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GLAMORGAN MAGISTRATES.
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GLAMORGAN MAGISTRATES. ADDITIONS TO LAST WEEK'S LIST. The following addition; • ristrates for the county of Gl 1 are an- nounced:— Mr. George Bransby WilL, Swan- sea. Mr. John Evans, Is coed, U''> Mr. George Eobert PC" ewydd, Hirwain. Mr. David Williams-Jones, Mr. Edward Lewis, Pontyc: ho had been included in the previotu before the commission was returne .er his name had been officially aPI Some little confusion seems arisen in regard to the appointment oseph Gwyn Moore-Gwyn, Neath, to ission of the peace for the county rgan. The new J.P. is the eldest so. J. E. Moore-Gwyn, who has been a e for the county, since 1882.
I LAW AS TO TRADES .UNIONS.…
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LAW AS TO TRADES UNIONS. J QUESTION OF CONSPIRACY ARGUED. The further hearing was resumed on Mon- day in the Court of Appeal, composed of Lords Justices Vaughan Williams, Romer, and Stir- ling, of the plaintiff's appeal from a judgment of Mr. Justice Walton, sitting with a special jury at the Glamorgan Assizes, held at Cardiff, in the action of Giblan v. the National Amal- gamated Labourers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland and two of its local officials, named Williams and Twomey. It will be remembered that the plaintiff was formerly local treasurer of the Union at Newport, Mon., but that, in con- sequence of a shortage of cash and his failing to pay the amount, he was expelled from the Union. Plaintiff alleged that the Union and ite officials had entered into a conspiracy to prevent him getting employ- ment, and in several cases secured his dis- missal by threatening employers to bring the Union men out on strike if the plaintiff were not discharged. The plaintiff brought an action for damages against the Labourers' Union and the two officials for conspiring to injure him by persuading people not to enter into contracts with him and to break their contracts with him.. Judgment was given for Giblan as against Williams, the jury assessing the damages at £100, but in favour of the Union and Twomey. The plaintiff appealed against this judgment, and now asked the Coart of Appeal to say that judgment ought to have been entered in his favour against all the defendants. Mr. B. Francis-Williams, Mr. Ellis Griffith, M.P., and Mr. Moss, M.P., with Mr. A. J. David and Mr. Trevor Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Geo. David and Evans), were counsel for the appellant, the plaintiff in the court below; and Mr. S. T. Evans, K.C., M.P., Mr. Sankey, and Mr. Clement Edwards (instructed by Messrs. Meyrick and Davies) represented the respondents, who were the defendants in the court below. Mr. Evans, continuing his argument in sup- port of the appellant's case, said the question they had to consider was whether there was any act in the present case on the part of Williams or Twomey which bound the Union. It was important to see what the acts com- plained of were. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: In my view, it is not necessary that it should be an act of Williams or of Twomey which binds the Union. If there was a combination to do something unlawful each party may play his own part. The whole question is: Did each play such a part to show there is concert? What I want you to consider is this: In this case Williams played his part, and amongst other things which he wanted to do was to prevent the plaintiff Giblan obtaining employment, and one step towards that was, of course, to compel the other men to abstain from working with him. and the actual step which the Union took was to fine the people who did work with him. Mr. Evans: There is no evidence that the Union knew what had been done in the New- port district. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: They took the money as fines. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams then went on to say that the defendants had caused injury to the plaintiff, and he had been un- able in consequence to obtain employment, so that it was not only an allegation of con- spiracy to do something, but it was an allegation that that, in fact, brought about the results which were sought to be brought about. Mr. Evans: That was necessary to bring about conspiracy. The action was run on conspiracy alone. There was no other act alleged except conspiracy on the part of Wil- liams which made the Union liable, and it came within the case of Quin and Leatham. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: You have got an allegation that they conspired and did induce. Mr. Evans: That, again, is damage. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: It seems to me it is much more than damage, and that it is an action which is taken—that is, that they have conspired to induce and did induce the men to leave their employment. Mr. Evans: That is conspiracy to injure, j and that is what is required in the case of Quin and Leatham. Here I submit that there is no cause of action of that kind. Mr. B. Francis-Williams said that the action was not run on those lines, as would be seen from the minutes and the various letters which were read, in the court below. Mr. Evans said he had not the slightest recollection of this having been dene, and there was no indication in the judgment that the action was not run as he had stated. He submitted on the pleadings that there was no such cause as that which his learned friend suggested. Taking the action to be one for conspiracy, he sub- mitted that it could not be said that the defendants had authority to bind the Union. Lord Justice Stirling: Supposing the action of Williams and Twomey was to get in the just debts of the Trades Union. That was clearly within the power of both them andT'the Trades Union. Supposing in eo doing they com- mitted a tort. Did not the general principle apply that those agents of a Trades Union acting in the ordinary course of their employ- ment and in the interests of the Union, rendered the Union liable for any tort which they had committed? Mr. Evans said a Trades Union must be bound by its rules, and his answer was that this was an act which the Union themselves had not committed within their rules. It was an act which, if the Union had proceeded to commit it, any member of the Union could have got an injunction to restrain them from doing so. Mr. Justice Stirling said it appeared to him that there was nothing in the constitution of the Union to prevent their conferring further authority or sanctioning a particular act. Mr. Evans: There would, probably, be nothing to prevent them saying, We want you to take all reasonable steps to get in the money." Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: Is your proposition this—that unless the rules of the Trades Union expressly authorised conspiracy a Trades Union can never be liable for con- spiracy? Mr. Evans: Yes, unless you show that they have ever Imtharised it in the first instance or procured it to be done. In the first instance, it was done by a- servant of theirs pretending to have authority, and subsequently ratified by them. If their lordships asked him to say that a Trades Union could never conspire their lordships would be disappointed, because he was not prepared to answer that question. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams: Do you mean to argue that a Trades Union never can be liable for conspiracy unless its rules expressly authorise what is complained of? Mr. Evans: Oh, no. They could have told Twomey to tell Williams to do this, and they would thereby be procuring the commission of an act by Williams. Mr. Evans said his submission was that the act complained of by Williams, whether conspiracy or an act apart from conspiracy, was not within the class of acts authorised by the Union which the Union could intra vires have authorised. In-concluding hie argument, counsel said he submitted (1) that the acts of Twomey did not amount to an actionable wrong, even if he had a wrong or evil motive, which he had not. (2) As to Twomey, he sub- mitted he did not conspire with Williams to injure Giblan. (3) That he did not act in concert with Williams with intent to injure upon the findings in the present case so as to bring Twomey within the case of Quin v. Leatham; therefore, he submitted that the judgment in favour of Twomey ought to stand. (4) As to the Union, he submitted that the action was one of conspiracy to injure, and that there was no conspiracy to injure. (5) Whatever act Williams committed, he did not create a conspiracy on the part of the Union. Assuming there was a conspiracy to injure between Williams and Twomey, which he submitted there was not, that would not amount to a conspiracy by the Union. (6) He submitted that Williams had not been guilty of any actionable wrong at all. He also sub- mitted that if Williams was guilty of con- spiracy or any actionable wrong he was not authorised to do any such act for the Union, and his conduct in doing any such act was not the doing of an authorised act in merely an unauthorised way. So far as the question of fact was involved in the question of scope of authority, Mr. Justice Walton had found in favour of the defendants. He submitted a, fortiori that Twomey was not authorised to do an illegal act or actionable wrong, and Williams plus Twomey not so authorised. (7) He submitted that there was no ratification, and, in fact, the question of ratification was n :>t set up by his learned friend, and it was not found in hi favour. On those grounds he submitted that he was entitled in the case of Twomey and the Union to the judgment which Mr. Justice Walton had given. Mr. Sankey, following on the same side, con- tended that nothing that Twomey and Wil- liams, Ttctirrg in concert, did was unlawful, and that if anything was unlawful it was ultra vires of the Union, and that, therefore, neither the Union nor the funds of the Union were liable. Mr. B. Francis-Williams having been heard in reply, Lord Justice Vaughan Williams said the court would take time to consider its judg- ment.
