Weekly Mail

NEWPORT WIFE'S PLIGHT TWO FINGERS ALMOST SEVERED: HUSBAND ARRESTED. About nine o'clock on Monday night what is alleged to be a serious assault on a wife took place at Newport. Mary Ann Game, of 2, Baldwin-street, Pin. was found bleeding from a. soalp wound and a terrible gash upon one of her hands. She was taken to the hospital, where her injuries were attended to. The most serious of these was that upon her hand, two of her fingers being almost severed. It is alleged that- while in drink her hue- band, Charles Game, a dock labourer, quar- relled with her, and in the course of a melee a poker and a hatohet, it is said, were used. The cause of the quarrel is not yet known, but it is said tha.t the wife put up her hands to avoid blows by the weapons, and by tha.t means received the injuries to her fin- gers. After an hour's dressmg of the wounds at the hospital the woman was allowed to go home, but not until her hnsbamd had been arrested and taken to Pill Police-station.

MR. HOWELL IDRIS, M.P. FALL FROM HIS MOTOR-CAR: GRAVE CONDITION. Mr. Howell Idris, M.P. for Flint Boroughs, and am ex-mayor for St. Panoras, met with a serious accident whilst motoring through St. Asaph on his way to Dolgelly. When just outside the city he rose to put his over- coat on, and overbalanced himself, falling out of the car, which was travelling at a. rapid speed. He sustained serious injuries, his head and face being badly cut. He was conveyed to the w orkbouse infirmary, where be now lies in a. critical condition, attended hv two mediocal. amnmdc

WELSHMEN ABROAD. N2WS OF OUR COUNTRYMEN FROM HOME. UNITED STATES. MERTHYR COUPLE'S GOLDEN WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Evan D. Jenkins, Youngs- town, Ohio, have celebrated their golden wedding, and on the occasion about a hun- dred friends and relatives gathered together to offer their congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins were married in Merthyr Tydfil in 1856, Mr. Jenkins being a native of Peny- darren and his wife of Dow Lais. They have brought up eight children, and have 38 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins lived for about twenty years in the Norsh of England, but they left in 1880 for Youngs- town, Ohio. CARMARTHENSHIRE PASTOR'S DEATH. The death has occurred in Richland, New Jersey, of the Rev. James U. Lewis, who was a native of Conwil, Carmarthenshire, being the son of the late Rev. Urias Lewis, a Congregationalist minister. When yet a Lad James removed to Maesteg, and in 1878 he emigrated, settling down in Shenandoah, Pa. He started preaching, and afterwards left for RichLand, intending to ta<ke up farm- ing. The community there were building a chapel, and Mr. Lewis was ordained pastor. Here he laboured for many years. The cause of his death was paralysis, and he was 60 years of .age. ORDINATION OF A PONTYPOOL MINISTER. The Rev. Lewis George, a native of Pontv. pool, has been ordained pastor of Mynydd Seion Baptist Chapel, Frostburg, Maryland. For some time before leaving this country for America in 1893 Mr. George with his parents lived at Ton Pentre. He came bask fro Wales in 1901, and married Miss Eliaabetn Jones, Penydarren, returning to the States soon after. MERTHYR MAN KILLED. A fatal accident befel Mr. William Rees in Parsons, Pa. He had arrived in the States from Merthyr only eighteen months before, while it was only last May that his wife followed him thither. He was a plumber, but failing to obtain employment as such, he worked in a coal mine, where he was fatally injured.

HONG KONG. INTERESTING RE-UNION OF WELSHMEN. Welshmen resident in Hong Kong cele- brated St. David's Day by holding a dinner at ^he Hong Kong Hotel. The function was organised by Mr. B. James, B.A., who is a native of Llangadock, Carmarthenshire, and was educated at Llandovery College and Merton College, Oxford. Lieutenant-Colonel Price, D.S.O., presided at the dinner, and the vice-chair was occupied by Mr. A. J. Williams. The company "sported" pretty silver badges, with the leek, while the menu card (printed in Welsh) was in itself a woes of art. The Rev. D. P. Richards (chaplain of the Andromeda) was unable to be present owing to the cruiser's detention in Mirs Bay, but he addressed to the gathering some excel- lent congratulatory stanzas, which were read by Mr. G. T. Lloyd. Among those present were Lieutenant- Colonel Price, Messrs. A. J. Williams, B James, W. H. Williams, R. D. Thomas, E. C. Wilks, Robert H. Spearman, H. P. Gar- wood, W. T. Edwards, H. Williams, 3. H Sutton, C. B. Thomas, J. Owen Hughes, G. T.. Lloyd, and others. The toast of the evening, The Land of my Fathers," was given by the chairman, am responded to in English by Mr. Owen Hughes and in Welsh by Mr. George T. Lloyd. The Welsh national anthem was sung by Mr. Lloyd. The Chairman" wigs entrusted to Mr Lloyd, and in the course of the remarks made he emphasised the need of forming a Welsh Society in the Colony, and this was heartily approved of. The organiser, Mr. B. James, was also toasted by Captain Thomas, and his work in connection with the initial effort of the Welshmen acknowledged. A congratulatory telegram was read from Mr. Tom Griffiths, of Canton, and a letter from a lady visitor who claimed Wales as her homeland, although she now resides in America..

