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WEEK. BY WEEK. Lort; and Lady Emlyn have taken a hoase near Slough. Otice on a time—in 1666-a John Thomas paid' ten shillings tax on "colemines" at Aberdare. Some 12.000 naosentrer^ made the ascent of Snowdcn by the mountain tramway last sum- m-r. It is remarked that one of the features of temperance conferences iu South Wales is the absence of Baptist ministers. Little Boers will soon be learning English on Welsh slates. The first consignment -of Welsh elates for the Transvaal haa just been hhipped from Portmadoc. liaif the doctors who went out to South Afrif") with the Welsh Hospital have died of fever—all of them fins men and a credit to their profession. An old joke cropped up in a new guise in the Cardiff Police-court yesterday. Did he strike you in your own premises?" asked the solicitor. No, sir, on my nose," was the reply. A curious kind of land tenure is mentioned in the Cardiff Records." Christopher Mathews held "Penrhyw Menych" "by the will of God," paying yearly s'x shillings and eight- penes. Some lawyer did that. When the late Mr. C. R. M. Talbot was going over his estate one day during an election, he came upon a servor, and asked him whether he was a Liberal or Conservative. "Not one of 'era, sir," wa.s the reply, "I'm the mole- catcher." So methodically is everything now done in the Cardiff School Board offices that applicants for positions under the board are warned that their applications must be written on foolscap papsr. If an ordinary note-paper letter arrives everybody is upset. Sir Henry Harben, who once fought Sir Edward Reed for the representation of Cardiff and came near to winning, is one of the new councillors in Hampstead Borough. Rear- admiral Bickford is one of his colleagues, and Sir Walter Besant took a keen interest in the contest. A story current about the Bishop of London just now represents him as a bored listener to a windy speech. Turning to a fellow-sufferer, lie said, "Do you know that speaker? "No," was the answer. "I do," said the bishop; "he speaks under many aliases, but hia name is Thomas Rot." The eisteddfod easay has grown into a for- midable affair. The prize essay of the Rev. E. W. Davies.^ Ton. Ystrad. on Welsh Indus- tries" contains 600 closely-written foolscap pages, and weighs, with the binding, 121b. One of the adjudicators took a fortnight to read it, All this is not surprising, as the subject demands encyclopaedic treatment. There is no end to the joke started by the Liverpool Eisteddfod committee when they published the Welsh motto for Truth against the World in such a way that it read The Husbands against the World." It was all dons through printing "gwyr for gwir," and now an English paper has printed it gwer," so that it reads, The Suet (or fat) against the World." The temptations of the high wages now pre- vailing in the Welsh coal pita are attracting all cJas?e3 and a fair sprinkling of nationalities. In the Rhondda Valley Spaniards and Italians are to be met with. and in the Plymouth Col- lieries the 'atest comers have been Jews. Ply- mouth, used to attract the Jews in the old imnwolrk3 days; cne named Fligalsteiu was a well-known worker at the rolls. Since the appointment of Bishop Watkin Williams t'o Bangor the Dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph have been amalgamated for ordina- tion purposes, the ordination services being held alternately at the two cathedrals named. A movement was started to combine the two dioceses in another direction by holding the annual diocesan conferences alternately, but the clergy of Bangor objected, and the project was allowed to drop. It is stated that Sir William Huggins has been nominated to succeed Lord Lister in the presidency of the Royal Society. It will be recollected that the great physicist was presi- dent of the British Association on the occa- sion of its Cardiff visit. His distinguished wife is second in energy and eminence in the line of celestial chemistry only to her hus- band, who. though seventy-six years of age, is as eager in research as ever. Dr. Wayland, of Philadelphia. U.S.A., in a fine vein of sarcasm, asked the following ques- tion :—" What does Ghoughphtheightteeau spell?" "Well." said the doctor in answer to his own question, "according to the following rule it spells 'potato.' Gh stands for P. as in the last letters of hiccough; ough for 0, as in dough; phth for t, as in phthisis; eigh for a. a" in neighbour; tt for t. as in gazette; and eau for o, as in beau. Thus yon have The Welsh Congregational chapel at Brecon known as the Plough has a history dating back to 1650. The present pastor, the Rev. Dr. Bowen Jones, is both venerable and ver- satile. In addition to the possession of a high degree of pulpit power, he is an effective plat- form speaker, an authority on all matters per- taining to Welsh music, and for the past six- teenyeal's has edited "Cenad Hedd." If spared until the 1st of August next Dr. Jones will have completed half a century in the ministry, and it is then his intention to retire. In its quarterly notes on Roman Britain the "Antiquary" refers to Cardiff and Caerwent as follows:—At Caerwent the excavations com- menced last year have been duly continued this season, principally under the charge of Mr. Thomas Ashby. The building with a central peristyle—it is not a "courtyard" house of the Romano-British typ^—has been more fully expired, and other buildings examined in whole or part. Many features in these are puzzling, especially the variations in level. which suggest that what is now a fairly flat hill-top must in Roman times have been very diversified. Among the smaller finds are two tiny fragments of inscriptions, much pottery, some coins, wall-plaster. Ac., and some iron slag, supposed to indicate some kind of wór ing" in that metal. The excavations will b continued next year, and certainly they deserve to be continued. Further west. at Cardiff Castle, the removal of the great earthen rampart on the cast and north side of the Outer Ward has revealed plain traces of a Roman fort. and indeed probably of two forte. The work has been proceeding for three years, and has now reached, not perhaps its archaeo- logical conclusion, but, at any rate. a very interesting position. When a bishop has to summon the clergy together to elect two proctors to attend con- vocation he has to word his letter as fol- lows:— CITATION TO RECTORS. VICARS, AND PERPETUAL CURATES. RICHARD, by Divine Permission Bishop of Llandaff. To our well-beloved in Christ the Rectors. Vicars, and Perpetual Curates of our Diocese, Greeting: By virtue of a mandate to us directed. We do hereby citfe and monish you and each of you, to appear before us. our Vicar-Gcneral. his Surrogate, or other competent Judge in this behalf, at the Con- sistory Court within the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. in the City of Llan- daff'and County of Glamorgan, on Friday, the Nineteenth day of October. 