The Cardiff Times

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS BIRTH. MEAD.—On Saturday, July 30th, Anilie,- the wife of A. S. Mead, of twin sons. 331 MARRIAGES. DAVID—CHAMBERS.—At Alveston Church, Alveston, on the 3rd instant, Joseph David, of St. Pagan's, to Lucy Evelyn, youngtst daughter of Mr W. O. Chambers, Alveston. 536 PEOUD—BEDFORD.—On Wednesday, August 3rd, at the United Methodist Church. Guilford-street, Cardiff, by the Rev J. T. Cox, Anthony, second son of Richard Proud, to Annie Louisa, eldest daughter of Georjje Henry Bedford. 563 TAYLEKSON—THOMPSON.—July 30th, by special licence, at the Cathedral Chnrch of Llanfiatf, by the Rev James Rice Buckley, Vicar, Robert George Harrison Taylerson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Benedicte, third daughter of Charles Thompson, Ely House, Ely. 330 DEATHS. DAVIES.-At Leicester House, Morriston, on the 31st July, Arthur D. B. Davies, the beloved son of the late J. W. and M. E. D ivies, aged 14. EYNON'.—On Monday, Aug. bit, at 23, Ffynone-terrace, Swansea, Trevor Eynon, aged 10 years. 29c6 EDWARDS.—On Monday, at Ynyshir, the beloved wife of Mr Wra. Edwards, Station-master. JONES.—At the Cyclops, Rhymny, on Sunday, 31st July, Rev Taliesin Thos. Jones, F.C.S., pastor of Bethel English Baptist Chapel, Pontlottyn, aged 55 years. LEWIS.—Mr John Lewis, Gilvach Wen Farm, Aber- beeg, Mon., departed this life on Friday, 29th. LEWIS.—August 2nd, Margaret, beloved wife of Rev J. W Lewis, Calvary, Morriston. Funeral, Friday, <? p.m., at Zion, Morriston. Deeply lamented. 2993 MARTI:—At Avenue Villas, Llanelly, on the 1st instant, James Martin, aged 40 years. PLUMMEK.—On the 1st instant, at Union-street, Ponty- pridd, aged 86, Mrs Dinah Plumruer, mother of Mrs Mills, Pontypridd, and Alderman E. Plummer, Glyn- corrwg. FlUleml on Friday, leaving Union-street 12.30 for Groeswen. 2969 WARRE-N.-On 1st August, at Clytha-park, Newport, John Warren, Civil Engineer and Surveyor. 2967

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1892. TORY MANOEUVRING. THE debate on the Address to the QUEEN'S"- Speech will commence on Monday* anckfche Times, in what is evidently an inspired paragraph, announces that so far as the Government is concerned, the division on the No confidence amendment may be taken. on Tuesday, "as the Government have no "wish to prolong the debate after'placing the "House in possession of their views/' This is climbing down after a very humiliat- ing fashion, in view of the exceedingly tall talk," in which so many Tory journalists, and even the Times itself, "indulged within the last fortnight. Mr BALFOUR, we were told, intended to pulverise the Liberals during the 0 debate to give them no quarter to smite them hip and thigh, so as to deter them for ever hereafter from venturing to propose a vote of censure on the Tories. It was, moreover, not obscurely hinted that Mr CHAMBERLAIN and, probably, Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL would pour out fresh deadly vials of Tory wrath upon the heads of Mr GLAD- STONE and his followers so that they would be glad to creep into secret hiding places to ,escape the hiss of the nation. Woe to the "vanquished" is a cry which has often ascended from human battle fields, but Woe to the victors is a new method of political strategy which only Tories are equal to. And they, as it appears, have ithought twice about their threatened deed of derring-do, and now believe that after all FALSTAIT was right when he pronounced discretion to be the better part of valour. Mr BALFOUR intends to leave the pulver- I I ising alone, and will sing uncommonly small when remembering his perpetual Coercion Act and his inhuman treatment of Irishmen-many of them his fellow mem- bers of Parliament-imprisoned for no crime save what an inhuman law invented. Mr CHAMBERLAIN may be, safely trusted •to disgorge himself of some of ,-his pent-up bile against the politi- 4cal party he has forsaken and be- trayed, but after the speeches of Mr BALFOUR and Mr GLADSTONE, the chief interest and excitement of the debate will be the speeches of the Irish members. They .maybe expected to "give no quarter" to ("the Government which obtained office by false pretences by solemn pledges to aban- don coercion as a method of Irish govern- ment, and then let loose upon the unhappy Irish people a Chief Secretary more ruthless than CASTLERFAGH, and more indifferent to human suffering than FITZGIBBON-the vin- dictive Lord CLARE. Thelrish members may probably prolong the debate over Tuesday, for they have Baliourian cruelties .to expose and wrongs to resent which would fire the most sluggish pulse and sting even the serf to retaliation. The Tories feel this, and [.with sublety are striving to conciliate the Irish, members, especially the Parnellites, and to induce them to withdraw their suppoit from the Liberals. Sir HENRY H. HOWORTH, the Tory mem- ber for South Salford, has been for some-, considerable time the "Jupiter Tonans of the Times, which permits him to thunder as Soften and to what length he pleases. Sir [ HENRY HOWORTH is a clever political juggler ,-tactician, some call it—and in his last letter he plays upon'the hopes and fears of. Irish Nationalists and Pamellites after a very dexterous fashion. He tells them that they have insufficiently appraised the mighty political power they possess, and;that they have not used their strategical advantages to secure for the cause they have ab hearfr the important concessions" which they could snrely win if they will only follow His, suggestions- and counsels. The Tory mem- J 1 ber for South Salford is most impressiveinhis- I reminders to the Irish Party that Mr-GLAD- STONE is old, very old, 84 years old-which. is not strictly true, for he is only seven months in excess of 82-and they have only his life., to depend upon for the introduction even of a Home Rule Bill; and suppose Mr "GLADSTONE finds himself physically unfifj "to face the next Session, what then T' Sir HENRY HOWORTH takes care to answer his own question, and with much feigned, sympathy assures the Irish party that then "they would stand a. "very good chance of being jockeyed" because the Liberal leaders, all except Mr GLADSTONE, have no liking for, but a decided dislike, to Home Rule which is another deviation by Sir HENRY HOWORTH from the straight line of veracity. He, therefore, reminds the Irish party that as "without their votes not a Liberal who desires power or place can secure either one or the other," and as when they have secured office the position will "become fall of sinister promise for Irish "patriots," therefore the Irish party had better hesitate before helping the Liberals to turn out the present Government. He jiqea 1196 etypk -• from, that there are rumours in the air about reconciliations, and a desperate effort might be made to pense with the necessity of Irish votes h and to do this by securing votes else It where by the postponement of Home Rule." Of course there are no rumours 1 in the air about reconciliations and Sir HENRY HOWORTH knows very well that the entire Liberal party will earnestly support Mr GLADSTONE in passing the Home Rule measure. But the Tory object is to sow suspicion in the Irish mind, if possible, and thereby to detach Irish votes from the Liberal party. And now comes the choice bit for which the whole /of the long letter was written. "Will'it or will it not be sound polioy for the Nationalists to put out the Tories and to put in the Gladstonians until the latter party have been committed by the "mouths of its prominent men as to whether they mean to put Home Rule in "front of everything 1" A more unscrupu- lous and more unblushing bid for the Irish vote was never made, not even by Lord SALISBURY in his notorious Newport speech. Be satisfied, says Sir HENRY HOWORTH, that you are going to get Home Rule from the Liberals before you turn out the present Government, and if you are not fully satisfied you .know where to come for satisfaction on this Home Rule question. These overtures are made by a conspicuous authority in the Tory party— the party, be it remembered, who have denounced the Liberals in unmeasured dia- tribes for their union with Irish Nationalists, whom the Tories have infamously accused of inciting to outrage and assassination. The Irish members, however, know the Tory party well; who deceived them in 1885 by pledging themselves never to resort to Coercion, and then passed a perpetual Coercion Act, to punish and outrage Irish patriots. Sir HENRY H. HOWORTH'S letter will not win a single Irish member to the side of Toryism.