REMARKABLE VALUE IN CYCLES. Nowadays everyone quotes that old saw • "The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating." Nobody will dispute its equal efficacy when adapted to the riding of a cycle. Ride a machine for a few days miming, and you soon know its points, good or bad. Obviously, a firm who asks you to do that before your purchase becomes binding must build on the solid foundation of quality. When in addi- tion, that firm offers cycles of all grades at about one third less than the prices of other makers, delivered free wherever you live, and accompanied by a warranty for from two to six years, you commence to wonder how a.nd where such remarkable terms can be obtained. Briefly these are some of the good points of a particularly good Catalogue, No 75b, now being sent to all for the asking by the Mead Cycle Co., of Liverpool. No douot the firm and its cycles are already known to most of our readers. But, be that as it may, all interested in cycling should poesess a oopy of that catalogue. It teems with infor- mation apart from that wluch is useful to purchasers. To hear of warranted cycles from £4 or £5 up to £8 14s. 6d. for the very best procurable suggests the golden millen- nium. Yet these are roughly the figures on which the Mead Company are doing busi- ness this season, and, if the voices of the prophets are to be relied upon, it would be wise to invest in a few Mead maehine6 before prices go up again, as those prophets predict they will. » w1020

DARING YOUNG THIEF. HOW HE STOLE £10 GATE MONEY AT PONTYPRIDD. A diminutive little fellow named David Thomas, seven years of age, appeared at Pontypridd on Wednesday, charged with stealing .£10, gate" moneys taken at the Pontypridd Sports on Tuesday. The evidence was that Samuel Lewis, the man at the turnstile, had placed the money, which was all silver, in bag, and whilst he was turning his back, the boy decamped with the bag. Another l.ad, who saw the defendant, gave information to Police-con- stable King. Whan the l»wer ran after him he (defendant) dropped tne bag, ajid several coins rolled along the road. Thomas now said that, he had been incited to take the money by another boy. But when I had it," he tearfully added, "he would not take it." The Stipendiary sa.Id be believed Thomas had planned the affair himself, and that he was a naughty boy. Defendant would receive three strokes of the birch-rod. -===

TYPHOID ON CARDIFF SHIP. ENGINEER AND BOATSWAIN DIE: TWO OTHERS IN HOSPITAL. f With regard to* the outbreak of typhoid fever on the Cardiff steamer Chulmleigh, on a voyage from Bahia bL3,nca to Shields it appears that the second engineer, Mr. s. A. Sharpe, who was one of the victims, resided a,t 68, Lisvane-strect, Cardiff. Everything went well during the voyage. After the vessel arrived- at Bahia Blanoa. Sharpe was apparently, in his usual health until the 7th of February, when he complained of being ill. He received every attention, and was seen by a doctor, but got worse on the fol- lowing day, and had to be removed to the hospital. Notwithstanding every care, he died eleven days after. Boatswain Hepburn,, who was not removed to the hospital, died two days aiterwards. He resided in Maria-street, Cardiff. Three days before sailing two further cases of sickness occurred. The steward, j. Molloy, lodging in Cardiff, a.nd a. sea-matn also lodging in Cardiff, were removed to hos-' pital before the steamer sailed for the Troe. The remainder are all well.

CAPTAIN AND HIS WIFE. At Cardiff Police-court on Wednesday Mrs. Mary Louise Isdiale summoned her husband Alfred G. Isdale, master of the steajmahip Netherfield (Cardiff) for desertion. Mr. Harold IJloyd was for the complainant; )Lr. Lean (Messrs. Moxon a.nd Lean) defended. Mr. Lean applied for an adjournment, 88 the summons was served only on Saturday, and on Monday the captain left on his shi-P for Monte Video. Mr. Lloyd said he realised tbe husband had had only a short notice, but he (Mr. Lloyd) wished it to be noted that be did not acoept the amount of £1 a week offered for main- tenance as binding upon him. After discussion, in the course of whioh ft was stated the wife had private means, the case was adjourned sine die. I Mr. Harold Lloyd applied for the oase to be entered in the list after the ship's return, and this application was granted.

