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WORKMEN'S TOPiCS. I
I WORKMEN'S TOPiCS. The Vacancy In Mid-Glamorgan. THE COAL CRISIS. By MABON, M.P. *to^° are rigJlk and who are wrong ? Those us who go their way and fight their jjT~es independent of all others, and are con- ^^&Qtly giving no quarter and asking for j*vf » or those of us that have been in the 7*~™of considering the claims put forth by {*7b*8i endeavouring to consolidate the cJ^ts of other parties. In our turn giving j^idera,tion, and in our turn expecting reci- actions when the opportunity for so occurs, and all questions and considera- bly* that give a little trouble and some to a few Labour men in South Wales, as- kh°se who have the honour of them in Parliament—and for the ^^Wat moat of those affected incline to the that happy are those that expect for when the time to receive arrives jT will not be disappointed." in my opinion, is much the position grj* the Executive Committee of the Wales Miners' Federation And them- at the present moment with regard to wj* past action respecting the vacancy in jj. lamor!»m. The Executire Committee ^ears since formed a policy that they ,^?*>Ugfa.ly adhered to, though not without oc- j/jj*onal strong opposition from some of the men within itself, as well as from the class of men within the Federation ranks, 4t Policy being that they earmarked 10 seats j&erT1 the area of the Federation, the sitting j JJrj&wers, so long as they were willing to carry •>Ci general programme of the Federation t^T^to be allowed to hold those seats uncon- "y them. But as soon as either of those members vacated their seats the Federa- Would support its nominee and contest the gainst all comers. consequence of this policy all the sitting in the seats so earmarked, though j ^i^xeneral Elections, as well as all the bye- occasioned by the promotions ac- tvif* by several of the members were allowed tjj..4*" 88 the Federation was concerned, to hold seats uncontested. And, strange to say, attd0nSec^uence ^be many upward moves Preferments made in the case of Sir tiel Evans, this toleration was exercised a than• dumber of times in Mid-Glamorgan Jn any other constituency within the Poli6r n area" Each time the Federation the not contesting the seat was exercised, jj^cutive Committee was generally corn- ed i? r ac^i°n by Liberals in general jv^y those of Mid-Glamorgan in particular. thSi nc!w seat having been vacated by 5Sv*}r^T*CHls. sitting member, Sir Samuel the situation is being changed for the fctituA me" official Liberals of the con- cl«;rfJ; distinctly refuse to recognise the t 8 of the Federation, and are reciprocat- ~je Federation's action by searching up Ca,n j ^be country for a suitable Liberal filled—each and all re- Jij- j ° be invitation to stand once they are ,=-de acquainted with the position of the fc^7 rs Federation and its claims upon the •ction«f+K1Uwlt "R°n the Past policy and 'Strrr^r i ?xecTI^ve committee, they have 'nduced one of their own members, 5^ or 10 years That, history of the matter up to I the waL- bm commezmad, and a timor- tWT among the Liberal friends—those of that are afraid of all that is progressive Liberalism—have had their first ^hp-Sement in the Pontycymmer citadel. Labour candidate, and those that nomin- him and are supporting his candidature, described as *'a rampant Socialist," t0J^ted on the constituency," with the thVance a dozen miners' agents," Party organisation has been with studious IjQji^e utterly ignored by the Labour • an-d ultimately an appeal was made c" proves to the hilt the contention that ^Position to the Labour candidate is %ll v^byfearof progressive Liberalism) to U fes0 Serais, Labour, and Conservatives to ent this arrogance at the polls." This, CoQjjOming as it does from a leading Non- a. leading councillor, and a vebe- ^con^6hgionist,independent of its being grossly is one of the most ungrateful and ij^serous examples to set to a body of working fcver ^.the beginning of a political contest that Vter come across. What hope is there of a peacefully contested election in jj.amorgan ? a wonderful meeting altogether. The W. Saunders, who followed the alder- ^nsion, must have found himself P>«e 'n tbat atmosphere. He is not in the know as to things, ^^rS/^se he would not have spoken of Mabon, Tom Richards as be did. If he .he could not have failed to know also being three of the chief officials of itfl ^oth Wales Miners' Federation and ^jn^Jecutive Committee, were surely among the Labour Lords." I would end that kind reverend friend to keep *evt this affray altogether. He and other ^g^T^fenien in the constituency will have to be thankful for if 4n consequence *iderman's speech, a number of the tlle coastitoency will not be found, among themselves, as they were in constituency under similar circum- Neither can I now see a bit of ground J&K^^hich that pathetic and conjxnonsense 'iHSTvof the editor of the South Wales ■News can be rested upon. >«^the meeting was remarkable for its •ftT^easive admissions. Take the chairman, admission. He said that his idea of /^Wasthe old-fashioned labour which tbey Itkt^^ortcing under Sir S. T. Evans. Tt»^. .