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MONUMENTS OF WALES. Owing to the popularity of our series of articles on the Castles and Abbeys of South Wales, we have decided to » continue the subject ilnder a more in- clusive heading. In time the whole of the Castles and Abbeys of South Wales will be dealt with, and articles will be published on the Cathedrals, Crosses, Wells, Old Institutions, &c., &c. When possible- illustrations will be given. The subject for the present week is on LAMPHEY PALACE. NEXT WEEK. On April 3rd we shall commence the publication of a New Story of surpassing interest by J. S. Fletcher, entitled, The House in Harley Street."

SATURDAY, MARCH 27,1909. PANICS AND SCARES. If we are to believe the leaders of the Tory party this country has lost its com- man d of the sea, and at the same time its courage and national sanity. The scare- mongers are painting John Bull in the eyes of the whole world as a scared, panic-stricken person, who quakes at the first sign of serious menace. The naval crisis has passed into an engineered panic for party ends, with Mr Balfour leading by a vote of censure. A Sunday paper seized the opportunity of the debate on Germany's naval programme to beat the big jingoistic drum, indulging in a vicious attack on Mr Lloyd George and Mr Winston Churchill and the sup- posed Little England party in the Cabinet. It openly invited the House of Lords to force on a dissolution by reject- ing the Finance Bill. After this appeal to the Lords there is no need to look further for the meaning of the naval scare and panic which are being worked up with tremendous energy. They forget the muddle of the South African war, and lose sight of the fact that what applies to the imagined state of affairs in the navy did really exist in South Africa. The real Little Englanders are the scaremongers who are for ever depreciat- ing England before the whole world, and not the Liberal Cabinet-which is attacked. The Dreadnought situation is one calling for serious discussion, and that has been met by Mr Asquith in a dignified and statesmanlike speech, in which he described the real character of the scare statements which are being reiterated by every Opposition journal in the country. The subject of Britain's security and naval position is being degraded for party purposes. The patriotism of our leading Colonies is a striking contrast of the true patriotism with the spurious kind which is used for party ends. There is unanimity of opinion amohg all parties that England's supreme command of the sea must be maintained at all costs. The Government have given the subject serious cohsideration, and there is a willingness and a readiness to build what- ever ships are found to be necessary for our Empire insurance against all risks. But there is a desire on the part of a section to minimise our strength and exaggerate the position of Germany, and these panic mongers for party purposes lightly disregard the main strength of Britain's Navy and talk only of Dread- noughts. The Premier in a lucid speech carefully analysed the relative positions in ships of all kinds between Britain and Germany, and of the first-class Dreadnoughts, and it at once seen how empty is all this clamour for panic con- struction of ships. It was a speech which should dissipate panic, though Mr Balfour leads the party strife on so important a question. Sir Charles Dilke pointed out, after the Premier's speech, that this country now holds a greater naval preponderating strength than we have ever had in our history, This is not a cause for panic, and the proposed vote of censure shows at once the hand of the panic mon- gers who desire to weaken the Liberal Government and the party in the coun- try on a false cry of" Little Englandism and the old parrot appeal of the Navy in Danger." As a naval correspondent has pointed out, all the excitement and the vote of censure on the Government is covered by a dispute on the laying down of four Dreadnoughts over a period of three months. The Tory Opposition demand that eight ships shall be laid down at once, the Government will put down four, and another four three months later, with a determination to accelerate the time if it is found necessary. It is all the difference between the would-be dictation of the panic mongers and the programme of the responsible Govern- ment. There is no cause for panic and no danger in the difference between the demands of Mr Balfour-and the deliberate policy of the Government.

