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WORKMEN'S TOPICS. LABOUR PARTY progress & PLEDGES By MABON, M.P. JA very important decision has been taken the Executive Committee of the Labour Party. After men like the Right Hon. Thomas ■"Urt, John Wilson, Charles Pen wick, ^d Richard Bel], have been kept out of the Party for refusing to sign the party constitu- tion it is now to be recommended that this f^ndition be abrogated and the members *jbereof are no longer to be forced to sign the Constitution. Doubtless the new position J'eated by the Osborne judgment has much to do with this wise decision. The announce- ment was made some days ago in the fol- lowing communication :—At its meeting J £ -day (about the beginning of the month) jbe Labour Party decided that the Labour j^arty having now established a policy and j**ving defined its position in the country "be time has come for the elimination from the Constitution of certain conditions-—including' the signing of the constitution-which were during the earlier stages of the move- ment, and which can now be left to the Ordinary working of a fully constituted party, J*d the executive will, therefore, recommend annua] conference to be held at Leicester to make the necessary altera- UOWS. The above decision was further emphasised In the course of an interview with the able Secretary of the party, Mr J. Ramsay Mac- Ponald, who said that the resolution was due a feeling that the time had now come when could trust to the ccmnaonsense and OI'dinary party loyalty, and that the necessity ^d now passed for calling upon labour candi- T^tes to append their names to declarations Containing distinct written pledges. o* When we started the Party," continued jj*retary MacDonald, it was necessary that the benefit of some members who were not 5J*uy aware of the etiqnette and practice of J^ties that we should put in black and white gtactly what was required from them, and we T^efore had to insist upon the signing of aonstitution. ^This must be admitted, and as far as I am to learn from different sources, being a *°Ung party, they had to see that the party as conducted on certain defined fines. Most them, I am told, even then believed it to be jjothing more than a temporary measure to j^lude the signing of the constitution, and ?ley now feel that they can trust to ordinary Party loyalty for the maintenance of the g*pty principles. And I, for one agree that if ~|jat reer fcrtion is carried and acted upon, that k«irh has hitherto been regarded as an objec- r&Oable feature of the Labour Party's consti- tution will be removed. I am 1 old also that executive came to the decisi in to recom- the removal of the objectionable condi j entirely uninfluenced by the Osborne judgment. If that is so, then the executive ^ttimittee deserve credit where I, among did not expect f< £ some time yet. Not I have not witnesstUl the call to be faith- to the pledge given, being so stra ined on "^le occasions, especially when it i nvolved a Jr*paber voting against the interests of his eoutituency, that the pledge had-to go ohe and an occasional member of the party ^another But it was always a painful jjJ^ition for any member to be in, and a num- r* Of the party members felt that the absurd edition in those eir-rumutamee-s would have to be removed sooner or later. I am willing to believe this, that the party -OQld not change, and has not changed its £ *Qs or policy, nor has the pledge been with- j?*Wn either for the sake of bringing men into party. But I must adhere to my former pinion that the party itself must feel the r^essity of clearing the ground for the action Squired to be taken for the reversal of the judgment stimulated by the feeling a, pledge-bound party reflected to SPjOe degree on its own members. happenings of late are very favourable, if S?t really conducive to the bringing about of J^t most desirable piece of legislation, the Payment of members," pending the reversal of Osborne judgment, so as to place Trade wHions in (as nearly as it possibly can be done) position they were in prior to the giving of ^*t notorious judgment. The Payment ef Members. .Having been asked to again state my per- j^al opinion respecting the payment of mem- JJ/T8- I may be allowed to say here that I am firjte glad to have payment of members,pending ^ther and greater reform. The issue in the jT^orne judgment is quite different, when sup- JaP^-d to be met by the payment of members, j^.yment of members is not, in my opinion, (V'*4? to meet the difficulty created by the VK«?rne judgment. The question at issue is a Trade Union, by *a majority vote, the right to spend its money for such pur- as its members think they should have J? protecting their interest against employers labour ? The Osborne judgment says, No the payment of members won't give it lolk1" PayTnent of members would enable them i (j representatives in Parliament, but the jJJ'ons,would still be denied the right to repre- ^tataon and te spend money for propaganda for local purposes. ] Notwithstanding all the protestations, the tyranny it infers, and the various evil r**«iigs of party wire pullers, etc., I am still of i JJjaion that it is on all fours with all demo- < C«c principles, and governments by majori- i and the usages in the making of law inside I House of Commons, as well as in their Jrjtoinistratkms outside, that Trades Unions jjfnld have the right by a majority vote, to their money while they use it for the impose of promoting and protecting the in- J^rtal purposes of their members. The House Cominons being the foremost place where *itkL that industrial interest are made or marred, therefore I strongly l^e they ought to be able and allowed to their own direct representatives sup- by their trade organisations. jVJhe can easily comprehend the fact that the ^J*>ur party is likely to do away with the j2*fcy pledge has greatly disturbed the usual J^eof mind that possessed those party mani- (^*tors. especially so with workmen, who jj^ght they saw the end of the Labour party arhament. They want workmen and the )ic to believe that it is all a dodge to de- an easily misled and backboneless Gov- ^hent to change its mind to buck up w? proceed to reverse the Osborne judgment t^^out delay as if the Government had no of its own in the matter at all, all this is nonsense. Those who talk and apeak in fashion don't know the Premier nor the members of his Government. What I am jj^d of is that the Government is not now so -Irnin ly enthusiastic in the matter as might nave been had the Labour party shown a little more gratitude for Eft considerations. I am sorry also to find W. • E- Smith dubbing himself in this matter and robbing himself now. of every bit of tjo^t he earned with regard to what was con- 81 tj^ed to be a righteous judgment; strained r' an unwilling mind upon the necessity, if j^justice, of payment of members." He ^7? declares, in rather a pontifical fashion, i^t the abolition of the pledge by the c Ij&our Party in Parliament is a subterfuge A CWould not deceive a child"—these one can- v help considering rash and foolish words. (~ w'ia^ he has already declared he must a favour of retaining a body OT Labour a ^r^sentatives in Parliament, that being so M disappearance of the pledge will, in fact, 1 tlge the whole position very considerably. t] tK111 eiceed'nf3y gl^ to find that the unrest '3 Bathing down. The coal is undoubtedly on the upward grade, and ej 'ndeed unfortunate that its prospects are 'Wl over by these labour troubles. In fact, Njf°d by every statistical test, speaking pretty l^^Pally, the increase in the railway (3 the increase in the bankers' clearing- a returns, the export trade, the home trade, n e in unemployment, decrease in pau- in Great Britain, is full of healthy J ty, andstill the commercial men a,mong a Of '&sse8 are complaining bitterly of the want. S M^Urity and confidence. No conditions, I ti are more essential to a nation's growth tl b^ealth and prosperity, and one of the d MO^ry conditions to create and maintain w 8ecurity is that all should combine to pro- b itk we^are the great masses of people, i1 b^hout offencc to anyone I would desire that t] ">ttj captains of our industries show a 1ltlore inclination to meet the new de- tl of a new age with sympathy and under- 0^' seeing that Labour at the moment ° ^t^ess an^ susP'c'ous> an<i that the legiti- demands thereof be met with less sullen- f? V^nd more sympathy. A contented wage- P population is an asset of inestimable

