The Cardiff Times

SPEECHES BY MR PARNELL AND SIR E. J. REED. A large meeting was held on Monday evening in the Park Hall, Cardiff, in support af the candidature of Sir Edward Reed. The fact that Mr Parnell had come down to address the meeting on his behalf lent unusual interest and excitement to the occa- sion and there was a great rush for admission. The spacious hall was crowded from floor to ceiling some time before the proceedings oemirenced, and hundreds were unable to obtain standing room. The gallery, which stretches thrae parts round the hail,, was filled with ladies, who could be seen crowding the corridors in the distance. The windows were thrown open, and many persons unable to get into the hall listened to the speakers while standing on the window sills out- -ide. Mr John Corv presided at the outset, and the following were amongst t'iose on the plat- I form :—Sir Edward Reed, Mr Arthur J. Wil- liams, Mr A. Thomas, Mr Rees Jones (chair- man of the Liberal Association), Dr. Edwards, Bishop Hedley, Fathers Richmond, McGuire, Harrison, Burns, McClement, Butler, Matthews, and Williams, V.G. Alder- man Lewis, Councillors Sanders, Rams- dale, Vaughan, and Carey Messrs Lewis Williams, John Duncan, F. Sonley Johnstone, O'Brien, Collins, Fitzpatrick, Munford, Edward Thomas, J. Ferguson,-W. Jenkins (president Radical Association), J. Bridgman, J. Callaghan, — Caningham, — Courtney, A. J. White, F. J. Beavan, W. Jar-i man, A. Richards, T. R. Rowlands, D. Duncan, j C. Collier, W. Johnston, T. S.' Jones,. John> Thomas, T. Leyshon, H. J. Williams, W. N. j Gronow, David Howell, James Mnnn"J., David,» A. A. Bregeon, D. R. Ambrose, J. Finch, R.' E. Price, Albert Evans, Sutherland,i T. Hopkins, J. H. Williams, A. Richards, W. Sharman, J. Hopkins, T. Rowlands, SH.* Marshall, T. Allen, G. James, J. E. Garland^ C.^ J..Jobnson, W. Richards, H. J. Ransome,t Councillors Bird, D. Jones, and ,T. Rees; Revs^ A. Tilly, J. Morgan Jones, and J. Harg-reavea Major Holmes, Captain Bruce; Messrs Louis Gueret, Edmund Thomas, J. Hibbert, Campbell Cory, Clifford Cory, Peter Price, David Evans, — Vaughan, J.P. (Newport), — Hill (Paisley),* J. H. Jones, J. C. Batchelor, C. Heywood, J.. Hall, — Randall (Llanelly), W. D. Williams, J.P. (Hirwain), D. Thomas (Lanelay), R. B. Reed, E. R. Moxey, W. Howell (Mountain Ash), and Dr Morgan. A letter was received from Councillor Boulanger explaining and regretting his inability to attend. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, remarked that the present meeting and others held throughout the town showed that as far as Cardiff was concerned there would be justice for Ireland. He then called upon Mr A. J. WILLIAMS, who was enthusiastically; received. After some prefatory remarks, he briefly sketched the history of some of Ireland's sufferings, and went on to ask, what did Lord Salisbury—(prolonged hissing)—say ? What hope could they have of a statesman who began his speech on the Irish Government Bill—"Our policy, to-day is the traditional policy of the Tory" party — (hisses) — the policy which had refused Catholic Emancipation till they were on the very verge of a rebellion—the policy which for 50 years had at every step, when something like a measure, not of justice, but of the smallest consideration for the wretched Irish tenant was proposed, had set ics face against it—(hisses)—the policy which, when the Irish National Education Bill was brought forward in 1833, opposed it—the policy which, when in 1835 the smallest extension of the franchise was proposed for Ireland, resisted it —the policy which, in 1844, whenit began to dawn upon the English mind that these wretched, starving Irish people were entitled to have the bog land reclaimed, turned the bill out of the House of Lords the policy which went against the disestablishment of the Irish Church—(hisses) —the policy which opposed the first Land Bill of 1870 and the second Land Act of 1881 ? (Hisses.) These were a few instances of Tory policy. (Hisses.) What did it amount to? It amounted to this that if they did not send back a big, powerful, united majority to support Mr Gladstone — (loud applause) — that party would go in to govern Ireland resolutely for 20 years. (Loud hisses, and Never.") Ah what were those honourable words of Mr Grattan— words which were echoed in the years of their great statesman when he drew the masterly Irish constitution—(loud applause)—and which pointed out that coercion had been tried ? They had kept back the "engine of redress." That was the agency they now in this country wanted to bring into play. (Loud applause.) Not coercion, not re- pression; not craven fear, unworthy of the English nation — no, but a bold, coura- geous doing of justice. (Loud applause.) Mr Cowen, the Radical member for Newcastle-on- Tyne, said, We have tried to rule Ireland bv the army, the Church, the land laws, and by ail three combined, and all these agencies have failed, and brought us to humiliation. Let us now try to rule her by her own people. I am prepared to bold our world-wide empire at all hazards by conceding to the divers nationaltiesin it liberty to work out their national life in their own way." Those words touched the hearts of the Welsh people. (Cheers.) Kindred in race, sprung of the same stock, possessing throughout their national character the same great and noble qualities which the Irish people possessed, a tine sense of what was emotional, and instinctive love of what was good, beautiful, and true, a high instinct ot oratory—the Welsh, as a kindred race, < felt this feeling of nationalty down to the very roots of their being. They would stand by the Irish people—(cheers)—by the loyal union of the English people, shoulder to shoulder, and carry forward this movement until they reached the victory of justice and wisdom over passion and prejudice. (Cheers.) At this stage Dr MULLIN took the chair, and expressed the pleasure he felt at presiding over such a meeting—magnificent in point of numbers, in its array of speakers, and still more in the spirit which animated it. Mr A. THOMAS, who was next called upon, and who was well received, described Mr Glad- stone as the only man that could solve thIs great Irish problem ha was the only one that could command a following sufficient to carry the great Home Rule motion. We were told that if the Irish people got Home Rule there would be religious persecution. (No.) We were told that 20 years ago, at the time when the Irish Church was. disestablished. He would ask, "Could one authentic case be shown of religious persecution since that day ?" He believed not. Indeed, religious persecution was only possible under one condition. He declared that religious persecution was the offspring of that unholy alliance, Church and State. (Applause.) The Irish had now, he went on, come round to their friends — (applause) — and be did not doubt that they would be as successful with Home Rule as with disestablishment. They would soon be honoured with a great man in that room—a man whom he had not always regarded as to-night. He might have a little prejudice left yet, but it was very small. (Cheers.) He always admired Mr Parnell's pluck, courage, and perseverance— he admired those qualities in any man, under any conditions—but now Mr Parnell had .proved that he bad sufficient courage and power to bring the Irish question so much to the front it was bound to be recog- nised. Until the Irish difficulty was removed there could be no legislation whatever. The Irish people had every reason to be proud of Mr Parnell. (Cheers.) He had found Ireland a down-trodden and distracted country, but be would leave it a free nation. (Loud rind pro- longed cheers.) In conclusion Mr Alfred Thomaa moved a vote of confidence in Mr Gladstone. Mr LEWIS WILLIAMS, in. seconding the vote, remarked that this was an appeal from the Irish democracy to the English, Welsh, and Scotch democracies, the question being Shall the Irish govern themselves?" (Cheers.) If the Irish people were qualified to have the franchise ex- tencted to them as the franchise was extended in England, Wales, and Scotland, then, logically, they were competent to govern themselves. (Cheers.) At this juncture Sir Edward Reed and Mr Parnell entered the hall, and mounted the plat- form. The cheering was vociferous and pro- longed. Almost the whole audience stood up and sang with vigour, "For he's a jolly good fellow." Sir EDWARD REXD then came forward, and was heartily greeted. He said he was glad to have escaped from the duty which he had in common with other Liberals to discharge of passing coercive measures for Ire- land—(loud applause)—and in having arrived at a time when neither he nor any other Liberal of their type—(hear, bear)—would again have to engage in measures of that kind. (Hear, hear.) He congratulated himself and the audiecce on the fact that they had arrived at a time when they intended to devote the whole strength and resolution of the truly Liberal party to the renl 'enfranchise- ment and setting free of the Irish people. (Loud appla.use.) At an overflow meeting Mr Parnell— (loud cheers)—had just explained that it was neither possible nor would it have been right to then attempt to pass such measures as they now had in contemplation, because no means existed to enable the Irish people to express their views and will in the matter. But with the extension of the franchise, which had enabled the people of Ireland as well as the people of this kingdom to express their sentiments and their wishes, the time had arrived when it was not only possible, but when it was right, and when it was necessary, that the cry should go through the United Kingdom that there should bo no nation and no people deprived of the right to manage its own affairs—(loud applause)— and that those statesmen, so-called, who sought the use the parliamentary institution of the country for the purpose of withholding from any nation or any people its right to manage its own affairs should not be supported, and have no countenance from the great democratic people of England. (Loud applause.) Sir Edward then passed high encomiums upon the patriotism of Mr Parnell, which were enthusiastically received. Alluding to the moderation of Mr Parnell's demands in regard to the self-government of Ireland, the speaker wished to remark, in the presence of Mr Parnell, what he stated in that room some weeks ago—that the only defects in the Home Rule Bill were that it embodied so many safeguards in order to meet, as far as possible, the prejudices and passions of certain people. The safeguards and restrictions were so many that it was almost surprising that Mr Parnell, in the name of the Irish nation, was willing to accept the measure. He (Sir Edward) strongly suspected that one of his reasons for accepting those severe, oppressive, and un- necessary safeguards was that he knew that the democracy of this country would not deny to Ireland in future years such relief as was reason- able, natural, and proper to be granted. He (Sir Edward) was told Lord Hartington—(groans and hisses)—was coming to Cardiff on Wednesday to oppose the agitation on behalf of the concession to the Irish people of the right to govern themselves. He should take the liberty of asking Lord Har- tington to explain his own speech made on the 13th March, 1880, in which he said, referring to' the colonies, which enjoy a greater measure of self-government than that proposed to be given to Ireland, that the cause of the loss of the American colonies was that England attempted to govern them too directly and with too heavy a hand, and that she would not give to those colonies liberty and self-government. Since that time, he added, and more especially in the present century, a more enlightened policy had prevailed, mainly under the inspiration of the statesmen of the Liberal party. The best way to preserve the union of this country with, her colonies, the best way—the only way—to ) preserve their affection and their love, was to I grant them a constitution—mark the words— giving the fullest, the freest, and the most com- plete scheme of self-government. (Applause.) Sir