The National Shakespeare Memorial which has been decided shall take the form of a national theatre, is deserving of support from all sections of the com- munity. In France, Germany, Russia, the literary drama and the art of actings are recognised by the State, while in Great Britain the theatre has been left to private enterprise and run on purely commercial lines, with one or two notable exceptions recently. The National, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre will assist, the purely literary drama in a practical manner and the committee, of which the Earl of Plymouth is one of the leading members, have sought to place the con- trol of the memorial under national representation of governors, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales being repre- sented. Wales' share is confined to a representative from the University,whilst the cities of Edinburgh, London and Dublin have representatives, but not Cardiff. Why should Wales be neglected in this manner it is difficult to say, for Cardiff should be recognised equally with the capitals of the other sections of the United Kingdom. This is surely an anomaly to be rectified. The claim of Cardiff is even stronger than this, for several of the leading towns of England are included in the scheme of representa- tion, namely, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool. South Wales has proved her right to recognition in this national memorial to Shakespeare, for the poet is specially studied in the secondary schools, and many representa- tions of scenes from the plays are given in character by the higher classes. Great Britain is almost alone among the great nations without a national theatre, but this is no reason for excluding Wales to all intents and purposes from the move- ment which is to bring about a memor- able improvement. Wales is considered to have neither capital nor municipality worthy of recognition at present. The special circumstances of Black Glamorgan" were mentioned by Mr Justice Bray at the opening of the Winter Assizes at Cardiff this week. The calendar contained a heavy list of cases, but there was a noticeable reduction in the number of cases which might be classed as serious crimes. The Judge, in addressing the grand jury, pointed out once more the special causes for the heavy nature of the Assize. Gla- morganshire was a thickly populated county it had at least two important seaports, and one knew that crime was more rife at seaports than in any other part of the kingdom." It is well to recall these special circumstances when considering the long list of cases which is presented at every Assize for the county of Glamorgan. "Black Gla- morgan is no better and no worse than other parts of the Kingdom when allow- ance is made for the imported criminals for which seaports in the county are responsible. The introduction of the cat at a recent assize in cases of rob- bery with violence led to a storm of pro- tests from humanitarians and others who look with horror on the revival of corporal punishment into the British courts. It was a regrettable thing, but the neces- sities of the case and not the whims of fancy or caprice made the cat neces- sary, and the results have fully justified the steps taken by Mr Justice Lawrence. These crimes had become a serious menace to individual safety. The number of cases of robbery with violence had not only increased, but the criminals had become more daring and brutal in their methods. The cases in which the police succeeded in tracking the ruffians re- presented a J small proportion of the crimes committed, and it was a very noticeable fact that this character of crime diminished immediately following the "flogging assize." Fine theories and light sentences of confinement in gaol had no effect on these ruffians, who made a living by preying on their chosen victims. The bully is ever a coward, and the cat proved the best possible and only effective deterrent. Mr Justice Bray was able to refer to the great re- duction of cases of this character which were presented in the calendar, and the gravity of the cases to be tried was not to be compared with those of a year ago. The public must be protected from the worst ruffians that infest a seaport not. withstanding sentiment and theories of humanity.

We have noted with considerable plea- sure that Wales is doing her share in supporting the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Only a few years ago we pointed out that Midland towns displayed a greater interest and more practical enthusiasm in the lifeboat service than the seaports of South. Wales and the teeming population of the coalfield, which was more intimately bound up with the sea and. the perilous calling of the sailor. The annual report of the Institution for 1908 has just been published, and some interesting facts are presented. The year was not a remarkably boisterous one, but the boats were launched for service on 421 occasions. Over six hundred lives were saved, and the lifeboats were instrumental in saving 42 vessels and boats. In commenting on the work of the service Colonel Seely said that those who said or feared that Britain was a decaying nation were people who had never seen anything of the lifeboat service to-day. If anyone thought that Britishers had lost their old courage, let them read the account of what Mr Owen, the Holyhead coxswain, and his crew did, and they would see that the old spirit existed to-day." Such deeds of heroism and such splendid service rendered to the nation by the Lifeboat Institution should increase the interest and the subscriptions on Lifeboat Saturday in South Wales,

LADDER SLIPPED. The.inquest was resumed at Cardiff on Tues- day, touching the death of George Rowlands (70), jobbing gardener, of Moon-street, who died on the 19th inst. Whilst pruning a tree at Mr Holdaway's, Newport-road, on January 22nd, the ladder on which he was standing slipped, and he fell on the tiled pathway. Dr. Biggs gave the cause of death as heart failure, parly due to age, partly due to confinement in bed, and partly due to the injury. The inquest was, however, adjourned for a post mortem examination, which was pressed for by Mr Cousins, who represented the employer. Mr E. C. Nash, of Messrs Davies, Nash and Co., now appeared for the relatives, and Dr. Biggs stated that as the result of the post mortem examination he found there was no external injury except in relation to the right thigh. There was a fracture of the neck of the thigh bone. The cause of death was,, in his opinion, as he stated the day previous. Questioned by Mr H. Cousins, Dr. Biggs said death was caused by the accident, and was not primarily the effect of heart failure. The jury returned a verdict that death was due to heart failure, caused by injuries accidentally sustained by the fall.