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PEMBROKE DOCKYARD. The following are the successful candidates at the recent Civil Service examination for apprentices in his Majesty's Dockyard, Pem- broke Mathias, 961; Evans, 893; Harris, 884; Phillips, 862; Phillips, 852; Lewis, 841; Bearne, 839; Davies, 830; Evans, 813; Warlow, 812; Albury, 786; Cole, 776; Griffiths, 768; Vocle, 732; Lealy, 731; Russan, 726; Thomas, 723; Russan, 719; Maple, 711; Watkins, 701; Howell, 687; Jenkins, 686; Edwards, 683; Gould, 683; Bevans, 682; Evans, 680; Mills, 680; Leigh, 679; Davies, 673; Jones, 667; Maple,' 658; Phillips. 658; Morgan, 657; and Lloyd, 656. Seventy-eight sat for 34 vacancies.
A DRUNKARD'S END AT SWANSEA.…
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A DRUNKARD'S END AT SWANSEA. REMARKABLE SCENE AT THE INQUEST. A remarkable sensation has been caused during the past couple of days in the neigh- bourhood of Wellington-street, Swansea, owing to the sudden death of a married woman, named Alice Devoy, under what the denizens of the neighbourhood considered sus- picious circumstances. There have been demonstrations of the residents, more parti- cularly of the women and children, con- tinually, and on the occasion of the inquest the street near the Gardener's Arms was crowded, and a force of police was on duty to await developments. At the inquest, before Mr. Viner Leeder (coroner), on Friday, at five p.m., the hus- band, an engineer on a fishing trawler, deposed that there had been a good deal of drinking going on at his house lately, and he and his wife went to bed on the day in question at eleven a.m., after having some drink from the early morning. He was awakened later on by the tenant of the house, Eva Young, and found his wife dead by his side. He could not account for her death. He had not done any- thing to her. He once gave her a push, and she fell and blacked her eye, but he had never struck her. Eva Young, the mother of several children and the tenant of the house, disclosed a fear- ful state of things. Mrs. Devoy had raised some money a few days ago. and had been drinking ever since. She was drunk on Satur- day, Monday, and Tuesday. She drank whisky neat always. Her (witness's) children used to fetch the drink. Witness and some other women also had been at times drinking in the house. On the morning in question drink was fetched at six a.m.— whisky and beer more than once. Then Mrs. Devoy and her husband went to bed, as he had to go out on his boat at three. Later witness noticed them very quiet, and went into the room, and found Mrs. Devoy lying on her face. She called Devoy and told him to turn his wife over, and he said, My God, she's dead! Witness denied being guilty of any impropriety with Devoy, although his wife had accused her, and afterwards withdrawn it. Mrs. Devoy was help- lessly drunk when she went to bed. The Coroner, addressing the witness, said she had disclosed a mùst disgraceful state of things. She and another woman both had several children in the house, and they evidently were brought up amid this horrible and disgusting drunkenness. To allow her children to continually go out for drink for Mrs. Devoy and herself and her sister and other women who assembled there was dis- graceful, and he would take care that her con- duct was represented in another quarter. She was not fit to have the charge of children. Dr. Jolm Evans said the body of deceased when he examined it after death was in a filthy state, and so was the house. There were no marks of violence on the body. The body was flabby and unhealthy, and the internal organs would, probably, be in a terrible state, There were plenty of signs of the effects of alcohol. He was satisfied that death was due to suffocation whilst in bed, through the effects of alcohol. The jury, who agreed with the coroner as to the conduct of the house generally, returned a verdict accordingly.
ALLEGED CHILD NEGLECT.
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ALLEGED CHILD NEGLECT. CHARGE AGAINST A SWANSEA MOTHER. At Swansea Police-court on Monday Elizabeth Evans, 29, Russell-street, wife of a commercial traveller, was charged with wilfully neglect- ing her two children, one of whom, an infant of four months, died in a very emaciated statj at the hospital. The coroner's jury had returned a verdict of "Manslaughter," but the police had withdrawn this serious charge, and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children had preferred this charge. Mr. Thompson appeared for the prosecution, ani Mr. Leyson for the defence. Inspector Pearce, of the society, said he had known the defendant since 1838. She was greatly addicted to drink. He had on many occasions complained to her of her negli- gence of her children. On one occasion he had summoned her, but had withdrawn the charge on the defendant promising to take the pledge and reform. Witness then de- tailed the two charges respecting the children, which were in effect owing to defendant's drunkenness. The two youngest were badly clothed, exposed to cold, and not properly attended to. On Whit Monday night the baby was in the streets with Mrs. Jeffreys badly clothed, and the defendant was drunk on the sofa. When asked where the baby was she first seized a child of two and then a bundle of clothes, and said they were the baby. She was confused. It afterwards died. The inspector was severely cross-examined by Mr. Leyson, who endeavoured to elicit that the woman had been in great trouble, and that there had been no positive neglect. In reply to Mr. Leyson, he said he could not say that the children were starved. He did not believe so. He could not say as to whether they were constitutionally sickly or not. He suggested the father was a sober man. He did not think the woman bad trouble owing to her husband. He considered that, although Mrs. Jeffreys was in the actual charge of the baby on Whit-Monday night, the mother was responsible. He denied that he had made a statement on which proceedings were taken for manslaughter and then withdrawn. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of man- slaughter. Mr. Leyson: Were you there?—Yes, sir. Do you not know they came to that verdict after being addressed by the coroner—the gentleman who acts as solicitor for you?- Not for me, for the society. Did you hear him tell the jury that he, per- sonally, knew the witnesses, that he had had business connections with them, and that he knew the deceased baby had had a very bad time?—I did not hear it. Mr. Thompson said Mr. Leyson was casting aspersions on a high officer of the Crown-the learned coroner. Mr. Leyson: In reply to what this witness said I simply ask if suggestions of that kind had not influenced the jury. Medical evi- dence was given as to the baby, which had died from mal-nutrition. It weighed 31b. 13oz., as against the normal 101b. The case was adjourned until Thursday.