E.J warù went 1m to declare—not for the purposes of this election, but on his conscience, that there never was a dissent from a great ministry on mure hollow, more pre- posterous objections than those objections which had been raised on this question. He thanked Mr Parnell for his great kindness in coming down to this tcwn at this time. But don't let him (Sir Edward) be mistaken. Mr Parnell had come to win for the Liberal party a victory. Without Mr Parnell, without anybody buo tIJemselves they would have won this contest. (Applause.) Mr Parnell had come to share their victory and he would remember this evening in Cardiff as one which at least gave him new hope,, new confidence, and helped him forward on that path which be had entered upon. (Loud, and' prolonged cheers.) Mr PAENELL was then introduced to the meet. ing. He was accorded a most magnificent recep- tion, the audience rising as one man and cheering, j whilst the ladies in the balcony enthusiastically, waved their handkerchiefs. Upon the subsidence] [of these demonstrations, Mr Parnell spoke', as; follows :—Mr chairman, ladies, and gentlemen,— t I am very: much indeed indebted to your future member—(applacse) — and your former'• member, for the opportunity which be has been so good as to give me of paying a visit to your town —(applause)—not, as he r truly expressed it, that it was at all' necessaryforrme to come here in order to ensure his victory. That victory was a' foregone conclusion, whenit was found that a Tory who had been twice defeated within six months was; obliged to make way foroneof Itbesecnoodescript gentlemen—(laughter and > applause)—who bad been so well described by Mr Gladstone as Paper-unionists. I have just come from the south of England—the south-west of England* I have addressed".audiences-Iarga, meetings oL many thousands—in the towns of Portsmouth and in Plymouth. I bad not the advantage there as I have here of meet- ing large sections of my own country- men. I was entirely, or almost entirely, alone amonf?st English audiences, and I am, happy to say that everywhere I was received with the utmost courtesy and enthusiasm. There was on the part of each Englishman and Englishwoman, amongst these vast crowds-one of them number-" ing 12,000 souls—the utmost anxiety to listen to the case of Ireland, to ponder it, and weigh it with the judicial spirit, and the desire to do justice to our country. The democracy of that part of England are solid for Mr Gladstone. and self-government for Ireland, It is true there may be on the fringe of the multitude a few of that peculiar description of persons like your opposing candidate, who never know which side they are going on until the mcrning of the elec- tion, who have gone over to the Tories but they are very few in number, and they will be swallowed up very fast—will be swallowed up in the vast mass of their fellow-countrymen whose hearts have been touched by the recital of the wrongs of Ireland, and whose attention has been engaged by the magic of the genius of the great man—that greatest man—who now stands beside us as our defender and deliverer. AN OPPORTUNE BLOW. This is the first time, ladies and gentlemen, that the people of England have really had an oppor- tunity of saying their say upon the Irish question, and it is noteworthy that MT Gladstone—with that extreme genius and perception which are his alone—struck his blow at the very first moment when it was possible to strike a successful blow. He could not have attempted to move the question sooner than the moment be chose. That was one of the reasons, apart from a thousand other reasons, which I have not time to give you to-night, why I know that Mr Gladstone is going to win. If there were a thousand Lord Hartingtons— (groans)—Chamberlains— (groans) — Churchills- (groans)—not to mention the Caines and Brands— (renewed groans)—they would disappear as chaff before the wind before his mighty eloquence, and before the trust and the confidence that the people of England have, and rightly have, in him. (Applause.) A GREAT LEADER. Oh no It is a good thing for a nation, for a great nation, when she has a great man for her leader, and an illustrious man who is able to lead, and whom the people know they ought to follow, and you have such a man now in this crisis in the history of your country in Mr Gladstone for the first time in seven centuries. If I make any exception it would be that of the sending of Lord Fitzwilliam to Ireland towards the close of the last century, whose recall as a consequence of the machinations of the very same factions of men as those who are op- posing this measure was brought about.. It nas been said that Lord Fitzwilliam's return was a dagger pointed to the heart of Ireland. Take care you don't assist these Liberal dissen- tients—these Tory wolves in sheep's clothing—to' plant a dagger in the heart of Ireland, (Ap- plause.) REPEAL OF THE UNION IS NO LONGER THE QUESTION. Mr Gladstone has offered Ireland, as the result of his study of the question, a settlement on the basis of & statutory legislature which does not involve repeal of the Union. (Loud cheers.) The repeal of the Union would have meant restora- tion of the Grattan Parliament, which, springing as it did out of the English constitution, was, and would be if restored, a co-equal and co-ordinate body with your own Imperial Government. This legislative body that Mr Gladstone offers is one which has delegated powers, and which does not involve a repeal of the Union, or any subordination of the supremacy ■ of the Imperial Parliament. (Hear, hear.) If the Grattan Parliament were given to us, it could not be taken away from us without our consent,, but the statutory legislature could be taken away from us without our consent at any time. The Grattan Parliament could not have its proceedings overhauled by the Imperial Parliament, because it would be a co-equal one. That is not the case with the legislature Mr Gladstone has offered us. The opposition is dishonest beyond expression. (Loud applause, noise, and disorder.) SEPARATION OF LEGISLATURE OFFERS NO DANGER. I think I have proved my case that separation of legislatures is not followed by separation of countries or nations. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary, in the examples I have given you—and I might have given you many more examples from European countries which have given autonomy to subject countries to prove the truth of the proposition I have laid down for your acceptance. What is it, then, if it is n^t in the concession of a separate legislature, which is to bring about separation ? Is it the fact that we are only five millions of people, to some extent divided according as the loyal Unionists are counted in the minority, and that you are a rich and powerful nation of thirty millions, with a great military and naval organization? Is that the reason? (No, no.) Well, what is the reason? Is it that the disloyal Unionists in Ireland threaten rebellion if this con- cession is given ? Well, I think you may make yourselves very easy about the rebellion of the loyal Unionists or dis-Unionists, or whatever else they are called. There are so many new names going about that it is hard to keep up reckoning with thorn. Is it that several loyal Irishmen and the Rev Roaring Quhane and others are going to fling the Queen's crown into the Boyne as they threatened to do nt the time of the disestablishment of the Irish Church ? I think you may be easy about it, because they will do nothing more than wreck the houses of the Nationalists when the police are not looking ou. (Laughter.) If it is not the Orangemen of the North of Ireland who are going to come over and sack London, let alone Cardiff, what is going to separate Ireland from England ? Per- haps I shall be told it is O'Donovan Rossa. (Laughtei.) I do not think O'Dcnovan Rossa will trouble you very much. DIFFICULTIES WILL VANISH. I think you will find, when you have conceded to Ireland the right of self-government, and the autonomy, that a great many troubles and diffi- culties, which appear very dangerous to meet, will vanish into thin air. (Applause.) No this talk about the danger of separation is so prepos- terous, so hollow, so absurd, that it is not worth a moment's consideration — (applause) — and, practically speaking, the opponents of the bill have ariven it up as a bad cry, and are now direct- ing your attention to ANOTHER RED HERRING. (Laughter.) This is tho danger to the Protestant minority — the poor Protestant minority. (Hear, hear.) They are very thankful for the adventurers from the North of Ireland who are springing up in England and Scotland, and who have invaded England and Wales, I believe, during the last few months, and pretend to represent these minorities—gentlemen who are not very scrupulous as to tha amount of truth. I will not say lies, they tell. (Laughter.) I read a newspaper report of a meeting held in the South of England, which described the proceedings at which two of these Orange delegates attended. The chairman of the meet- ing asked what was the proportion of taxa- tion that Ulster paid to tho imperial treasury. Oh," says this veracious yoijWg man from the North of Ireland, it is in round numbers two-thirds of the whole." Then," said the chairman, "I will have.nothing to do with Home Rule." (Laughter.) Now, what is the fact ? Ulster does not pay more than one fourth of the Imperial taxation. (Hear, hear.) This may be taken as a very good example of the truth of the state- ment which is flying about with regard to various matters in regard to Ireland. But what is the amount of danger to the lives and limbs of the Protestants of Ireland ? A great many Protestants do not care about the question. They are comfortable as they are, and, of course, a man who is very comfortable does not heartily desire change. But they do not care very much. They will probably vote against the Nationalist candidates — the majority of them the minority will vote in our favour. Another, a small minority!— a larger minority I am bound to admit than that in our favour—will represent the party of strenuous resistance to the proposals of the Government. ORANGEMEN AND WELSHMEN. We have some Welshmen over there too. (Cheers.) We should have had more only for a certain incident I will relate to you. (Hear, hear.) I have never known the slightest ill-feeling or [opposition raised by the Catholic inhabitants or Catholic workmen to the introduction of Welshmen. We brought over a number of Welshmen about a year ago to those quarries. What did the Orangemen do? ■They assembled together with hammers and crow- bars and chisels and attacked those Welshmen,; were going ■ to kill them, and "they would have injured them but" that the Catholic workmet) assembled together — (cheers) — and protected the strange Welshmen. Well, now, so much for the qnestion of religious intolerance arising out of the acts of the people in times of political or religious heat, or trade jealousy, or social reasous. LORD CARNARVON. I will pass on to the question of Lord Carnarvon, Lord Carnarvon is an honourable man as far as I have been able to ascertain—tho only I honourable man which the recent Cabinet contained; and I think, although he has consi- derably strained questions of fact, and shown an undue disposition to become the catspaw of his party and the shield of his party, still we should not be too hard upon him. He undoubtedly did. lay down his office because after the general., election the Cabinet would not carry out the policy be had every reason to, suppose they were going to carry out. Now, I made a statement on Saturday night at Plymouth, in reference to Lord Carnarvon. I don't wish to ■■ go over the old ground, because you are all sum-: ciently familiar with it—as to how Lord Car-* narvon asked me to meet him, and told me he'; wished to consult with me about a constitution I for Ireland, and how I found that he and I were absolutely united and of the same opinion with j regard to separate legislation for Ireland. I don't wish to detain you by travelling overthatt old ground, but at Plymouth last night I went aj little further. I said that Lord Carnarvon at our interview in August had given me a very good^ earnest of his intentions with regard to the Irish Government, and also of the official character of our interview, and^ of. his official position at our; interview. (Heajc, hear.) I said this earnest was} in the shape of 5 FIVE MILLIONS OF POUNDS STERLING, < The hard-earned earnings of the British taxpayer, | as Mr Chamberlain—(groans)—Mr Trevelyan, and Lord Randolph Churcbhill say now. *(Groans.)'