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CARDIFF BENEFIT SOCIETY. The annual dinner of the Cardiff Benefit and Annuitant Society was held on Saturday night at Barry's Hotel: St. Mary-street, Cardiff. Councillor Thomas Andrews, J.P. (ex-mayor), occupied the chair.—Mr. Roberts-Jones pro- posed "The Town and Trade of Cardiff"; responded to by Mr. James Hurman, an old member of the society, and Councillor Sessions. —The ex-Mayor, in proposing the toast of The Society," said the members were to be con- gratulated on the continued prosperity of their organisation, the total assets amounting to £13,062 12s. 3d., being an increase for the year of jE220 16e. 4d. (Applause.) Mr. William Williams (senior trustee), Mr. T. C. James, and Mr. Herbert A. Stibbs (secre- tary) replied. Mr. J. R. Harris proposed "The Visitors," coupled with the names of Mr. Miles (Inter- national Collieries) and Mr. J. Austin Jenkins rhe latter referred to the noble ambition with which Mr. Andrews starred his mayoralty—viz., to clear off the Cardiff In- firmary debt. an undertaking that succeeded I with the aid of a local newspaper of great influence. (Applause.) This great distinction the mayor had achieved would always be looked upon as a memorial of him, much nobler and more magnificent than any statue of brass, silver, or gold. (Applause.) Other toasta followed, interspersed with musical items.

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MR.LLOYD-GEORGE'S SPEECH AT DERBY. We are requested to state that at the Liberal Conference at Derby Mr. Lloyd-George, in a speech referring to the Liberal party, said:- There was something more than the existence of the Empire. It was that which had givefl distinction to the Empire, which had made the Empire greater than Empires of the past. It was British. Liberalism." In tDe necessarily condensed report which appeared the qualifying sentence, It was that which had given distinction to the Empire, which had made the Empire greater than the Empires of the past." was omitted.