ASSAULTED HER HUSBAND.
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ASSAULTED HER HUSBAND. THE WIFE CONVICTED AT CARDIFF POLICE-COURT. A new departure in cases matrimonial engaged the attention of the magistrates sit- ting at Cardiff on Monday (Messrs. T. H. Stephens and F. J. Veall). Hitherto it has been the wife who has summoned the husband for assault, but the tale of complaint was now assumed by the husband. He was Tiir-othy Driscoll, an insurance agent, and he summoned Sarah Driscoll, his wife, a well- developed, fit-looking woman of 39, for un- lawful assault. Mr. Lloyd Meyrick. representing the injured husband, said the latter complained of extra- ordinary savagery on the part of his wife. The parties had been married thirteen years. For the last six years his client had led a life of absolute martyrdom owing to the drinking habits of his wife. Sh3 had got him out of several respectable posts, and his great fear was that she would drive him out of the present. On Saturday night week he came home, and asked his wife to get his nnder- linen out of pawn, as he now possessed only what he stood upright in. Later she picked up an axe, and brought it down on his feet as he sat before the fire, his feet being unprotected by boots. He told her to behave herself, and then she threw at him a strong white pudding basin, which alighted on his head. The wound inflicted was a severe one, and had since been dressed daily by the doctor. His face was covered with scratches, and the bleeding was profuse. A summons was issued, returnable last Friday. The woman did not appear, and the stipendiary granted a war- rant. Complainant gave evidence in support of his case. In his statement he said his wife let the axe "fall on his feet." Detective Gregory arrested prisoner at the central police-station. She had been drinking, and admitted striking her husband, and said she would do it again. Defendant: He came home. gentlemen, and complained of the cake I had got for his tea. He gets only 13s. a week, and the cake was "good enough for any gentleman in Newport- road." (Laughter.) Fined 40s. and costs, or one month.
.LOCAL PROBATE CASE, y I
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LOCAL PROBATE CASE, y In the Probate Division of the Tligb ^otir! of Justice on Monday, before the P?»**dent (Sir P. Jeune), Mr. Barnard, on bobllf of the plaintiff in the local probate ovit of Allen v. Andersen, made an aIJUlicatiott for an injunc- tion restraining the from parting with certain title deeds of Property in Stuart- street, Cardiff. Counsel aid an action had been brought by Mr. George Allen, the plain- tiff, husband of tK deceased, to have the grant of admini-tlation which had been given to the defendaVl, a, niece, revoked. Mr. Willock for the defendant, Emily Ander- sen, said sJ1(\ had, as next-of-kin, obtained a grant of administration in December last. He had rooked into the matter, and, no doubt, the husband, having been found to be alive, wa* entitled to the grant. Defendant was vd ling to give an undertaking not to deal Mith the property. Mr. Barnard expressed himself as satisfied irith the UIlde.
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PICTURE PUZZLE SOLUTIONS. ■ •v £ 20,000 TO BE WON BY COM PETITORS. SUGGESTED BY AN OXFORD M.A. To-day we give more solutions of the pictun puzzles which are attracting so much attelk tion: — CHIC. June 27.-Swan Soap, THE ENCORE. 25, The Gothams; 26, Early Birds; 27. AIM- andra and Bertie. LEEDS MERCURY. 43, Oarson; 44, Pacey; 45, Metcalf; 46, Mait,- land; 47, Stainforth; 48, Baker. 49. Cardwell; 60. Broadbent; 51, Peel; sa. Sparkes; -53, Braithwaite; 54, Constable. HOME CHAT. First Prize 4500; L110 in Other Awards. 125, Ring o' Bells; 126, Horns Cross; 127, First Tower; 128. Mapledurham; 129, Hookjj 130, Great Hatfield. 131, Winterbourne; 132, Coon; 133, Tyne* mouth; 134, Ickleton; 135, Cross Hands; 13it Wateringbury. SMART NOVELS. 5, Eomford; 6, Hatfield; Glasgow;' Dover. FORGET-ME-NOT. First Prize X500 and X130 hf Other Awards. 121, Barnaby; 122, Weedon; 123, Esait; 124* Derrick; 125, Ivan; 126, Sue. THE LADY'S GAZETTE. 79, Pullars; 80, Hyde's Bird Seed; 81, Kokor for the Hair. WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. 60, Benby; 61, Stirling; 62. Saltcoatfl; 63. Coniston (mis-print); 64, Arnside; 65. Tide* swell. CHRISTIAN HERALD. 7, Abel; 8, Elsie; 9, Pansy; 10, Benisming 11, Cain; 12, Guy. LARKS. 7, Hose; 8, Daisy Bank; 9, Selling; M, HajTji 11, Rosebush; 12, Rushbrooke. HOME CIRCLE & HEARTSEASE. First Prize 1300; iEI80 in Other Awards. 115, Fench; 116, Wing; 117, Glass; 118, Wheels ton; 119. Letterbarrow; 120, Welland; 121, Fender Bridge; 122, Hose; 123, Hoek: 124, Egham; 125, Horseleap; 126, Nailsea. The LONDON MAGAZINE. First Prize of £ 500 and IN50 in Other Awards. 45, The Giant's Robe; 46, The Daisy Chain;' 47, The Winding Way; 48, The Light that Failed; 49, Sunrise; 50. Money (L'Argent). CAPTAIN. 1, Jackdaw; 2, Fieldfare; 3, Flamingo; 4. Flycatcher; 5, Linnet; 6, Yellowhammer; 7. Bluebird; 8, Thrush; 9, Guinea Fowl; A Nightingale; 11, Ruff; 12, Seagull. GOLDEN PENNY. Seventh Set.