content to let events take their course, sincerely believing that even among our Labour members there will be found some who are not so utterly devoid of the principles of honour and fair- play as to refuse to first of all hear what the older and more experienced members of the Corporation have to say on the subject before committing themselves to any particular choice, either for the mayoralty or for the aldermanic vacancies. Right not might should L tD prevail in this matter, whatever Wordsworth has to say about the good old rule—the simple plan." Even from a meeting of the majority-and, thank goodness, the one held amid, we presume, the gurgle of innumerable emptying bumpers'' comprised less than half the voting strength of the Council-the very exclusion of such old and tried public repre- sentatives as the present Mayor, Aid. Howel Watkins, Aid. Aeron Thomas, M.P., Mr. M. Tutton, Mr. Thos. Freeman, Mr. Rd. Martin, i Dr. J. A. Rawlings, and many others we could mention were they not so well-known to the Swansea ratepayers, stamps any selection under such conditions as not only premature but very ill-judged. We are quite ready to agree with the principle that the minority should give way to the majority. If this were more! often done on our public bodies there would be less cause for complaint as to waste of valuable time for no good and practical pur- pose. But the principle hardly applies in the present case, inasmuch as the would-be majority in this instance seeks to take the wind out of the sails of the minority by de- clining to admit that it has even the right to voice its opinions on behalf of those whom it represents, or, at any rate, by what amounts to the same thing, by saying You shall, if you like, name your choice-you shall do all you can to convince us he would make the best possible Mayor-but it is on the under- standing that our pledge made at the Mack- worth Hotel will not on any condition be broken." Such an attitude as this merits the severest condemnation. It is our confident belief, however, that a majority of the Council will not be found, when the new Mayor comes to be actually appointed, to have fallen in with such palpably unfair tactics as are now being engineered on behalf and with the co- operation of the Labour members. It has been asserted that in past years the mayoral and aldermanic appointments have, in reality, been made in the Mayor's parlour by two or three members who regarded them as their virtual gifts. This is the main reason assigned for the Mackworth Hotel meeting. But if that be the case, we can only say, after looking down the list of those who have been honoured by being promoted to the first position in the Borough, that these two or three members, whoever they may be, have been possessed of more than ordinary perspicacity, for the high office has been so well served in the past that little wonder is it that the Councils of those days found no difficulty in endorsing the selections made for them. We do not admit that our past Mayors have been chosen in this way, but, assuming it is the fact, surely that is no reason for perpetuating a wrong on a larger scale by transferring the business of the Council to the Mackworth Hotel in the man- ner that is now being done' We are quite prepared to believe that the best of motives have imbued the minds of those members of the Corporation who did attend the Hotel meeting. Undoubtedly, the Labour members, with the rest of the Council and the public are desirous of getting the best possible Mayor for the ensuing year, and particularly in view of possible coronation honours. Our only complaint on the question is that an attempt should be made to tie the hands of the meeting without hearing the other, and what is, after a all said and done, the most experienced side. There is one other point, however, we should like to touch upon in reference to the whole matter to be decided on the Ninth. The agitation during the past week has served to bring into prominence several names as likely and suitable candidates for the mayoralty and aldermanships. In regard to the Mayoralty, we still adhere to our opinion, that any feeling that may exist upon the question of going out- side the Corporation for a chief magistrate should be sunk in the one desire which finds unmistakeable expression among all classes of the community, that if there are to be any coronation honours Mr. Griffith Thomas should be given the opportunity of being, so to speak, in the swim." Apart from the fact that he is the High Sheriff of Glamorgan, and more likely, therefore, to find favour with the King than the big majority of our local men of light and leading, his year of office as Mayor, if chosen, would be marked by the cutting of tha first sod of the big dock that is to make n Swansea the leading port in the Bristol Chan- nel. Of Mr. Griffith Thomas' other claims upon the town, whose interests he has so much at heart, we need hardly speak. The. honour his Majesty's Judges of