1900, at Twelve o'clock at noon. then aJictthere to elect two sufficient Proctors on the behalf of the Clergy of the Diocese of Llandaff, to appear at the Convocation and Congregation to be held before the Most Reverend Father in God. Frederick, by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury. Primate and Metropolitan of all England, his Substitute, or Commissary in this beh'alf. in the Chanter House of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul. London, on Friday, the Second day of November next ensuing. with continuation and prorogation of days then following, and places, if it be necessary to be rlone. to treat upon arduous 8i*d weiirhty affairs, which shall concern the state an4 welfare, public good, and defence of this Kingdom, and the subjects thereof; and tn do all such other matters and thincrs as shall be then and there required. Given under the Seal (which in this behalf we use"i this Fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred, and in the eighteenth year of our consecration. A quiet-looking man got into the train at Swinrlrnv this w-eek and his retiring d-"sno«itiin struck the other passengers. A few attempts to draw him into conversation did not suc- ceed until someone at last mentioned a Welsh Vshor). Then the auiet man spoke. That bishop." he said, with evident feeling, "is the best man living." His interruption was by thi- time so unexpected that the other passengers, including a clergyman, a couple of merchants and two ladies, looked round surprised. The quiet man noticed their demeanour, and went on to speak. gently, and in sad, mellifluous voice. "The chief bitterness of -life," he said. "is that you can't live it over again in the light of the knowledge that grows with the years. One gets to know so many things too late and then to know is to regret. Look at my case. As a boy I robbed orchards, and was seat fr-.m school because I stole from the o'hor hoys. I became a clerk on a salary so small that, it was a crime in itself, and led to other crimes, and I was sent to prison. Since then I have been back to that place twice, and would doubtless have ended my life there hut for the bishop of whom you spoke just now. He took me in hand, made me live at the Palace, treated me as a brother, and for the last four years I have heen living in a way. to earn his respect which I would rather die than lose." All the passengers became deeply interested, and the rest of the conversation was reminiscent and encouraging. At New- port most of the passengers got up to leave, and were standing round gathering their wraps, when the quiet mac. with a "beg par- don" to ;h'9 one ar-1 "Sorry to trouble you" to anoth:r, brushed past hurriedly, knocking again.st one and the ofier in his haste, and with a "Good afternoon" jumped out and wai eeen no more. And in that little bustle th^ quiet man had emptied nearly every pocket in the crowd and made probably his best haul for weeks. Grangetown was the ward mostly concerned in the mayoral wrangle at Cardiff, and. indeed, the whole three members were mentioned for offioe. Mr. Brain is the present mayor, and the other two members were invited to follow. Now that the new Money-lenders Act has come into force we shall probably find the IT.ouey-lenders taking to selling coal. They won't be allowed any more to charge 50 per cent. for lending gold; but they can make 190 per cent. profit on coal and win applause for it. A literary society in Llanelly. so the "Guardian" says, is to discuss at its next meet- ing, "Is Welsh a good language to swear in?" Having once inadvertently trod on "Idriswyn's" I-et corn we can confidently affirm that the Welsh language is adequate for all reasonable outbursts. Evidently the Rev. Robert Thomas, of Llan- erchymedd, is a man of humonr. and even his annual reports DO the North Wales Calvinistic Methodist Association contain flashes of wit. He reported this week that Anglesoa had always been represented in Parliament by its own sons—it had not returned one Conservative from the days of Adam down to the present time. Tht connexion continued to sustain great losses in the removal of workcrr—Heaven and Liverpool being the two places which did Anglesea a great deal of harm. A thrill of awe ran through Barry's Restau- rant as thres highly respected gentlemen from a neighbouring town ruahed in, and the leader called out hurriedly, "Coffee for tea and two for one!" The young lady behind the counter gazed with rcnpectful awe at the speaker, and tried to shake out the sentence into an intelligible form. One of the gent.le- men came to the rescue when he had finished laughing, and said, "You see, miss, we're in a big hurry to catch the train. My friend means coffce for two. and tea for one." The late Mr. Frank Buckland, the well- known inspector of fisheries and distin- guished naturalist, once purchased a young otter from a fisherman between Abercych and Llechryd. The otter had Heft its mother's aide too early, and knew not what to do with itself. Mr. Buckland took it to London with him, and brought it up in his museum, where he studied its habits for a long time, and afterwards wrote a charming account of his protege, which at last, however, deserted its kind master for the London sewers. Now that the people of Wales are moved by feelings of sympathy and admiration for the brave devotion which has led to the sacri- fice of so many valuable lives in the Welsh "Hospital in South Africa, the moment is not inopportune to suggest a movement for raising a national memorial to Professor Tom Jones, Dr. Herbert Davies, Sister Sage, Mr. Eames, and last. but not least. Professor Hughes. They are all heroes of whom Wales has reason to be proud, and it would be a fine and fitting thing to perpetuate in some tangible form the memory of them. One of the most tragic stories in Welsh history is the career of Captain Kemys. the friend and companion of Sir Walter Raleigh. It was Kemys who attacked the Spaniards on the River Cronoque; he was beaten, and returned to Sir Walter, who, foreseeing death and disgrace, upbraided his faithful hench- man. Captain Kemys took it so much to heart that he went below to his cabin and shot himself. A boy, hearing the shot. came to the cabin-door, but the captain called out, "All is well, boy!" Then finding the wound was not mortal, he thrust in his dagger to the hilt, and so they found him. Lady Llangattock, the hostess of the Duke and Duchess of York at The Hendre, Mon- mouth. is the daughter of the late Sir Charles Maclean, ninth baronet, and of Emily, daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Jacob Marsham, D.D., canon of Windsor. The name Maclean—originally M'Gillean—was derived from a celebrated Highland warrior, the pro- genitor of the race named The Gillean." from the proficiency with which he wielded the battle axe. He stood at the side of Alexan- der III. at the Battle of Largs, while his son, Gillise MaeGilloin, fought at Bannockburn. Lady Llangattock's brother, as stated by our special correspondent last week. is the present chieftain of the Macleans. A gift of a most interesting kind has just l>een made to the ancient Pa-ish Church of Whltfcrd—the burial place of Thomas Pen- nant, the eminent Welsh author—in the shape of a ewer of beaten brass, by the Rev. J. Bull. of Whitford, Chester County. Pennsyl- vania. as a memorial of his ancestress. Sarah Roberts Bull (nee Thomas), a descendant of an old Whitford family who lived at Upper Downing. One of the earliest settlers in Penn- sylvania was one of the Thomases, who received a tract of land, which in its physical contour much resembled that of his native Cymric parish, so that he christened it Whit- ford, bestowing other Welsh local names upon different portions of it. Colonel White showed our Haverfordwest correspondsnt yesterday two interesting souvenirs of the war 'n South Africa. One was a gift badge with the arms of the Orange Free State on it. This was taken off a dead Boer. The other curio was a narrow strip of ribbon in the colours of the Transvaal. Both of these mementoes were sent home by Colonel White's son, who took part in the war. The ribbon was one of three thousand worn by as many Boer wotren around their necks when our troops entered Pretoria. Our men wanted to get these curios to carry home. and so there was an exciting chase after these three thousand girls. who would not give the colours up without a good-humoured struggle. Everybody who has been to North Wales always speaks afterwards of the exquisite scenery surrounding Festiniog. A local patriot holds that these surroundings are favourable to longevity, though he has to go back one hundred years for his evidence in the follow- ing extract from a newspapar of the last