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CARDIFF SESSIONS. HEAVY CALENDAR AT CARDIFF. j The Midsummer Quarter Sessions for the borough of Cardiff opened on Monday at the Town-hall, Cardiff (before the Recorder, Mr. B. Francis-Williams, K.C.). In his charge to the grand jury, the Recorder mentioned the fact that the calendar was much the heaviest that they had had to deal with for a number of years. There were 6Ic prisoners to be dealt with, and he did not think there were any cases in which there was insufficient evidence to warrant their trial. REQUEST FOR PENAL SERVITUDE. A somewhat peculiar request was made the Recorder by Arthur Henry Jones, aged 21 years, a gardener, who pleaded guilty to feloniously stealing from the dwelling-hou?» of Mary Ann Partridge two silver watcheb, one silver chain, and one silver match-box. and £ 3 10s., the property and money of Ben- jamin Edmunds, on the 25th ult. at Cardiff. The Recorder (to prisoner): I think you should get such a request as you ask for in this letter that you should go to penal ser- vitude. I have no doubt that you are right in what you state. I sentenced you in October last to two terms of six months' :*n- prisonmcnt, to run concurrently, and I told you then tnat if you came before this court again I should send you to penal servitude, i Prisoner: Yes, your honour. I wish you to keep your promise, your worship. The Recorder: You were told the came thing by the judge at Gloucester. Prisoner: Yes, your honour. The Recorder: And you state that you desire it bceause you think that if you are sent to penal servitude it may do some good and make an honest man of you. Prisoner: Yes, your honour. The Recorder: Well, I am going to give YOU I the chance. I am not doing it so much for your sake as I do for the protection of th. public. You will have to go to prison for; three years' penal servitude. Prisoner left the dock seeming quite pleased with the result. SWOONED ON HEARING SENTENCE. Thos. Eugene Keen pleaded guilty to doing damage to the furniture of Edith Isaacs, Court-road, Cardiff, to the value of about JE50. Mr. Pepyat Evans (instructed by Mr. J. H. Morgan) prosecuted. According to the evi- dence, prisoner had been living with the com- plainant as his mistress for about two yeans, and when she asked him to marry heT, he declined, and refused to give her any more money towards her support. He also threa- tened to wreck her house, and proceeded to do so. The Recorder said that the act was a very wicked one, and sentenced prisoner to nine months with hard labour. The prisoner swooned in the dock, and had to be assisted to the cells below. A CRIMINAL RECORD. George Aylvester, 26, described as an elec- trical engineer, was indicted for steal- ing three bicycles, owned by Jacobus Van Kaathover. Joseph Henry Devonport, and James Callan, at Cardiff during May and June last. Mr. Morgan Morgan (instructed by Mr. J. H. Morgan) pro&ecuted, while prisoner pleaded guilty to the three counts. Detective-inspectors Rankin, Cardiff, and Hopkins, of Bristol, produced records of previous convictions against the accfcsed. They showed that in October, 1896. at Wor. cester Petty Sessions he received, in the name of George Smith, a term of imprisonment for stealing jewellery from his employer; as George Smith he also received Bix month* in September, 1893, at Birmingham, for stealing bicycles; in May, 1900, he was sentenced at Cardiff Police-court to one month, with hard labour, for stealing a bicycle; at Bristol Petty Sessions on March 22 last he was sent down for six weeks, with hard labour, for a similar offence. He is now wanted on warranta at Aston Manor for safe-breaking and larceny, and at Nuneaton for stealing bicycles. In 1900 the prisoner was in the employ of Mr. Danter, roundabout proprietor, at Penarth, as an electrical engineer, and the following year of the Merthyr Traction Company as electrical fittar. Subsequently he drove a traction engine at the Dowlais Worka, Mer- thyr, and afterwards was employed as elec- trical fitter at the Merthyr Theatre. During his stay at Bristol he lived with a woman of loose character, and stole a number of bicycles, and, after disfiguring them, disposed of them to dealers. He was sentenced to nine months' imprison- ment. RAILWAY STATION THEFT. A man named John Willis, described as a hairdresser, was indicted with stealing a bicycle from the ticket office of the Great I Western Railway Station at Cardiff on April 27.—Prisoner pleaded guilty, and, upon Detec- tive-sergeant King, of the Metropolitan Police, proving three previous convictiona against tho accused, who had been discharged from the Army and been a great source of trouble to his parents, he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour.— Mr. Raymond Allen (instructed by Mr. J. H. Morgan) prosecuted. THEFT OF MONEY. Ernest Jenkins (17), labourer, was charged with stealing JE16 in gold from David Jones, an elderly man, at a common lodging-house, 4, Herbert-street, Cardiff, on May 7. Mr. Mor- gan Morgan conducted the prosecution.—The jury found prisoner guilty, and he was sent to gaol for eighteen months. CHURCH PROPERTY STOLEN. William Jones (43), described as a porter, was charged with stealing a grass mower, pair of shears, and two hassocks, the property of the vicar of St. Andrew's Church (the Rev. Horatio Nichol- son^ and the churchwardens, from the furnace house attached to the church, on May 17. Mr. St. John Francis-Williams con- ducted the prosecution—The prisoner was bound over. A BICYCLE THEFT. Albert Moore (33), coal tipper, was sent to a month's imprisonment for stealing a bicycle from Albert Jefferies on May 4. Mr. Morgan Morgan prosecuted. OTHER CASES. Eli Price (62), labourer, was charged with maliciously wounding Catherine Collins at31, Stoughton-street, Saltmead, on May 7. Mr. Francis Howell appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Ivor Bowen defended.