EDWARD II. in GLAMORGAN. THE TRAGIC DOWNFALL OF THE FIRST PRINCE OF WALES. t' By JOHN GRIFFITH, CHAPTER IV.-(Continued). • CONQUEST OF WALES. 1282." Such is the beautifully concise statement of the primers of English history, which the' average schoolboy and schoolgirl accepts as conclusive information on the subject. The affair is at once docketed in the same pigeon-hole in their memory as the exploits of Alexander, Caesar, William the Conqueror, and Napoleon. Such is the glamour with which the annexation of a remnant of the ancient Princi- pality of Wales has been invested. Longshanks' chief exploit in Wales was in organising his campaign according to the numerous lessons in the art of war which the Welsh had taught the Anglo-Norman kings, and which those kings spent two centuries in learning. His chief exploit as a statesman was in staying long enough in the country to ascertain its true state and 9 E Z, to contrive remedial measures on the spot. The previous "conquests" of Wales are almost too numerous to mention. One king after another came, saw, and conquered, with the invariable result of the conquered Welsh marking time in r the rear of the London-ward triumphal march, and often accelerating the pace of the returning victorious hosp. Edward's predecessors never liked to stay long in Wales, and not one of his successors has stayed as long there as king. After the country submitted, mainly through the accidental loss of the guiding spirit of the revolt, Edward took a leisurely look around. He kept his Court in Wales for about three years; Queen Eleanor presented him with two Welsh-born children; and he took a fancy for building some magnificent residences at Conway, Carnarvon, and Harlech. He meant business, and the so-called conquest" was accomplished on a business basis. When at last, apparently with regret, he returned to England, he did not, like his predecessors, seek the quickest way out of Wales. He returned in state from Snowdon along the west coast, through Carmarthenshire into Glamorgan, to pay a friendly visit to his bosom friend, Gilbert de Clare, who had fought side by side with him in Palestine, and who, while the King was struggling against Llywelyn, had been striving to win all Glamorgan for himself. Although Edward was reminded, soon after his return to England, by a spirited little rebellion, that his conquest" was not a very thorough one, yet, on tlfl whole, he had a good reason for shaking hands with himself over the Welsh business, as he sat down to look over his accounts with the canny Scots. The lands annexed in 1282, the lands which the barons had failed to gobble up piecemeal, and which Edward won for himself, formed the new Principality of Wales, which was given to the second Edward to maintain the dignity of a newly-created title. More strictly speaking, Snowdon, Llywelyn's lands, and some parts of Dyfed, subject to the South Wales princely house of Dinevor, were annexed and added to the lands which Longshanks had already acquired for himself in Wales in true baronial fashion. Altogether it was but a small principality. Almost the whole of Wales, certainly the best part, was already divided among semi-independent English lords, and these independent lordships were not included in the new principality. The new was but a parcel of the old, and it is described in the records as Parcella Principalitatis Walliae." THE TITLE PRINCE OF WALES." It was to the few scattered estates annexed in 1282 that Edward II. could look for aid, with any confidence, in his dire need at the end 1326. Edward had retained the Principality all along, and, as this subject is of perennial interest to Welshmen, a few words on the peculiar nature of the title to the Principality will be appreciated. Sir John Doddridge says that he is 0 perswaded some mystery of good policy lies hidden therein, which as I conceauve may be this or such like. The Kings oi England thought to conferre upon their prince and heii apparant an estate in fee simple in the lands that they bestowed upon him; for a lesser than an inheritance had not been answerable to so greate a dignitie. And yet they were not willing to give him any larger estate, then such as should extinguish again in the Crowne when he came to be king ci dyed; for he being king should also have the like power tc create the Prince of his Heir apparant, and to inuest him intc that dignitie as he being the father was inuested by his pro genitor. For the wisdome of the Kings of England was such, as that they would not deprive themselves of that honoui but that every* of them might make new creations anr investures of the Principalitie to their eldest sonne, or nesi succeeding Heire Apparant; and that those lands so givei ttnto the Prince, might when he was King be annexed, knit and united againe to the Crowne, and out of the Crowne to be of new conferred which could not so have been, if those lands had been given to the Prince and his Heirs generalls, for then the lands so given would have rested in the natural person of the Princes, after they came to the Kingdoms distinct from the Crown Lands, and might, as the esse should happen discend to others then those which were his Heires apparant to the Crowne. And herein I do observe a difference between the Principalitie of Wales given to the Prince and the Dutchie of Cornwall given unto him. For every Prince needeth and soe hath had a new creation and investure. But he is Duke of Cornwall as soon as he is born, if his Auncestor be then King of England; and if not, he is Duke of Cornwall. eo instante, that his father is King of England, as shall be more euidently proued hereafter, by matter of record, when I shall come to speak of the Dutchy of Cornwall. How is it possible that the Kings of England can inherit the Principalitie, sithence the Principalitie being the lesser; dignitie is extinguished in the kingly estate, being the greater; for in Praesentia maioris cessat, id quod minus est. There is the logic, the Latin, and the locus classicup respecting the nature of the title, "Prince of Wales." Sir John Doddridge was a Welsh judge, distinguished for the trouble he took to learn the history of the people he had to judge, upon whose nerves in court the mellifluous sounds of the language of Eden did not produce as disastrous effect as upon the nerves of some modern dispensers of justice in Wales. PETTY WELSH SOVEREIGNTIES. in course of time the parts of Wales which originally I constituted the estates of the first Prince of Wales w&re augmented by some baronial estates, which, for various reasons, fell into the King's hands. When Edward III. bestowed the Principality upon the Black Prince it included the following estates: — All the King's lordships and lands in North Wales, West Wales, and South Wales, namely: — Carnarvon, lordship, castle, town, and county. Anglesey, 3} Merioneth, „ „ „ Carmarthen, „ „ „ „ Cardigan, „ Conway, „ „ „ Criccieth, „ „ „ Harlech, „ „ „ Llanbadara Vawr, „ „ Emlyn, „ „ „ Builth, „ „ „ Haverfordwest, „ „ Montgomery, Cantrev Mawr, stewardship. A muster-roll of Welsh forces ordered to be raised f(lf the Scotch war of 1315 gives a fair