EDUCATION IN WALES. THE report of the Committee of the Council of Education contains some very interesting statistics. In September, 1891, the School Boards in Wales numbered 303, 19 in boroughs and 284 in parishes. Of these, 297 had sent to the Department a statement of receipts and expenditure. The sum received was £368,806, or excluding loans, £315,159. The tables of the proportions which the several souces of current income—exclud- ing loans for work of:apermanentt character —bear to the total income for each of the three years 1888-89,1889^90, and 1890-91, show that the proportion of the. expenditure ■ borne by grants from Imperial funds is greater in Wales than in England; and: this appears to be due to the lower cost at which Welsh School Boards are able to carry on the educational work of their districts. The cost of maintenance per child in average attendance was £1 3s 3d, whereas in England, including London, it was j31 9s 4%d. During the three years 1889-91 the schools increased, and likewise ,the children. In consequence of the increase in the expenditure thus caused and the increase in the amount annually re- quired to meet the liabilities incurred by School Boards in providing school accommodation for the children in their districts, the average rate per pound on the ratable value of school districts in- creased 3-11ths of a penny in Wales. In 1891 the rate in one borough only was over a shilling (in the pound, while in 45 parishes, or 14 per cent., this cost was sus- tained. Mr FORSTER stated that the maxi- mum School Board rate would be about 3d. In 1891 five per cent. of the boroughs and eight per cent. of the parishes were paying less than this calculation, though 57 per cent. in the one case and 31 per cent. in the other were paying more than 3d and below 6d. The indebtedness of School boards in Wales amounts to £1,106,699, of which £329,177 is due from boroughs, and £777,522 due from parishes. It appears that in Wales 5'9 per cent. of the current expenditure, including the cost of enforcing attendance at school, is incurred in carrying out the provisions of the Education Acts 16'2 per cent. in defraying the annual charge for school accommodation provided by loans; and 77'6 per cent. for instructing children. After making due allowance for absence on account of sickness, weather, distance from school, and other reasonable excuses for irregular attendance, it is generally calculated that school seats should be provided for one sixth of the pop- ulation, and these seats ought to be daily occupied. The actual supply is in excess of this, but it is not evenly distributed throughout the Principality. The provision which in many districts was specially needed, and has been supplied of late years" for the separate accommodation of infants will it is to be hoped materially increase the number of this class of scholars. The methods of instruction for older scholars and infants are very different, and cannot be efficiently carried on in the same room "every school except the very smallest re- quires a separate department for infants, and I the code now in force contains special provisions for securing that proper arrange- ments are made for the purpose. It is pointed out in the report that while the attendance of scholars is showing improve- ment it is not yet satisfactory. It is ap- parent that much yet remains to be done in the way of enforcing the bye-laws which now iexist all over the country. "The number of empty seats," says the report, "in schools which have been provided at so large a cost to public funds and private benevolence, bears out the statement so "frequently made in the reports of the In- i" spectors and elsewhere as to the extent to which many local authorities fail, or are "hindered by the indiffsrence of magistrates "in performing the duty of securing the H early and regular attendance of the children in the districts underv their" "jurisdiction."

A COLLIERY MANAGER COM- MITTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER, At an-inqaestAfc Chesterfield on Wednesday, a. verdict iof "Mansjaugbter" was returned against John Plowright Houghton, manager of the Bol- scrwer Collieries, near Chesterfield. On Sank 'Holiday a hemp rope was used to pull into posi- tion a wire rod conductor, which was bioken on the previous Friday. The rope broke, and the conductor, weighing over two tons, fell on to four men who were about to ascend in an open tub. Three were killed and the other injured. "Another shaft was availably by which to. get the meofout, andno-suniciont reason was given a. hemp rope was used.

The Central News has the highest authority for stating that information reached the City on- Wednesday-evening that the Russian Govern- ment has received notification from the Suez Canal Company that the provisional regulations governing the,pass age of petroleum through the Canal are about to-be reconsidered, and that in -the meantime the passage of petroleum In bulk tank steamers will not be allowed through the canal. It will be remembered that during last • session Ministers were severely questioned on this subject at the instigation of British ship- owners and tin-plate manufacturers, who are opposed;to the bulk passage of petroleum.

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WELSH ECHOESt-FROM. t LONDON. j By.our:Special Correspondent. POLITICALSOCIAL- SCHOLASTIC. Sir David Evans, K.C.M.G; The honour conferred upon our Welsh Lord Mayor has-given considerable satisfaction to his compatriots. I have reason for stating that if Lord Salisbury had neglected his opportunity in the matter, the omission would havo been remedied before the termination of tha Mayoral year in November by the incoming Liberal t Government. I am not sure but that the recog- nition of Wales, implied in the honouring of the first Welsh Lord Mayor for many centuries, would have induced Mr Gladstone to confer upon i Lord Mayor Evans the distinction of T). baronetcy. The death of the Duke of Clarence and-other un- fortunate circumstances of the year'debarred the Lord Mayor from many of those opportunities which lead to Royal honours; but bearing in mind his lordship's readiness in aiding all civic and national philanthropic movements, and especially his position as a Welshman and his services to Walas, one would have been better pleased if Lord Salisbury, for once in a way, had done the more generous thing. It is, however, not too late for Mr Gladstone to put matters right. The Lord Mayor's Visit to North Wales. The Lord Mayor left London on Tuesday for North Berwick, to enjoy a few weeks' rest prior to a round of visits in North Wales. On the first Monday in September he will travel to St Asaph, where he will be the Bishop's guest, and on the following Tuesday he presides at the opening meeting of the National Eisteddfod at RhyI. From Rhyl he will proceed on the following day to Carnarvon, where he is to be entertained by the Constable of the Castle, Sir John Puleston. Llandudno, Conway, and possibly Bangor, will be visited. On Thursday, the Lord Mayor will proceed by way of PoTtmadoc and Barmouth to Dolgelley, where he will be the guest of his friend, Sir Richard H. Wyatt, at Garth-Angharad. From thence he returns through the Vale of Llangollen to London in readiness for the heavy Mayoral duties which fall due about the end of the month. Y Cerddor. In the Cerddor for the present month Mr Emlyn Evans has an excellent article on the develop- ment of the song in Welsh music. In his char- acteristically trenchant way he. condemns the tendency to over-production on the part of our modern musical composers, and recommends a return to simplicity and naturalness. The vagaries of solo competitors and the ignorant un- wisdom of local committees come in for some pointed, but much-needed, criticism. A timely note on the right use of the letters R.A.M. should go some way towards relieving us from the in- fliction ofthsir misuse by incompetent persons. The rules-of.the Royal Academy arwquoted to ,I show that students of the Royal. Academy of Music, who distinguish themselves in the pro-, fession after quittingthe institution, may be elected by the directors Fellows of the Royal Academy, and that these. and no other persons, shall be entitled to the use after their names of the initials R.A.M. Mr David Jenkins contributes a series of Eisteddfod jokes—mostly Kilsby's and Mr David Lewis, cf Llanrhystyd, sends an interesting letter on the authorship of the hymn- tune Lenox." A request by Cyfeiliog for more light concerning old Welsh melodies will be strongly supported by many readers cf the Cerddor, and I am glad to find that the editors propose to start a new column for dealing with this section of Welsh music. Aberystwyth College. The council of the University College of Wales met at Chancery-lane, on Wednesday, when there were present Mr Lewis Morris, Mr Morgan Lloyd, Q.C., Mr Lewis Angell, Mr Willis Bund, Mr T. Jeremy Thomas, the Rev Llewelyn Edwards, Professor Angus, and Prin- cipal Roberts. The principal business of the meeting was the selection cf a Professor of Welsh in place of Professor J. E. Lloyd, M.A., who has accepted the Rggistrarship of Bangor College. Welsh scholarship appears to be at .a premium, for only four applications were sent in for the appointment. From this number the Committee of Selection chose three whose names came before1 the Council, viz., Messrs Edward Anwyl (Mans-, field College, Oxon), Lewis J. Roberts (Exeter College, Oxon), and — Edwards. Jottings. "The Lute," a musical magazine of good standing, in its last number has a portrait of Mr Ffrangcon Davies, the well-known Welsh bari- tone, and an appreciative biographical and critical notice of his career. Mr Ffrangcon Davies will create the part of' Saul of Tarsus in the new oratorio of that name by Mr Joseph Parry, Mus. Doc., which is to bs produced at the Rhyl Eisteddfod in Sep- tember. I hear that Mr Ernest Bowen Rowlands, the editor of the Welsh Review," is about to take to himself a wife. The lady is reported to have a substantial dot. Mr Rowlands carries on his editing with his usual vigour—as Mr Stead observes in his monthly, he stamps his per- sonality all over the Review "—but when he relies on ex parte statements he gets thoroughly at sea, as, for instance, in his extraordinary attack on the committee of the Cardiff Festival. Mr Thomas Ellis, who, with Mr Lloyd and Mr Herbert Lewis, were present at the Corwen Eisteddfod on Bank Holiday, arrived in London on Tuesday for the opening of Parliament.