• doubtless, that Labour to the end content to be represented in Parlia- ■Nb-ijihf f legal men. That may have been ftalL a Kentleman of die doctor's position, evidently thinks that it is good enough tion for the labourer to be repre- %gg^by his employer, and Labour in the by capitaUsm v6 jw^^Wate himself told the meeting that ne^er taken an active part on the platfami until the last election (a Jj* a. months ago), when he presided for Evans and Sir Brynmor Jones. This What that pre-eminent progressive con- is now expected to put up with man are invited to vote for. No wonder ♦? Party organisations needed to call ci aid the energetic alderman to uphold and advocate the virtues of retro- incomprebensiWe to me that the in Mid-Glamorjfan, who are 1 to be somewhat in advance of the or- thJ*0 ca' that we should now m so much behind the times, as to I all ^gev of Socialism to frighten them less did I expect to find there was ?* •• advance guards of practical Social- ji, sons of the hills," the usual fighters usual foremost climbers on the toilsome sj^* which Democracy has to ascend from K^hei°v?k of Poverty-stricken thraldom to freedom, branding the Labour J^dlers, living on the back of Labour r°VeHi simPle The Labour party is not a Socialist party in its character nor ^{^tical profession. Doubtless the feel- Ws that so long as the land and industrial iv^ofai*e Priv £ rtely owned and controlled, .the the people are bound to be in one ,?r another through circumstances they have no effective Whether we like it or not. tk* fi i in every contest that we wage in ftltur, our opponents will see that jtil^ oge7 Socialism is kept well to the front. evolutionary Socialism, such honest Radical believes in, has no v!i°r ho?cs< people and the caricatures ,e misrepresentations of Socialism fail ig^111 their effect when a case of true Social- ly P^t before the people. Don't let us have j i_^(5rIri0rfl va'n beating of the air, M>a,Ve ls too often in the name of Socialism. n° claim to be an authority on Social- tk^ tlQth- t° be. But to my way of think- i^antk 'I1*? more truly Socialistic happens l £ >?hciie ^eeds of that exemplary Urban District 'j^bich the Government Inspector at, fc,Riv^ tbc other day found fault with for It e Co8 ^^o*8 S°°d character extra relief." :*|eip' alive journal, commenting upon tulon' soi(t that their heads were ^^eti ouSh their hearts were right." I Sr?" Old nil wonder what has gone wrong with I k Personal friends, most of them in ^te fITlorgarl—^ ik their/heads or their ^tth^i am certain that it is their heads, ^silv |r ^e:^rts. Head wounds, it is said, are ,^aled." V°t us hope that Mid-Glamor- form Miners' P^xecutive did so much t>0^v giv61* oc:c,as'ons f°5' that constituency, will cbanCp t Miners' Executive's nominee a ?f their P^ove whether or not he is worthy a 1,Con"c*ence- If he fails, then they will eason for reasserting themselves.
"DEAREST PAL." ..
"DEAREST PAL." BROTHER OFFICERS IN DIVORCE SUIT. HUSBAND'S DRAMATIC STORY. In the Divorce Court on Tuesday Capt. Eden In the Divorce Court on Tuesday Capt. Eden Francis Shewell, of the Royal Field Artillery, stationed at present in India, petitioned for a divorce, asserting the misconduct of his wife Frances with Major Lewis Maxwell Dunbar, of the 5th Dragoon Guards. Mr Le Bas (for the petitioner) said the mar- riage took place in September, 1903, at Stan- nington, Northumberland. There was one child. In January, 1906, Captain Shewell was sent to Bloemfontein, and there they made the acquaintance of Major Dunbar, who became an intimate friend. It was while the husband was on duty at a practice camp at Potchef- troom that it was alleged the misconduct took place. Evidence i^ the case had been taken on commission in South Africa. It had been agreed, counsel said, that the co-respondent should pay £ 1,500 as damages to the peti- tioned Counsel read the evidence of the petitioner, from which it appeared that while in Pretoria Captain Shewell had the offer of two appoint- ments, one for reconnaissance duty in Cape Colony, and the other a staff appointment in England. On mentioning it to his wife he was surprised that she should desire him to take the former appointment. That caused him to be suspicious, but he did not say anything to her then on the subject. A letter, however, arrived for her from Major Dunbar. He did not open the letter it had been shown, ta hhn since. The Major's Letter. Extracts from it were read by counsel as. follow :— Sanatorium, Kimberley, Sunday Morning. -My darling, darling little girlie, dearest, I\ meant to have written to you before, but once we arrived here they have kept us on the move. Sweetheart, how I wish my little girlie had .been with me. Dearest sweetheart, I have so missed you, darling mine. I cannot live in this world without my little pal. By Jove I don't intend to, either. So, dearest, you must be my little wife, and that jolly soon. Do you hear, my sweetheart, mine ? If not. I will whisper it. Darling mine, I love, I love you Dearest little pal! Dear heart, I do hope you have missed-me. It is horrid of me, little girl, but I do hope so now, dearest. With all my love and kisses Dear heart, may I give them when I get back ? Say yes, pussy, ever and ever yours till death." Captain Shewell stated that on the occasion of a garrison club ball he asked his wife to accompany him to supper. She said she was sorry, as she had promised to go with Tich (the co-respondent). When they reached home he told her that coming home after being away for months, and finding Dunbar writing to her, and she wearing costly presents, he didn't like the look of things. She then, he added, con- fessed her love for the major, and admitted misconduct. Subsequently she returned to England with the child, and the captain made her an allowance. After formal evidence of misconduct had been given, the jury assessed the damages at the agreed sum of jEl.500, and his Lordship granted the petitioner a decree nisi, with costs and custody of the child.
MR. ROOSEVELT'S RETURN.