S'EAMER'S boiler EXPLODES. ° s Wednesday.—A Marseilles dispatch to P °3i etit Parisian states that a boiler' ex °ri occui rod on board the steamer Sant while on a voyage fro/n New York to. w s- Four stokers were killed and two s1 ^•—Central N ews. I: 1 v:

ROYAL EXILES. Arrival at Plymouth. QUIET RECEPTION. The British Royal yacht Victoria amd Albert, with King Manuel and his mother, Queen Amelie, on board, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday evening at 5.30 o'clock. Earlier in the day it was reported that the Royal yacht arrived off the port and steamed away westward, but this turns out to be incorrect. Immediately on the yacht's arrival Admiral Fawkes, the port admiral, proceeded on board and greeted the King. With him were Lord Annaly, representing the King and Queen, and Lord Howe was present on behalf of Queen Alexandra, the Due D'Orleans, the Due de Luynes, the Marquis de Soveral, and the Spanish Ambassador (Don Wenceslao de Villa Urrutia), who arrived earlier in the day. Naval pinnaces formed a cordon round the yacht and prevented boats approaching. Soon after 6 o'clock the Royal visitors, with their suite and Admiral Fawkes, came ashore in two naval launches. They landed at the Princess Royal pier in the Great Western Docks, where a special train of saloon carri- ages was in waiting. Very few persons were admitted to the docks, and these were not allowed to approach within a hundred yards of the Royal party. No troops were present, and there was no ceremony of any kind. King Manuel, who was in plain clothes, looked worn and worried. The special left the docks at 6.33 for Wood Norton, which was reached about midnight. The visit which the King and Queen pro- posed to make to Wood N orton on Saturday has been postponed. At Wood Norton. The Royal party reached Evesham Station at 11.25. Three motor-cars were in waiting, and a large crowd had collected in the station yard. On the party emerging from the station the Duke of Orleans took his place in the driver's seat of the first car, and King Manuel, who was looking pale and tired after his long journey, sat by the side of his host; Tn the car were the Duke of Oporto and the Marquis de Soveral. Queen Amelie, who looked as if she had withstood the trying ordeal through which the Portuguese Royal family have gone much better than her son, was arrving a bunch of -c lilies. Her Majesty occupied a seat in the second car, being accompanied by other mem- bers of the party. As the procession of cars drove away to Wood Norton the Royal travellers were greeted with loud cheers and cries of welcome. King Manuel acknowledged the greetings of the crowd by raising his hat, and Queen Amelie bowed her acknowledgments. Royal Yacht for Sale. Lisbon, Wednesday. — The Republican Government having no use t4 which they can put the Royal yacht Amelie,* which King Manuel sent back to Lisbon after his safe arrival at Gibraltar, have decided to offer the vessel, which cost 3E85,000, for sale by auction, British and American millionaires being specially invited to make offers.—Central News. Pisa, Wednesday.—Queen Maria Pia, of Portugal, accompanied by a lady-in-waiting and an equerry, arrived this morning.—Reuter.

