The Cardiff Times

THE BLOCKADE RAISED. P CONSTANTINOPLE, Tuesday. — The British, rench, Russian, and Italian Ambassadors have Notified to the Porte of the abolition dating from yesterday of the blockade of Crete. The noti- fication added that the importation of arms and Munitions into the island was prohibited.—Bewter. Moslems Seeking British Protection. CANDIA, Tuesday.—Much consternation is felt here among the Mussulmans at reports of approaching departure of Major-General Sir 5. Chermside and the two English regiments, "hey fear the complete withdrawal of the British garrison on the arrival of Prince George. *he nomination of the Prince of Greece was a Solent shock to the national feelings of the Mus- ?hl.mans, who are greatly afraid of the pernicious ^fluence of his entourage. The pressure exer- cised bv the returned Christian emigrants til 01"1er to force the Mussulmans who had taken refuge iu their houses to quit them exasperates the Turks, who if they are turned Out will be obliged to herd together in the Jiosqu^s and barracks. For want of funds the «Iussulman3 are unable to return to their villages for the purpose of rebuilding their habitations destroyed by the insurgents, or to buy the necessary articles for the cultivation of the few Properties spared by the Christians. Since the opening of communications the Mussulmans have had the opportunity of witnessing per- sonally the immense damage done to their properties by the Christians, and attribute the ^ork of destruction to the implacable hate felt for them, and they mistrust the conciliatory dis- position which the Christians are now displaying. Indeed. they despair of ever being able to live peaceably under the new regime. They are Preparing a petition asking for personal protec- tion from Great Britain as the greatest Mahometan Power—a protection, iu fact, similar *0 that exercised by France over the Catholics In the East.—Ileuter. Thanksgiving Service in London. Under the auspices of the Bishop of Aberdeen *>od members of the Byron Society a. thanks- giving service for Cretan liberation was held on Tuesday night in St. Peter's Church, IWindmill- street, London, and was attended by a large con- gregation, including Lord Coleridge, Sir Bobt. Reid, Sir Charles and Lady Dilke, M. Metaxas (Greek Charge d'Affairs),. Mr F. S. Stevenson ^f.P., and Mr G. W. Russell. The clergy included the Bishop of Mitchinson,. Canons Wilberforce Gore, and McColl, the Dean of Winchester, the representatives of several London churches and of the Greek and Russian churches in the Metropolis. The service com- prised appropriatehymns, selected prayers, an anthem, the Te Deum Laudaumus, and sermon by Canon Gore. The preacher, who prefaced his address by a special prayer for the titular heads of the four Powers co-operating at the time of the Cretan deliverance, referred to the supineness of political Christendom whea Armenian Chris- tians were being murdered by thousands, and *aid they were now able, despite an unnecessary and disastrous war and the delays of the Euro- pean Concert, to thank God that at last in Crete Christians had been freed from the blasting tyranny of Turkish rule. This particular church had been selected for their service of praise because of its associations with Mr Glad- stone, to whom the cause of the Sultan's oppressed Christian subjects was so sacred.

THE DELIVERANCE OF CRETE. Sir Lewis Morris's Ode. Sir Lewis Morris, at the celebration banquet of the freedom of Crete, recited the following ode Composed by him in honour of the occasion ;— I. A.t length-at last, at last! The weary suffering centuries are past. BafSed, the tigerish Turk steals from his bleeding prey. Ãt length; ob bapless Orete, at laost, •t'hy mother draws thee closer to her breast. Thou for long years this auspicious day Awaitedjt but in vain. Done is at length thy secular pain, (nd thou at last at rest. n. Strange are the ironies of time and fate, And dark the pathway of the eternal feet. For, 10 it was but yesterday that we, Who knew of old thy tale of misery And yearned to set thee free, Waited our Hellas's triumph, but in vain, For us who from our boyhood's earliest years With thee were nourished at one mother's breast. Alas! it was a time of pain. Her brave sons dashed their chivalry in vain Against the Oppressor's firm outnumbering line, By alien hirelings drilled for victory. Oh wasted harvest-fields of Thessaly, Whereon Divine Olympus, looking, Sam the brute invader taking might for law, And weak defenders dying, but in vain—;n vain. Alas; it was a time of fear. Blank disappointment sinking to despair. Almost our sad hearts seemed to see The loathly Ottoman once more again Blighting the City of the Violet Crown, And hear the shrieks of outrage rend the -affjoatod air, and marble temple crashing down, rbnrian vengeance wreaked on all things fair. Aias! it was a time of pain and fear. III. now, but now, ere yet two years have gone 1'0 her high fate our Hellas marches on. The Powers their mutual jealousies forget, And suddenly from failure, from defeat, She springs unconqaered yet. A nJ.iracle-3. miracle is done, Working the will of Europe, side by side close accord, the o'ermastering navies ride, And Peace accomplishes what War denied; Broken the fetters and the prisoner free, l'hc Buffering,; of tbe dead, uuhappy past-, The wrongs, the tyrannies are done at last. Begone tho banded ltumirals cry, "Begone I" And without flash of sword or sound of gun The Oppressor slinkb away, his rule of evil done. IV. Therefore we sing to-day Te Deum for the victory of Peace. 011, power of Good, at la.st make wrong to C6a.e. We, whose brave sons gave not their blood in vain By treacherous massacre, with torture slain— Slain, and for Hellas, wo, Whose Britain is the mother of all the free— We pra ise thee and we pray Deliver the shining company Which lights the purple of the iElgean Sea— The rock-built birthplace of the bli^d old man, King of all poets still the fair isles wasted long, By Byron's genius consecrate to song, Where merciless the pasha loved to slay, Enslave, rob, ravish, as he loves to-day. These and the land of Philip's conquering son Bind closG-nay all who speak The God-given language of the Greek, Till at the laat, the victory won, Hellas regains her children one by one Delivor all, 0 Lord, and set them free, High mountain ramparts, Pleiads of the sea, From the foul Turk's decrepit tyranny. V. And yet, 0 new-born freemen brave, Put off the ignoble vices of the slave, Forget the faults which long oppression breeds, The feuds, the bloody strifes of warring creeds Be Love your guide, not Hate. Not for yourself take thought, but for the State Keep only your heroic past, and Peace Shall knit you fast to Greece. Then ye, oh triple peaks of virgin snow, That on the unnumbered woes below Have looked unchanged through the sad cen- turies Since sightless Homer sang. No more shall see that secular misery. The homesteads flaring from the smoke's black shroud. The huddled flocks, the panic-etricken crowd But far and wide upon the tranquil plain The unruffled vineyard, the untrampled grain, Where labour toils unharmed and reaps its due, Peace making all things new. LEWIS MORRIS.

BRITISH DISASTER IN AFRICA. Force Annihilated. Reuter's Agency learns that in the early part of last October a disaster occurred to a small party of Imperial troops under Lieutenant Keating and Corporal Gale, forming part of Colonel Pilcher's company near Yelwa, a place situated on the river Niger midway between Jebba and IlOj by which the two British officers mentioned and nearly the whole party were anni- hilated. From particulars just brought to Liverpool by the Elder Dempster's mail steamer Jebba, the above-mentioned party, consisting of Lieutenant Keating and Corporal Gale and about 14 native troops, were at the time parleying with the native chief of the district to get canoes for the trans- port of provisions. Many of the new Imperial regiment were being sent up bevond Jebba to the frontier near Ho. The chief, it would appear, refused to give the canoes, and endeavoured to make the Imperial troops prisoners. Although the Imperial force was iso:ated at the time, and the number of natives opposing them were over- whelming, a stubborn resistance was offered. The natives were armed for the most part with spears and bows and arrows. In the fight that ensued both Lieutenant Keating and Corporal Gale were killed, together with 12 of their native troops. The remaining two escaped, and reaching the British camp gave information of the British dis- aster. A force was immediately despatched to the place, but particulars of what subsequently occnrred or of any further fighting are not yet to hand, although it is understood that the body of the officer was recovered, but not that of the white corporal. The body of the. officer bore many wounds, including that of a gaping spea.r wound through his forehead. On making inquiries at the Colonial Office, Renter's Agency ascertained the Government has confirmation of the above disaster.