—The Jury returned a verdict of Not guilty," and pri- soner was discharged. Ellen Wathen, 35, who was out of prison on a ticket-of-leave, was indicted with felo- niously stealing a loaf of bread, the property of Ann Gillan, on April 18. Mr. Ivor Bowsn (instructed by Mr. J. H. Morgan) prosecuted, and tho Hon. C. H. Bailey defended. Prisoner was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. Henry Benson, 22, cook, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing a suit of clothes, the property of John Griffiths and others, at Cardiff, on June 17. Mr. Harold Stowe (instructed by Mr. J. H. Morgan) prose- cuted, and called Detective-sergeant Baker, of the Metropolitan Police, London, who proved previous convictions. Prisoner had been in the Army three years, and during that time bore a very bad character. Alfred Guppy, twenty, wood carver, pleaded guilty to stealing half-a-eovereign, belonging to John Morgan, on April 30, at Cardiff, and was sentenced to three months, with hard la/hour. Mr. Douglas Lewis (instructed by Mr. J. H. Morgan) prosecuted. Patrick M'Carthy, 38, fireman, was sen- tenced to two months with hard labour for maliciously committing damage to the amount of £9 19s. upon windows the pro- perty of William Henry Andrews, Bute- street, on June 29 last. Mr. Gwyn Morris (instructed by Mr. J. H. Morga.n, eolicitor) conducted the case for the prosecution. Isaac Jones, 44, carman, pleaded guilty to stealing a tin of cream and three packets of tea, the property of William Cox, milk- vendor, Queen-street, Cardiff, and another on May 13 last. A previous conviction having been recorded, the prisoner was sentenced to six months, with hard labour. WOUNDING CHARGE DISMISSED. Abraham Bellamy, 34, a coloured seaman, was charged with maliciously wounding Demetrius Kerani on the 15th of June. Mr.' Ivor Bowen (instructed by Mr. H. Morga-a Rees) appeared for the prosecution; Mr. St. John Francis-Williams (instructed by Mr. Harold Lloyd) defended. Prosecutor is a Greek, and his evidence was interpreted by M. Nicholas Calligas. Pro- secutor was allowed to be seated. He pre- sented a sort of diving-bell appearance— suffering, it was suggested, from erysipelas. His head was strapped in bine, and he looked out of two small holes perforated in the white material that concealed his face. He spoke in sepulchral tones, and hi9 colloquy with M. Calligas suggested a ventriloquial entertain- ment. The Recorder glanced at the prosecutor, and, ascertaining what was the matter with him, remarked that he thought erysi- pelas was an ailment that should be notified to the public authorities. Dr. J. J. Buist (police surgeon) was called, and said it was a very slight attack and not dangerous. The Recorder (to the doctor): You seem to regard it very lightly. The coloured man, who is a fireman, wai called, and asserted that the Greek was the aggressor. A ycrdict of "Not guilty" was returned. MINOR CHARGES. A ycrdict of "Not guilty" was returned. MINOR CHARGES. Daniel Lee (18). general dealer, and George Edward Elliot (17), labourer, plead",d guilty to stealing' 281h. of lead piping and four brass taps fixed to certain buildings, the property of the Great Western Railway Com- pany, at Cardiff, on April 29. Mr. H. O. C, Beasley appeared to prosecute. There were; previous convictions. Elliot was sentenced to four months and Lee to one month. William Welsh (30) and Timothy Driscolll (38), labourers were chars&i with stealing a bag of oats from the Cardiff Railway Company on April 19. Mr. Trevor Lewis appeared to prosecute. Mr. Hugh Jones defended Driscoll. Prisoners pleaded guilty, and they were eaoh sentenced to three calendar months. William Cairns (25), brakesman, and James Wadham (35), guard, were charged with steal- ing two bags of potatoes from Richard Eng- land on June 28. Mr. Trevor Lewis (instructed by Mr. W. Harris) appeared for the prosecu- tion; Mr. St. John Francis Williams (instructed by Messrs. Lloyd Meyrick and Davies) defended. According to the evidence for the defence prisoners received pirmusion to pick up the ecattered potatoes. The priso- ners were discharged. CARDIFF PAINTER DISCHARGED. Frederick Wm. Wright (30), painter, who had been employed as such by the Ta.ff Vale Rail- way Company, was charged with stealing ten paint brushes, five paddl-a brushes, and other articles, the property of his employers, be- tween June 1, 1903, and May 3, 1904. Mr. Arthur Lewis and Mr. H. O. C. Beasley (instructed by Mr. Norman Ingledew) appeared for the pro- secution, and Mr. St. John Francis-William* (instructed by Messrs. Lloyd Meyrick and Davies) defended. Prisoner, in evidence, said he had succeeded in getting brushes without Gigning a reoeipt or giving up the old brushes. He kept the articles in question in his house for safety, believing them to be safer there than in the places provided by the company, from which there had been robberies. The extra brushes were served out to him without his asking for them. The tin of paint he borrowed three weeks before he was arrested. The jury, after a short consultation, found prisoner "Not guilty"-a verdict which was, received with loud applause. The Recorder: I'll send anyone to prison I hear doing that. Let him be discharged. THEFT OF BANK-NOTES. Henry William Lacey (49), a respectably- dressed man. was indicted for that, whilst as a clerk in the employ of Spillers and Bakers (Limited), he on March 14,1903. stole bank-notes for the sum of £ 10, and within six calendar months, viz., on the 25th of May, 1903, bank- notes for the sum of dElO, and on the 23rd of July, 1903, bank-notes for the sum of JE4. There were three other indictments of falsifying a cash-book. Mr. Arthur Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Macintosh and Dixon for the prosecution) said that prisoner was for four years a ledger- clerk in the Irish department. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and speaking in a quiet, gentlemanly way, said that he had been ill for upwards of two years, and his memory was greatly impaired. He could not remember any particular items, especially as he had to deal with upwards of 1,000 accounts. Twice he tried it, but collapsed, and hearing that a warrant had been issued, he came from London and surrendered himself. Throwing himself upon the mercy of the court, he asked the learned recorder to consider his previous good character, that he had been five weeks in gaol, and that he had a wife and two children. The amount of cash that passed through his hands in twelve months represented between £350,000 and £ 400,000, and, he added, musingly, "I am afraid in one way or another, I got mixed up and owing to my illness I did not know what I was doing." This was prisoner's plea on Tuesday night. The recorder took time to consider it, and in the morning delivered judgment. The, prisoner, he said, had apparently lived res- pectably up till this, and it was sad to see a man with such a good character, and who had arrived at such an age, in this position. He understood that other matters had come to light, besides those alleged against prisoner, who was in a confidential position, more or less, and took advantage of it. He .6 would be sentenced to six months' imprison- hard with hard labour ANOTHER PAINTER CHARGED. George Brown, 40. painter, very deaf and with a shade over one eye, was charged with that being- a servant in the employ of the Taff Vale Railway Company, he falsified a delivery order-book, with intent to defraud, between April 12 and May 3. There was a second charge of falsifying the foreman painter's, requisition book, and a third of stealing 4811b. of paint, ten brushes, and a lamp. Mr. Arthur Lewis and Mr. Beasley were for the prosecution. Prisoner pleaded guilty to "all the lot." He was previously convicted at Beverley Quarter Sessions on June 29, 1897. In passing sentence, the learned Recorder aaad that prisoner had shown a good deal of skill, having tampered with figures to cover his crime, and his record was a very bad one. He had read the letters prisoner had handed up, and, of course, it was one of the unfortunate results of crime that it brought sorrow npon others. He passed sentence of six months for each offence, the sentencaa to run concurrently. WOUNDING OASES. Catherine Bairgess, 32, married, pleaded guilty to maliciously wounding Alfred Sandon Burgees, her husband, on June 2. The learned Recorder, in passing sentence, said that each ga-va provocation to the other. Prisoner, how- ever, acted with deliberation, and expressed her intention to inflict serious injury. She would be sentenced to two months' imprison- ment Mr. Hugh Jones appeared for the proeeoutiooi. Timothy O'Gcrman, 30, labourer, was charged with maliciously wounding his wife, Mary O'Gorman, on June 25. Mr. Lovat Fraser prosecuted.—It was stated by Police- couata.Me Robert Dibble that prisoner's wife was addicted to drink, that the husband had had a lot of trouble with her, and that she made his life and home miserable.—Bearing this in mind, the Recorder said the lightest sentence he could pas was fourteen days. SENTENCE ON A RoGUE. David William Davies, 28, described as an engine-driver, convicted on May 26, at Cardiff Borough Petty Sessions, of being an incorri- gible rogue, was brought up to be dealt with. Mr. Ivor Bowen was for the prosecution, and Mr. St. John Francis-Williams for the defence. —^Police-sergeant Geo. Evans proved the con- viction, which was for living in pajrt on the wife's immoral earnings. Mrs. Davies was on the streets when prisoner married her.- It was urged, in prisoner's behalf, that he had worked at a colliery at Senghenytld, and his father, a Trealaw collier, said tha.t his son had been employed underground as a haulier.—Prisoner was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. CAPMAKER'S EMBEZZLEMENT. Jacob Bakalov (23), capma.ker, was charged with that being a servant in the employ of Joseph Bogod, he feloniously embezzled £3 15s. 9d., on April 18. Mr. Morgan Morgan (instructed by Mr. Sydney Jenkins) appeared for the prosecution; Hr. St. John Francis- Williams (instructed by Mr. Harold Lloyd) defended.—In opening Mr. Morgan Morgan said prosecutor was a cap manufacturer at 162, Wood-street, and carried on the business under the name and style of the South Wales Cap Manufacturing Company (Limited). Prisoner was employed in the workshop, and when trade was slack he did travelling, and also collected moneys, at a salary of £1 a week, with commission for orders secured. On April 16 prosecutor left Cardiff for Lon- don, and remained there until the 19th, in- structing the prisoner to give close atten- tion to the business whilst he was away. Prisoner called at various places and col- lected flums of money, and, following upon a communication from his wife, prosecutor returned suddenly from London. Prisoner left without assigning any reason. He wrote a letter saying he had gone to Sweden, but that letter, counsel contended, was a "blind.For the defence, prisoner swore that at prosecutor's request he had entered into partnership with him, and the agree- ment was signed, but not stamped, at the house of a Miss Reid, in London.—The jury found prisoner guilty, and the Recorder passed sentence of six months' imprisonment. This concluded the business.

DRUNK BUT SENSIBLE. At Aberdare on Tuesday (before Mr. D. P. Daviee, presiding; Mr. D. W. Jones, Dr. Davies, and Mr. S. George) Thomas Jones, col- lier, Cwmaman, was summoned for being drunk while in charge of a, child under eeven years of age in Fforohaman-road, Cwmaman, on the 26th of last month.—Police-constable Ford proved the case, and stated that the defendant, on being approached, became very noisy.—Prisoner pleaded that the child was not in his charge, but another girl. aged twelve years. The younger one had run on to him, and he ha.d aunply picked her up, as every true father should have done." Mr. Davies: But were you drank? Defendant: Well, sir, I wasn't sober, but had sense enough, though. (Laughter.) A fine of 10s. and costs was imposed.

MR. TRUEMAN'S CRUSADE. Still another application for a summons was made on Monday at Swansea Police- court by Mr. C. R. Trueman against Mr. D. R. Knoyle, accountant, for incurring liabili- ties to the extent of JE385 10s. under illegal circumstances prior to his filing his petition in bankruptcy. Mr. Trueman made further allegations against Mr. Knoyle, and Mr. Rocke asked why the registrar did not proceed in such a matter.—Mr. Trueman said it was not his duty, but it was distinctly the duty of the official receiver, who was the trustee.—The application was. like the pre- ceding ones, refused by the Bench.