1910 MATIONAl EISTEDDFOD, An important meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of the Welsh National Eisteddfod, which is to be held at Colwyn Bay next year, and the proclamation of which will take place next September, took place on Wednesday night, Mr James Amphlett presiding. It was decided to invite Eos Dar to sing pennillion at the proclamation ceremony. An offer was received and accepted from the Colwyn Bay Advertising Association of a prize for the best essay on Colwyn Bay as a summer and winter health resort." Lieutenant A. Williams, band- master of the Dragoon Guards, was appointed adjudicator of the brass band contest. It was decided that all competitions in the arts and science section shouWbe confined to persons who shall have resided in Wales for three years pre- vious to the date of the Eisteddfod. As the skating rink at Colwyn Bay is not likely to be ready in time, a temporary structure for the. Eisteddfod will be necessary. Mr H. Brython Hughes, the general secretary, having ten- dered his resignation, it was unanimously de- cided to appoint Mr T. R. Roberts (" Asaph "), of Carnarvon and Oolwyn Bay, to fill the vacancy.

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Chancellor's Message. "GOVERNMENT MEAN BUSINESS." A great national convention in support of the Welsh Disestablishment Campaign was held at the Park Hall, Cardiff, on Thursday, Mr Edward Thomas, J.P., presiding. There were about 3.000 delegates present, representing the Free Churches from all parts of Wales, and the Park Hall was crowded. The chairman was suppor- ted by many of the leading Nonconformist leaders in the Principality. At the outset the secretary, Mr Herbert Price, read the following telegram from the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer:— Cochfarf, National Convention, Cardiff.— Wish gathering all success. Government mean business. Let Welshmen show that they are as resolved as ever to establish complete religious equality on Welsh style.—Lloyd George." The Chairman urged upon all Welshmen to fight the battle before them,so that the Govern- ment might have no excuse in saying that Wales did not back them up. A resolution, thanking the Government for promising to introduce a Disestablishment Bill and urging that there should be no hesitation or slackness in pressing it forward through all its stages, was proposed by the Rev. G. Penar Griffiths. Mr Edgar Jones, M.A., and others supported the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Other resolutions were passed urging upon all friends of religious liberty in the United Kingdom and Ireiand to support Wales in this matter, and urging all the Free Churches in Wales to prosecute a vigorous campaign in it favour.