THE EXECUTION OF RAVACHOL A PARISIAN CONiROVERSV. Ever since the execution of Ravachol, alively controversy has been going on as to the real nature of the" last cry 'which he uttered just as the knife of the guillotine was falling upon his neck. Whether he intended to shout Vive la Republique or la Revolution^ or la Revolte will never be known, as he had only cried Vive la Ré-" when his bead was' severed from his body. Several persons who were close to the guillotine declare that they dis- tinctly heard the final syllables "—pnblique issue from the lips as the head fell into thebasket. A controversy arose as to whether such a pheno- menon is physically possible, and has assumed such proportions that the Academy of Medicine has become interested in the matter, and a letter has been read before that learned body which will probably settle the question once and for all. It is communicated by an eminent physician who explains that no sound can pos- sibly emanate from the head when severed from the body, no matter on what part of the neck the knife descends. The same does not, however, apply to the trunk provided the larynx be left with it. If a criminal go to the scaffold, as Ravachol did, with all his wits about him, be. instinctively contracts all his muscles when placed under the knife. On the severance of the spine the muscles suddenly distend, and the air which has been confined in the chest may, in passing through the vocal organs, produce a seund which > could be mistaken for the syllable ique." This i sound was probably heard by the persons in question, whose natural emotion caused them to imagine that it proceeded from the lips after the decapitation.

A FAMILY AFFAIR AT NEWPORT. At the Newport police-court on Wednesday David James, landlord of the Camjbrian beerhouse, was summoned for assaulting Catherine James, his brother's wife. Complainantstated that her husband had sold up her home, and deserted her. One day last week she went to the broker who had 'purchased the furniture, and David James aod his sister were also there inquiring about some pictures which had been given asa wedding present to Catherine James. An altercation arose between the two women, and David James was alleged to bavestiuck his sister-in-law in the face.—The wife stated that there was a warrant out against herl husband for wounding another relative, but the husband-had disappeared.—Defendant now ad- j 'mitted giving; complainant, a-smack in the face, but said the complainant had called his mother by an objectionable name.—"The Bench told jdefendantrhe was not justified- in striking > the woman, aacf .fined him 10s 6d.

A NEW RAILWAY LUXURY. A railway reform basjust been suggestedwhich, if adopted by companies that run night "trains, would no doubt add considerably to the comfort of passengers. Englishmen who have travelled at night-time abroad are accustomed to the sight-of small, spotlessly white pillows being offered at differontrailwaystasions^aslight'tee being charged for their hrre,aud tbe-articlea being claimed again at some far-distant station on the following morning. Why, it is reasonably asked, cannot ■ English railway companies adopt the same plan ? Apparently the comfort of pillows is reserved for thejproud occupants of sleeping-berths. But second and third class passengers also are s. ceptible of bodily sensations, and even if there is no room in a carriage to stretch oneself at full lengih, it is undeniable that a pillow is an easier place on which to rest the head than the sharp; edge of a window. In some carriages, moreover, a .pillow is urgently though silently demanded by' the small of the back. Any company that adopted this system would;gain,somethyj^ in^the- fees earned, and it woUlcf certainly win -the gratitud.of the public.

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The New Parliament. OPENING" SITTING. LONDON, Thursday. 'i. The thirteenth Parliament of Queen Victoria is to-day assembling at Westminster. With that pleasing spirit of emulation which actuates certain legislators, some members of the House of Commons seem to have been up at cock crow, and ? without breakfast to have hurried to the scene of their future labours. There is some doubt as to which of them is due the honour of first place. If they had been pugilists they could not have kept their designs more secret. The consequence was that no professional recorder of contemporary history was early enough present to note the first arrival at the post or to mark precisely the time. The non-professional witnesses j are at variance. Some award the honour to Mr Bigwood, the Conservative member for Brent- wood, who, they declare, was seen about the pre-, misesat7a.m. Others will have'it that another Ministerialist, Mr Emest.Spencer, representative of West Bromwich, who came about eight, was the first man in possession, and that Mr Bigwood did not actually enter till afterwards. Those who followed them seemed to have first indulged in the luxury of breakfast. Amongst the earliest was Sir Charles Dilke, who hastened to appropriate a front seat below the gangway on the Opposition side. The other early comers in eluded Mr Dixon Hartland, Mr Jacks, Mr Hozier, Mr-John Ellis, Mr William Saunders (Walworth), Mr M; Fowler (Durham), Mr Labouchere, Dr Clark. Mr Roby, Mr T. W. Rus- sell, Mr Francis Stevenson, Mr D. H. Mac- farline, Mr Maden, Mr Provand, Mr Manfield, and Mr F. C. Frye (Kensington). When. noon had passed the arrivals became numerous, Mr Michael Davitt beirrg one of the most notable. These members did not remain in the Chamber, but simply deposited their hats on the seats they desired subsequently to occupy. Then they betook themselves to the library, smoking, and other adjoining rooms to beguile the time of waiting. By one o'clock there was on the Commons' benches an array of headgear that might have suggested a hatter's exhibition. The Opposition side had hardly a vacant seat left, and though the Ministerialist side had not been extensively appropriated it was evident that there was .still a large body of Conservatives in the building. The members gathered in knots on the floor and in the lobbies exchanging greetings and prognostications. Mr Tim Healy actively piloted those of his compatriots who are strangers to the place to the seats they should occupy. Mr John Burns was also a noteworthy figure among the groups Mr John Morley was the first Front Bench • man who appeared, but not. long afterwards Mr Chamberlam and Sir Henry James took their accustomed seats at the end of the Front Opposition Bench, with Mr Courtney between them, and Sir Charles Russell, Mr Campbell-Bannerman, Mr Stansfeld, Sir Lyon Playfair, and Mr Henry Fowler. The front Ministerial bench was well filled when Mr Balfour entered amid the welcome cheers of his followers. He seated himself beside Mr Akers-Douglas (the Whip), Mr Goscben, Mr Stanhope, and Sir James Fergusson. The late Speaker Arthur Peel) took a seat at the corner of the third Ministerial seat by the side of Sir Matthew White Ridley. A few minutes past two o'clock Black Rod appeared and requested the attendance of tha gammons in the House of Lords to hear the Commission opening Parliament. Headed by their clerk (Mr Palgrave) a great many of the members proce oded" to the Upper Chamber," most of the Ministers present accompanying them. There was, however, still what would be called a large House present when Mr Gladstone appeared from behind the Speaker's chair, and was greeted by a loud cheer, which was specially hearty from the Irish Benches. He had hardly taken his seat before he asked where Mr Peel was, and dis- covering where he was seated, he crossed the floor of the House to greet him. Mr Peel descended to the floor to receive him, and as Mr Gladstone seemed to wish to converse with him, Mr Peel indicated the Ministerial bench (for the timevacant) as a-con venient place where they might rest awhile, bnt Mr Gladstone shook his headdepre- catingly at this suggestion, and himself led the way to the bench behind it. There he remained a few moments in conversation with Air Peel before he returned to the front Opposition Bench. Election of Speaker. On the return .from the Lords of the members who had gone thither the Clerk pointed to Sir Matthew White Ridley, who rising, proposed in highly eulogistic language the election once more of Mr Peel to be the Speaker. Mr GLADSTONE who was received with pro- longed cheering, seconded the election of the Speaker. He could only echo, he said, the just eulogium which Sir Matthew had passed on the character, conduct, and proceedings of Mr Pee!. He anticipated without the smallest doubt a unanimous election. He enlarged upon the necessity oft he Speaker being lodged in the chair, not only by the vote of the House but by the un- questioned confidence of its members, and also upon the obligation of strict impartiality which rested on the occupant of the chair. All the re- quirements for office he had found in Mr Peel. When Mr Gladstone concluded there was a few moments' hesitation, and no one rising with any oounter motion, Mr PEEL rose and expressed his acknowledg- ments for the nomination. If it was the pleasure of this House again to elect him to the chair it would be the fourth occasion on which he should have occupied it. He should be attached to the House by a lengthening chain of obligation. He should look to the support of every man in the House. Without it a Speaker could do nothing, with it there was little he could not do. He would endeavour to uphold the traditions which in the course of centuries had grown round the office, to enforce order, to preserve the freedom of debate, and to maintain the high attributes which attached to the House as a great legisla- tive assembly. On the conclusion of his address Mr Peel resumed his seat, but Sir Matthew White Ridley, rising and taking him by the hand, led him down the gangway, where Mr Gladstone came and joined Sir Matthew 'in conducting him to the chair. Immediately Mr Peel had taken it, the mace was placed by the Sergeant-at-Arms on the table. Mr BALFOUR then rose, and in accordance with custom, as chief representative of the Govern- ment, congratulated the Speaker on his election. He also paid a merited tribute to Mr Peel's past conduct in the chair. Not only did they ask for unquestioned impar- tiality on his part, but they Loked for tact, rapidity of decision, great parliamentary courage, and an embodiment notonly of tradition, but of the public conscience of the. House. They were con- fident that in Mr Peel's keeping they might leave their gn-at interests. (Cheers.) The SPEAKKR said a few words and thanks, and then the House adjourned till to-morrow at noon. HOUSE OF LORDS. The proceedings here were quite formal. Only about thirty peers were present. ..The House, which otherwise would have seemed empty, had on several of its back benches a large number of ladies and gentle- men, who had come to be spectators of the cere- mony. The galleries were also well filled, the Italian Ambassador and the Greek Minister being amongst those-present. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Rutland, Earl Lathom, Viscouni, Cross, and Lord Knutsford, who wore their robes. The Commons having been summoned, and having appeared at the bar, were informed by the Lord Chancellor that it was her Majesty's pleasure that they should proceed to the election of a Speaker. The Commons then withdrew. Afterwards the Lord Chancellor and the other peers took the oath and subscribed the roll of Parliament. The sitting was suspended during pleasure, but from time-to time, as a number of other peers arrived, the Lord Chancellor returned and presided while they were sworn.