MR. ROOSEVELT'S RETURN. The publicity and the blare of trumpets which signalised Mr Roosevelt's return to civilisa- tion bear eloquent testimony to the important place he occupies in the public estimation. Special correspondents met him on his voyage down the Nile from the scenes of his notable hunting exploits. His speeches commending the splendid work of British ouiposta of Em- pire in the Soudan were fully roported, Theo- dore Roosevelt, twice President of the United States, is a striking and strenuous personality. His early election as a member of the New York Legislature at 24 did not preclude feim j Theodore llooseweft. I from being able to organise and lead in person at 40 his famous Roughriders during the Spanish-American war in Cuba in 1897. On his return he became Governor of New York State and succeeded to the Presidency on the assaasination of President McKinley. A states- man of international fame, a keen hunter and sportsman, an able writer, a fearless ftghter and a hard hitter, Theodore Rbosevelt is al- most idolised in his own country, and has universally esteemed elsewhere.
PITTSBURG "GRAFT."
PITTSBURG "GRAFT." Pittsburg, Tuesday.—The first day's work of the grand jury in probing the confession of John F. Klein, recently convicted of bribery and sentenced to three yeara in a penitentiary, resulted in the indictment yesterday evening of 40 present, and former members of the Com- mon and Select Councils on acharge of bribery, while ten who had been previously indicted accepted the District Attorney's proposal to grant them immunity in return for their evi- dence against, the othermembers confessed, and were released, their sentences being suspended. Several present councilmen confessed and im- mediately tendered their resignations. The implicated persons consist of physicians, pro- perty owners, salmon keepers, tailora, market nxaa, and professional politicians. In the majority of cases the bribe accepted did not ezaceedr-a* -hundred dollars.—Router.
MOTOR-COACH CRASH.
MOTOR-COACH CRASH. Wild Mountain Descent. Lisbon, Tuesday.-A telegram to the" Diaric Noticias to-day reports that when an auto- mobile coach, containing 16 passengers, was. (jesoeaaSng a steep mountain road near San-, taago, Spain, yesterday, the brake gnapped, and the coach ran away at a terrific speed. After travelling a short distance the vehicles was overturned and completely wrecked by colfiding-with a huge boulder on the side of the road. Two of the passengers weookiIled out- right. and nine were injnred, fourofttaem. being in a critical condition.—Central Sfews.
CREATING TYPHOID.
CREATING TYPHOID. Paris, Tuesday.—According to the nests-, papers Professor Metchmkoff yesterday in- formed the Academy of Science that he had succeeded in developing in a chimpanzee a malady resembling the typhoid fever of human beings). Hitherto it has not been found possible to transmit typhoid to animals Central News.
COATS' MILL STRIKE ENDS.
COATS' MILL STRIKE ENDS. New York, Tuesday.—A telegram from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, announces that the strike at Messrs Coats' mills has ended and the mills will be reopened immediately. The strikers, who number about 2,500, and have been out for many weeks, will return to work at their former wages.—Central News.
ENGLISH GIRLS MOBBED.
ENGLISH GIRLS MOBBED. New York, Tuesday.—A telegram from Bogota states that the anti-American senti- ment continues to be displayed there, and finds expression in rioting. Two English girls, mis- taken for Americans, were yesterday mobbed and beaten.-Reuter.
AMERICA'S NAVAL PROGRAMME,
AMERICA'S NAVAL PROGRAMME, Washington, Tuesday.-The Naval Appro- priation Bill has been reported to the House of Representatives. It provides for the expendi- ture of 129 million dollars, and for the con- struction of twobattloahips, one repairing ship, two fleet cruisers, and five submarines.— Reuter.
AMERICAN TARIFF WAR.
AMERICAN TARIFF WAR. Washington, Monday.—The representatives in Congress of New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota—in fact, of practically all the States bordering on Canada—are being urged to do all in their power to prevent the imposition of the maximum tariff on Canadian products. The lumber dealers of Buffalo are especially in- sis teat.—Reuter.
--WELSH COUNTRY HOMES.
WELSH COUNTRY HOMES. *■ » XX III.-Pontypool Park. HISTORY OF A NOTABLE FAMILY. THE JAPAN WARE INDUSTRY. Art Treasures of the Mansion. Pontypool Park, the residence of Mr John Hanbury, bears, in relation to Pontypool, very much the position that Cyfarthfa Castle does I' to Merthyr Tydfil. Each is the .old residence of the family who was in the main responsible for setting the corner stone of the future indus- trial greatness of the respective towns but while at Merthyr the former residence of the Crawshays has passed into the hands of the i PONTYPOOL PARK. (" S.W.D.N." Photo.) municipality, the old home of the Hanburys remains in the possession of the family who founded the iron works there as far back as the days of Queen Bess. The Hanbury Family. The Hanbury family were seated for many generations in Worcestershire, but in eairly Tudor days the then possessor disinherited his brother, and left the house and a portion of the estate to a natural daughter. The eldest- brother settled in London, and became a banker in the reign of the Heary Tudor, and it was his eldest son. Capel Hanbury who purchased an- estate at Pontypool, and founded the iron- works somewhere about the year 1565. There are still in existence recordsof the sale of icon there dating from the year 1588. At this the Hanbury family had not taken up theirtime permanent residence there. They lived near Kidderminster, and visited Pontypool at fre- quent intervals. Capel Hanbury died in 1704. and was succeeded by his eldest sou, Mr John Hanbury, better known as Major Hanbury, a picture of whom we reproduce. John Hanbury was intended for the law but he remarked one day to Mr Jones, of Llanarth," I read Coke upon Littleton as far as Tenant in Dower, but on the suggestion of a friend that I should gain more advantage from the iron works at Pont y Pool than from the profits of the Bar, I laid aside Tenant in Dower and turned my atten- tion to mines and forges." Major Hanbury married an heiress, and in the early years of the 18th century greatly extended and im- proved the iron works. Realising the import- ance of continual personal supervision for his business he built the present mansion, and made it his permanent home. Major Han- bury represented the county of Monmouth in the House of