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WEEK BY WEEK r( LIGHTER SIDE OF CURREN. EVENTS. ———— ø It is now possible to reach AberYf V& from Cardiff in five hours and a ba.1 distance is c-niy 130 miles. -i A lady who has just died at ftf* she was Mrs. W. E. Morris—had lived i seven years in the same house. An indignant resident of Porthcawl pet —"Why boast of your strawberries at JJrúL' lb. We can buy them at Sd. per^lh- a cawl, and fairly good ones, too!" gf Mr. T. Westlake Morgan, the Bangor Cathedral, has been selected t a new anthem for the National loll Festival to be held in St. Paul's Cathe St. David's Eve next year.. va Pessimists who insist that "there money about" ought to visit the Ioca! oJ) stations and steamboat landing tHe* half-holidays. They will soon a!t» opinions then. An American who made his etirae f* years ago, and has since spent hi globe-trotting, told a Cardiffian crx>d. North Wales, a few days ag »li had never seen a more beautiful pot, his travels. f at Mr. Charles E. Spooner, general railways to the Federated States o ^eo0 Peninsula, who was made a C.l&- 011 4000 King's birthday, is a native of portwl1 relf and was at one time manager of the tiniog Railway. "Brethren, would to God thatall ^<1 81 in the country was down in .1cI1.. S odd- Welsh temperance speaker in the A g,r' the other day. "Ah, guv'nor. And „ many down there wishing 60 too. out a collier from the back of the bar- ntll1 Lord Ninian Crichton Stuai, l0t attained his majority, has decided Falkland Palace, Fifeshire, which he of rited from his father, the lite Bute. Lord Ninian, who tea-Oxford, In to enter the Army. b19 A collector of "Western jtiil" e coupons went with a pic-nic iarty to Oh:efC'ø. on Saturday, and succeeded n gettui? teen coupons from the diff^ent ho inns between Wells and Chetdar. The were collected by three eye'sts of A tradesman at PorthcaU has th motto over his shop chyfiawnder, which mear*, 9ne, justice." But three Londm Welsnm studied the words carefull' on Satur^ to a long time before they could 011 what they meant. Finaly they decl the phrase, "One price aid no chaDg* A Cardiffian who was pondering wfce should go for hig holid:y3 visited railway stations and th steamboat o make a collection o tourist hi ^gijw pamphlets. He filled tw pockets witn tbeff sat up two nights to jtudy them, decided to go to Perarth by break- miles. vrh10* A controversy is new raging as to is the smallest churcr in the kingdom ed g.J freston Church, near Tenby, is nienti M it one, but Lullingtons "Little 0& Eastbourne is smalles its interior dnn being only sixteen £ et square. T church of Upleathan, Cleveland, is onu by 13ft. 9in. øt» In the paet the colliery towns ^D_regtil*' Wales have been luilt with great rity. In the rapdly developing »»-•' ^iiif Valley, however, greater attention lSnd il paid to the forma,ion of the streets. II- tbePj the Fleur-de Lis aid Pengam district f tlJe is springing up a t>wn that will be o best in the Souti Wales colliery dl for regularity of :ormation. ea of Some working nen have a crude » p what they are entitled to under the sation Act. I do claim compensa t]j« am ill in bed," vas the note received manager of a Urge timber importers ø,ccJt last weak The manager, thinking 'Litb0 dent had happened, made inquiries tJlI result, and then sent a man to employe, who vas found to be suffcrlD catarrh. The Rev. Llewellyn Edwards, M.A., ^oj be well remembered by a large naIflie 0^ West Welshmen as headmaster of 1 Aberystwyth Ardwyn School, I1 returned to England from the Unite<1^ where he has been eupplying a Welsh pulpits. It is understood tba. bllot8' Edwards will undertake the pastorall of the Edmonton (London'* Welsh Ca Methodist Church for the ensuing yeft .^t* Two recruits of the Royal Welsh have deserted from Wrexham under » circumstances. They were bathing number of others at the Corporation ming Baths, and appropriated the 0 of two civilians, leaving their un ^jj« instead. The civilians on discover1 theft, having no other clothing. d themselves in the uniforms and way to the barracks to report the exc tJJ* Diligent search has been made *° deserters, but without result. Sir Henry M. Stanley, according o a *$6* in the Cornhill Magazine," had h« about prayer. A man, he though;. ne 0' lay his supplications before the Th the Univer&e; and he attached Zrea er afl" to prayers for deliverance from dans pt distress. But the answer was tf0' expected by way of a miracle response is in the effect on the si-PPl13, .yee t4 self, in the vigour and confiden,e it 8 hia spirit, and the mental clearness it produces. That was 8 opinion. t.11' Lord Jersey, who is going -o oPpoee o..et Duke of Norfolk in the House of 1"°r it# the question of the Coronation oath. principal proprietor of ChildS Ban^i. old institution, which