EVENING MEETING. Before the evening meeting a crowded audience was entertained for an hour by the singing of Madame Hughes Thomas' ladies' choir, whose rendering of Welsh airs was heartily appreciated. In the absence of the Rev. Ev an Jones, Carnarvon, president of the National Free Church Council, the chair was taken by Mr Sidney Robinson, M.P., who was supported by a very representative platform. At the outset Mr Robinson denied that there was any attack on the Church—the attack was upon the bonds that bound her to the State. The Rev. T. Nightingale, London, in a speech full of good points, submitted the following resolution:— That this public meeting urges the Government to spare no effort to secure the passage of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill into law during the present Session. Mr Ellis Griffith, M.P. Mr Ellis Jones Griffith, M.P., in seconding, said the time was coming when they would need all the help and assistance of their fellow Nonconformists in England. It was a good sign that the militant Churchman was rising to the occasion and beginning to think the Estab- lishment was in danger, and after hearingthe telegram from Mr Lloyd George read there could not be much doubt that the Government meant to press this Disestablishment Bill through all its stages. The hon. member then reviewed the history of the Disestablishment movement during the past 20 years, and asked really if they were holding their own. He said that he accepted the Government pledge. From a tactical point of view the Liberal Government would be well advised in pushing this Bill through the House. There was no single other question which united the Pro- gressives, forces so fully as this question did. Theywere divided upon education and licensing, but ths Liberals, the Labour party, and the Irish Nationalists would all unite in fighting for this Bill, and the majority in its favour would be greater than any first-class measure introduced into the present Parlia- ment. The Government would be well advised also from another point of view. The passage of the Bill was vital to the very existence of the Liberal party in Wales, for they twould never again get anything like the present Liberal representation in Wales if the Welsh people were disappointed by the present Parliament. (Loud applause.) The patience of the Welsh people would succumb. People said that the House of Lords would never pass the Bill. Well. no one knew exactly what the Lords would do, though it might be argued that since the Lords had become the lacqueys of the liquor trade they might become the puppets of the pacsons. (Loud laughter.) It was most vitrfl to Wales at any rate that Disestablishment should be in the position of other Bills rejected by the Lords, and the Welsh members, backed by the Welsh people, must fight to command the respect of English- men. (Applause.) The Case Unanswerable. Mr Wm. Brace, M.P., who was given a great reception, confided to the audience that he had returned from Lancashire to attend that meeting. If exertion was to be the hall mark of sincerity, he thought he might claim to be a sincere and earnest Disestabusher. Taking the opportunity to explain the absence of his colleagues and himself from the Free Church Council meetings at Swansea, he said he was not quite sure that the Welsh members were invited. He was not sure that he was invited personally but even were he invited, he was engaged with his colleagues, Mabon and Mr Tom Richards, in trying to smooth away difficulties that might have ended in conflict between capital and labour. He proceeded to deny that the movement for Disestablishment was directed towards the destruction of the Church, for in this materialistic age we could not afford to destroy one single spiritual force. He pointed, however, to the inequality of the relative posi- tions of Anglican and Nonconformist churches in Wales, and quoted the comparison drawn by the Bishop between the strength of the Anglican Church in Wales and the individual denominations. The Bishop, he said, must remember that neither of the great Free Church denominations were asking the State to establish them. The Bishop must take the Free Churches as a whole if he wanted to make a comparison, and then he would find that the case was absolutely unanswerable. (Applause.) From the standpoint of equity alone the Government must decide either to dftablish all denominations or place them all upon the same basis by disestablishing one. What the Welsh members had ta do was not to worry about the House of Lords. but to carry their measure through the House of Commons. (Ap- plause.) There was, he said, some kind of anxiety that Labour would not be true to the question of Disestablishment because of the earnest desire to do something for the unem- ployed. The force that would put an Unem- ployed Act upon the Statute Book of the coun- try would be the progressive force that would free the Church in Wales from State control. There must,. he said, be no division between Labour and Liberalism, for Wales had waited too long for this measure of reform. (Ap- plause. ) The solidarity of the Welsh repre- sentation, no matter what the Commission might report upon statistics, should convince any Government that the Welsh people,-speak- ing by the only constitutional way at their command, had recorded their view and their demand for Welsh Disestablishment and Dis- endowment. (Applause.) Too Much Compromise in the Air. Mr Clement Edwards, M.P., in a stirring speech said that this great demonstration proved that Wales was keener than ever. If it meant that they would have to choose between Wales and the convenience .of the Liberal Government, he would choose for Wales. (Loud and continued cheering.) He admitted they were going to face a stiff fight this Session, but they were entering upon it with grim determination. (Applause.) He was sur- prised that there Was not a great and mighty movement within the Church to get rid of its temporal shackles. In Wales they must not be content with saying that the Bill should go through all its stages in the Commons, for they must fight it even to the upsetting of the obstruction of the House of Lords, and he would not be satisfied if it was rejected by the Lords until it was sent back to them again. (Applause.) There is too much of the spirit of compromise in the air," declared the hon. member, and the vast audience rose to its feet as one man and cheered loud and long. Pro- ceeding, the hon. member said that if the Welsh members attempted to compromise now, and considered the convenience of the Liberal Government instead of fighting dead straight, they would be deservedly repudiated by the people. (Loud applause.) There was no time to shilJy-shally, and he would ask his colleagues to form up and fight the question through. Let the people keep up a continuous pressure upon their representatives, and if 10 Dreadnoughts for Waies stood up in parliament they would get this Bill through (Loud applause.) A Word for the Governffmnt. Mr Llewelyn Will jams. M.P., who was cor- dially received, said it was time to Wve done with speaking and time to do something. Wales had waited too long with sbeeplike de- votion at the feet of one Liberal Government after another without seeing the fruition of their hopes. Unless this Government meant business, as we are told it does, said Mr Wil- liams, amid cheers, the last hope of Liberal- ism in Wales is gone for ever." He-went on to show how past generations of Nonconformists had raised the question above peons opinion and to stir the feelings of the audience by de- scribing the eviction of seventy Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire farmers from their home- steads to seek homes elsewhere, some beyond the seas, because of their convictions upon this question. Were they, he asked, going to be less worthy than our fathers ? They must demand that the Government should carry out the promise and pledge given to Wales. He expressed gladness that Mr Lloyd George had that day reaffirmed the promise made # in Wood-street Chapel, and repeated in Liverpool. The Government meant business. He took the opportunity to offer Mr Clem Ed- wards some advice by saying that if Disestab- lishment were wanted the Government must be kept strong, and not have their strength frittered away by all sorts of people going into the Division Lobby against them on all sorts of pretexts. Let the Government be supported through thick and thin so long as the Govern- ment supported them. He supported the Government because he looked for a redemp- tion of their promises to Wales and the Welsh people. (Applause.) Mr J. Kempster supported, and the resolu- tion was passed with one dissentient. A vote of thanks was accorded to the speakers, on the motion of the Rev. J. Hugh Edwards, seconded by Rev. Principal Edwards, and the proceedings terminated, x