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Glamorganshire Assizes. The Glamorganshire Summer Assizes opened at Swansea on Wednesday, before the Hon. Sir James Charles Mathew and the Hon. Sir J. C. Lawrance, Judges of her Majesty's High Court of Justice. Their Lordships arrived at Swansea from Chester on Tuesday evening, and pro- ceeded at once to their lodgings at Brooklands. The civil and criminal business commenced on Wednesday. Their Lordships, who were accom- panied by the High Sheriff (Mr A. Gilbertson), were escorted by a posse of mounted police to the Guildhall, where they were met by the Mayor (Alderman Mason) and the Town Clerk (Mr John Thomas), who were accompanied by the- .javelin men and bearers of the ancient halberds. CROWN COURT. [Before Mr Justice LAWBANCE.J The Commission and Charge Commission having been formally opened, the following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury :—Sir John Jones Jenkins (chairman), John Henry Rowland, W. Graham Vivian, J. Clarke Richard- son, Herbert Lloyd, Charles Evan Thomas,* F. R. D. A. Gough, E. Rice Daniel, Morgan B. Williams, the Mayor of Swansea. Col. Morgan, W. Williams, J. E. Moore, O. Shepherd, J. Newall Moore, David Thomas, John Player, W. Leyson, Thomas Philhps, and Felix Webber. His Lordship then proceeded to deliver his charge. He said he was sorry that he was not able to congratulate the Grand Jury on the state of the calendar. There were no less than 74 prisoners and about 60 cases. He was happy to say, though there were two cases that involved the life of persons, there were none of wilful murder. Those two cases were manslaughter, and both were peculiar, but neither, he hoped, would turn out very seriously, though it was to be deplored that death should have been caused by violence of any kind. The first was the case of a man named Thomas, who was charged with having killed a man named Hopkin Isaac, and from the depositions it appeared that the de- ceased man was the aggressor, being a person who was determined to fight. The other was a charge ap;ainst a woman named Hibbert of killing her child. The facts there were very curious, the prisoner having had a quarrel with her hus- band, and was about to strike him with a poker when the child ran up to the father, and was unintentionally struck on the head. The child lived some time, and the woman was convicted before the magistrates for a common assault before it died. There was a considerable number of cases of robbery with violence, two charges of forgery, while most of the others were of a trivial character. Proceeding, his lordship said Gentlemen, there is one matter connected with the calendar which must give pain to everybody who is interested in the administration of justice in this or any other county. There are no less than 22 cases out of 60 in the calendar under the Criminal Law Amendment Act—rape, attempted rape, two of them crimes, I need not mention, and two against women for allowing girls under the age of 16 to resort to evil .houses. This is a stain I think I may say, perhaps, not upon the county, for I am afraid they nearly all come from one locality, but it is a very serious matter. There are several cases, I regret to see, of children of tender age. the most difficult to deal with being of children between 14 and 16 years of age, who, it turns out, have already lived an immoral life. Of course, men have no right to take advantage of them for that, but that discloses a state of immorality one would wish to see absent from this or any other calendar. The difficulty of dealing with them is very great when one has to apportion the punishment. In the cases of girls very near the age of sixteen and of immoral life, men come to the con- clusion that they could with impunity attack them.. I regret to be called to luake allusion to this phase in the calendar. It is a matter of very serious importance, and one which I hope may show a cleaner record than that in the calendar at the present time. Referring to the charge of shooting at a doctor in the Rhondda, his Lordship intimated that it might turn out the prisoner's mind was in such a condition that he might be held to be irresponsible, but that was a matter the Grand Jury would not trouble them- selves about at the present time. TRIAL OF PRISONERS. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY FROM A TILL. A PUBLICAN SEVERELY FINED FOR CONTEMPT. Thomas David Jones (39), a seaman, was charged with attempting to steal £6. the property of David Jones, at Swansea. Mr Plews prose- cuted and Mr Glascodine defended. It was alleged prisoner had been drinking at the Wel- lington Inn, and while the landlady was absent he got over the counter, and he was found by the landlady on her return trying to open the till. In defence it was urged that defendant got over the counter to get more drink. While the jury were considering their verdict, His Lordship indignantly called out-" Who is that man with his hands in his pockets talking' to a juror V The person alluded to: I, sir ? Mr David Morganj of Swansea. The Judge: What have yott to do with this case ? How dare you speak to the jury ? Morgan: I said nothing about tho case. The Judge: Who is he ? What is het Morgan I am a licensed victualler, living at the Hafod, sir. The Judge: I dare say. You are guilty of great contempt of court. You must know it is wrong. What did you say ? Morgan: Nothing. The Judge I saw you speak to him. What did you say to him ? Morgan (hesitatingly): Nothing concerning the case. The Judge What did you-say to him Morgan here turned to the juror nearest him, whereupon The Judge said{: Don't you ask him any more; you have done it once. Moigan Well, I could not tell you what I said. The Judge Very well, then I fine you j65. Perhaps you will be able to say another time. A more indecent contempt of Court I have never heard of. (Turning to the jury.) Gentlemen,you are not to ask anyone else you are bound to do your duty, (To Morgan.) Stand from the jury- box. (To the Sheriff.) Let the man be kept till the money is paid. Morgan was then taken round to the Under Sheriff, and a sotto voce discussion ensued, in the course of which the Judge interposed with the order, Send for the fine before you go out of court." Morgan then, in a voice almost inaudible to the reporters, protested that he had meant no con- tempt, and had said nothing about the case. He apologised, and asked for the remission of the fine. The Judge: I think I know pretty well what you were talking about, and if you are a licensed victualler you can well afford the fine. Your conduct throws suspicion on the whole ad- ministration of justice. That a licensed victualler should be seen standing there talking to the jury in a case where an innkeeper has been robbed I think Mr Glascodine (counsel for the defence) could complain on behalf of his client. I am here to hold the scales of justice. Morgan attempted to make further explana- tions, but the Judge peremptorily ordered him to be silent. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to one month. Subsequently Morgan, on the intervention of Mr Owen Leeder, was given a week in which to pay the tine. STABBING IN SELF-DEFENCE. Oliver Williams, on bail, was charged with wounding Walter William Lewis with intent to do him grievous bodily harm at Cadoxton-juxta- Neath.—Mr S. T. Evans, M.P. (instructed by Mr Powell), prosecuted and Mr Plews (in-' structed by Mr J. T. Davis) defended.—It was stated for the prosecution that on the 22nd of June prisoner was m a fighting mood, and gave a general challenge to fight for :£10. This not being accepted^ ho selected Lewis, and rushed at. him, hitting him in the stomach with his head, knocked him down, and cut him twice with a pocket-knife he had opened for the purpose. The defence was that prisoner was set on by a gang of colliers, and that in running away from them he stumbled against the prosecutor, and inflicted the wounds with a knife which he had opened in self- defence. The jury, found that the offence was committed under great provocation and purely in self- defence.—Prisoner was discharged. THEFT FBOM THE POST-OFFICE. Edwin Jones (26), a blacksmith, pleaded guilty to stealing 21 postal letters, 8 post-cards, and 16 postal wrappers, the property of H.M. Post- master-General, at Barry.—Mr Benson, who was for the prosecution, said prisoner bad been a letter-carrier, but resigned his position to join the Bucks Constabulary. While on his way to do so, a bag of letters was found in a culvert near Aber- gavenny. They were opened, but their contents, which were valuable, had not been abstracted. When charged, prisoner said he had placed the letters there because he was unable to find the addresses.—Mr Lloyd Morgan, M.P., appealed' to the judge, looking at the circumstances, to deal leniently with prisoner, especially as the valuable, contents of some of the letters had been left behind.—The Judge considered the act more one of idleness than anything else, and let him off with imprisonment for one month. BITING A MAN'a EAR AT MEBTHYIT. Evan Jones (31), collier, was indicted for wounding Richard Morgan, and inflicting on him grievous bodily harm at Merthyr. Mr J. H. James prosecuted.—The prosecutor was set upon in a public-house by prisoner, who in the struggle bit a portion of his ear off.—Prisoner was found ♦guilty, and a sentence of three months' im- prisonment was passed. ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. Edward Cosa (18), sailor, was charged with, stealing from Emilien Leferre, 33 6d, a knife,. and some tobacco also with using violence to him, at Cardiff. Mr Morgan Evans prosecuted. It appeared that prisoner and another man met prosecutor in Mary Ann-street, and prisoner knocked him down and stole the articles mentioned.—Prisoner alleged that the whole of the eVIdence. was false.—The Judge, however, on prisoner being found guilty, said the evidence was of the clearest possible character, and sentenced him to three months' hard labour. THEPONTYPRIDD MANSLAUGHTE U CASE. The Grand Jury found a true bill in the case of. William Thoms. charged with feloniously killing and slaying Hopkin Isaac, at Llantwit Vardre, under circumstances mentioned in the Judge's charge. THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT YNYSYBWL, The Grand Jury found no true bill in the case of Thomas Knott, 40, labourer, charged with at- tempting to hang himself at Ynysybwl. BIGAMY AT BARRY. Frederick Joseph Gibbs, aged 27, foreman, pleaded guilty to feloniously marrying Marv vm mrs alive, at Merthyr Dovan. Sentence was de- ferred. CHARGES BREAK DOWN. Frederick Hine (43), cabinet maker, Dowlais, was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of Bernard Freedman, and two watches, the property of Alfred Isaac Freedman, on July 10th last.—Mr Plews prosecuted, and Mr Benson defended. It was alleged that prisoner was employed by prose- cutors, who are pawnbrokers, and he took watches to sell for them. In May he received two watches to sell, and after a time prisoner said he had sold one and asked for another of a better class. This was supplied, and it was alleged that prosecutors saw neither the watches nor the money again. The first case fell through, the prosecution failing to prove an allegation that the watch had been pawned it was, in fact, I produced in court by prisoner's counsel.—At the request of Mr Plews, his Lordship read over the depositions in the other case, and then said the evidence appeared to be deficient. The jury "hereupon, on thedirection of the udge, acquitted prisoner. A CRUEL ROBBERY. George Bramma (51), a labourer, was indicted for uttering, knowing to be forged, an order for the payment of £10 on the National Bank of Wales (Bridgend branch), with intent to defraud, at Pontycymmer also with feloniously uttering, knowing to be forged, another order for the pay- ment of £23 on the same bank.—Mr Arthur Lewis prosecuted.—Prisoner was tried on the first indictment, with respect to which it was stated for the prosecution that the workmen at the Garw Valley Colliery formed themselves into a sick benefit society, appointing prisoner and a man named Davies as trustees of the fund. — Prisoner subsequently went to the bank with the pass book of the fund, and, obtaining a blank cheque, left, but shortly after presented it, filled up with his own signature and one purporting to be Davies's. This cheque was paid.—William Da.vies was called, and denied giving prisoner authority to draw the money, but he admitted that he had put his cross to something, but did not know what it was. The treasurer also said the money was drawn with- out his consent.—Prisoner said he had had to do with another society, and advanced money for a band and uniforms, and he was driven into a corner. He drew the money with the intention of replacing it, and then he went on the drink. He would not have done it if he had been all right, and when he came to himself he gave him- self up.—He was found guilty, and sentenced to six months' hard labour, the judge saying it was a very cruel robbery of the savings of men who had put it by as provision for sickness and death.