cen- tury:—"The late Lord Littleton, in a letter written from Festini, in Wales, to his friend Mr. Bower, gives the following very singular relation:—Not long ago there died in this neighbourhood an honest farmer, who was an hundred and five years of age; by his first wife he had thirty children, ten by his second. four by his third, and seven by two concu- bines; his youngest son Tfa-s eighty-one years younger than his eldest, and eight hundred persons descended from his body attended his kfuneral." A correspondent writes:—"In reading the newspapers for the last couple of weeks one has been struck by the abnormal number of suicides and attempted suicides which have been reported. It may not be generally known that Cardiganshire has an unenviable notoriety for suicide. In the district from Lampeter to Llandyssil and extending towards the sea coast more suicides have occurred during the past fifty years than in any other part of Wales, if not the whole of Wales put. together. It is a noteworthy fact that this dis- trict is the stronghold of Unitarianism in Wales, but whether that creed has anything to do with the suicides is a question one cannot answer. It is quite possible that they might be explained on ethnological grounds. In this district also the land question, especially up 1 to the election of 1868, drove many farmers to distraction and several to self-destruction. Some corespondent, possiblv. may be able to give you statistics of suicide in Mid-Cardigan- shire. They would be highly interesting." Although now paying a dividend of 180 per cent.. Bwllfa Colliery has had a chequered existence. At one time it was the property of Mr. Menelaus and Mr. George Martin, of Dowlais, and Mr. Rhys. of Llwydcoed—three of the shrewdest men jn the county. Accord- ing to the "Merthyr Express," "the affairs of the colliery have not always been so pros- perous. The fortunate people are those who purchased stock at 'dirt, prices'— £ 10 shares for 12s. 6d., for example—and held them just to see what would turn up. In fact, they have been in the deep trough for so many years that! even this huge dividend—180 per cent.—will hardly squars past losses." It is fair to the company ani to colliers generally that this should be publicly known, as the publication in our columns of the dividend led to con- siderable unrest amongst colliers, who natu- rally enough concluded that. scale or no scale. they were not getting a fair. proportion of share. Many years ago the lease of a plot of land for the erection of a Welsh Baptist chapel in Glamorgan was secured in a peculiar manner. The landowner, a fine type of the fox-hunting squire, though a genial landlord, had for some reason repeatedly refused to grant the necessary land for the chapel. The minister was advised to consult one of the sub-agents. He did eo. and the sub-agent suggested that the minister should attend the meet the follow- ing week and pretend to be greatly interested in fox-hunting. On the appointed day the minister turned out, and was one of the most demonstrative of the company. By and bye the squire inquired of bis agent who this man was. and was told that he was a minister with the Baptists. "Well," said the squire, "he appears to be uncommonly fond of hunting." "Oh, yes, sir," said the agent, "he does not. seem to think of much besides." Is that so?" Yes," replied the agent. and he has one little favour to ask of you. He would like to have a plot of land to erect a little chapel." By all means," said the squire, heartily, and the chapel was built and it stands to-day. As a rule. we associate the 5th of November with fireworks and destruction, but in Caer- went the people have made the date memorable for the restoration of the ancient church, a priceless rclic of the past. The south nave wall, with its arches, had gradually fallen out- wards to the extent of more than eighteen inches. Thus the building was naturally in a dangerous condition, and this portion of the fabric had to be taken down and re-built. It appears that the mediaeval builders, although making use of the Roman building material at hand, did not take the trouble to build from the Roman foundations, some five or six feet deep, and had it not been for three large stone props built up,in all probability when the chapels were demolished or fell in (owing, pro- bably. to the same caused the nave would have collapsed some centuriey ago. This wall. with its arches, has, however now been re-built on a secure foundation, the roof has been restored, and the nave thoroughly repaired in a most careful and conscientious manner by Mr. W. Clarke, of Llandaff. under the direc- tion of Mr. G. J5. Halliday, to whom the work of reparation was entrusted in 1893. Seven Radicals in succession have been olectei to the mayoralty of Newport. The real founder of the University of Oxford was a Welshman, Asser Menevenais, who wrote the life of Alfred the Great. Alfred paid the bills. Lord Dunraven is such an enthusiastic golfer that he has laid out a course at Adare Manor. under the superintendence of Ben payers, of North Berwick. From 1755 to 1830 William Edwards's bridge at Pontypridd was the largest single-arc.ii bridge in the world. Then a bridge at Chester broke the record. William Barlowe, a native of Pembrokeshire, was the first to observe the difference between iron and steel, and the first who wrote on the nature and properties of the loadstone. Are there any pearls in the Conway in these days? Suetonius said that one of the chief reasons he had for subjugating Wales was to obtain possession of the pearl fishery of the River Conway. When the coaiowner is not squeezing the collier and the collier is not squeezing the coalowner both are squeezing the public. Just now the public is getting a particularly hard time. At a sale in London a few days ago a fine medal of the Eastern Glamorgan Volunteer Infantry, awarded t:) Thomas Lewis, the best shot of the regiment, 1807, realised the sum of £ 15. Llantwit Major is winning new fame from the discovery that its traditions and drainage system date from the same far-off age The only thing is that the traditions don't hurt. Coaiov.ners and coliiers are ccnspirng to 'lety up the price of coal. But there is one consolation—if they succeed in forcing up the price again, we will be able to light a fire with our feelings Protestantism is not strictly hereditary. The Cardiff archivist's great-grandmother, when a child, sat on John Wesley's knee, and Mrs. Hobson Matthews is eighth in descent from the sister of Walter Cradock. Cato pawb! A defeated candidate at Swansea municipal elections told a reporter that any time he con- tested another election lie (the reporoer) might come to him and claim a £5 note. He regarded it as a self-imposed penalty against folly. Surprise is expresseu over the case in which an able-bodied seaman is alleged to have lifted a 1001b. projectile to hurl at his superior officer. Twm o'r Nant" once carried three sacks of wheat tied together, weighing 5001b., back and fore from the road to a house In Ruthin. The masterpiece of Ellis Owen Ellis, R.A., was his "Oriel y Beirdd" ("Bard's Gallery"), wherein about a hundred Welsh bards are delineated It is crayon work. measuring 4ft. by 2ft. It was finished in 1861. and was bought for a. hundred guineas by Mr. W. Morris ("Gwilym Tawe"). A Baptist minister and Congregational mini- ster in the Rhondda were comparing notes as to their stipends. I can't see," said the Con- gregationalism why you get more than I do. The congregations are about the same in number and strength." Yea," was the reply, "but you forget that they always pay extra for working in water." The Flora, the cruiser in command of Com- modore Groome, which visited the Welsh Colony in Patagonia last June. has a Welsh chaplain on board—the Rev. D. Richards, M.A., a native of North Cardiganshire. His