Child in a Cupboard. A CARDIFF NEGLECT CASE. MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER GIVEN INTO CUSTODY. Mr W. L Yorath (Cardiff Coroner) held an inquest on Tuesday on Trevor Fullerton, the six-months-old child of Margaret Fullerton, single woman, of Christina-street. Inspector Everington, N.S.P.C.C., was present. The mother stated that the deceased was delicate from birth, and a month afterwards was taken care of by her mother, Mrs Mary Fullerton. She gave her mother what money she could for the child's keep. Mary Fullerton, widow, stated that she bad had three of her daughter's children to look after. Inspector Everington had called on her three times. A week ago the deceased became I unwell, and on a doctor's advice she took the child to the Infirmary workhouse. She denied she neglected the little one, and said she was seldom without food in the house. Mrs Mary Hackett, of Mary Ann-street, stated that a fortnight ago her husband ad- mitted to the lodging-house the grandmother and two children because it was so cold. They seemed destitute. The grandmother was very good to the deceased. Inspector Everington said he paid Mrs Fullerton a visit on the 1st February at Stoughton-street. She was then under the influence of drink, and the child was lying in a cupboard clad in filthy clothing, and was drinking from a bottle containing sour milk. He afterwards told Miss Fullerton, the mother of the deceased, that as she was destitute she ought to go into the Union with the children. and later, to avoid a prosecution, she went in, but only remained there three days. Dr. Price said the child was admitted to the Union in a very collapsed condition and very dirty, and died the same evening from bron- chitis and tubercular peritonitis, its death having been accelerated by neglect. Ic The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence, and recommended that the grandmother should be severely cen- sured. Subsequently Inspector Everington gave the grandmother and mother of the deceased into custody on the charge of neglecting the latter's children in such a manner as to cause them un- necessary suffering. Mary Fullerton (47), and her daughter, Mar- garet Fullerton (22), were charged before Mr Eben. Beavan and Dr. Mullin, at Cardiff, on Wednesday, with neglecting Wm. Fullerton (3), Margaret May Fullerton (one year and eight months), and Trevor Fullerton (six months), now deceased, in a manner likely to cause them unnecessary suffering, between February 1st and March 23rd last. Mr D. W. Evans (Messrs Geo. David snd Evans), who prosecu- ted on behalf of the N.S.P.C.C., only called evidence of the prisoners being taken into custody, after which a remand until Saturday was granted, bail being refused.

PRE-NUPTIAL LIAISON. A case containing some very unusual features was befere the Cardiff deputy-stipendiary (Mr E. Milner Jones) on Thursday, when Emily Wheeler, married woman, living in Portman- moor-road, Cardiff, summoned William Perry to show cause, etc. Mr Harold Lloyd was for the complainant, whose husband is a collier, and he stated that Mrs Wheeler was formerly in service at Bath, and in the same house the defendant lived. In the months of May and June last complainant and defendant misconducted themselves, and the facts were admitted from letters in bis possession. Complainant left Bath in October, and .came to South Wales, and in November she married Wheeler, whom she had known while at Bath. Mrs Wheeler at the time did not tell him of her condition. When they were married the complainant went to live with Mr Wheeler's mother at Penarth, and her husband was engaged in the Rhondda Valley, only going home from Saturday to Monday once a fortnight. On Feraary 4th Mrs Wheeler gave birth to a male child at a time when Mr Wheeler was away. He was commu- nicated with, and he at once returned and had an interview with her, after which he left her, and Mrs Wheeler went away from his mother's house at Penarth. Mr Wheeler on advice made complainant an allowance. Mr Lloyd then put in two letters written by the defendant, in one of which he id he was willing to pay complainant 2s 6d or 3s a week to keep it as quiet as possible." Mr Lloyd asked the Deputy Stipendiary to find that as a fact, the child was born after the marriage and that there was a bona fide parting between Mr and Mrs Wheeler, and if he did that, to make an order. The above facts were borne out by Mrs Wheeler, while the defendant, who was put in the box, admitted that the letters put in by Mr Lloyd were written by him and that he had intimacy with complainant in May last. Frederhik John Wheeler, hUsbatnd of the complainant, also gave evidence, but the Deputy Stipendiary expressed the opinion that there should be an independent witness to speak as to the question of Wheeler's non-access to complainant before marriage. Mr Lloyd said he could produce the evidence, and the case was adjourned for a week.

