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MEKTHYR TOWN COUNCIL A meeting of the Merthyr Town Council was held on Monday, the mayor (Alderman Enoch Morrell) presiding. The finance com- mittee submitted a report prepared by the accountant showing that, apart from the Poor-law and county indebtedness, the debt per head of the population of the borough, including £50,650 which would shortly be taken up, was £6 Is. 2d., and upon the com- mittee's recommendation it was decided to appoint a committee to consider the advisa- bility of the council issuing stock. The coun- cil sanctioned payment of the taxed costs of Messrs. W. and W. M. Bell as Parliamentary agents for the promoters of the Incorpora- tion Bill, amounting to £583, and of the acoounts in connection with the recent elec- tion of borough councillors amounting to £703.-Mr. E. Edwards, J.P., gave notice that at the next meeting he would move that application be made to the Local Govern- ment Board to extend the borough boundary so as to include Bedlinog, Trelewis, ajid Nelson.

FURTHER LIST OF APPOINTMENTS. MR. HERBERT LEWIS MADE A JUNIOR LORD. The following further Ministerial appoint- ments were officially issued on Monday night:- Junior Lords of the Treasury—Mr. Her- bert Lewis, K.C., and Mr. J. A. Pease. Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign 1 Office-Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice (in the House of Lords). Civil Lord of the Admiralty—Mr. George Lambert. Pa-rliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade -MT. H. E. Kearley. Parliamentary Secretary, Local Govern- ment Board-Mr. Walter Rnnciman. Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Educa- tion-Mr. Thomas Lough. Solicitor-General for Sootland-Mr. Alex- ander Ure, K.C. ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. Lord Chamberlain—The Right Hon. C. R. Spencer (in the House of Lords). Vice-Chamberlain-Mr. Wentworth Beau- mont. Lords-ip-Waiting—Earl Granville, the Ea.rl of Granard, Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, Lord Acton, and Lord Denman. Lord Steward—Lord Hawkesbury. Treasurer—Sir Edward Strachey. Comptroller—The Master of Elibank. Master of Horse—The Earl of Sefton. The official list also included the following appointments, which had been previously announced:— Parliamentary Under Secretary, War Offioe-Earl of Portsmouth. Financial Secretary, War Omoe-Mr. T. R. Buchanan. It is understood that Mr. John Ellis is to be sworn of the Privy Council, not as Under- Secretary of State for India, but arising out of his position in the House of Commons as for a number of years one of the temporary chairmen and one of the chairmen's panel for Grand Committees. Only two offices remain to be filled up, namely, those of Captain of the Gentlemen- at-Arms and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. No official announcement of these appointments is forthcoming at present, but there is good reason to believe that the first will be conferred on the Earl of Arran. With regard to the position of the Lords of the Treasury, it is believed that an addi- tional appointment will be made in the person of Mr. Freeman Thomas, but his name was not included in the list issued on Monday night. The Lords of the Treasury, it may be explained, usually act in conjunction with the Whips in the discharge of their Lobby duties, and assistance will also be rendered by the Master of Elibank, who, in his position of Comptroller of the Household, will also act as Scottish Whip. In connection with the appointment of Lord Hawkesbury as Lord Steward, it is probable that his lordship will be recommended for a. step in the peerage, and that he may shortly become an earl. Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice was in official attendance at the Foreign Office on Monday.

ISSUES OF THE NEXT ELECTION. MR. ASQUITH'S APPEAL FOR BREATHING SPACE. A demonstration organised by the London Liberal Federation in support of the Liberal candidates for the four divisions of St. Pan- eras, took place in the Queen's-hall, London, on Tuesday evening. Mr. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, presided. He said he did not appear as a member of the new Government or charged with the task of defining its ideas or expounding its policy. This duty would be discharged later on by the Prime Minister. (Cheers.) It was, per- haps, expected that the resignation of the Government at the moment when it occurred would be attended by formidable, perhaps by insurmountable, difficulties. But this was a task which the Prime Minister did not think it consistent with his public duties to decline. (Cheers.) It must be an agreeable surprise to those anxious patriots like Mr. Arnold- Forster—(laughter)—who declared that the advent of a Radical Government would be received with exultation by every enemy' of England and would strike terror into aU England's friends, to see the reception which had been accorded to the new Government. Ho (Mr Asquith) did not know where the enemies of England were to be found, but if there were any such they had kept their satisfaction well to themselves, while as to the friends of England, whether on the European Continent or in America, they had everywhere extended to the new Administra- tion a sympathetic and cordial welcome. (Cheers.) The new Government had been called into being very near the close of the financial year. The Government succeeded, therefore, to financial responsibilittdes not of its own oreation-(heoar, hear)-dt which it could not immediately divest either itself or the country. He thought the Government might well appeal for breathing space. (Cheers.) THE SUPREME ISSUE. What was going to be the issue at the next e'lectkm ? The vitaj, supreme issue at the, election next month was the issue between Free Trade and Protection. (Loud cheers.) Some of their opponents were trying their hardest to twist the issue of the fight. What was the latest phase in this protracted game of alternate bluff and finesse? It was to attempt to swell the vote for Protection under cover of an artificial outcry about Home Rule. Their opponents said there waa a probability of the introduction and promo- tion in the next House of Commons of what was called a Home Rule Bill. "They insinu t ate," Mr. Asquith went on, "that by some undefined process this new Government will covertly and stealtliily pursue a policy the ultimate goal of which is dismemberment. I venture to say that the new Liberal Govern- ment in the next House of Commons will be as resolutely opposed as you and I are to advancing on any path that can lead to ¡ separation, and as resolutely determined as I believe you and I are to maintain the authority—the paramount and unquestioned authority—in and throughout these islands of Imperial control, though within those I limits the new Government and the new Par- lia.ment, as I hope and believe, will improve and liberalise the administration of Ireland." (Loud cheers.)