still naintains i old rules and customs that e^eew oD# [ considered out of date. For Ustance, the partners must always sfcep on j e]er\ mises, and, in addition, then is a ^ea„ & always on duty, keeping (ffioershiP' J is called. There, too, they still ^#0* I counting-house, while the f.'ont of t*1 | is oalled the shop. An instance of a man teething at the;" of 95 is furnished by Mr. Salomon '^Te.Z,tetej Ystrad Meurig. He writes :It may 111 Did your readers to learn thft there is 95 inhabitant in Cardigansh.re who is years of age, and he his at the P moment three new jaw teith growing- be",6 him last week, and asked lim if what I -git* was true. He merrily replted that it 1"a true, and at the same ime he mouth and pointed out the new gave me an invitation to feel my finger. However, rather than r risk, I told him that I wis quite eonten seeing them." [ The people of Mountain Ash have k the name of their town :o Aberpenar tic** to have a Welsh 11 a tie for the Eisteddfod. Why don't they transia fit ■ present name into Velsh and i original root of the vord? The f called Mountain Ash f'om the mount* trees that are grow ng there, a.nd fofel trees are called in Welsh cerdyn; tbeitØ tf" Mountain Ash town ia Trecerdyn Jl eisteddfodic tongn-c- Enw newydd Mountain Ash, Abefpegl1.r: Pnw oorrtTnort lit vrir't wash), enw h"lddf1" Enw onen fach y g'aig ydyw'r 1ft" Enw'r dref mewn iiith Gymraeg y cerdyn. ,j1;J1" The front Oppositioj bench below way in the House of Commons is a 3 jU^jt place with the notatilities among t bers. "Mr. Alfred Davies," says tbe Mall Gazette," "lendf an air of blallde }1,.1 volence to the gathering, though l1,eØ'iOø: greatly disappointed the House having, since his diferences with V>^ able committeemen n his g much of the sprighlliness which charm his lellow-legislators. ^^hiU. V than his cousin, Mr. Winston ^?ro0t latest deserter from Unionism did » for the coveted corner seat. He next to Mr. Alfred Davies, who str» t fell asleep. It is a curious fact x>e\^L '1 chosen of Carmarthen Boronghs 0f always inclined to slumber when recruits from over the way sits bes> A month ago Mr. C. D. Williams, t painter, visited the late Mr. G. p R.A., who was then confined to ofj, Williams had taken whh him a own studies. These wer« spread igitof 0l and Mr. Watts sent for his Welsh 0n« come upstairs The forner ?KC vorr lilJV the pictures, and asked, Is this >0 A thought?" Mr. Williams answered affirmative, and the conversation J,f, as follows:—"Are you a Welshmal1 Pere, laO I am, and if you read the Welsh P „ f1. ;ø Watts, you will find that they c'a ^jll Ii p to be a Welshman." "Oh, yes, they j you out. It is true, the » Welsh. My mother was a ^elehw my father's mother was a Welsn you see, I am three-quarters Welsh. ter }%i Sir William Harcourt looks bet d1.1tl;t! now than he has done at any the past ten years. A Welsh correB in t tI who saw the right hon. gentleffl .0g e? House of Commons during the stir ^01^ on Friday afternoon, says that who has usually a disdain niceties, was as spruce as Mr. Wy j* self. He wore the glossiest of si immaculate frock-coat was button a bore himself with the jaunty a' half his age. Too old and Parliamentarian to take mucii proj^a the mock-heroics of the Ba-d pCot ,f. against the closure. Sir g-pes^e time in pleasantly chatting with tbe ..inet tJ The veteran leaned negligently geri^pd Chair, and seemed to be pouring ea.I' good stories into the Speaker's 1 eve0 W his flow of wit was not disturbed Vfhi'# lurid denunciations which ^e*^ flung at the Premier's head, VmciMiuc: cttaaam o t tfc* 1

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WELSHMEN ABROAD. NEWS OF OUR COUNTRYMEN FROM HOME. UNITED STATES. GILFACH GOCH MAN'S AMEBIC AN VISIT. American papers make mention of the visit of Mr. Rees Jenkins. Evanstown, Gilfach Goch, to Miners' Mills, Pa. Particulars are given of Mr. Jenkins's work on the occasion of a colliery accident, when he descended a pit shaft by means of a rope tied around his waist. For his action he has received a bronze medal. WELSH LADY'S APPOINTMENT. Miss Enid Morgan, a Welsh musician, of Pickett, Wisconsin, who is to graduate at the Sherwood Music School shortly, has been appointed organist of the People's Church, Chicago, the old church of Dr. H. W. Thomas. DEATH OF A FORMER DOLGELLEY MAN. Mr. H. R. Thomas, formerly of Dolgelley, has died at Waterville, New York. His funeral was an exceptionally large one, and in the service several Welsh ministers took part. Mr. Thomas lived in Merionethshire till he was 22 years of age, when he went to America. For some time he kept a general stores in the town, but recently retired. A comprehensive resolution, which embodied a vote of con- dolence with Mrs. Thomas, was passed ùÿ-the officials of the Waterville Congregational Church.

