The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS. oj BIRTHS. FREKE.-On the 14th iust., at 20, Richmond-road, the wife of Alfred Freke, of a. son. 680 HILL-MALE.-On the 12th inst., at Peu-v-coetleae, the wife of Richard Hill-Male, of a daughter. 360 HUGHES.—On the 14th inst., at Lynwood, Bridgend, the wife of County Councillor T. J. Hughes, of a son. 4579--234n JOHN.—On the 16th March, at The Oatlands, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, the wife of Edw. T. John, of a son. JONES.—On the 12th inst., bt. Greenville, Risca, the wife of Herbert W. Jones, Darran Brick Works, of a son. 522 LENox.-On the 15th, at Ynysyngharad, Pontypridd, the wife of L. Gordon Lenox, J.P., of a son. 766 DEATHS. ANGEL.-On the 11th inst., ab 189, Newport-road, Cardiff, Sarah, the beloved wife of 'William Angel, aged 80 years. No flowers, by request. 332 BACON.—At 9, The Walk, Cardiff, March 16th, 1898, Rachel Maria, widow of the late Booth Bacon, aged 76. 868 BAILEY.John, the Rev. Father of St. Peter's, Car- diff, on Saturday, 12th inst, in his 68th year. R.I.P. DAVIEs,-On March 14th, at his residence, 2, Oak Villas, Briton Ferry, John Dry hurst Davies, son of the Rev. Wm. Davies, Baptist minister. GRIFFITHS.—March 13th, at 28, SPLOOTHROAD, Cardiff, I Jane, the beloved wife of Henry Griffiths (Croes gochiad), aged 44. HABKIES.— On Saturday the 12th inst., at Frondeg, Pencoed, the Rev. Hugh Harries, C.M. minister. HEm.-On March 9th, James Heir,sen.,25,Uanmaes- street, plater, age 59. JAMES.—March 9th, at her brother's residence, J. H. James, auctioneer, Brynhyfryd, Aberdare, Cecilia Jane, aged 36 years, daughter of the late James James, for many years blast furnace manager, Gadlys Iron Works. JOHN.—Mr Thomas John, Newton Farm, died March 9th, 1898, aged 64 years 4th last April. JONES.—On the 10th, at Green Hill 1 arm, Gelligaer Village, Thomas Jones. JO-ITES.-On the 16th inst., at 20, Merthyr-road, Ponty- irridd, John JoneS, aged 55. Funeral on Saturday, 19th inst., at 2 p.m., for Glyntaff Cemetery. x399 LENOX.—On the 16th inst., at Ynysyngharad, Ponty- pridd, the infant son of L. Gordon Lenox, J.P., aged one day. 843 LEWIS.—Mary, wife of Thomas Lewis, tailor, 199 aiM 200, Cardiff-road, Aberaman, Saturday, March 12th, 1898, in her 79th year. LEWIS.-On the 12th inst., at Chantenay, by accident, Albert Trevor, fourth son of the late Jacob Lewis, Llandaff Mills, and Mrs Lewis, Coldstream Hotel, Cardiff. Second mate on steamship Aberdare. 576 LLEWELLYN.-On the 15th inst., at Baglan Hotel, Treherbert, Llewellyn Llewellyn, in his 71st year. Funeral on Saturday, 3 o'clock, for Treorchy Ceme- tery. No flowers by request. 4592 LOVIE.-On March 16th, at Bournemouth, William Btuce Lovie (late Deputy U.S. Consul), of 193, Richmond-road, Cardiff, aged 44 years. Private !k funeral at Bournemouth Saturday, 19th inst. 847 MILLS.—On the 14th instant, at his residence, Roger- stone Hotel, Rogerstone, near Newport, Edward Mills. NOBMAN.—On the 12th inst., at his residence, 88, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Charles Norman, aged 67 years. 645 PENGELLY.—March 1, 1898, Arthur Vincent, second son of Arthur and Kate Pcngelly, 35, Windsor-place, Cardiff, aged 7 years. 630e THOMAS. On Tuesday, March 15th, Rev. J. D. Thomas, late of Horeb, Penydarren, Merthyr. Funeral Friday, leaving house, Corporation-road, Newport, 3 p.m. Friends meet at Cemetery 4 p.m.; only intimation. x397 W A.LLACE.-On March 12th, at 17, Pembroke-terrace, N. A. Wallace, widow of late Wm. Wallace, of Charles-street, Cardiff, age 81 years. Friends please accept this the only intimation. 370 YORWERTH.-March 12th, at Aburthin, Judith, wife of Mr William Yorwerth, saddler, late of Cowbridge, aged 53 years. IN MEMORIAM. Bo"In loving memory of our dear little boy of Edward and Lucy Bond, Brook-street, who de- parted this life OB March Uth, 1897. Gone, but not forgotten.. 185e DINNICK.—In loving memory of my dear son, William H. Din nick. Died at Barry Dock, March 11th, 1895, aged 25. To memory ever dear. 184e

SATURDAY, MARCS 19, 1898, THE HABITUAL DRUNKARD. EVERY town and every district knows the habitual drunkard. But it is in the towns where the worst characters are met, be- cause they are continually appearing before the magistrates on charges of disorderly conduct and causing disturbances of the public peace. The case of JANE CASE- BREAD, which has become notorious, is BREAD, which has become notorious, is typical of all or most.. An insatiable craving for the drink is developed, the hapless individual loses all self-respect or self-control, and is constantly hovering between the public-house, the/police court and the gaol cell. Advice is thrown away on such characters, whilst they are a constant trouble and expense to the com- munity. A case came before the Cardiff Court this week' of a young woman, des- cribed as 34 years of age, who has made her 134th appearance at the court on charges pf drunkenness and disorderly conduct. She appealed piteously for another chance, and as she had fallen to temptation on leaving gaol she was dis- missed with the friendly admonition of the Bench, and in the company of a Salvation Army officer left the court. This is a very typical case of the futility of dealing with hardened y I and habitual drunkards in the way the law permits and directs. The short term in gaol does not break the craving, but only accentuates it, and immediately on leaving gaol the drink is resorted to, another case of helplessness has to be dealt with by the police, and the old offender is once again on the charge sheet, and is a puzzle to the magistrates who recognise the ridiculousness of constantly sending the woman to gaol for periods of a few weeks. This case is bad enough in its characteristics, but there is still another which takes the form of drunkenness with acts of brutality and criminality. The non-criminal drunkard disturbs the peace, but in too many cases the drunkard is a wife beater and a dangerous man. Both are alike in that if they are cautioned for an offence they go again and get drunk, whilst if they are sent to gaol the same offences are committed directly they are liberated. What to do with the habitual drunkard of the criminal and non-criminal type? That is a problem which has faced the magistrates and social reformers, and only the congested state of public business at Westminster has pre- vented legislation of a much needed character being passed into law. The other night the member for Salford, Mr KNOWLES, moved that, inasmuch that the state of the law on the subject was unsatis- factory, it was desirable that the Govern- ment should introduce legislation dealing with it. The magistrates, boards of guardians, medical officers, chief constables, governors of prisons, and others who come in contact with these wrecks of humanity have memorialised the Commons, and the HOME SECRETARY accepted the motion whilst pointing out the difficulty and the dangers of exercising restraint upon the drunkard. The liberty of the subject is a sacred thing, but the habitual drunkard, who is a constant dis- turber of the peace, or a criminal, has forfeited his rights long ago, and is greatly in need of that salutary restraint of con- finement from temptation and wrong which is exercised by the State on other prisoners for long periods. The question is full of difficulty, but difficulties in legis- lation were created to be overcome, and it should not be impossible to legislate for the benefit of the drunkard, his de- pendents, and society generally.