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Popular Demonstration. I BANQUET AT THE PARK HALL. Brilliant Spectacle. THE FREEDOM CONFERRED. The man who so brilliantly led the victorious army of the Socdan and smashed for ever a foul and tyrannical Mahdism came to Cardiff on Friday last to receive the homage of the Principality of Wales, just as he had so recently accepted that of the predominant partner and of Scotland, as conveyed to him bv the Metropolitan cities of those countries. In Cardiff, as m Lonaon and Edinburgh, his progress was a, truly triumphant one. Unfortunately, the weather was stormy and wet, so stormy, indeed, as to play sad havoc with the decorations which bad been employed as an outward and visible sign of a patriotic com- munity's appreciation and gratitude. But the spirits and enthusiasm of the people were in no wise damped. As the Sirdar was slowly driven from the Great Western Railway Station uo the Park Hall, where he was to affix his name to a distinguished roll of honorary freemen of the county borough, he was the object of the lusty acclamations of thousands. What the decorations might have been had the weather been propitious it is impossible to say. The preparations made on Thursday showed that the tradespeople on the line of route from the Great Western Railway Station to the Bark Hall were not unmindful of the wish expressed a day or so previously by the Mayor to the effect that Cardiff's welcome to the Sirdar should not be unworthy of the town and the Principality. There was i* fair bunting on Thursday evening, but wore on the wind increased and when on Friday it was seen that many o t JJ and streamers had not been aole the force of the twenty-knot gale that i^ged during the early hours of that morn decorations on the entrance of Railway Station, over which £ 70^ had been r pended, were fairly wrecked. A j" £ Loyal Standard and other flags at the*op of Hi„h-street had been torn to ribSons, and many of bunting less conspicuous looked as though for many a long year they had "braved the battle and the breeze." But notwithstanding all thlS the display of buntings by means to be sneeied at. The bravest show of all was that mbL Mary-street, opposite the I own Hall, where the Union Jack, the Efl^gn tlie Prince of Wales's feathers, the harp, and the lee^ blowing gaily in the moist breeze. An ,po y good display was that at the bottom end of 8t Mary-street. The Queen's Hotel decorations were extremely neat and .'J6' i j the New York Assurance Oifice close by the intertwined American an^ were a noticeable feature. Higher up the street, near the Duke-street cornel, abaimei | hung across the street bearing he in t ■ A hearty welcome to the soldiers of the Queen Duke-street, which, as a wag remar y made to look quite gay with the aid of half it dozen silk pocket handkerchiefs, loo e _»} well. ( At one end w^ a haunei g wi^ asftS;TWsid?Vwas\.hesign, tersely expres- sive of Welsh sentiment, Bravo, » Up Queen-street there was here and tneie ft fair show of bunting, and the lower end of Paikjlace was also gay in honour of Cardiff s g gaesfc ARRIVAL AT THE STATION. ™ «irdar to Cardiff was The tram conveying ufte » ru^u T> ■, o „ not timed to reach the Great Wea ,e Station, Cardiff, until 2.5, but hajf an hour b.foie that hour many of those who had been lortunaU. enough to sccare platform parses ta < The railway company had'ma?.o client arrangements. A barrier had been erycledi half- way down Station-approach, an k public were kept outside this, so that the smart company of 50 sabres of the Gloucestershire Yeo^ manry had ample room ta which to wheel aoont and perform a few preliminary oporations before the arrival of the Sirdar. Subsequently they were drawn up in line facing tne station entrance. The interior of the station was very prettily deco- rated. At a position on the No.1 platform, a few yards west of the bookstall, red baize covered the grouna and walls of the station. Beantixul pots of flowers, sup- plied bv Mr Wm. Treseder, were gracefully grouped" around the sides of the carpetea square, within which only ft f«--w favoured visitors assein- bled. The walls of the station were gracefully festooned with flags and trophies, and hung with gilt fringe. One of the earliest to arrive bore was Mr J. J. Leaning, of the Great Western Railway, to whose tact and admirable arrange- ments the success oi the arrival was in no small measure due. A few moments later Major J. Simpson, of Penaitli, arrived, and shortly after- wa.rds the borough member. Mr J. M. Maclean, M.P., and Major Thomas, V.D. At three minutes past 2 o'clock the Mayor of Cardiff, preceded by the mace bearer, arrived iu fall l-sbea of office, followed by the Recorder and Town Clerk In WIg and gown. Only a few of the Members of the Corporation were on the plat- form, but among them were the Deputy Mayor (Councillor G. David), the ex-Mayor (Alderman J. Ratnsdale), Alderman Daniel Lewis, and Councillor Brain, the latter of whom appeared in uniform Among the distinguished people pre- sent were fjord Tredegar, in uniform, the High Sheriff of Glamorganshire (Mr T. R. Thompson), Colonel MacCall, Major Simpson of Newport, and Lieutenant Christie, the two latter in their white Soudan helmets. At three minutes past 2, o'clock the word went round, ihe train sig- nalled," and a memeutt later the snecial con- sisting of engine, saloon and brake van, ran through the station, and backing on to the up line was soon brought to rest exactly oppose the carpeted square. Mayor advanced, anu at that moment the tall and soldier-like figure of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum emerged and stood upon the platform. He was wearong the uniform of a majot-genei .t having briefly welcomed hnn to Caidift, ti e dis- tinguished soldier in a few aa*ny words cdaiow- ledged the greeting. The cornet m heigh., oe- tween the Mayor and the riirdar WM DlOr. notice- able, for Lord Kitchener towers up ovar six feet in height, and upon his h«ad he wore the cooked hat surmounted by a plume of red and white xeAthei. Then followed introductions. Colo"el Sir Edward Hill, Mr Maclean, and tne evMayoi were greeted quite aa old friends, and ail exceedingly heartf grip o. hand was given by his Lordship to Lieutenant Christie, who did heroic ueeas in the Soudan. All this time the people in the sstation had been applauding in no uncertain manner. It was a foretaste of what was to be neard and witnessed a few moments later. The Mayor then escorted his Lordship to his carriage, and at the same moment the band of the 1st Crlumol'gtin same moment the band of the 1st Crlumol'gtin Volunteer Artiilery outside struck up Hee, the Conquering Hero Comes."