Assize conferred upon n him a short time ago by attending in person the High Sheriff's ordinary at the Hotel Metropole, was a striking proof of the readi- ness with which he displayed his well-known tact and ability in his new office. As Mayor of Swansea he would, we feel convinced, add, if possible, to his rare popularity, and at the same time the Council would have the satis- j faction of knowing that they had selected for the highest municipal honour it is their pri- vilage to bestow a gentleman who is worthy of any Royal favours his Majesty may think fit to grant the ancient Borough. Of the other names mentioned as gentlemen suitable for the position cf Mayor, we will say nothing except that it is our belief that the pro-Boer opinions, as they are called, of Aid. Aeron Thomas, M.P., would not weigh one iota in any recom- mendation for coronation honours that may be made on behalf of the astute member for Gower, while as to Mr. Moy Evans' position we can only say that, suitable as he un- doubtedly is in every way for the Mayoralty, he is to be somewhat commiserated with on i account of the unkind things that have been said of him in relation to an office that has not been of his own seeking. Rpgarding the aldermanships, we feel sure that the Council on the Ninth will have something to say about the arrangements made at the Mackworth [ Hotel for ths filling up of these vacancies. j! I
NOTES AND NOTIONS.
NOTES AND NOTIONS. The Glamorgan Autumn Assizes will open at Cardiff on November 13th next. Mr. Prussman, the new electrical engineer, expects that one portion of Swansea will be electrically lit in about a fortnight's time. Mr. Christopher James* party have left Cape Town in the Norham Castle and may be expected in Swansea in about three weeks' time. Mr. George Rowe, of Morriston, has been elected unopposed to fill the vacancy caused for Clase Rural through the death of Mr. Llewellyn Davies. The Swansea Public Library Committee are advertising for an assistant librarian with a thorough knowledge of the Welsh language and its literature. It is interesting to note, in view of the analogy recently drawn between drunken- ness and crime in Glamorgan, that three pub- licans were prosecuted by the police at Neath on Friday, but neither of the cases was sub- stantiated. Special provision has now been made by the War Office for discharging the country's debts to the long-suffering Yeomanry. The significant announcement is made that those claims not settled within the next fortnight should be brought to the personal notice of the Secretary of State, for War. Lord Justice Henn Collins has been ap- pointed Master of the Rolls in place of the late Right Hon. Sir Archibald Smith, Mr. Justice Mathew succeeds Lord Justice Henn Collins as Lord Justice of Appeal. The new Master of the Rolls has at least on one occasion conducted the civil business at the Swansea Assizes. The Royal Humane Society has awarded its bronze medal to Patrick Twomey, pier- master, the Mumbles, for plunging into the sea there on Aug. 3rd and rescuing Jno. Gam- mon, whose boat had capsised and sunk. The gallant piermaster ran considerable risk, the night being dark, with a strong ebb tide run- ning. The "Lancet" referring to a request of the Swansea Butchers' Association, re meat seizures, says' that the Corporation have very properly declined to limit the discretion of the veterinary inspector who invariably com- plies with any request for the owners of seized meat to call in expert opinion. Mr. David Davies, Llandinam, has hit upon an exemplary method of encouraging thrift. Mr. Davies paid a visit to the Llawryglyn, Waun, and Oakley Park Schools a few days ago, and presented each child on the register with a post Office Savings Bank bodk, on which the sum of two shillings was credited, and, as he did at Sarn a few days earlier, he promised to add sixpence in every case in which he finds that at the expiration of twelve months a shilling has been added. The first meeting of the executive committee of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis was held at Cardiff on Friday. Finance and genera! purposes, Parliamentary, and educa- tional sub-committees were formed, and it was decided to send circulars to county coun- cils, boards of guardians, and district coun- cils, setting forth the need of building sana- toria, and asking what support those public authorities would be willing to give. Dr. Ebenezer Davies, the Medical Officer of Health for Swansea, was among those pre- sent at the meeting. The Mumbles-road improvement is likely to be carried out at last. The Roads and Bridges Committee of the Glamorgan County Council have been waited upon by a deputa- tion from the Oystermouth District Council with respect to the maintenance of the main load in that district. -The County Council purchased the old Tramway from Swansea for £2000. Nearly a third of of the line lay in the Oystermonth district. The county surveyor estimated that thp cost of improving