—1, Prince of Wales; 2, Kr- Ritchie; 3, Ellen Terry; 4, General Buller. ANSWERS. First Prize of 11000 and jE520 in Other Awards. 165, Palmer; 166, Winding; 167. Cogswell; 168, Wellington; 169, Hutchins; 170, Tidey; 171, Vanes; 172, Miles. THE GLEAM. 1. Palmer; 2, Peres; 3, Hughes; 4, Pye; 5, Cross; 6, Cliff; 7, Savage; 8, Rodd; 9. Aker- man; 10, Quill; 11, Royle; 12, Moneypenny. COUNTY MONTHLY. 49, Postland; 50. Great Coates; 51, Haxby 52, Bridlington Quay; 53, Seaton; 54, Saxilby; 55, Skipton; 56. Lincoln; 57. Connel; 58, New- born; 59, Sheffield; 60, Pilling. PEARSON'S WEEKLY, 15 a week for Life and £ 1000 Cash down. 127, Humberstone; 128, Bitterne; 129 Clowu:, 130, Tuxford; 131. Hele; 132, Saxby. 133, Knott Mill; 134, Faygate; 135, Ma,lloW 136, Bentley; 137, Galstcn; 138, Hampole. SHORT STORIES. 37, Fenagh; 35, Bristol; 39, Margate, 46, Cynwyd; 41, Southampton; 42, Quo-snsiO-wrt-, 43. Arbroath; 44. Wakefield; 45, Gleniarg; 46, Richmond; 47, Balne; 48, Kildare. The SUNDAY CIRCLE. First Prize 1600 and £ 50 in Other Awards. The Apostle was then ordered to Rome, and started on boa,i a sailing vessel. At Myra, he changed ships. On board he warned the Centurion of early danger to the ship. His advice was not followed; but soon after a. storm arose, and caught the ship. It lasted for some days. HOME COMPANION. Dear Bella,—Auntie and I have spent the day at Hampton Court Palace, built, you remember, by Cardinal Wolsey, in the time of Henry the Eighth. What a magnificent building it is, surrounded by acres of beau- tiful gardens, and the River Thames flowing by' Inside are many valuable pictures. pieces of tapestry, and furniture. We saw the famous vine, which is some hundreds of years old, and bears a great many bunchee of grapes.—Your friend, Beatrice. CHILDREN'S FRIEND. 1, Europe; 2, Sweden; 3, Apennines; 4, Tas- mania; 5. Cape Colony; 6, Ontario; 7, Cape Cod; 8, Marseilles; 9, Lyons; 10, Toulon; 11, Khartouih; 12, Swan River; 13, Athens; 14, Canton; 15, Black Sea; 16, Japan. 17, Sailing of the Mayflower; 18, Civil War;' 19, Commonwealth; 20, The Restoration; 21. Flodden Field; 22, Reformation; 23, Armada; 24, Poll Tax; 25, Roman Invasion; 26, Norman Conquest; 27, Domesday Book; 28, Magna, Carta; 29, Act of Settlement; 30, Rebellion of 1745; 31, Prestonpans; 32, Penny Postage. HORNER'S PENNY STORIES. THE STORY OF JONAH. Chapter 4.—Presently the master of the chili came to Jonah and awoke him, saying, "What meanest thou, 0 sleeper. Rise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon 118, that we perish not." Then the men decided amongst themselves. to discover by casting lots by whose fault this distress had over- taken them. The lot falling upon Jonah, the ship's men questioned him. Then he told them who he was and what he had done, andl directed them to throw him into the sea.
ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES
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ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES GLOUCESTER YOUTH CHARGED1 AX NEWPORT. A young man named Jesse Peachy Caab bridge, of 84, Bristol-street, Gloucester, was brought up in custody before the Newport magistrates on Monday charged with obtaining a sovereign by false pretences from Councillor C. P. Simmonds, of 148, Chepstow-road. on June 6. Superintendent Brooks asked for a remind for a week, as there would be at least two other charges against the prisoner-Detectiv-e, Graves stated that he received the prisoner into custody from the Gloucester police OR Sunday. He made no reply to the charge when the warrant was read to him, but in the train on the way to Newport he said he had wired to Mr. Simmonds to withdraw the charge.—Mr. Simmonds stated tb*t prisoner called on him on June 6, Messed in a. navy blue and gold-braided uniform, and said he was second officer of the P. and O. boar, Thames, at London. He had a new bicycle, and as he was staying with friends of his (Mr. Simmonds), whose ne he waa not at liberty to mention, they rrPt into conversation. Pri- soner he was 3hort of money and -as expects a cheque from London. Would Mr. S^httionds be so kind as to lend hii,i Ll a*^kold the bicycle as security? Mr, Simmono lent him fl, but did not keep the bicycle He did not see him again.-Priaoner said his employer, a potato merchant at Gloucester, was anxious to help him--The .Fcnch remanded him for a week.
PUBLIC PARK FOR NANTYMOEL.
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PUBLIC PARK FOR NANTYMOEL. After years of agitation, Nantymoel ia apparently within measurable reach of a, public park and swimming baths. The council have passed plans for the baths at art estimated cost of £ 3,000. These are to be fitted with every modern convenience. Nego- tiations are being conducted between the council and Mr. J. Blandy Jenkins, J.P.. Llan- haran, for a suitable piece of land, measuring between 40 and 50 acres, in a good position overlooking nearly the whole of the Ogmore Valley. This is to be laid out ajid planted with trees, &c., in the orthodox style. The open space known generally as the Park, ia also to be converted into a properly arranged and enclosed recreation ground.