. Well, I explained the meaning of that! reference by saying that I had strongly urged him to passf THE LAND PURCHASE BILL, which had been introduced, and had gone through^ its different I stages in the House of gLords, „ which was read a third time on the 24th:jof July". but "f. with respect to which no progress—i no further I progress — was made during the= seven or eight days which intervened; between the 24th July and the day of;my inter-; view with him. In fact, it was well: known <inj. parliamentary circles that the Government were 1 in a very great doubt as to whetherthey would < proceed with that bill or not. InJact, they had1' practically dropped it. Of course, I need,; not point out that time is'very valuable at"4 the"' end of the session, when we getinto)thet month of- August, and a bill which has to be read a first time cn the 17th July in-the.House of Lords, a second time on July 20tb, or a few days J afterwards, and passed through committee"*on July 21st, or one day afterwards, and read, a third time on July 24th, must.. be" passed at a rapid rate, in order to satisfy" the deliberate resolve of the Government; and when an interval of eight or nine days was allowed to elapse before anything was beard. of.; the bill in the House of Commons, except the rumours that it was going to be dropped, it is evident it was in great peril. I strongly urged upon Lord Carnarvon that this Land Purchase Bill should be proceeded with and carried into law. He took a note of my remarks in reference to the matter. I asked at Plymouth whether this part of my conversation had been reported by Lord Carnarvon to Lord Salisbury; and I claimed that, as a consequence of my representation, this bill-which had evidently been dropped in the beginning of August—was introduced on the 4th of August in the House of Commons—or two days afterwards—after my interview with Lord Carnarvon-md was passed into law within a short time and that, further, a clause—an objec- tionable clause to me—the guarantee of the Church fund for the repayment of money—which I had objected to, was struck out. I claim that this bill was passed as a consequence of my re- presentations, and that act was an earnest of the official character of our interview, and of Lord Carnarvon's official characterat the time. (Cheers.) It is a question BETWEEN TWO POLICIES —the policy of the concession of legislative responsibility to Ireland — whether it is to be conceded by Mr Gladstone and the Liberal party or by the Tories and; Lord Salisbury — and the policy of coercion. There is no choice between these two. There is no other alternative, and it is not pretended thatt there is any other alternative, and it must be a stronger coercion and more resolute coercion than' any you have as yet applied in your seven centuries of coercive rule. (Hear, hear, and applause.) What has been the coercion of the last six years? That did not succeed, although resolutely applied. Nobody who has j watched Mr Gladstone's sympathetic face, as "tha t Irish members have watched it when these Coercion Acts and the resultants have been fought over and discussed in the House of Com-t mons, could help seeing that the heart of the man- abhorred what bis party were about.! There are two alternatives — a policy j of trust in the Irish people and a policy of coer- t cion. Which of these two will you choose ?, "Trust.") WHAT IS COERCION ? I was goiug to tell you what the coercion was during the last five years. It was coercion under which a thousand men were arrested and kept in prison without trial—many of them for 20 mouths—("Shame")—without an intention to put them on trial, without any offence named against them. It is a great mistake to suppose that Irish coercion is aimed or used against criminal breakers of the law, or persons who are guilty of offences repugnant to all minds. It is nothing of the sort. An eminent member, after the Act of 1880—Mr Forster's Act —was passed, said, I am going to vote for the bill giving power to the secretary to arrest whom he pleases in Ireland, because people have been maimed in Ireland." But these offences were committed by the most ignorant of the population. There were a thousand men arrested in Ireland, but how many of them were arrested for cattle maiming? I never knew one out of the thousand, arrested for cattle maiming. (" Hear, hear," and l applause.) And out of the thousand after the new Crimes Act was passed, giving the most per- fect machinery the wit of lawyers could desire—in fact, all the Irish lawyers asked for—not two dozen of the thousand who had been so arrested were ever put on their trial. (Shame.) DO JUSTICE to IRELAND, Which we believe with the utmost confidence you will do. (Applause.) Ob, it is a great thing to have the chance, the opportunity which is now presented to the English nation. A chance not by conquest, or by the sword, or bloodshed, of doing a great and good deed—a chance of truly showing your imperial greatness and courage by having the courage to do justice to a weaker nation. (Applause.) You are happy to live in these days, as we are happy, when there still lives a great man with superabundant power of mind and body, and superabundant control over this nation to induce you to follow him in this cause. (Applause.) We are confi- dent you will follow him. (Renewed applause)—and that having your leader, you will follow that leader until this new spirit, which has been awakened for the first time in our troubled history, shall have been fully developed, and shall have resulted in lasting peace, friendship, and unity between England and Ireland. (Loud applause.) Mr COLLINS (secretary of the Cardiff Branch of the Irish National League) briefly moved :— That we, Irishmen of C¡¡.rcliff, in meeting assembled, tender our sincere thanks to Sir Edward Reed, for his faithful support of Mr Gladstone's measure of justice to Ireland—(cheers)—and pledge ourselves to return liim as our representative by a triumphant majority at the ensuing election.. —(Renewed cheering.) Mr C. CALLAGHAN seconded the motion. Councillor CARiir, speaking in its support, said that when they found Sir Edward Reed had fulfilled his promise and voted for Mr Gladstone's bill, it would be cowardly and mean for any Irishman or Catholic to desert Sir Edward on the present occasion. (Cheers.) As a Conservative Irishrpan, he had told his Conservative friends in Cardiff than when any question arose concerning his country or religion, he should be a free lance. The leaders of tho party had recognised his position, and freely acknowledged the fitness of the course he had pursued. As an Irishman living- in Cardiff, he would say that if he did not vote for Sir Edward Reed, his (the speaker's) father ought to rise in his grave to curse him. (Cheers.) The vote was enthusiastically carried. Sir EDWARD REED, in responding, remarked that 011 the night of the declaration of the poll in February last, h:s opponent, the gentleman from Swansea—(laughter)—had been so befooled by certain people that he thought he had won. But when he found a majority of 863-- the largest known in Cardiff for many years past—declared against him—(a Voice You'll have a bigger this time ")-he said, "Sir Edward, you were right and I have been de- ceived." (A Voice: "So he will again.") The same people, and a few who ought to know better, wjre now befooling another unfortunate man. (Laughter.) Cn Wednesday week he should see not only Mr Brand, but the man whose lips declared the vote on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons (Mr Caine) defeated, and with them Lord Hartington— (groans and hisses)—and every Liberal who had broken from Mr Gladstone. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the following resolu- tion, which had been moved in the early part of the proceedings by Mr Alfred Thomas, seconded by Mr Lewis Williams Ilesolved that this meeting hails with admiration the noble efforts of Mr Gladstone to settle the long stand. ing quarrel between Great Britain and Ireland on just and generous grounds, and to the satisfaction of the Irish people, and pledges itself to support him to the best of our power in carrying his noble efforts to a successful consummation. The resolution was carried with only one dis- sentient. Sir EDWARD REKD proposed that the best thanks of the meeting be given to Mr Parnell for his magnificent and statesmanlike speech. He was profoundly indebted to Mr Parnell for coming to Cardiff on that occasion. His speech would contribute to increase largely the majority which would be realised on Wednesday week, and he did not hesitate to say such speeches as Mr Parnell had delivered would go far not only to inform the minds of the electorate of the country, but to fulfil the object with which it had been delivered. (Cheers.) The Rev A. TILLY, in sesonding the resolution, said he believed in a policy of faith rather than a policy of fear. (Great applause.) He stood there not in his own capacity, but ad representing the vast majority of Nonconformist ministers of the town who were Home Rulers. (Applause.) He had trust in a policy of righteousness and .truth—iu Mr Gladstone—in the people of Ireland —and in the great heart of the British nation. „ (Loud applause.) Justice to Ireland must be granted, and Mr Parnell's, speech that night would be no mean link in the chain of circum- stances which would accomplished the object in view. (Loud applause.) He trusted that the outcome of those meetings would be such as would prove that Cardiff was on the side of the. I, cause of righteousness and truth. (Loud ap- plause.) The resolution was carried with perfect unani- mity and much cheering. Mr PARNELL, in replying, said that he was Mr PARNELL, in replying, said that he was deeply indebted to the vast audience for its courtesy in listening so patiently, That was the third English audience which he bad the honour of addressing. (A Voice: "No, Welsh," and cheers and laughter.) Well, audience of British citizens, then. ("No,"and "Welsh,"andlaughter.) Well, if British did not satisfy them, he would say Welsh. (Cheers.) It was the first Welsh/ meeting. However, whether Welsh or British orj English, he esteemed it a very great favour and' a; very great opportunity, and, he hoped, of great "good to his country to have the opportunity of. being present at such meetings as that. (Hear, hear.) He believed that nothing but good to his fellow countrymen could come from a < fair and honest endeavour—however unworthy" and feeble it might be to prevent the cause of Irelandi-before the British, Scotch,, or Welsh audiences.. Mr Parnellcontinued: Nothing but good can possibly come of it. The British people must and will see thetruthtof this. matter. It is impossible for them to do other-? wise. (Applause.) I have the greatest confidence1 —the utmost confidence—that this truth, will bet seen < already, and that neither I nor any other Irishman need be under the shghtesM anxiety whatever as to the success. of our; cause at the general election. (Loud applause.); I believe the bill will go back to the new Parlia- 4 ment .withi a. largf majority in, its favour—{ (applauseJ-and that it will 'get' through the'" House of Commons, and, I beheve, through thei House of Lords also, without another dissolution. If the the Lords.. throw it out, well, then I. hope that Mr Gladstone and: thevpeoplaw of England will give the Lords such a dressing1 that they!will never live to repeat] it. (Applause.) i i.. Mr PABNELL then called for three cheers for the* chairman, which were heartily given, and acknowl- edged by Dr. MULLIN. •» The proceedings theaterminatea.