NEWGOVERNOROFNYASSALAND Colonel Sir William Henry Manning, K.C.M. G., C.B., lately His Majesty's Commissioner in SomaJiland, who has been appointed Governor ] and Commander-in-Chief of the,, Nyassaland I protectorate, joined the Indian Army in 1888, < and has seen a good deal of fighting. He was < wounded in the second Burmese war, and has ] Col. Sir W. H. Manning. j rlrvnft tmful aei-vir.A in ha.lf-a-dor.fin fmntiw AT. I peditions. He also went through the Somali- land campaign, and he raised and commanded the Central Africa Regiment. In 1907 he be- came temporary Governor and Commander-in Chief of the Nyassaland protectorate, the posts to which he is now permanently appointed.

ATLANTIC FLEET COMMAND. Rear-Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, who succeeds to the command of the Atlantic Fleet, entered the Royal Navy in 1872, four years after his predecessor, Prince Louis of Batten- berg, became a naval cadet. During his 38 years' association with the first line of national defence Sir John has not only proved himself to be an efficient administrator, but has seen not a little active service. Lieutenant of the Agincourt during the Egyptian War of 1882, he received at the close of the campaign the Egyptian Medal and the Khedive's Bronze Star. In the memorable march of 1900, when bhe relief of the Pekin Legations was at- tempted, he acted as Chief Staff Officer to t I— — —I t Admiral J elliooe. I Tice-Adnural Sir E. H. Seymour, and he was everely wounded at Peitsang. For services endered during this expedition he was made a 3.B.; he was also decorated by the German Dmperor with the Second Class of the Red Sagle with crossed swords. Earlier in his areer he was Commander of the Victoria, the [agship of Vice-Admiral Sir G. Tyron, which vas sunk off Tripoli, in collision with the Jamperdown, when the admiral, 21 officers, .nd 350 men were drowned. In 1906 he was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King, fas promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral in 907, and was made a Lord Commissioner of he Admiralty and Controller of the Navy in 908. Sir John was born in 1859.

FALSELY MARKING A TRAM. At Pontypridd on Wednesday, H. Thomas 19) and Arthur Beazer (20), colliers, working ,t the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd, were sum- aoned for obtaining money by false pretences -by falsely marking a tram. Mr J. Kirkhouse "enkins prosecuted. Defendants worked on Jternate shifts with a collier named James imith. On September 22nd Smith left a full ram in his stall, but it twas subsequently found hat his numbers had/ been obliterated and tefendants' numbers put on instead. Inquiries cere made and the defendants were brought iefore the manager, but they denied having aterfered with the marks. Smith again saw hem on the following Friday and Thomas, it ras stated in court, then admitted that hey had marked the tram and offered El to square the matter, They paid him 7s 6d m account, but this was afterwards returned. Svidence was given that defendants had been h iven credit for filling this tram. Defendants E leaded not guilty and said thdt when they fl rent into the stall they found sufficient j oal on the floor and what they were able to y ut in ten minutes to fiU the tram. They bad f ffered Smith money in order to save trouble 111 nd to avoid coming into court. The b, tipendiary said the case had been conclusively roved and fined each defendant 403.

At Pontypridd George Johnson, labourer, n -as committed to the Assizes on a, charge of d tealint; 35s from a till in the bar of the New a nn, Cymmec. ,I.<" i]