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WEEK BY WEEK. LIGHTER SIDE OF CURRENT EVENTS Of Welsh towns Aberystwyth leads easily in Unguad intemperance. Eight of the Welsh members are Oal- vimstic Methodists. Another Parliamentary group. It is not an unusual thing for some farmers in rural Cardiganshire to possess as many as 4,000, 5,000, and even 6,000 sheep j each. There is scarcely any crime in Cardigan- shire; there is moa-e in Monmouthshire thja*n | any other county in either Wales or England. There is a Welsh look about the names of the three Cornishmen occupying the three furthest hotels on Land's End, to wit, D. James, W. Thomas, and —. Trewhella. And a street in Penzanoe, Trewithen-road, has quite a Montgomeryshire air. The existing monuments at Carmarthen are being reburnished in readiness for Major- general Mackinnon's visit to the town on the 27th inst., when he will unveil a memo- rial in the Guildhall-square to the local heroes who fell in South Africa. Mr. John Anwyl, of Chester (father of Pro- lessor Anwyl), has taken up his residence at Pontypridd with his youngest son (the Rev. J. Bodfan Anwyl), who for the piast eighteen months has been superintendent to the Gla- morgan Mission to the Deaf and Dumb. Mr. Assheton Smith, the squire of Vaynol, has made an important concession, to his farming tenants. In future they will be allowed to kill the rabbits on their land, all the usual restrictions imposed by land- lords having been removed. There are two Swanseas. One is, of oourse, the great port on the_ Bristol Channel, and the other is a village in Bristol County in Massachusetts. In was here that on June 24, 1675, the Indians murdered several settlers -an incident which was the immediate oause of King Philip's war. There is a large number of Welshmen in the medical profession in London. They hold an annual dinner by way of reunion. This year s dinner is to take place on the 23rd of the present month, when Dr. Frederick Roberts, University College Hospital, will preside. Another push forward has been given to tile Millenium. At Punchæton. iu Pembroke- shire, on Good Friday night a lecture on Yr Ochr Oleu" ("The Bright Side") was w ky a Congregational minister at a Jlet/hodiet chapel, with a Baptist minister in the chair. Mr. Morgan H. Phillips, of Jesus College, Oxford, was placed in the first-lass of the classical honour moderation list at p 1 week- He is a son of the Rector 01 Radyr, was educated at Christ College, Brecon, and is Powis and Coplestone exhi- ^1- well as a scholar of Jesus J,,1S>rrif Jones- of Bangor, has published his letter in a North Wales paper The Ddeimol" in pamphlet form. PfnrHH Tvf°r ,stot,t]y maintains that •<Ffo £ K is correct than whfwlrJ?6111101- He forseiB explain D?wi. Ty Mewi Capel moved to^' ^s^elt would have been IU I? ,^rntlOD 01 the strenuous life of one of the hill clergymen on Easter Day to tok^Uf?,n deaPth of curates» be had to take four oelebrations of the Holy Com- munion in the three churches in his parish a^o two eervioes and sermons in the^S noou and evening, and incidentally to walk the two miles between each of the churches The old Newport Prison, in Mill-street which was taken down when the Great llno to South Wales was con- structed, was called the Clock House TC was no clock on it, but the old^JS Prison, which preceded this Clock House had a clock, and was usually called the CW-k th<> Dame Was giveu to ^wer West Wales people seem delighted at the a r«&ular motor-car service Drl^S 11 +distfiot- service will Practically restore the old coach service e introduction of rail- exception, of oourse, that the ^}^>r"?ars wlU be four times as fast. Many r0a<Lqi,de BO doubt, A gOSBipy writer in a London paper refers to Sir WUham Thomas Lewis £ pont Morgan of Wales," and adds- ;J o ^coal'eettinfi3' the greatest authority dom^C ID THE ?NITED KING- vveisn Labour members resnect again«ffthli^J11TTth^ag:h 16 frayed in war ABdinsc tlxem. He is emphatically and r,^ Sy^aofy1A0Capitalist fiehting for the em- moiW the toiler ^d the moiler. But there is a stram of justice in feir Williams bearing which comes out a.