WRECK AT PORTHKERRY. Loss of the Crew. A ketch has been washed ashore during the gale which raged off Barry on Wednesday night and early on Thursday morning. The vessel, which struck on the Castle Rock, near Porthkerry Bay, is a total wreck, and grave fears arc entertained as- to the safety of the crew. Her identity has not yet been traced, for the hull is submerged at low water and two masts alone indicate the position of the vessel. The coast has been searched very carefully and wreckage is being washed ashore, but up to noon no trace had been discovered of the men or anything to indicate their fate. It is sur- mised that after the vessel struck, the ship's boat put out with the crew, of probably three or four hands. There is a little shelter at the spot from the Westerly gale which blew, and in the absence of the boat or anybody washed up, it is considered possible that some passing ship may have picked them np. Enquiries of smaller vessels which put in to Barry harbour on Thursday failed, however, to elicit anything as to the fate of the crew. Mr W. Wilson, of the Coldknap Farm, and the coastguards are still searching the shore, but up to the present no parts of a small punt have been found. It has been ascertained that the name of the ketch is the Nouvelle Marie, ofBideford, owned by Messrs Squance, Appiedore, but nothing has yet been discovered of her crew. Our Appledore correspondent writes :-The crew of the Nouvelle Marie are all Appiedore men, viz., Captain Boom and his son, aged a,bout 23, and William Cobbledick, aged 18. The vessel was bound to Bude with coal, and was unable to enter Bude on Tuesday owing to a heavy sea,. She was in Bideford Bay on Wednesday night, but could not enter the har- bour owing to sea and wind, and was obliged to run up Channel, and nothing since has been heard of her. Several other Appledore vessels which were in the Channel in company with the Nouvelle Marie put into Ifracombe, re- porting very bad weather.

CARDIFF CORPORATION. Cardiff PublicWorks Committee, acting on in- structions from the Council, occupied much time on Thursday ifi another attempt to cut down the estimates. Councillor Jabez Jones presided. Mr Harpur (city engineer) complained that his department, which had striven the most to cut down expenses, was attacked the most in the Council. In five years the expenses had been reduced by a 2gd rate, and they had now reached rock-bottom. The G.W.R. owed them £ 1,750 in respect of alterations in Adamsdown, and that sum would be placed in the present estimates. Mr Harold Turnbull elicited from Mr Harpur that there were 200 miles of pave- ments, that £5,000 were spent annually in re- pairs, and that to renew the whole would cost at least IE250,M." The life of a pavement was 25 years.Mr Turnbull: On the figures given, the life of a Cardiff pavement is 50 years.—It was decided to reduce the £ 5,000 estimates for repairs of pavements, etc., by Eloo. A total reduction was made in the required from the rates by the Public Works Committee- of £ 3,075. Interesting Discovery. Cardiff Corporation workmen, whitst engaged in excavation work in Working-street, in what was formerly ground within St. John's Church- yard, at the east end of the chancel, found a candlestick. Mr Harpur (city engineer). sent it to Mr J. Ward curator Cardiff, Museum- A letter was read to the committee from Mr Ward, in which he stated that the find" was not unlikely an alter candle- stick of St. John's Church of good workman- ship, almost certainly of the 16th century, almostoertainly, too, English, and would make an interesting addition to the local museum. The candlestick combined both the pricket and the socket forth.

WHY PEOPLE ARE CARELESS. Very often some one of our acquaintance surprises us by a lapse from scrupulous careful- ness and accuracy into downright carelessness and neglect of ordinary-detail. According to Dr.Mills,-a Government medical officer, such a radical change ill the habits and character of anyone indicates a very common form of neurasthenia. Generally, the sufferer abandons the effort to face responsibilities, takes to bed, or remains inert and passive for months, ex- periencing what is known as nervous fever," As the decline in accuracy is the first symptom of this nervous affliction, it is of real interest to learn from Mr Algernon Ashton, the Most Accurate Man in England," that accuracy is dependent upon a sound nerve system. The famous Corrector of the Press says :—" I know Phosferine is a splendid cure for nerve disorders. When run down from overwork, brain-fag, or suffering from influenza chills, I have seen people promptly restored to health and strength by Phosferine."