r IMMENSE OVERFLOW F MEETING. As-jit1 was found utterly impossible to accom modate in the ,Park-hall one-fifth part of the vast crowd which gathered, in its precincts, hasty arrangements were made for/holding an overflow meeting in the open air. A platform,was erected in St Andrew's-crescent, and here an audience of several < thousand' people ■ assembled; to hear Mr Parnelh Mr E. R. Moxey presided-, and just on tbeflrrival ofMrParnell and SirEdward Reed are- solution was putand carried unanimously declaring Sir Edward Reed to be a fit and proper person to represent Cardiff, and. pledging the Irishmen of the borough to return him as their member, and as a faithful supporter of Mr Gladstone in his measure of justice to Ireland. Owing to the packed state of the crowd it was found impossible for the carriage to approach the platform, so Sir E. J. REED stood up on the seat to address the electors, and was received with enthusiastic cheers. He said that as they were expecting to hear some remarks from Mr Parnell, he should not occupy much of their time. He would, however, like to thank them for the manner in which they had fjust carried that resolution, and to say that in bis opinion the manner in which Mr Parnell had mettbe Prime Minister in connection with the great common effort to carry peace and contentment and justice into Ireland—(MriParaell: Hear")—-was worthy of all praise. (Loud cheers.) He was bound to' say, as one who had listened to all the speeches in the House of Commons on this question, and who had closely followed all the speeches that had been made throughout the country, that he was firmly of opinion tfcat the moderate, conciliatory, and thoroughly praise- worthy manner in which Mr Paroell had met the effort of Mr Gladstone on this occasion placed him among the very first statesmen of the age—(loud cheers)—and he thought tbat.the Irish people might;be well satisfied to know that.the man who had conducted such an agitation as this had been in the past—painful beyond all expression, trying beyond anything that could be said—that such a man should have so:conducted it as to bring it to this issue entitled him to the manifestation of enthusiasm they hadlshown to-day in his favour, and gave the best possible guarantee that- when Ireland had at length obtained the right to control its own affairs, they would be controlled, not, as some violent people say,in extreme and violent ways, but in a manner statesman-like, moderate, and worthy not only of the Irish people, but of the English and Scotch andjWelsh peoples who were rising up as one man, so far as the body of the.people was concerned, and declaring that[Ireland should receive from the democracy a full measure of political justice and freedom.. (Load and prolonged cheers.) He would only say one more word,land that was, he was desirous to give Mr Brand—(hisses)—a defeat on Wednesday week of the most crushing character. ("You will," and loud cheers.) He had come there without any justification whatever. (Cheers.) He had-come there to split up the Liberal party, instead of which he had split up the Conservative party. (Cheers.) If they (the Tories) supported him on this occasion, he could only say the Tory party in Cardiff had signed its death-warrant. (Laughter and.cheers.) He ought, before sitting down, to express his personal gratitude to Mr Parnell for coming there at great self-sacrifice. (Cheers.) But be had come knowing and feeling that no measure of self-sacrifice could be spoken of to-day when he was about to accomplish the greatest object which a man could set himself to obtain—namely, the political redemption of his, own country. (Loud and continued cheering.) Mr PARNELL then rose to address the meeting, and was accorded an ovation. After the cheering had been silenced, he said: Mr chairman, men of Cardiff, and fellow-countrymen—I have but time to say a very few words to you, but I shall endeavour, so far as I can, to„say those words straight to the point. (Cheers.) I shallspeak in the first place for a moment with regard to this great election-an; election which •, will be memorable, I venture to • predict, in the, history not only of Ireland, lbut of Great Brita.ini,. also. (Load cheers.) I shall. say a few words with regard to the merits of the candidate. (Hear.) Last time wo felt it our duty, not upon the merits of the candidates, but for what we believed to be greater and wider considerations, to oppose Sir Edward Reed, and to support another candidate. To-day I am happy to say we are on the side of the best man. (Loud cheers.) We have got a good cause, and we have got a good man in Sir Edward Reed—(vociferous cheering)—and we have the utmost confidence that Sir Edward will largely increase the majority by which, within the last six months, he has been twice triumphantly returned for Cardiff. (Great cheering.) You have as his opponent a little whipper-snapper— (laughter)—who has come here fromi I don't know where—(a Voice: "Mid-Gloucester," and laughter)—without the slightest pretext or man- date, either local or national, to disturb the peace of this town. (Loud cheers.) Why does he not allow an honest Tory to contest the seat ? (Cheers.) There would be some sort of pleasure in fighting a battle of that kind, but this papier- mache gentleman, these paper-Unionists, we don't understand them at all. (Loud cheers and laughter.) They are neither fish, flesh, fowl. nor eventdecent red-berring. (Renewed laughter.) You will be obliged to send back poor Mr Brand to the place where he came from a sadder and a wiser man. (" We I ,wilt," a.nd cheers.) Yet it is very hard to make some people wise. This young gentleman was one of the whips in the recent division, and an Irish member remarked, when the tellers for the Noes were announced as Mr Brand and Mr Caintf, Oh, there goes the Brand of Caiu upon th^ opponents of the measure." (Loud laughter and cheers.) Now Cain killed his brother Abel, and Mr Brand seems to be carrying out the ill-omened coin- cidence that his name and that of Mr Caine has brought into our minds, for he is not only opposing his brother, he is also opposing his father—(great laughter)—his honorable father, Lord Hampden—(cheers)—who, as Mr Brand, shed lustre upon his face and figure in the House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) For many years he had the opportunity of studying from his exalted and dignified place ill the Speaker's chair the situation as between England and Ireland, and he is entitled to give his opinion better than any other man as to whether the Irish members and people are earnest in their attempts for self government. (Cheers.) His brother, Mr Brand's' brother,isconte.5ting-oneof thedivisionsinthe South of England as a supporter of Mr Gladstone— (cheers)—and we might have hoped and expected that this young gentleman would have yielded to theTvei^ht of years and authority, and not have ventured to trespass in this manner. (Cheers.) However, I am convinced you will teach him such a lesson at the poll in a few dnys t.hat he will probably be a most humble follower of Mr Gladstone for the rest of his life. (Laughter and cheers.) Having dealt, and I hope not nt too great length—(loud cries of "Go on," aud cheers) —with the local situation in regard to this general election, having wished to Sir Edward Reed, as a deserving man who has always shown his friendliness to Ireland, a crashing majority, I shall pass on to consider the general situation. (Loud cheers.) This is the first time the democracies of the two countries have ever come together. (Hear.) Ireland has always been a bitter antagonist to the Union. (Hear.) There- fore the two peoples have got along pretty much like a dog and cat coupled together by a rope. The one kicks and scratches, the other growls and savagely barks and bites in return. The Union has not done much good up to the present. It has been Mr Glad- stone aim to supersede that Union, that paper union—(loud cheers)—that union of the present, by his policy of a union of hearts and hands, mutual interests, and mutual self-respect. (Loud and continued cheers.) Is not this a noble task for this Grand Old Man? (Loud cheers.) Will be not have a clear conscience, a grandly clear conscience, when he has completed this task? (Great and tumultuous cheers.) What man could wish, however great his abilities—and there is no living man greater than him—what man could wish to ihave a more glorious, a more fitting, a more becoming termination to a great career than that of bringing about a lasting reconciliation between these two nations ? (Great cheering.) He never had an opportunity for doing this before, because never until the other day havetthe peoples of Great Britain and Ireland been able to express their opinions. (Luud cheers.) I stand here to bear my testimony to this, that as soon as it was possible for Mr Gladstone to undertake this question with any hope of success—and it would have been criminal for him to move in it before— he did undertake it, and he has placed before the English nation a Iclear, issue, an issueupon which no man can be mistaken. I venture to say he will have a unanimous verdict from a great majority of the British nation. (Cheers.) It has been a fortunate thing for Ireland that the franchise has been extended—(cheers) — before Mr Gladstone dis- appears from public life. It has been a happy ithing for my country. (Cheers.) Had it not been that this one great man still lived, and possessed in almost its pristine—in fact, I can say in all its pristine fulness, that great vigour of mind and body which so distinguishes him, it would have been impossible for any Englishman of lesser note or smaller marla to have brought his countrymen to see the importance of this great question. (Cheers.) Only a man of such signal genius as his could have attempted to cope with this task, and to see the truth. He has shown you the truth, and I believe, cow it has been ex- plained to you by this unrivalled leader, you will never allow any smaller man to hide it away from you. (Vociferous cheers.) Although such men may arise in hundreds, the knowledge and power of: your great leader will be sufficient for you., (Cheers.) You will recognise in him that he has studied this Irish question for years, and that it has been in reality almost the only question in which he has taken an interest. It would almost seem as if the other great reforms in Ireland, the protection of the voter by the Ballot Act, the passage of the great land acts, the abolition of the English Church established in Ireland, and, finally,-the enfranchisement of the Irish people, -have been all directed to the one great end and "object—the giving to Ireland the right to., manage her own affairs. (Loud and prolonged cheers.) Wo believe this great man is bound to win, and that inow he is appealing to the English people they wilL not be deaf to his trumpet call. r(Cheers.) 'We are1 confident in. his strength,,not tin our own.- In your sense of justice you will not allow the page of Irish historyj he has opened and displayed before your eyes to be closed until' 'you have rendered us the full justice we ask from you with every confidence. The honourable gentleman then resnmed1 his, seat amidst loud cheers. Many persons crowded i, to, the sidellof *the • carriage: to address a few hearty. words of .congratulation andtGod speed to Mr Parnell, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the carriage was able to get clear of the dense crowd. Finally, Mr Parnell and Sir Edward drove off to the Park Hall amidst repeated cheers and demonstrations from those who lined the roads and windows on both side.