* the meetings of the Conciliation Board it ^"Ittend °?t'' f°r Sir William does not attend the meetings of the board now judi new «ounty-courr •' rSL Glamorgan, is described by the n £ £ w o/ aD+ addition to «!e «2u Eed t-r, ™ al?XmAy"°?art J*udses who have ter j JL £ W6 they adminie- ands' K% A<iTdTQ' fC-' Jadsc Bowen Kow- and iif;V ndg6 Artimr O'Owmor, K.C., Dan ts ,r%f are only other occu- SS 5. ?h ooanty-COart bench who have Add ^n of CommOD8- Though Judge tho^fo+ 19 only °ne of these ex-M.P '3 IS Z tbG Unioni8t ^de of the House Lord ^^y-eourt judges during sack 8 !°ng tenure of the Wooi- that" ,Bryn Roberts has one advantage in a trih ,p^OTe o £ service to him T, a tribunal in. which the business of admacy ia largely in the hands of solicitors Apparently, in the opinion of a North VValian the nationalism of Wales outrht be sectional rather than racial The qh#s cus^d by the Dolgelly Guardians, and auitt man ww? a^reem«Tlfc «u the point that a fsr„ he that an Ej2 dialect would be to them as d<mWe iw f It is rather re-ossurimj that M> > -^tch. «»Iy m»ed under the ,e snould bt •^TJSTS^ JTS&SP-H what are they, anyhow ? It has been stated Mx. ta wiu from the ]louse of d'eP.ri" the Parliamentary (,am_ mittee of one of finest is the oaae," admits tbe M., ter "DiBPPtch," "but many able players remain, including Mr. Reginald M'fc the wimner in the first year of Law's Challenge Cup-whosT facial understudy to the OhanSlfer of the Exchequer wiU prevent him fr^m Xvl Ung much time to his favourite hobby I T W. W. Rutherford, Mr. C. E Shaw xr BrynmOr Jones, Mr. for whieh Mr WaSr nff yeare Of the smoking-rooms at St. Stephen's." Having refuged to apply for the Post of S?1(Ti™yn to the loca.l workhouse unles¡; o salary offered were increased, the Bangor doctors have secured an advance from £ 50 to £ 70. It is not too liberal reward for a man who has laboured Ion? and at a heavy outlay to qualify Evening Standard," however, nof^ that the men of Bangor are to havf m than twice the sum which was na?J greatest of their profession. Whiu win- Hervey was patiently working out his as to the circulation of the b W V* ry Physician to St. Barthoiomew's wlw>,itaf The terms of his agreement bade him !i ■o»e day i„ tbo week ,t le £ ? the'yea™, or oftener as need shall^rSKyer" And there were no perquisites. He was to give the poor the oenefit of hi3 k now led J"?fcribe anJy su°k medicines as should doo the good," without regard to tho apothecary; to take no reward from tha patients, and to render account for anv ligence on his part. For all this £ 33 6s an' was the remuneration, and no residence' There are, apparently, nearly as maiTlv poets aa barristers on the SouCh Wales c £ r ouit The customary fee for barristerial quarter sessions is £1 3s. 6d., known in the profession as one three six. One of thl junior Bar, who appeared in a none too savoury ca^e, and had been delayed in Car- caff for three days in waiting for the trumpery case, was pacing up and down the robing-room in a fine frenzy, when the prose- cuting solicitor looked in. "What's up?" inquired the solicitor. "Waiting for your fee?" "Aye, the fee!" exclaimed the barrister, and, raising his arm aloft and fixing the solicitor with glittering eyes, he said, with great dramatic force:— As pants the hart for cooling streams When heated in the chase, 80 longs my soul for one three six For this disgusting ease. As readers of this column know, the prose- cuting solicitor (Mr. Sydney Jenkins) has himself a pretty turn for rhyme, and, though there is no doubt that he replied with customary epigrammatic verse, it was lost in the sudden blaring of the judges' trumpeters.