DATES OF NOMINATIONS AND POLLINGS. The second meeting of the new Liberal Cabinet, held on Wednesday, decided to recommend his Majesty to dissolve Parliar ment on Monday, January 8. It is probable that the Privy Council at which the Royal proclamation is signed will be held early on the afternoon of the same day, and writs will be issued forthwith. Where writs are received by returning officers on the 8th the earliest pollings would take place on the 12th of January in deputy, who gives a formal receipt for the same, and has them forwarded without delay to the local returning officer, undo? special oare of the local postmaster, whose receipt and certificate are forwarded to the Post- master-General. borongbs and on the 18th in counties, except in the case of the Orkney and Shetland Divi- sion., for whioh special provision is made. The probability is that in most cases the writs will not be received until the 9th, in which case the earliest pollings in boroughs would be on the 13th and the latest on the 18th, whilst in counties the earliest pollings would take place on the 17th and the latest on the 27ith of January. In the case of Metropolitan consti- tuenoies the writs are delivered by hand to the sheriffs of London and of Middlesex by the Pursuivant or Messenger of the Great SeaJ. In other cases the writs are sent by post, being handed to the postmaster or his

STAVES OF OFFICE YIELDED The King received at Buckingham Palaoe at noon on Tuesday the outgoing Household officials, who yielded to his Majesty their staves or other insignia. of office. Among those who attended were the Duke of Port- I land, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Earl of; Pembroke. Shortly after the arrival of these gentlemen some of their successors in office arrived at the Palace in order to receive from the King the insignia previously yielded up. It ia authoritatively announced that Sir Edward Grey has resigned the chairmanship of the North Eastern Railway in con- sequence of his acceptance of the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Elgin, Colonial Secretary, who has been spending a few days in Scotland, was back in London on Tuesday and attended at the Colonial Office. Mr. J. E. Ellis. Parliamentary Under-secre- tary of State for India, has appointed Mr. L. D. Wakely to be his private secretary. Mr. Austen Chamberlain was better on Tuesday, but it is not expected that he will be able to leave his house under a fortnight. The ex-Premier left Leeds on Tuesday afternoon for Edinburgh. He will spend Christmas at Whittinghame. Lord Advocate Shaw and Mr. Ure, Scot- tish Solicitor-General, were on Tuesday formally installed in office in the Court of Session. The appointment of four deputy- advocates was afterwards notified, as fol- lows :—Mr. R. L. Orr, K.C., Junior Counsel for the United Free Church; Mr. Cullen, K.C.; I Mr. Edwin Adam, who unsuccessfully con- tested West Edinburgh at the last election; and Mr. T. B. Morrison. W. S. BOBSOtf, K.C. (Soltettor-Generalli R. K. CATTSTON, M.P. (Paymaster-General). I MB. JOSEPH A. PEASE (Junior Lord ot tha j Treasury). J EARL OT PORTSMOUTH (Under-Secretary for War). I HKKBBiKT SAMTJEL (Under-Secretary for Home Office), HR. IT. E. KEARLEY (Secretary to Board of Trade). f MR. WALTER RUNCIMAN (Secretary to Local I Government Board). G<>V&llme-nt ]3Qard). MS. HERBERT LTiTWIS (Junior Lord of Treasury). JOHN E. F-TLlq,, M.P. (Under-Secretary for India), j

THE FEDERATION AND THE GENERAL ELECTION. The executive committee of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain met at the Mid- land Hotel, Birmingham, on Friday to con- aider the list of Parliamentary candidates nominated by the district6 of the Federation, a.nd to make preparations for the coming general election. Mr. E. Edwards (North Staffordshire), president, was in the chair, and amiong those present were Messrs. W. Abraham, M.P., T. Richards, M.P., A. Onions, a.nd W. Brace, South Wales. The Federation has ample funds under the system adopted some years ago, by which a payment of Is. per annum is paid by each member to the Parliamentary Representation Fund. The full list of Federation approved by the district is ae follows:— WALES. Rhondda.—Mr. W. Abraham (Maboa), M.P. Glamorgan (South).—Mr. W. Bra-olt. I Monmouthshire (West).—Mr. T. Richards, M.P. Monmouth Boro-llgbs.-Yo. J. WinBtome. Gower.—Mr. John Williams. ENGLAND. Yorkshire, Norman ton.—Mr. F. Hall, M.P. Yorkshire, Hallamshire.—Mr. J. Wads- worth. Lancashire, Inoe— Mr. S. Walsh. Lancashire, St. Helen's.—Mr. T. Glover. Warwickshire.—Mr. W. Johnson, C.C. Staffordshire, Hanley.—Mr. E. Edwards (president). SCOTLAND. Faikirk.—Mr. D. Gilmour. Parley.—Mr. it. Smillie. Ayrshire.—Mir. J. Brown. Lanark, North-east.-M.r. J. Robertson. Lanark, North-West.—Mr. J. Sullivan. TRADES UNION CANDIDATES. I The Parliajnentary committee of the Trades Union Congress, meeting in London on Wednesday, "-adopted the following resolu- tion:—" That the Parliamentary committao of the Trades Union Congress heartily con- gratulates the Right Hon. John Burns, formerly chairman of the committee, upou his appointment to the position of Preeid i nt of the Local Government Board, and wishes him aucoess during his period of office." The committee also agreed to endorse the candidature of the following Trades Union candidates:—Mr. C. W. Bowerman (Deptfor-i), Mr. W. C. Steadman (Central Fihs>bury), Mr. Jaanes Sixton (Toxteth Division of Liverpool), Mr. Alexander Wilkie (Dundee), Mr. W. Thorno (South West Ham), Mr. R Bell, M.P. (Derby), and Mr. Ben Turner (Dewsbury).