brother the Rev. T. Richards) is curate of the Welsh Church, Cardiff. Chaplain Richards is an old friend of Chaplain Morris, of Victoria fame. A Welshman just back from America has a high opinion of the American boy. He once asked the five-year-old youngster in the housa where he was staying, "\v no was the first man?" "Washington," said the lad promptly. "No, no," said the Welshman; "the Bible says that Adam was the first man." "Oh," said the lad. "I wasn't thinking of furrinera." A learned member of the Cambrian Archaeo- logical Association propounds a new theory to account for the occasional stones of value found along the Cardigan shores. "The idea that the sea brings them from the Mediter- ranean coast," he says, cannot be enter- tained. You find the same gems now and then in exploring Roman camps. They came with the ballast brought by the Romans when they traded to Britain for its lead and tin." Merionethshire is over-populated—with Jongees. At the quarter sessions eleven of the jurymen were named Jones, and out of these seven were John Joneses. The other man was called Hughes, and he was made foreman. The prisoner's name was John Jones too, but, though there were seven John Joneses on the jury besides the other four Joneses, John Jones, the accused, was con- victed It ought to be possible to prove Mr. Edward Lloyd a Welshman, for while he is Lloyd on one side he is Hopkins on the other, and the two are good old Welsh names. Mr. Lloyd's mother, Miss Louisa Hopkins, to give her maiden name, was, like her sixteen brothers and sisters, a good musician. When seventeen years of age she was elected one of the first King's Scholars at the Royal Academy of Music, and Brinley Richards was also elected the same time. Sir William Preece in his reminiscences calls attention to what many readers must have seen (though dying out now), viz., false or imitation windows. "A very objectionable form of taxation" (remarks the great elec- tTician) "was enacted in 1695, and lasted until 1851. when it was repealed. This was the window-tax. I remember well the taxing agent surveying one house and reoording the number of windows, upon each of which some- thing had to be paid annually. My present house in Wales has several blank windows blocked up to evade the tax." A well-known peer who once accepted the hospitality of a mayor and corporation found that he could get nothing to drink at the dinner except water and teetotal drinks. It was explained to him that the mayor was a teetotaler, and during that year everybody had to drink what the mayor drank. Some time later the mayor and corporation accepted an invitation to dine with the peer, and when the mayor asked for some water to drink the waiter aaid, "There's no water here, sir; nothing but intoxicants. Shall I help you to champagne?" Of course, the peer was teaching a lesson; outside that the one action was just as reasonable as the other. Maria James was a poor Welsh girl who emigrated to America, where she spent her life as a nurse in various families. A volume of her poetry was edited by Dr. A. Potter, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America. The book is entitled Wales and Other Poems." The following stanzas betray Welsh homesickness glotified:- I heard Jehovah's praise In Cymru's native tongue, And hung upon the artless strains— In rapture hung. 'Twas in that tongue that first I heard the voice of prayer, Beseeching Heaven to take us all Beneath its care. "Land of my fathers! ne'er Shall I forget thy name- O! ne'er, while in this bosom glows One transient flame." History repeats itself even in the animal kingdom. It is well known that the late Welsh bard "Tegid" was fond of birds, and that when he was on his deathbed a black- bird settled on a tree outside his bedroom window and sang most beautifully. When the bard's remains were being lowered to the grave a blackbird again lighted in the church- yard yew tree and burst forth into song. A still more remarkable story is told of some birds kept by the late Mr. Francis Stanier, of Peplow Hall, near Market Drayton. Mr. Stanier was a millionaire and a well-known philanthropist, and was very fond of birds. He had some favourite American and Japanese geese, which he fed with his own hands, and which were kept on a pool near the Hall. He died about a fortnight ago, and. strange to relate, during the last hours of his illness these Ijirds, numbering over 100, flew round his bedroom window, beating their wings against the glass. They would then fly over the roof of the house, and all the time they were uttering a weird, screeching noise. In almost the last moments of the squire's life the whole flock of birds disap- peared, and not one of them has been seen since. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, who is a brother- in-law of Sir John Llewelyn, impresses an observer a.s being silent, self-contained, and masterful, as one engrossed with the cares of office, who dees not trifle, and will permit no trifling in thoso around him—essentially a strong man, "ne would say. A trim and well- groomed apjjcarance. a short and alert step, a determined poise of the head, over all a dominant quietness, and there you have some of the external characteristics of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of yesterday, and. doubtless, of to-morrow. But this silent, reserved man- in London—displays (says "M. A. P.") a riiffcr'ent side to his character when at his country seat. With the tenants and the farmers of the district he is a great favourite; they will tell you he is geniality itself. Even in London there is a kind heart beneath the stern exterior. While he held office in a former Ministry one of the messengers in his depart- ment offended seriously in some way, and Sir Michael, with the instinct of a disciplinarian, reduced him in grade, with the order that he was never again to be promoted. Three years later 81* Michael with the rest of his colleagues was going out of office. A day or two before be surrendered his seals he gave a dinner at his residence, and after the guests were gone be was told an. official messenger bad called and was waiting to see him. "Show him in." saM Sir Michael. The man on entering explained fhat he was the messenger whom Sir Michael had reduced. With some hesitancy he went on to say that if Sir Michael left office and allowed his decision to remain unaltered ne would suffer a life-long punishment. Would Sir Jfichael stretch a point in his favour? After replying to a few terse questions the man left. Next day he was reinstated in his old position, the bad mark against his name was removed, and Sir Michael made it clear to the permanent officials that it was his wish the messenger's lapse should in no way stand againcl his future advancement.
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[COPYRIGHT.] A Maiden's Victory. eo By JOHN K. LEYS, Author of "TIM Lindsays," "The Lawyer's Secret," "In the Toils," "Fettered," "In the Grey of the Dawning," &c. SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. While salmon fishing with Tom Armstrong, his friend and host, Roland Graham, finds the body of a young well-dresed man float- ing in the river. The body is taken to Armstrong's coach-house and locked in. There is a dance at the Armstrong's that night, and Graham, who is a poor man, is interrupted just as he was about to propose to Blanche Adamson. a comely heiress. The discovery is then made that the corpse in the coach-house has been stolen by some- one. The mystery is found to be inexplic- able. In the morning, however, a young woman calls at the house requesting to see the body. She will not give her name or address. The disappearance is explained to her, and she then asks to see the dead man's papers. This is refused, and in great agita- tion she leaves the house, Graham following her stealthily.