idea of the relative wi-r strength of the separate lordships in Wales at that time. It shows how many men suitably armed the King could muster on his own lands in Wales, and how many he could get from the semi-independent barons. The writer is responsible for the place-names in brackets: — From Wales the following footmen suitably armed: from the King's lands between North and South Wales, 4,000; from the lands of Edmund, earl of Arundel, of Kery (Ceri), Kedewy (Cydewain), Clon, Oswaldestre (Oswestry, Croe.sos- wallt), and Chirk, 500; from the lands of Edmund, earl of Kent, of Melenvth (Maelienydd), 300; from John de Grev's land of Dryffycloyt (Dyffryn Clwyd), 200: from Henry de Lancastre's land of Menemowe (Mynwy, Monmouth), Kede- wellv (Cidweli), and Carwathlan (Carnwvllion), 300; from the lands of Thomas, earl of Norfolk, of Strogoyl (Chepstow) and Netherwent (Gwent is Coed), 100: from John de Hastyngs lands of Bergaveny and Went (Gwent uch Coed), 300; from Robert de Monte Alto's lands at Estradlon (Ystrad Alun) and Hawardin (Hawarden, PenajAag), 100', from Full son of Warin's lands of Whitynton, 5u; from the lands of William la Zousche of Assheby. of Elvayl Ughmenyth (Elvael uch Mynydd) and Elvayl Ismenyth (Elvael is Mynydd), 200; from the lands of Hugh le Despenser, the younger, of Mor- gannou (Morganwg) and Glamorgan, 1,000; from the land of queen Isabella of Mellorseisenek (Maelor Seisneg), 100; from Elizabeth de Burgo's lands of Gower, 200; from the lands of Hugh le Despenser, earl of Winchester, of' Dynebegh (Dinbych. Denbigh) and Rowynnok (Rhuvoniog) and Kem- merich (Crymeirch, Cevn Meirch), 500; from the lands of John de Warenna, earl of Surrey, of Bromfeld (Bromfield) and Yale (lal), 400; from John de Charleton's land of Powys, 500; from the lands of Audele and Cantrebaghan (Cantrev Bvchan), in the marches, 100: from the lands of Bregheneu I (Brycheiniog, Brecknock), 200; from the lands of BueU (Builth), 100; from the lands of Penkethely (Pencelli), Blen- Ieveny (Blaenllyfni), Bolkedynas (Bwlch y Dinas), and Brentles (Bronllys), 400; and from the land of Hope (Estyn), 50.—(Cal. Close Rolls.) This muster-roll might have served the King as a basis to calculate his chances for aid in 1326, were it not that great changes had taken place, affecting the Welsh baronial estates, since the Scotch war referred to, and that the appeal for Welsh aid in 1326 put a much heavier strain on the allegiance of the Welsh themselves than the appeal of 1315. THE KING-MAKING WELSH. If the King, on his road to ruin, could command the services of some twenty or more independent barons in Wales, his chances for a final victory would be encouraging. But of the lords named in the muster-roll there were now only the two Despensers and the Earl of Arundel available, and only Hugh the younger, of the three, had any assistance within reach. If the King, again, had put his case fairly and squarely before the Welsh people as such, giving an honest under- taking to rule justly and dispense with his Despensers, he might have got the Welsh to stand by him to a man, as they had supported their own Llywelyn, and as they had marched with Edward against the Scots, and as their descendants in later times proved themselves veritable king- makers. But Edward had no common cause with the Welsh except a sentimental one. There was in the nature of things not a whit more reason why the Welsh should have stood by the King than the people of England, who were hunting for him. If all England chose to rid herself of the hated Despensers, had Wales any duty but to hasten that consummation? How could the King expect trusty allies within the very preserves of Hugh the younger, whose iron heel had trodden on every Naboth's vineyard he could approach, where many proud cheeks were burning under the smart of his mailed fist, and where the blood of a martyred chieftain cried aloud for vengeance upon both father and son? Yet, sentimental as was the strongest tie between the Welsh and Edward, he might, had he wished, have got the full benefit of that sentiment which latterly placed a Tudor on the English throne. But with all his regard for the Welsh and his knowledge of them, he did not proceed in the right way to enlist the support of a people whose hospitality has usually been unstinted towards English Kings in difficulties. As already stated, the King had given sufficient instructions en the 28th of September to his two bailiffs in Wales to gather together all the men available from the King's own lands—lands which furnished 4,000 footmen for the Scotch war. At the same time, concurrent writs of assistance had been issued to the earls, barons, knights, freemen, and other lieges of the King. Under ordinary circumstances, no further orders would be necessary. But when he reached Gloucester, the King began to issue minor orders affecting the districts nearest to him. Just as Hugh the younger was drawing the King with him to his Glamorgan stronghold, Mortimer, the guiding spirit of the Queen's war, was drawing the pursuing army towards his own stronghold on the Mid-Wales border. The King, in his orders to his Welsh bailiffs, had declared Mortimer the real enemy. On the 10th, he issued orders respecting the lands contiguous to Mortimer's sphere of influence to John Daniel, custodian of Radnor, Lugger- ness, and Pembroke; to Cadogan ap Howel and Davy Waghan (David Vychan), custodians of Maelienydd; and to William ap Rees, custodian of Elvael. Thus the eastern side of the upper Wye was attended to. On the same day similar orders were issued for raising forces on the west of the same district, in the lordships of Brennock (Brecknock), Talgarth, and Hay. It should be noted that the districts named in these and following orders to the leaders of the Welsh refer to eantreds and commotes, and are to be identified by refe- rence to the ancient divisions of Wales. Each district formed a separate gwlad," called patria in the charters, it. distinct Welsh community. One still often hears such expressions as "Gwlad Buallt," "Gwlad Gwyr" (Gower), and especially Gwlad Vorgan," of which Glamorgan is a corruption. > LLYWELYN'S ORPHAN. One order issued a,t Gloucester is worthy of special note. It is an order, for the payment of 101. to Wenthiiana (Gwenllian), daughter of Llywelyn, "late Prince of Wales, being her pension for six months." Llywelyn nearly bartered his country in order to secure Eleanor de Mont- ford for his wife, but she died at Gwenllian's birth. After her father's fall Gwenllian was taken into England, and when under ago she was made a nun against her will." It seems as if the sight of the Welsh hills had reminded the King of his duty towards Llywelyn's daughter. Though we cannot make the subject of our narrative a very consistent hero, still every item in his favour shall be duly noted. There are many things to show that the King improved as a man the more he was stripped of his kingly trappings. Our Welsh hearts warm towards him as we contemplate him, amidst, his frantic; efforts to save his kingdom and his life, taking five minutes to dictate an order for the benefit of Llywelyn's orphan. I -),