SIR GEORGE NEWNES, M.P- MENTIONED IN CONNECTION WITH A PEERAGE. It is stated that Sir George Sk-'wnes. M.P., will be included in the ne* list of honours, which it ie expected will be i -sucd next week. Sir George's elevation to the peerage will r.aturally oanso a •aotnicy in the Radical candidature at Swansea.

CARDIGAN CONSERVATIVES. Mr. C. Morgan-Liohsi-rdson, who wr^ selected at a, eeneral m -etmt: of the CsurdigaaisMre J Conservative Association at Lampeter on Friday to contest Cardiganshire at the ooming general election, has decided not to allow himself to be nominated. CONSERVATIVES AND WEST MON- MOUTH. A meetimg of the West Monmouthshire Con- servative Association was held at the County Hotel, Ebbw Vale, on Tuesday, Dr. W. E. Willi aims in the chair. The association passed a resolution congratulating the president (Lord Tredegar) on receiving a viscounty. The question of the general eleotion and of a contest in West Monmouth was considered. No names were submitted as candidates, and the meeting was adjourned till January 3, when it is understood that the question rf contesting the seat will be further discussed. LLANELLY RADICAL COUNCIL DISBANDED. A private meeting of the Llaoelly Radical Council, which was formed some months ago to further the interests of Mr. Alfred Davies, M.P.. was held on Tuesday to consider the changed position in the boroughs in riew of the impending retirement of Mr. Davies. A deputation from the Liberal Association was received, and after a fall discussion, it was unanimously decided to disband t/he council, and that the members should co- operate with the Liberal Association in council, and that the members should co- operate with the Liberal Association in trying to secure the return of Mr. Llewellyn Williams. PEMBROKESHIRE CONSERVATIVES. The name of a Unionist candidate for the Pembrokeshire and Haverfordwest Boroughs is not yet announced. The party managers are still m correspondence with several gentlemen, and it is hoped to announce the name of a candidate very shortly. Every endeavour is being made to secure a strong candidate. EAST CARMARTHEN: ANOTHER LIBERAL CANDIDATE. It is freely rumoured in Liberal quarters in East Carmarthenshire that immediate steps will be taken to obtain the consent of Lieu- tenant-colonel David Morris, Brynffin, Amman- ford, to nomination as the Liberal candidate for the constituency. The gallant oolonel, interviewed bv our representative, stated that under no circumstances would he oontest the seat unless nominated by the Liberal Asso- ciation. He also stated that if approached by the proper authorities, he would give the Proposal his most earnest consideration. IRISH LAW OFFICERS APPOINTED. Mr. R. Cherry, K.C., has been appointed Attorney-General for Ireland and Mr. Red- mond Barry Solicitor-General for Ireland. It is understood that Serjeant Hemphill will be raised to the peerage. CATHOLICS AND CANDIDATES. | The Catholic Herald" states that at a meeting of the Catholio bishops, held at the archbishop's house, Westminster, it was resolved to issue a statement in which will appear questions suitable for the Ca,t-holio electors to put to Parliamentary candidates at the forthcoming general eleo- j tit"

ANTI-FOREIGN RIOT AT SHANGHAI, CONSULS STONED AND i INJURED. t There hae been some incipient rioting at Shanghai, organised by leaders of the boy- cott in connection with the Mixed Court incident. The German Consul was stoned, and the American Vice-consul injured. Several other foreigners were also attacked and hurt. The warships are landing men, and the Volunteers have been called out. The Chinese shops are closed. The Volunteer corps at Shanghai is about 1,000 strong, and has a body of mounted infantry attached to it. The members of the corps are for the greater part Englishmen, and are recruited from various banks .and business houses in the town. They are con- sidered the most efficient safeguard to Euro- pean interests. The warships in the harbour are the cruisers Astraea and Bonavemture and the sloop Clio. The crews of these vessels aggregate about 900 all told. A dispatch received by a London business house on Monday afternoon from Shanghai stated that the disturbances had been sup- pressed.—Eeuter. BRITISH FORCES GUARDING THE STREETS. WASHINGTON, Monday. The State Department has received Shang- hai advices of which the purport is that the situation is serious, and that two foreigners have been killed and many wounded. Two cablegrams received overnight state that the trouble arose through a strike, and was increased by a dispute growing out of some cases being tried before the Consular courts. Naval forces, supposedly British, a.re guarding the streets No Americans have hitherto been injured, but the official statement of the situation is regarded as .serious. Two American cruisers are now en route to Shanghai.—Eeuter. "SITUATION GRAVE." Exchange Company's telegrams from New York state that the situation is grave Thirty foreigners, chiefly Chinese, have been killed, and many have been injured. The British ships have cleared for action, and wiU shell the Chinese portion of the town if necessity arises. The American Consul has requested the Baltimore and other warships to hasten to Shanghai. FURTHER OUTBREAK FEARED: GRAVE SITUATION. A telegram from Shanghai on Tuesday spates:—The streets are filled with loafers this morning. The shops are open, but looting is greatly feared. Armed guards and pa.trols are maintained everywhere The British cruiser Diadem will land 500 men today, and the American cruiser Baltimore will also land a force. Other war- ships are expected, and it is reported that German warships are ooming from Kiaocbau. The Chinese press explains that the rowdies proposed to take advantage of the dispute concerning the mixed court to attack and loot the settlement.—Eeuter. ENERGETIC ACTION BY THE CHINESE COURT. In response to a request from the Foreign Ministers, the Chinese Throne is taking, strong action with regard to the Shanghai riots. The Dowager Empress has issued an edict commanding the Viceroy of the province to proceed to Shanghai to investi- gate the disturbances, secure the punishment of all implicated, a.nd impeach the civil and military officials responsible for the main- tenance of order. The Shanghai officials have been ignoring the orders issued from Pe-king which were that they should proceed wit} the business of the court as usual, pending an investigation by the Government. The question of the authority of the Mixed Court officials which brought about the riots has been before the Foreign Ministers for mme time, and it may eventually be decided in favour of the Chinese. The success of the boycott in securing concessions from the American Government has, undoubtedly encouraged the Chinese to carry out the recent demonstrations in the hope they would be equally effectual. The Chino-Japanese Treaty is completed and will be signed on Friday, the Japanese Commissioners leaving on Sunday. The Com- missioners continue to maintain secrecy. Prince Yuanshjkaj and his colleagrues are fulfilling the Japanese request in this respect. The Foreign Legations and Chinese officials, except those directly concerned, art entirely ignorant of the terms of the treaty. The document is framed in the Japanese and Chinese languages only. The Japanese have been entertained lavishly throughout their two months stay by the Chinese court prinoee and other high officials. There has been a. succession of elaborate dinners and receptions.—Press Association Foreign Special.