GUILTY AND NOT 6IILTT:
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GUILTY AND NOT 6IILTT: BY VVILLIAM WESTALL. UTTTHOR OF "AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT," "WITH THE RED EAGLE," "THE OLD FACTORY," &c.) CHAPTER XIII. atn Btill of the same mind, Mr. Hope; if ssible, more so," answered Harold. "What- er Sera's father had; done, she would be as j. ar to me as ever, and all you have to In PPoach yourself with is an offence com- ittecl many years ago for which you have y atoned. I admire the energy with j you have retrieved your fortunes, and tI OWe you much for what you have done to- I Y. You say you stepped into the breach it k" P^ease Vera, and I can well believe U* "ut you did step in, thereby laying me a great obligation, and I thank you." era said so. She advised me to tell you e £ ything, and said she wae sure it would ake no difference in your love for her and feelings towards me." i luen she was wrong. Mr. Hope; it has Croased my respect for you. What did Vera y when you told her?" asked her for forgiveness—for the greatest v °nS I did was not to society, but to her and r mother; and she—no, I cannot repeat °se words, so tender and loving. They went Illy heart, and I thanked God for giving me v good a child. I also made a clean j. east of it to the vicar. He and his sister w'e befriended Arera, and I thought it only 'silt that they should know who she is and I am." "what said the vicar?" There is more joy in Heaven over one I,- Her that repenteth than over ninety and .,T6 J'ast men.' j artl glad our dear Vera has found her I "er, and proud to number you among my ^r' Hope. Jtiet like Carton. He ueves more in living the life than preaching 11 atItudes and propounding theological I rOblems," said Harold, and then there fol- „Te<i a silence, broken presently by Hope. It t am anxious about Vera and the trial," saId. "The assizes open in a few days. If ad been here when she was arrested and |0ai^ined I think I could have prevented Hher proceedings." How would you have managed that?" iou shall know later. As she has been ^J^^itted, she must be tried, and you can Ciaiir what Tiew a judge and jury, espe- ier! a Jnry' may take of a case. Innocent jjgMe have been convicted before now, and 'Tn* *s a j°]nt in our armour." .What is that?" J^he missing paper. Wadham—the old man to a^s would have been better for Vera not 111 have mentioned it than to have llnCntloned it and not been able to it. And she has tried again, ^ont success. All her effects have been Celm ^rom Pairmead, and she and Mies fcoae^ave overhauled everything—to no pur- b Charlie Wadham said he would go to the hi&Se and look for it. I had a letter from tifti mornin?- hut I wae so upset at the jj I could not read it with understanding. is. I will read it again, aloud: ji dear Balder,—I went yesterday to 8}0^Dlead, and with some difficulty got admis- inn to Miss Grey's room. Everything belong- to her had been taken away-drawers, 111" all empty. Result of search, nil. I hy to search also the room lately occupied 6iv Grey, but, Miss Grime refusing to t}j6e 1116 the key, I could not. Yet I swear by Sod as^es my fathers and the altars of my ge that either by hook or crook, by strata- the °r ^orce' shall be done, Mias Grime to aw Contrary notwithstanding. As I came 111 et Caleb, with whom I had words, and Was so ill_advised as to lose his temper gre strike me, presuming, I suppose, on his jJ1 r breadth and weight. However, I gave his W**at f°r- and: left my sign manual on j j nOEJe and other features in such sort that thin whether he will be fit to be seen again Avpek. To give the ruffian his due, he bore staff v ""ell. and had he not, like Jack Fal- heen fat and scant of breath I might th^G off second best. As he—meaning £ heI y Grime—not Falstaff—began the row. fa'thfu]j^ he no question of beaks.—Yours ^oni^131 gla(l' he has marked the fellow. It ^ave heen better if he had found the ''liitn though," remarked Hope, laughing. Ve e as I like Grime, I would rather help ahoth ^*an hurt him. Let Wadham make verv r by all means if he likes, but I tjjjtji ^f^h fear the note will not be found ^ith unless Vera remembers what she did doubt Wadham-the old man—has a rece. whether the Grimes' evidence will be anc„Vec1' except, perhaps, as to the disappear- object °I the jewels. Shirley should have "Yn to it at the examination." Doggj1^ mean as to what Mrs. Grey ia sup- "Tb to have said? On what ground?" Son't. 't was not said in the accused per- "jJ ^esence." "I n case there is no case." in so sure. The jewels were found Word fR 8- P^sfcssion, and there is only her Hich v'' that they were honestly come by, 1)1 a v though good enough, for you and ine, I bo gfood enough for a jury. However, CivvuVe told Wadham to retain Sir George ^ir^er, and if there are any flaws in the fiJdence or the indictment he ia the man to T^them." t You are putting the case in Wadham'3 then?" talte8- Shirley is a smart fellow and a good «?r' Wadham has more experience, and «1re hotter lawyer. Have another cigar?" "rr^ n°w, thank you. I must be going." .Where?" the bank first, afterwards to the to tell Vera the good news." I may join you there; but have no All fihall not come too soon." aSBtI ^as well at the bank. Customers being the re!\that they could have their money for Ce8Sa f n= ceased asking for it, and the pro- *?. Paying in what had been taken out Af+S eoin^ on. ttar f? attending to some necessary business, ^^thb c,a'^ for his horse and rode to St. 1nt "Grt's. Vera, who had seen him coming, "Ali,lm at ^le g'ar(len gate. ^aUk -8 we^- can 8ee in your face. The Wjs saved," she cried joyously, as he dis- *6(1. 1in. ?r which I have to thank you, my dar- V; he said, putting one of his arms within qnd the other through his horse's bridle. Itiy ] have made me your debtor for ever; 6rat tVe *or you is doubled with an immense frot, Your father said I must thank I am grateful also to him, both for service he has rendered us and the on Pirtude and energy with which it was °t I must tell you all about it." he did. f^lt 'i&htfnl. How relieved you must have "•ottp .n yon saw those men come in with the beeney Just in the nick of time! I wish I had the there to share your joy and to witness f<it}j What do you think of my to j. T- I should have been glad in any case that h^ that I had a father, and when I found e could help you in your need, and was Siw filling to do so, my gladness was too As for words." in b.ll1.ay he imagined, Harold wae not elaek of Mr. Hope, and to Vera's Jvor8-lon as to whether he thought any the ^ar0ij°^ her father "for what he told you," A jjj answered: "I think the better of him. 8nf^c.Q who, after such a letting down, had ill tlent strength of character and force of v.* ake a fresh start in another country UIJd up a great fortune is hors ligne, A Worthy of all respect." tement which, as may be supposed, Pleased Vera. afterwards Hope arrived, and Harold •tijj ?0lne. He found his father better, though and only just j able to articu- ^'e'vertheless, tlie doctors were a little ^eejfhelpful, and his mother a little more ^hat v1' and in the evening Harold told her e had happened during the day and of to Vera. "at's Was a double surprise, for, though a.t things were not ae they ought to the »«.. hank, Mrs. Balder had not realised1 «traaVity of the peril, and her feelings were Hank?ge mixture of thankfulness and doubt— v° Wh lVness for a disaster escaped, doubt as she ought to approve of her son's 8he }j a]- Coming of an old county family, her a ehare of the caste prejudices h rself0r<^er' an(* C0Tll(l n°t at once reconcile ^ea of her son mating with the >W^ r of a man who had begun life as a «IU Jran<^ had been copvicted of a felony. ?hd ;irs- Balder was also a woman of sense worl'i. Hope was a millionaire, tw 8ave<^ the bank, and the bank owed h^.p'r. v° hutulrcd thousand pounds. More- » ^'lion °ra ^a<^ become an heiress, and a of money covers a