BANQUET AT THE PARK HALL The doors of the Park Hall, which was to be the scene of the banquet and the freedom presenta- tion, were thrown open to guests and public promptly at 1.30, and although a goodly number of persons had already assembled iu Park-place there was no unseemly rush. The arrange- ments that had been made by the Town Clerk and his department, and by the Head Constable, were admirably conceived and carried out. The appearance of the Mayor, closely attended by the Sirdar, was the signal for tremendous cheering, egain and again renewed, and the band plavin^ lt See, the Conquering Hero Comes." The banquet, served by the Park Hotel management in conjunction with Miessrs fetevens, Limited, Cardili, wras excellently v*ell served and in view of the magnitude of the affair was remarkably free from hitch or confusion. THE TOAST LIST. At 3 25 v m the banquet concluded, and the Mayor fmomitted the loyal toasts, Mr W. Trevor Evans singing the ao_!o or Goo Save toe Queen," and the audience taking up the refram 1Il impres. SiIn?u £ ttingtbe toast of "The Royal Family," the Mayor recalled the visit of his Royal High- ness the Prince of Wales. and the Princess of Wales with the Princesses zocoria and Maud to oven the Cardiff Exhibition in 1896, wnen las Roval Highness honoured Cardiff by accepting the hononvrv freedom. His sou, the late Duke of Clarenee, had been admitted aa honorary freeman of Cardiff in the year lS9d. Both father and son received a glorious auo enthusiastic welcome from the people of Cardiff. (Applause). THE ARMY AND NAVY. Lord Tredegar, who was most cordially re- ceived, gave the toast, '• The Navjr, Arniy. and Reserve Forces." ThanKS to British talent, British industry, and British engineering the Navy was now as perfect as it was possible to be Our great ironclads had, very happily, not yet been I tried in a great war, but there had been hardly anv land campaigns for some yours without a naval brigade—(cheers)—and Jt\ck Tar nad alwav been prominent there. (Cheers.) He had only bit of fault, that he tried to take too much of the fighting upon lumself. (Laughter.) The British Armv at the present moment, according to the latest return, was stronger than it had ever been before in times of peace. The British Army was a very peculiar Army. (Laughter.) It was composed of all the flours of the rainbow- white, British black, Soudanese brown, bepoy yellow, Chinese and he balieyea we,had aK ed Indian regiment in the North oiCa-nada. (Uheers and laughter.) That, he imagined, was the reason doctors were so very parucular about colour blindness in the Army. (Loud laug iter.) reserve forces, to which he had the honour to belong, were scarcely up to the proper standard at the present time, but if the hashoda incident I, had taken another turn, as Hi might have done, it would not have taken three months to have filled up not only the British Army, but the reserve forces as well. When he was a boy at school ¡ the scholars used to be taught to remember four or five military incidents in history. He (the speaker) would not tlloke them further back than 400 years before the birth of our Lord- (lauehter)—whan they were told Xenopbon, with hia 10,000, achieved a moat remarkable military exploit. Later on Hannibal, another great man, threw his army over the Alps and defeated the enemy on the other ride, and to come down nearer, the great Napoleon did the same thin. Ljj.ter on they c-ame to Sir John Moore's retreat at Coramia. where, finding hirn- self in danger. a marvellous re- treat, and later, turned round and inflicted a | glorious defeat upon the Frenchmen. These were | the leading military exploits that bo_vs were tawrh% THE SIRDAR. I I to remember, but when the history of the pre- sent times came to foe written, the writer wottM place on record that these military exploits were not in it with the exploits of the noble -Lord the Sirdar. (Cheera.) The campaign from Cairo to Atbara and from A.tbara to Khartoum quite oatrivalled any of those military exploits they were asked to remember. (Cheers.) The toast, coupled with the name of Sir Edward Hill, M.P.. was duly honoured. Sir Edward Hill, K.C.B., M.P., in response, said he hoped that their distinguished guest, the Sir Edward Hill, K.C.B., M.P., in response, said he hoped that their distinguished guest, the Sirdar, whom they so wa.rmly and gratefully wel- comed in their midst—(applause)—would take his rising to respond to that toast in the presence of senior officers of her Majesty's Army as a proof that officers of the Volunteer forces had at any rate learnt the rudiments of military science— viz., discipline—because he had been ordered by the Mayor to respond to the toast. (Laughter.) He could tell them, if he might for a moment take upon himself the distinct honour of responding for her Majesty's Navy, that Lord Tredegar was perfectly right in saying that at the present mDineni', as regarded ships, as regarded their officers, as regarded their materials, and as re- garded their man, her Majesty's Navy never was in a. better position to fulfil the all-important I duties to our islands which weie demanded of I them. (Applause.) If also he might be allowed to be the mouthpiece of the regular forces of this country, he would say that as in old times they always had done their duty. So they had shown I in recent times that thay were still prepared to do their duty with that bravery and dash which had carricd them on to victory before—(applause) ha.d carricd them on to victory before—(applause) —and had carried them on to victory at the pre- sent time. (Continued applause.) And if he might be the mouthpiece of their Egyptian allies -—he had had the pleasure of seeing a little of the Egyptian Army—all he could say was that they had done exactly what he expected they would do. They had turned out, as he w&s sure the Sirdar expected they would, a credit to the officers who had taken the trouble to discipline them. (Applause.) He did not think anything had happened which could more forcibly bring out the quality of their officers than the develop- ment of the Egyptians from an J^rmy which could not be depended upon to one that rivalled their own iu the way m which it had held its position. (Applause.) As regarded the Volun- teers and auxiliary forces, he thought they must have taken a useful lesson from the victory at Orndurman—namely, that they must have patient preparation and continuous drill. He thought the Volunteers were not likely to forget that lesson, and on their behalf, and on behalf of the Army and Navy, he offered them his sincere and humble thanks for the compliment they had paid them. (Applause.) I HEALTH OF THE SIRDAB. I The Mayor then rose and said I have the very great honour of proposing for your acceptance the toast of the day in asking you to drink with me the health of our worthy guest, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army and conqueror of the Soudan. (Cheers.) The fact of this great gathering from all parts of Wales and Monmouthshire testifies, in terms far stronger than I could express, that Welshmen do not wish to be behind the inhabitants of Englitnt1 and Scotland in assuring you, my Lord Kitchener, how highly they estimate the very C, y important servhes you hav3 rendered to civili- sation and to your Queen an I country—(cheers) -by the wonderful success of your undertaking in the Soadau, and the far-reaching results of the THE CASKET. overthrow of the forces which kept enormous papulations in bondage, cruelty, barbarism, and slavery- (Cheers.) You have been able by you i great activity, foresight, and splendid administra- tion to obtain those extraordinary results with such a small loss of life as is the envy of other such a small loss of life as is the envy of other nations. You have also been able -to avenge the death of the most noble and highly-esteemed General Gordon. (Loud applause.) We therefore wish to convey to you our most profound esteem I' and admiration, and we trust that by your uoble and gallant example others will be induced to follow in your steps. We hardly knosv what to admire most, your wonderful powers as a tac- tician, an administrator, cr a diplomat, Or your admire most, your wonderful powers as a tac- tician, an administrator, cr a diplomat, Or your very great care after the battle of the lives not '¡ onlv of your own army but also of those who opposed you. We hail with delight that you have a^aio, in the last few days, ohowu your anxiety to civilise this immense population which is being civilise this immense population which is being brought by you under the influence of the British Government, and I have much pleasure in assur ing yon that the proposal made by you for the establishment of a college bearing the name of the Gordon Memorial, will, I fully believe; receive the support not only of thi« important a/>id progressive commercial centre, but of the wholu of Wales. (Cheer:) Personally, I am thankful you have made such a suggestion, and wholu of Wales. (Cheer:) Personally, I am thankful you have made such a suggestion, and wish it every succcss 3,nd I have no doubt that the amount-which you have mentioned will be subscribed without difficulty or delay. (Hear, hear.) I am sure, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, you will join with me in wishing for Lord Kitchener that he will be long spared to serve his Queen and country; Mid I ask you to drink with me the health of his Lordship, the conqueror of the Soudan and avenger of General Gordon. The toast was drunk with striking enthusiasm. Lord Kitchener received &n ov&tion on rising to acknowledge the toast. He said :—Mr Mayor, my Lords and Gentlemen,—I bsg to thank you most sincerely for the cordial and enthusiastic reception you have given me in Cardiff. I fear that I was invited by your ex-Mayor—(cheers)— without his knowing what a beggar I was. (Laughter.) I have been begging at Edinburgh, 1 have been begging in London. and now I come .oil to the Principality of Wales, and loaln going to bog here. (CitaerK.) I feel sure that you will not let mo beg in vain. (Renewed cheers.) I have more right, I think, to beg in Cardiff than I had in any other place, because although I am aek- ius for moO.OOO, I paid you many hundreds of thousands for coal. (Laughter and cheers.) And so, I am sure, that you are all very interested in the wa.v the railway j'l getting on, which is using up your coal. (Hear, hear, Weil, I hope that by this tirne next yesir we &l>au bave a trojin running into Khartoum— (cheers)— and that we ma.y see a great many of you there, i (Laughter). Well, my lords and gentlemen, yon have treated me with such very great hospitality that I must ask you to excuse me from making a longer speech or attempting in more eloquent terms than I can well think of to express my gratitude to you for the grea.t hospitality with which you have entertained me. (Cheers.) WAYOii AND C02JP03.AT1 OI* Mr J. M. Maclean, M.P., wh0 was heartiiy received, said it was his pleasing duty to propose to them a toast which he waa sure they would receive with the utmost enthusiasm. It was the toast of The Mayor and Corporation of Cardiff." (Applause.) He was quite sure that everybody in that room congratulated his friend the Mayor upon that most auspicious commencsmsnt of his year of office. They could offer him no better wish than that the rest of the year might corre- spond with that. (Applause.) Thoy were there to welcome a gentleman who had conferred a signal honour upon the tovm of Cardiff by coming down there. (Applause.) He need not dwell upon that geutleman's career, because with voice and pen ha had already attempted, to the best of his ability, to do justice tc his great achieve- ments, and he was glad he was going back to the Soudan, not merely as Sirdar. trat also as his ability, to do justice tc his great a.ohieve- ments, and he was glad he was going back to the Soudan, not merely as Sirdar. trat also as administrator. (Applause.) They were proud of the great congnesta the Sirditr had achieved, bnt no conquest could be lasting which was not based upon niaral jnstific&tion. (Applause.) They conquered t,ho% men of the Soudan, but they could not rejoice that it ha.d been their painful daty to mow them down by millions with their improved weapons.. Those Soudanese were a fine race of men. As Rudyard Kipling said They may be pc-or benighted heathens, But they're first-class fightiDg men." And what higher praise could men desire ? (Applause.) They were men who had all the manly virtues they had constancy, courage, discipline, faith, a,no industry-and they were a, race of men whom they had brought under the Empire of Queen Victoria. (Applause.) It was their sacred obligation to prove to them thaf, if they had conquered them they had brought them under a better civilisation. (Applause.) One of the great causes of hia admiration for THE HAYOB Oi' i A itl)liTF. I Lord Kitchener was that he was acting in the spirit cf our national hero, Gordon. (Applause.) When Gordon was betrayed he Aid not blame the Soudanese. It was not they who bstrayed and abandoned him to his fate. It was net they whom he condemned with his last breath. He was full of infinite pity and tenderness for those he called" his poor Soudanese," and he would rejoice now that the work had been undertaken which would give them a better chance iu the world cf showing what they were worth. What had been the cause of their English civilisation and the greatness of their Empire ? It was because they had first of all been a people of order and had given jquality and justice under their laws, the utmost libeity of worship under their own religions, and perfect freedom of fa.ith. (Applause.) Those were the gifts which they had conferred upon the world which owned the Empire of Queen. Victoria. (Applause,) Those wore the qualities which made them say— Prond in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind go by." Those were the qualities which made English- men great. Those were the-qualities which would sanctify the Nile and the Soudan as they scari- fied India in past times. (Applause.) He asked them to drink to the Mayor and Corporation of Cardiff. (Applause.) The Mayor, who was cordially greeted, on behalf of his colleagues, members of the Cor- poration of this ancient borough, expressed his appreciation of the manner in which they had received this tiast. He had also thanked those who had been good enough to favour Cardiff with their presence, especially those who held posi- tions similar to Vis own and represented the boroughs and counties of Wales, ana for showing by their presence that Wales did not wish to be behind any part of the United Kingdom in any national movement. (Applause.) He could assure them that the Corporation of Cardiff would be always ready and willing to take the responsi- bilities and privileges attaching to the position the town held as the most important and pro- gressive town in Wales. (Applause.) Personally he also thanked them, as it- had been his privi. lege, by holding office this year, to bs ab»o to contribute to this day's proceedings. (Applause.) This concluded the toast list. LORD KITCHENER AMONG THE OLD SOLDIERS. The Sirdar, prior to receiviogthe freedom of the borough, looked in at the veterans in the Lesser Piirk Hall. The veterans were at ease in the hall, smoking the pipe of peace after a rare dinner provided through the generosity of Coun, Halleti. Long clays and short briars were sending up carls of smoke, while the old soldiers, their faces wreatliod in smiles, recounted the experi- ences of younger years and more stirring times. Suddenly there was a change. Stail-Sorgeant Sainsbury, himself a veteran, rushed into the I room, excitement in every feature. Pipes out!" Attention I" Silence for tho Sirdar wer.) his short, crisp commands. Down went clay and briar, as, like oas man, the entire compa.ny— almost with every breru-t adorned with some trophy of bygone bravery—stood up to receive Lord Kitchener. There was a dash of martial trophy of bygone bravery—stood up to receive Lord Kitchener. There was a dash of martial spirit in the movement to which the proceedings I in the larger hall provided no parallel. The oM men-who hfid seen the tragedies of the Mutu y. who had passed through the battles On the plaÍl." of the Crimea—seemed in one instant to become soldiers of the line again. A minute earlier thoir scarred faces, though lit up with smiles, told the story of old age aed decrepitude. When the Sirdar appeared the whole scene was changed. Lord Kitchener, who was accompa,nied by his Worship the Mayor, Councillor Hallett, and the Head Constable, beamed graciously upon the veterans, while be greeted them, saying, I am very glad to see you old soldiers here to-day. It was very good of you to come and welcome me." Kight i-oyallv did the men cheer the Sirdar's words, the long hurrah being taken up again and again, line after line, with a wholesome roar which paled into insignificance the plaudits of the larger company iu the adjoining hall. Councilor Hallatt, who was introduced to his Lordship by the Mayor, was thanked by the Sirdar for his thoughtful kindness to the old men, who evsr and anon broke out in fresh cheers, and cries of God bleas you, sir," Three cheers for the Sirdar," Another for the avenger of Gordon." Several of the old men were introduced to the Sirdar, who spoke a few kindly words to each. Aa he left the entire company lustily sang For he's a jolly good fellow," and one old soldier, who Waved a tremendous flag over his head, was heard, in untnistakeable Irish brogue, to remark, as Lord Kitchener passed out, Now there's an Irishman for you, if you like I We're all alike I"

FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH. The Mayor and the Sirdar having ret-urned to the large hall, the principal ewemouylof the da.y was entered upon. The Mayor called upon the Recorder (Mr B. Francis Williams, Q.C.), to read the resolution passed by the Cardiff Corpora.tion when that body j unanimously decided to present the freedom of I the borough to Sir Herbert Kitchener. The Town Clerk then administered the customary [oatb, the quaint terms of which otioed mnch. merriment, heartily shared by the Sirdar him- ¡ self. The terms of the a.ncient form of oath taken by the freemen of the county borough, to which Lord Kitchener duly subscribed his signature, are as follows :— Yon shali swear to be true to our Sovereign Lady the Queen and the Lord of this Town and Borough, yon shall be obedient to the Mayor of the said Borough for the lime being and obey his Warrants, .Precepts, and Comma.nds, yon shall be civil and obedient to the Aldermen of the same, and also you shall, ts much as in your power lies, contribute and do £ very 3d and thing fat the good government tnd safety of the Borough and the Inhabitants thereof. So help you God." Fac-simile of the Signature. The formal ceremony of admission to the freedom having concluded The Mayor, addressing '.Lord Kitchener, said —I have the privilege on behalf of the Corpora- tion and the inhabitants of Cardiff in offering to the Sirdar of Egypt a. cordial and hearty wel- come to this borough. Yoar Lordship has allowed us to mark this memorable occasion by inscribing your illustrious name upon the roll of honorary freemen of the borough. I ca.n assure your Lordship that Cardiff a.ppreciates a.nd values this signal mark of your favour to the Metropolis of the Principality of Wales. (Cheers.) The inhabitants, not only of Cardiff, but of the whole of the Principality, ha.ve been eagerly looking forward to the visit of your Lordship and the reception which is now given you is in every sense a national one. Welsh Peers, members of Parliament, Lord-Lieutenants, High Sheriffs, Mayors, and other representatives of public authorities,institutions,and societies,from all parts of the Principality,have assembled to dohonourto you, the Sirdar of Egypt—(cheers)—and to con- gratulate you in the name of Wales on the great and glorious work which has been carried out by you in a manner so eminently successful, and worthy of the best traditions of this Empire. (Cheers.) The following among others have been enrolled as honorary freemen of the borough of Cardiff :—The liight Honourable William E. Gladstone, 1889 the Duke of Clarence, 3880 the Right Honourable David Evans, Lord Mayer of London, 1892 General Lord Roberts, 1892— (cheers)—Sir Edward J. Heed, 1595 the Prince of Wales, 1896—-(cheers)—Lord Windsor, 1897. It is now my duty to ask you to do us the honour of accepting this casket, which contains the script recording your enrolment as an honorary free- man of this borough, and with it to ask your Lordship to accept our thanks for the honour you have this day conferred upon the county borough of Cardiff Mid the Principality of Wales. (Cheers.) THE BIBDAH's RESPONSE. Lord Kitchener, received with more cheers, in responding, said Mr Mayot. members of the Corporation, and burgesses, I have to thank you most sincerely for the vorv high honour ths.,t you have done tae to-day in jacking me a freeman of your town. I fesl it one of the highest honours thftt could be conferred upon me after the recent campaign in which our soldiers did so gallantly. (Loud cheers.) I feel that it is really due to them that I receive this honour here to-day, and I know they will appreciate it w your recognition of their services as well as those of my own. Hia Lordship and the Corporation then left the hall, and the proceeding were concluded by the rendering of the Welsh national anthem, "Hen Wlftd fy Nhadau/' Mr Trevor Evans singing the solo. Departure for Egypt. Lord Kitchener of Khartoum left Victoria Station by the boat expyef3a not 11 o'clock on Wed- nesday for Marseilles, where ho will embark on the P. and O. steamer Iliran/laya for Cairo. He was accompanied by Captain 'Watson, one of his aides-de-camp. Special precau!:ious had been taken, by the railway authorities and police authorities to prevdpt a repetition of the crush a.nd tumult which marked the Sirdar's arrival irt London. Several hom-s* continuous rain, the police, and the barriers were by no means un- necessary, for a considerable crowd assembled to see Lord Kitchener off, and great was the anxiety manifested to get as close a, view as possible. A sec- tion of the pla.tfcrm,beaide which stood the saloon reserved for Lord Kitchener,was railed off, and no body without a special permit was allowed inside this space, while even the further portions of the platform were closed to all Bave ticketholdora and passengers by the train. Among those in the reserved enclosure were General Knowles, who commanded in EKypt during the first part of the campaign Major Lord Edward Cecil. one of the Sirdar's aides-de-eamp Lady Edward Cecil, Sir Henry Ra.whnson, another itidf-ds-ca-mp the HoN. Schomberg McDonnell and the Hon. Sidney Greville, two of Lord Salisbury's private secretM-ies Mr PandelU Phalli, the Sirdar's host during his stay in London and the Hon. George Peel, secretary to Lord Kitchener's Khartoum Fund. Some few minutes before the train left a young lady, quite a girl, roade her way to the space beside the saloon, and timidly asked Lord Edward Cecil if she might be permitted to spoak co the Sirdar jf.cd. give him a. buttonhole of violets which she had brought for the purpose. His Lordship promptly presented her, and the Sirdar smilingly accepted be;: floral offering, which he at once placed in the buttonhole cf his jacket. .When Lord Kitchener and Captain Wateon took their places in the saloon after hearty handshakes with their more immediate friends' Sir Henry Bawlinson observed to the Sirdar, Well, it is all over at last." Yes." was the reply, uttered with a sigh of relief. "All over, thank goodness." He looked cheery and well nevertheless, and it was evident tha,t his fund of good humour was far from exhausted. As the train moved away hats I and kerchiefs were waved, and cheers were given for tho distinguished traveller. Tho Sirdar will go direct to Cairo, and after a very brief stay there will continue the journey to Omdurman, there to devois himself to the task he has set himself, and which in his own words is the natural and logical sequence of hn conquest. His Lordship's Thanksio Press and Public. We have received the following letier horn the I SfrciRr for publication :— 8u:A week ago in your columns I nroposo il the establishment of a Gordon Memorial College at Khartoum, and asked for a sum of at least £lCSO,OOO for that purpose. It was with some hesi- tation that I decided to make that appeal, but the result is proving so aaccessful that I fesl I did not then fully realise the great generosity of the British people. I desire on leaving England to tender my thanks to all who have subscribed to or sympa- thised with the object, as welt as to the Press for its unanimous support, There is now no doubt that it is the wish of the British public that there should be founded at Khartoum a. College in memory of Gordon. On behalf of the people of the Soudan I thank the people of this country, and willingly under- take the task. I have the hononr to remain, Yours faithfully, (Signed) KITCKKNKK OF KHARTOUM."

-Øl_ COLLAPSE OF A CHIMNEY STACK. Five Cardiff Men Injured. By the fall of a chimney stack at stableo in course of erection at The Firs, a little way OJ1 the Cardiff and Merthyr road, near Cardiff, the lives of five men were imperilled oil WeineRdny after- noon. The work, which is baing carried ont by Mr Walter Rowlands, of Cardiff, had been inter- fered with by the recent wet weather, but Wednesday being fine the carpenters resumed operations upon the roof of the stables. Whilst they were so engaged the saddle-room chimney stack suddenly toppled over, carrving with it a good deal of the woodwork of the roof of the stables below. The debris came down upon o.nd 6maehed a tempora.ry shed whore three masons and two labourers were engaged in dressing stone. The men had no chance to escape, and were buried beneath the ruins of the shed and the stack They were soon released by their fellow workmen/who found that they ha.d been badly cut and bruised, thoagh fortunately no bones were broken. Mr and Mrs Andrew Dodds, who occupy The Firs, did their utmost to assist the injured men, ana promptly sent them to their homes a.t Cardiff in. waggonettes. The five men were George and Thomas Willcox (fe,ther and son) a.nd Eichard Knight, masons; J. Donovan and Dan Keefe, labourers.