CHAPTER V. V f THE LAND OF REFUGE. The King fled from London to Gloucester with his favourites, so to speak, under his wings. At the latter place, we might expect the favourites to turn protectors. Hugh the younger is sometimes called Earl of Gloucester. He certainly owned, or held, at that time most, if not all, of the land between Gloucester and the Wye, through which the King travelled to Glamorgan. But important as Gloucester was as a rendezvous for either the defenders or the invaders of South Wales, the King remained there only three days. On the 13th he was at Westbury-on-the- Severn. The evening or the morrow of that day he crossed lour "pocket edition of the Rhine," Gwy, Vaga, Waia, now called Wye, the "river Egg" of a certain Richard John Davies. When the fretful stir Unprofitable, and the fever of the world, Have hung upon the beatings of my heart, • How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee, o sylvan Wye! Thou wand'rer through the woods, How often has my spirit turn'd to thee! Did ever a man visit Tintern in a more suitable mood to appreciate Wordsworth's "Lines, composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey," than our Royal fugitive? Dis- tracted King Why didst thou not turn monk on the spot and seek, not a, meal and a bed, but a tranquil sanctuary to the end of thy days in the glorious Cistercian abbey of Walter de Clare? .I '•■'■■■■ GWENT. Air. Dryasdust, at any rate, must turn sentimentalist here. The King is now in Wales, in Morganwg, in Gwenr. that is to say, Gwent is the inmost and most precious box in the Welsh casket of jewels. Fronted by the lordly Severn, flanked by the Wye and the Usk and the loveliest vales in Wales, and protected on the north by the eternal hills in echelon formation, it is the paradise of the artist the joy of the angler, and was the coveted pivot of every invader for the conquest of Morganwg. "I tell you, captain," Fluelkn (Llewelyn) tells Gower if you look in the maps of the 'orld, I warrant, you shaD and, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river at Macedon; and there is also moreover a river at Mcnmouth; it is called Wye at Monmouth; but it is out )f mv prams what is the name of the other river; but 'tj9 111 one, 'tis alike as my fingers is to my fingers, and there is salmons in both." Shakspeare knew also that there is salmons" in the U sk. Tradition has it that the scene of Midsummer Night's Dream" is laid in the valley of the Usk. There, at a, place called Cwmpwcca, they say, Puck was caught or sketched for the delight of Englishmen. Puck represents probably the race of dwarfs which is the substratum of our population, and the survival of our pre-historic Rip Van Winkle in Gwent is not surprising. While thinking of Gwent as the home of Puck, Mr. O. M. Edwards' c, Wales comes to hand, in time to exercise a restraining influence over our pen from this to the end of our tale. In one of Mr. Edwards' maps, Islwvn's Home is writ large for Gwent. That is Siluria brought up to date by a stroke of genius. The Iberian, like the poor, is always with us in Gwent. He broke the heart of the Roman general, Ostorius. If the secrets of all hearts were made I known to us here and now, we might learn of some coal- kings who have suffered the fate of Ostorius at the hand of the persistent Iberian of Gwent and Morganwg. But he has a better record in Welsh literature, and Gwent's new name enshrines the memory of our greatest modern bard, who, in body, mind, and song, was an embodiment of the traditional traits of the Iberian. "I'll tell you, there is goot men porn at Monmouth." (To be continued.) i