multitude of sine, » ,'ifjr otherwise. f^ici, ijear Harold, I congratulate you," she rer a moment's reflection. "Vera is a p t an<* am BUre make you ^ll at your father keeps better, I shall *Jt thj he Vicarage and see her. Can- ts °hly trial be prevented?" ,0,Jnge "y Vera running away, which is, of J^ittai' the question. But I regard her cei"tain. If hearsay evidence is s °,U't >)e~~and Wadham says it will be—there ij' much left as would hang a. dog," 8ibiI:0Id, who refused to believe in the l): y of a conviction. th bad Hess confident, left nothing to chance. lattPeVeral interviews with Wadham, and 'jv/'ker, ■J' after he had briefed Sir George dav«a^ a special consultation with him. fojj- later he arrived at Lynmouth. On Jja snr»Vlns day the assizes opened, and re » 'dered to her bail. a 1'^ht calendar, and her case la- ^.e flrst- With one exception, all rv5e Dnv,.8' including Mrs. Balder, andi a V e e*c'if' ^ere present. Vi ra Wa V°n ."was Charles Wadham. l°°king her best. The rest at the the a« restored the colour to her cheeks the CeHce to her eyes. The sense of her ke» ^PPort of so many friends, *f|i JQ g of her father and her lover, put '08a. borage, and she showed neither aor feM. is r When she had pleaded to the indictment the case for the prosecution was opened by Bouncer, K.C., who was quite as clever and almost as expensive as Sir George Croker, and so plausible and glib of tongue withal that he could make the worse appear the better cause. As he went on with his speech Vera's coun- tenance fell. She had not believed it possible that her most innocent acts could be so mis- construed, motives so black imputed to her, and Harold audibly expressed a desire to punch the fellow's head. The first witness examined was the detec- tive, who had nothing new to tell. Then came Grime, but when he would have told what his aunt said when she discovered the loss of her jewels Sir George Croker objected to anything being repeated which had not been spoken in the prisoner's hearing, and' the objection was sustained. On this Bouncer, K.C., altered, his tactics, without foregoing his purpose. "When it was found the jewels were missing, you naturally supposed they had been stolen?" he asked. "I did," was the answer. "Did you suspect anybody?" "i suspected the prisoner." "Why?" "Because she had been constantly with my aunt, knew where the jewels were kept, and had access to her keys." "But your aunt might have given them to somebody-the prisoner, for instance?" "She did not say so; on the contrary-" Her Sir George Croker interposed again, and the judge told Bouncer, K.C., that he must not persist in that line of examination. But he had attained his object, which was to suggest to the jury that Mrs. Grey had said the jewels were stolen, and the prisoner was the thief. After Mr. Bouncer had finished with Caleb he was cross-examined by Sir George Croker, I and had to explain, as best he could, which was, lamely, why he had brought no charge against the prisoner until after Mrs. Grey's death. "Did you ever make a proposal of marriage to the prisoner, Mr. Grime?" queried the counsel. "Yes." "Twice, I believe?" "Yes." "And when she refused your proposal you threatened her?" "I deny it. I was greatly disappointed, I admit, but I used no threats." "On your oath?" "Yes, sir, on my oath." "Did you tell the prisoner that if she would admit in writing that she had stolen the jewels and restore them you would let the matter drop?" "Being loth to prosecute her, I did make some such proposal." "Say, rather, you wanted to get hef into < "The missing paper. has been found." your power. Do you know, sir, that you were. proposing to compound a felony? I have nothing more to ask you" (contemptuously). Miss Grime was voluble and unsatisfactory. Instead of answering questions, she asserted and contradicted, wanted to argue and tried to make speeches, and it was impossible to keep her to the point. On being asked whether, when she saw the jewels were gone. she thought they had been stolen she replied: "Of course I did, and even if aunt had not said anything I should have known that Vera was the thief." "That is a very improper remark," inter- posed the judge. "We want plain answers, not impertinent irrelevancies." "Impertinent irrelevancies! Oh, my gracious! What next, I wonder?" "Pray attend to me, madam," said Sir George, impatiently. "You had an animus against the prisoner? I mean you didn't like her?" "Oh, I know what you mean well enough. You are quite right. I did not like her. The moment I set eyee on her I saw she was a minx, and so I told my brother, and if she had not got the length of my aunt's foot-" "Oh, never mind your aunt's foot. Had you any expectation that the jewels would become yours, either by gift or by request?" "Of course, I had. I expected, they would be either given or left to me and my sister, and quite right, too, seeing they were bought with my Uncle Philip's money, and, let me tell you, sir-" "Heaven forbid! I don't want to hear another word, and, so far as I am concerned, you may go." "Don't want to hea.r another wore! So far as you are concerned I may go! And yet I daresay you call yourself a gentleman. Well, I never!" cried Susan, aa she stepped out of the box. Vera's evidence was little more than a repe- tition of her statement at the petty sessions, and Bouncer's cross-examination, though sharp, failed to confuse her. She stuck to it that her aunt had given her the jewels, and confirmed the gift by a written memorandum which eihe had not lost, but mislaid. She knew she had put it by, but, though her liberty and reputation were at stake, she could not remember where. Sir George Croker made a. telling speech for the defence. As for. the prisoner's inability to find the memorandum given to her by Mrs. Grey, he put it to the jury whether they had not often, though suffering from no special infirmity of memory, forgotten where they had placed things, even valuable docu- ments. Then, nothing was more likely than that Mrs. Grey should make a present of jewellery to her adopted daughter, and when the prisoner wa3 questioned about it her con- duct was perfectly straightforward. She said frankly that it was in her possession, and refused, as a high-spirited girl, conscious of her integrity, naturally would, either to sur- render it or to purchase immunity by a con- fession of guilt. Then he analysed the evidence for the prosecution, and handled the Grimes roughly. On his own admission, Caleb Grime had twice offered the prisoner mar- riage and been twice refused, and if they believed her—and there was every reason why they should—he had threatened her with revenge, and his mind and his sisters' minds were so biassed as to render their testimony unworthy of credence. In his reply, Bouncer, K.C., after protesting against the aspersions cast by his learned brother on the motives and good faith of the Grimes, dwelt at length on the incident of the missing: memorandum. This was the crux of the case. If the prisoner's assertion that Mrs. Grey had confirmed the alleged gift of the jewels in writing were false it followed as surely as night follows day that she had stolen them. And who would believe that during the time that had elapsed since the jewels were missed she could not, if her story were true. remember what she had- done with the paper! Moreover, she, as well as others, had diligently sought for it, without result. The inference that it did not exist, and never had existed, was inevitable; and it was well- known to everybody who paid any attention to such matters that nothing was more com- mon than the invention of stories to account for the possession of stolen good's, but gene- rally, as in the present instance, they were so flimsy as to deceive only those who wilfully shut their eyes, and Bouncer, K.C.. felt sure that the jury were too intelligent to be taken in by a tale that a schoolboy would laugh at. The