FRENCH JEALOUSY. Rival Soheme to the Sirdar's. PAMS, Satnrd.ty.—M. Deloncle ha3 written a lettsr to the Temjis, in which, after referring to the proposed Gordon College at Khartoum, he says:—Will you be so kind as to inform your readers that anxious not to be left behind in this work of education a French group has in its turn taken the initiative for the foundation of two establishments for native educa- tion and instruction, in the first place, the French school at Khartoum, and later on the Maxchand School at Fashoda- The greater part of the funds required for this double project is already assured by generous donations. Khartoum and Fashoda are Egyptian territory under the authority of the Kheuive, and have never ceased to be under the regime of the capitulation. France enjoys there the same privilege as Great Britain. The French institu- tions which flourished at Khartoum prior to the occurrences of 1884 are now called to enter upon a new life there under the protection of our agency a.t Ca.iro and of the French Consulate, which will doubtless be shortly re-established. Renter.

It is stated that Mr H. L. W. Laweson, L.C.C will be the Liberal candidate tor North-east Bethnal-green at the next election. To the gratification of the members of the corps, the E&rl of lloscbery has become a. life honorary member of the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers. A beautiful stained-glass window erected to the memory of Dr. Pusey has been unveiled at St. Faith's Church, Stoke Newington. The Reason tickft system established on the Leabridge tramways by way of an experiment is proving a success. There are now some 1,500 season ticket holders. It is stated that the collection of photographs taken by the Empress of Germany on her Oriental trip will be published and sold in aid of LbeEBrvotont uu>tit»jtinn«-