ILLNESS OF LORD SALISBURY. The Press Association says we were in a posi- tion to announce on Friday that Lord Salisbury was suffering from the weakness usually super vening upon influenza attacks, and was con siderably tired by the brief Cabinet meeting held on the morning of that day. Reports to the contrary were published on Saturday, but the appended official announcement was issued on Monday evening by the Hon, Schomberg McDonnell, his Lordship's principal private cretary Lord Salisbury was greatly fatigued by the Cabinet meeting on Friday, and has had a return of the febrile condition in consequence. His Lordship is recovering from this, but Sir Wilham Broadbent is decidedly of opinion that he will not be fit to return to work at the Foreign Office till he has had some complete rest and change to the South of France. Mr Balfour is at present so far as is necessary dealing with the current business of the Foreign Office." The Press Association supplements the official announcement with the following particulars As the publication of this notice may possibly be regarded as giving colour to the rehabilitated rumour that Lord Salisbury's resignation is imminent, we have authority for stating that the rumour is absolutely devoid of foundation. His Lordship has no intention whatever to resign his posts or either of them, and reluctantly yields to dire necessity in temporarily seeking the absolute rest which is regarded as essential to his complete recovery. The return of fever is by no means alarming in itself, but it has compelled the patient to modify his intention to remain in town till Easter. Lady Salisbury leaves for the Riviera to-day (Tuesday), but the Prime Minister cannot possibly accompany her. It is expected that he will leave for Beaulieu about a week hence, and will remain for at least a fortnight. The arrangements by which Mr Balfour will deal in the meantime with such of the Foreign Office business as may require his attention is a most convenient one, seeing that the First Lord of the Treasury is living practi- cally next door to the Foreign Office, and thus in close touch with the permanent officials. Beside this Mr Balfour, as a member of Lord Salisbury's family, would be able to approach his Lordship in a much more informal manner than any other of his Ministerial colleagues. There is, howevcr, every probability that between now and his pro- spective departure his Lordship will obtain the absolute rest which Sir Wm. Broadbent prescribes for him.

DEATH OF SiR HENRY BESSEMER. A Great Inventor. Sir Henry Bessemer died on Tuesday evening at his residence at Denmark Hill. Sir Henry had been more or less confined to his bed for the past three weeks, but he had occasionally rallied sufficiently to be able to attend to his correspondence. On Tuesday afternoon there was a noticeable change in his condition, and about 20 minutes past 7 o'clock he passed away to the presence of his family. Henry Bessemer was born OR January 19th 1813, at Charlton, in Herts, so that at the time of his death he was in his 86th year. From his father, who was an artist and a member of the French Academy of Sciences, he seemed to have inherited certain artistic tendencies, for at an eaxly age he showed a fondness for modelling and designing patterns. Throughout his life he was a fruitful and persevering inventor, and some idea of his activity may be gained from the fact that he is said to have spent XIO,000 in patent fees alone. His inventive faculties covered a very wide area, ranging from gold paint to sugar machinery, and from the design of steamboats to the making of huge telescopes. The gold paint was one of his earliest ventures. He and his wife and his brother-in-law used to com- pound the mixture with their own hands, in a small house in St. Pancras, in order that the method of manufacture might be kept secret. But it is in connection with his metallurgical labours that his name will go down to posterity for he can claim the most unique honour ot having by his own exertions brought about a world-wide revolution in so great an industry as the manufacture of steel. He married in 1833 Ann, daughter of the late Mr Richard Allen, of Amersham. Lady Bessemer died laat year.

DEATH OF THE REV. DR. JOB, OF CONWIL. We much regret to learn of the death, which took place on Wednesday, of the Bev. Thomas Job, D.D., of Conwil, near Carmarthen, one of the oldest and best known ministers of the Calviniatic Methodist body in West Wales. Dr. Job-he received his degree a little over 12 months ago-was ordained in 1855, and was one of the pioneers of the temperance movement in South Wales, his services as a speaker at temperance gatherings being in great request. The rev. gentleman was greatly esteemed m his own denomination, and in 1887-88 filled the chair of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Association.

DEATH OF SIR R. QUAIN. Sir Richard Quain, the eminent physician, died at his residence in Harley-strcet, London, on Sunday morning. The deceased baronet had been in ill-health for a considerable time, and a few weeks ago all hopes of his actual recovery were abandoned. On Saturday night he relapsed into a comatose condition, from which he never emerged, and passed peacefully away in the presence of his family. Sir Richard some time ago underwent two operations, and it is believed that the weakness following upon these, coupled with advanced age, produced a general break up. With the distinguished physician's death the baronetcy ceases.

Llanelly is .represented on the Carmarthen- shire County Council by eight members. Of these seven are sturdy Liberals and members of the Liberal Association.