WELSH COUNTRY HOMES. XLV.-Wenvoe Castle. AN 18TH CENTURY MANSION. Glorious Adam's Decoration. THE ESTATE DURING EIGHT CENTURIES. Half-a-dozen miles south-west of Cardiff, in a park of many acres, stands Wenvoe Castle, the home of Mrs R. Jenner. The mansion occupies a fine position in a stately demesne, much of the charm of which results from the undulating surface of the ground, the result being that as you tread its luxuriant green- sward new 6 cenes of beauty greet the eye at every turn. During the past eight or nine centuries the estate has passed through the hands of some half-a-dozen different owners. For the last hun- dred and fifty years, however, it has been in the possession of the J enner family, whose imme- diate predecessors—the Birts-built the present castle in 1776. Before speaking of the present, however, let us cast a retrospective glance and outline the story of Wenvoe from Norman times to the present. I WENVOE CASTLE-THE SOUTH FRONT. I Wenvoe in Nerman Times. i It is stated on the authority of old Rice r- Merrick, the 16th century chronicler of Gla- ( morgan antiquities, that when Fitzham :>n par- celled out the county of Glamorgan among his twelves knights, the portion of Sir John Fie- < mynge included the mannours of Wenvo, 1 Lanmays, and Flemingstone, conteyning one Knights ffee." ) We are on debateable ground here because 1 the late Mr G. T. Clark, whose opinion one is lnl bound to respect, states that the Fleming family do not appear to have entered Glamor- gan until a century and a quarter after the Fitzhamon conquest. However, that may be, r1 ti WE&V0E CASTLE—THE ENTRANCE HALL AND CORRIDOR. £ — d bhe Le Flemings were the Lords of Wenvoe in j bhe 13th century. The family split into two; branches, the elder being Fleming of Wenvoc, and the younger Fleming of Flimston. In the 14th century Sir Wm. Fleming was Lord of J Wenvoe. He came to an untimely end, being J executed at Cardiff for having handed Llewelyn Bren by the Black Tower at Cardiff Castle, and both he and his victim were buried in the j r Friar's Church. j t j el WENVOE CASTLE—FIREPLACE IN THE LARGE DINING ROOM. £ :—: — tl Sir William was the last of the male line and I lis daughter and heiress married Edward, or Edmund Malefaunt, who belonged to an in- luential Pembrokeshire family. Their son, fi rohn Malefaunt, died without issue rfbout the 0 rear 1500, and Wenvoe escheated to the Crown. ( Che widow of John Malefaunt afterwards tiarried one of the Herbert family, a point to ( tC borne in mind in reading Leland's note. I Laland's Impressions in Tudor Days. J Of Wenvoe during the time that the Tudor ii nonarcha held it but little is known, but th;it r lelightful old chronicler, John Lcland, saw it e ibout 1535, and to him we are indebted for an I nteresting contribution to our, story. After j t referring to Scylley, a praty Brooke," he adds On this Broke standetti first Wenno Castelle a Quarter of a mile by West from the Hedde of it. All the Buildings of this Wenno Castelle standing on a little Hille is downe, saving one Toure and Broken Wanles. It longgid to the Male infantes whereof in remembrance was one that was first husband to Mr Herbertes Mother of Swansey. The King hath it now and Dr. Carne formith it of the King." The fact that at that time a ruined castle sto6d there is evidence that the le Flemings had erected a Norman stronghold there to hold their Lordship. Leland makes no mention of a park, and on the other hand, speaking of the brook, he says There is good Corne and Medow on booth sides of Scylley Brooke, and good wood of boothe sides of it cum to Dinas Poys." It is evident, therefore, that the land which is now the park was at that time arable, and was the portion formed by Dr Came." Thomas Family in Possession. How long Wenvoe remained in the hands of the Crown is not certain, but evidently not for long, as the Thomas family were in possession during the latter part of the 16th century, at which time Gather ne, the daughter and heiress of Thomas ap Thomas, of Wenvoe Castle, married Jevan ap Harpway. Their son was Thomas ap Jevan, and Thomas, the surname of the family, remained thereafter. It may be worth noting in passing that the Thomas family erected a town house in Cardiff which stood until recent times, and which was, until the time of its demolition, the Cardiff Arms Hotel. For two centuries the Thomas family lived at Wenvoe, but of the house they lived in few f any records have thus far come to light. Chey may, of course, have raised an Elizabethan Iwelling upon the walls of the old Norman Jastle, and this would appear to be not un ikely having regard to the massive nature o ihe mason i-y which had to be removed when luring tlie latter years of the 18th century tin. house in which the Thomas family lived gavt o!a"e to the stately mansion which dominate', W, envoc Park to-day. The Thomas family intermarried with many influential people of that, ajje. In "Stuart tiiiies Edmund Thonms married the daughter and heiress of Sir Le^is Morgan, of Ruperra and their son,-Sir Edmund Thomas, numbered in imong his relatives Sir Charles Kemys and j tl Oliver St. John. IT In 1694 Sir John Thomas, of Wenvoe, was J1 :reated a baronet, and on his death early in it /he 13th century the Wenvoe estate passed to oj sis brother. tl It was in 1767 after the death of Sir Edmund st rhomaa that Mr Peter Birt purchased the :statc, and a new chapter in our history opens, j The Building of the Present Castle. IiI < b Mr Peter Birt, who came to South WaleS is rom Yorkshire, at once set about the erection p If a mansion of proportions worthy of the c] ;state. tl Mrs Jenner, the present owner, to whose a,, courtesy we are indebted for a recent visit to h Venvoe4 has in her possession an interesting d. ettsr written in 1776 describing the demolition >f the old house, and saying that it looked as if L had undergone a siege as it had been found lecossary to blow it down with piinpowder- videnre of the massive nature of the masonry. n the erection of the present castlc much of fa he old material was utilised, so that though w Wenvoe Castle is to-day the third building erected upon the site, it may be taken for granted that its walls contain stone which the Le Fleming family quarried, and built into their Norman stronghold eight centuries ago. It is matter for extreme regret that no drawings of the old house were made by Mr Birt before it was destroyed, and, so far as we can gather, there remains no description of it. Wenvoe Castle passed into possession of the Jenner family by marriage with the Birts, and in their hands it still remains. So much for the historical side, let us now turn to the present. Its Beautiful Environment. The mansion is finely situated upon an eminence which, like the castle, lies east and west. It has fronts to north and south, the main entrance, which is approached by a winding carriage drive, being on the northern side, while the southern front opens upon a breezy terrace, from the edge of which the land falls away in undulating stretches of green-sward to the woods across the valley. At the western extremity, where a clump 9J lofty trees form a barrier against the wind, the hill descends steeply to. a group of picturesque pools, flanked by a sloping wood in the valley bottom. The gardens, which are a notable feature of Wenvoe, and in which Mrs Jenner herself takes bhe warmest personal interest, are in a sheltered position at the eastern extremity of the castle, ind are protected from the north along their sntire length by a picturesque old wall, the jrey stone and creepers of which form a lelightful background for a herbaceous border. 