NATIONAL WELSH MUSEUM. DEPUTATION TO THE CARDIFF CORPORATION. A large deputation, representing the Cardiff Museum Committee and others, waited upon the Cardiff Corporation on Monday with reference to the proposed National Museum for Wales. Mr. Illtyd Thomas introduced the deputation Dr. Charles Vachell, who waa the first speaker, referred to a resolution paseed at a public meeting held at the Town-hall. Many attempts had been made tt) further the move- ment for a National Museum for Wales, but eo far what the committee felt was that nothing systematic had been done at Cardiff. At the meeting to which he had referred it was thought that the best course to pursue would be to ask the corporation to take the matter up as from the town-clerk's office. That would give the movement an official recognition, and there would be a better chance of success. The resolution was: — "That the corporation be recommended to con- stitute the museum committee to be also a committee to further the National Museum movement in Wales; to enable the committee to call to its assistance such outside aid as they may think desirable, and to order that the minutes be received by one of the com- mittee clerks of the corporation; and also to adopt the following title as the designation of the existing museum—The Welsh Museum of National History, Art, and Antiquities.' It was necessary to show the people of Wales, added Dr. Vachell, that there was at Cardiff a collection brought together from the whole of the Principality, and not a collection solely from Cardiff and the district, which many people believed. Mr. T. H. Thomas stated that the present condition of the question of a National Museum for Wales re-acted in a very unsatis- factory manner upon the arrangements of the Cardiff Museum, rendering many of the schemes for its furtherance. abortive. The chief reason for this was that no movement could be made except of a tentative charac- ter owing to the hesitation caused by the expectation of a Government museum grant, with the promised transference in full sense of the collections to a. National Museum. according to the agreement promised by the Cardiff Corporation to make their collections of objects of national history, antiquities, and art the nuceus of a National Museum. In view of this suggestion, the Cardiff Museum had frr a long period taken upon itself the nature of a National Museum. The area contemplated in its collections had ceased to be local. Mr. Thomas then alluded to the departments in which the collections had become national in character, and on these grounds supported the change of name. Principal Edwards said nothing but one museum would satisfy the national aspira- tions of Wales, and he was prepared to allow the site to be selected by arbitration, as was done in the case of the South Wales College. Dr. Treharzie remarked that at Swansea a sensible agreement had been arrived at, and he thought Cardiff might join hands in urging forward the movement for one national movement instead of three small ones. The Mayor thanked the deputation, who then withdrew. His Worship suggested that the whole matter be referred to the Parlia- mentary committee for their consideration, but after a discussion it was resolved that the Parliamentary committee and the museum committee should act jointly in the furtherance of the object in view.