Home Rule All Round, MR H. ROBERTS'S MOTION. Claims of Wales and Scotland. In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Mr HERBERT ROBERTS said he had to move That in the opinion of this House, in order to relieve the congestion of business in the Imperial Parliament, and in the various public Depart- ments, and in order to give speedier and fuller effect to local requirements, it is urgently necessary that there should be devolved upon bodies representative of the different parts of the United Kingdom a large measure of self- government." He thought the present was a good opportunity for raising the question, because the party sitting on the Benches had in power one of the strongest Governments of any time. He believed that several Ministers had expressed themselves favourable to devolving certain duties upon certain arsas of the country. Mr Chamberlain at Dundee in 1889 stated that he believed local self-government should be con- ceded to Scotland, England, and Wales, and if he spoke that evening he believed that the right hon. gentleman would reaffirm that view. He (Mr Roberts) believed that it would be to the interest of England and Wales and Scotland, as well as Ireland, if local government were con- ceded to each country. That was what Mr Chamberlain said at Dundee. The growing needs of the country required the devolution of busi- ness, and he felt sure that nationality would determine the areas of the local Parliaments. He was quite in favour of Ireland having priority of claim. Therefore he agreed with the spirit of the amendment to be moved by the hon. member for Merthyr Tydfil, but while he admitted that Home Rule was urgent for Ire- land, he was not prepared to affirm, as Mr Thomas invited them, that Home Rule was not also urgent for Scotland and Wales. The case of Ireland had taken such a dominant part in politics that it was unnecessary for him to refer in any deta-il to the strength of the case, or the strength of the position of the case. The Liberal party were pledged under conditions to satisfy the aspirations of the Irish people, and there was nothing in the motion which he had made which would in any way detract from the strength of the Irish case. Having referred to the progress of the movement for self-government in Scotland, the hon. gentleman said that as regarded Wales there were one or two conditions that gave his motion a special importance. There was in the first place the elements of nationality, as shown and exemplified in language, institutions, and literature, which were more distinct than in any other portion of the United Kingdom. Secondly, there was the fact that sentiment and nationality iD Wales was a growing and not a declining force and thirdly, from the standpoints of legislation and administration, Wales had a very strong indictment against the action or inaction of the Imperial Parliament. In the year 1895 a motion for embodying Home Rule all round was carried in the House with the assent of the Irish members by a substantial majority. Mr JOHX REDMOND NOD I spoke against it. Mr ROBERTS, continuing, spoke of the conges- tion of public business both in Parliament and in public Departments. As regarded Parliament he did not think it was necessary for him to try to prove to the House of Commons that that Legis- lative Assembly was overburdened with work. It was hopeless to 'expect that this Parliament, under present conditions, could hope to satisfy the demands of the country. There was now on the table of the House a vast accumulation of arrears of work, some of which if carried out and completed would result in untold good to the country. Parliament had been conscious of all this, and had made many attempts at reform itself. The Government of the day had been forced irresistibly to take practically the wnole time of the House and alteration after alteration had been made in the Standing Orders, but in spite of all the attempts that had been made at reform there were at least two evils arising from the present state of things. In the first place, legislation which was demanded in innumerable directions was either denied altogether or indefi- nitely postponed. The second evil of the present state of things was that legislation, if it were passed, was passed in a very hurried manner. As to the case of public Departments, he would re- mind the House that there was a very close con- nection between the congestion of private busi- ness in the House and the additional duties imposed upon public Departments. The time was not far distant when the Local Government Board would have to take some steps to relieve itself of an immense amount of the work it now had to perform, and it would be admitted that much of this work was needlessly meddlesome and minute-in many cases impertinent. The power of Parliament ought not to be squandered and dissipated upon minute detail; it ought to be reserved to settle the great vital questions. The congestion of public business in Parliament was of very vital interest to Wales, for Wales had abundant proof that she could not hope for satis- faction upon certain important legislative ques- tions until the principle of his motion had been carried into effect. (Radical cheers.) There were at least two important questions on which the people of Wales had ma.de up their minds, and it was essential they should obtain speedy legislation. In the first place they intended to have legislation on the liquor laws in accordance I with the views of the vast majority of the popula- tion. (Hear, hear,) And secondly. they claimed, the right to legislation which would. place the who'e legislative machinery of the country in the hands of the Welsh people. Also they did not give up their claim to have legislation in regard to the land laws, tithe, and Church Establish- ment in accordance with the judgment of the ment in accordance with the judgment of the whole of the people. This motion was of vital interest to the people of Wales, for they sRit the only hope of obtaining within reaso time satisfaction upon these important points. The view he took in regard to this principle of I delegation was not held alone by private mem- bers on either side of the House of Commons. It was a view in regard to which some of the lead- ing statesmen of the Liberal party had more than once declared themselves in favour. Lord Rose- bery, at Cardiff, in 1895, said, The more I see of political systems the more I am convinced of this, that in a large mcairare of devolution, sub- I ject to Imperial control, lies the secret of the work of the Empire." (Cheers.) Mr Morley, in Scotland, in 1896. made a very important declara- tion upon this question. He referred to the difficulties which stood, in the way of the House of Commons and its most important duties, diffi- culties arising from the enormous congestion of work. and he laid it down as a fundamental principle of the Liberal party that laws should be made and administration carried on in accord- ance with the wishes and the judgment of those whom they must specially affect. (Hear, hear.) Mr Morley further said it was perfectly clear that there must be a large and a bold extension of what waoknown as delegation or devolution. Therefore the view of those most competent to speak for the Liberal party bad been made perfectly clear. (Cheers.) They were to-day face to face with a grave problem. In justice to Wales and for the -m. honour and dignity of Parliament some remedy must be found. There were only two possible policies. They must either go in for further centralisation or go in for decentralisation. (Hear, hear.) To adopt the former policy would be to run counter to the spirit of the age. (Hear, hear.) There had been a constantly growim* extension and recognition of the principle of self- government, and through its influence many local social evils had been grappled with. If this prin- ciple were adopted still further it would be the means of restoring this Parliament to its true position as the sovereign guardian of the reaJm and the protectoi of the Empire. Right hon. gentlemen opposite thought the adoption of this principle might have the effect of dividing the countries and creating different interests instead of uniting the kingdom as a whole, but this fear of right hon. gentlemen was entirely without foundation. There was no portion of the United Kingdom which was prouder of the British Em- pire than Wales, and it claimed and valued its privilege of having an active participation both in the responsibilities and the glories of the Em- pire. (Cheers.) He wished it to be clearly understood that there lurked: within this motion no shadow of a desire to impair the supreme au- thority of this Parliament or to advance one single step towards separation. On the contrary, he advocated this view because he believed it I would be a nu-ans of strengthening the bond be- tween the Empire and Wales and of giving his country a more real part in the government and welfare of the Empire as a. whole. (Cheers.) He urged the acceptance of the principle contained in hia motion upon the House because he believed that in the long run the progress and contentment of this country and the maintenance and pros- perity of the British Empire depended upon the application of this principle. (Opposition cheers.) Sir R. REID in seconding the motion referred to the difficulty of obtaining sufficient attention for Scotch legislation and business in that House. The motion referred to the general sub- ject of local self-government, and put its demand on the specific ground of the necessity of reliev- ing the existing congestion of business in that House. As to the existence of that congestion he thought thene could be no doubt, nor could it be disputed that it prevented legislation on or even the adequate discussion of many subjects, such as the housing of the poor and the evils of the sweating system, the pensions to aged poor, or the liquor system, with which it was urgently necessary to deal. A remedy must be found for this state of things. So far as regarded Scotch business, what he thought would be best was that Parliament should delegate to some legislative Assembly in Scotland such powers of legislation as Parliament thought fit, subject, of course, to the control of the Imperial Parliament, but if they were not prepared to take this course some- thing must be done by enlarging the powers of the Convention of Royal Burghs in Scotland. He had heard it said that this motion was levelled against Irish Home Rule, but that was certainly neither his intention nor that of the mover. For his own part he would be no party to claiming priority over those who were, in his opinion, entitled to it, but he thought that the question of Irish Home Rule stood on an entirely different level from that of legislative bodies for Scotland and Wales. For his own part he regarded the establishments of such bodies as the necessary complement of a measure of Home Rule for Ire- land! He had always maintained that if the Home Rule Bill of 1893 had passed it would have been impossible without breaking up the Consti- tution to avoid the extension of similar legisla- tion to other parts of the United Kingdom. If the House adopted the principle of devolution, it was for the Government rather than for any private member to point out the manner in which it should be carried. Mr HAI.DANE said he was not sure that want of time was the reason why no legislation had taken place on seme of the subjects referred to by his hon. and learned friend. Nevertheless he agreed that there ought to be a considerable devolution to local bodies in different parts of the United Kingdom of power to legislate on sub- jects of local interest. He objected, however, to the present motion because it proposed to mete out the same measure of justice to all parts of the United Kingdom, whereas he regarded the question of the granting of Home Rule to Ireland as a wholly different one from that which they were then discussing. The sentiment of nationality existed in Ireland more markedly than in any other part of the kingdom—(hear, hear, and "No, no")—and before Mr Gladstone introduced his Home Rule Bill it had become a question of social order. He agreed that there was a great question to be dealt with as regarded Scotland, but it was a business problem, and it could not be said that the pressing matters in the case of Wales involved social order. The Government were pressing British gold into Ireland under the Local Govern- 0' ment Bill, but there had grown up in that country a feeling of how to emancipate them- selves from Brit ish rule. It was for that reason that he supported the Irish Home Rule j Bill, but he could not pledge himself to Home Rule all round unless safeguarded by the amendment which proposed to declare that the object aimed at by the resolution was desir- able, subject to the claim of Ireland for the prior consideration of a measure of Home Rule. Mr COGHLLL was not prepared to go back to a system of breaking up the United Kingdom into its component parts, and he noticed that in all bye elections gentlemen opposite were very tender of reference to Home Rule for Ireland. Mr D. A. THOMAS said he had to move an amendment to the motion of his hon. friend, Mr Herbert Roberts, to the effect that it was I desirable, subject to the claim of Ireland for prior consideration by Parliament of a measure for Home Rule." He thought that they had a right to look for light and leading from right hon. gentlemen on both sides—(laughter)—and that they should not be left to the inexperienced guidance of hon. members below the Gangway. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr LLOYD GEOKGE Or above the Gangway. (Renewed laughter.) Mr D. A. THOMAS The hon. member for Car narvon must remember that he is not now at the Welsh National Convention. He had some sympa- thy with the motion of the hon. member for West Denbighshire (Mr Roberts), but he could not quite understand the drift of the speech of the seconder of the motion. (Laughter.) He very much questioned the wisdom of bringing forward the motion at all, and in the interests of the Liberal party he regretted it. (Hear, hear.) If the hon. member accepted his amendment he (Mr Thomas) would be quite prepared to vote for the motion. Proceeding, he referred to the relation between the question of Home Rule all round and the question of Irish Home Rule. He main- tained most strongly that the Liberal party were honourably bound by their pledges to keep and maintain the question of Irish Home Rule before the question of Home Rule all round. As to Wales, not only was he in favour of separate and distinct legislation for that country, but he held that the legislation should be determined by the wishes of the people themselves. The common feeling throughout the country among Liberals was that their weakness was due (cries of "Hear, hear.") Addressing the interrupters, Mr Thomas said there was no doubt the position of the Liberals in the House was at any rate unsatisfactory—(cries of Hear hear," and laughter)—and the feeling throughout the country was that the weakness was owing to the fact that a too sumptuous bill of fare had been laid before them at the last election by their leaders. Now it was proposed to add to the coach already overweighted, and to take up a few mere passengers. (Laughter.) He thought that on this matter they ought to have an expression of opinion from the leader of the Welsh party. In 1895 the motion submitted by the hon. member for Kirkcaldy strongly re- sembled that submitted now, but there wes this difference—that the word desirable was used for the words urgently necessary." He was a little surprised to find that the defect of the resolution of 1895 had not been rectifiect on the present occasion. Continuing Mr Thomas claimed that the Liberal party, so long as an understanding existed between them and the Irish members, were bound to place Home Rule for Ireland in the forefront. He said this on the ground of justice, and on the ground of expediency. If they attempted to supersede Irish Home Rule by placing this Home Rule all round in the position which Home Rule for Ireland had hitherto occupied in the Liberal programme, they would alienate the Irish party. Welsh Disestablishment was the one great cry in Wales. Supposing that English Liberals or any section of the English Liberal party suggested for one single moment to merge the Welsh Disestablishment into the English Disestablishment question, and thus to postpone the question for at least a generation, what would be the feeling among Welsh members? The rank and file of the Liberal party in the country were pulling themselves together in a marTefious way, notwithstanding the lack of leadership which existed. (Cries of Harcourt.") With everything in their favour, he would ask how long would it take for them to win back the necessary 175 seats for a working majority if they attempted to throw over their Irish friends. Attempts were made to place Home Rule all round in the position now occupied by Home Rule for Ireland the result would be to alienate the Irish members and the Irish people. How long would it then take the Liberal party to obtain a majority either in that House or out of it? (Hear, hear.), Mr LOUGH seconded the amendment, but .desired to dissociate himself from many of-the. reasons urged in its favour by the mover. (Laughter.; He denied that the demand of Wales for separate legislation could be placed in the same rank of urgency as the want of Home Rule in Ireland. Great progress had already been made in satisfying the demands of Wales. Nor should it be forgotten that Scotland and Wales fully shared the prosperity of England, while that was not the case as to Ireland. The movement in favour of Scottish Home .Rule seemed to be making very slow progress in Scotland. The claim of Ireland to Home Rule had been greatly strengthened bv the report of the Commission on the financial relations of the three kingdoms, which showed that Ireland was now greatly over- taxed as compared with England or Scotland. Nor had any progress been made under a Union- ist Government in redressing other grievances under which Ireland suffered. (Hear, hear.) Mr DILLON had a two-fold objection to the resolution. His first objection to it was that it was so drafted as to convey the impression to the public and to members of this House that it was the object of the mover to place the demand of Ireland upon an equal footing with the demand of Scotland and Wales for a devolution of power, and he objected to it in the second place because by using the words urgently necessary the resolution would convey the impression that it was designed to take away from Ireland that priority for her claim to Home Rule, which had been the programme of the Liberal party now for many years. (Hear, hear.) The mover and seconder of the resolution based their case not upon historical right, but upon grievance. Ireland might have based her claim upon 98 years of misgovernment, but she had preferred to rest it upon historical right and upon the indestructible resolve of her people to have liberty and the right to govern themselves. (Hear, hear.) He supported the amendment because it sought to preserve the priority of the Irish claims over any claim that had been put forward for Scotland or Wales. No voice was ever raised for larger powers of self- government for Scotland and Wales Bill on the floor of that House, for year after year the Irish party had struggled for the cause. (Hear, hear.) The only chance of giving an increased measure of local government to Scotland and Wales was to carry Home Rule for Ireland first, and if it worked successfully in that country the grant of such a right to Scotland and Wales would probably follow. (Hear, hear.) He did not hope to get Home Rule through the action of any party. He was convinced that if 80 Irish mem- bers held together in the House for a sufficient length of time that Home Rule must be granted no matter what party was in power. (Cheers.) Sir H. CAMPBELL BANNEBMAN interposed in the debate in his capacity of a Scotch member, and with the melancholy authority that attached to the Scotch member of the longest experience in that House. In that capacity he wished to give a warm support to a resolution which indicated a grievance, and showed that a remedy should take place. (Hear, hear.) The case had been put forward in a clear and business-like way. He was one who in the course of this long contro- versy had again and again given full recognition to the Irish claim in the matter of de- volution and self-government, and he continued to regard the claim of Ireland as not only higher than that of any other part of the king- dom, but as in an altogether different plane. (Hear, hear.) His principal reason for talking that view was the attitude of the Irish people towards social order. It was a danger and disgrace that a people so near us, so closely con- nected with us, and for whom we had assumed so large a share of responsibility, should be liable to periodical outbursts of disorder, which indicated that there was some fault in the mode of govern- ment. (Hear, hear.) If he knew of a remedy for that state of things, it was urgent that- that remedy should be applied. The Irish people not once, not twice, but four times, had in a Con- stitutional fashion put forward "this Constitu- tional demand as a remedy for the evils from which they suffered, and that alone differentiated the claim of Ireland from all others. (Hear, hear.) The priority given to it rested upon the nature of things, and could not be affected by abstract resolutions passed in the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) But strongly as he and most of his friends on that side of the House appreciated the claim of Ireland, he could not think it reasonable to tie the hands of Parliament to a particular course of action by an abstract resolution which could only come into operation at some future time, and for that reason he was unabk, to support the amendment. (Hear, hear.) There were, however, complaints of the delay in Scotch business. Parliament was overworked, and in consequence Scotch and Welsh business was apt to be thrown aside. But his principal grievance was that on purely Scotch matters Scotch opinion was under the present system allowed to be overborne. If left to them- selves Scotch members would deal with such questions as the Church and the liquor traffic temperately and satisfactorily, and many ques- tions which were now the battlefield of party would be settled amicably. That was the reason why he supported the resolution. (Hear, hear.) Mr BALFOUR said that the debate was one of a singular kind. It consisted in the first place of a Home Rule debate that was one of purely academical interest, for no one could imagine that either the present Parliament or the present Government would ever entertain any scheme of local or Home Rule government, but in truth the debate was not one between Home Rulers and Unionists, but between two sections of Homo Rulers as to tho merits of different schemes of Home Rule. That was a question in which the Blouse at large took no interest. It was one entirely for gentlemen opposite. They on that side of the House objected equally to the original motion and the amendment. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman who had just sat down based his argument upon the congestion of business in the Imperial Parliament, but the mover of the reso- lution also contended that the Departments were greatly overworked. As examples of the latter evil he instanced the Education Department and the Local Government Department but sin- gularly enough those were Departments in which Home Rule was already established both for Scotland and Ireland. Then as to the congestion in the business of legislation, no doubt there were times when the House could not pass so many measures as it desired, but so long as they avoided those heated and prolonged controversies which sometimes took place he did not think that the outcome of legislation was so small as was alleged by some of their critics but if there was a defect in this respect the proposal that they should remedy it by pass- ing four Home, Rule Bills for Eng- land, Ireland, Scotland and Wales was one of the most singular ever laid before Parliament. He could not conceive anything more likely to obstiuct the social legislation the absence of which was so much regretted by the seconder of the resolution. (Hear, hear.) The resolution talked of extending the powers of local self-government in the United Kingdom, and in that lurked a radical confusion of strata. There were two kinds got through, legislative and administrative, and the resolution pointed to an absolutely new departure in regard to legislation. The seconder of the resolution had spoken in an airy way of employing for the purpose in Scotland the Convention of Royal Burghs, but it was wonderful that he could keep his countenance when he made the suggestion. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It was plain that as soon as they were committed to the establishment of a legislative body in Ireland that must form the model of the plan adopted for other parts of the kingdom. (Hear. hear.) Did hon. gentlemen who talked so glibly of the evils of congestion in their business form any clear idea of what the condition of these islands would be when the four systems of Home Rule were carried out ? A legislative body could not get on without a Ministry, so that in this not very large country there would be four legislative bodies besides the Imperial Parliament, and four Ministries besides the Imperial Ministry. Could human ingenuity conceive a more absurd plan.on which to carry on the work of a great country ? (Cheers and laughter,) It was obvious that if they had Home Rule Parliaments for Scotland and Ireland they must have one for England, too, while in the Im- perial Parliament all the different divisions must be represented. Was it to be uppoaed that England was going to allow herself to be governed by a combination of Welshmen, Scotch- men, and Irishmen, while she was to have no part in the government of Ireland, Scotland, or Wales? (Cheers.) The scheme they were asked to vote for, whether they adopted the original resolution or the amendment, was a form of Home Rule in which there would bo an Imperial Parlia- ment and Ministry, an English Parliament and Ministry in London, a Scotch Parliament and Ministry in Edinburgh, a Welsh Parliament and Ministry in Wales, and an Irish Parliament and Ministry in Dublin. (Laughter and cheers.) Could anyone look upon such a scheme seriously ? Mr DAVITT You have several Legislatures in Australia. Mr BALFOUR Yes, but there is no Imperial Parliament theie. The idea underlying this proposal was that the present United Kingdom should be reduced to the degree of cohesion which existed between the various legislative Assemblies of Australia. (Hear, hear.) There would be different majorities in the different bodies, and the inevitable result would be that an agitation would be got up which would accentuate, stereotype, and crystallise the separ- ate elements. (Cheers.) The position would be intolerable, and he did not see how it could possibly benefit Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. iHear, hear.) At present an Englishman was ready to regard himself as a citizen of the United Kingdom, and entertained no jealousy of the employment of Irishmen or Scotchmen in his service, while in the exercise of Scotch and Irish patronage the place of birth was often a matter of consideration. But a different state of things would be brought about if this proposal were acted upon, and he could not imagine anything more injurious to the interests of Scotchmen, Welshmen, and Irishmen than to raise up such a feeling of separation and jealousy as would be likely to result from it. (Cheers.) There was only one amendment on the reselu- tion, and that was that it really settled Home Rule. (Cheers.) A large party in England and Scotland were prepared, he thought unfortu- nately, to consider favourably the granting of Home Rule to Ireland as an exceptional case, but when they were shown that Home Rule could not be given to Ireland without being extended to England, Wales, and Scotland, they would, he believed, change their views on the subject, and would feel that a scheme which would land us in such a grotesque position was one to be crushed in the inception. (Cheers.) He believed thev would refuse ever to be led away again by the eloquent speeches of Irishmen only their lukewarm supporters—and would avoid committing themselves to the suicidal policy they endeavoured in vain to carry out in 1895. (Cheers.) Mr W. REDMOND said it was plain that the whole object of the resolution was to substitute for the policy of Home Rule for Ireland a new policy of Home Rule all round, and that it was the outcome of the abandonment of Home Rule by Liberals and of the action of the member for East Mayo and his frien^Sj^whQ, when Home Rule all iround was brought forward in 1895, went into the Lobby in its favour and now opposed it. He had put down his amendment because he thought that of the hon. member for Merthyr was too vague. It was necessary not only to say that Irish Home Rule should be taken first, but tliero should be some definite statement as to the form Home Rule should take, or what place it should occupy in the programme of the Liberal party. What Ireland desired was a Parliament supreme in Irish affairs, with an executive responsible to it and controlled by it. That was the only Homo Rule which would satisfy the Irish people, and he believed that it was far less obnoxious to the Jknglish people than this new scheme of Home Rule all round. Moreover, he desired to obtain from the leaders of the Liberal party a pledge that no other measure should take precedence of Home Rule for Ireland in their programme. To ask the Irish to give precedence to the reform of the other Chamber, or to a great measure of electoral reform, was to ask them to give up Home Rule altogether, and was a deliberate breach of faith with the Irish members. (Hear, hear.) A COUNT OUT. On the return of the Speaker after the usual interval, Mr S. Evans rose, but notice was at once taken that 40 members were not present. On counting only 29 members were found to be in their places, and thereupon