summing up was distinctly in the prisoner's favour. There was nothing wrong, said the judge, in an adopted daughter receiving from her adoptive mother a, present of jewellery, and the possession of the jewels' by the prisoner could not, taken alone, be regarded as presumptive proof that she had stolen them. Had there been no question of a written confirmation. the prosecutor would have had no case. On the other hand, if part of the prisoner's statement were untrue it was probably all untrue. It was unfortunate, to say the least, that the paper could not be found, and if the jury thought it had never existed they would have to render a. verdict i in accordance with that opinion. If, on the ,other hand. they attached any credence to j the prisoner's statement, it would, of course, i be their duty to acquit her. "Even betting," said Sir George to Mr. Wadham, who sat near him. "Even betting! Well, after that summing up I should put the odds at a hundred to one in our favour," returned the solicitor. "And you would be right if we had an intelligent jury. But this is a stupid jury. I have never seen twelve more stolid faces in a box, and that is saying a good deal. Bouncer may have hammered something into their heads, but I doubt whether they were much impressed either by my speech or the sum- ming up." Meanwhile the gentlemen in question had been putting their heads together, and at such length that the judge was going to send them to their room and take another case, when the foreman stood up by way of signifying that they had come to a decision. Just then Charles Wadham entered the court looking hot and excited, and, making his way to his father, whiskered a. word in his ear. "Are you agreed in your verdict, gentlemen of the jury?" asked- the clerk of arraigns. "We are," said the foreman. "And what say you: Is the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty?" "Guilty. But we recommend her to mercy on account of her youth and her previous good character." A thrill went through the court, and Vera gave a gasp and covered her face with her hands, Harold turned pale, Mrs. Balder looked horror-struck. "Vera Wilton Grey, began the judge. "I beg your pardon, my lord," broke in Sir George Croker, rising. "The missing paper has been found. Here it is" (handing it to him). "Dear me, how very dramatic (sotto voce). I think you will have to re-consider your verdict, gentlemen of the jury," said his lordship. "But how and by whom was this paper found?" "By Mr. Charles Wadham, who is here." "Let Mr. Charles Wadham be sworn." On which Charlie went into the box, took oath, and testified that, believing the mislaid memorandum to be somewhere in the room occupied by the late Mrs. Grey, he went to the house a few days previously, with the object of searching it, but the door being locked, and Miss Grime refusing to give him the key, had been unable to carry out his desires. Knowing, however, that Miss Grime would be elsewhere that morning, he had gone again, and, with the help of an auctioneer's clerk, who was preparing an inventory of the furniture for probate purposes, made a thorough search—for a while without success. At length, on the principle of looking every- where, the witness peered into a long-necked, large-bodied Japanese vase, fashioned some- thing like a Chianti wine flask, and at the bottom of it discerned a bit of paper, which proved to be the paper he sought. "And then I cycled here as fast as I knew how," he added. Then Mr. Wadham went into the witness- box, and said that. i.Ei, the late Mrs. Grey's solicitor, he was familiar with her hand- writing, and that, to the best of his belief, the writing on the paper was hers. Harold Balder, who also knew her writing, testified in the same sienee, and the prisoner, on being again questioned, said that she could now distinctly remember having hurriedly folded up the memorandum and dropped it into the vase a moment before Miss Grime and her sister entered the room. This completed the additional evidence, and Sir George Croker was beginning to make a speech, when the foreman of the jury inter-, vened and said, "There is no occasion to eay owt more, my lord. We have re-consiidered our verdict, and agree on it." On which the clerk of arraigns repeated the question: "How say you, gentlemen of the jury: Is the prisoner at the bar guilty or not guilty?" And the foreman said, "Not guilty." "I congratulate you on your good fortune, Miss Grey, and you have my very best wishes," said the judge, who was a very nice old gentleman. Harold gave Vera his arm, Hope gave his to Mrs. Balder, and they and the Cartons left the court in a sort of triumphal procession, followed by the two Wadhams. "You did not find the will, I suppose?" asked the father of the son. "No. But I found out what became of it, and that is almost as good," said Charlie. "Rose Stringer, who was Mrs. Grey's maid, told me, in answer to questions, that one Monday morning-she remembers it well, be- cause on the Saturday her mistress had been to the Vicarage-Mrs. Grey gave her several letters to post, one of which—she remarked it by reason of the envelope being so large- was addressed to us. They were put on the hall table, and shortly afterwards a young, man from Mr. Grime's office called for his walking-stick and a pair of gloves, which Grime had left at Fairmead when he was last there. The young man offered to post the letters; the girl let him take them, and, as we never received the letter addressed' to us-" "Caleb must have got it and destroyed it. But his rascality won't profit him much. The detective we sent to London to hunt up this George Somers, whom, as Grime alleges, is, the heir-at-law, returned last night, and I gaw him this morning. Grime heard of Somers through an inquiry office, and, finding that he was hard up and a very bad lot-Mrs. Grey disowned him long ago—bought his chance of inheriting the property for a. thousand pounds, and covenanted to pay him an addi- tional five thousand in the event of Mrs. Grey dying intestate, whioh, as no will i81 forth- coming, she virtually did. A beautiful plan, with only one flaw, but a fatal one—George Somers is not the heir-at-law." "Who is, then?" "Walter Grey, otherwise Ernest Hope, Mrs. Grey's only brother." "Mr. Hope Mrs. Grey's brother! You are joking, dad." "Not at all. You will hear the whole story presently, either from him or Harold." "So Caleb stands to lose six thousand?" "Exactly, and, as it turns out he had no right to give Vera in charge, I think an action would lie for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. But we will talk about that another time. Here we are at the King's Arms. Mr. Hope has invited us to lunch." "It was awfully good of you finding that paper. It was more—magnanimous, noble," said Harold to Charlie, taking him aside. "I thought so myself. Heaping coals of fire and all that sort of thing on your head, don't you know?" returned Charlie, complacently. "Anyhow, honours are easy. You kaled me that day at Thorn dale, and now I have kaled you about the paper." "Don't chaff, dear boy. Tell me seriously I what I can do to show my appreciation- "Let me be your best man-" "With all my heart-" "Unless I am turned off llrst; then you must be my best man." "Unless you are turned off first! What do you mean?" "That I have gone in for a consolation prize, and got engaged to Clara Mentmore, the tall, blue-eyed lass with auburn locks you danced with at the last county ball." "I know her, and a charming girl she is. I am very glad. I congratulate you with all my heart. Everything is turning out for the best, after all." "For you, yes; but, as for myself, I am not so sure. Clara isn't Vera, and her father isn't a millionaire," said Charlie doubtfully. "However, you are happy, I have acted noblv and found consolation; and for the rest. I think we may ring down the curtain and say 'all is well that ends well. [THE END.]