MISSING RELATIVES. This column is open for genuine oases of Missing Relatives only, but not for runaway husbands and wives. Persons inquiring must write very distinctly, and express themselves clearly in giving par* ticulars, and must state relationship. The full name and aoddress of inquirers must be given for publication in each instance Foreign aaid Colonial papers are requested to copy.

BELL (Emma), actress, professional name Madame Avon," left London about 1882, last heard of South Africa, October, 1899. Inquirer, brother, Charles Bell, 78, Fetter- lane, London, E.G. CLARKE.-Miss Alice Clarke, Poste Restante, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, seeks rela- tions, she was born Shrewsbury, 1877, father (a drainer) was reported dead 1887, mother's maiden name was Annie George. GAPE.—Inquiry is made for John Gape, lata of Ystaiyfera, 53 years of age. He will hear something to his advantage on com- municating with Mr. William Lewis, 49. Lawn-street, Pittsburg, Pa. GOODWIN (William John), married Henriette Constance Stace, last heard of Upper Harrington-street, Sydney, New South Wales, 1892. Inquirer, sister, Mrs. Coo- stance Brookes, The Lamb Inn, High- bridge, Somerset. HEALY (Mrs. formerly Simmons), went to Essendon, Melbourne, 1876, last heard of Abbotford Hotel, Wotham, Victoria. In- quirer, niece, J. Dart., now 'Mrs. Crutch-ley, 98, Earle-street, Crewe, Cheshire. I MATTHEWS (John), of Liverpool, supposed in South America. Inquirer, brother, Theophilus Matthews, 16, Coronation street, Wallsend, England. REED (John Francis), last heard of Sydney, Australia, 1888. Inquirer, niece, Edith Mary, now lira J. Brammall, 11, Station view, Chester. ROWLAND (Beatie), left Plymouth, Marcil 28, 1906, last heard of Exeter. Inquirer. brother, William Rowland, 205, Beaumont- __troad, Plymouth. Return; all forgiven. THOMPSON (William), had coffee tavern ia London before going to New Zealand, 1862. Inquirer, nephew, William Thomp" son, 108, Water barn-street, Burnley. Lanes. TAYLOR (Stephen), went \0 Dungog, New South Wales, 1856-57, supposed farmer and cattle dealer there. Inquirer, nephew. Frederick Gorham, 5, Arragon-road, East* Ham, Essex. WEST (Albert Edward), fishmonger, 29, left Bromley, Kent, June, 1905, last heard of Bradford, February 22, 1906. Inquirers, eons, Bertie and Laurie West, 5, Sheaf- street, Poulton-le-Fylde. Come or write at once. Sam dangerously ilL All for- given. WILLIAMS (John), last heard of Clifton-road, near Manchester. Inquirer, nephew, Charles Smith, 1, Plough-terrace, Aston, near Queen's Ferry, J: tintahire. Advaa- tageous news.

CATHAYS ELECTION. A LIVELY MEETING: MR. CIIAPPELL HECKLED. A largely-attended meeting was held at the Orwys-road Council Sohool on Wednesday in Bupport of Mr. William Williams, who was billed as the only recognised Labour can- dWate" for the municipal vacancy in Cathays Ward. Mr. Williams is the district delegate of the carpenters and joiners, and one of three aspirants for election. Mr. Joseph Parry presided, and he was supported by the candidate and Councillors W. B. Grossman and J. Qhappell. The Chairman said the Labour party were in the field first, and the three-cornered difficulty which had arisen in the ward oould not be fathered upon them- Mr. William Williams, the candidate, was well received. He said that in Labour matters Mr. William Jenkins, the Liberal candidate, had gone over to the employers' platform. Personally, he was am advocate of the munioipalisatkm of all work. The slums of Cardiff ought to be pulled down. Councillor Ohappell spoke amid a. deal of interruption around the door, where a large number of the supporters of the Liberal candidate stood. Would you be on the, council if it had not been for the LiberaJa of Cathays?" was asked of the speaker, who retorted, "If you have British phick a.t.aJJ. you will listen to my argument." Councillor Ohappell said that the w&gm bill of the corporation had been reduced by JE600 in one department. This meant that a number of labourers who earned about 4 a week had to be discharged. In reply to an interrupter, Councillor Ohappell said: If yon come here for ten minutes I will soon settle you. A Voice: You have had a 10;. OIl practics now. Councillor Ohappell: If I had such a heavy moustache M you I should be a lot better. (Laughter.) Wh.a,t I want to impress upon you ——— A Voice: If you can, old chap. CLaugh-ter.) Councillor Ohappell: Oh, yes; and I will succeed where the head is not too thick, you know. (Laughter.) It is only here and there that the seed falls upon good ground, but it it falls upon a. rock it faileth. (Hear, hear.) A Voice: Well, that is what you are going to do, Jack. (Laughter.) Councillor Chappell fwarmly): If this ia the treatment we are going to get from you Liberals, we, as a Labour party, shall fight seat after seat. (Applause.) The Labour party had brought Mr. Williams out four days before Mr. Jenkins was adopted. A Voice: Yes; you brought him out before our late member was buried. This remark gave rise to great interrup- tion, and Councillor Grossman had to appeal for order.

STABBED TO THE HEART. SHOCKING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY AT PRESTON, A shocking domestic tragedy occurred on Wednesday morning at Church-street, Pres- ton, where a butcher, named Albert Dew- hurst, was stabbed to the heart by his wife, Dewhurst left home at 7.15, but on return- ing for something was met by Mrs. Dewhurst, who carried a knife in each hand. It is reported that she rushed towards him, and without any warning stabbed him in the region of the heart, inflicting a small wound, whioh, bleeding internally, proved fatal five minutes later. Another account says that Mrs. Dewhurst made a frenzied attack upon her husband, and stabbed him in the upper part of the heart, and again through the heart. The onslaught was made as the man was leaving the house for the market. He gave one cry for help, then threw up his arms and fell dead. The neighbours also raised cries for help, and Police-constable Jonea hurried to the spot. The unfortunate woman in her homicidal mania ran upstairs and barricauci herself in her bedroom. The constable quickly burst open the door and seized her il suo «vas about to stab her little girl. her hand, in which was a butcher's knife, being .ruissd for that purpose. The constable cried for more assif^ance, and with help succeeded in getting tw43 butchers' knives from the womaa>. She was then conveyed to the police, station, her faoe twitching convulsively and with every appearance of insanity manir f ested. Mrs. Dewhurst was brought before the magistrwtes in the afternoon charged with the wilful murder of her husband. r: th4' opening statement of Mr. Black'aurut. the prosecuting solicitor, it appeared that tha prisoner stabbed her husband both in the chest and bowels. Deceased was seen to fall by an assistant. Prisoner, on being arrested, exclaimed, "He's not dead, is he?" Prisoner while in the dock looked very wild, threw up her arms, and moanod piteously, and at one time collapsed, and had to be carried out of court. She appeared, in fact, to be perfectly demented. A remand until next Tuesday was granted.