THE FOREMOST NAVIES. It has long been fully appreciated by naval experts that the British fleet must always be kept up to such a point of efficiency as to be equal to the fighting fleets of any other two Powers. Ac- cording to the figures of the Navy League we are in that position at the present moment, the follow- ing statement showing the relative strength of the three most important naval Powers :— Cruisers Battleships. fit for the line. Craisers England 56 4 127 France 40 1 51 Russia 28 1 14 Twelve of the British ships in this estimate are over 20 years old, and may therefore be put down as obsolete, while six of the French and four of the Russian are in the same plight. The figures of the Navy League include the new programme of Russia and France but not the vessels to be laid down for the British Navy. Consequently we are, or shall be. in a bettor position relatively than the figures indicate. The expenditure of over £25,000,000, which will be the total amount of the Navy vote this year, ought to give us a Navy RIGHT RON. G. J. GOSCHEN, M.P. HOW BRITAIN STANDS AT SEA. RELATIVE STRENGTH OP MODERN FLEETS. powerful enough to satisfy even that exacting critic, Lord Charles Berosford. At the same time it is idle to shnt our eyes to the fact that other Powers are as resolute as ourselves frr their struggles towards naval supremacy. At present we stand a good first, and nothing must be allowed to endanger our advantage.

A PERFECT BEVERAGE. The difficulty of obtaining a satisfactory bever- age to replace tea and coffee has been experienced by most men and women, and few fpund a satis- factory substitute till the introduction of Dr. Tibbies' Vi-cocoa. There was something strango in the title of the cocoa which implied that it was cocoa and something else, or a peculiar prepara- tion of a familiar article which few people could drink as then placed on the market in cheap, starchy compounds. The strangeness of the sound of Vi-cocoa sent many inquiring into the nature and methods of manufacture of the new beverage. The nature of Vi-cocoa once being understood secured its popularity and its fame. Vi-cocoa is a healthful and stimulating as well as sustaining compound of cocoa, kola nut, and hops. Of this beverage the Lancet says :—" Vi- cocoa must be assigned a place in the front rank of really valuable foods, since it is the embodiment of all the numerous principles contained in malt, hops, kola, and cocoa of distinct value as a restorative and stimulative food." Medieal testimony, as expressed in many analytical reports, agrees in giving Vi-cocoa a foremost place as a pleasant, health-giving, and stimu- lating beverage.

Glamorgan Assizes. THE CAUSE LIST. The Winter Assize for Glamorganshire, which is always held at Cardiff, begins at the Town Hall to-day for the trial of prisoners before Mr Justice Phillimore, and for the taking of civil business by Mr Justice Channell. No special jury cases on the Nisi Prius side will be taken before Monday next. The cause list is as follows BEFORE A SPECIAL JURY. Simpson v. "Syren" Newspaper Company and Others-Libel action. Great Western Railway Company v. Westlake Railway Company—Action for negligence. Proger and Sons (Cardiff) v. Hill-Slander action. Leyshon v. Jones—Ejectment. Pillard v. Cook—Action for fraudulent mis- representation. Davies v. Corain—Personal injuries. Douglas v. Mason-Breach of promise. John v. James-Breach of warranty. Spillers and Bakers v. Gunstone aud Co.— Breach of contract. BEFORE A PETTY JURY. Ayres v. Williams—Goods sold. Pritchard and Pritchard v. Williams—Action to recover damages for injuries received. Lowder v. Lewis—Breach of contract. Young and another v. Freshfield-Action in detinu. Williams v. Morgan-Seduction. Mountjoy v. Jones-Seduction. Jenkins and Son v. Randall-Breach of con- tract. Evans v. Jones--Slander case. Williams v. Evans—Slander case. Jones v. Edwards and others—I.O.U. case. Davies v. Lacy-Action for injuries received. WITHOUT A JURY. George v. Richards—Money lent. Urban District Council (Margam) v. Davies- Breach of contract. Evans v. Evans-Promissory note. Forester v. Edwards and Another—Breach of contract. Powell and Co. v. Davies-Commission. Barnes and Others v. Evans—Ejectment. Brain and Co. (Limited) v. Williams-Eject- ment. Gale v. Gale—Money lent. George v. Colbrian Coal Company-Breach of contract. Treharne v. Lewis and Another-Rent. Agius v. South Wales Colliery Company- Breach of contract. Park Castle Land Company v. Murrill—Eject- ment. Wain and Others v. Biggs-Goods sold. London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Assurance Company v. Jones—Injunction. Thomas and Others v. Jones—Libel.