THURSDAY. A CASE BREAKS DOWN. Edward Davies,of the Maesteg Inn,wascharged with receiving some brass, the property of the Maesteg Tinplate Company. The case broke down, the prosecution being unable to satisfac- torily prove the loss of the brass found on Davies's premises. Prisoner was consequenty acquitted. ONE WHO CAN SHOUT AND SPEAK WELSH. The next prisoner arraigned was a Welshman who was described as deaf. The court interpreter was engaged in the civil court, whereupon the Clerk of Arraigns called for some one to interpret who could shout and speak Welsh. No one immediately responded, but eventually. Mr Samuel Evans, M.P., ac- quiesced in a generally expressed desire, and took bis place, to the amusement of the public; near the prisoner, and proved his ability to fulfil both the necessary qualifications. THE YNYSHIR OUTRAGE. Edwin Pugh was charged with shooting with intent Dr John Lloyd Edwards, at Ynyshir. The facts were briefly re- capitulated, after which Dr Pringle, medical superintendent of the Bridgend Lunatic Asylum, was called. He said he had, by order of the Treasury, examined the prisoner, and he found he suffered from delusions, and hallucinations, and that be was not re- sponsible for his actions at the time he committed the offence. The jury thereupon, on the direction of the judge, found the prisoner guilty in accordance with his plea, but that he was insane at the time he committed the offence. Prisoner was. ordered to be confined in a lunatic asylum during her Majesty's pleasure. A HEBTHYB SHOOTING CASE. Thomas Thomas, puddler, charged with shoot- ing at his wife with intent at Merthyr, was acquitted.