'o the east high trees afford shelter. The gardens have been designed with a keen eye to general effect, and the view, looking along from he eastern end with the south front of the astlfi in profile, is especially pleasing. The drive, which terminates in a broad yeep outside the main front of the Castle, is Jacked by a spacious stretch of lawn, across vhich is a delightful. prospect of hill side, lotted with gaunt Scots firs. Here, as in al. nost every other direction, there is no other Iwelling in sight, and it is hard to believe that 'ou are within four miles of the ceaseless dock- ide energies of Barry. Exterior of the Castle. Wenvoe Castle is a product of an age when tateliness and uniformity of outline were re- ;arded by architects as first essentials and vhen striving after external effect was the lonunating idea. A central block with wings )n either side was a canon of good taste in }eorgian days, and on these lines Wenvoe Castle was built. Few of the great homes of South Wales present a longer or more ittipos- ng front than Wenvoe. Of the general im- pression which it conveys our illustrations will jive an idea- But Nature has added a charm 0 the Castle by clothing its walls to the very nunmit of its castellated parapets with vegeta- tion. Above the first floor windows of the E ist md West Wings a corbelled cornice projects, md on this wall flowers and other wall-loving )1ants have found a habitation, adding de- cidedly to the picturesque effect of these por- iions of the house. Ivy has laid its all-em- bracing arius upon the central block, save in a lew places, where ampelopsis, now in its most rivid hues of rich crimson and blood red, >rovides fiery embellishment. On the lower vails of the wings dainty Jessamine trails its graceful foliage, and white stellate flowers, laving as a close companion a great magnolia. )n the western front a White Solanum in full lower lends pleasant relief. A long herba- ceous bed flanking the terrace walk forms a loral dado to the whole. At the extremities ,re beds of multi-hued antirrhinum, while lumps of scarlet salvia add character and plendour to the scene. Points About the Interior, The internal arrangement of Wenvoe Castle resents at once the virtues and the failings of he Georgian designers, who in their desire to lake the most of the exterior, elongated their uildings so that they were all front and back nd were little more than a single room in tijckness. From the main entrance, which ices north, a broad, well-proportioned corridor ins east and west the entire length of the cen- tal block, communicating with the principal )oms, most of which have a south aspect. The lorning room is immediately opposite the front oor, and to the left hand are the small din- Lg-room and the library, while to the right are le large dining-room and the drawing-room. he western end of the long corridor opens into a ery charming conservatory. At either extrem- y of the northern side of the central portion the castle are octagonal projections, and lat at the north-western end carries the aircase, a very fine example of the late 18th sntury elliptical staircase sweeping gracefully om the ground to the first floor without any ndings. The balustrades are of wood, and the w handrail is of dark mahogany. The Glorious Adams Decoration. The great glory of Wenvoe Castle is the agnificent Adam's decoration of the interior, tan which, with the exception of Coldbrook iouse. we have seen nothing of the kind in )uth Wales to compare with it. The ground- ork of the decoration in the entrance hall is the palest shade of blue, to which relief is nt by the white doorways with their finely Loulded posts and deep cornice, in which ;tting the many-panelled doors of dark Lahogany, with brass fittings, look extremely ch. Immediately opposite the front door icre is elaborate mural decoration in the 1 .oman Ionic style with pilasters, and the 1 riling above is exquisitely moulded in an < val design. On either side of the front door I re fine moose heads, killed within the past i sw years at Long Tusket Lake, in North < .merica, by Mr Edmuud Jenner and a friend, i rhile cases of stuffed animals and birds here I nd in other parts of the castle are indicative < f the naturalist tastes of the family. The i [itrance hall and long corridor are well t by lofty windows, the frames of which, as ideed of practically all the windows in the ouse, are of mahogany. On the South wall f the corridor are hung a number of fine steel ngravings, the collector of whom has evinced n especially marked appreciation of the work f Sir Edwin Landseer. ( The Large Dining Room. Among the many stately apartments in the rincipal suite we may perhaps single out the irge dining room for especial mention. This oom, which is oblong, has a South aspect and I approached from the corridor by doors at ither extremity of its North wall. The general ecorative scheme of the panelled walls is in he palest shades of green and pink. The replace, which is at the Western end of the oom, is very beautiful. Clanical pilasters to ight and left support the entablature, the •ieze of which is panelled. The centre panel classical in design, while the side panels epict a trophy of weapons used in sport. A notable feature of the large dining room is tie semi-circular alcove at the Eastern end of tie apartment, which is flanked by fluted ilasters surmounted by Corinthian capitals. he doorways of this room are especially beau- ful, and the cornice mouldings project very suusiderably. The shutters, which fold into the 'alls on either side of the window recesses, ich contain some half-dozen finely moulded anels. Some choice Sheraton ,furniture, otably the large dining table in the centre of le room, and the sideboard in the alcove are i perfect harmony with their surroundings. Throughout the interior the influence of the rothers Adam reigns supreme, and the result a triumph of the decorative a.rt. During the ast 130 years their work at Wenvoe has been herished with the care which it deserves, with 1e result that to-day the exquisite mouldings re in such perfect condition that they might ave been placed there the day before yestcr- ay instead of the century before last! —— j Next week-NASH MANOR.) 1 ]