LONDON. PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A WELSH CLUB. A joint meeting consisting of members of the Pembroke Club and the Glamorgan Society in London was held at the Hotel j Provence, Leicester-square, on Wednesday for the purpose of considering the possibility of establishing a club that would be a centre for the Welsh residents in and visitors to ] the Metropolis. A sub-committee was formed, consisting of Dr. Sydenham Jones, barrister, chairman of I the Pembroke Club; Mr. Norton Hedley, chairman of the Glamorgan Society; Dr. Ernest Jones, Dr. Walter Davies, Dr. Dan Thomas, the Rev. E. Bryant, and Messrs. Col- wyn Thomas, William Evans, T. H. Jones, 1 C. W. Bowles, H. Woodward, and Peter Mason, with Messrs. W. Ormiston and Leason Thomas, secretaries of the two clubs nam«d. The meeting was unanimously in favour of establishing a Welsh Club, and the com- mittee was instructed to make inquiries and draft a scheme for consideration at a future meeting. Such a scheme has been under con- i sideration for some time past, and it is l hoped that the result of an appeal to Welsh- men in London and who visit the town will i be sufficient to ensure the establishment of a club at an early date. I

— i THE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME. J 1 NAMES MAY BE STAMPFD ON I < "WESTERN MAIL" COUPONS. j As the date for the closing of the great scholarship scheme arranged by the proprie- ( tore of the "Western Mail" approaches the candidates and their friends are showing I great activity. Coupons are being collected 1 from all parts of the country, and even from eabscribere abroad. On referring to the I coupon it will be seen that it is necessary to insert the name of the candidate to whom they may be given. This necessarily entails 1 a great deal of labour, since the coupons 1 collected by the various candidates number many thousands. Several candidates and their friends have written to ask if the names and addresses of the candidates can be 1 stamped in with an indiarubber stamp. « There is, of course, no objection to this being < done. All that the proprietors of the "Wes- i tern Mail" stipulate is that the coupons shall ( not be mutilated in any way, such as the sub- ( stitution of one name for another which had j previously been stamped or written in. 1

] THE NEW WELSH KNIGHT. ] ( MOUNTAIN ASH AND SIR MAR- CHANT WILLIAMS. 1 < At the Mountain Ash Court on Wed- nesday, which was the first occasion upon which Sir T. Marchant Williams sat since n the honour of knighthood was conferred upon him, Major Morgan, on behalf of the 1 local J.P.'s, offered Sir Marchant the ( heartiest congratulations. He could well ] understand the pride with which Aberdare i and the Old Boys of Comin School had I received the news. He rejoiced that such ( a distinction had been conferred on their < stipendiary, who had shown himself in thorough sympathy with Welsh national I traditions. (Hear, hear.) < Alderman J. W. Evans, Aberdare, on behalf k of the solicitors practising at that court, £ added his congratulations, and Mr. W. J. ( Shipton, as junior solicitor, and Mr. S. ( Shipton. clerk to the Mountain Ash Educa- ( tion Committee, also spoke. j Sir T. Marchant Williams said that he had been taken by surprise by the number of letters and addresses of congratulation from all parts of the Principality that he had received. He supposed it was because the j people considered that it was an honour 1 conferred upon one of themselves. (Hear, hear.) was not a millionaire, and in his case the honour had not been conferred on one who had contested a Parliamentary seat two or three times. It is encouraging i and particularly gratifying to receive these 1 congratulations. He had sat at that court i for four years and a half, and, although ] he had his peculiarities, he was sure all would give him credit for doing his utmost to preserve the dignity of the court. He I would also say, in the presence of Major Morgan and Captain F. N. Gray, that he was ] sure that no stipendiary in the kingdom I had more loyal colleagues than he had. I BANQU FOR SIR T. MARCH \NT (

WILLIAMS. i A public meeting largely attended at Aber- 1 dare was held on Wednesday to diecosa the ( organisation of a banquet to Sir T. Marchant ] Williams. Mr. Isaac George, high-constable ( of Miekin Higher, presided. It was decided that a presentation be given to Lady Wil- f liams, and a subscription list was opened.. £ 26 being promised in the room. It was also 3 resolved that a banquet should be held, and! v that the presentation should take pl&oe at I J the banquet.

LONDON LETTER. A COLUMN OF INTEREST TO ALL OUR READERS. LONDON, Thursday. A very charming and unrehearsed inci- dent followed the departure of the King and Queen from St. Bartholomew's Hos- pital this afternoon. By special request; those present were requested to retain, their seats until the Royal party had left the building. For some little time they complied with this request, but they became manifestly uneasy, and showed a disposition to leave. Then it was that. one of the stewards came forward and said that Madame Albani, who had attended to sing the National Anthem, had consented to sing "Home, Sweet Home." The announcement was received with the heartiest applause, the dissen- tients resumed their seats, and the famous artiste sang the well-known song with all the charm and excellence which always characterise her efforts. Many of the old people present were compelled to tears by the touching manner in which the old song was rendered and the pathetic memories which it evoked. REDISTRIBUTION AND DISSOLUTION. There is now little or no talk of a disso- lution this year. Mr. Balfour has a solid majority of 90 supporters at his back, even allowing for Unionist defections. These supporters have rallied loyally to his assistance, and only a continuance of such support is necessary to enable him to carry out a good part of the programme outlined in his Majesty's Speech. The probability is that this Parliament will re-assemble next year, and that the most important item in the Speech from the! Throne will be a Redistribution Bill, and after this has been passed Mr. Balfour i will appeal to the country. As a member of the Government laughingly remarked to me to-day, "To do otherwise would be to play the gaaue of our opponents." PROPOSED EXHIBITION FOR LONDON. The question said to be greatly exer- cising the commercial world is, "Shall London have a great international exhi- bition ?" The question was raised by the! "Magazine of Commerce" a month ago. and the interesting result of a referendum on the subject among a representative group of British manufacturers shows that of 100 firms consulted 36 are for the exhibition, 32 are against, and fifteen are neutral, while seventeen are considering the subject. Mr. Gerald Balfour, the President of the Board of Trade, endorses the proposal, provided he can be assured tha.t he will have the support of the commercial world. It is interesting to note that some firms flatly object to an exhibition. Their