ALLEGED LOAFING. Accusation Against Cardiff Corporation Workmen. INQUIRY BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Public Works Committee of the Cardiff Corporation was held at the Town TTa.11 on Thursday, Ald. D. Jones presiding, when an inquiry was made respecting a charge of loafing against certain street work- men of the Corporation. The loafing question was brought to a head at a previous meeting of the committee, when Councillor Veall read a, letter from Mr Johnson, manufacturing confectioner, of Tudor-road, embodying an allegation of the nature described. It was resolved at the meeting alluded to that Mr John- son be asked to attend a meeting of the committee and to be good enough to submit evidence in support of the indictment formulated. In accordance with the request Mr Johnson and two ladies presented themselves at the meeting held to-day and gave evidence relating to the charge. Mr Johnson spoke at some length in respect of loitering which he had obssrved in the re-making of ,g Wyndham-road. He was in a shop, and had full opportunities of noting the idling that occurred The men sat down and smoked and talked, their conduct being the subject of com- ment by the residents of the street. Superintendent Fitzgerald, having been called upon to make a statement, said that two men were engaged on the work in Wyndham-road, and he had every confidence in them. His foreman had brought no complaints to him in reference to the conduct of the men, and the work had been well done. Mr Johnson said hig business took him about Car- diff a great deal, and it was in consequence of the perpetual loitering which he observed that he made the charge the committee were now in- vestigating. He had mentioned Wyndham-road not as an exception, but as an ordinary incident. He was perfectly satisfied that what Supt. Fitzgerald had said was an error. He was in a shop during the time the loitering occurred in Wyndham-road, and had every opportunity of observing what happened. Councillor Mildon remarked that as a committee they were con- cerned in putting their fingers on the particular loafer. If Mr Johnson was delicate in regard to this matter the committee were not. Mr Johnson declined to say anything that would lead to the identification of the men. Ho had not come there to get any particular men into difficulties. Councillor Grossman observed that if Mr John- son had no respect. for the workmen of the Cor- poration generally, the committee had. The Chairman remarked that he would not say Mr Johnson was treating the committee with con- tempt, but it had to be strictly borne in mind that the committee wanted to know whether the loafing, if any, was general, and the committee wanted to find out who the men were. Mr John. son continued to object to disclose the names. The two ladies were then called in and stated that the work had been improperly done. As to the charge of idling, they had no hesitation in saying that the men loitered a great deal, smok- ing and talking, and their language was anything but parliamentary. The men idled for half an hour or so at a time. In answer to Councillor Fox, the Superintendent said he was perfectly satisfied with the work done in Wyndham-road, and the time occupied was not unreasonable. The ladies and Mr Johnson then withdrew, the latter remarking that he had come to the com- mittee and made his complaint in a perfectly disinterested spirit, and he was surprised to meet with such fierce opposition. Councillor Thomas said there was a complete answer to that. Mr Johnson had refused to assist the committee in identifying the men. In answer to the com- mittee, the Borough Engineer stated that the work was conducted at cheaper rates than those of a private contractor. Alderman Daniel Lewis moved That the committee, having heard certain charges made against certain workmen of the Corporation, and having heard the evidence of three independent witnesses, are of opinion that the charges are not proved." Councillor Chappell seconded. Councillor Crossman claimed that in tne resolution & refer- ence should be made to the fact that the work wa3 done under private contract price. Councillor Veall said the resolution moved would cast a grave reflection on Mr Johnson, who had given his evidence in a manly and straightfor- ward manner. He hoped the committee would not pass the resolution. They received constant complaints of loitering by the men, and the com- mittee had the greatest difficulty in getting people to substantiate the charges and if the committee treated witnesses as Mr John- son and the ladies were proposed to be treated in the resolution, they (the committee) would never get any burgesses to come forward. The evidence tendered was definite and condemnatory, and from inquiries which he had made in the street, there were other people of the same opinion, but who would not come forward. He felt it had been proved that a certain amount of time had been wasted in Wyndham-road, and if the resolution submitted was passed, he would have to take action in another direction. The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried. Councillor Edward. Thomas gave notice of the following motion That the borough engineer be asked to report on the remaking of Wyndham-road, embodying a statement of the comparative cost of making similar roads by contract, based on tenders received by the committee during the last six months." Councillor Crossman said they could not escape from the fact that the work had been done at a much lower rate than by private contract. The Chairman said that there could be no doubt that repeated complaints were made of loitering by Corporation workmen in the street, but the charges preferred to-day had not been specific enough. Councillor Veall considered that a vote of thanks should be passed to Mr Johnson and the ladies for their evidence and assistance. The Chairman remarked that the committee was in- debted to the ladies and Mr Johnson, who had doubtless come to the meeting and given their evidence from disinterested motives.

HOW DEAFNESS IS TREATED, A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY THAT IS ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND AMERICA. For many years leading physicians all over the world have treated deafness by inflating the ears with air, the object being to remove the dry secre- tions obstructing the eustachian tube and inter- nal ear, but as air alone has no tendency to soften the hardened acumulations or to reduce swelling of the lifting membrane, or stiffness of the little joints of the ears, and subdue inflam. mation, which is more frequently the cause of deafness, the treatment usually proves unsuccess- ful, and thousands of people being unable to ob- tain relief are deprived of the great blessing and innumerable advantages of being able to hear. A prominent American physician, Dr. Moore, now practising at 16b, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, London, W.C., has discovered a system of inflat- ing the ears, lungs, and remote cavities connected with the nasal passages with an Aerated chemical product, which oring the remedies into direct con- tact with the parts affected, and some very re- markable cures from its use are reported in cases of deafness of long standing, catarrh, and di- sease of the throat and chest. In order that the wonderful merits of the treat- ment may become speedily known, medicines for three months' treatment are being sent free for a short time, and all interested readers can obtain from Dr. Moore full description of his wonderful discovery. c

The Welsh Sunday School brings together all classes and conditions of men. In a Carnarvon chapel one class consists of deputy mayor, a county councillor, two poor law guardians, two lawyers, one doctor, one retired ship's captain, one employer of labour, two travellers, and three workmen, and they are tau&ht "by a humble workman of advanced years.

THE VAULT MYSTERY. A further development took place on Saturday in respect to the remarkable circumstances sur- rounding the alleged bogus burial of Thomas Charles Druce, for the exhumation of whose coffin at Highgate Cemetery Mrs Anna. Maria Druce obtained a faculty from Dr. Tristram, the Chancellor of London, on Wednesday last. Mr Druce left a will at his supposed death, but at the present time there is only one surviving executor of the document. This gentleman is Mr Alex- ander Young. Mr Alexander Young's solicitor- & representative of the firm of Messrs Freshfield —on Saturday morning appeared at the offices of the London Consistory Court, and, attending before Mr Taylor, entered a caveat on behalf of their client against the faculty which Dr. Tris- tram decreed to issue in open court on Wednes- day last. The caveat was as follows :— This is to give notice that no steps are to be taken in the issue of the faculty in the case of Thomas Charles Druce without due notice being given to me (or us)." 0 The caveat is signed and dated by Messrs Freshfield. It is stated that although this document has been formally entered it does not necessarily follow that the representatves of Mrs Druce, the petitioner, will be prevented from taking the action they have in view. The fact of the enter- ing of a caveat does not in any way prevent the decree for the faculty issuing. Immediately the formalites that will have to be gone through in Chambers have been completed, the solicitors to Mrs Druce state that they will make application or give notice to the Highgate Cemetery authorities to open the vault. If nothing further is done meanwhile bv Messrs Freshfield on behalf of their client, Mr Alexander loung, the cemetery authoirties will have no other option than to carry out the terms of Dr. Tristram's mandate, Mrs Druce is acting on behalf of her son, Sidney George Druce, who has only just recently come of age. He is now away in Australia, and though he has cabled his consent to his mother with regard to the action she proposed to take, Mr Young's solicitors may insist upon his presence in England before the exhumation of the coffin in Highgate Cemetery can take place. Should this happen it will, of course, considerably delaymatters. Mrs Druce had a long consultation with her solicitors in town on Saturday. Interviewed afterwards by a Press representative she stated that she was surprised at the great amount of interest the public had taken in the case. She had determined, she said, to go to the root of the whole matter now, whatever action her opponents might take. She very much wanted the case to go to the House of Lords. Finally, Mrs Druce said, I may tell you that there is a nobleman at the back of the case. I cannot divulge his name at present but if my hand is forced I shall be obliged to make the name public property. Some further sensational developments in this extraordinary case arc expected in the course of the next few days. APPLICATION TO OPEN THE GRAVE On Tuesday, in the Consistory Court, Messrs Freshfield and Williams applied on behalf of Mr Alexander Young, for leave to intervene in the Druce case and show cause why the grave at Highgate should not be opened. Both parties were represented, Mrs Druce attending in person. The proceedings were private, but it transpired that the hearing was adjourned by Dr. Tristram, the Judge of the Court. 4"