Mr A. D. Edwards, assistant inspector of cctories at Leicester, has died at 10, Bruns- ick-street, Swansea, at the age of 31. 1

LOCK-OUT CONTINUES t Boilermakers' Decision. BALLOT RESULT AGAINST TERMS. Heavy Proportion of Abstentions. The result of the ballot of the members of the Boilermakers' Society as to whether or not the provisional agreement drawn up by the recent conference of representatives of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation and of the Boilermakers' Society should be accepted, was made known at the headquarters of the society at Newcastle on Wednesday afternoon. The result showed majority against accepting the proposed terms, the figures being as follow :— Against the agreement 10,079 For 8,760 Majority against 1,319 Less than 19,000 voted out of the total membership of the society of over 50,000. The number of members locked out is about 15,000, so that only 4,000 out of 35,000 not affected recorded their votes. In these circumstances it is possible that another ballot may be ordered, as was done on a previous occasion under similar circumstances by the executive of the Boilermakers' Society. Mr Hill, the general secretary, stated that papers from one or two very small branches had not been received, and possibly they might not have voted. He could give no state- ment at present as to what action the Execu- tive might take as the result of the ballot. The Clyde members of the Employers' Federation Executive met on Wednesday but no immediate action was decided upon. One of them stated that the lock-out notices would remain up until the men changed their minds.

SPAIN AND MOROCCO. Another Military Expedition. Paris, Wednesday.—The Petit Parisien says it learns from a trustworthy source that the dangers of a rupture between the Spanish Cabinet and the Shereefian Special Embassy appear to be becoming more and more acute. Not only, the journal declares, will Spain probably suspend relations with Morocco, but it is reported an expedition will shortly start for the Riff Country, and 40,000 men will be concentrated at Ceuta and Melilla, the objec tive of the campaign being the occupation of Tetuan.-Reuter. Madrid, Wednesday.-The Correspond- dencia Espana" publishes a telegram from Ceuta stating some Kabyles have fired on a Spanish barque carrying cargo to Tetuan. A Moorish member of the crew was killed. The incident occurred off the shore of Beni Said, 40 kilometeres from Tetuan. Complaint having been lodged with the Pasha, a Moor was arrested, but was soon released again, being a native under French protection.-Reuter.

BRIBES TO LEGISLATORS. I Graft Scandals Investigation. New York, Wednesday.—The United States Congressman Otto G. Foelker, who as State Senator left his sick bed to vote in favour of Governor H. ghes's Bill against gambling on race tracks, has given evidence before the Legislative Graft Investigation Committee 1 that he was offered 10,000 dollars to vote against the measure. This offer was afterwards raided to 50,000 dollars. His present Demo- oratic opponent in his Congressional district had informed him that one legislator at Albany had sold his vote to the race track interests for 225,000 dollars. Mr Foelkei said that late State Senator McCarren, the Brooklyn Democratic leader, had told him that he need not be afraid < of failing to get re-elected if he voted against the Anti-gambling Bill, because he (Mr < McCarren) would permit him to name his own 4 opponent.-Reuter. J 1 j

RIOTS AT BREMEN. Berlin, Wednesday.—As the result of serious rioting which occurred at Bremen last night, 50 i persons, including several policemen, were in- < jured during the repeated charges with drawn < swords which the police made before the rioters were dispersed. The disturbance arose out of a strike of tramway employes both ( strikers and strikebreakers used revolvers, and i apparently the strikebreakers were all armed. ] According to the Lokalanzieger," they main- tamed a regular ard rapid fire. Three hundred strikebreakers were sent from here to Bremen, and when these arrived at the car sheds escorted by police, the strikers fell upon them and their escort, hurling stones ] and bottles.- Rellter. ] ——————

HAMPTON COURT MOAT. The recently discovered moat at Hampton < Court Palace has now been completely re- ( stored. It was in 1535 that the moat was made, ( and the fine stone bridge built, but it has been j filled up for a couple of centuries. It has not been found practicable to restore the water to moat, and it has been turfed at the water < level. The long-lost bridge, now disclosed, is ( interesting from an archaeological point of i view. Its historical associations are numerous ( and remarkable. Across it several of Henry's < ( vives were brought to enjoy a more or less I jrolonged occupancy of that precarious posi- <3 don, notably, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, i md Catherine Howard. The last was brought j lere a few days before her fall, Henry riding t iway and leaving 'her under arrest when Dranmer had sealed her doom. Mary Tudor nust have come this way to spend her gloomy {. tioneymoon with Phillip II. Charles I often j crossed it, and did so finally as the prisoner of j ihe Parliamentary army. a —————j'

WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. a I CARDIFF RECOMMENDATIONS. Cardiff Parliamentary Committee on Wednes- c day adopted a recommendation by the Watch c Committee to support the Bill to amend the c Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, and the c Vagrancy Act, 1898, and to ask the member for c Cardiff to support it. s The Town Clerk read a summary of the chief provisions of the Bill, which were ;—(1) The arrest of persons, without a warrant, who pro- t cured women or girls (2) the lessening of diffi- g culties experienced in the conviction of persons t who procured women for houses of ill-fame c abroad (3) dealing with habitual offenders in t respect of keeping, etc., places of ill-fame, and 1 the punishments of rogues and vagabonds (4) v Facilitating the clearance of houses of ill-fame by making a conviction ipso facto to determine t the tenancy and (5) removing doubts raised t by the Vagrancy Act, 1898, concerning the per- i sistent solicitation of persons of either sex, and f the conviction of bullies. a

I DEBTORS & CREDITORS. t 3 Three creditors' meetings were held at New- port on Wednesday. W. P. Dudler, outfitter and boot dealer, Bream, gave his gross liabilities a as JE517, and the deficiency as JE377. He ( attributed his insolvency to want of capital, 1 bad trade, and bad debts. John HaiTis Kendall, Worcester-street, e Brynmawr, boot repairer, returned his gross liabilities as JE67, and his deficiencies as JE51. c Bad trade, losses at Blaina shop, and expendi- v Lure in excess of profits were, he said, the r. causes of his position. El In the case of Robert Henry Flower (trading c is Flower and Co.). butcher. Aberoam. the c rross liabilities were stated to be £ 371, and the '3 rleficiency £367. Debtor attributed his position to competitor;, bad bad debts, t losses in opening branch shops at Newbridge I md Wattsville. I TLe ofiicii" receiver remains trustee in the t three cases. a