THE PITTSBURG LABOUR WAR. THE KILLING OF STRIKERS AND DETECTIVES. PITTSBURG, Thursday.—The arrest of two of Messrs Carnegie and officials at Homestead yesterday on information laid by Hugh Ross, one of the men accused of murder and riot, was attended by very turbulent scenes. The strikers gathered around the constables and thdirprisoners, and muttered threats against them. So threatening became their attitude that it was found neoeirsary to. call out the Militia, who forced the crowd back and arrested one of the rioters. The coroner's jury who inquired into the killing of seven strikers and three detectives at Homestead have returned their verdict. They declare that the strikers, were killed while in an unlawful assembly upon Messrs Carnegie's property to prevent the landing of the Pinkerton guards, and as regards the Pinkerton men they were killed by an unlawful assemblage, and the jury added, "We find that the shooting was done by some party or parties unknown with felonious intent." No attempt is made by the jury in any of the cases to designate the persons who fired the fatal shots, beyond declaring that it was an unlawful assemblage on Messrs Carnegie's property which led to the battle. The anarchist, Bauer, who was arrested in connec- tion with Bergmann's attempt on the life of Mr Frick, has been released on In the case of the anarchist Knold, however, bail was refused, the Judge declaring that there was evidence that he showed Bergmann Mr Frick's office.—Jtsuter.

OUTRAGES ON YOUNG LADIES. A NIECE OF MR GOSCHEN ASSAULTED. One of the Alleged Assailants in Custody TheLondon Star Thursday says :—MissJWoods, the daughter of the Vicar of Bickley, and a niece of Mr Goschen, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was last night the victim of a gross outrage. The facts as we have them at present are these. Miss Woods started rather late in the evening with a lady friend on a walk to Chisle- hurst, and when half the distance had been accomplished the two ladies were ac- costed by two men with guns; In appearance they were the rough sort of fellows farmers employ to secure birds. Their demeanour became threatening, and' Miss Woods's companion seems to have taken to flight. Miss Woods was not lucky enough to escape. The police found her later lying in a field, and from her condition it is supposed that the men attempted to outrage her,and that either accidentally or with murderous design the gun was fired in her face. One of her assailants is said to be in custody.

SUCCESSFUL CARDIFF STUDENTS. TOP OF THE LIST FOR WALES. At the monthly meeting of the Cardiff School Boardton Thursday, theChairman (Mr L. Williams) made reference to the local successes at the examination for the matriculation of London University. Among those who had passed in the honours division was Miss Gertrude May Thomas, who was trained as a pupil teacher in the Cardiff Board Schools. She was at the top of the list for Wales, and was 24th in the list for the whole country* Miss Thomas, who lived with her mother, a widow. was trained at the Wood-street Board School, and attended the central classes for pupil teachers, afterwards entering the Uni- versity College of South Wales and Monmouth- shire. The position she had secured was most creditable (the Chairman said) to herself and to those who had trained her. Then, in the first division for the same examination, they had James H. Bardsley, of Orwys road School, and Arthur C. Badcoe, Stacey-road School while two boys direct from the Higher Grade School— William R. Morgan and Edwin Morgan—had both passed in the same division. On the sugges- tion of theChairman, the Board cordially adopted a resolution felicitating these students upon their distinguished suocesses.

BATHING FATALITY AT LLANELLY. About one p.m. on Thursday a number of boys .were bathing in the tide at Llanelly, when Frank Rowlands, the son of the Rev Dr Rowlands, the minister of Moriah Chapel, Llanelly, got beyond his depth, and being unable to swim was carried away and drowned in the presence of his companions. Much sympathy is expressed for Mr and Mrs Rowlands, who are away on their holidays.

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. The Wesleyan Conference resumed its pastoral session on Wednesday morning. Dr Rigg again presided.—The Rev W. L. Watkinson moved That it was desirable to give all ministers who had travelled 10 years and upwards an oppor- tunity of taking part in the nomination of the President, and that a committee be appointed to consider the whole question and report to the next Conference." Ho contended that the Con- ference was much larger than in former years. Many of the missionaries only saw the Conference once in a lifetime, and an opportunity for nominating the President would attach them with great loyalty to Methodism and to the Conference. It would make more firm the standing of the chair if based on the broader basis if the will of the whole brotherhood.—The Rev S. McCullack dissented. The proposal was unconstitutional, would be dangerous, and add to complications.—The Rev H. P. Hughes also objected to the proposal as being revolutionary. It would lead to dissension, and would lead to collision between the pastoral and representative sessions.—The Rev C. H. Kelly had no such fear. He believed in trusting the preachers.—Even- tually the President suggested that a Com- mittee be appointed with the Conference first assenting to the principle. Mr WATKINSON, in accepting this suggestion, said he could understand some of the objections but he could not understsnd the position of Mr Hughes. It was the veriest Conservatism, high Toryism, constitutional exaggera.tion.- The com- mitte was appointed, and to it was also referred a motion, of which the Rev. H. P. Hughes had previously given notice, to the effect that all ministers having permission to attend the Con- ference shall be allowed to share in the election of president and nominated members of the legal hundred. The Rev. JAIRS CHAPMAN submitted the draft of the pastoral address, which with some verbal corrections was adopted. The election of chairmen of districts and financial secretary was completed as they appear in the final draft of stations and mimsters,The Conference afterwards proceeded to the final reading of the stations and they were confirmed during the evening. The following being the local appointments :— CARDIFF AND SWANSEA. Cardiff.—Wesley—P. Neville Andrews, Wm. H. Clogg. Roath—Josiah Mee. Broadway— Ebenezer Morgan. Cathays W. Thompson Derry. Splotland—Percy Watchurst. Loudoun- square — Richard Jenkin. Canton — John D. Stevens. Penarth—Frederick M. Lowry and H. Graham Payn. Barry—Thomas W. Fawthrop. Newport, Mon.—John Clements, Arthur Mark- ham, and James Cooke (D.) Maindee—Benjamin Stanley. Risca, Newport—Joseph S. Prior and George W. Kettleborough, Blackwood. Pontypridd-S. Wesley Lawton and J. White- head. Rhondda—John B. James. Pentre—Joseph Birkbeck. Ferndale-J as. Langley, who shall change on one Sunday in every quarter with the ministers of the Rhondda circuit. Bridgend—Winterley Crouch and Levi James (Tondu). Cowbridge, Robert Dilton, who shall change on two Sundays in every quarter, with the ministers of the Bridgend circuit. Abergavenny, John E. Doubleday, who shall change on one Sunday in every quarter with the ministers of the Newport circuit. Pontypool-Arthltr Humphreys, Frederick Parsons(Blaenavon), Lewis Thomas (Abersyohan). Swansea—James J. Prescott, T. Henry Ingram, Wm. Beckett (Mumbles), Albert Butler (Morris- ton), Joseph Augustus Jones (Sketty); Henry Pary, supernumerary. r Gower.—William T. Pullen (Horton), who shall change on one Sunday in every quarter with the ministers of the Swansea circuit. Neath-John Dixon (A), Beedell Chubb (Briton Ferry). Merthyr Tydfil-Eligha M. Shearn, who shall change on one Sunday in every quarter with the ministers of the Aberdare circuit. Aberdare-Joseph Milligan, Richard Wood- ward (Mountain Ash). Tredegar—Richard Webb, Samuel Whitaker (New Tredegar). Brvnmawr—Geo, F. Swinnerton, William H. Bright (Ebbw Vale, Mon.), Joseph Wells(Blaina, Mon.) Brecon Albert Evans, William Marwood (Hay). Builth—Stephen Cooper (Rhayader), who shall change on one Sunday m every quarter with the' minister of the Brecon circuit. Carmarthen—Henry S. Barton, who shall change on one Sunday in every quarter with the ministers of the Llanelly circuit. Llanelly-Jamea Sheaman, James Picot, Kid- welly. Haverfordwest—John R. Bennett, Joshua- Fielden (Milford), Robert H. A. Morton (Pem- broke), Robert W. Bryant, W. Woodman Treleaven (Pembroke Dock), and W. Wakem Corin (Neyland, Pem.). Tenby.—Henry Babb, who shall changaon two Sundays in every quarter with the ministers of the Pembroke circuit. Aberystwyth.—W. Lile Stone, who shall act under the direction of the chairman of the dis- trict. Thomas Phillips, supernumerary. P. N. ANDREWS Chairman of the District. W. H. CLAGG, Financial Secretary. SOUTH WALES DISTRICT. Merthyr Tydfil-J ohn Morris, Owen 'David Williams (B) (Dowlais). Tredegar-Rice Owen, John David Jones (Rhymney). Aberdare—John Griffiths, Hugh O. Hughes (Mountain Ash). Treorky (Pontypridd)-Robert Roberts, Thos. Manuel (Penygraig). Ferndale-r,.obert Lewis (B), Richard Wm. Jones (Porth). Cilfynydd-Robert Emrys Jones, who shall change on two Sundays in every quarter with the ministers of the Aberdare circuit; John Rees (Pontypridd), supernumerary. Brynmawr—Thos. Morgan Evan Isaac (Ebbw Vale). C,rdiff-Peter Jones (B), who shall change on two Sundays in every quarter with the ministers of the Ferndale circuit. L!andilo-John Evan Roberts. Swansea Thos. Jones (C) and Jacob Pritchard (Ystalyfera). Llallelly-Thos. J. Pritchard, who shall change I on two Sundays in every quarter with the minister of Llandilo circuit, and act under the direction of the chairman of the district.. Lampeter (Cardiganshire), Robt. Hughes, who shall change on two Sundays in every quarter, with the minister of the Aberayron circuit. Aborayron—David Morgan. St. David's.—John Rowlands, who shall act under the direction of the chairman of the dis- trict. Aberystwyth.—John Jones, John Humphreys (Trereiddol), William Morgan (A.), super- numerary. Ystumtuen (Aberystwyth)—David Thomas (B.), David Darley Davies (Pontrhydygroes). Machynlleth—John Roberts (C), John Row- lands (Corris). Llanidloes-Alfred C. Pearce, Hy. Pritchard (Trefeylwys). Caersws, Montgomeryshire—Super. D. Morgan, chairman of the district.