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CHAPTER V. THE CONTENTS OF THE POCKET-BOOK. She did not rise to meet me, or show by the least sign that she recognised me. A few paces took me to her side, and, taking off my hat. I said to her: "I have ventured to follow you in the hope that you would allow me to be of some ser- vice to you. It was easy to see that you are i:1 distress. If you have friends at hand, if there is anyone in the neighbourhood to whom you can appeal, I will say no more. But if you are alone, and if there is anything I can do to aid you, I trust you will not refuse my help." For answer the girl sadly shook her head, without uttering a word. "It must have been a relief to you," I ven- tured to say, "that the man found in the river was not the person you had in your mind." "Was it, indeed?" she whispered, speaking more to herself than to me. I did not know what to say to this. The silence became un- bearable. It was only too evident that I was not wanted. To remain longer was an imper- tinence. I took a step backwards. "Is there nothing I can do for you?" I said almost in a whisper. "If you could let me see the papers in that pocket-book that was taken from the body of the man who was drowned, you would do me a service, indeed!" she exclaimed. "Alaa! How can I?" "Then I can only thank you, and ask you to lot me aro mv own way." There was no nroro to be said. I bowed and move:! away. "One moment." In an instant I was again by her side. She rose to her feet as I approached, and a blush was on her wet. cold cheek. "You must think me very ungrateful not to have said a word of thanks for your kind offers of assistance. God knows I need help badly, but I do not see how you can serve me except in the way I spoke of, and that, it seems, you cannot do. But I thank you for your good will. Forgive me if I let my sorrow forget what was due to you." She said this with a smile of rare sweetness, and. as if by a kindly impulse to make amends for her seeming ingratitude, she held out her hand. I could not say anything, but I dareciav my looks spoke for me. She sat down, as if in utter weariness, on the pine log on which ahe. had been resting, and I walked back towards the high road. I had nearly reached it. when, happening to put my hand into the outer pocket of the ulster I was wearing, I was reminded by something it contained that it was not my own coat. It was Tom Arm- strong's ulster, the very one he had been wearing the night before. Like a flash it passed through my mind that it was possible that after hastily examining the contents of tho pocket-book Armstrong had slipped it back into his pocket, and had not since removed it. As the thought came to me, I put my hand into the breast-pocket of the ulster, and drew out the pocket-book. I stood there in the rain with it in my hand, in a swither," as the Scotch say. Of course, I had no business to do anything but give the pocket-book to Armstrong, to be placed in the hands of the police. But how could I tell what urgent need the poor girl I had left in the wood might have for looking at its contents? What harm could it do if I were to show her the papers? Then. again, I was the one who had found the body. Surely I had some right to say what should be done with what was found upon it? And while I waited there, the girl might have gone beyond my reach-the opportunity might be lost. This last thought decided me. Tfmisting the pocket-book back into the breast-pocket of the ulster, I ran through the dripping trees to the spot where I had left the nameless girl. She was still there—sitting in the same atti- tude of deep dejection as she had been in when I had before caught sight of her. At the sound of my footsteps she raised her head. and, seeing something in my face, I suppose, she sprang to her feet, and stood waiting for me, with an eager, expectant look in her eyes. Her veil—a mere wet rag By this time-had been pushed back, and her lovely face was bare. In a few words I explained to her how I came to have the pocket-book with me, and said that I intended to show her its contents. "Oh. how good you are!" she cried, and her eyes were swimming with tears. She sat down once more on the pine log. I spread my handkerchief over her knees to keep the papers from getting wet, and held her umbrella so as to shelter it. Then I took out the pocket-book, and we went through it together. I need not say how sweet to me was the being brought into this intimate contact with her. If her fingers, or, rather, the wet glove that covered them, touched mine for an instant, a strange thrill ran through my veins. I could even feel the warmth of her breath as we bent together under the shelter- ing umbrella. Ths mere nearness of her person was intoxicating, so that I had scarcely attention to spare for the work we had in hand. Tho pocket-book contained bills of exchange —I could tell that much-with a list of names and addresses. I cannot now remember the names that were on the bills, nor the exact sums for which they were drawn; but I know tha.t the aggregate amount was considerable -between six and seven thousand pounds. You will give me these," said this strange girl, putting her hands on the bills, as if to prevent my returning them to the receptacle from which I had taken them. No, no!" I cried in alarm, not for what she might do herself, but for what she might persuade me to do for her sake. Remember that these papers are not mine. It is my duty to put them into the hands of the proper authorities as soon as possible. I daresay it will be said that I had no right even to show them to yon. But I could not help doing it. Don't ask me to go further, and do a dis- honourable thing. Yon have no right to these bills, have you? And you see that they repre- sent some thousands of pounds. How could I possibly give them to you? Pray, pray, don't ask it!" She gave way at once-relaxed her hold of the papers, and allowed me to put them back in the pocket-book without a word. And then, all of a sudden, she broke down. Covering her face with her hands—how small they were! like the hands of a child of twelve -she burst into a passion of tears. "It is of no use-I cannot save him!" she said in the midst of her sobs. What can I do? Oh, what can I do? Oh, sir, if you have any pity, let me have those bills! I tell you that if you don't I slhall never know another happy day. God knows they have not been many. You will spoil my life by ruining one who is dearer to me than anyone else on earth. Oh, what am I saying? What am I saying?" In epite of the sympathy I felt for this for- lorn creature, these words, I confess, were to me like a douche of cold water. A lover, or possibly a husband, was the object. of all the anxiety I had witnessed! There was no room for another feeling in her heart. Or. could it be her father? Somehow I managed to say something in which I insinuated that I sup- posed it was for hor father's sake that she was so anxious to get the bills. "No," she said quietly. "I am an orphan. But cannot be helped. I have done what I could. I—I think I will go now," she added, turning to me. I felt glad that I had alreadv made up my mind that I must not on any account yield to her wisll to become possessed of the bills, or there is no saying what in that moment I might have done. Her manner no longer pleaded with me any more than her words, but it was full of a qu that was to me infinitely more tou • even her tears had been. I would 11: half the remains of my fortune to put those papers into her hi • al- let her do what she liked v But I nut the temptation b • back, land. bidding the girl withoi a hasty adieu, I once more left her r > back when I had put a few yards t » I saw that she was no longer there l i h.. gone on her way. Her path lay t > i'- as- he-re-thev would never cross each o oo- KT ■ My heart throbbed with pain to ir. v. it must be so; and D, second timi !• extravagant desire to know who tfi -to do something or learn some would be a link between her and if, fr>r future, and prevent our drifting al ,001 or* I wide ocean of life-c.ame upon me I'I •* • powering force. I stood still in I ti unable to go on Almost mechanicai.y I t.t, je back once more. I had some stupid ictea in my I r- tb would ask the girl for an address u- ■ • r might s-end the bills if I could obt-ii: u t sion to give them up to her—as •" ■ thing were possible! I did not eve- !