REV C.J. THOMPSON AND THE BISHOPRIOOF MELBOURNE. Several newspapers have recently contained statements to the effect that the-Rev. C. J., Thompson, of Cardiff, had been appointed to the Bishopric of Melbourne. The Christian World is the last to make this announcement, and on Saturday and Sunday there were rumours in Cardiff that the reverend gentleman bad accepted the office recently, vacated by > Dr. Moorhouse. We have the authority of the Rev. C. J. Thomp- son for stating, however, that the bishopric has not been offered to him,

MR FULTON AND THE CARDIFF BENCH. We are able to state on good authority that the respected name of Mr Andrew Fulton was sub- mitted to the Lord Chancellor as that of a gentle- man in every way eligible for the bench of magis- trates, and that the claims of Mr Fulton have been fully and cordially recognised iu a letter from the Lord Chancellor to Sir Edward Reed. This recognition was unfortunately accompanied by a statement to the effect that the present Lord Chancellor, in common with his predecessors, feels the undesirability of associating gentlemen engaged in the wine and spirit trade, in any of its branches, with magisterial duties, and for this reason, and this alone, Mr Fulton a name has been omitted from the Lord Chancellor's recent nominations. It will be highly gratifying to the fellow-townsmen of Mr Fulton to learn that it is a trade circumstance alone which has interfered with his elevation to the bench, and that the Lord Chancellor of England has gone out of his way to express his appreciation of the high character and public services of Mr Fulton.

CARDIFF HARLEQUINS' ATHLETIC SPORTS. W The second annual athletic meeting of the Cardiff Harlequins' Football Club was held at the Sophia Gardens on Saturday. The weather was delightfully fine, and the attendance, notwith- standing counter attractions of a political character, was fairly large. Below are the results :— „ 120 YARDS FLAT HANDICAP (open.)—The first M each heat to run in final. First heat—A. J. Davies, C.H.F.C., 12 vds, 1st R. J. Llewellyn, ^rthyr, 8 yds, 2nd. Second heat —G. W. Davies, Newport C.A.F. and T.C., 8 yds, 1st; ISutler, Newport R.C.F.C., 124. yds, 2nd. Third beaJ^ Arnotfc, Troedyrhiw, F.C., 10 yds, 1st; V- tmmths, Newport C.A.F. and T.C., Hi yds, 2nd. Fourth heat — W. J. Bailey, Newport C. A-r. aud T.C., 5 yds, 1st; R. B. Evans, Newport C.A.F. and T.C., 10 yds, 2nd. Filth heat- A. James. C.H.F.C., 2* yds, 1st H. Jones, Newport C.A.F. and T.C., 14 yds, 2nd. Sixth heat—A.. Lewis, Pontypridd, and C.H.F.C.,4 £ yds, 1st T. L. Nicholas, Monmouth D.C.C., scratch. 2nd. Seventh heat—J. H. Mills, Cardiff T.F.C., 8 yds, 1st; A. Naisb, C.H.F.C., 13i yds, 2nd. Final heat-A. James, 1st; A. J. Davies, 2nd. The winner got level with Davies (who seemed to tire) a few yards from the tape, and finished a clear yard in front. Two LAPS BICYCLE HANDICAP (Open) -—1three in each heat to run in final. First heat—H- Jones, Cardiff B. and T.C., 115 yds, 1st A. J. Sheen, Cardiff, 90 yds, 2nd; S. Mazey, Cardiff, 130 yds, 3rd- oecond h"ad—C. E. Masters, Weston C.O., scratch- lsj; A. A. Rickard, Newport C. A. and F.C., 95 vds, 2ntJ; Final heat-C. E. Masters. 1st; A. J. Sheen," 2ml. Entering the straight for home Sheen held a clear lead, but in the last few yards the Weston man drew up, .and passed the judge about half a yard in front. L THROWING THE CRICKET BALL.—1st, L- Perry, Cardiff C.C. 440 YARDS FLAT HANDICAP (open).—The nrst three in each heat to compete in final. First heat—R. j Llewellyn, Mertliyr F.C., 22yds, 1st; W. Butler, Newport R.O.F.C., 30 yds, 2nd; W. Ellis, Newport C.A.F. and T.C., 19 yds, 3rd. Second heat—F. G. Treseder, Car- diff A.R.C., 28 yds, 1st; G. H. Beames. C.R.F.C., 26 yds, 2nd; J. E. Arnott, Troedyrhiw F.C., 24 yds, 3rd Third heat—A. Lewis, Pontypridd and C.fLF.C., 15 yds, 1st; T. Harding, Newport C.A.F. and r.c., 18 yds, 2nd A. James, C. H.F.C., scratch, ord. Final heat—A. Jamee, 1st; G. H. Beanies, 2nd- Half way James was level with the rear division. Entering the straight he drew up with the leaders, and won WeU within himself by several yards. 220 YARDS FLAT FOOTBALL HANDICAP (confined to members of football clubs in Cardiff and lhstTlct).- The first three in each heat to compete in the final. First heat—W. H. Morgan, Cardiff F.C., I3 y?.S;. 1st; A. J. Davies, C.H.F.C, 15 yds, 2nd; C.H.F.C., 10 yds. 3rd. Second heat—A. *ooiT\aS) Cardiff F.C., t> yds. 1st; D. H. Lewis, Cardiff F.C., la yds, 2nd; A- James, C.H.F.C., scratch, 3rd. Final heat—A. B. Thomas. 1st; W. H. Morgan, ^nd A. J. Davies, 3rd. The winner was expected to turn up jn either Thomas or Morgan, the first-iiamed being the favourite of backers. Nearing the tape Morgan spurted desperately, but failed to Keep the lead, Thomas winning by less than a vard. 120 YARDS FLAT HANDICAP (Club).—^The nrst two IN each heat to run in final. First heat—J. p, (Irant, 12 yds, 1st; T. J. Morgan, 114 yds. 2nd. Second heat- W. fl. Morgan, 8i yds, 1st; R. J. Krskine, lOz yds, 2nd. Third heat—A. Naish, Hi yds, 1st; J. 3; ,K'ch,ards, 2nd. Final heat—J. P. Grant, 1st; A. Naish, «ind. ONE MILE FLAT HANDICAP (Open).—v- FCVANS, Cardiff U.F.C., 60 yds, 1st; J. A. Beavan, Swansea C.C., 30 yds, 2nd. Won easily by four or y^rds. 220 YARDS BOYS' RACE (open). -The three ia each heat to run in final. First heat—D. l>ewis, car. diff C.F.C., 1st; J. Emms, Newport, 2nd • \V. ft Davies, Cardiff H.G. School, 3rd. Second lie t-E. C, Morgan, Cardiff, 1st; H. Strong, Cardiff, ^'u' < -It-Pan- nell, Cardiff, 3rd. Final heat—E. A. Morgan, 1st j. Emms, 2nd H. Strong, 3rd. FIVE LAPS BICYCLE HANDICAP (open)- — C. E. Masters, scratch, 1st; A. J. Sheen, Carditt, lau yds, 2nd. Masters early drew up to the handicap Men, and in the end won just as he liked. r HALF-MILE FLAT HANDICAP (CLUB.)- • »cott, 30 yds, 1st; A. James, scratch, 2nd; J. r. LINTON, 20 yds, 3rd. Won easilv. Third close up. DONKEY RACE.—The Bard (E. Williams "P) walked over.