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LORD MAYOR'S VISIT TOCAROIFF On Thursday the committee appointed to make the arrangements for the reception of the Lord Mayor of London on his recent visit to Cardiff held their final meeting. The following state- ment of accounts was presented :— Honorary freedom—Expenditure, £53 12s 6a. Banquet—Expenditure, £ 572, Is Od receipts, 9s 6d. Luncheon—Expenditure, £101 11s 5d. Concert—Expenditure, £175 9s lid receipts, £100 4s 6d. Processions—Expenditure, £168 5s. Decorations and illuminations-Expenditure, JE72 3s 2d- „ Miscellaneous—Postages and cheque books, etc., £ 30 18s 2d. Total expenditure, or short of the £ 700 granted by the Corporation. A The following resolutions were passed .—That the best thanks of this Committee be tendered to the various Friendly and Trade Societies of (jardiff who took part in the procession on the 2nd July last for their Mndness in co-operating with the Corporation, and thus making the visit of the Right Hon. Sir David Evans, K.C.M.G., Lord Mayor of London, and the Lady Mayoress a great success. That the best thanks of this Committee be accorded to the Head Constable for tlw admirable police ar- rangements during the visit of the Lord Mayor, and that Mr Mackenzie be asked to compliment his officers and men upon the smart and efficient manner in which they earned out their duties on this auspicious occasion

THE CARDIFF BUILDING STRIKE, Presentation to the Masters' Secretary. There is yet no. sign that this dispute, which- has entered upon the fourteenth week, will be brought to an end soon. Both employers and operatives declare their intention to hol,d out. A larely-attended meeting of the Cardiff Master Builders' Association was held in the Angel Hotel cm Wednesday evening, under the presidency of Mr Alderman David Jones, when, we are in- formed, business of a formal character was transacted. At the close of the ordinary busi- ness the President, in the name of tbe Associa. tion, presented Mr W. M. Shepherd, hon. sea, with a valuable chronograph gold watch, having minute recorder for timing first and second. Un the inside of the case was the following mscrip. tion :—"Presented to Mr W. M. Shepherd, by the Cardiff Master Builders' Association, for valuable services rendered by h^m as hon. secretary. July 1892." and on the back the £ recipient's monogram was artistically; engraved. 'Mr Shepherd suitably acknowledged, the gift. The watcfa was supplied by Messrs Heitzman-and Sons.

4- CAMBRIAN MINERS' ASSOCIATION. Eleotionof Sliding-soale Members. We are asked to give publicity to the following: Pellow-workmen, — Inasmuch as none but Messrs W. Abraham; M.P., and Councillor T. D. Isaac have been nominated to the vacant seats belonging to the Rhondda District on the Sliding Scale Committee, these gentlemen having together been nominated by four of the workmen of four of the largest collieries in the district, it is with pleasure that I announce they, in consequence, have been re-elected unopposed.—I am, &c., WM. EVANS, Sub-Agent." Rhondda Valley, August 3rd.

Lord Apsley, who by the death of his father becomes the Earl of Bathursfc, is in his 28th year. He is a captain of the Gloucestershire Regiment and a D.L. of the county. Cirencester House, Cirencester, where the deceased earl passed away and to which the new earl succeeds, is a pic- ¡ turesque manor in the midst of a beautiful land- scape. The town hQWJ^f the family is in Vfettoy VftUWtlMt'

CHORAL FESTIVAL AT LLANDAFF. On Thursday the annual Festival of Church Choirs, under the auspices of the Llandaff Dio- cesan Church Choral Association, was held in the Cathedral, Llandaff, when some 1,400 voices, representing associated choirs of Glamorganshire took part. The service was announced to com- mence at 11.30, but at 10 o'clock the choirs assem- bled in the edifice for rehearsal, jwhen the strength of each choir was officially notified as follows :— Barry 18, Cowbridge and Llanblethian 44, Dinas Powis 25, 75, Ewenny 19, Ferndale, Mardy, and Tylorstown 85, Abergwynfi, Spelter, Llan- gynwyd, and Maesteg 163, Glyntaff 50, Cymmer 35, Wtlliamstown 45, Bryneirw Mission 60, St* David's, Gyfeillon, and Christ Church, Ynysybwl, 60; Lhvynp a 36, Gilfach Gooh 45, Nelson 44, Pentnark 23, Penydarren 34, St. Fagans, Aber- dare, 70; St. David's Ogmore Vale, and St. James', Blaeugarw, 97 Sully 11, Troedyrhiw 102, and Ystradyfodwg 256, the latter comprising St. I Peter's, Pentre; St. David's, Ton; St. Alban's, Snevvydd; St. Mary's, Treherbert; Ystrad londda Mission, and St. Matthew's, Treorlty. At the conclusion of the rehearsal the unsurpliced choirs remained seated in the Cathedra], while some 49 from. St. Fagans, 28 from Dowlais, 22 from Ferndale, and 20 from Llanwonno pro- ceeded to the Prebendal House and robed, a suitable service being afterwards celebrated.

THE PROFESSORSHIP OF WELSH AT ABERYSTWYTH. The Council of she University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, held a prolonged meeiing in London on Wednesday, with a view to the appoin tment of a Welsh Professor in succession to Mr J. E. Lloyd, who has removed to Bangor. The proceedings were conducted in private, and the only information vouchsafed to the Press was that a public announcement on the subject could not be made for a day or two.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT LEEDS On Wednesday afternoon at Leeds Assizes, George Graves (23), smith's striker, was found guilty of attempting to murder his wife, brother- in-law, and father-in-law, at Huddersfield, on May 21, and sentenced to ten years' penal servi- tude. The prisoner bad been separated from his wife, and on the date named he called at her father's house, and, after a somewhat heated altercation, produced a revolver and knife, de- liberately firing at the three persons named, after which he stabbed his father-in-law in the back.

FATAL STABBING AFFRAY. Early on Wednesday morning afatalaffray took place at Mi 11 wall. In the course of a quarrel the mate of a ship now lying m Millwall Docks was stabbed, and died from the effects of the wound. Some Dutch sailors took part in the quarrel, and two of them have been arrested. The deceased's name is John Lawdells. His assailants were remanded in custody this after- noon.