• name. It seemed to me that it was of life for me that I should at leaf" i. name. I had refrained from coin: impertinence of asking it when I was at her side; but now I would humble myself, I would beg her to tell me who she was, and implore her to allow me to call upon her. Surely she would see that I was in earnest. She would not misinterpret my motives, she would pity me and grant my petition. I was but six- and-twenty, and for the first time in my life I was in love! I walked rapidly, thinking every moment that I would see a little way in front of me the girl I was pursuing; but the path skirted the rising ground, and ended abruptly in a dark, muddy lane, which ran to right and left. It was gloomy, with high banks and the wide-stretching arms of leafless trees, and it wound to right and left in such a fashion that it was impossible to see along it for any distance. I could not. of course, tell whether the lady had gone to the right or the left, so I those the left, resolving that if I did not speedily come up with her I would turn back and go the other way. I smile at myself when I look back and think of the breathless anxiety with which I raced along that lonely path, splashing through mud nearly ankle deep and pools of water formed by the rain. The rain, which had never really stopped since the evening before, was coming down now as though the windows of heaven had been opened, but I scarcely gave the matter a thought. I was intent on one thing, and it seemed to me that if I did not gain my object lifo would not be any longer worth living. At length I became convinced that I had taken the wrong turning. I should have gone to the right, not to the left. and with a muttered curse at my own folly—though, to be sure, there was no folly in the matter—I wheeled about, and ran in the opposite direc- r tion. T mAt. nn nna. in^nn/1 i + mnM n J.lJ JJUIJ ä Uèl..Y when anyone who could possibly stay indoors would come abroad. It seemed a, long time before I got back to the wood path, and when I did reach it it was sickening to think of the long start the lady must now have got. By this time I was perspiring freely under the heavy ulster, and pretty well out of breath, so I moderated my pace to a walk, and went on at this rate for two or three miles without meeting or overtaking a soul. I could scarcely have believed that a road in England could have been so utterly deserted, even on a wet day in late autumn. But every lane has its ending, and this one brought me to a small Northumberland village, prettily situated. I dare say, but at that time presenting, like everything else. a sodden and dreary aspect. The principal inn-or ratlier the only one, for the rest were but pot-houses—^as conspicuous, with its great swinging sign of the White Lion. In a few minutes I was standing under the shelter of the porch, and from that I made my way to the passage which led to the kitchen. There seemed to be no regular bar, the customers of the White Lion preferring to sit down to their liquor in the sanded par- lour. whose half-open door stood at my left hand. Before I reached the kitchen I met a matronly person, who was evidently the land- lady. and I asked her whether a young lady, diepaed chiefly in black, had passed through the village, or if by any chance such a person wai staying tibere. You will be meaning the young lady that came here the day before yesterday, sir." said the good woman. "She is a stranger in c..ese parts, and she looks as though she were in trouble. Miss Aylmer, they call her." "Yes; that is the lady, I have no doubt. Is she in at present?" The landlady looked doubtful, and eyed me rather strangely till I told her that I was. stay- ing with Mr. Armstrong, of Hartwood. In a moment she was all smiles and complaisance. The young lady, she said, had just come in. She had got very wet. and was upstairs, changing her things, no doubt. She would tell me the moment she come down—or I could go into the coffee-room and wait for her. I hesitated, however, to do this. It seemed like forcing myself upon the girl; so, moving towards the large room with the benches and the sanded floor, in which a small fire was burning, I gave the landlady my card. and said I would wait in the tap-room, and mean- time refresh myself with a pint of ale. "Certainly, sir; and I will see that the young lady has your card the instant she oomes d wn. But, dearie me, sir, how wet you have got, to be sure! You had better give me your coat to hang up at the kitchen fire. It would never dry here, but we have a grand fire on in the kitchen, and it will be dry by the time you want it again." The offer was too good to be refused, so I handed the rain-soaked garment over to the good landlady, and. congratulating myself heartily on the happy turn events had taken. I sat down by the tap-room fire to await until Miss Aylmer should be ready to receive me. (To be continued.)
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EISTEDDEOD AT CARDIFF. A very successful eisteddfod was held at Andrews'-hall. Cardiff, under the auspices of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds' Widow and Orphan Fund, on Monday afternoon. The president of the day was Mr. E. W. M. Corbett, J.P., Pwllpant, Caerphilly, a gentleman who took a very prominent part in the Cardiff National Eisteddfod. The Rev. Principal Edwards, D.D., with his usual good grace and ability, fulfilled the offices of conductor. The adjudicators were:-Music, Messrs. William Thomas (Treorky) and John Price (Rhymney); recitations, the Rev. Principal Edwards, D.D., Cardiff; prize bags, Miss Shute and Miss Beasley, Cardiff. Miss C. R. Hosgood, Cardiff, made a very efficient accompanist. The eis- teddfod had as patrons Lord Tredegar, the Mayor of Cardiff, Mr. Sheriff Lawrence (London), Councillor Thomas Andrews, and Councillor Robinson. The secretarial duties were satisfactorily performed by Bro. David Lewis, D.S., Lower Cathedral-road, and Bro. Thomas Jones, Pro.C.S., Ty'n-y-pwll, Whit- church. The President opened the eisteddfod, with a brief address, and remarked that it was always a satisfaction to him to have to preside over suoh gatherings, which were so national in character and dear to the people of Wales. COMPETITIONS. Contralto solo, He was Despised" (" Messiah "). The prize of one guinea was awarded to Miss Mary Ann Thomas, Nantyglo. Pianoforte solo, Doris (Seymour Smith). This competition was confined to children under fifteen years of age. The adjudicator (Mr. William Thomas) awarded the prize to Miss Lily Travis, Salisbury-road, Cardiff. A second and a third prize, given by a gentleman in the audience, were awarded respectively to Miss Edith Morgan and Miss Maud Williams, of Cardiff. Soprano solo, Hear Ye, Israel." There were a number of competitors. The adjudi- cator ordered that Miss Ethel Thomas, Cardiff, be invested with the prize. Recitation, The Quality of Mercy." Prize divided between Mrs. Bessie King and Miss Winifred Prioe, Cardiff. Prise-bags: 1st. Miss E. Shute; 2nd, Mrs. Timothy, Cardiff. Bass solo, "Arm, arm, ye brave" ("Judas Maccabaeus"): Mr. Jenkin Reea, Maesteg. Juvenile choir competition, "Cyssegriad" (T. Prioe). Two choirs sang, viz., Mountain Ash Juvenile Choir and Bethlehem Choir (Cardiff). The former choir won. They were conducted by Mr. Ben Morris. Tenor solo, "Then shall the righteous" ("Elijah"). A preliminary test was held. and five tenors were selected to sing before the audience. The successful competitor was Mr. W. E. Carston, Cardiff. Duet, "Flow gently, Deva" (Parry): "Gwilym Taf" and Mr. Jenkin Rees, Maes teg. CHIEF CHORAL CONTEST. A prize of X20 was offered for the best render- ing of "Worthy is the mmb" (choirs not to number less than 50 voices). The following choirs competed: — Cardiff, Whitchurch, Canton, and Troedyrhiw, and they sang in the order given. Mr. John Price delivered the adjudication, and highly praised the four choirs for their good singing. The prize was awarded the fourth choir (Troedyrhiw), whom the adjudicators considered had given a most excellent rendering, were well trained, and thoroughly under the control of the conductor. The leader of the winning choir (Mr. G. C. Jones) was invested with the prize by Miss Osborne. MALE VOICE CHOIR COMPETITION. Three Cardiff choirs, viz.. Canton, Cambrian, and Cardiff, entered this contest. The test piecfe rendered was "Martyrs of the Arena.' Prize jElO. Mr: Wiiliam Thomas gave the adjudication, and remarked upon the splendid renderings given by the three choirs. The third choir was in his and his co-adjudicator's opinion the best combination. They took up every movement with the proper spirit, and their singing was most finished from beginning to end. The prize was accordingly handed to the conductor of the victorious party.