AN EDINBURGH SENSATIOfif CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT FOUND DEAD IN HIS OFFICE. Considerable sensation was cansod in Edinburgh professional circles on Tuesday afternoon by the announcement that a well- known chartered accountant, Mr. E. 14. Muirhead, 53, George-street, had been found, dead in his office, and that both poison aad a knife had been discovered. The deoeeteed had an extensive business throughout Scotland.

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WELSH HOLIDAY COURSE. This year the fourth annuaT Welsh Holiday Course will be held under the auspices of the Welsh Language Society at Rhyl. These "courses" have hitherto been a decided success, that conducted at Cardiff last year being the most success- ful of the series. The object in view is to provide teachers in secondary and primary schools, as well as other students, with a knowledge of the construction, grammar, and literature of the Welsh language, and also to suggest methods of teaching Welsh suitable for such schools. Some of the best men engaged in educa- tional work in Wales volunteer their ser- vices in connection with the courses, and the value of their work is recognised on all hands. This fact alone should prove an inducement to teachers and others whose knowledge of Welsh is limited to join the course. Those who have done so in the past have received great benefit, and readily admit the utility of the scheme. The movement as yet is only in its infancy, and there is no doubt that there is a great future before it The teaching of Welsh in day schools has come to stay, and teachers capable of conducting Welsh classes will be in request more and more as time goes on. The education authority in Cardiff has realised this, and have provided means of instruction for those teachers who wish to become acquainted with Welsh. Attendance at such classes is perfectly voluntary, but teachers in time will dis- cover that a knowledge of Welsh will be useful, and that it will have a commercial value in Cardiff and in other parts of Wales. Under most educational authori- ties no provision is made to meet the needs of teachers with regard to Welsh, and they will, therefore, all the more appreciate the efforts which the Welsh Language Society is making in their behalf in connection with the Welsh annual courses. With the pro- moters of the Welsh Holiday Course, we may say that it is but reasonable, on educational grounds, that in the spools of Waies the national language should have a recognised place, and that our teachers should receive the necessary training to enable them to pope effec- tively with the demands in this respect of educational authorities, and to bring out the best that is in the children under their charge. It should be understood, however, that the holiday course is not intended exclusively for teachers. Other students of the Welsh language may attend, and young men and young women engaged in the various walks of life during the year might so arrange as to get their holiday during the first two weeks in August, so as to be able to attend. Bank clerks and young men preparing for law and medi- cine or a commercial career may find a knowledge of Welsh useful in time to come. Those who are blind to facts seem to be unable to realise that Welsh seem to be unable to realise that Welsh already brings many advantages. Most Nonconformist ministers and clergymen in Wales are obliged to have a know- ledge of the language. It is a qualifica- tion for most public offices in Wales, its usefulness in many commercial posi- tions is recognised, and for hun- dreds of teachers it may be said to be a sine qua non. it is unne- cessary to point out that it is the key to an ancient and valuable literature and a decided help in the acquisition of other languages.

AN F/VENT OF MOMENT. RESIGNATION OF A WELL-KNOWN GERMAN BARON. Baron Yon Holstein, Privy Councillor to the German Foreign Office, who was lately granted indefinite leave of absence, has resigned, a.nd his resignation has J been accepted by Herr Von 'j-aohearsohky, Secre- tary of State for Foreign AiTa-ira. by the Emperor's direction. Baron Holetein's influence upon the foreign affaire of Germany has been very treat. and his resignation is regarded as an event of 1 ■wwi Bfurtwr.