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I FROM THE" WORLD, "j The Queen entertained an exceptionally largõf8 number of guests during the recent residence ot the Court at Windsor, including foreign Royal- ties, members of her own family, Ministers, Ambassadors, and a. selection of the "high nbl- lit." With one or two exceptions, aU the invita- tions were merely to dine and sleep, the guests arriving just m time to dress for dinner, and leaving next morning after breakfast. Invitation3 to the Castle are usually sent up by Sir John Cowell, but sometimes they come from the office of the Lord Chamberlain, to whom the necessary instructions have been telegraphed from Windsor. Very short notice is given, and an invitation has sometimes reached a guest on the afternoon of the day on which he was expected at the Castle. o As a rule; the Queen's guests travel by the 5.30 train from Paddington, and, on arriving at the visitors' entrance of the Castle, they are received by the pages of the chamber, who always have a list of the people who are expected, and their re- spective apartments. The company assemble in the corridor by half-past eight, everybody being in full dress, and those men who have a right to wear the Windsor uniform are expected to array them- selves in that hideous garb. The Queen enters at. a quarter to nine, with the members of the Royal Family, and then the company at once go to dinner. The only personal intercourse betweev a guest and the hostess takes place after dinner in the corridor, when the Queen always converses for a. few minutes with each visitor 111 succession, and, after having gone round the circle, she bows, and retires for the night. The Queen then goes to her own apartments, where she reads or writes, or listens to a reader, for abont an hour. Her Majesty occupies either her own sitting-room or the adjoining one, which was formerly Prince Albert's study. -0- When the party does not exceed sixteen, the dinner is served in the Oak Room, where her Majesty always lunches, and which opens from the corridor. The further end of the room is nearly all windows, looking over the quadrangle. The walls on each side of the door are hung with Gobelins tapestry, which was presented to the Queen by Louis Philippe, and the only pic- tures are portraits of her Majesty (by Angeli) and of her four daughters-in-law. The din- ner at the Castle is always very good, and the wine (champagne, claret, madeira, and sherry are usually served) is excellent. A High- land servant and one or two Indian domestics stand near the Queen's chair, and the footmen wait in their State liveries, while pages, cellar men, and the clerks of the kitchen (who carve at the side table) are present in their uniforms. The men sit for only a few minutes after the Queen and the ladies have departed. Prince Albert made it a practice always to drink a bumper of Imperial Tokay after dinner, but that wine has long since ceased to appear on the Queen's table. --0- If there is a, party of more than 16, dinner is served in the dining-room, at the north-east corner of the Castle and when the number if above 40, St George's Hall is used. The House- hold in Waiting, and any visitors who have not been invited to join the Queen's party, dine also at a quarter to nine, under the presidency of Sir John Cowell, in a large room which adjoins the dining-room and looks out on the north terrace. o Guests at Windsor have very limited opportuni- ties for inspecting the pictures, china, and objects of art with which the Castle is filled, or the rare and splendid collection of books, prints, and miniatures in the library. They do, however, see the corridor, which extends all round the quadrangle, and it is filled with cabinets of china, vases, and old French furniture, and hung from end to end with pictures. The Canelettia and the portraits are the features of the corridor collection, which is never shown to the public. There are particularly fine portraits of Sir Walter Scott, Lord Thurlow, Mr Pitt, Mr Canning, and Lord Eldon, and near the entrance to the Oak Room is Angeli's picture of Lord Beaconsfield, which hangs close to the portrait of George II. At the upper end of the corridor is a little cabinet of Rose du Barri china, which is valued at £30,000, and some superb pieces of Crown Derby. -0-- After the Queen has retired, the guests and the rest of the company adjourn to one of the drawing-rooms, of which there are three at Windsor, the Red, the White, and the Green, connected by doors covered with exquisite Chip- pendale carvings. These rooms are hung with portraits, and contain many cabinets which are virtually priceless. In the Green Drawing-room is a Sevres dessert service which is valued At £50,000. -0- Princess Frederica of Hanover is to attend the Leeds Musical Festival in October, when H.R.H. is to be the guest of Sir Andrew and Lady Fair" burn at Askham Grange, their place in York- shire. The ballot for seats has just taken place, in which only guarantors who have purchased serial tickets are included. There are 500 guarantors, who become responsible for £26,000, but a deficit is in the greatest degree improbable, as there is a reserve fund of £3,000; and the amount of money already realised by the sale of tickets is more than half the total receipts of tha last Festival in 1889. [FROM TRUTH."] I have reason to believe that the Queen has de- cided that she will not herself hold any more Drawing Rooms, but will in future delegate that work to the Princess of Wales. The Queen never holds a Drawing Room now without afterwards feeling very tired and much out of sorts, and she usually suffers from a sick headache for some hours after leaving the Throne Room. There is no reason whatever why the Queen should continue to hold Drawing Rooms when they involve such physical discomfort to her. --0-- Her Majesty will, however, hold a Court every year at Buckingham Palace, at which she will receive the Corps Diplomatique ("male and female"), Ministers, past and present; and a number of unofficial personages, to whom invita- tions will be sent. Nobody, however, is to appear at Court without having been previously invited from a list which the Queen will personally revise. • U—- The Queen has intimated her intention of per- sonally investing the Dukes of Devonshire and Abercorn with the Order of the Garter, and the ceremony will take place at Osborne within the uext few days. -0-- Lord Bath ought to have received the Garter in preference to the Duke of Abercorn, considering that he was in public life and rendering valuable assistance to the Tory party when his grace was in the lower school at Harrow. Lord Bath, how- ever, never liked Lord Beaconsfield, and he re- garded the foreign policy of the Tory Ministry with such aversion in 1878 that he became for the time a de facto follower of Mr Gladstone, with whose High Church sentiments he was always in warm sympathy. Lord Bath has never been for- given at Court for his opposition to Lord Beacons- field. -0- The Emperor William is very anxious that our Royal Family shall be largely represented at the wedding of his youngest sister,Princess Margaret, and Prince Frederick of Hesse, which is to take place at Berlin in November, and I understand that the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and Prince and Princeso Christian will all attend the ceremony. The Prince and Princess of Wales and their family would certainly have gone to Berlin for this wedding but for their being in mourning, as Prince Frederick is a nephew of the Queen of Denmark, and, therefore, a firsli cousin of the Princess of Wales. It is possible that the Duke of York may go to Berlin to repre- sent his parents at this function. --0- Sir M. E. Grant Duff has been engaged foe several years on a biography of Sir Henry Maine, which he has now completed, and the work wi11 be published in October by Mr Murray.

A MEDI/EVAL BREACH OF PROMISE. In the reign of Edward I., Agnes de Sparkes- ford, a beguiled Somersetshire heiress, presumably of mature years and declining opportunity, im- pleaded William de Potenay, a brisk youth who insidiously wandered abroad for the prey that home would deny him. Notwithstanding the candour of the age, William had acquired all the arts of the modern betrayer, because under the hope of marriage she had enfeoffed him of her lands.' This being done, he coolly threw her over, telling her the insulting truth that he was married to another woman. William was clearly a finished artist, but the outraged Agnes was superior to the feebleness of love, so she had him up." The stolid Somer- setshire jury did not appreciate his artistic qualities in the light he would have them shown. At their bands the rascal received a merited exposure and punishment. They plainly de- clared William came to Agnes and made her understand he would willingly marry her, "to which she consented." Then after the lapse of several days—she had been somewhat urgent, aa we perceive—" he again treated with her of con. tracting the marriage between them, but he said to her it would be a hard thing for him to marry her, except he might be sure of her lands if he should survive her." William's cool reasoning impressed the sympa- thetic damsel—an uprotected female, as we may almost perceive—to the fullest extent for which it was designed. Agnes, acting precisely as the police details show hungry females to be acting to- day, placed him in seizin of her lands, "accepting him and pressing that the marriage should be completed "—just as confiding housemaids now do who have watches and little accumulations in the savings banks. Then the monster laid bare i. treachery "he excused himself, urging his pflor marriage," which also is precisely what the pinks of chivalry do to confiding housemaids. The sentence of the Court was worthy of the gallant's enormities, and quite in accordance with the most advanced of modern police mBglstrate ideas. William was committed to gaol an& ordered to pay 40 marks damages—say £600 oj present money—the Sheriffs of Somersetshire auo Hampshire being ordered to seize his lands _II levy the amount of damages.—Gentlewoman.