decision is emphatic and final. One or two of the objectors raise the familiar argument that in a Free Trade country a great international exhibition merely gives foreign manufac- turers an opportunity of copying our methods and ousting us from our own home markets and from the few foreign markets over which we still have an ascendency. The argument, in brief, of these objectors is that a great exhibition is good for a protected country, but bad for a free import country. Against this it is contended that foreign nations would be sure to take part extensively in a great United Kingdom exhibition, and the English manufacturer would have before him very numerous examples from which he would derive valuable sugges- tions. Perhaps the most cogent of objections are those which state that exhibitions are overdone that people are tired of them. or regard them as bazaars"; and that the return is not commensurate with the expense. A GREAT PAINTING. Cornelius Janssen's great painting entitled "Milton Writing a Sonnet to his Dead Wife will be on view at Mr. Hey- man's galleries next week. For many generations the picture has been in the possession of the Boxalls, a Sussex family. It was discovered by the present owner on the demolition of the late Mr. Percival Boxall's house, Belle Vue Hall, Kemp Town, Brighton, fixed to the wall of the great reception hall. Many efforts had been made to purchase the masterpiece, but during the life of the late owner these inquiries met with a decided refusal. The acquaintance established between Milton and Janssen began in 1618 and continued for many years. There is little doubt that at one of their meetings the poet i wrote to his friend one of his sonnets. which gave the idea of the painting, Milton, it will be remembered, married Miss Powell, daughter of an Oxfordshire gentleman. She died after a very few years of married life, and the famous I sonnet commencing, M«thougrht I &aw my la,te espoused saint, Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, was written to her memory. Janssen's portraits of Charles I., the Duke of Buckingham, and John Milton are well known to all art students. WELSH PRIVATE PROCEDURE BILL. A meeting of the Select Committee on the Welsh Private Procedure Bill was held on Tuesday to con- sider the chairman's report. As I have already advised, Mr. Jeffreys, the chairman, is against the delegation of power from St. Stephen's, and his report, m consequence, was against any reform or alteration of the present system. He was not, however, able to carry a majority of the Committee with him, and on the division being taken five members voted against the report and only four for it. The result has occasioned no surprise. The Welsh members on the Committee—Mr. Vaughan Davies, Mr. Brynmor Jones, and Colonel Wyndham- Quin—have from the outset expressed very strongly their views that the im- proved Scotch system of procedure should be adapted to the requirements of Wales, and they have been able to convert a majority of the Committee to their way of thinking. IN PARLIAMENT. The Government have again successfully withstood the attacks of the Opposition, and their friends are hopeful that, with ordinary care and prudence, the session will be brought to a natural and successful close. The Opposition have obstructed with characteristic persistence, but the Minis- terialists have been in great force and the majorities ample for every purpose, Inconvenient, indeed, were the times at which divisions were demanded. Two prominent members were enjoying a bath on one occasion, and their hasty appear- ance in mackintosh and overcoat caused no little commotion. The most amusing episode was that of the attempt of Mr. Crooks, the Labour member, to be sus- pended. Someone, he said, must protest against the action of the Government. His friends advised him to do nothing of the kind, but he was proof against their efforts, and when the dinner bell was rung he refused to leave the House. This is fatal, as the House and not the Speaker must move his suspension, and when the occupant of the Chair, in answer to his almost pathetic appeal for suspension, told him of this fact, he had to follow the example of the good young man of the Scriptures, and go sorrowfully away. His appearance in the Opposition lobby imme- diately afterwards was greeted with loud Opposition cheers. The improved atten- dance of Ministerialists this week is a matter of general congratulation. SIR WILLIAM RATTIGAN. Sir William Rattigan, whose tragic death has brought the dangers of motor- ing once more before the public, was a very popular member of the House of Commons. For some time past be had been suffering from heart trouble, and two months ago he asked the Whips to relieve him temporarily of his Parliamen- tary duties. He had not, indeed, intended returning to the House of Com- mons this session. Since his election to Parliament Sir William had taken no prominent part in debates, but his official experiences in India, where he was born, were always at the disposal of members, and his judgment on all subjects con-1 nected with commercial and Colonial j matters was of the greatest assistance. On his first appeal for the suffrages of North-east Lanarkshire he was defeated by a substantial majority, but a bye-, election occurring in the following year he won the seat for the party against Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, who was the Radical candidate, by a majority of 904. He was knighted in 1895. He was an eminent jurist, and the author of several legal works, amongst others The Science of j Jurisprudence" and "Private Inter-I "atiomd JLAv." 1

CONGREGATIONALISM. ¡ ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE WELSH UNION. The proceedings of the Welsh Congregational Union at Bangor opened on Tuesday with a prayer meeting at seven o'clock. At nine the executive of the union met. Mr. Samuel Nicholas, Blaenrhondda, presided over the Gronfa Conference on Tuesday morning. The report of the treasurer, Mr. Josiah Thomas, Liverpool, showed that the total amount received from the churches was £ 24,877 5s. 5d. Of this £ 2Q,803 1C3. had been sent to 119 churches up to the end of the year, and the rema-inder during this year, while £ 3,366 10s. had been re-paid. The Rev. T. Eynon Daviee (London) read a rousing paper on the duties of the churches in view of the transitionary state of various dis- t ricte in respect of the Welsh and English | languages. Thrt R«\ —. Jacob (Carmarthen) stated that a Welsh Congregational church had been formed in Cape Town, and wanted a minister from Wales. A committee of two from each of the four denominations had met, and had appointed the Rev. Gvrynne Jones, Chester, Wesleyan. The Welshmen in South Africa will give a salary of £ 240, and Wales would add another £ 100. THE BUSINESS CONFERENCE. The Rev. B. Davies, D.D., presided over the business conference in the afternoon. The Oaniedydd committee's report showed that 17,428 copies of the two hymnals had been sold during the year, and 193,000 from the start. The