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE. CARDIFF "RIFLE CLUB. The tenth silver spoon competition took piace on the Grangetowa Range on Saturday, at 200 and 500 yards seven shots at each range n0 sighting shots. The wind was from 5 light good. There were 23 competit°rs The following are the ten highest scorers -I- 200 Sou ns, yds. yds. alhvd. Tl. Serjeant Morgan (1st Cardiff).. 30 31 67 Private Heath (1st Cardiff). 27 20 65 Serftfc. JL>. Davies (Guards) 31 33 64 Gunner Fair (Penarth A) 26 29 ° &3 Private Eilis (2nd Cardiff) 25 27 -W £ >2 Corporal Jones (Penarth A) 2b 25 12 62 Private Haulage (2nd Cardiff).. 30 31 61 Col.-Ser<t. Hinton (Welsh) 32 29 — 61 Pte. J- Thomas (1st Cardiff) 25 23 ° 61 Sergeant Howells (1st Cardiff) 30 28 2 60

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MURDEROUS OUTRAGE AT CARDIFF. | THREE MEN SHOT. A v serious affray occurred on Saturday evening near Maindy. It appears that about twenty minutes past ten on Saturday evening, three men, named John Carey, 47, Ellen-street; Thomas Kellen, 23, Woodville- road; and George Mills, Weddal Farm, came to P. C. Lewis, who was at the Crwys,, Cathays, all three being in a wounded condition. From their excited statements it appeared that they had been in the fields near Weddal FarmSin < company with a man named David Jeans,, residing at 14, Treorky-street, who was accompanied by a woman. A quarrel broke out, the cause of which has not yet. been ascertained, and suddenly Jeans drew a revolver, out of his pocket and shot at them. Mills was wounded in the hip, Carey in the'right eye, and Kellen in the. tbigli. Jeans afterwards ran away, and they could not tell where ho had got to. Carey was in such a pre- carious condition that P. C.Lewis at once took him, with the other wounded men, to the residence of .Dr. Wallace. In the absence of this gentlemen, Dr. O'Donnell, his assistant, examined the men, and succeeded in extracting the bullets from Mills and Kellen, but he deemed it best to have Carey conveyed at once to the Infirmary. This was done, and he immediately received the attention of Dr Patterson, the house surgeon. After considerable difficulty a portion of the bullet was extracted, but the remaining portion'could not be removed. The wounded man retained his consciousness after the operation, but it was considered probable that he would lapse into unconsciousness and not recover. Accordingly Dr Patterson came to Mr Heming- way, the chief constable, on Sunday and told him that it would be necessary to take the depositions of the dying man at once. A magistrate and a lawyer (Dr Paine and Mr Evans) were at once secured, and his narrative taken down. The prisoner is reported to be a respectable man. The only clue to the mystery lies in the state- ment of. a man named James Hawker, who, it appears, was a companion of the men at the time of- the assault. He says: "I reside at Weddal Farm. At ten minutes past ten last night George Mills, John Carey, Thomas Kellen, and John Williams were out walking with me. We were coming across the fields towards the Fair Oak Farm. The prisoner and a woman were sitting down in the field. Mills wished them good night. We went past them through into another field, when the other two followed. Mills said This is no road. You must not come here." Prisoner said, U I will. It is no odds to you. Mills said, "I will stop you," and be went towards him. The prisoner then took something fr.om his pocket, pointed it at Mills, and fired. He shot Carey in the head. He fired again, and shot Mills in the hip. He aimed again, and this time he missed. He fired again and shot Kellen in the thigh. His next shot missed. He then went away. We all came towards the Crwys, and saw the constable and reported it. The statement of the wounded men entirely corroborated that of Hawker. THE PRISONER BEFORE THE MAGIS- TRATES. David Jeans was brought before the magistrates at Llandaff on Monday, charged with the attempted murders. lie is a young man of a very respectable^ appearance. It was decided to take only sufficient evidence to procure a remand. P.C. Lewis deposed that at 10.30 p.m. on Saturday last, John Mills and James Hawker, working on the Weddal Farm, came to him, and informed him of the attack..In consequence, he went to 14, Treorky-street, Cathays, and apprehended prisoner. He told him he was going to take him into custody for shooting at three men on the Weddal Farm, near the Rhy mney Rail way. He said Y es, I was there. I should do it again, if they attempted to rob me." He asked prisoner for the revolver, where- upon he took it from his pocket and gave it him. Witness then took him to the Roath police station. The revolver, which had six barrels, had every appearance of having been lately discharged. Witness had previously seen the three wounded men, and despatched them to the Roath Police Station. The prisoner, on being asked if be had any- thing to say why he should not be remanded, replied I gave information to the police before the men, and tho policeman didn't take it. These men committed a robbery on me,'and threatepedto kill me." The magistrates thereupon remanded prisoner for a week.

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN. On Monday,at the Staines petty-sessions, before Sir John Gibbons, Bart., and a bench of justices, Robert Henry Chinn, aged about 20, and respect- ably dressed, was brought up in custody on a charge of having.. caused the death of a young woman named Annie Hale, by throwing her into the Thamas at Chertsey, on the 18th. Mr Alfred H. Bungard, superintendent of police at Chertsey, said he received a communica- tion on the 18th from a woman named Hale, of Kew, stating that her daughter, Annie Hale, left her home with a young man on the 14th, and was supposed to be at Chertsey. On the night of the 18th the prisoner came to the station, with his clothing wet, and exclaimed, "My young woman has diowned herself in the Thames below Chertsey Bridge." He was detained, and the river was dragged. The body was not discovered until Friday last, when it, was taken out of the river at Walton. Inspector Elmss, of the T Division, said that Chinn observed to him, I did all I could to save her." A pawn ticket for the girl's gold watch was found on him. John Campbell, a police-constable, stated that he and another officer searched the banks of the river, and found the girl's hat, umbrella, and gloves, one of which was torn. Chinn's felt hat was also found indented on one side. Mrs Louisa Legg deposed that she was the wife of a coal merchant at Chertsey. On Whit-Monday the accused and the deceased, who represented that they were married, took apartments at her house. On the Friday following they went out and did not return. Edward Andrews, a lad, deposed that on the evening of the 18th he was fishing near Chertsey Bridge when he heard a loud scream from a woman, and five minutes after a man called out Police." Witness then heard a splasb in the water. That was a few minutes before ten o'clock. Thomas Hutchings, a pawnbroker's assistant at Staines, said the defendant pledged Hale's gold watch on the 16th. He gave the name of Henry Heath, Chertsey." The prisoner was remanded pending the result of the inquest, and bail was refused.

A TEXAS LOVE TRAGEDY. Word has been received at Galveston from Terrell, Texas, of a serious shooting affray which occurred there. OrangsTertellaud Miles Henderson have been paying suit to Miss Sophia Wickson, and the jealousy between the two led to several quarrels. On June 7th, about nine o'clock, Terrell went to the lady's house and found Henderson ahead of him. He immediately opened lire, shooting Henderson in the centre ot the breast, the ball glancing upwards over his shoulder. Terrell's aim was then directed at the woman. After emptying his pistol, one of the shots takiug effect in her leg, he fled. Reloading his pistol, ho returned to the house, took off his shoes, and lay down on a bed in the front room, announcing tha.t he had come back to die in that house. In the meantime City Marshal Keller was notified that Terrell was in the house, and in company with several others went and surrounded it. Keller, eutering the house by way of the back door, passed through the kitchen and came to the door of the front room. Seeing Terrell lying on the bed, he commanded him to throw him up his hands and surrender. Terrell's hand went lIP, but in it was his pistol, which he lircd at Keller, barely missing him. The marshal then bull lf-VS °r s'x^mes at ^eiTe^» riddling liiui with