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Fifty Years Ago. IJ FROM "CARDIFF TIMES," MAR. 26,1859. A great demonstration of ratepayers was held at the Town Hall on Friday, to protest against the late jobbery at the Cardiff Union in re-elect-ine Mr John as workhouse master, when he had been ordered to send in his resigna- tion at once, by the Local Government Board, after an inquiry extending over several days made by their inspector into charge? alleged against the master for supplying the poor in the workhouse with insufficient food, and that also of an inferior quality to that ordered by the Local Government Board." A resolution protesting against the re-appointment was passed unanimously, and a copy ordered to be sent to the Local Government Board. The re-election of Mr John as master of the workhouse gave rise to a long discussion at the March meeting of the Guardians, when it was resolved to take legal proceedings to test the validity of the appointment. The report of the proceedings occupied three columns in the Cardiff Tinies on the 26th. The foundation stone of the first Jewish Synagogue at Swansea was laid on Tuesday in Goat-street. The estimate for the building was £ 1.800. The "1mble of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway Lill was declared passed in the House of Commons Committee on Thursday. A large number of Neapolitan exiles arrived in England during the week, having been landed at, Bristol, whence they departed by Great Western Railway. They were all men of distinguished position in Italy, from which country they had been brought by ship to Bristol. At London they issued a manifesto, signed by several of the principal exiles, thank- ing the English for the hearty welcome ex- tended to them. We beg to call the attention of the borough magistrates to the fact that considerable in- convenience is caused to the transaction of the police business by the attendance of only one magistrate on those days when the Stipendiary does not sit. When magistrates cannot attend on the day they are required, it is not unrea- sonable that they should find a substitute." The report of Messrs Miller and Taplin, appointed by the House of Commons to re- port on the respective merits of North country and SUuLh Wales coal, was issued, and stated that the South Wales coal is comparatively superior to the Northumberland coal in econ- omic value and rate of evaporation, but Is in- ferior in combustion and the rate of combus- tion in pounds of coal burnt per nquare foot per hour is not so high as the Northumberland coal. At the meeting of the Town Council on Mon- day it was resolved to let a piece of ground on the town wall to Messrs Rawlinson and Pag- den, brewers, at Is per foot per annum for 99 years. The piece of ground was 41 feet in length. This lease has not expired. Where is it t

Dashed to Death. LONDON LIFT DISASTER. A terrible lift accident resulting in the death of four men of a party of seven occurred on Thursday at St. Katharine's Dock, London. The men were proceeding from the ground floor to the seventh storey of one of the warehouses when a link in the hauling chain broke and the cage and men were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of some sixty feet. One man was killed outright, another died on the way to the London Hospital, two succumbed to their injuries in that institution, and three others are inmates of the hospital and in rather serious condition. The employees of the warehouse, which is known as E," number several hundreds, and are, at this season of the year, engaged in the work of wool sales. The work is chiefly trans- acted on the upper floors of the huge building. The men return from dinner at 12.30, and the roll call is made on the seventh floor, to which there is usually a great rush in the last few minutes, some men using goods lifts to save themselves the climbing of stairs. The practice is unauthorised, and the men have no right to use the lifts. The hydraulic lift is worked by a brakesman on one of the upper floors, and it would appear that the party onThursday communicated with him and then commenced the ascent. When near the top, and without any warn- ing, the chain broke and the poor fellows were flung with tremendous force back to the quay level. The crew of a Clyde Shipping Company's boat lying alongside, rushed to the men's assistance, but their efforts were of little avail. W. E. Calloway, aged 25, the youngest of the party, was already dead, and in a few minutes the head of the gang, J. R. Hower, aged 47, succumbed. Others were speedily removed to the hospital. The names are -John Harring- ton (42), Charles Hampton (47), James li. Watts (41t. Thomas Hoofey (31), and Geocge W. Read (40). Harrington and Hampton suc- cumbed to fractures of the skull. Read's condition is critical, and that of Hooley and Watts serious.

IN HIS NATIVE VILLAGE. Lord Mayor of Cardiff Honoured. The Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman Lewis Morgan) was honoured on Thursday night by his old school fellows in his native village of LI an twit Vardre, the gathering being held in the village school. The Lord Mayor, who Was accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, was greeted at the re-union by a considerable number of old 1 Jam twit boys who have attained high positions in their respective professions. Mr Rhys Morgan, M.A., headmaster of the Pontypridd County School, presided, and with him at the cross table were the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Mr Dd. Rees (coroner,East Glamorgan), Mr D. Williams (headmaster of the village school), Rev. W. Coleman Williams (rector of Ebbw Vale), Mr Tom David, Mr J. Bryant (solicitor), Mr T. W. Lewis (solicitor), Mr H. Davies (mining director), Dr. Williams (Swansea), and Mr J. H. Morgan (solicitor), Cardiff. After the loyal toasts had been honoured, the Chairman submitted the toast of the evening, The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress." In a felicitous speech he paid warm tribute to the sterling qualities of the Lord Mavor's father. one of nature's gentlemen, and Alderman Lewis Morgan was indebted to his father for that refinement of character no less than to the grit and example of his honourable mother. (Hear, hear.) The Lord Mayor, who was loudly cheered on rising to respond, dwelt on the changes in our educational system, and congratu- lated the children upon the facilities they now enjoyed, though he did not think these were always taken advantage of to the fullest extent. What measure of success he had attained—he did not say this boastfully, but to encourage others was due to consistent hard work He entered public life because he thought it the duty of every citizen to render some service to the parish or the town where he lived, and the greater the privileges they enjoyed in this respect the greater were their responsibilities.