copyright of 102 hymn tunes and other of the works of the late Dr. Joseph Parry had been secured, and it was intended to purchase all his works. The churches of Sirhowy and Tredegar and those of Neath applied that the Union meet- ing be held there next year, and it was resolved that it be held at Tredegar. The statistical secretary (the Rev. H. Eynon Lewis) submitted his annual report, which showed that in South Wales and Monmouth- shire there are 841 chapels and preaching stations, or an increase of fifteen; in North Wales, 426, increase eight; London, seven, increase one; Liverpool, Manchester, and other places in England, 31. The total num- ber of churches and preaching stations is 1.305, or an increase of 23. In South Wales there are 117,241 communicants, increase 2,007; North Wales, 31,539, increase 548; London, 1,417, increase 56; Liverpool, Manchester, and other English towns, 3,153. The aggregate number of communicants is 153,350, increase of 2,199. Last year the aggregate increase was 2,274. The total sitting accommodation is 434,975, increase 8,186. The collections were equally satisfactory, and there was collected Mr. JOSIAH THOMAS, the New President. towards foreign missions JM.751 66" increase I £ 305 9s. 3id.; towards the colleges £ 3,112 18s". 3jd., increase £ 30 5s. 5d.; debt paid, £ 51,206 Os. 3jd., increase £2,664 10s. 6|d.; remaining lia- i bilit.y, £ 259,537 2s. nd.; cost of new buildings, £ 52,052 9s. 5d., increase £ 3,286 6s. Hd.; total value of church property, £ 1,502,670 168, 4d.. increase of £56,136 19s. 5d.; total collections, £ 211,400 14s., increase £4,141 4s. 3Jd. The average amount contributed in respect of each member wae £ 1 7s. 6fd., or an increase of Hd. per member. The following were elected officers of the Union for the ensuing yearChairman, Mr. Josiah Thomas, Liverpool; treasurer, Alder- man E. H. Davies, J.P., Pentre; financial secretary, the Rev. D. A. Griffiths, Trocd- rhiwdalar; statistical secretary, the Rev. H. Eynon Lewis, Brynmenyn; and secretary for three years, the Rev. R E. Peregrine, B.D. It was resolved to urge the education authorities to take steps to make the teach- ing of Welsh compulsory in schools of al! grades. The report of the committee appointed last year to consider the advis- ability or otherwise of uniting the six com- mittees now existing in connection with the work of the Union, namely, Union executive, Gronfa, Cani-edydd, Sunday School. litera- ture, and temperance, recommended that the committees enumerated should con- j tinne to exist and act as hitherto; that in order to secure closer union between the various committees two of caeh of these committees be members of the executive of the Union, and two of the members of the executive be members of each of these com-1 mittees; that all profits be paid to a general treasurer, to be distributed from t'me to time as the Union may decide; and that a trust deed be drawn up and five trustees appointed or that the present Caniedydd Trust be re-1 modelled so as to cover the pur noses enumerated. This report was ordered to be printed and circulated among the members of the Union and considered at the next meet- ing. The Union sermons were delivered in the evening by the Rev. G. Penar Griffiths, Pentre Estyll, and the Rev. W. Pari Huws, B.D., Dol- gelly. On Wednesday morning at 9.30 the Union conference was held, and the Rev. B. Davies. D.D., Newcastle-Bmlyn, delivered his address from the chair on the subject of Christian Heroism." He defined' Christian heroism as complete obedience to duties under exceptional circumstances. Duties were. as a rule, surrounded with diffi- culties; the greater the difficulties the greater was the virtue of obedience, and that obedience under special circumstances was true heroism. At two o'clock the education conference was held at Pendref Chapel Mr. John Evans, solicitor, Aberystwyth, presided, and Mr. D.J. Williams, M.A., of the County Schools, Bethesda, read a paper on The Rights of Conscience in the Face of Recent Legislation I in Connection with Education." A resolu- tion condemning the Education Act, and expressing the conviction that no compromise was now possible, was carried. Mr. Beriah Evans (Carnarvon) moved a resolution condemning the county authorities that had taken measures to compel head- teachers to give religious education at schools maintained at the expense of the ratepayers, and expressing the opinion that Bible teach- ing should be altogether excluded from such schools. He characterised some remarks which had been made as containing heretical doctrine—(laughter)—and asked if the Union I was going to deny and abandon the prin- ciples for which their fathers suffered. If they rejected his motion the sooner the wish of tho Bishop of St. Asaph, that they should return to the beehive of the Church of Eng- land, the better. The Rev. Evan Richards (Tonypandy) seconded, and said he failed to see the diffe- rence betwen religious and Biblical education. The Rev. R. E. Peregrine, B.D., Rhymney, doubted, if such a motion was passed, whether it would prove acceptable to the majority of Nonconformists in Wales, and he failed to see what principle would be sacri- ficed. (Cheers.) Some excitement arose at this juncture, a large number standing up to speak at the same time. The Rev. Towyn Jones said he was sur- prised to find that Nonconformity had gone wrong in this matter, especially in North Wales. (Cheers and dissent.) Mr. Lloyd- George was wrong in this matter. (Oheers and counter cheers.) Dr. Oliver, ex-chairman of the Union, said he agreed with the resolution, but doubted the utility of parsing it just now, when they were in the midst of the battle. (Cheers.) The resolution, after prolonged discussion, into which some personalities were intro- duced, was carried by a large majority. In the evening a public meeting was held, Mr. W. J. Parry, J.P., Bethesda, presiding. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. R. G. Roberts (Llanelly) on "Christ as a Model fur the Young Man of To-day; the Rev. James Charles (Denbigh) on "The Religious Instruc- tion of Wales in Relation to Society and Religion," and the Rev. John Thomas (Merthyr) on "The Welsh Bible." THE NEW PRESIDENT. At a special meeting held in the afternoon Mr. Josiah Thomas, the new chairman of the Union, was presented with a handsome paint- ing of himself as an acknowledgment of his services in connection with the Welsh Twen- tieth Century Fund. Mr. Josiah Thomas is a member of a family well-known and honourably associated with the history of Welsh Nonconformity. His revered father, the late Rev. John Thomas, D.D., was for more than fifty years a pro- minent leader of tlio Welch nation, politi- cally, socially, and religiously. He was one of the local secretaries of the movement in aid of the funds of the University College, Bangor, was vice-chairman of the Welsh National Eisteddfod when held at Bangor in 1884, and- has been approached on more than one occasion with the view of entering Par- IlMnent. He is treasurer of numerous hodise.