the road would be £800, but the local author- ity desired to do the work themselves in their own fashion. The county body had offered th rights of the section for JB500. As a ifcsnit of the representations of the deputa- tion, this financial obligation was waived, and the local body surrendered that section of the road. The maintenance of the road, therefore, vould De a permanent charge on the County Council, the urban authority taking responsibilities for the footpath. Lady Jersey, who was accompanied by Lord Jersey, formally opened the Abergwynfi Pub- lic Hall on Wednesday last. Her Majesty the Queen intends to exhibit six bantams at the Haverfordwest Poultry Fanciers' Society's exhibition next month. The Schools Management Committee of the Swansea School Board have recommended that the salaries of the clerks at the offices in Dynevor-place be raised all round, and maximums fixed News has been received from Australia of the accidental drowning of Mr. Jno. Winter, third mate of the barque Andorinha a Swansea boy. who was a son of Captain Sam Winter, master of the barque Rollo, and nephew of Captain Winter, master of the Swansea Sailors' Home. A man has recently, so it was reported at yesterday's (Thursday) Board of Guardians meeting, been removed to the Swansea Work- house with toe-nails that had grown over two and a half inches in length. The Work- house doctor who performed the dutiegi of chiropodist is now keeping them as a "curio." In regard to a paragraph contained in our district news recording the death of Miss Ada Bowen, our Briton Ferry correspondent wired us last night that the name of the deceased should be Mrs. Lewis, wife of Mr. John Lewis, of that place, and not Miss Bowen. A tablet to the memory of the young Ox- ford undergraduate, Mr. Duncan Smith, youngest son of Chancellor Smith, of Swan- sea, who was swept off St. David's Head recently while he was photographing the waves during a storm and was drowned, is to be placed shortly in St. David's Cathedral. Yesterday (Thursday) at a meeting of the Glamorgan Sea Fisheries Committee at Swan- sea, Mr. M. Tutton (chairman) proposed a vote of condolence with the widow and chil- dren of Captain David Evans, whom they all respected, and who was a member of the Committee. Captain Davies seconded, and the vote was passed in silence. Mr. T. N. Ritson writes pointing out a little slip we fell into in connection with the recent annual meetings of the South Wales and Monmouthshire branch of the British Dental Association. We made it appear that the well-known Swansea dentist introduced a simple method of making polishing pastes." Of course "plates" was meant. Mr. W. F. Hulley announces a grand vocal and instrumental concert to be given on Thursday next at the Albert Hall, Swansea, in aid of the widow and children of the late Mr. Willie Evans, violinist. A capital programme has been arranged, as will be seen on reference to our advertising columns, and it is hoped that a large* audience will turn up in order to help forward a very deserving object. The workmen's representatives upon the South Wales Coal Trade Sliding Scale Com- mittee, at a meeting held at the Gwerny- milwr Hotel, Senghenydd, too'k a grave step when they ordered that to-morrow (Friday) and Saturday next shall be observed by the colliers as a general holiday, which means a complete stoppage throughout South Wales, the object being to check, if possible, the downward tendency in the price of coal. For the first time since his succession to the title, the Marquis of Bute has paid a visit to Cardiff. His Lordship, accompanied by Lord Edmund Talbot, one of his trustees, and by Lieutenant-Colonel Lennox Tredcroft, arrived at Cardiff Castle on Monday after- noon. On Tuesday his lordship made an in- spection of the Bute Docks, and on Wednes- day he laid the foundation stone of the new Cardiff Town Hall, in the presence of a great concourse of people. Lord Avebury has received from the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer a letter with refer- ence to a representation made by the Asso- ciation of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom, that in future issues all British coins should have their value plainly marked upon them. Sir Michael Hicks- Beach expresses the opinion that it is not advisable to alter the design of the gold coins, but with regard to the rest of the new coinage consideration is being given to the associa- tion's suggestion. Miss Netta Syrett, whose play, "A Modern Love Story," was selected out of 400 plays at the Playgoers' Club for production by Mr. G. Alexander at a matinee, was at one time an assistant mistress at the Swansea High School for Girls. She is already known as a novelist and writer of short stories. Sle has a sister well-known as a black and whi+e artist. In the current number of "Lady's Pictorial, there is a pretty story from her pen, entitled, "A Provisional Paradise aijd accompanying it is a fine portrait of the talented authoress. The Swansea