LIBERAL DEMONSTRATION AT THE PARK HALL. A great Liberal demonstration took pl8.ce at the Park Hall, Cardiff, on Monday night, when Lord Baitersea was the principal speaker. There was a large attendance, and the proceedings were very enthusiastic. The chair was taken by Mr Robert Bird, J.P., and he had supporting him Mr Alfred Thomas, M.P., chairman of the Welsh Parliament- ary party Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., Dr. Edwards, J.P., Mr John Duncan, J.P., Alderman J. Rams- dale, J.P., Alderman David Jones, J.P., Mr Louis Samuel, J.P., Mr n. Benjamin, J.P., Mr Lewis Willi am g, J.P., Mr Richard Cory, J' J.P., Councillor K a ward Thomas, J.P., Principal dwards, D.D., Rev. J. Morgan Jones, Rev. W. Spurgeon, Rev. A. Tilly, Kev. W. E. Winks, I Councillor Allen, Councillor Lloyd Meyrick, Councillor Mildon, Councillor Sidney Robinson, Mr W. Lewis, Mr F. J. Beavan, Mr D. Da.vies. I Mr Percy Thomas, Mr Glenelg Grant, Mr W. Lester Jones, Mr J. Heald, Mr T. H. Thomas, Mr Charles Bird, Dr. Treasure, Mr S. Fisher, Mr D. Shepherd, Mr C. Radcliffe, Mr James Munn, Mr Isaac Padfield, Mr John Enoch, Mr G. S. Woods, Mr W. Jenkins, Mr J. Harding, •Mrs Walter Morgan, Miss Wakeforti, Mr C. Wall, and Mr H. G. C. Allgood, Liberal agent. An occupant of the balcony was Councillor Frank Fox, and underneath it was Councillor J. Jenkins. At the outset Mr Allgood announced that letters or telegra.ms apologising for non- attendance had been received from Mr W. Abiaharo, M.P. (Mabon), Alderman Walter Morgan, Mr E. R. Moxey, and Mr F. H. lotham, C.C. The CHAIRMAN, who was well received. said he was sure he was voicing the feeling of the meeting in saying that they were delighted to welcome Lord Batter sea. (Cheers.) He thought that meet- ing would satisfy his Lordship if any assurance were needed thai. there was a Liberal party in Cardiff. (Cheers.) For himself he believed there were more Liberals iu Cardiff to-day than ever there were. (Hear, hear.) Communities and nations, like men, sometimes went wrong, and there was no doubt tba,t a grea.t many good men and a great many Liberals went wrong at the last election. (Hear, hear.) But if they believed in their principles that should not unduly dis- courage them. In his opinion Liberalism wa,s something more tha,n a creed, or a dogma, or a shibboleth—it wan a spirit. (Hear, hear.) It could not die, no matter who forsook it. Councillor LLOTD MEYIGCK submitted the fol- lowing resolution —" That thia public meeting, representative of the Liberal party in Cardiff, most heartily welcomes the Right Hon Lord Baitersea, and in doing so assures him of ita steadfast faith in the principles which have always governed the party throughout the country, and which will again place it in ascendancy in the councils of the Empire; this meeting would further assure his Lordship of its determination individually anu collectively to SliMe no effort to win ba.ck the Parliamentary seat for the party, to expose the faithlessness, vacillation, and ht- capacity of the present Government, and to direct attention to the weakness of th13 Tory diplomacy, which has kept the country m a constant turmoil of foreign complications for over three years." (Cheers.) It was often said there was no distinction cow- ¡¡,day.s oetween the two great political parties. But it they wanted to see how broad and power- fnl was the real distinction, they wnnld have an opportunity in Cardiff naxt month of judging of it,by watcn/ng the attitude of the two parties with regard to sectarian and unsectarian educa- tion at the School Boa.rd election, (ubeers.) Mr LEWIS ILLIATVCS seconded the motion, being called upon to do so by the President, who announced him amid appxause as the chairmaa of the School Botwd, present and future." No- thing had delighted him more, Mr Williams said, than to see how the Sirdar bad turned the tables so completely upon the Jingoes, and announced himself to the country as an educational re- former. (Cheers.) And. what was more, he had announced himself as the advocate of unaestarian I education. (Renewed sheers.) If Lord Kitchener had been staying a little longer in England they would have invited him to take part in the Cardiff School Board election on behalf of the Unsea- taria,n party. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Lord BATTSBSEA was enthusiastically received. He said it afforded him no email pleasure to once more Bad himself addressing a great meeting of Welsh Liberals. He could never forget the happy days he spent as a Welsh member, and could never repay the debt of gratitude which he owed to his Welsh constituents for their loyal rapport to him during many phases of an exciting period of political life. (Cheers.) Many of the great causes for which they had fought as members from tho Principality had be&a carried to a suc- cessful issue, but many remained still unsettled. Although he was proud to think that Wales still maintained the illustrious position of being the strongest part of the United Kingdom in support of Liberal principles, yet they mnat feel, par- ticularly to-night, that there were constituencies- who had shown a temporary reaction, and would at the next opportunity return to the true faith. Among the seats to be thus won back vena tha,t of Cardiff. (Cheers.) They must select as their candidate a distinguished aud excellent mac, who would prove for Cardiff and the whole of Wales a worthy champion of popular liberties. (Cheers.) Card in should be WOD, it could be won and it would bo won back to the Liberal party ]f they would only fight tho battle in ibt right way. at the right time, with the right candidate. When he said the right candidate he was touching upon delicate grouHd but as an old Whip he knew how dangerous and how difficult it was for a candidate to be ell that a great constituency like that of Cardiff required. Bat having once made up their minds and selected their candidate let them take his (Lord Battefsea- D) advice and, even if he was not quite an ideal candidate, stick to him and make h;m a better. (Cheers.) The last election WM lost to the Liberal party owing to a number of'causes. The greatest loss was the disappearance from public life of the prea-test. the noblest, the' best of leaders, Mr Gladstone—(land cheers)—'which left a vacuum I which it was impossible to fill, and a void from which the party hed not yet recovered. Then, there were many measures of vital importance misnnderstccd by many of the contrtitueueies, not sufficiently explained by the candidates them- selves, and grossly misinterpreted by their oppo- nents. Beyond all that the Liberal Unionist party, in spite of anything that Mr Chamberlain might say to the contrary, pledged themselves, if not unanimously at all events by their leaders, to a programme of reforms which" made the much talked of Newcastle- programme paJeinto insigni- ficance. (Laughter.) But what bad they done ? He was not gomg to undertake a.t any length the es-sy task of criticising the #oat Liberal Dnionist party. He left that to Mr Maclean, irho did it so admirably. (L&aghter a.nd chesrs.) Mr I Maclean's fault-finding was so constant, so able,, and so a.ccura.te. that he saved him from the performance of R, duty which, while easy, was extremely nauseous. (Laughter.) Workmen's compensation had been partially parsed) but the doctrine of common employment had not been abolished, it did not include, as Liberals maintained it should do, all industries, neither did it deal with accidents to health. The Trade Conciliation Act, by being optional and not compulsory, was exactly what the Tory party said it ought not to be when thev were in Opposition. As to OLD AGE PE?iSIOK3, from one end of the country to the other every voter espectcd a sweeping measure upon this subject. Mr Balfour, Lord Salisbury, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, and the whole Con- servative raok and fHe put this iu the forefront of their pledges, and not long ago a memorial signed by 110 of the Government sup- porters in the House of Commons was pressed upon the leaders to remind them of their duty in this respect. The Chancellor of the Exchequer now scouted old age pensions aa an impossi- bility," although he won his seat a.t Bristol, among other things, by desiring that the time of Parliament should be mainly devoted to a sub- ject which ia of peculiar interest to England—the improvement of the people," and some ameliora- tion of the lot of the aged poor. Then here in Wales Sir Michael Hicks-Bench said the Govern ment also intended to reform the poor laws, and, in co-operation with the great Friendly Societies, to aid poor working men in some way or other in their old age. Sir Michel added it was high time they should consider the condition of those ¡ who were reduced to end tbeir days, through in- I firmity or old age, in the Workhouse. We a.re now, however, asked by tho same statesman what thsre II was sacred about the ago of 65, a.nd where tho money was to come from. These questions had better have been considered before votes were won. (Cheers) OOVXr.XilKN'T rOEEICS POLICY. But if the country was dissatisfied with the Government's social programme, what could we bay as to its foreign policy ? Lord Charles Beres. ford, a consistent Conservative, had described our conduct, in China as "one of the most humilia- ting things that ever happc-.nod to the Empire." He wrote again that "the open door in China was absolutely shut, thanks to our policy of drift, and !• the supposed sphere of influence in the Yang-tee- ) Valley is a mere fiction." With regard to the Fashoda question, Lord Roac-bery—(chaeia)—in a moment of great national dauber delivered the pre.nier speech, which was supported by every politician on the Liberal 3ide, and was doubtless a happy cause by which that momentous incident w £ ,s peaceably disposed of. (Applause.) Time Jid not permit him to deal with the policy of the Government with regard to Armenia, Crete, Tunis, Siam. and Madagascar a.nd to turn for a moment from foreign politics, let him say that nroblecis \ast and intricate r:.tlll presented I themselves for consideration and solution. rnmg WOMis, nULE CUTLOOK. He would hke to offer a few observations npon the question of the Irish Local Govern- ment Board and its relation to Home Rule. I (Hear.) The concession to the Irish people had been accompanied by an action of the most irregular character, consisting of the abstrac- tion from the pockets of the taxpayers a. large sum of money as a dole to the Irish landlord class. That dole was given to obtain their con- sent to a measure which was antipathetic to them. He ventured to think that the people of this country were tired a.nd disgusted with this underhand policy of doles. (Cheers.) Doles for uncontrolled education, doles for the West India Islands, doles for Irish landlords This, after all, was an unstatesmanlilre, feeble, log-rolling polioy which was unworthy of a great and powerful Government. (Cheers.) And it must not be forgotten that but a. few years ago Lord Salisbury 11lred these remarkable words. Writing to the late distin- guished Sir Frank Lockwood, he nMft You say you never promised Home Rule. That may be eo. I never said you did, but yoa promised what they (the Irish electors at York) knew per- fectly well must lead to Home Rule, and what at *his moment it is their principal endeavour to obtain Yon not only proposed household suffrage in the Irish counties, but you also promised to grant to Ireland everything you would grant to England. This will include a phn of local government as extensive as that to be proposed for England—a mo?.Rure involving that more extended self-government which Lord Hartmgton has denounced as madness." Sines those words were written tbr; Conservative Government had introduced and carried a measure the principle of which they ha,d previ- ously denounced s.s sheer madness. (Laughter and applause.) He freely and willingly admitted that the Liberal party unanimously supported that J progressive measure—(hear, hear)—but because they did so no one was entitled to say they had abandoned the principle of Home Rule. The Local Government measure had been accepted by the Irish Parliamentary leaders, not as a settle- ment of the Irish question, which was still with us—(applause)—but as an instalment, and A LARGE INSTALMENT. towards a completer measure, which, in his humble Opinion. was inevitable. (Cheers.) He would remind his hearers, if it were necessary to do so, that if there was one thing to which Mr Gladstone was more opposed than another it Was to what was called an Irish alliance. The Liberal party had considered, and still con- sidered, that the policy of Home Rule was the wiser, the better, the more statesmanlike, and tae more permanent settlement of a complicated question, but thoy had always advised the Irish party to ally themselves politically, for better or for worse, to no particular party in Parliament, but to unitedly present, as representatives of their own people, a policy which they considered would add to the happiness cf their own country, up- hold the dignity of Parliament, and avoid any possible separation of the two countries by efrect- iijg a closer knitting together of the various interests. (Cheers.) At the present moment, nu- fortunately, that unity to which he had referred didnofcesis'dntheNationalistr&nks.Circnmsta.uces had changed the case, but the principle of Homo Rule was not dead, nor would it die. (Cheers.) Whenever the Irish leaders were agreed arnonest themselves. when they had proved their unity and I unselfishness of high purpose, the time would I have arrived for the crystallising of that principle into a practical measure of Home Rule. (Renewed cheers.) He was glad to know their divisions were gradually disappearing. Mr Dillon the other night declared that the prospects for Ireland were encouraging, and that while there were stilt divisions, those divisions were gradually dying oat, and at last men were Isnming to conduct j themselves like independent and civilised beings. | He was convinced that the sooner the Irish I Parliamentary party became a united party in presenting their legitimate demand, the sooner would the English constituencies revert to the consideration of a moMnre the principle of which they still so warmly supported. (Cheers.) He could not believe that anyone would consider tbat THE Tii.' £ f £ RiSCE QUESTION waG much farther advanced by referring it to a Royal Commission. Their duty was to regard this question fairly, frankly, &nd equitably, consider- ing first the interests ox the people at large, and not only the interests of a p&riical&r trade. The vestad interests which they had to consider were the vested interests of the people—(cheers)—and (hey must remember they wore still the party who advocated equality and opposed privilege. The reiorua of the liquor traifi: howevor much it might bristle with difficulties, pitfall?., and dan- gers, ought to be courageously and promptly dealt mth. (Cheers.) For hjg part, he failed to :cec why constituencies who were deemed capable of voting upon oncstio.is of Imperial policy, questions 'connected with the management of their schools, their roads, their sewers, their Lighting, and their water supply, &c., should be presumed to be incompetent to deal with the requirements of beer and spirits. (Cheers.) Why should a. man be deemed competent to deal with the question of water and not with the question of beer or Kin ? (Loud cheers.) He would not indulge in platitudes or dilate, upon the wide- spread evils of the liquor traffic. They need only ask the governors of gaols, masters of work- houses, and ministers of all denominations. Let them ask the clergy of the Church of England if they knew what a curse this was. Why, at a general election, instead of working with the Tem- perance party, they sat side by side upon plat- I forms with the licensed victuallers. (Cheers) He I sincerely hoped that no constituency who called themselves Liberals would refuse to »1100 tem- I perance reform to the front and work for it. With I them the future of this great cause lay, and with them the responsibility. While expressing, how- ever, his deepest and fullest sympathy with tem- perance reform, yet he would remind them tbat reform was not advanced by insisting upon a candidate pledging himself to every detail of a certain reform before that reform had come up for discussion and decision in the deliberative assembly of Parliament. Seats had been lost and their opponents' game too often played by an unwise insistence on the part of some extreme politicians and enthusiasts that certain instruc- tions and mandates should be blindly and wildlv I' obeyed. A candidate, not perhaps finding himaeif *blo to entirely follow a fanatical lead upon this Drthat important <{uèstion, w..s(.Ift.gn nrforEunately iacrificed, and the great progressive cau&&> :nfinitely damaged and delayed. (Applause.) A POLICY OF 3JOLES. Now the Liberal party objected entirely to the policy of doles which her Majesty's Government bad practised in favour of the landlords in the nifue of ftgrtcu'tan1, and to the Church and Voluntary schools in the name of education, He objected to tho Conservative prin- ciple of levelling down the Board schools. (Re- newed applause.) Their object should be to raise I the Board schools and obligo the Voluntary schools to work up to the same point of perfec- tion. (Hear.) He believed there were about. 8,000 I parishes in which the only available school was a. Church school, and when one considered that something like 70 per cent, cf tfae corf of main- taining these schools came oat of the nation's pocket, it sesiirod to birr: only an act of common equity and justice that tae nation should bo represented in the management of tbeir own schools, and that parents should have a voice in the educa tion of thoir own children. (Cheers.) I The measure was retrograde Rnd reo actionary, and was condemned alike by the Minister for Education itnd every educationalist worthy of the name. (Cheers.) Turning to the question of Disestablishment, he maintained that the repeated expression of the people of Wales, clearly, constitutionally, and frankly civen. deserved not only respect but to be effectually warck-d out, and until a majority in Wales hostile to Disestablishment and Disendowment vrac returned, they should be faithful to that principle 'l.. and remain steadfast and true to the cause of religious liberty and equality. (Cheers.) He roam tamer] that the Welsh people were not I advocates of Church Disestablishment from, a. motive—which bad been suggested by some of their bishops and others—cf greed of the moneys of that Cbtrrch. Those moneys they could have I used by raniAining or becoming members of that Chrirc" bat out of their humble earnings the I poorest of the poor, from one end of the Princi- I pality to the other., rather than worship in an alien atmosphere, had built their own chucchos ¡ for themselves OIl every hill iide and in every t valley. (Cheers.) His Lordship coacludod a powerful speech amid loud and prolonged cheering. Mr ALFKEK THOII.VS, M.P., who had a warm reception, proposed a hearty vote of thanks to their illustrious visitor for his :piendi& address. The people of Wales were under an obligation to Lord Battereea for coming down in 1SSO and capturing a Tory seat. (Chcere.) He still had a warm corner in his heart for Wales, but they also had an admiration for him in that he went from the House of Commons to the Honse of Lords without backsliding. (Laughter and cheers.) He (the speaker) hoped that Lord I Bafctersea would be long spare-d to be the champion of liberty in the House of Lode, and that when the Liberals camo into power again he would have a.n office worthy of his brilliant abilities. (Cheers.) Councillor SIDNEY ROBIXSON seconded the motion, and expressed the hope that when they had selected their cauclidate Lord Battersea would then pay his promised second visit, which would be sure to encourage them in the great fight before them, a fight which he was sure they would win. (Cheers.) He desired, like Mr Alfred Thomas, to congratulate Lord Battersea on rising superior to the influences of the House of Lords. (Chters.) The motion wan supported by Mr D. A. THOMAS, M.P., who wa.s greeted with warm ap. piansu. He testified to the splendid service rendered to the party by Lora Battersoa as Whip in the House of Commons. With regard to local matters, the lion, gentleman said he was not one of those who would welcome an election at Cardiff at tho present juncture, be- cause there were only three or four wards pro- perly organised out, of the ten wards into which the tovm was divided. It was of no use their adopting the ostrich policy. He behoved, however, there was an enormous majority of Radicals in Cardiff, but they had to bring the voters to the poll at the right time if they were able to com- mand the niajority to which they were entitled. (Applause.) Before concluding, Mr Thorns.?- exgroosed his profound torrow to hear of the re- cent indisposition of Mi J. M. Maclean, with whom he had one or two little political fisticuffs, and his gratification at Mr Maclean's partial recovery. The resolution was carried with hearty ac- clamation. Lord BATTEBSRA, who was again warmly ap- plauded, thanked the audience for their reception ôr the vote of tho,nks, and expressed his sincere pleasure at coming to Cardiff. If they thought his presence on a future occasion would benefit I the cause'they al! had at heart, they had only to ask, and he would come if he possibly oouiu. (Cheers.) He advised them to take th"l advice of Mt D. A. Thomas to see that the register wa.s properly filled, and that the organisation or the party was completed. (Cheers.) lie asked them to pass a vote of thanks to their cbairnaan. who had made a speech ringing with common sense and Liberal principles. (Queers.) Councillor EDWAED THOMAS seconded the motion md said Mr Bird had stood nobly by the Liberals of the town. (Cheers.) Tbe motion was curied with & unanimous Aye." The CBU-ERMAN briefly acknowledged the com- pliment, and called attention to Friday night's fooetinx in tho Cory Hail in order to adopt candi- dates for the School Board.