Commons during the reign of the first George. Though by no means an orator, he soon became known in Parliament as a man of great business capacity, and he was one of the. executors of the great Duke of Marlboroug h. He died in 1734. leaving a large family, Pontypool Park was inherited by his son Capel, who died in 1765, and was succeeded by his son J ohn, who also took a leading part in public affairs in the county of Monmouth till the time of his death in 1784. His eldest son John died 12 years later, and the seat and estates passed to his second son, Capel Hanbury, who assumed the name of Leigh. His second wife. a Miss Rous, of Courtyrala, near Cardiff, bore him a family, of whom the eldest was Mr John Capel Leigh. Mr Capel Hanbury Leigh died at a ripe old age in 1861, and was I THE ENTRANCE GATES ♦ ("S.W.D.N."Photo.) succeeded by his eldest son, the present owner, who in 1864 resumed (by Royal licence) the surname of Hanbury. The Pentypool Japan Ware. Among the men in the employ of Major Han- bury at Pontypool a couple of centuries ago was one Edward Allgood, who acted as his chief agent and took a leading part in helping him to extend and improve the ironworks. His father, Thomas Allgood, who had lived at Pontypool before him, was a man ol considerable inventive genius, who made various experiments to ex- tract copperas and oil from coal, with the result that he discovered the method of lacquering thin iron plates after the manner in which the Japanese lacquered wood. His son Edward subsequently improved upon his father's knowledge, and established a manufac- tory at Pontypool which speedily became famous all qver the country. Edward Allgood was a man of great resource. An example of the trouble he would go to when in search of information is afforded by the way in which he discovered the method of polishing wire in the manner then in vogue at Woburn, in Bedford- shire. Allgood went thither, disguised himself as a beggar, and then playing the part of a buffoon, obtained access to the Woburn works, and discovered the secret process. In the mansion at Pontypool Park there are some large and very notable examples of the Ponty- pool ware that was such an important product of the town in the first half of the 18th century. The House and Its Surroundings. The mansion, which faces south west, is situate at the western extremity of the park in a commanding position on the hillside. Its external features call for but little comment, for its appearance suggests, solidity, compact- ness, and comfort rather than ornateness in architecture. The greater portion of it belongs to the early years of the eighteenth century. It is approached from the Pontypool road end by a long drive, which terminates in a wide gravel sweep before the main entrance, a portico, supported by very solid Doric columns, Below the drive, green lawns slope down to the Italian garden, at the far extremity of which the Afon Llwyd roars at the bottom of the gorge. Beyond this a bank of magnificent forest trees forms a beautiful background, a much-needed screen, to shut out the grime and smoke of the town of Pontypool. Standing in the portico of Mr Hanbury's stately mansion it seems as if you could almost fling a stone ia to the streets of Pontypool, but Nature has deftly hid<v?n the mansion so that though in reality in Pontypooi you may roam about the park and imagine yourself miles away from the haunts oi men. The approximate size of the park is 140 acres, and many beautiful deer roam in happy freedom beneath its ancient trees. Behind the house the park slopes up- wards in fine sweeping greenswards and copses to a height of over 900 feet, at The Folly," which is a prominent object on the skyline looking due-north fromPontypool Road Station. It is not known who built the original Polly, but it was restored by the Ha.nbury family in the year of the Reform Bill. It is believed that centuries before this there waS a watch tower on the site, and it is significant that the Roman Road from Mamhilad, rising up the hills idean a pitched causeway, passes close to the Polly and comes out to the main road close to the beautiful gates of the Pontypool Park. These gates, which are of l&th century date, were de- signed by a Blaenavon man named Deker. and were made by the Colbrook Dale Iron Company. About a quarter of a century ago the gates, which were fitted in wooden pulan, were MAJOR HANBURY (who built the mansiou in 18th century.) considered insecure, and Mr A. A. Wilfiams, Mr Hanbury's agent, had them raised about a foot and fitted into stone pillars. Points Abeut the Interior. The internal arrangement of the mansion is admirable. The rooms, though not particularly lofty, are for the most part well proportioned, and one or two of them, notably the drawing- room, are especially pleasing. The main en- trance leads to the hall, which is large in pro- portion to the house, extending from south- west to north-east, and practically from the front to the back of the building, and off this most of the principal rooms open. Before at. tempting to deal in any sort of detail with the interior one can hardly refrain from givinz expression to the sense of harmony, which the interior and all that it contains, impresses upon the visitor. The mural decorations, the ceil- ings, the cornices, most of the furniture, and the pictures all recall the 18th century. In this particular Pontypool Park is especially in- teresting, and provides an object lesson that many owners of country houses are slow to learn. Attempts to introduce a 19th or 20th century atmosphere into an older house almost always produce effects that jar upon one's his- torical and artistic appreciations. You can never see the paintings of the old masters to the best effect in a room which was decorated only the day before yesterday in the most ap- proved Edwardian manner, and Pontypool Park, as we shall presently see, is very rich in its art treasures. The better way is to leave the well alone- This is what Mr Hanbury has very tactfully done, and the result is a residence which, while homely and comfortable, pre- serves in an especially instructive manner, the decorative feature of Good King George's glorious days." It is true that the 18th century had, in matters of artistic taste, its limitations its poetry and its music, like its architecture, all in a greater or less degree possess that air of artificiality which is its hall mark, but none the less the period was a notable one in our rough island story," and its products and appreciations deserve recognition and preser- yation. Some Famous Old