ABERDARE LICENSEE FINED. CONSTABLE'S EARLY VISIT: BAR- MAID'S SICK ATTENDANTS. Thos. James Powell, landlord of the Golden Lion Public-house, Aberdare, was on Tues. day summoned at the local police-court for permitting drunk ennesa on his premises during prohibited hours. Mr. Willia.m Thomas defended. Police-sergeant D. 0. Davies deposed tha.t art. three o'clock in the morning of the 15th inst. he saw a light. He entered and saw the defendant's wife, who was behind the door The place was in darkness, and witness struck a match. The wife then ran towards the back of the premises, shouting out, "Tom, Tom, the 'bobby,' is in here!" Witness visited various rooms, a.nd found two persons, who were under the influence of drink. One of them was a J. H. Williams, of Aberaman, who, on being asked why he was on the premises, being asked why he was on the premises, replied that he had come there to sit up with a sick person It turned out, according to the defendant's Etatemejit, that the sick person was the bar- maid, who was in bed suffering from an internaJ complaint, but who, on being seen by the witness, said that it was only the master and the mistress who were sitting up with her. Mr. Thomas intimated to the bench that in view of the seriousness of the charge, he had advised his client to leave the house, a step which be had decided to take in a fort- night's time. A fine of £5 and costs was imposed.