LORD BATTERSEA AT PENARTH. Under the auspices of the Penarth Liberal Association and the South Glamorgan Liberal Association, a meetiug was held in Andrews' Large Hall, Penarth, on Tuesday night, when Lord Battersea. whose address in Cardiff on the previous evening aroused so much enthusiasm and produced so excellent an impression, met with a very cordial rooeption. Mr William Lewis, in tho unavoidable absenoe of Mr Henry Badcliffe, president of the South Glamorgan Literal Association, occunied the chair. He was supported on the platform by Mr Alfred Thomas, M.P., Mr Brynmor Jones, Q.C., M.P.. and Mrs Brynmor Jones, Alderman W. H. Morgan (Liberal candidate for South Glamorgan) and Mrs Morgan. Mr R Bird. J.P. (president of the Cardiff Liberal Association), Mr F. 11 Jothara. C.C., J.P 'air R. i Benjamin, J.P,, Mr J. S. Batcbeior, J.P., Mr H. Morgan. Cotmciilor Samuel Thorns,s. Councillor Patterson Dr. O'Donnall, Mr aud Mrs W. P. Seward, Rev. Terfeus Phillips, Councillor W H. Shepherd, Councillor R. Gay. Mr and Mn W. ) Graham, Mrs Trill, Mrs W. B. W illiams, Mr D. R. Morgan, and Messrs J. Isiaae. J. Roch, X. .Bevan, J. W. Mayne, E. J. Cross. W. J. Edmunds, George Pile, W. Jones Thcm&s E. A. Allen, S. Chivers, Morgan Thomas (Liberal agent), Mrs Price, Mts Sfeeppard. Mr W Griffiths (Gelliweir), Mr R. J. Hancock (treasurer), Mr W. Bead&li (Barry ), Mr Llewellyn Davies (secretary Penarth Libera) Association}, Ref, W. G Davies, j Councillor H. S. D&vie3, Councillor Morgan, and Mr David Davies.

SOUTH WALES NEWS.! SWANSEA. SMALL FIIIE.—Shortly before 5 o'clock on Sunday mor'ning a fire was discovered racing in the grocer's shop of Mr W. Stevens. Terrace- road, Swansea. The brigade w&s called out, and the building was caved, though the shop was entirely burned out. The origin of the fire is not known. TRAP ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning a horse attached to a trap belonging to Messrs Walters and Johns, builders. Morriston, bolted in I High-street, Swansea, and shortly afterwards collided with another whide, smashing one of the shafts aud breaking the traees. Getting free, the runaway pursued its wild career until P.C. Jones, of the Borough Eorce, piackily jumped in front of it and stopped it. Ths occupants"of the trap had a very narrow escape from injury. YSTMAD RHONDDA. INQUEST.—On Friday an inquest was held at the Sandy Bank Hotel, before tbe district coroner and a jury, touching the death of Rees Williams (28), who was taken seriously in in Bodringalii: Colliery on Wednesday afternoon, aid died & few hours afterwards at his lodgings. A verdict was returned of Death from convulsions die to a. tnmour on the brain." j CARDIFF. IHQTJ83T.— At the inquest held on Tuesday j evening by Coroner E. Bernard Reeee touching the death of a Greek named Basalie Catzaglu (14), who resided at 31. Soatb Church-street, the jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." It appears that the lad on Monday evening went on board the s.s. Andriana lying in the Roath Ba-in to see some of hi3 countrymen, but sejinehow lie fell into the ship's hold and received severe injuries to his skull and ribs. MERTHYR. Tw.HARRis COI.LIEH'BFAILURE —On Tuesday.at the office of Mr W. L. Daniel (official receiver)^ a meeting was held of the creditors of James Walfcer, collier and huckster, 23, Bargced- I; terrace, Treh&rm. The frroRs liabilities were entered at £ 109 4s 7d. s.nd the deficiency at £ 102 14s Id. The cause of failure was alleged by debtor to be illness of m~self for the i.ist sis or seven years, slackness of trade, and being unable to years, slackness of trade, and being unable to work owing to the stoppage of collieries in South Wales from April 1st to September 1st." TREHARRIS. TREHARRIS. DEATH rROM BURNS.—A Little girl aged seven years, daughter of Mr David Jones, Trelewis, was burnt to death on Monday by the poker, which was in the fire, falling cut and igniting her clothes.

THE NORTH-WEST INDIAN FRONTIER. The trouble on the North- West Indian Frontier I' show. some likelihood of breaking out again. It will bs remembered in the spring of the year that I Sir^W illiaai .Oockhari brought the Afridio to book aDd made a kind of peace with them. The re- I bellious tribes were quieted for a time till thev cotild paD themselves together again, but neither I subdued nor conciliated Fanaticism rules every- thing out there, and now tbat the Mad Mullah is again on the warpath we are within measurable distance of another frontier war. This man. who is spoken of as the Mad Mnii&h, has a good deal of method in his madness. He is said to be ¡ a nautive of the Swat Valley, where the present difficulties have arisen. In his earlier doy3 he travelled extensively in Asia Minor, and eventu- ally settled in Mazar-i-Sheref, the chief canton- ment of the Ameer, in Afghan-Turkestan. He spont some ten years there in preparing hiassslf for hia great miesrion to alt Mohammedans in THE MAD IJTTLLAK. MAP OF THE SWAT VALUE?. I TEE LATEST INHI.'S FBOKTltEK TROUBLE. fact, he jus a kind of Mahdi iu his way, end may 'II give us aiaiost ai much trouble as did that warrior prophet. He made hisnstlf pretty busy in Kabul, and having the reputation of bsmg de- mented, his fanatical utterances were looked upon by tho devout Mohammedans as divinely inspired. How he aroseed the tribesmen ia the upon by the devout Mohammedans a.s divinely inspired. How he aroseed the tribesmen ia the Upper Swat and swept down within hail of the I British outposts i-etween Chitral and Dir h matter of history. He was defeated and wounded, and when peace was made he discreetly retired. He is now to the fore again, and it is sincerely to be hoped that aa end will b3 put to hit fanatical career before he infolvesjas in another frontier "0 war. Onr allies, the Khan of Robat and the Shamozais, appear to be holding thoir border against the Mullah's troops, and two regiments of infantry have left Ttawul Pindi for the front.

CAR LI ST PLOT. A Store of Arms Discovered. MADRID, Sunday.—Tbe Biibiw newspapers report the discovery of a. store of arms recently collected by the Carlists in an nndergj-oand hiding piMe out in the country in which 396 rifles were found. Some Carlists have been arrested in con- nection with the affair. The Lib'.ral publishes a telegram from Tantarite, in the province of Aragon, stating tha-taforce of s'Lri;larmes has I been concentrated there to preTsR! cuoturbanees. ) According to telegrams from "V&iencia. smali columns of troops yesterday began to patrol the province of Castelion as a measure of precaution. Tbe Carlists piopost. to publish a journal at Bayonne both in French and Spanish. The Cor.-ezpojukncia announces that in view of the I Carlists' agitation the Government has taken fur- ther precautionary measures.—Itsuier.