Masters. Hardly have you entered the hall before you get into touch with those art treasures which are such a prominent feature of the interior. Some of the Hanbury family in years past were notable art collectors at a time when the craze bad not developed as is the case to-day. Ther e is a fine catholicity of taste also displayed on the part of those who amassed the collection. The English school is represented by Gainsborough, and George Moriand, and Richard Wilson, and Landseer Italy by Andrea del Sarto, and Tintoretto, and Gaspar Poussin Spain bv Murillo Germany by Dietrich and the Dutch school by Rubens and Vandyke, Paul Potter, Wynants, Wouver- mans, and the younger Teniers. From among many others, these names may be enumerated as evidencing the wide range of the collection. Beauties of the Drawing-room. The first door to the right hand of the spa- cious entrance hall leads to a boudoir, on the walls of which hang examples of the Dutch artiste, Johan Wynants ana Al- bert Cuyp and from here you approach the morning room, which forms the southern corner of the house, with windows which afford beautiful views across the park. This apartment is rich in its pictures. There is a characteristic example of the younger Teniers. of men seated round a table playing cards, a picture wonderful in its detail work. Near at hand are works by Alsloot, R. Wilson, and Andrea del Sarto, while in another part of the room is a picture of Black Gang Chine, bearing the imprint of Peter de Wint. The Drawing Room, which occupies the cen- tre of the south-eastern front, is the finest apartment in the mansion, and its beauty is enhanced by exquisite marble columns with Ionic capitals, which support a recess by the window.. There is a lot of gilt in the decora- the scheme of the room, which is distinctly French in feeling, and there are a number of fine old mirrors. Many fine paintings find place upon the walls, chief among which must be noted an example of Murillo, depicting a boy lying on the ground with a sort of Jacob's ladder in the back ground, with angels. In the corner, above the grand piano, is a Rubens, and the space between one of the columns and the window is occupied by a religious subject, the work of Sir Anthony Vandyck. The library, a well-stocked apartment, forms the eastern corner of the house, and in this an interesting feature is the position of the two 'fireplaces, which are arranged back to back, with adjoining chimneys in the centre-of the -room. The Staircase and Its Pictures. The grand staircase opens off the north- western end of the hall. It is broad and nobly proportioned. The baluatrading, whacb is quite typical of the 13th century style, is gracefully fashioned in metal, and is surmounted by a light mahogany hand-rail. A lofty window on the north-western side gives ample light, which enables one to appreciate fully the many fine old portraits which line the panelled walls, and which add greatly to its beauty. Several of these portraits are of ancestors of the Hanbury family. There are two or three of Major Hanbury, who was born in 1664, and who was the builder of the older portion of the present house. Another picture worthy of especial note is of Sir Charles Hanbury Wil- liams, the polished courtier and the votary of wit and pleasure." He was a son of Major Hanbury, and in compliance with the terms of the will of his godfather, Mr Charles Williams, of Caerleon, he assumed the name of Williams. Sir Charles was a man of parts, but he was more closely associated with Coldbrook, which estate was bought by his father and presented to him. Just above this portrait is one of Mr Charles Williams, of Caerleon, a somewhat in- different painting, depicting its subject in a blue nightcap. This Mr Williams fled the coun- try for killing Mr Morgan, of Peuros, and on his death left the bulk of his fortune of E70,000 to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. There are many interesting pictures along the oorridors and in the bedrooms on the first floor, includ- ing examples by Dietrich and KoeJckoek and two panels by one of the Breughels, but we must hasten on to the rooms which open from the north-western side of the entrance hall, chief among which the dining-room and billiard- < room demand notice. More Art Treasures. The dining-room, though not particularly large, possesses an air of distinction. The de- corations are handsome, notably the deep frieze, with its grape vine ornamentation, with rams' heads at intervals. The walls are hung with several fine old portraits, which possess considerable historical interest. Above the marble mantel-piece is an oil painting of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, garbed in mourning, accompanied by her daughter Anne, while a view of Blenheim House is seen in the back- ground. To the right of the fireplace is a por- trait supposed to be that of Robert Earl o< Dudley, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth. The room also contains two paintings represent- ing groups of boys, attributed to Murillo, and a present from Sir Robert Walpole to Mr Capel Hanbury in Georgian days. The billiard-room, which, with the bachelors' suite of rooms above it, was added when the present squire came of age about 33 years ago, opens out on the north-western side of the dining-room, and contains a wealth of art treasures. Above the mantelpiece is an example of Tintoretto, a representation of a swarthy, low-browed man in a plum-coloured tunic, edged with ermine, with his hand resting upon an elaborately-hilted sword. Other old masters re- presented in this r< om are Gaspar Poussin, Paul Potter, the younger Teniers, and Paul de Vos. At the extremity of the room is a sea- fight by Vandervelt, and a large canvas by Gainsborough, the latter a somewhat conven- tional composition, introducing a mill with stream and waterfalls. There are many other interests about this fine old mansion, but the space allotted has been filled. We have, however, said enough to show that the town of Pontypool has by the presence of such a residence in its midst, a possession which adds character and distinction to that part of Monmouthshire. (The present owner is, moreover, in no sense an absentee landlord, but he and his family spend a con- siderable amount of time there, and maintain with the inhabitants of Pontypool those kindly and neighbourly relations which have been a tradition ever since the Hanbury family three and a half centuries ago founded the iron works and laid the foundations of one of Pontypoors staple industries. Next week—WERN DDU AND TRE-OWEN.