I WELSH GLEANINGS. News and Views in Lighter Vein. A Morriston minister on Sunday evening illustrated his sermon with lantern slides. Among the eight distinguished preachers who wiU this winter conduct University ser- vices in St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, is the Bishop of St. Asaph. There is just now on a visit to Swansea Mr James Weymark, J.P., of Sydney. He waa born at Swansea 58 years ago, left when 10 years old, settled in Sydney, and is now pro- prietor of a wholesale fruit business. Saturday was the centenary of a benefit given at Swansea to Edmund Kean, the famous actor, who was born at Brecon. This occurred at Manager Cherry's theatre. He was then 23 years old, and earned a weekly salary of 25s. Outside the ancient church of Port Skewett, by the side of the highway, stand the village stocks. They are in a fair state of preservation, but it is questionable whether they are the original ones Mr Keir Hardie is not slow at retort. A man a little the worse for drink interrupted him at Neath on Saturday. He quieted him by the rather personal remark that Scotch whisky and Welsh air did not agree with him. On Saturday, whilst shooting pheasants on his preserves, Cincoed, Cwmffrwd, near Car- marthen, Colonel Astlett, of Bolahaul, brought down a very fine woodcock. It -is a rare thing to find woodcocks in this part of West Wales at this time of the year. The best joke concerning Form IV. must Be conceded the Swansea gentleman who returned the document with the following information after the query, Name of occupier ?" :— Too many cannot give all the names. Place used as burial ground." As Lord Lovat and his bride left the church on Saturday they were preceded to their car- riage by the family pipers from Beaufort Castle, who played the "Spaidsearachd Mhic Shimidh, the march of the Lovats. It isn't Welsh, by the way, but it must have been very touching. Cardiff Guardians are getting careful. They have had three plans prepared for their pro- posed" nursery" at different times, and it now appears they have no site for the block. The architect will have another try to satisfy the Building Committee. The ladies might have done better. Alas! for Dafydd William's memorial at Croesyparc Deferred a year ago because the funds for its erection were not forthcoming, it has been postponed again this week by the Chancellor's inability to attend. It will be unveiled concurrently with the deferred demon- stration at Mountain Ash. The following advertisement represents the changing seasons from the point of view of a North Wales landlady :— Summer.—Apartments to let inmountainous district, overlookinglovely plain invigorating breezes. Winter.—Apartments in sheltered spot, well protected by mountains from all cold winds. Dheap winter terms. » The little island known as the Calf of Man has just changed hands. There are several of these island kingdoms round the coast of Britain. Among those that may be mentioned ire Bardsey Island, off the shores of Carnar- von Flatholme, in the Bristol Channel; and Herm, one of the Channel Islands. Lundy Island, famous for its breed of the old English "at, is even better known than these. An American newspaper describes Mr Glyn- iwr Richards's choir in this way :—" It would have been a thousand pities if so much artistic excellence should have remained buried in the loal mines of the Welsh coast, three thousand feet beneath the ocean. It sounds like a fairy tale the bringing of these rough gems of song [rom their work in the mines to the surface of the earth." That critic obviously thinks Welsh miners live underground The Barry Cymrodorion Society will open its winter lectures by a night with Daniel Owen's characters. They will be intaro- luced to the audience by Penar. Arthen, the secretary, with his loyal supporters have irranged a splendid programme, which in- cludes the names of Mr W. J. Griffiths and Mr W. T. Samuel, Cardiff Mr Edwin Lewis and Mr J. E. Rees, Barry; Mr David Samuel, Aberystwyth Mr o. Eilian Owen, Liverpool; md Mr J. H. Davies, Aberystwyth. A drama Fin be produced on the 1st of March. A small boy was sent with a message to a PMre Brigade Station near Cardiff recently. Be found the place closed, and in order to gain attention touched an inviting button fixed in i prominent position. The result sarpriaed lim, for in a couple of seconds the establish- nent was like a swarm of bees. A bell tidied, md the firemen were busy in all directions getting the horses harnessed and the fire engine mt. When it was discovered what was the H-igin of the alarm the feelings of the øapeo ntendent could not be expressed in wonls. A little noticed incident in connection with ;he Clement-Bayard airship flight to London concerned Mr Willows. The latter on Monday norning had entered the garage at Wormwood Scrubs and commenced work on some purtiuui )f his own ship, which is housed there. M. Element, catching sight of the British airmail, mpulsively went aver to bim and shook bIm leartily by the hand, and then introduced to lira the members of túø crew. AMumgh 'obbed of the honour of the first flight In an tirship across the Channel, Mr WUluw wm iportsman encrugh to heaa-tily ccBOgrstuteteCbe frenchman. t What we expected has happcnsdL lb Sdward Thomas referred confidently to Dafydd rV'illiam's birthplace as Uandovery. This has ong been a theme of difference, and numerous :orrespondenœ contest the statement. Pare rwson, Aberdare, in calling for the evidences )f the historic discovery," says up to now inch authorities as the late Jago Ddu, Pontar- lulais, Penar, Gwili, and Councillor R. Harriet Etolgoed, have! failed to decide which out al three or four places can claim to be the birth- >lace of the hymnologist. The honour la ilaimed by Llanedi, Llandybie, Pontllrw, v Jandilo Fach, Ttawsfynydd, and Llandovery. The Cymro is everywhere. Some time ago )yfed, the Archdruid, and a companion were ravelling on the Continent. They entered a totel at Modase, at the month of the Mont 3enis Tunnel. The dining-room waa well tiled at the dinner hour, and as Dyfed and bill riend sat at their meal the Archdruid spoke ather loudly to his friend. "Hosh 1" said the a-tter. we must talk quietly here." Not kt all." replied the bard, in his best Cymraeg-; we can talk in Welsh here aa loudly as we ike and nobody will understand a word w* ay." Dont you make too sure of that, )yfed," rang out a warning in Welsh from a Liner at the far end of the room. The warn- ug was from a Welshman, a stranger to the Lrchdruid, whose journey casually crossed hat of Dyfed at that point. Mr J. A. Seddon, M.P., told a good story at he shop assistants' meeting at Cardiff. l tradesman susceptible to religious nfiuences, not content with working his ipprentices during the daytime, kept them at t late at night. One evening one of them limbed a tree, and as the employer passed Jong with solemn face he called out in his nost impressive tones, Benjamin. I would peak with thee." Speak, Lord, Thy servant leareth," was the reply. Benjamin," again ame the voice, work not thy apprentices by landlelight." Benjamin accordingly aban- loned the practice. The apprentice told his omrade how he had brought it about, when ine of them said to him, Why didn't you ay daytime as well f Ramsey Island, the scene of the disaster to ,he St. David's lifeboat, like Caldey, Skomer, ikokholm, and so many place-names around he Pembrokeshire coast, preserves the memory .f those marauding Norsemen, to baffle whom he beautiful neighbouring Cathedral was lidden in a hollow. The Bitches, upon vhich the lifeboat came to grief, is not a rock," but a reef that runs from the island lalf-wav across the sound, and past which thf .ide rushes like a mill-race. Ramsey is now launted by numerous seals, which breed ia he caverned cliffs, but possesses many legend- try associations with the old British saints, )eing the Iona of South Wales. This romantic slet was recently purchased, together with he ruined chapel of St. Justinian on the oppo- ite mainland, by Lord St. Davids from the Dean and Chapter. Mr Booker Washington tells almost as good L story as that which appeared recently in rossip respecting the converted negro. Mr Washington likes to tell of a negro theologian Mio explained how it. was the Egyptians were Irowned in the Bed Sea. You see," he said, it was the middle ob winter and the children ,b Israel crossed in the mornin', when the ice ras nice and hard. But the Egyptians crossed it twelve o'clock, when the sun had been hinin' and melted the ice, and they was Irowned." That can't be true," said a young oloured student, for I've learnt from my geography that ice won't freeze so near the ^jrator." Just what I expected," retorted nr. preacher. There's always some of these M'ncd young men to spile our theology. But 'd hev you to know that them times I'm alkin' about was before there was jographites nd 'quators."