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THE FISHGUABEUBOSSLARE ROUTE. The present position of affairs in respect to the proposed new route from Cork to Wales. via Rosslare, is promising. Active operations have been begun at the Wexford end, where a large number of hands are now engaged in constructing the line from Rosslare to Water- ford. It is evident, therefore, that it will not be long before Wexford is brought into direct communication with Cork. A pledge was given iu the last session of Parliament that the work would be commenced on the Cork section of the new route within a year. This part of the work will also probably soon be in hand. The Fisliguard-Rosslare route is going to be a far bigger undertaking than the ordinary public contemplate, and it will cater especially for the American traffic via Cork and Queens- town.
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CAE TUT F ELECTRIC LIGHT- ING AND TRACTION. PROPOSED AMALGAMATION OF COMMITTEES. Members of both the Cardiff Electric Light- ing and Tramways Committees met at the Town-hall on Monday morning to consider a suggestion made by Alderman Carey at Thurs- day's meeting of the corporation that the two committees should be amalgamated. Alderman Carey presided, and ex- plained that the reason why he thought it necessary to merge the two committees into one was that before long they would have to face the fact that to supply the demands of the town with regard to lighting it would be necessary to go in for another station, which would mean the purchase of land at a high price. Another reason was that the engines at Roath could be used for lighting and traction, the parts being interchangable, and out of 48 towns in we United Kingdom with electric lighting and traction 45 were working on the combined system. They were all imbued with one idea, and that was the benefit of the ratepayers, and his proposal was to go in for one strong committee, to be called the traction and lighting committee. Mr. W. Evans felt that the position indicated by the chairman, that the time had come when another station was necessary, was a very serious one for the town, seeing that another station would cost something like £ 30,000. He suggested that they should have a report from the tramway engineer. At the present stage he did not think the council would accept the proposal to go in for another station. Mr. T. Andrews cited as one reason for oppos- ing the joint committee that both committees had already so much work to do. The work was enormous, and he did not see how one committee was going to do it. Mr. J. W. Courtis did not think the time had -come when the two committees should be amalgamated. After further discussion the question of amalgamation was dropped, and, on the motion of Mr. William Evans, it was decided that. with a view of avoiding the building of another station, the two engineers of the elec- trical and tramways departments respectively should prepare separate reports as to how the existing station and the power station at Roath could be utilised for supplying additional current for lighting and traction purposes, the date upon which current would be avail- able, and the price thereof.
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THE STORY OF A COAT. CARDIFF LADY'S PRESENT TO A WOUNDED SOLDIER. Miss Gwendoline Jones, of 51. Park-place, Cardiff, made a blue serge coat, and con- tributed it to the comforts sent out for the sck and wounded soldiers in South Africa by the girls of the Cardiff Intermediate School last Easter. In one of the pockets Miss Jones slipped a Dote asking the recipient of the coat to send and say how he liked it. The following reply has teen re-ceived: — "Welsh Hospital, South Africa, "27th September, 1900. "M'ss Gwendoline Jone3 will, no doubt, be interested to know that the blue serge coat which she Fa kindly made and presented to the Welsh Hospital for its sick and wounded was presented to a man of the Liverpool Regi- ment who had been shot in the shoulder at the engagement at Nitrals Nek. The man has since recovered, and has been sent to Eng- land, but he was, unfortunately, not able to write to express his thanks, and I am deputed by him to do so. "Poor fellow, he came to us in rags and tatters, having been fight'ng and living on the open plain for seven months before he was wounded and sent down. "It would, I am sure, have amply re-paid you for your kindness if you could have seen the delight with which he received so appro- priate and acceptable a gift. "On his behalf, I thank you most sincerely. "H. J. W., Sergeant-major.. "Welsh Hospital."
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AFFAIRS OF A PENYGRAIG CONTRACTOR. At Pontypridd County-court on Monday (be- fore his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams) men- tion was made of the petition in bankruptcy last year of David Evans, contractor, Peny- graig. It appears that his two sons and daughter sent in proofs for £60. £17. and dB20 respectively for rents on shops in Dunraven- street, Tonypandy, which had been collected by the father, but that Mr. Joseph Sprague, Pontypridd (trustee), rejected the proofs on the ground that the children were possessed of the property as trustees for their father, and a motion was now made to appeal against that decision. Mr. Sankey (Cardiff) appeared for the trustee and Mr. Bailhache for the chil- dren.—Mr. Bailhache objected to the rejection of the proofs on the ground that the trustee should have taken that step within 28 days of receiving them.—After a good deal of discus- sion the motion was treated as a motion by the trustee to exchange the proofs.-His Honour allowed the children's appeal, and dismissed the motion to exchange the proofs.—Subse- quently Mr. Sankey asked the judge to declare that a suite of furniture and cutlery now in the possession of Mr. E. D. Evans. one of the bank- rupt's sons, belonged to the bankrupt's estate. The latter gave the furniture to his son in October of last year as a wedding present, and ,Mr. Rees. a Pontypridd ironmonger, gave the cutlery as a wedding present.—Judge Williams found that the furniture belonged to the estate, and made an order to that effect, but as the cutlery had never been in the bankrupt's pos- session, and had not been part of his estate, ha would make no order about these articles.
"Y DDRAIG GOCH."
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"Y DDRAIG GOCH." The latest addition to the periodical press in Cardiff is "Y Ddraig Goch," Anglice "The Red Dragon," the magazine of the local pupil Teachers' Sohool. and published by Clements and Co., Queen-street. The students are re- sponsible for it from cover to cover, and its contents do them credit. It contains articles and poems in true magazine style, but they lack brightness and humour and'local colour- ing. An attempt should be made to make it Cymric in character. There is any amount of material in that vast mine of Welsh litera- ture which is in the Cardiff Free Library, and the chief librarian would only be too pleased to help any student in picking and choosing readable matter. An occasional Welsh article mig'ht be inserted, for it must be admitted that Welsh has as much claim to appear in the pages of a magazine in Wales as English, and it is quite as capable of expressing thought on a great number of subjects as English. The very name of the magazine suggests an occasional Welsh article or poem, and it is to be hoped Y Ddraig Goch" will never degenerate into The Bed Dragon."
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TROOPER SEATON'S WELCOME HOME AT PONTYPRIDD. Seldom has Pontypridd given a more enthu- siastic welcome home to one of her sons than on Saturday, when Trooper George Stewart Seaton (son of Mr. Wm. Seaton, contractor), who has been through the South African Cam- paign with the C.I.V.'s, returned to his native place. Trooper Seaton arrived by the 4.15 p.m. train, and at the station, which was prettily decorated, were awaiting him Mr. Gordon-Lenox and party, the reception com- mittee, and the local Volunteer Corps, com- manded by Major Hill-Male. A procession was formed, and at the open space near the Free Library a meeting was held, when Mr. Gordon- Lenox presided.—On behalf of the townspeople he presented the hero with an illuminated address (executed by the Western Mail. Limited), and Mrs. Gwilym Williams (Miskin), on behalf of "the townspeople presented him with a gold watch and chain.