LINIMENT FOR MEDICINE.
LINIMENT FOR MEDICINE. Sick Woman's Tragic Error. A verdict of Death by misadventure was returned at an inquest held at Paddington on Tuesday on the bedy of Mary Ann Buckland (57), the wife of a boot repairer, of South Wharf, Paddington, who took some liniment under the impression that it was medicine. The deceased's husband stated that his wife had-suffered for the last two months from chronic bronchitis, and under medical advice, she was taking medicine, and also using a lini- ment for her back. On Thursday witness found her lying very ill, and she explained to him that she had taken a quantity of the lini- ment in mistake for the medicine. The room was very dark, and she had mistaken the two bottles. Dr. Cain, of St. Mary's Hospital, said that death was due to chronic pneumonia and bronchitis, accelerated by the action of the liniment, which contained a large proportion of camphor.
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Mr Howel Cuthbertson held an inquest at In Neath on Tuesday on Thomas Thomas (64), for- merly a shoemaker, of Wind street, who died onSaturday evening. Elizabeth Richards, his housekeeper, said deceased had been ill for about five weeks, but she did not send for a doctor. Dr. J. W. Thomas said death was due to syncope, and a verdict accordingly was re- turned.
FUNERAL STOPPED NEAR SWANSEA.
FUNERAL STOPPED NEAR SWANSEA. DOUBTS ABOUT DENTIST'S BODY. Premature Burial Scare. Much excitement was caused at Gendros, near Swansea, on Tuesday afternoon, by the sudden cancellation of a funeral and the circulation of the report that the reason was doubt as to whether the corpse which was awaiting burial was really dead. It appears that last Thursday a dentist named William Henry Hulsmann, died from an overdose of atropine. An inquest was held, and a verdict was returned that death was due to narcotic poisoning and that it was the result of misadventure. The funeral was fixed for yesterday after- noon, but before the time appointed some of the friends who had assembled to pay the last tribute of respect are said to have been struck with the appearance of the corpse—that the face was distinctly pinkish" and the lips red. Further, it was observed that although death had occurred five days ago there was no unmis- takabie sign of decomposition having set in. Doubts consequently arose, and a hasty deci- sion was come to to abandon the funeral till at least some further expert opinion could be obtained. The news spread with extraordinary rapidity, and great excitement prevailed in the district. The funeral was to have taken place at Cockett Churchyard, some distance away, but the vicar, the Rev. Mr Stewart, after waiting an hour and a half, received the news of the abandonment of the funeral, and left the burying ground. Two ladies who saw the corpse expressed the opinion that it was at least extraordinary that a person who had been dead so long should present the appearance de- scribed. The undertaker (Mr John Hopkins) had no doubt that death had occurred, while Dr. Frayer, who gave evidence at the inquest, in an interview, expressed the utmost confidence as to the correctness of his conclusion. Further corroboration was forthcoming from Dr. John Davies, who saw the body on Sun- day, and states that rigor mortis had set in. It was stated that arrangements had been made for specialists from Swansea to see. the body. It was, however, stated last night that the relatives are now convinced that life has long been extinct, and that the funeral has now been arranged to take place to-day. Extraordinary Rumours. At the hous £ no information was obtain- able, but furtner inquiries show that the most extraordinary stories had gained cur- rency in the district. On the one hand it was rumoured that the body had been found to be warm at the inquest, and on this rumour being investigated it had been found that the rigidity of death had not taken place. A doctor, how- ever, on Monday made an examination which should have set that doubt at rest, but even his reassuring declaration did not seem to have settled the minds of some people. It was stated that the complexion, instead of having the pallor of death, had a pinkish hue. Strange to say, the rumours seem to have been largely credited in the neighbourhood. Last evening, however, all doubt oh the part of the friends was set at rest by the declara- tion of a medical expert who was called in, that not only had death occurred but that decomposition had set in.
"COME TOTTFE AfiAIN."
"COME TOTTFE AfiAIN." A remarkable story, says the Dundee Courier, is told by a maidservant in the Cupar district. Last week the young woman, who is a servant at a farm near Cupar, was visited by her brother, who informed herthat their mother had died in Dunfermline the previous day. Securing leave of absence, the maid returned home along with her brother, and on the follow- ing day, while she was standing weeping be- side the ooffln, she was startled to observe her mother's arms spread out and return to her side. The screams of the girl brought the other members of the family into the room. On being calmed she told what she had seen, bat the family were incredulous. She persisted in her statements, and an examination of the coffin showed that the white sheet covering the body bore traces of having been disturbed. A doctor was sent for and alter applying sevaral teats he gave it as his opinion that the woman was dead. A suspicion, however, lurked in his mind that it might be an extreme case of coma, and he telegraphed to Edinburgh for a professor. The professor arrived, and his examination revealed that the woman was stall in life. She was removed from her coffin, and at present she lies in bed wrapped in cotton-wool soaked in whisky, in the same state as she was when removed from the coffin.
EARL'S DEATH AT SEA.