LONDON LETTER. I A COLUMN OF INTEREST TO 1 ALL OUR READERS LONDON, Thursday. j It is no use King Alfonso protesting that he has come over here on a court- ing expedition and is not to be recog- nised under any circumstances. He has done and is doing his sweethearting in so frankly, manly, loyally, boyishly eager a manner that he has won, not only the heart of the Princess, but of the entire British people. Everything about this real love-match is charmingly uncon- ventional. With impetuous devotion, he has burst asunder the bonds of etiquette that for centuries have held the Royal Family of Spain in a chilling grip. He speaks of the Princess as that "dear girl," "the nicest girl in all the world," and so on, and proudly exults in the certainty that he is giving to Spain one of the very best of Queens. To be so I I.ved is worth living for, and so the Princess Ena, with her august mother and her two brothers, went off in a launch to meet the King when his yacht arrived at Cowes. This to the great delight of the King. He had been so eager to meet her that within ten minutes of touching the jetty he was ashore with his Royal hostess and his fiancee. For the next three weeks of unalloyed happiness the King and Princess must be left to do their billing and cooing, but we will have an oppor- tunity of seeing the King when he comes up to London to satisfy himself that it does not rain here for ever, as it did* every day when he visited us in State last year. KING EDWARD AND THE WEDDING. It is hoped the Prince and Princess of Wales will have returned before the King goes back to Spain. They are personally interested in the wedding, as they will attend it on behalf of England. The King is not going because it has been decided that the different Royal Houses of Europe should be represented by Heirs-Apparent, while Republics will send special Embassies. The King, who thinks highly of the Royal bridegroom, would have given his Kingly assent joyously had it been necessary. We may be sure he has given it unofficially, and has every good wish for the young couple. LADY CAHPBELL-BANNEBMAN. The Prime Minister is down at Dover engaged in his usual holiday occupation of watching the arrival and departure of steamers. His pleasure is somewhat marred by the daily incursion of official messengers from Downing-street. He is also in renewed anxiety about the health of Lady Campbell-Bannerman, who is again ill, and is not likely to be able to do much more entertaining during the present session. THE POST OFFICE AND THE TREASURY. An announcement that an Under- Secretary to the Post Office is to be appointed is certainly incorrect in the form in which it appears. There can be no Under-Secretary for the Post Office because there is no Secretary. If the Postmaster-General had a subordinate Minister allotted to him, he would be Parliamentary Secretary to the Post Office, not Under-Secretary. The crea- tion of a new Minister under these con ditions can only be devised to provide a salary for some faithful hanger-on of the Government. The Postmaster-General is. or ought to be, competent to attend to all the business of the department. The business itself is ma^i^od by the Permanent Secretary, thi; finances are looked after by the Treasury, and the Postmaster-General's principal work is to answer questions in Parliament, though if he be a man of initiative, business capa- city, and strong will he may be able to suggest reforms. If the appointment of a subordinate Minister is part of a scheme to make the Post Offioe more independent, there will be trouble Hitherto the Treasury has kept a firm control over the Post Office, and the Secretary to the Treasury has always represented the Post Office in the Com- mons when the Postmaster-General has been in the Lords. I cannot but think that if the Post Office is going to assert itself and precipitate a oonflict by claim- ing responsible local self-government, it will not succeed against the Treasury. SIR CHARLES TENNANT. I regret to hear that Sir Charles Tennant, who is now abroad, is very seriously ill. Dr. Lawrence, the cele- brated London consultant was cabled for, and I understand that his report has caused grave anxiety to Sir Charles's relatives and friends. Sir Charles Tennant is in his eighty-fourth year, and is the father-in-law of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer. His son, Mr. H. J. Tennant, is a well-known Liberal member of Parliament. Sir Charles is one of the best commercial men in this country, and has accumulated an enormous fortune. He is one of thf principal shareholders in the most successful gold mine in the world, which pays dividends at the rate of 300 per cent. Sir Charles is a well-known golfer and only quite recently he could be seep plaving with wonderful vigour for a man of his age. THE LATE SIR RICHARD GARNETT. No man has impressed so much of his influence upon the British Museum Library as Sir Richard Garnett, who ha." just died, in his seventy-first year. He had worked in the library, man and boy. for forty-eight years, and held the highest position, that of keeper oi printed books. He may be said to have been born into it, for his father was an official of the library before him. Sit Richard was a man of unflagging indus try as suggested in his statement to an inquirer that his only recreation w,a. sleep and change of occupation. Thus, despite the absorbing cares of his higj position he became himself a consider- able writer, and increased the library by no fewer than sixty of his own works The library, which commenced with thf fifty thousand volumes given by Sir Han* Sloane a hundred and fifty years ago. now comprises over two million volumes, and is the most important library in th< world. It has attained its preseni enormous dimensions owing to the lav which enacts that a copy of every book pamphlet, newspaper, piece of music, o' other printed matter published any where in British territory shall be sent to the museum free of all charges. Under this enactment the stock of books i.s increasing daily to such an extent that. although the museum is now entirely devoted to the reception of printed matter, more space will soon be required. Some relief may be found by relegating newspapers and pamphlets to a separate establishment, but this will be only a temporary expedient. ST. PAUL'S CHOIR-BOYS. The clergy, who have been the most overworked men in London for a week past, are resting from their labours. The rush of communicants at Eastei is now so great that even churches with no pretension to advanced" practices have to commence their Com- munion services quite early in the. morn- ing. The steady development in favour of Gounod's music for Communion services has continued. Not so com- mendable a. feature is the mad rush of choirmasters after ''Hail, Festal Day," as the processional hymn for Easter. The words are fitting, but it always seems to me that the dirge-like tune is singularly inappropriate to the joy-note of Easter. As a set-off, however, there has been a revival of Handel. Excerpts from the "Messiah" have taken the place of the anthem in several churches, and the glorious strains of the "Hallelujah Chorus" have been heard in many. A notable incident was the vast crowd which went to hear the Bishop of London at St. Paul's, or which tried to hear him for many could not get in. St. Paul's] by the way, had its festival efforts crippled by an epidemic among the singing boys. There are thirty boys in St. Paul's choir, and influenza has, it is stated, affected nearly all of them. stated, aff-ected nearly all of them.