AN IMITATOR OF DR TANNER Great interest is felt throughout Italy in the condition of a man named Succi, who lives at or"> in the Romagna, and who asserts that he nas discovered, in the course of his travels through a great part of Africa, sort hquor extracted from various herbs which has the effect of "murnmifying the .?,y» 80 to speak, and rendering- it insen- sible to any kind of want, such as hunger or thirst; while it will also admit of a. person taking any poison, however violent, without feeling any v ??.ec*s* A committee of the inhabitants of ■c orli has been formed, at his request, to watch the experiments which he is making upon himself, and several doctors who have examined him have stated that the case is a, very curious one, and that they cannot detect any fraud. Succi takes nothing but four glasses of water a day, and says that ho feels very well. At the request of Professor Peruzzi, of the Bologna Academy of Medicine, he has started for that city, where he proposes to go through another course of fasting and to take poison,

MR, GLADSTONE AT LIVERPOOL. Mr Gladstone visited Liverpool on Monday afternoon, and addressed a mass meeting of Liberals in Hengler's Circus. The party which accompanied.the right hon. gentleman from Court Hey included Mrs Gladstone, Mr R. D. Holt, chairman of the Liverpool Liberal Association, Mr W. H. Gladstone, the Rev. H. and Mrs Drew, Mr A. R. Gladstone, Mr Walter Gladstone, Mr R. F. Gladstone, and Sir Thos. Brassoy. Along the route from Court Hey, straight to the circus, a distance of about five miles, a large concourse of people had assembled. -The crowd increased in density as the centre of the city was neared. The cheering was loud and continuous, and though at some points there were occasional sounds of booting, they were quickly drowned in the pre- vailing enthusiasm. On entering the circus, which had been crowded in every part for upwards of an hour and a half, Mr Gladstone was greeted with a tremendous outburst of cheering, which lasted for nearly three minutes. A lull at last occurring, Rule Britannia" was sung, another outburst of applause followed, and then the audience 3ang For he is a jolly good fellow." Mr Holt, who presided, having briefly opened the proceedings, Mr JOHN LOVELL read an address thanking Mr Gladstone for his attendance, and for his efforts to obtain the settlement* of the Irish question. Mr GLADSTONE, who was received with re- newed cheers, said, in reply, that there were two sets of means by which a contest of that kind was carried on-there were the legitimate means of argument, numbers, and enthusiasm but there were also the long purse, the imposing disolay of rank and station, the power of political organisa- tion, and the command of positions of advantage. As regarded this second set of weapons they were almost nowhere in comparison with their anta- gonists. Their numbers had yet to be put to the proof, but he had every confidence in their onthusiasfn; and, in regard to argument, he was astonished at the weakness of I their opponents, who argued that the loyal Irish were about to be thrust out of the Imperial Parliament. Those who called them- selves loyal Irish, and who he hoped were so, were not going to be thrust out of any allegiance what- ever. The whole Irish people was going to remain true to its allegiance to the Crown and to the Imperial Parliament, at whose hand it asked and was prepared thankfully to receive the gift of a legislative body sitting under a statutory authority for the control of property and exclusively Irish affairs. (Cheers.) But the allegiance now rendered has been rendered feebly, doubtfully, grudgingly, variably half-heartedly, and some- times not at all; and the Government wanted not to thrust, but to draw men out of that kind of allegiance, and to provide that hereafter they should render exactly the same kind of allegiance as in England and Scotland-an allegiance coming from the heart, rooted in the mind, governing the conduct, famous in history, and constituting the strength and basis of the State. It was said that they denied to Ulster the privileges which they were going to give to the others in Ireland. That was doubly untrue. Under their plan Ulster had precisely the same privileges as everybody else, and the Government bad declared that if a good and rational plan, with general approval could be contrived, under which a part of Ulster could be separately dealt with, they were willing to take it up in a friendly spirit. (Cheers.) Their opponents also argued that it was not merely a question of Home Rule, but a question of a bill which must necessarily and in justice be accompanied lby another bill, involving the expenditure < of many millions of hard-earned money of the taxpayers. If it could be proved that the Land Purchase Bill involved the expenditure of many millions or any millions of money of the British taxpayers, he (Mr Gladstone) would be the man to throw the bill behind the tire. To spend their money was one thing, but to invest it was another. If it could be shown that this was not an investment, but an expenditure, he could not ask them to spend their money for such a purpose as had been promised. The whole question must necessarily be considered afresh. The end which the Govern- ment had in view was, consistently with justice, honcur.and Imperial unity, to give self-government to Ireland, and nothing could be adopted by them except what was within those principles. He repeated his statement that the Home Rule bill and the Land Purchase Bill were not in- separable. Although the Paper-Unionists con- cealed it from them, they ought to know that at the present time they had a land-purchase system in Ireland which, in his opinion, was a bad and a dangerous system. (Cheers.) It was a system under which the British Treasury was made a creditor of a multitude of individuals dispersed all over Ireland, and, although he believed that the Irish debtor paid his debts quite as well and as honourably as any other debtor, yet it was not a good or a safe system under which the Treasury was, at innumerable points, placed in contact with the private individual in the relation of the creditor to the debtor and to reform the system, and substitute something better for it, was a most important, if not an obligatory part of the Irish legislation, which they hoped they had now in prospect. They were opposed throughout the country by a compact army, and that army was. the case of the classes against the masses. He was thankful to say that among the classes there were .many exceptions, but as a general rule it could not be pretended that they were supported by the dukes—(laughter)—by the squires, by the established clergy, the officers of the army, or any other body of very respectable persons. (Laughter.) On this question there was class against mass, classes against nation. Would the nation show enough determination to over- bear constitutionally and at the poll that resist- ance of the classes ? He would not say that the mass of the people who did not and could not give their leisure to politics were better judges on all subjects than the leisured and instructed men, but where the determining considerations that ought to lead to a. conclusion were truth, justice, and humanity all the world over, he would back the masses against the classes. (Cheers.) He had not said that the masses always did right and the classes wrong on a. great many subjects. A recent authority went a great deal further then he did he referred to Lord Randolph Churchill. He not had named his lord- ship's name before in this election, and he did not think he should name it again. Lord R. Churchill was a very difficult person to give an impartial and a fair account of, but in bis (Mr Gladstone's) opinion, if they could cut out of him about half of the qualities he possessed, they might make out of the other half a valuable and distinguished public servant. (Laughter.) Lord R. Churchill had said about the masses, "Governments will go wrong, Parliament will go wrong, classes will go wrong, and the Pall MaU clubs always go wrong—(laughter)-but the people don,t go wrong." (Laughter and cheers.) His lordship admitted no qualification at all, the masses were always right and the c^s £ ?s wr0" £ Se fr Gladstone) made a threefo d appeal to English- men, and not to Liberals alone. He appealed to their prudence, their courage, and their sense of honour. In regard to prudence, had they con- sidered the condition of Parliament? They knew :i,s WFILL as lift did that for legislation generally Parliament was in a state of paralysIs. The cause of the difficulties was Ireland. The Nationalists had considered that the interests of their country, in the condition 111 which she stood, were primary, and that it was for them to urge it under all circumstances, and at_ all times, irrespective of the effect it might have in blocking the business and paralysing the action of Parlia- ment. He could not be surprised at or complain of it he simply referred to it as a fact. What had been done by Ireland in the last six years was but a wifling miniature of what would result in the next six years unless they took thought and counsel, not from the mere will of these gentle- men, but from the necessities of the case. Ireland was now the mistress of the situation Ireland was mounted on the back of England as the Old Man" in the Arabian Nights" was mounted on the back of Sindbad the Sailor. Sindbad was the Parliament of Eng- land the Old Man was Ireland, whom, by our foolish initiative, we invited, and almost compelled, to place herself on our back, and she rode us, and would ride us until we consented to some arrangement that justice and policy alike said were right. He wanted to see the Parliament go to work, and he knew it could not go to work effectively, let it struggle however it would the legs were gripping the neck it was well nigh throttled the world grew black in its sight, and virtually it fell to the ground. At the end of each session a beggarly account was presented to the world of the good it had not been able to do, and the aws it had been imcompetent to make. He appealed to the courage of the English nation. We had got before us one of the best cases he ever knew of an imaginary danger. The imaginary danger was that, if we made a great boon to Ireland, they would not see their own interest to receive it in a becoming manner, and that they were such a set of monsters that our good actions towards them would be simply an incentive to the worst actions on their part towards us. We were to set out with the cool assumption that God Almighty bad made those people monsters or idiots in human shape. (Cheers.) The Irish were five decreasing and poor. Such were tho formidable antagonists we had to look in the face. It re- minded him of a remark made by Dean owift that there were upon record various well-authen- ticated cases where it was historically clear that ten men well armed had fought with one man in his shirt and beaten him. (Cheers.) The.paper Unionists said after all they had predicted had come to pass, there would be no remedy against Ireland except that of armed force. The paper Unionists were extremely shocked at the idea of holding Ireland by armed force. How did we hold it now ? We had held it 68 years by armed force, By force we are holding it; by love the Government now asked us to hold it. (Loud cheers.) He appealed to the honour of England in this matter. It had been a matter of surprise, and pain more than surprise, to see that in this controversy the honour of England was never mentioned. He bad heard enough of honour in his lifetime to make a man sick of the very word, but that had always been honour pleaded as an excuse for bloodshed. They had beard of M* Peace with honour," at a time when the repre- ,sentatives of England, for the first occasion in our history, came back fromlan illustrious congress of Europe, and had been in that congress the foes of liberty and the champions of oppression. Now, he made an appeal for the honour of England, not for bloodshed, not for strife, but for the wiping away 7 of those old and deep stains that were not yet obliterated, but de. J faced and deformed the character illustrous nation in the face of the world,, and in reference to which condemnation had been recorded against us for generations past in every civilised country. Was there no honour except that which caused the sword to be drawn ? ,VI\! there no honour in integrity, in justice, it A humanity, in mercy, in equal rights, in purity, horror of fraud, and hatred of falsehood ? (Cheers.) Honour was the life and soul 01., civilization, and it was to that honour which he appealed. (Cheers.) When opened this question in the House Commons he said very little about the Act of Union, because he did not think it could safely of )( wisely be blotted out of the statute book, and because he did not wish gratuitously to » expose to the world the shame of his country. b He grieved to say that he knew of no blacker or ti fouler transaction in the history of man than the c making of the Union. (Cheers.) The carrying of u the Irish Union was nothing in the world but » h combination of force and fraud, applied in the basest manner to the attainment of an end which a all Ireland detested. A more vile proceeding was t not recorded than the process by which the Tory ii Government of that period brought about the t union of Ireland, in despite of the protest of every 1 Liberal statesman from one end of the country to c the other. The passing of the Union « was followed by broken promises, the passing t of bad laws, the pulling down of liberty, ( the withholding from Ireland benefits that we < took to ourselves,givingto force what we ought to 1 have given to honour and justice, and the post- ) ponement of relief to the most crying grievances. ] It is time that we should bethink ourselves of this question of honour, and set seriously about the sacred duty of effacing from history the ter- rible stains which the acts of England had left on her fame. The work in which they were engaged was not new; it was essentially a work of restoration. Coerce they could not. It might be that the words he spoke to them would be the last he would ever have an opportunity of speaking in Liverpool. He said that to show that he was conscious of the deep solemnity of the occasion, and of the great controversy which had been raised between nation and nation. (Cheers.) He entreated the people of the country to bethink themselves well of the position in which they stood, to look back on the history of the past, and forward on the prospects of the future to determine that it should be no longer said throughout the world that Ireland was the Poland of England. Let them listen to prudence, courage, and honour, and speak the words of the poet— King out the old, ring in the new. Ring out the notes and memory of discord, and ring in the blessed reign and time of peace. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings were brought to a close with a vote of thanks to the chairman, and Mr Glad- stone on proceeding to the Landing Stage met with another hearty reception. While crossing the river to Birkenhead an address was presented to him on behalf of the Liberals of that town and district. The right hon. gentleman delivered » few words of thanks, and upon landing drove at once to Rock Ferry, where a special train was awaiting to convey him to Hawarden. He will remain there for a. few days' rest before returning, to London. >