EISTEDDFODAU AT CARDIFF. An Eisteddfod in connection with the Pem- broke-terrace Sunday School was held on Wed- nesday evening at Andrews' Hall, Cardiff, lne Rev. J. Morgan Jones presided over a crowded audience. The venture proved a great success. The adjudicators were:—Music, Llew Ebbwy and T. W. David; literature, Rev. Evan Rees (Dvfed); prize bags, Mr* J. Morgan Jones and Mrs Edmunds, Newport-road. The secretarial duties were jointly carried out by Messrs New- man Davies and Albert E. Phillips, and Mr Mal- dwyn Roberts acted as accompanist. The following were the principal awards :-Tenor solo, Mr J. Evans. Bass solo, Mr W. Edwards, Groeswen. Children's solo, 1, Miss Emily Wheeler; 2, Robert Spicer. Soprano solo, Mrs S. A. Williams, Barry Dock. Duett, Mr Drew and friend. Englyn, Mr Flic? Powell. Elegy to the late Mr Edward Davies, LJandinam -Mr James Jones. Recitation (open)—Miss Leah Bowen and Mr Matthew George, divided. Junior recitation-Miss Mary Theophilus. Scriptural examination (junior)—Miss Lily Thomas. Prize bags—1, Miss Jestina. Jones; 2, Gwenddolen Best letter, Mr Brace, Cathays. Double quartet -Mr Herbert Evans' party. Efcsay—Mr James Jenkins, Canton. Scriptural examination (senior) -Mr David Williams. Translation—Mr Oliver Jenkins. Male voice contest-Meibion Gwalia (conductor Mr John Z. Jones) and Meibion y Gan (conductor Mr J. J. Jenkins) divided. Chief choral contest—1, Pembroke-terrace Choir; 2, Hayes Tabernacle Choir. The singing of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau" terminated the proceedings, which had lasted up to a late hour. An Eisteddfod was held in connection with the Tabernacle Mutual Improvement Society on Tuesday evening. The Rev. Charles Davies presided. The officials were Adjudicators: Music, Mr Tom Davies, A.C., Salem; recitations, ,&e., Prof. J. M. Davies, M.A., and Councillor Ed. Thomas, J.P. prize baga, Mrs Charles Davies; accompanists, Mrs Edward Thomas and Mr John E. Davies secre- tary, Mr Evan Nicholas, 94, Clifton-street. The chief awards were :-Children, solo and con- tralto solo, Miss Alice M. Lewis tenor solo, Mr Tom Davies ,bass solo, Mr Jocelyn F. Davies soprano solo, Miss B. Griffiths and Miss E. Radcliffe, divided essay, Mr J. I. Thomas prize bag, Miss Jessie Thomas pianoforte solo, Miss Lydia Warsaw and Miss M. Morgan, divided.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CARDIFF. The attempted suicide at Canal-parade on Tuesday, when a young married woman, Ethel Williams (18), took a quantity of Condy's Fluid, resulted in the usual Police Court proceed- ings on Thursday. The girl is the wife of a coloured seaman, and P.C. Price, who was called to the house on Tuesday, found her on the sofa looking very ill and red in the face. She admitted having taken the fluid, and added by way of explanation that her husband had been out of work for a period of six weeks. Prisoner, a tidy- looking young woman, appeared to be still suffering from the effects of the draught, and during the hearing of the case was allowed to remain seated. The attempt, however, did not appear to have been a serious one. Mr Louis Samuel told the would- be suicide that she had been guilty of a very foolish and wicked act. On ner husband, who was present, promising to look after her and the girl herself undertaking not to repeat her conduct she was restored to liberty.

GLAMORGAFCOUNTY COUNCIL. The statutory meeting of the Glamorgan County Council was held at the Town Hall, Pontypridd, on Thursday, and there was a large attendance of members. Councillor J. Blandy Jenkins, J.P., and Alderman Walter H. Morgan were re-elected chairman and vice-chairman re- spectively for the ensuing 12 months, and the following were elected aldermen :—Wm. Jones, Mountain Ash, 49 votes W. H Mathias, Porth, 48 J. C. Meggitt, Barry, 42 Llewellyn Davies, Swansea, 42 T. J. Hughes, Bridgend, 41 • Llewellyn, Tynewydd, 39 Daniel Evans, 38 J. W. Evans, Aberdare, 37 W. Howell, 37 Rees Harris, 37 D. D. Ptosser, Treharris, 37 Dr. R. W. Jones, Penrhiwceiber, 35. Mr Daniel Evans was elected for three years and the remain- ing 11 for six. It was decided that the bye elections caused by the election of aldermen should be completed before the 15th April,

SERIOUS CASE AT M0RRIST0N. Dr. Davey, assistant to Dr. E. Rice Morgan, Morriston, is in a most critical condition owing to a strange occurrence. It appears that the young medical practitioner was attending a patient from the Llansam'et district last week who was suffering from an abscess. This neces- sitated lancing, and during the process some of the matter from the abscess dropped upon Dr. Davey's finger, on which there was a small cut. Davey's finger, on which there was a small cut. The result was that blood poisoning followed, and the young doctor is in consequence in a most critical state. The arm affected is swollen to a prodigious size, and the patient is in intense agony. Dr. Davey is stated to be in a most serious condition, and much sympathy is felt for him, as he is universally respected in the district. The unfortunate gentleman-is a native of the Isle of Man, and has bden at Morriston about 17 months. [ _——

I EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT AT SWANSEA DOCKS. On Wednesday morning an extraordinary accident occurred on board the Exeter schooner Abega in the East Dock, Swansea. One of the crew, John Green, a native of Liverpool, was on the foremast gallantyard scraping the spars, when he fell—the distance being over 80 feet— on Edward Johnston, the mate, who was stand- ing on the deck. Rebounding from the mate, Green fell head foremost on the windlass. Both men were stretched senseless on the deck, and Dr. Morgan ordered them to be taken to the hospital. Green, who had sustained concussion of tne brain, expired soon after his reception. The ma.te has escaped with less serious injuries. Mr Ernest Rhys, author of Welsh Ballads," has a profound belief in the potential value of young Wales. Prophecy," he remarked recently to a South Wales Daily News man, 11 isu risky undertaking, but I feel that it is probable that some of our young men will do wonderful things in literature and scholarship, and not only as Welshmen in a narrow sense, but as Welshmen working for the enlightenment of the whole world." So mote it be WONDERS WILL NEVER CBAHB we are told but it cannot be denied that Holloway's Pills are the greatest wonder of modem times. They correct bile, prevent flatulency, cleanse the liver, and purity the system, strengthen the stomach, increase the appe- tite, invigorate the nerVes, promote health, ana reinstate the weak to an ardour of feeling never before experienced. The sale of these Pills through- out the globe astonishes everybody, convincing the most sceptical that there is no medicine equal to Holloway's Pills for removing the complaints inci- dental to the human race. They are indeed a bless- ing to the amicted and a boon to those why suffer from disorders, internal or external. Thousands of persons have testified thafc by their use alone they have been restored to health, after other remedies had proved unsuccesful.