Society (London), of which Sir George Newnes, Bart., M.P., is president, propose to hold the opening concert of the ensuing season at the Horse Shoe Hotel, Tottenham Court-road, on Wednesday even- ing, the 30th inst. An interesting pro- gramme has been provided for the occasion, and intending members are invited to com- municate with the hon. secretary, Mr. Leason Thomas, 47, Wandsworth Bridge-road. The vice-presidents of the Society are Sir John Llewelyn, Bart., Mr. Brynmor Jones, K.C., M.P., and the Rev. Chancellor Smith, vicar of Swansea. President Roosevelt's action in inviting a r.egro to dinner at the White House has pro- voked a storm of comment, says the New York correspondent of the "Telegraph." The North generally sides with him, and in inter- views some prominent persons endorse his action. On the other hand, the Southerners who have been interviewed generally condemn the step, although a few say that the Presi- dent has a right to invite whom he pleases to dinner. There is no doubt that the inci- dent will furnish political capital in the South, where many of Colonel Roosevelt's admirers say it was unfortunate to say the least. Mr. LI. W. Williams, B.Sc. (the hon. sec. of the Society for the Reform of School Dis- cipline), who must not be confused with the well-known barrister, has been writing to the Cardiff press on the "indecency and sheer brutality" of prison flogging, his remarks being induced because the Swansea Bench recently ordered two Morriston boys to re- ceive a number of strokes with the birch for some petty theft. The writer quotes author- ities to show that flogging does not reform boys, but rather makes criminals of them. While on this subject, it is interesting to note from the annual report of "The Howard Association," whose objects are the better treatment of prisoners and convicts than formerly existed, Swansea heads the list of prisons in the United Kingdom with the smallest number of punishments for last year. Only 1 prisoner out of every 75 was pun- ished during the year. Carmarthen showed one in 43, and the lowest on the list is Ports- mouth and Usk with one in every 30. Mr. D. H. Jones, the senior vice-chairman of the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions, writes tJ a Cardiff contemporary in reference to his Honour Judge Williams' recent speech, and some attacks that have been made upon it. Says Mr. O. H. Jones:—"The writers accuse the judge of making an attack on their trade as a whole. I heard the speech, and I have read the report of it, and I fail to find any attack whatever on the licensed victuallers as a body. What the judge did draw atten- tion to—in my opinion, most rightly-was the great disproportion between the convic- tions of persons for drunkenness, and the con- vections of publicans for supplying drink to cirunken men or permitting them to get drunk on their premises. Anyone who has sat long as a magistrate, especially in the populous party of the county, knotfs very well that, though there is a great deal of illicit drink- ing, the majority of drunken persons have obtained the liquor they got drunk on at some public-house, and I have no hesitation in saying that, whenever a man is found I drunk in a public-house or seen leaving one in a state of intoxication, there is a prima I iacie case for that publican to answer, and he ought to be brought before th;: magistrates ta clear himself if he can." Miss Constance I. Marks, who has been appointed editor of the Mathematical Section of the "Educational Times," is a daughter of Mr. B. S. Marks, the artist, and a niece of Mr. L. Marks, of Picton-place, Swansea. She was born in Cardiff, but has been educa- ted entirely in London. When a very young child, says the "Jewish World," Miss Marks showed aptitude for intense application, and as she grew older her favourite study was mathematics. Since taking her B.A. degree a few years ago at the London University, she has been a diligent and devoted student of the Higher Mathematics, both pure and applied. The "Morning Leader" on Wednes- day last reproduced a photograph of the new lady editor, attired in the academic mortar- board and gown. The Viscountess Parker, whom Welshmen recognise and honour as one of the Pryses of Gogerddan, on Tuesday, the 29th inst., will distribute the war medals allotted to the staff ot' the Welsh Hospital for South Africa. By kind permission of the Lord Mayor, granted to Sir David Evans, K.C.M.G., the treasurer and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Hospital Fund, the func- tion will take place at the Mansion House. Death removed two of the leading members of the hospital staff, Professor Thomas Jones, of Manchester, and Professor Alfred Hughes, of King's College, London; but Dr. Lynn Thomas, C.B., of Cardiff, and Dr. Mills Roberts, C.M.G., of Llanberis, and the ladies of the nursing staff, with Sir John William?, Bart., the chairman of the Central Commit- tee, will most worthly represent the hospital on this occasion.