HEATHFIELD SENT FOR TRIAL. lb c HARGE OP THEFT BREAKS ■ DOWN. 84, WA?AVRDIFT 1)0 "Wet, Henry Heathfield, aged <O.» up again at Cardiff Police- ^SDAY, and there was a big crowd AVE A ^°°K at the now historic The charges were two: — 1 l'hM ^WEEN the 28th of July and the LE&N -AUGUST he feloniously stole certain CO, °, TIJ° value of £ 5, from Stacey-road 2 T*h ^iool. LUILV ON THE August, "being law- for thIIllllnsoncd AT Roath Police-station did K THEFT OF THE LEAD. feloniously *HPR •FREA^ the SAID prison by means (8CA Y *LE said Henry Heathfield, did ^FCRGE." L-LE said prison and go at FTWLHEATHFLELD WAS in court to hear the IN Y, ASAINST her husband. !*ERE £ EOPLE'S gallery only the witnesses ILE^IG, <J'<J'W'CU- The stipendiary iMr. T. W. ilR_ »,A1 AND. took the case at one o'clock. WW • Ensor (from the town-clerk's BYdne gaIn, appeared to PROSECUTE. Mr. 4JR_ 'JE'IKMD was again for the defence. SEVERAL 'I*01-' in opening, described the 2R,FK° E*H preferred. He SAID that on VFOIJP JULY Stacey-road County School I.IIJ for the holidays. On thai day tile -a.s inOU ^HE roof over the infants' school ^NT t1°Q1 condition. On August 4 prisoner TATILED -K*1'? H'KJP of a mariue-stoi'e dealer TOHETU -'I-NTOII, and there inquired as TO BATION F COUI-d be purchased. A convex'- ?** place, which he would not detail. FC'W e ARU9 day prisoner returned to -hich II,?REIL:L'I;=E'S with two pieces of lead, On A., ..N Dil PURCHASED and paid 8s. 7A. for. 6taee gUbt 11 this lead was missed from the ^df> School, and a communication was 11 TJJ, the police. On the evening of August COIW,,1 ANTS' school, so far as the roof was 6.30 REuiained in the tame state. At *°TNE 6 ^0^°WIIIG morning it was found that FROM RE RRIEOE« OF LOAD had been abstracted *LIE roof. At half-past eight the C heathfield again visit-ed M'Meil TAKE 7 HIS daughter, and asked if he could TRUCK. Mrs. Parfitt, the daughter, said VW b ^RTAJJILY, but are you not the man OFFT, rOught the two pieces of lead that were be Purchased?" Prisoner replied that HE WJ.AS'1 AUD then he said he did. not think ,RE<iuire the truck, and at once left IHORTL polico-eergeant came, and LTR3 afterwards, in consequence ol what •"AS T F,R^T said, prisoner was arrested, and TTIAR^OU TO &OATH Police-station, and there ION,V., W.ITH the first of the oS'ouces. Pri- JJE REPLIED that he knew nothing about it. «NIF searched, and on him was found a BON, Which had evidently been used to cu* V6RY HARD substance, whilst on HIS JJOLJ„^ERS W"ere marks of powder, which the E WOULD say corresponded with powder BEVR«. 6 lead. Prisoner was put with I(WAI OTHErs at the police-station, and was "tifled by M'Neil and his daughter, and UNS: lad present on one of the occasions. J. THE ESCAPE. Eusor then descnouu WE circumstances ^PRISONERS incarceration in aud escape from POLICE-station. On Saturday, August 12, ■FAS L IOCKED UP at 7.20 in the morning. Ha J*], °ut for the purpose of washing himself, D CELL door was closed. The gates were FCAT^T WITH self-locking spring, and the AT TLLC end of the corridor were locked. <5OVR.^°°R WA« also locked leading from the THP, to the yard. An hour alter wards 11be INSTABLE on duty found the ceil door, ':n.d Sate at tlie. end of the corridor, QJ. THE door leading to the yard JJATN' and the prisoner gone. Exami- 1OD was made of the locks, and the R to the yard appeared to have Q. tampered with. Although the bolt ^A IF^N&D &HUT, the receiver had been forced TO{2, AN<^ there were signs that AN instru- BAD baen recently employed. If these ts were proved ho would ask his WORSHIP to COmmit on all the charges. He proposed J> SHOW it was quite immaterial whether eathfieici was guilty or innocent of the OFFENCE, for if US Woiish-ip: Oh, yes. V,R- ELISOR The other poLnt is that, AOUGH he WM not committed by a magis- W to prison, he is equally guilly of the *'1 <^e.nt fiis Worship: Oh, yes, that ie quite clear, THODUAA Cope, caretaXer of Sta-cey-road said that on July 28 last, when, the HOOLA were closed for the midsummer holi- >8, liE noticed that the roof wae all right. <V!I!VEVER. 011 Friday, August 11, he eaw water ^QXIII.G in. through the ceiling of the cloak- and he found that three SHEETS of lead ^6RE gone from the roof, this causing him to communicate with the police. At 6.30 on THE following (Saturday) morning he noticed "that another sheet an-d a. half were gone. THE Lead produced in court corresponded with the lead taken from the roof of the schools. David M'Neil, licensed marine-store dealer, Robert-street, Cathays, stated that at 8.40 &t.w. on AUGUST 4 ho was in his stores, when £ neon.e came J!9. see lunu. ^TR. Eneor: Who W;as it? Witness- Well, I can HARDLY sWear to Mm fcow, but he looked like the prisoner. M'Neil went on to say that the man who FAME to see him asked witness IF he BOUGHT ^AD, AND he (M'Neil) replied, les. He A&«ED the man how much there was of it, AND received the reply, "Oh, a lot. The Stipendiary: Have you any other ^IDENCE, Mr. Ens or, to connect the prisoner ^it-h the person who took the lead. ^R. Ensor: Yes. O witness went on to say that he ASKED tare man where he got the ,lead from, and ho F^DLIED that his father WAD a jobbing e*>n- TRACTOR. He borrowed a truck, and about ^1? an hour afterwards CAME back "ith the lead in the truck quite openly, The le.a.d weighed Hcwt., and witness paid the ea. 9d. for it. The man gave the name Dr Albert Williams, 20, Stacey-road, and wit- JESS entered that name and address in his K50^. On August 12 he was called to Koath Police-station, and. indicated the man from MKNN he thought he bought the lead. DIFFERENTLY. DRESSED. Sydney Jenkins: Did an officer say, •^°WT then, he is there. Pick him out? Witness No sir. Inspector Bingham told ?LE before going in on no condition to pick out unless I was certain. „ AAD this was only eight days after he wa* to have sold you eome lead^- WAS quite differently dressed then. He smart when he came to roe, and when I HIM at the police-station he was quite other way. MRS. Janet Parfitt, daughter of the last witness, said that she saw the man who to their house in Robert-street, about lead, but she could not positively identify AA Heathfield. The man seemed much RI?DGR 'THAN THE prisoner. THE Stipendiary pointed out to MT. Ensor R?E weakness of the testimony in regard to ^Qtuioation. Mr. Jenkins: The whole strength of my ^E, air, is that I don't think my friend will RS,V'E the identification. THE Stipendiary: It does not look like it t present. witness proceeded to state that Ehc 5^ WAS called to Roath Police-station on RV^OTIST 12, and pointed to A man whom she J °ug'ht was like the man who came to her ^^HER'S shop. THE Stipendiary: Are you prepared now to J^^AR that the man you picked out was the that yon saw outaide your father's TIR^ on August 4? Witness: No, sir. Witness: Ko, sir. George Heale, a boy of ten. said he was WT Mr. MTtfeil's storea on the morning of AUGUST 12, when a man came there to sell 1!orne load. He could not see that man in (IollM, now. When called to Roath Police- F^ATION, however, he pointed out TIE man saw at the stores. Mr. Jenkins: Did a policeman gay to you: HE is ONE of these here; find him." WITNESS: Yes, sir; he said that. At this stage of the case Heathfield was •FCIZOD with faintneab in the dock, and was WLOWED a chair. He was ali=O given a glass F* water, and after this he seemed much better. ANSWERING the stipendiary, the witness GRATED that the man he saw at Roath Police- J^ATION on the afternoon of August 12 was JESSED the same as the man he saw at Mr. ■ S'NEILA stores on the morning of that day. also had a moustache. .THE Stipendiary: Ikm't yon tthink yon are MISTAKEN, and that the man yon saw at the Jplice-statkm was not the man you saw in E stores ? Witness: No, sir; it was the same man. .DAVID Evans, clerk of works to the Cardiff ^RPORATION, valued the le«d stolen at £ 5. THE ARREST. Eteteotive Eosser gave evidence as to the; ~RREST of Heathfield on August 12. On that **AY he went to Mr. M'Neil's stores, and, in Consequence of something told him, he pro- in the direction of Roath Park. At ^•»OUT 9.15 he met the prisoner in Marl-1 Having stated the charge to .PRISONER, the latter replied, "What, me! IJ nothing about lead." At Roath Police- FTATION he searched priscaer, and found upon a knife, one "of the blades of which bore ETAEP.S of having cut some substance. ''On Heathfield's trousers was a white powdered 811b.stance like that on the inside of the lead Produced. Police-sergeant William Edwards said that man M'Neil pointed out at the Roath STATION WAS the prisoner Heathfield. He that he said to M'Noil, "Now, then, here; pick him out." Police-constable Schofield said that when the prisoner had a slight mous- •ache. Heathfield (laughing): I think yon HAVE A mistalte. Polica-const-able J. W. John said he was on R^FTY at Koath Station on Monday, August *4, AND was in charge of the corridor and P|US. He opened Heathfleld'S door about IN the morning, and SHOWED him wher« to wash. After doi^lh^hTS^eb^ck^P the corridor, entered ^11, a™* locked the door. He also locked the gate at the end of the corridor. He returned to the corridor about 8.20 in the morning, and found the door of Heathfield's cell open. Prisoner was not there, and the gate at the bottom of the corridor was open. iha wooden door leading to the yard had aiso been forced open. Mr. Sydney Jenkins reserved his cross- examination. Inspector Thomas Lewis gave confirmatory evidence.. t_ Polico-constable Thomas Lucas spoke to accompanying Mr. Sydney Jenkins to the "Western Mail" Office early in the morning of the 13th inst. He there saw the prisoner, seated at a table, and told him that he would take him into custody on the charge of steal- ing lead. He replied, "I am innocent of stealing the lead." Witness then oa_ to the Central Police-station. He charged him with stealing too lead that morning, and received the same repily^. also charged him with breaking out o Police-station, where he was Lawfully COíIl- fcijod, and to t.hat prisons answered, "I nave got nothing to ea.y to that." THE RESULT. The Stipendiary aeked Mr. Ensor If he were prepared to argue that there was a reason- able probability of a jury convioting wiw. such a conflict of testimony as to the identity of the person arrested with the person who went to M'Neill's yard. Mr. Ensor suggested that there was a prima facie case which might go before a ^The Stipendiary: I think not. What I shall do is to commit him for the mMdomeanour, and decline to commit him for the^ fejo As a general rule it is evidence of a guilty mind when a person tries to run away, but, even ta.king that into consideration, I don't think it would be sufficiently strong to con- stitute a prima facie case. Prisoner wa.s then committed to the quarter sessions on the charge of gaol-breaK- "MT. Sydney Jenkins applied for bail on the ground that Heathfield was not likely to roD away again. The advocate pointed out that prisoner had intense affection for his wife and children. The Stipendiary: The application for hail is refused.