LORD R. CHURCHILL AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking at a meet- ing of bis constituents in the Military Riding School, Gloucester crescent, Paddington, expresed his regret at being so soon called on to solicit re-election, and said the fact was attribut. able to the policy of Mr Gladstone, who desired to destroy the union that had so long existed between England and Ireland. He admitted that the Irish question was a difficulty, but he said England had faced difficulties before. and he argued that since the legislative union, Ireland, as the facts if properly examined would show, had advanced in material prosperty to a greater extent than England and Scotland. Mr Gladstone's policy on the Irish question was really that which he had adopted in regard to Afghanistan, South Africa, and the Soudan—viz., the policy of scuttle. The Conservatives, how- ever, could not accept that policy, and would not agree to hand over the government of Ireland to the National League. The reason why Mr Glad- stone had brought forward his present remedy foe Ireland's ills was that he needed the support of the Irish members in order that his Govern- ment might be retained in Downing-street. Last Octooer he wanted a majority ever tha Conservatives and the Parnellites. Now he was going shoulder to shoulder with the very men be regarded as a :danger before, and none of whom could have got into the House of Commons and continued there unless they had been supported by Yankee gold. (Cheers.) He (Lord Churcliill) had heard of the almighty dollar" (laughter) —but he did not believe the al- mighty dollar" was sufficiently almighty and omnipotent to destroy the power, might, and unity of the British empire. (Cheers.) They had heard a great deal of alternative policies, and Mr Gladstone said more about an alternative policy than be did about his own policy. (Laughter.) What Ireland wanted was wonderfully little—that little was obedience to the ordinary law. (Cheers.) There were four bogies terrifying the English people—(laughter)—they had in the first place Me Gladstone, whose—(roars of laughter)—power arose entirely from the fact that everybody was frightened of him—(laughter)—the second bogey was the 85 members of the Irish party- (laughter) — who would crumble away and wither like nettles and thistles the third bogey was the National League-(cheers)- the fourth bogey was the dynamite and dagger party, to whom he had nothing to say except the old English expression, "Come on." (Great cheering.) jOur criminal establishments are large, our gallows are numerous — (laughter) rope is- cheap (more laughter) and so -far as he could read in the papers, there are plenty of amateur hangmea. (Continued laughter.) For one victim which they made they would lose scores—(hear, hear)-and he said deliberately that the first victim who fell, if any did fall (which God forbid), to the dynamite and dagger party would probably place the persons and lives of any in London or England who were supposed to sympathise with or to be in alliance with these miscreant assassins in the utmost possible peril '( at the hands of an outraged people. (Loud cheers). The noble lord asked if the people were going to succumb to these purely political bogeys I (Loud cheers.) Did they mean to say that thesa ridiculous forces were going to frighten Great Britain in signing our death warrant as a great empire, and to destroy the greatest centr# j and source of freedom and of civili- J sation which Providence had vouchsafed to I man? (Loud cheers.) He refused to believe it—• 1 (continued cheering)—and he felt perfectly convinced that in this coming month of July, io the J jubilee of our most gracious Queea —(loud and long continued cheers)—the people answering to their Parliament and en- dorsing the action of that Parliament would teat I to pieces this lunatic legislation, would scatter its supporters in rout and irreparable disaster, and would consign to infamy which would endure so I long as history was written\ the authors of a policy which, as it was based upon cowardice and upon I atrocities, could lead to nothing but to ruin. (Loud and prolonged cheering.)

A WELSH CONVICT AND HIS FRIENDS, I MURDEROUS ATTACK ON THE ^POLICE.' Yesterday, at the Wrexham borough police court, George Jackson, Elizabeth Jackson. Henry Jackson, George Roberts, and George SlawsoB were charged with assaulting Police-constable Lee.—-It seems that on Saturday night, about half- past ten, Lee went out in search of a returned convict named Edward Jackson, who had I neglected to report himself, and who was also wanted on another charge. He found him at aa inn in Farndon-street—a low part of the town. Instead of going quietly with the officer, the convict pulled out a knife, jumped on to a form, I and shouted that he would not be taken alive. The officer tried to get at him, when the defendants interfered. They pushed tha table against hfm so as to pin him against the wall. The female defendant then got her arms round his neck, while Slawson seized him by the throat, and held him until the coisvict had escaped. Another constable (Beresford) came to his assistance, and Lee managed to get away from them and ran after the convict. When fhe came up with him, the convict again pulled out a knife and rushed at him, and the officer drew his staff and knocked him down. The defendants then closed round the two constables, and they were "kicked all over the place" by the defendants and a number of other people who were not identified. The convict got clear away, and has not yet been apprehended. On the application of the defen- dants the case was adjourned for a week.

THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF. im Notwithstanding the counter attraction of political celebrities, a fair audience assembled at the theatre to witness the performance of the capital melodrama, "A Mother's Sin." This is exactly the class of piece that suits the taste of popular audiences. Its situations are well worked up, the actors are thoroughly capable, and the dialogue is smooth and consistent, and less forced than is found in the usual run of such pieces. Prominently amongst the actors we would mention Mr Walter Reynolds, whose excellent impersona- tion of Cyril Meredith stamps him as a melodramatic actor of the front rank. Miss Grace Hathaway as Patricia is charmingly natural, and a word of praise is due to Miss Alic^Hamilton, who played the difficult part of Mildred with much feeling. The audience were most enthusiastic in their applause. It is to be hoped that a return visit may be arranged for times of greater tranquillity. The scenery is excellent, especially the sensation set at the ruined mill.

THE DEATH OF A SWANSEA CAPTAIN. An inquest was held at the Talbot Hotel, Newport, on Monday evening, on the body of George Laugharne, a master mariner, of Swansea, whose body was found in the canal near the Alexandra Dock on Saturday evening, under circumstanes already published. Deceased had been staying since Christmas at the Victoria- Dining-rooms, Commercial-street. He left his lodgings on Sunday week, and his whereabouts was not known until his body was found in th6 canal near the Alexandra Dock|on Saturday even* ing. There was no evidence to show how deceased got into the water, and by the direction of the coroner (Mr Martin Edwards) the jury returned an open verdict of "Found drowned."

PRESENTATION PORTRAIT TO MR R. 0. JONES. l Mr Ouless,- R.A., has now completed the 'portrait of Mr R. O. Jones, and it has been placed in the assembly-room at the Town-hall for inspection. It is an admirable likeness, and the following inscription has been placed pn the framePresented to Robert Oliver Jones, Esquire, by the Lord-Lieutenant and magistrates of the county of Glamorgan and many other friends, in token of their sense of his long and faithful service as,chairman ot quarter sessions and in many other' capacities connected with the county." We understand that the presentation will be; made by Mr Talbot pn a day to ba arranged, <