THE TRADE OF THE PORT AND…
THE TRADE OF THE PORT AND DISTRICT. SPBCIAL REPORT BY OUR OWN COBRB8POND1NT SWANSEA, THURSDAY. Tonnage again was in but limited supply. However, under the circumstances, the trade done in the week was satisfactory. Both imports and exports are equal to those of the corresponding week of last year—a very busy period. The exports of coal foreign show an increase, and tinplate clearances are double, but shipments of patent fuel are much less. The entries of shipping in ballast amount to 21,810 tons, compared with 26,978 tons the previous week, and 29,366 tons last year. The imports include—France, pitwood Spain, ore; Hamburg, general; Holland and Belgium, general and 'phosphate Norway, pitwood Canada, deal; United States, grain. The shipments of coal and patent fuel include — France, 26,726 tons Italy, 7,275 tons; Germany, 4,570 tons; Norway, 500 tons; Holland, 1,790 tons; Greece, 1,550 tons. Patent fuel—France, 1,500 tons Spain 1,200 tons Italy, 1,350 tons Algeria, 3,150 tons Greece, 1,000 tons. Clearances of tin-plates and general goods amount to 6,538 tons, compared with 3,118 tons last year, including—France, 416 tons Belgium, 118 tons Holland, 530 tons; Germany, 200 tons Batoum, 4,300 tons and New York, 954 tons. Imports, Coastwise.—Pig-iron, 1,782 tona scrap steel, 629 tons; pyrites, 291 tons blende ore, 109 tons pitch, 1,226 tons j building material, 179 tons fish, 41 tons grain, 1,066 tons potatoes, 164 tons sundries, 1,522 tons. Imports, Foreign—France, pitwood, 1,175 tons Hamburg, general, 350 tons Holland and Belgium, general, 886 tons, phosphate, 252 tons Norway, pitwood, 209 tons Spain, iron ore, 3,290 tons zinc ashes, 30 tons Canada, deals, 1,563 loads Portland (ore), wheat, 2,186 tons. Imports 16,950 tons, and exports foreign 61,905 tons, compared with 16,378 tons, and 62,609 tons respectively last year. Exports, Foreign.—Coal, 47,167 tons; patent fuel, 8,200 tons; and tinplates and general goods, 6,538 tons-
FRIGHTFUL DEATH ON A SWANSEA…
FRIGHTFUL DEATH ON A SWANSEA LINER, STARVED TO DEATH AND EATEN BY RATS. A Philadelphia (U.S.A.) correspondent sends an account of the frightful death of a stowaway on board a Swansea trader. He writes :—When the cargo of the Atlantic Transportation Line's steamship Maryland, which arrived here from London on Wednesday, was unloaded on Monday morning Capt. Owen Perry found the decomposed body of a man in the hold. The police were notified, and the body was taken to the Morgue. The man is supposed to have been a stowaway. The body was found to be almost half devoured by fierce ship rats. The head, arms, and other portions of the boiy were badly eaten up by the rats, which always abound in the holds of vessels. Even the clothing, which seemed to be of American make, was torn to shreds by the sharp teeth of the rodents, and whatever papers were in the pocketi were mutilated or chewed so badly that they could not be read. The Maryland left London on Septem- ber 20th, and proceeded to Swansea to complete her cargo with a load of tinplates. It is supposed that the man crept on board the vessel at London in order to get a free ride to the home country, and not being acquainted with the fact that the hatches of the lower hold are usually kept battened down for the entire voyage was caught in a trap. Being in the lowest part of the steamer, with the cargo piled round him, he could not make himself heard, and it was impossible for him to force his way out. Without food or water a horrible death soon overtook him, and his body furnished a feast for the voracious rats. He was about 35 years of age.