BUTE-STREET SHOP ROW. THREE SPANIARDS IN CUSTODY. Before the Stipendiary (Mr. T. W. Lewis), at Cardiff Police-court on Thursday, the three Spaniards-Pedro Rosario (53), San Juan Leves (32), and Jose Garcia (17)—were charged on remand, the first two with cutting and wounding Kate Alverez, and Garcia with assaulting her, in Bute-street on December 13. R-osario was charged with using a. knife or some sharp instrument, whilst Leves was alleged to have injured the lady on the right wrist with a piece of broken glass. Mr Harold Lloyd appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Eva.n Davies defended. Mary Alverez, single woman, daughter of the prosecutrix, and living with her parents at 195, Bute-street, said on the day in question she was in the room at the back of the shop, when prisoners made their appearance and asked for tobacco and cigarettes. A quarrel ensued. The mother left the sitting-room and went into the shop to fetch her father. She then asked the gentlemen" to go out. She pushed Rosario out of the door. Rosario turned round and struck her mother in the face with something, but what she did not know. Witness's mother was in the act of shutting the door, when Leves and G-arcia smashed the glass in tha door. Mrs. Alverez CALLED "FOR THE POLICE when Garcia kicked her, and next Leves, with a piece of glass in his hand, aimed a blow at her mother's face. She held up her arm and received the blow on her arm. In answer to Mr. Evan Davies, witness said her father was a tailor, and his scissors was taken from him. Her mother was not armea with a knife. Witness had in her nana a. cup, with which she defended her mother. Dr. J. J. Buist (police surgeon) said the prosecutrix had a wound on the right cheek, the upper part of which was clean cut and the lower part slightly ragged. It was Hin. long and Hin. deep. On the back of the right forearm she had a lacerated V-shaped wound Hin. long and Jin. deep. The pocket-knife produced might have inflicted the wound on the face. There was blood on the blade. The injury on the arm appeared to have been caused by some irregular-shaped instrument. Prosecutrix also had bruises about her..Leves had a clean-cut wound on the left side of the forehead nearly an inch long, a email abrasion on the bridge of the nose, and a lacerated wound on the left thumb. After further evidence, prisoners were committed (on bail) to the quarter sessions.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT. JEWEL THIEVES IN THE BEDROOM QF A T.T VERPOOL HQTEU- At Liverpool on Wednesday two well. dressed men, giving the names of Arthur Norton, 46, and William Preston, 45, were charged with stealing £523 worth of jewellery from Frederick William Bird, traveller for a London Arm of jewellers. Mr. Bird arrived on Tuesday at the Union Hotel, Liverpool, and in the evening, while writing letters in the commercial room, he left his sample cases locked in his bedroom. Having occasion to return there, he saw that the room was lit, and, finding the door was locked on the inside, he knocked. The door was opened immediately, and two men rushed out. Mr. Bird seized one, and his shouts put the ha,ll. porter on the alert, and he seized the other at the front door. Both were held until the police arrived. It was found that the jewel cases had been prized open with a jemmy, and prisoners had articles in their pockets to the value stated, while many others were lying on the bedroom floor. The cases, it is said contained over £10,000 worth of samples. Skeleton keys and rubber gloves to prevent finger prints were also found on prisoners, who were rejnanded for eight days. It is balieved that' they belong to a. gang who had been watching Mr. Bird's movements.