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THE POLICE COURTS. Newport Father Robs His Son. At the Newport Borough Police Coart on Man* day ,lames Betts, a marine fireman, was charged with assaulting and robbing hia son. Wm. -Tames Betts, of 8? 4d..lames Betts appeared at Friday's sitting of the Police Court, and WM botnid over to keep the peo-ce towards his wife, and the Court advised that he should contribute 5s per we8K towards the support of hig wife, sbe beillg nnwilling to live with him again. In the even- ing lie waited until his son—who works at the new hospital—had been pa.id his wages, and rr.^u demanded the money from him. The lad de- clined, saying that he intended to give it to bis .mother. Betts held the lad against the wall and took the- money from his hand, and then went and spent a portion of it. Betts now declared that the lad gave him ths money, which he wanted to get some things out of pawn 1ft ètder that he might jam a ship upon wbifih be had heen promiMd &. berth as a fireman. The magis- trates, after a lengthy cor saltation. h«i# that Betts was guilty of theft, ana fined him 21s, or 14 days' imprisonment. A Newport Coal Stealer Caught. Joseph Heaven, a. Newport donke^man, stood in the dock at the Dskside Town Hall on Monday to answer charges ox theft and assault. Early ok bandar morning Heaven was stopped wh«n leav- ing the Alexandra Dock premises, he bavmp a load wiiieh proved to be some 2Sib of coal. Heaven dropped his load y.ave Dock-constable McCarsliy a blow with his fist, and theD made ofI- tie only got away a short distance, howeve'. for he stumbled and fell in the roadway, ana before he could rise the police were upon him EoreB, who is a married man and has a family 0, seven youns children, was fined 21s, or one month's imprisonment. BrutalIty by a Tredegar Coiner. At Tredegar Fettv Sessions on Tuesday (before Messrs E. J. Williams. T. P. Pugh, and T. Lewis) a man named Moses Antiicny was chs.rped at the instance of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children with crueliv ili-treatinp an infant belonging to Elizabeth Davies. He cohabited with the woman until recently. Mr R. H. Spencer (instructed by Inspector Coates) prosecuted for the society. It appeared that on the 29th oIl the woman went out charing, and upon her retain in the evening she found defendant in thB house drinfeiH^. f-'he remonstrated with him, whereupon he asoavHed iter and the child, the laUc- receiving a terrible wound on the ere, which Dr. J. M. Ritchie said must have resulted from considerable violence. Sa'oseyuently defendant threatened tbe woman with a pocket-knife, and but for a neighbour ■named Thos. Harris she believed be wouiti have carried oat lÜs threat. He also took the inÍa.Dt who is only eleven months old. and threw it across the bed. Superintendent Allen stated that prisoner was a disreputable fellow, and had be on eight times before the Coart for drnnkennew, Sentenced to six months' hard labour. Low Life at Newport. Alfred Char! I>avii?s appeared in custody at Wednesday's Newport Police Court, charged on remand with having assaulted and wounded his paramour, Emma Langley. Mr Lvudon Moore, solicitor, appeared for the defence Langley, who had a serious wonsd on the side of her h?ad, which had to be sewn up at the Infir- mary, now stated thai she did not make any com- plaint against prisoner, and said she aid net give him into custody. Witness who was ever 30 years of age, had been living with the prisoner, who is 2S years of age. for seven yean-. On the 29th nit the parties quarrelled, and Davies threw a jam pot at the woman, which struck her on the head. In answer to Mr Moore. the woman de. nied having kicked the prisoner. She had a. hus- band living", but she declared that ne had bees enticed away by prisoner's mother. Prisoner, who iif.ci been in custody for a week, whea arrested, said, 41 Yes, I did it .1: at's what a man gets for being a fooL" He now gave evidence, and stated that the woman abused htm. and kicked hha. aad inflicted injury upon him, and he then threw the j.m pot at her. At Usk Prison the doctor asked him if he had anything the matter with him, and prisoner explained that be had been kicked the doctor promised to see him nest morning, but he baii not seen the oodor since. There was a ion;? list of ctmvklions a.sfahsst the woman, and the Bench considered that Davies, who promised to turn over a new leaf, had re- ceived great provocation, bnt the assanil- wag a serious one, a.nd prisoner was fined 40s. or one month's imprisonment. A Collier and His Wife, John Edwards, collier, Penrtiiwceiber. was summoned at Pontypridd Police Court on Wed- nesday for neglecting to maintain his wife, whc is an inmate of the Pontypridd WorkUouse. Mr Ack Llewellyn, warrant officer to the Board of Guardians, stated that the case had been previ* ovisiv adjourned to give aa opportunity to tM defendant to take his wife out 0: the Workhouse. The defendant had bsea to South A-frica.,a.[ni said that wben he iefL her she had six cows. but she had, he contended, f,¡)(1 ap tbe home and drunk the lot" The Stipendiary advised the defendant to see his nioiher-in-iaw saiout finding a home fot 1113 wife, hut he replied that "he (the mother-la law) had said tkftt the Workhouse was the best place lor his wife. The Bench, however, adjoaroeo the ca.se for a week. Mother and Child Convicted- Elizrcbcth and John Hourlil.o¡¡ne, mother and son .16, Djck-para«e,were charged at on Wednesday's Uskside Police Court — the latter with stealing and the former with receiving a quantity of potatoes from the Old Dock. The iad took some potatoes from a vessel in the Old Dock, and others from cae of the trucks into which the cargo was being lo8.ded aUQ took them home. and the m0tLer con- cealed tbara in the bedroom, and when the police íonnà them she declared that Üw) nad beeH par- chased by her. Mr McMahoD, the owner of the cargo, said that the Old Dock was baaly protected owing to its beinjt open to the street, and whsa it got dusii the children poauced upon the trucks like a iiock of birds, a,o.d be waii continually los- ing iarfce quantities of potatoes. Only thai morn- ing a customer had written that one truck was four cwt. short of the quantity which had been pa in it. The Bcncb considered the mother to be the worst ohender,and fined her 20s or 14 days' impri- sonment. end sentenced the lad to three days' corihnament in the cells. Alleges! Bi;rg!ary at Aberayrcn Daring Sunday night a burglar cut the glass in a back window oi the premises of Mrs Loyn, ironmonger and earthenware dealer, of this town, put back the fastener and entered the kitchen. Here the burglar made a meal of the remain* of cupper, consisting of some herrings, meat, and rics pudding. He made his wsy through another window to the back premises of the shop, and took away about 50ibs. of horse hair. On Tues- day, at the Aberayron Town Hall (before Messrs John M. Howell and John HoRh Jonas) George Bennet was brought up in the custody o £ Sergeant Davies charged with being the person whe had entered tne premises a.s described. Prisonei was apprehended at Aborystwyth on Monday. He was remanded till Friday next. An Unfiiial Son. Dennis Sweeney- a tail, slim youth, appeared iu the dock at the Newport Borough Police Coart to answer charges of having been drunk and assaulted his father. On Monday evening, whilst in his cups. Sweeney, who resided with bis parents at 12, Corn-street, had a dispute with his father and kno<:i;ed hitn down in the passage. Sweeney, sen.,detailed what hat! happened to P.C- Howe, and {rave the lad into custody. Michael Sweeney, the father,did not wish to give evidence, and stated that he only wanted the Eon to keep away from the house. In answer to the magis- trate*' clerk the father said the son only pushed him down. Ke laid you down gently ou your side," said the Bench in satirical tones, and Sweeney the elder replied that it was so. The magistrates fined prisoner 10s 6d, or 14 days' imprisonment, and was bound over to keep th* peace. Ystrad Gir! and Her Faithless Lover. At the Pomypr.dd Police Court on Wednesday Ernest 'kliles, who B&id he was employed as an ostler a.t the Port CuUis Hotel, Chippeu Lei- bury. GlottCfjster&hire, was summoned in respect of £29 due under an affiliation order obtained against him by Jane Bosser.a vonng woman in domestic service at Ystrad. xhe case was ad- journed from Y&t-rad OD Monday to give &.il oppor- tunity to the defendant to communicate with bit employer with a view to getting an advs.net Thii was done, and Superintendent Cole informed the Bench to-day that the defendant had roc-jived a. cheque for £5, It appeared that the complain- ant and the defendant had been iu service together, and that she ha.d paid the expenses, 22s, incurred by a. Pentre constable, who bad gone tc Gloucestershire last week to arrent the defendant. Tbe £5 was now offered in satisfaction of the £29, s.nd the complainant, who had only received £:t from him, war, advised w accept the oifer, aud to issue a warrant should the defendant fail tc pay iu future. This -he complainant after some hesitation )I .t:

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A supposed attempt at train wracking has been discovered on a branch railway leading to a col- liery near Biythe. A workman going to a mine found six railway sleepers placed across the metal3. In connection with the opening of the new buildings of the London Library to-day, it may be interesting to recall the fact tbat Ms Gladstone assisted Carlvle to found the institu- tion in 1S41. Llovd's Liverpool agent telegraphs :—TIM »te,mer Eden Hall, from Galveston, arrived at Point Lynas on Saturday morning with fire amongst tlie cargo in the hold. The States of Guernsey have decided to permit the optional use of Lnglish in the debates in tbat Assembly, wnere French has been the only language spoken since its founds,lion. The labour conditions embodied in the new Queensland Mining Bill provide that every gold- mining lease shall employ one man to every four acres, with a minimum of three men to eact j lease.