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Daring this Changeable Weather you are vsrj liable to catch a Cold, which may develop into something serious. Be wise in time, and at the first intimation of a Cold or Consrh take a doaw of Mortimer's Mixture, the best-knowji Cure for Coughs and Colds. From all chemists, It. lW IIDd 2s. 9d. per bottle. 144)2
DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER.
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DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER. The Parliamentary session of the closing year of the century should mark an era in the advance of electrical enterprises in this country, for no fewer than four electric power Bills, each for the supply of ele* tricity over aai important ^ndustiW n}'a residential area, passed through Parlia- ment, viz., the Country Electric power Supply, the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply, the Lancashire Electric Power Supply, and the South Wales Elec- I tric Power Supply. It will, therefore, be seen that electricity as an illuminant or for traction purposes is becoming more and more popular with the public, and it is f quite certain that for numerous reasons the consumer, whether he be a manufac- turer, a tradesman, or a householder, can get his current on a more favourable basis: from an undertaking dealing with a com- prehensive area and varied classes of demand, than he can from a relatively small works. The first two of these Bills were promoted by the Electrical power Distribution Company (Limited), which was organised some two years alZO in alliance with the British Electric Traction Company (Limited) to establish power-stations for the distribu- tion of electrical energy ;:01:' traction. ligHting, and industrial purposes. The objects of the promoters of the Bills have since been endorsed by Parliament. An agreement has been made with the British. Electric Traction Company (Limited) by which that companv will, whenever possible, co-operate with the Electrical Power Distribution Company (Limited), and purchase electrical energy, for their tramways and light railways from the power-stations of the Tatter. The area to be served by the North Metropolitan Act is about 325 square miles, and that by the County of Durham Act 250 square miles, whilst the company have also obtained concessions to establish power- stations in Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Northampton. The present issue of capital-12,980 ordinary shares of £ 10—is offered for subscription at a premium of £1 per share by the Electric and General Investment Company (Limited), on behalf of the British Electric Traction Company (Limited) and the Brush Electrical Engi- neering Company (Limited), who have jointly guaranteed the subscription at par. Those companies bear all the costs of the issue, and will be entitled to the premium of £1 per share. There is no purchase price, and the prospectus states that no shares have been issued as fully or partly paid, or otherwise than for cash. The board is a practical one. consisting of Mr- John S. Raworth (chairman), Mr. E. Garcke, Mr. C. Shirreff Milton, Mr. R- Percy Sellon, and Mr. William L. Madgen (managing director), the first three of- whom are directors of the British Elect?#' Traction Company (Limited). The i pany has been inaugurated unjer jjood auspices, and has a large field before it.
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CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. THE HIGH: COST OF LIVING, At a meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guar- dians on Saturday, Mr. O. H. Jones, J.P., pre- siding, the Rev. J. Williams gave notice thaA at the next meeting he would move that. in view of the high price of coal and the general rise in the price of provisions, 6d. pef week extra be given to each outdoor pauper. -The Chairman ruled the motion out of order upon the ground that questions of relief must be considered individually.—Mr. Thatcher remarked that at their committee the cir- cumstances of coal being high had been taken into consideration.—Councillor Good suggested that the board recommend the committees to take the high price of coal and provi- sions into consideration when granting relief. ("Order.")—The Chairman: They are perfectly able to consider it themselves without any recommendation from us. They know the price of coal as well as we do.- Upon the motion of the Rev. F. J. Beck. it was resolved to petition the Cardiff Corpo- ration to sub-divide the parish of Roath on the lines of the recommendation already made by the board.—Mr. D. T. Alexander and Mr. F. J. Beavan were appointed to repre- sent the Cardiff Guardians at the meeting of Poor-law Unions in London' next week. The delegates' expenses will be paid by the board.
THE PEMBROKE BOBOUGHS PETITION.
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THE PEMBROKE BOBOUGHS PETITION. GMicnl Laurie, M.P. for the Pembroke Boroughs, writes as follows to the "Times" of MondaySir,—As there is a misappre- bension in the statement in your issue of this morning relative to the appeal to be brought before the court on the 19th ifist. all to the Haverford,west freeholders, I venture to ask a correction. These freeholders, whose rights were believed to have been reserved under the Reform Act of 1832, have been plaoed by the overseers on the register, and the claim has always been recognised by the revising barrister until this autumn, 1900, when an objection was raised. and the revising bar- rister disallowed their claim to be placed on the new register. It is on this decision, and this only. that an appeal is taken. A petition for a scrutiny has been presented, aaking that the right of these freeholders to be on the present register may be examined, which raises a further question as to whether votes of men placed on the register by the revising barrister and not forbidden by law from voting can be struck off. The decision of the Court of Appeal may thus furnish a reason for the scrutiny, but will in no sense, as your paragraph states, virtually settle the election in the petitioner's favour; this must be settled by another court."
PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE FOR CEFN.
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PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE FOR CEFN. A joint sub-committee of the Glamorganshire and Breconabire county councils was held in the magistrates' room at the Merthyr Poldce- buildinga ou Monday for the pairpose of con- sidering the question of the proposed new bridge to be built at Cefn. The proceedings were private, but we understand that a plan prepared and submitted by Mr. Edwards, the county surveyor for Glamorgan, for a steel bridge, which will give a practically straight approach to the High-street of Cefn from the Merthyr side of the river, and which will, carry the light railway of the British Electric Trac- tion Company, was approved. Before any- thing can be done, however, to carry out the plan the Breconshire County Council will have to be further consulted.
LLANELLY'S ITT3W DREDGER.
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LLANELLY'S ITT3W DREDGER. The new dredger recently built for the Llanelly Harbour Commissioners, is not giving satisfaction, and at present the vessel is "up for alterations and repairs" in a Swansea dry dock- A meeting of the commissioners was held on Monday to consider how the vessel could .be permanently strengthened. A report was read from Mr. Aisbitt. Cardiff, recommend- ing certain measures, and the commissioners decided to carry these out, at a cost of JE478. The question then arose as to the liability of the builders, they having undertaken to build a dredger that would lie aground. On the motion of Mr. Trubshaw, it was decided to write to the builders.
..-CONV - r- NEED OF CASH-
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CONV r- NEED OF CASH- The Co: iVy.y ii tl District Council is in an awkws • 1..c. lment. It has a big over- draft at lie ? aal and Provincial Bank. and. as the L Government Board will not sanction any jo" the council are una-ble to reduce i* At N jionthly meeting the chair- man an: r.mid considerable sensation. that th urea- uor had told him not to sign any m "e oi-r .ves. Ultimately the bank manage- all-/1 the council cheques for wages t V 'jfd, but refused to honour tJut others.