EARL'S DEATH AT SEA. Lord Lathom, who died at sea while on a voyage from Egypt, was the second earl and was born in 1864. He was the owner of impor- tant mineral property in Lancashire. Lord Lathom served in the Royal Horse Guards and retired with the rank of Major. He took Lord Lathom. I a prominent part in the Naval Volunteer move- ment, and was Commander of the Liverpool Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Re- serve. He founded the Household Brigade Lodge of Freemasons, and was Grand Master of the West Lancashire Province of that Order. As Lord SkelmersdAle he contested the South- port Division of South-west Lancashire in 189&. He married a daughter of the fifth Earl of Radnor, and he is succeeded by his son, Lord Sketemersdale, who is not yet fifteen years of age.
NAVAL BATTLE PRACTICE.
NAVAL BATTLE PRACTICE. British Navy's Improvement. The Admiralty issued on Tuesday a White Paper containing the results of the battle practice of the fleet during the year 1909. The Admiralty state that the conditions of practice differed little from those in the previous year, and it was satisfactory to note the improve- ment in results obtained. The China Fleet comes first in order of ment, with an average of 348-68 points. The First Division of the Home Fleet and the First Cruiser Squadron are second with 293.63 points. The Mediterranean and the Sixth Cruiser Squadron are third with 195.56 points; the Third Division of the Home Fleet fourth with 187-5 points the Second Division of the Home Fleet and the Second Cruiser Squadron fifth with 177.76 points and the Atlantic and Fifth Cruiser Squadron sixth with 142.17 points. The toW number of ships firing was 72, using 983 guns, and making 216.78 points. In firing at a fixed target Australia was first with 275.42 points and Cape of Good Hope second with 262.93 points. The first ship in the First Division of the Home Fleet is the Boadicea with a score of 541.66—the highest score made by any vessel in the Navy.
GIRL'S; MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
GIRL'S; MYSTERIOUS DEATH. At Barnsley on Tuesday an inquest was held on Ruth Brettoner (16), daughter of Albert Brettoner, a fireman, of Sumner-lane, Barnsley, whose wounded body was found in the canal on Sunday afternoon. The mother r>f the deceased said the girl left home to go on an errand on February 21st. She said she would not be long. Dr. Ernest Blackburn, who made a post- mortem examination, expressed the opinion that the wound in the girl's eye, from which a piece of stick was drawn, was post-mortem. He agreed that after such a long lapse of time it was impossible to state definitely whether this was the case or not, but there was no evi- dence of strangulation, and the girl's windpipe was not injured. The jury returned a verdict of Found drowned," without expressing any opinion as to how deceased came to be in the water.
THE HORNER CASE.
THE HORNER CASE. In the Court of Criminal Appeal on Tuesday Frederick Wm. Horner, ex-M.P. for North Tjambeth, sentenced to six weeks' imprison- ment in the second division on a charge of forging telegrams to the Daily Mail," ap- pealed against his conviction on grounds in- volving questions of law. Mr Shearman (for Horner) said he had only been instructed that morning, and asked that the case be adjourned over the Easter vacation, and that bail be granted to appellant. The case was adjourned, I but bail was refused.
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WELSH GLEANINGS, News and Views in Lighter Vein. It is said that there are more houses to the acre in Dowiais than in any other town. Llandrindod Wells and Bournemouth are among the lowest-rated towns in the kingdom. An old Aberdare worthy once wrote his own epitaph, and it was as follows :— Here lies poor W. W. Who very soon won't trouble you. The foundations for the Welsh National Museum buildings in Cathays Park will prob- ably be built this year, but it will take a long time to erect the fine structure that has beia decided upon. The plans may be inspected to-day in the old Town Hall. Wales was first represented in the Britiah Parliament in the year 1540. The two first members for Glamorganshire were Mr George Herbert for the county, and Mr John Bassett, of the Inner Temple, for the boroughs, these including Cardiff, Cowbridge, Liantrisant, LLenng, Aberavon, Neath, Swansea, and Loughor. The current number of Cymru" has pathetic interest for the friends of the late Rev. J. Hathren Davies, for it contains an article from his pen entaUed, Beirdd Dyfed. 1800-1900." It is devoutly to be wished that the editor has sufficient copy in hand to com- plete the history of the Bards of Dyfed," tor" Hathren was a very careful historian. The pity of it! The old ramparts at-Gam- goch, in Carmarthenshire, have provided builders and fencers and drainers and faIm88 of many generations with rubble for erecting walls, covers for gutters and culverts, slabs for footbridges, lintels and doorsteps and blocks for gateposts. The Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments should put an«ad £ o this vandalism. The farmers in some parts of Gkonoagaa are early made aware of the coming of sevens weather by such prevailing winds as thmo from the 8Outh-west bringing great quantities of coaldust over their fields from the docks. People on the hills get now a foretaste of stormy weather from the seagulls which fly from the marshes of Margam and the shoce-afc the Mumbles to the iron works. Dismal though Dowlais may be, the natives love the place, and they object to any scherD8 or proposal which they think might disfigure it. At a Board of Trade inquiry, held at Doar- lasthe other day the Rev. LI. M. Williams (rector), who objected to a proposal to pot up poles in the streets to carry overhead elec- tric wires for lighting purposes, remarked that with so many poles the town would appear Met a porcupine with its quills up. It was with some trepidation that the Reeu Evan Jones, Carnarvon, undertook the duty of preaching his farewell sermon at the National Free Church Council. He had not preached