THE ENTOMBED MINERS. 1 All Saved but Three. News was received on Saturday morning that one of the 19 colliers entombed by the floodingof a pit at Murkirk, Ayrshire, had been brought to the surface. He assured the rescue party that the 17 miners were alive in the higher workings, but had, however, a thrilling experience, as the water rose to the hqjght of 6ft. It transpired subsequently, however, that three men had lost their lives-namely, William Gemmeli, John Hazel, and James Shaw, the first two of whom were married, with families. Their bodies have i been recovered in one of the roads, in which they were evidently drowned. The other men were brought to the surface. AN HEROIC DEED. | Robert Blyth, one of the men brought tfl bank, acted most heroically when the col- liery became flooded. He could have saved himself at the very start of the rush ol ]j water, but, saying, "Good bye, brother I am not 'j married; I will go and tell the others," he J left the cage and went into the workings and warned the men to make for higher ground. *i Blyth states that after he had given the warning he tried to get back to the pit bottom. He waded up to the lips, but had to turn aa j, there were 12 feet of water in the shaft. He Jj saw the three men now dead making for the pit ■ bottom, and warned them of their danger. A TERRIBLE POSITION. The only nourishment the entombed men had had during their long imprisonment consisted of two cans of tea, which was doled out in spoonfuls. One of the lamps was kept burning, the rest were put out in order to economise the scant supply of oil. The men prayed in turn for safety. NARRATIVE BY A RESCUED MINER. A rescued miner states that forty men were employed in the workings, many of whom were about two hundred feet from the bottom of the shaft. A miner named John McMillan started to dig at a fresh spot in the direction of the cross- fall of the old workings, when suddenly there was a terrible inrush of water. McMillan ran along the pit towards the shaft as speedily as pos- sible, meanwhile warning his comrades by shouting Water, water." All the men and boys followed on, keeping up the dread shout. With very little delay the men nearest the cage were raised to the surface. The last three to ascend on Fri- day were two men and a boy, the latter being at the last moment lifted on to the cage by the hair of his head as he was being carried past by the current.

EXECUTION AT EDINBURGH. An Edinburgh correspondent telegraphs John Herdman, a printer's machineman, was executed here on Monday morning for the murder of his paramour, Jessie Calder or Soutar, on New Yea.r', Day. The man was seen to kick the woman on the head, and she was subsequently discovered dead in an apartment, the bed and floor of which were covered with blood Calder had been stabbed through one of the lungs, and there were several wounds on the head. Herdman passed a troubled night, but was calmer on Monday morning. The chaplain conducted a brief religious service in the prisoner's cell, and received a confession by Herdman, who implored God to have mercy on his soul. The hymn The hour of my departure's come," a favourite of the prisoner's during his confinement, was sung, and during the reading of the Scripture and prayer the condemned man was affected to tears. The scaffold was erected over the well of the stair a few yards from the cell, and accompanied by the chaplain, the governor of the prison, and Billington, the executioner, the murderer walked steadily to the place of execu- tion, the chaplain offering suitable prayers afl they went. A limited number of reporters were admitted to the final scene. Billington quickly pinioned Herdman and adjusted the noose, and in a very few moments the body hung lifeless in the pit beneath Herdman made no remark on the scaffold. Another correspondent says :-fhe murder took place in a densely-populated land if Milne-square, one of the roughest of the slums of Edinburgh. Herdman did not belong to the criminal classes, but after his wife's death three years ago he gave way to fits of drinking. A petition for commutation of the sentence was presented to the Secretary for Scotland with over 11,000 signatures, in- cluding that of Mr John Morley, M.P., but an unfavourable reply was received. While in the Calton Gaol Herdman was visited by his three married daughters and other relatives. Herdman, after five hours' sleep, rose at six and breakfasted fairly well at seven. Before th. service the chaplain read Herdman's farewell thanking the subscribers to the petition and say' ing, With God I have made my peace, and re- lying on his mercy I go forward to meet HiJn, God bless my children." The last execution in Edinburgh took placa about nine years ago.

,.„„„„„ H.M.S. AUSTRALIA IN DANGER. Narrow Escape from the Fate of the Maine. A naval correspondent, who gives us his nam28 and from whom (says the JJaili, Chronicle) we J have frequently received. Ao«»r^.«LBl<i in,portaBte.;? jnformMlo SendSTlB an ;"i scene alleged to have taken place a few dayjfba<$ on H.M.S. Australia, the first-class cruisei-«wilicb has recently been attending the Queen off Os' borne, and is at present guardship in Southamp- ton Water. The statement amounts to this-that a reserve man, being left for a. few minutes alone by a mags.- znie, took up a Very's" pistol and fired at a box of fuses close to the door of an open shell room, filled with shell, bay after bay piled with projec- tiles charged to the neck with gunpowder and high explosives. The result was hissing and snapping fuses that were spitting fire like squibs, and near them bundles of rockets pointed direct at a rack of the filled shell. Nothing human saved a catastrophe but the presence of mind and self* devotion of an able seaman named Gill, who dashed into the fuse room and pulled out the burn- ing fuses at the risk of being blinded or burnt to death. The name of the reserve man alleged to have fired the pistol has been furnished us, and if we do not publish it this is because we hope there is some excuse for, or possible exaggeration off what may have been an accident due to careless or ignorant handling of an unaccustomed weapon* But if there is any foundation for the story, it is clear that only regularly trained gunners can be in future employed in or about our ships' maga- zines—men who know the danger of the weapon# they handle and the consequences of the slightest wantonness. We trust the Admiralty will not attempt to bottle up this incident, which, as it is told to us, might well have given us a disaster as bad as that whict befell the U.S.S. Maine, a vessel, by the way, ol very neaily the same class and size as H.M.S. Australia, slightly larger, but with a smallej complement of men than the British ship. And if the facts be as represented to us, we should like to know what reward is to be given to Able Seaman Gill. In the presence of an enemy he would have won the Victoria Cross for bIt heroism.

THE MURDER OF MR TERRISS. Alleged False Pretences. S At Bow-Street on Wednesday, Albert Eayres was charged with forging a, request for admission to Holloway Gaol. Counsel for the prosecution stated than on December 18th last when Prince. the murderer of Terriss, was under remand there. accused presented himself with a document pur' porting to be t request from Mr Rice, a solicitor, to allow him to see Prince for professional pur- poses. The accused was asked to fill up the usuaJ form, which he did, under the name of Frederick Mason, managing clerk to Mr Rice. Aftet further usual formalities he was allowed to see Prince. He had another interview with PrincC three days later. At this time the accused was not a, clerk at Mr Rice's and had no authority to represent him. Counsel stated that the real ob- ject of the accused was to get a statement froul Prince and sell it to a newspaper. On December 24th prisoner went to the ofiice of Lloyd's news- paper and offered for sale a statement he had ob- tained from Prince. After some negotiation the news was purchased for £20. Corroborative evi- dence was given bv officials at Hollowayi-- Prisoner was committed for trial.

JANE POPEJOY'S DEATH. Charge Against a Mistress. At Bow-street on Monday MrsNicholls.KensiflfC' ton, was charged on remand with the manslaugbt- ter of her servant Jane Popejoy (16), who she i' alleged to have starved ana ill-treated. The crofd outside th- court greeted prisoner's appearance > with a hostile demonstration of hoots and yells. Elizabeth Jannaway, a former fellow-servant of the deceased, stated that after being with Mt* Nicholls a month she ran away because she did not get enough food. Jane Popejoy wrote horn1 about the bread and dripping given them, and Mrs Nicholls learning of this compelled her 90 write another letter saying that the other was 00 false, that she had a nice place and a kind mi*" tress, and was very happy. After the hearing of other evidence the Bencb adjourned the case till Monday, with the satJI8 bail as before.

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