COALTRIMMING CHARGES. The adjourned conference between the repre- sentatives of the Coaltrimmers' Union and the committee of the Cardiff Shipowners' Association was resumed at the Exchange. Docks. Cardiff, on Monday. — Mr. Humphry Wallis (chairman of the Shipowners' Associa- tion) presided, the men being represented by their president, secretary, and two members of the Union.—The delegates submitted counter-proposals to those made by th, masters with regard to coaltrimming charges, and a somewhat lengthy discussion ensued.— Eventually the proceedings were adjourned until next Monday. — The meeting was described as one of a most cordial character, and a hope was expressed that some mutual basis of agreement would be arrivedl at. For the present the shipowners and the coal- trimmers' representatives do not think it wise to disclose the actual nature of the pro- posals.

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GLAMORGANSHIRE POLICE COMMITTEE. INCREASED SALARIES FOR JUSTICES' CLERKS. At the quarterly meeting of the Glamor- ganshire Standing Joint Committee at Cardiff on Monday (Mr. O. H. Jones in the chair) a complaint was read from the Rhyndwyclydacti Parish Council as to the conduct of the police stationed there. Some po-ice-court proceed- ings against some well-known residents, it appears, were dismissed, and the parish council came to the conclusion that the police were exceeding their duty and endangering the public peace. The Chief-constable reported that there was no blame against the police. The Chairman: Apparently, the whole thing arises because they summoned a. member of the parish council. (Laughter.) The complaint was laid upon the table, on the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Evans (Aberdare). JUSTICES' CLERKS' SALARIES. The usual revision of the salaries of the petty-sessional clerks came before the com- mittee, when the following increases were made:—R. Y. Evans (Caerphilly Lower), from JE200 to £ 220; Charles Evans (Kibbor), £175 to £200; S. H. Stockwood (Newcastle and Ogmore), £ 450 to £ 500; J. S. Davies (Pontypridd), jS720 to £ 820; and D. Rees Lewis (Merthyr), L550 to £650. RIFLE SHOOTING FOR POLICEMEN. At the time when the war in South Africa had reached an ominous stage, in response to popular opinion, the committee decided to instruct the police in the use of the rifle. This has been done ever since, but at the meeting of the joint committee in Cardiff on Monday. the Clerk (Mr. Mansel Franklen) reported that the auditor disagreed with the applica- tion of money for that purpose as not being in accordance with the regulations of the Secretary of State. He (Mr. Franklen) could not find anything about it in the Home Sec- retary's orders of 1840. (Laughter.) He had argued successfully for the present purpose, and had pointed out to the auditor that the money had not been spent on arming the police, but on training them. Consequently, he had not made any disallowance this time, but it was desirable that the. Secretary -1 State should be asked to amend his rule?. The Chrlt was instructed to refer the matter to the Home Secretary. GARW VALLEY AND THE LICENSING LAWS. Certain allegations have recently been made against the morality of the Garw Valley, and in a local paper an interviewed gentleman made allegations "against the publicans, the police, a.nd the public men. At the standing joint committee on Monday (Mr. O. II. Jone in the chair) Alderman John Thomas, who ha resided in the district for fifteen years, sai there had been a great improvement in th. population of that district. This was further borne out by the Chief constable, who made inquiries into the allega tions at the request of Judge Gwilym Wil- liams and Alderman John Thomas, and failed to obtain any evidence in support of them. "J have always thought that the Garw Valley." he added, "is one of the best-conducted dia tricts in the county, and in times o, emergency have frequently been able to witn- draw men from the Garw to keep order il disturbed districts. The Chairman thought the committee nee: not bother any further about the allegations and the committee assented.

ALLEGED RIOT AT NEYLAND. At Haverfordwest on Saturday twenty men were charged with unlawful assembly on th< ccaeion of the return home on November ( of Mr. Anthony James, J.P.. after his acquittn in the Coram case. It is alleged that Mr James was met by a hostile crowd, and dis graceful scenes took place for a* couple o: days. The cases were dealt with by Messrs it. Carrow, Joseph Thomas, W. P. Ormond W. P. Davies, and J. T. Fisher. Mr. W. Davie: George prosecuted for the police, and Air R. T. P. Williams defended. On the applica tion of the prosecution to fix a special day for lhe hearing of all the cases, the bench ap- pointed Saturday next as the date. The fol- !owing were the persons charged:—First day November 6): John Davies, James Alfred Harries, Sidney Rowlands, William Nicholas. Albert Morgans, and Walter Walters. Novem- ber 7: John Jones, Thomas Edwards. Thomas John, Captain William Jarvis, George Morgan, William Lewis (Front-street), William Lewis (Middle-street). Thomas Mathias. George Mathias, James Williams, William Brooks. William Warlow, and John Harries.

SAD DEATH OF AN EBBW VALE WATCHMAKER. Mr T B Walford held an inquest on Satur- day at Ebbw Vale touching the death of William Hill (29), watchmaker, who died the previous day from the effects of poisoning by nitric acid Deceased had been drinking heavily, and was seen with two bottles in his possession, one of which contained whisky. He said he was going by train to Newport, and later on he was seen at the railway station in great pain, and he then stated he had taken nitric acid in mistake fo" whisky. He had r been in a depressed condition. He was taken home after aid had been rendered, but died subsequently. The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased committed suicide whilst temporarily of unsound mind, under the influence of drink, by poisoning himself by! taking nitric acid.' Police-constable Royrlands was complimented for rendering first aid.