" FLORODORA " AT THE GRAND…
FLORODORA AT THE GRAND THEATRE. A SPARKLING MUSICAL COMEDY. It is impossible to spend a more pleasant evening than with "Florodora," the bright and sparkling musical comedy, that for the first time, is this week being produced at the Grand Theatre, Swansea. In our last issue, we gave a detailed description of this London Lyric success, the libretto of which is by Mr. Owen Hall, the author of The Geisha," Tha Gaiety Girl," &c., and music by Mr. Leslie Stuart, eomposer of "The Soldiers of the Queen," "Little Dolly Day- dreamy" & Mr Tom B. Davis's Company is producing the piece, and during the week nothing but praise has been bestowed upon it. "Floro- dora," unlike most musical productions, has a well-defined plot running through it, and this has the effect of sustaining an unusual interest from the rise of the curtain on the beautiful island in the Phillipines, till its fall on the ball-room scene in Abercoed Castle, Wales. Combine with this interest, no end of meriiment, smart repartee, and bright and tuneful music, and one can readily account for the great popularity "Florodora" has already attained. "Tell me, pretty maiden," "In the shaiie of the Palms, Tact," I want to be a military man,"—a few of the choice morceaux of the comedy—have about them the ring of musical genius and at the time of our visit, each one of these charming, inspiriting items simply took the house by storm, particularly the first-named chorus, which has quite a catchy refrain, and also" I want to be a military man," which Mr. A, Higgin- son (Capt. A. Donegal) and the chorus rendered with an irresistible swing. In the shade of the palms was sung by the Frank Abercoed of the piece, Mr. Arthur Grove, with much ease and grace; and in Tact," Miss Muriel Richards (Lady Holyrood) displayed considerable charm and skill as the society cynic. Mr Fred Winn made a capital Cyras Gilfain, the ostensible pro- prietor of the Island "Florodora," who seeks in vain the hand of Dolores (Mi*s Alma Steele), the heroine of the piece, while Mr Fred East- man as "Anthony Tweedlepunch," the phren- ologist, created roars of laughter. He is a born comic. The Angela Gilfain of the comedy was taken by Miss Gertrude Branseotnbe, who has a charming style about her. In the second act there was a pas seul by Miss Vioiet Hope, a graceful dancer, while especial interest was, of course, centred round the beautiful castle scene, in which a bevy of young misses appear in Welsh costume. Florodora will be produced this (Friday) and to-morrow (Saturday) evenings. NEXT WEEK'S PLAY. "Lady Huntworth's Experiment" will be staged next week. This play, which is from the pen of Mr. R. C. Carton, the bridiant author of "Lord and Lady Algy," "Liberty Hall," &c., will alno be p oducjd in Swansea for the first time, and will be staged by Miss Emma Hutchin- son's Company. Lady Huntworth's Experi- ment" deals with contemporary life, and abounds in many notably effective and amusing incidents, that are set off by some smart dialogue. It may he mentioned that Mr. Percy Hutchinson, who is the director of the company, is a nephew of Mr. Chas. Wyndham, the well-known playwright.