PONTYPOOL WATER AND GAS PROPOSAL TO'ACQUIRE THE COM- PANY'S UNDERTAKING. In view of the recent scarcity of water in ¡ the district of Pontypool, the Pontypool Gas! and Water Company called in Mr. R. H. S. Butterworth to report upon their obligations, Ac., in the matter. "Upon the whole question," says Mr Butter- worth, "everything seems to point to the fact that the safest course to adopt would be for the councils of Pontypool, Abersycihan, and Pan teg to form a water board for the purpose of purchasing the water undertaking of the company. As to the poin.t raised whether Parliament would require the company to sell their water undertaking only and not their gas undertaking I do not think that THarrl fo.raa.nit. would agree to such. a. COQIWK"

MONTGOM E RYSHI RE. CONSERVATIVES AND MB. DAVID DAVIES. The Liberals having eeleoted Mr. David Davies as their candidate, the Conservatives, who had hoped to secure him for their side by reason, of his Imperialist learnings, met at Wefetbpooi on Friday to consider whether to oppose Mr. Davies. The meeting was even- tually adjourned for b week, Mr. Lomax to interview Mr. Davie.s in the meantime. Fail- ing satisfactory a^sara-nccs, it is probable that either Major Williams-Wynn or Mr. Randle Main warin g will be asked to stand.

THE BRECONSHIRE SEAT. MR. SIDNEY ROBINSON THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE. At a special meeting of the Breconshire Liberal Association at Brecon cn Friday it was announced that Mr. Charles Morley, I M.P., had, through ill health, decided to after representin,g the county for ten years. MR. SIDNEY ROBINSON. Photo, Dighton, Cardiff. after representing the country for temyeara. Mr. Sidney Robinson,, of Cardiff, was unani- mously selected as Liberal candidate in his place. It appears tha.t the names of three candidates were submitted to the associa- tion, viz., Mr. Sidney, Robimson, Sir John Williams, and a gentleman from Hereford- shire whose name was not divulged.

C—■——— SPECULATION IN LIVES. CURIOUS EVIDENCE IN A PONTY- PRIDD CASE. At Pontypridd Police-court on Wednesday Alice Lambert, a young married woman (for whom Mr. D. Rees appeared) sought for a. separation order from her husband, James Lambert, of Rickards-street, Pontypridd (for whom Mar. Samuel appeared) on the ground of persistent cruelty. Applicant, in her evidence, eaid that the first four or five years of their married life had been happy, but in. tiie last twelve months her husband had given wa.y to drink assaulted her, and turned her out of the house, alleging that she did not want him but nobs of the town." In cross-examination, she admitted that her husband worked regularly, but kept four or five shillings a week for pocket money. She had pawned two wedding rings to buy boots foe her husband. She had smashed the crockery in order that her husband's family should not have these wares, because he refused to take her back. She had run into debt to the extent of £42, but this was due- to the fact that she had to spend such a lot of money in insurances, 12s. a. month being paid m respect of her husband's mother's insur- ance. Rhe had also to give her husband money for the purposes of betting. The Bench commented on the speculation in lives" which appeared to be indulged in They thought both parties were to blame, and the case was eventually adjourned with a. view to an amicable settlement.

A COLONY OF JEWS A TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION SOCIETY FOR CARDIFF. A large meeting of the Jewish community of Cardiff was held on Sunday evening at the Synagogue, in Cathedral-road. Mr. Isaac Samuel presiding. The meeting was convened at the instance of the chairman, who has had correspondence with Miss Carmel Goldsmid (daughter of the late Colonel A. E. W. Goldsmid), who is a member of the council of the Jewish Territorial Organisation, and who pointed out to Mr. Samuel the desire of the heads of the organisation to have branches in all the leading centres. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Clement Salaman, of London, secretory of the Jewish Territorial Organisation. Mr. Salaman explained the objects of the society—to obtain territory upon an autonomous basis for all those Jews who could not or would not remain in the lands in which tihey at present lived. Mr. Louis Samuel, JJ> proposed that a branch be formed in Cardiff, Mr. B. Jacobs Mr. Louis Samuel, J.P., proposed that a branch be formed in Cardiff, Mr. B. Jacobs seconded, and tha motion was carried, <