THE FACTORY POPULATION From a recently-published report of the Factory Department it appears that separate factories and the total number of persons employed were considerably greater in 1898 and 1899 than in the previous year, but the increase is entirely in non-textile factories and their employes. The advance was rela- tively greatest in Scotland and least in Ire- land while in absolute increase England anc Wales head the list. The figures relating to South Wales are as foilow:- Brecknock—Factories 111. persons empioyea I 696. Cardigan.—Factories 244, persons employed 879. Carmarthen.—Factories 436, persons em- ployed 7.760. Glamorgan.—Factories 1,551, persons em- ployed 47 191. Monmouth.-Factories 504, persons employed 1.5,926. Pembroke—Factories 196, persons employed 3.725.

SUICIDE AT BARRY DOCK. About eight o'clock on Saturday evening Alfred Smith, of Gladstone-road, Barry Dock. saw a man jump in the No. 1 Dock at Barry. He at once gave information to the police, who, after grappling for a couple of hours, recovered the body, and when it was found the legs were tied together near the ankles with a piece of cloth. Papers found on the body showed it to be that of John J. Walsh, an able seaman, of 11, Middleton-street, Queens- town, co. Cork, and who had lately been residing at 161, Bute-road, Cardiff.

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SHOOTING COMPETITIONS. A LEGAL POINT RAISED AT CARMARTHEN. A novel point was raised at the Carmarthen Police-court on Saturday, when ths legality of a shooting competition was called into question. Mr. O'Sullivan, Inland Revenue officer, charged Benj. C. Ree3, Gorelas. shoe- maker; Benjamin Jones, Gorsgoch. collier; D. Jones, Tynewydd, Llanfihangel-Aberbythich; and D. Evans, Tynlone-road, Pontardulais, fitter, with using a gun without a licence at a shooting match at Gorslas on October 7.— Mr. C. W. Jones asked the supervisor (Mr. J. J. Gilsenan) where he drew the line between shooting competitions such as the defendants had taken part in and shooting galleries at fairs, where everyone was allowed to use a gun without a licence.—Mr. Gilsenan replied that the board had decided in the case of shooting galleries that, if the owner of the gallery had a licence such licence would exempt any person shooting at the gallery. It was an act I of grace on the part of the board entirely. Had it been a Volunteer competition, the com- petitors would have been exempt by law.-A fine of ls. and costs was imposed in each case. 0_

WORKMAN KILLED AT BLAEN- AVON. Thomas Watkins, 40 years of age, a masons' labourer, engaged at the Blaenavon Collieries, was killed at Blaenavon on Saturday. He was waiting on the side of the railroad for some trucks, containing bricks, to be let down the slight incline for loading, and by some means he was knocked under the wheel of. the wagon, which passed over his cheat and neck. Death was almost instantaneous.

LLANDOVERY TOWN COUNCIL. At a meeting of the Llandovery Town Council on Monday (the mayor presiding) it was resolved to appoint a small committee to see the shareholders with a view of purchas- ing the meat market at a reasonable price.-It was also decided to write to Mr. J. P. Gwynne Holford, of Buckland; Mr. C. P. Lewis, Llan- dingat; and Mr. D. P. Powell, of Llandrindod, asking them on what terms they would be disposed to grant piece^ of land for the im- provement of the roads.

WAR ON CONSUMPTION. FORMATION OF A CROWBAR BRIGADE. A meeting is to bs held at Haverfordwest 011 Friday next in connection with the South Wales and Monmouthshire branch of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. The business is to inaugurate- a sub-branch of the association for the coun- ties of Pembroke, Carmarthen, and Cardigan, to be called the Western Sub-branch. Earl Cawdor (lord-lieutenant of Pembrokeshire) will preside, and amongst those expected to take part are the Bishop of St. David's, Lady Kensington, the Yen. Archdeacon Williams, Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., Dr. Garrod Thomas (Newport), Dr. Rawlings (Swansea), the Mayor of Haverfordwest, Dr. Powell (JNew- castle-Emlyn), Dr. Price (Carmarthen), Miss M. E. James, and many others. Dr. Paterson (Cardiff) will give a short lecture, illustrated with lantern slides, on tuberculosis and sanatoria for its treatment. Dr. Douglas A. Reid (Tenby) is convening the meeting, with Dr. Eldon Pratt (hon. secretary of the South Wales Branch). J 1

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