in English more than a score of times, and had written his sermon thinking to read it out, bofc the Rev. Thos. Law objected to this, saying he would read the manuscript in twenty minutes, and eventually Mr Jowett prevailed on him to preach without his manuscript. A body was once found on the beach near St. Clears, and as no one would help to bury it and no clergyman would take part in the ser- vice, the gentleman who found the body buried it himself, and recited the following line* fd the graveside :— Dyn wyt ti o wlad bell, 'Tai ffeirad yma ni fyddet ddimgwell, Gorwedd yma gyda'r tadau, Pan godant hwy fe godi ditbau. How collieries come to be named is curious. Take the case of the Penrikyber Colliery. It is situated at Penrhiwceiber, and that is how the name properly should be spelt. But out of regard for the "ignorance of Saxon coal buyers in regard to Welsh names," and with a view to seizing an opportunity to perpetuate amongst coal consumers the prowess of British troops in Afghanistan, the name was spelt Penrikyber, the two latter syllables having reference to the Khyber Pass. Now that Governor George E. Hughes is unfortunately, relinquishing his office of Governor of the State of New York, a strong inducement should be sent to him to visit the land of his fathers." He is an eloquent speaker, and has not forgotten the Welsh language. If the proposal to bring Wetsh American choirs to the Carmarthen National Eisteddfod will be carried out it would be timely to invite Governor Hughes to preside over one of the Eisteddfod meetings. Miss Maud Rees-Jones, who is contesting a seat on the Cardiff Guardians in the Splott dis- trict, is placed in a somewhat curious position inasmuch as in her nomination paper the name of Rees has been dropped. Many of those who have known this lady Guardian as Miss Rees-Jones fail to understand who Miss Maud Hilda Jones is. Owing to some legal tech- nicality, Miss Rees-Jones was obliged to bo nominated in the way described but those who supported her at the last election may note that it is the same lady again contesting. One of the most interesting publications that comes this way is Y Drafod," the news- paper of the Welsh colony in Patagonia. Printed partly in Wdsh. partly in English, and partly in Spanish, it chronicles domestic events and religious movements, which are evidently the two chief interests of Patagonian life. The advertisements are quaint produc- tions. Take one example :—" Please send in your orders at once to English Battery situated near German blacksmith, Trelew." The village blacksmith in a South American Welsh colony is a German, and the man who keeps this English bakery, the advertisement indicates is a Welshman. In the current number of T.P.'s Weakly there are some interesting letters about the Burns of Wales," as Ceiriog was described in a. previous article in that paper. One corres- pondent describes an incident in a railway car- riage in Glyn Ceiriog. A passenger made an attack upon Ceiriog, and contrasted him with some of the modern English lyric poets. An elderly lady, says the correspondent, evidently a farmer's wife, stung no doubt by some of the attacks on Ceiriog's work, said in her broken English, Excuse me, sirs, but have you ever heard these verses ?" and she recited thotto beautiful lines of Ceiriog's, Meddylian am y Nef (Thoughts about Heaven). She recited the whole poem without faltering and without error. Her sincerity and earnestness impressed us all. What Saxon housewife couMreeite an English classic in that way ? The late Sir H. M. Stanley was not a great admirer of Parliamentary forms of address. His first week's experience in the House of Commons was thus described by him :—" The veriest trifle of commonplace fact is folded around with tissue after tissue of superfluity. If a member wished to say that he had seen a rat, he seemed to be unable to declare the fact nakedly, making the declaration as foUotre: I venture to say, with the permission of the House, that unless my visual organs deceived me, arid the House will bear me out when I say that my powers of ocular perception are not of the most inferior kind, that The great Welsh explorer called a-spade a spade. An amusing incident occurred on Friday night during a debate at the University Sette- ment on Tariff Reform." One of the speakers reminded Mr F. H. Lambert, who took the side of Free Trade, that during the recent election he produced at one of his meet- ings six German sausages made of horseflesh, and offered half a sovereign to anyone who ate one of them. The gentleman gravely informed Mr Lambert that one of the sausages had been eaten. An expectation of having to pay up was driven from Mr Lambert's mind when the speaker added that the sausage was given to a dog. which the morning afterwards was found dead. The Welsh Language Society will be officially welcomed to the Rhondda to-morrow when < series of meetings will be held under its auspices at Treorchy. A meeting of the society will be held in the Noddfa Hall, when Sir Marchant Williams will preside, and papers will be read by Mr H. T. Evans, M A., Cardiff, and Mr E. Samuel, M.A.. Porth. 'This will be followed by a public meeting presided over by the Rev. Dr. W. Morris. In the evening Dr. W. E. Thomas will preside at a public meeting when addresses will be delivered by Sir Mar- chant Williams, Sir Isambard Owen, Pro- fessor AnwyU Professor Lloyd, Mr D. Lleufer Thomas, and others. In Me/noriam: James Waugh. Through desert lands we journeyed and acrosf A wilderness of gloom, footsore and spent, Bankrupt of joy and gladness, faint with loss > Of hope and courage, unwitting where we went; Might we but struggle on pursuing still What phantom goal we reeked not. When amid The waste, behold a brook, a buoyant rill Of joyous waters. Merrily it slid Over rough places cheerily it seemed To greet us and restore us, till we learned Strength, to be men once more. The waters gleamed With radiance of bright hope and hope, returned. Flow, deathless waters, flo w. Your message speed, That still shall beckon to some noble deed. D.A.S.