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ROYAL SYMPATHY. UPSET PEASANTS HELPED BY KING AND QUEEN. King Edward and Princess Victoria remained aboard the Royal yacht at Corfu on Saturday, while King George, Queen Alex- andra, and the Prince and Princeee of WaJee, accompanied by the ladies of honour, drove to Potamoe. While returning their Majesties were photo- graphing the fleet from their carriage when two carts, proceeding in opposite directions, at 30 yards distance from the place where the King and Queen were standing, collided. One was loaded with oil and leather bags, while the other was crowded with peasants returning from the villages, where they had been laying in provisions for Easter Day. The collision overturned the cart in which the peasants were seated into a hole. The members of the Royal party imme- diately ran forward to help the men. Two English naval officers happened to be passing on bicycles, and at the request of the Queen they hastened to assist the peasants. King George first liberated the horse, and others assisted the peasants in stepping out of the pit. The man who was driving the cart had his leg broken, and one of the peasants had a fractured shoulder-blade. Their injuries were attended to ae well as possible on the epot. The countrymen were loud in their expres- sions of gratitude, and tried to kiss the feet of King George and Queen Alexandra. KING EDWARD CHARMED. At King Edward's request, M. Metaxas, the Prefect, M. Cobas (mayor), and M. Blakeney (British Consul) went on ooard the Royal yacht on Sunday, and were in turn pre- sented to his Majesty. On M. Metaxaa the King conferred the honour of Knight Com- mander of the Royal Victoriain Order, refer- ring in appreciative terms to the splendid reception accorded him by the people of Corfu and the good order maintained. The island, his Majesty thought, was one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen. The Royal yacht sailed in the evening. KING GEORGE LEAVES CORFU. King George of Greece and his suite, accom- panied by Sir Francis Elliot, British Minister to Greece, left Corfu for Athens. Before leaving King George presented a pair of sleeve links bearing the Royal monogram surmounted by a crown to the Superin- tendent of the PaLaces. MAGNIFICENT WELCOME BY ROYALTY AND POPULACE. Kink Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived in Athens on Tuesday in splendid weather The streets both of the Piraeus and Athens through which the Royal cortege passed were beautifully decorated with flowers and flags, and were thronged with immense crowds, wane the balconies and windows were also filled with spectators. It was half-past three when the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, followed by the cruiser Renown and three English battleships, entered the harbour. The Greek Royal Family at once went on board, and after a quarter of an hour a steam launch brought the RoyaJ party, both hosts and guests, to the landing-place, where the cadets of the military school formed a. guard of honour. At the Palace the Royal party appeared on the balcony, and 40,000 people assembled in the square beneath cheered them untiringly King Edward gaily acknowledged the accla- mations by raising his hat repeatedly. All local eocdetiee and organisations then paraded before the King with bands and banners. In the evening the city was illuminated. CHARLES HENRY ALEXANDER PAGET, sixth Marquess of Anglesey, has just come of age. He succeeded his oousin, the late marquees, in 1905.

A BODY EXHUMED. WILFUL MURDER" AGAINST A DOCTOR. A oorotner'a jury at Stretford, near Man- chester, on Tuesday returned a verdict of 'Wilful murder" against a doctor, named Charles John Holtom. in connection with the death of a. servant girl, named Naomi Plumb, from the effects of an illegal opera- .ion. The body of the girl was exhumed at the instigation of her father, and it was found from a post-mortem that she had died from a. mechanical operation. The girl had been living for a fortnight prior to hei death at the house of the accused, where it was alleged that she had been delivered of a. still-bom ohild. A charge against Mrs Louisa Mollison of oomplioity in the offence was withdrawn by the police. The Late Dr. RICHARD GARNETT, the account of whose death will be found on Page 5. I