FIRE OF REVOLT SPREADS BY THE BALTIC. ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday. A reply has been received from the Laboor leaders at Moscow to the communication of the council of workmen's delegates. The roan- cil announces its decision to begin a general strike. As a result the strike will be declared to-night.—Eeuter. PARIS, Tuesday. The French publio hae been warned that the transmission of telegrams to Russia cannot be guaranteed, all attempts made this morning to get a message through vi* Berlin. or Vienna having failed in ooa- sequence, probably, of the tcial defection at Russian, post-office employes.—Renter. ST. PETERSBURG. Wednesday. A general strike was decided upon by the joint conference of the council of workmen. delegates, representatives of railway Unions, and various revolutionary parties. It ia stated that 22 railways will participate, and that all newspapers will be suspended, exoept those controlled by the workmen. Bakers and grocers' establishments and waterworks alone will be unaffected by the strike. The conference drew np a manifesto addressed to the workmen and troops, calling upon them to rise in revolt and establish a democratic Republic.—Eeuter. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED. ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday. Martia.l law has been proclaimed in the Wladisawowski, Wolkowiszki, Kalwari, and Mariupol districts of the government of SuawliL—Eeuter. BRITISH JOURNALISTS ARRESTED. PARIS. Tuesday. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Eclair" telegraphs that two journalists— namely. Mr. Beringer, of Renter's Agency, and Mr. Long, the correspondent of an American agency—have been arrested. The correspondents at the time of their arrest were in the company of a number of revolu- tionists. They have been taken to the fortress of SS. Peter and Paul.—Exchange. THE REPORT DISCREDITED. With reference to the report published ia Paris of the arrest of Mr. Beringer, Renter's correspondent in St. Petersburg, Renter's Agency has every reason to suppose that the statement in question is without foundation, as it has received several tele- grams direct from the Russian capital making no mention of any such incident.— Renter. Mr. Guy Beringer is the son of Mre. Oscar Beringer, the well-known authoress and play- wright, and brother of Miss Esme Beringer. Mr. Beringer was for some years a sub-editor at Renter's chief office in Old Jewry. ÅJI. excellent amateur actor and athlete, Mr. Beringer has travelled in the Soudan, and acted in various parte of the world for the well-known news agency. He is a man of the simplest tastes, a most amusing companion. and, probably, the last person who would prove dangerous to the Czar or his subjects. FIRE OF REVOLT SPREADS. PARIS, Tuesday. The following telegram has been received from St. Petersburg:—The insurrection is gaining ground. Reports continue to come in of estates sacked a.nd burnt by peasants, who are organising an antonomous rural administration. The following details are to hand oanoera- ing an attack made by revolutionaries aIt. Lennewarden on a party of local gentry who were fleeing from the country, escorted by a detachment of Dragoons: The soldiers were forced to yield to the superior numbers of the assailants. The party of landowner* thereupon took refuge in the castle of Len- newarden, where they were soon forced to surrender by the "revolutionaries, who, having seized and disarmed them, promised them their lives and liberty if they would induce the Livonian nobility to cede the peasants' demands to the letter. The land- owners, consequently, addressed a petition to the assembly of Livonian nobility, whom they begged to assist them in obtaining the abrogation of martial law, to renounce all their privileges of nobility in the country, and to revise local taxation on an equitable basis. Numerous arrests continue to be made in the capital. Agrarian disorders are reported from the province of Mirsk.—Renter. TO BRING AWAY GERMAN RESI- DENTS. BREMEN, Tuesday. < The North German Lloyd steamer Weimar has been ordered to proceed to one of the Russian Baltic ports in order to bring away, if necessary, German residents in the Baltic provinces whose situation is precarious. The steamer will leave Bremerhaven at ftae o'clock to-morrow morning.—Eeuter.

MILITARY TRAIN BLOWN UP REPORTED TERRIBLE DISASTER NEAR RIGA. A telegram from Moscow to the Paris "Petit Journal" reports a terrible rtisa-itpr near Riga. A train, conveying troops, is sta.ted to have been wrecked by an explosion, hundreds of livea being lost.—Central News.

CHRISTMAS IN GAOL. NEGLECTFUL CARDIFF MOTHER'S APPEAL. Before Alderman Edward Thomas and Yr. James Allan at Cardiff on Wednesday Teresa Burke, 27, a widow, was charged on a warrant with neglecting her three chil- dren—Mary Ann, twelve; Julia, seven; end Denis, seventeen months—in such a. manner as to cause them unnecessary suffering and to imperil their health. Mr. George David appeared to prosecute in behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren, at whose instance these proceedings had been taken. The woman was poorly dressed, as if in abject poverty. The narrative Mr. David had to tell was a sad and pitiful one. It was (he said) the old story of drink on the mother's part and of neglect of the children, the money available being spent upon drink instead of being used to provide the children with clothee and food, or even with water. The chil- dren were in a filthy sta/te—covered with sores and in every way absolutely neglected. He (Mr. David) understood prisoner had lived with a man in one of the houses to which she had been traced, 80 that, that was a fact to be taken into considera- tion. Accused had been warned ovat and over again by the officers of the society. She had been induced to take the children to the wariuiouse, but remained there only a week. The explanation she gave for not staying longer was that they made her work too hard, and so she came out again. Having no clothes worth speaking of. the mother on leaving the workhouse was provided with a new outfit for the children. She was also supplied with clothes through the good offices of one of the school attend- ance offioors, but those clothes had their way to the pawnshop. After all the evidence had been given, prisoner became hysterically excited. She leaned hack in a chair, prostrate and panting, and was supplied with a draught of water. She cried incoherently, "I was left with four children to' plough the ooeam. alone. Don't send me to prison over Christmas; my heart is breaking," and, with her shrill voice rising higher and higher up the scale, she screamed on the topmost runs; of the scale, "Oh, don't send me back, to break my orphans' hearts. Oh, mother!! Oh, God! Alderman Thomas, in passing sentence GI one month, said water was cheap enough. The woman herself again in no time. She received the sentence with a brisk Thank you, gentlemen," and walked below, with head erect and with firm and rani* steps.

BARRY AND THE B. & M. NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE LEASING BREAK DOWN. We referred some weeks ago to tfoo fact that the directors of the Barry and the Brecon and Merthyr Railway Companies had been unable to agree definitely as to the terms of the proposed lease of the latter line, and tha.t there was a possibility of the scheme falling through. The difficulties have, appa- rently, proved too serious to permit of the proposal being submitted for Parliamentary sanction in the ooming session, and accord, ingly the Bill has not been deposited. One of our representatives saw Mr. Price, general manager of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway, on Wednesday night, and asked him if it were true that the proposal was not to be proceeded with. Mr. Price replied: Yes. As far back aa November 17 we had come to a conclusion upon the heads of agreement, but we found on going into details that there were so many considerations that, though we had repea.ted meetings, we could no* get tha whole settled in time to deposit the Bill on Saturday last, which was the last d&y for depositing Bills. We might have had an exteceioa of time by another process, which involves the suspension of Standing Orders, but we should have been open to the fate ot being defer^-sd npon even the smallest oppo sition. For the present the matter is dead. and the Bill has been withdrawn." Do you think it will be revived ia d8 followimg session of Parliament? I cannot say anything a.t aJi about tt&tf Can yon give me any partesotaMB 01. Villi iin ("In prrinrriiiDffrjr"