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GREAT COLLEGE OF SCIENCE. IMPORTANT PROPOSAL BY LORD ROSEBERY. Lord Rosebery has addressed the following letter to Lord Monkswell, the chairman of the London County Council:- 38, Berkeley-square, W., "June 27, 1903. "Dear Lord Monkswell,—I am privileged to make an important proposal to the London County Council, as the authority for technical education. The excellent provision now made for technological and scientific instruction in the Polytechnics and other institutions, so admir- ably fostered and directed by the council, renders more pressing than ever the crowning of the work of technical education by ade- quate opportunities for the moat advanced teaching and for research. In the striking report presented to the council by the techni- cal education board last July on the applica- tion of science to industry it is clearly shown that several of our industries have suffered, and are still suffering, from our failure to organise not so much technical education of the ordinary type as the more advanced in- struction in scientific technology and facilities for original research. The report points out that in other countries special attention has long been paid to the hightest technical train- ing of those who -will become, if not captains of industry, the skilled lieutenants and confi- dential assistants in every branch of com- merce or manufacture. Perhaps the most perfect instance of such provision is the great college of applied science at Charlottenburg, alongside of the Univer- sity of Berlin, erected at an outlay exceeding. half a million and costing L55,000 a year. From its portals there issue every year some twelve hundred young men of 22 or 23 years of age, equipped with the most perfect training that science can give as experts in electrical engi- neering, chemical, technology, metallurgy, shipbuilding, Ac. Of these the ablest are eagerly sought after by the great industrial combinations of the German Empire, which owe their remarkable success in no small degree to the quite exceptional wealth of scientific knowledge and training which is thus placed at their disposal. It is clear that in spite of all that has been done in various directions London is still inade- quately provided with educational opportu- nities of this advanced kind. For lack of such opportunities our London young men often find the highest places filled by the better educated Germans, and scientific research, even when carried out here, now often benefits our trade rivals. It is little short of a scandal that our own able and ambitious young men, eager to equip themselves with the most perfect technical training, should be compelled to resort to the United States or the universities of Germany. It is not right that picked students from Canada or Australia, South Africa or India, should be unable to find within the Empire the educational opportunities that they need. The time has come for making London, at any rate so far as advanced work in scientific technology is concerned, the educational centre of the Empire. I gather from the council's resolution last July, by which it instructed the technical education board to bring up further pro- posals on the subject, that your colleagues are impressed with the need for action in this matter. The initial difficulty which has so far stood in the way is, doubtless, the heavy capital outlay needed for the spacious site and buildings and the costly equipment which a London Charlottenburg' would involve. I have good reason to hope that this difficulty may now be overcome. An offer has been made by Messrs. Wernher, Beit, and Co. to place a large sum of money in the hands of trustees to be applied as a contribution towards the cost of building and equipment, and further offers of the same kind have been made by other public-spirited London citi- zens. The next question is that of a site. This I have reason to think that the Royal Com- missioners of the 1851 Exhibition may be graciously willing, in view of the national importance of the proposed object, to place at the disposal of the trustees on condition that funds sufficient for building and equip- ment have been subscribed, and that an adequate provision is made for main- tenance. The form which the grant from the Royal Commissioners may not improbably assume is about four acres of land adjacent to the present university buildings at South Kensington, in close proximity to the Royal College of Science and the Central College of the City and Guilds of London Institute. On this site it is proposed to erect and equip the new institution. The cost of doing so is estimated at about £ 300,000. The institu- tion when complete, together with the site, would represent a value of half a million pounds. In estimating at R300,000 the cost of construction I do not suggest that that sum will provide a completed home for our insti- tution when it has reached its full develop- ment, but I use the figure for the purpose of this letter, because I believe that it fairly represents the cost of a building adequate for our immediate needs, and capable of extend- ing pari passu with the growth and require- ments of the institution. There remains the question of the neces- sary provision for the maintenance of the educational work of the proposed institution, which cannot be put down at less than £ 20,000, an annual grant which need not, however, begin for a year or so. For this sum, necessary as it is to secure for London the valuable donations which I, am privileged to announce, I venture to approach the Lon- don County Council. As with the cost of con- struction, so with that of maintenance, I do not doubt that the sum named will need to be largely increased when the scheme has established itself in public estimation and has received such further pecuniary support as will enable it to extend its teachings to other branches of scientific study. But £ 20,000 per annum will, I am assured, provide for the entire maintenance of the institution from the first, and will secure it against all risk of failure from want of income in the objects we have so much at heart. "The details of the organisation of the pro- posed institute have not yet been settled, and they will be considered in consultation with the senate of the university and other bodies concerned. It is proposed that the institution, whilst working in close co-opera- tion with the Central Technical College, the Royal College of Science and other branches of the university should be organised as a distinct 'school' of the uni- versity under the management of its own committee, a committee 06. which I hope the London County Council will consent to appoint representatives. It would, of course, direct its attention from the first not to duplicating or overlapping any provision now existing in London; but to supplementing that provision in taking up subjects as yet undealt with or only inadequately dealt with. Such subjects would, probably, include chemical technology, electro chemistry, mining and metallurgy, electric traction, optical technology, bacteriology, railway and marine engineering, hydraulics, and naval architecture. It is intended to admit only advanced students able to profit by the in- struction and facilities for original research which will be provided, but the institution will be made accessible by low fees and scholarships, by means of which, I hope, many of the ablest of those whom the London County Council is now training in the Poly- technics and elsewhere may be enabled to raise themselves to the highest positions in the world of scientific industry. "To enable the arrangements to be com- pleted it is necessary that I should be in a position to assure those concerned of my confidence that the London County Council, acting as the technical education authority for London, will not refuse to the institution its annual support to the extent indicated. The council cannot, of course, bind its suc- cessors, but I feel sure that any general reso- lution to this effect would be accepted as sufficient by those whose munificent proposals I am authorised to communicate to you. At the request of the first donors, I have agreed to act as chairman of a body of trustees to carry out the scheme to completion. Among these trustees will be the Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Arthur Balfour, Sir Francis Mowatt. Mr. R. B. Haldane, Mr. Julius Wernher, and the Vice-chancellor and the Principal of the Uni- versity of London, together with, if they will ccnsent to act, representatives of the London County Council, as the technical education authority for London. Should this scheme be successfully carried through, I am not with- out hope that it may be possible to follow it up by taking further steps towards develop- ing the university in such a fashion as to make it worthy to be the university of the Metropolis of the Empire.—Yours sincerely, "EOSEBERY."
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