CARDIFF INFIRMARY. With the object of raising a million shillings in aid of the Cardiff Infirmary, the Lady Aber- dare League hao been started, and there is .every reason to believe that it will be a great success. A collector of a guinea in shillings becomes a member of the Order and receives a League medal, and for each year that the, amount is maintained a bar will be added. A member securing 35 new members has the distinction of being a Companion of the Order and receives a I<eague brooch, while a Com- panion securing the services of 35 additional members will be entitled to name a bed for one year and for everv subsequent year the collec- tions of the 70 members are completed. The idea of making rewards was not ac- cepted by many friends of the In- firmary at the outset, but the feel- ing has completely changed, and the collections are exceeding the sanguine expectations of the promoters. Some hundreds of these medals will be distributed by Lady Aberdsye at Car- diff on April 22nd, when Viscount Tredegar will preside over the ceremony. A gratifying feature of the movement is the active interest taken in it by the out-patients. Each day Mr Leonard Rea. the secretary, makes a short speech to the people awaiting their turn for treat- meat. He pute the need lor assistance and. appeak -to them to show their aporeciation of the nractical value to them of the Infirmary by assisting in gathering the much-needed funds. Since the 25th January he has induced 1.033 out-patients to take out col- lecting books. On Thursday nineteen were issued, and as showing the wide area from which patients are drawn, books were taken to Deri, Llanbradach, Senghenydd, Aberdare, Tredegar, Trealaw and Clydach Vale.

TO OPPOSE MABON, M.P. Mr Harold M. Lloyd, solicitor, Cardiff, or Thursday was unanimously selected pro- spective Conservative candidate for the Rhondda, the selection being made at a public meeting, held at the St. Paul's Church school- room. Ystrad, Mr H. F.Williams, who presided introduced Mr Lloyd, and he waa given a most warm reception.

CANON THOMPSON MEMORIAL It has now been decided that the memorial to the late Canon Thompson, for 26 years vicar of St. John's, Cardiff, shall take the form of a chancel screen in the parish church, an addition which the late reverend gentleman long desired to see erected. Mr C. E. Dovey, 31, Queen- street, has been appointed hon. secretary of the movement, with which the Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman Lewis Morgan), the Vicar of St. John's (Rev. A. Henderson), and the churchwardens of both St. John's and St. James Churches are associated. The appeal sets forth the universally accepted fact that the late vicar, by his broadminded sympathies, exalted character, and strenuous labours in all spheres of Christian usefulness, won the affection and profound respect of all sections -of the community." j

SECOND EDITION* SLAIN OFFICE BOY. Sensational Arrest. X100 REWARD AND RESULT. At Manchester yesterday Alexander Edmon- stone, who was arrested last night on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of a youth in a lavatory in East Wemyss, Fifeshire, last month, was brought before Mr Brier- ley, the city stipendiary magistrate. He seemed half-dazed as he came into view of the crowded court. His face was flushed, and he showed symptoms of nervousness as he stood behind the dock rails with head hung down. Detective-Inspector Riding was called and made the following statement:— Shortly before 6 o'clock on Thursday in company with Detective-Sergeants Allen and Idson, I visited a house in Brunswick-street, Ardwick, in consequence of information left at Whit worth-street Station. I questioned the landlady, and eventually saw the pri- soner. I took him into a private room, and there told him, after cautioning him, that we were detective officers. Wo asked him about the affair that had occurred—a murder in Scotland. He at oncc put out his hand. Shake hands, he said it's all right." 1 then took him to the town hall, and there-charged him with the wilful murder at East Wemyss on Feb- ruary 19th last of Michael Swinton Brown. In reply to that charge the prisoner said. 1 did not know what I was doing." A Bludgeon P Continuing, Detective Riding said, On searching his Gladstone bag I .found this hand- bag, which might have been used for assaulting the deceased." The officer exhibited to the Court a long piece of rough canvas shaped like a stocking. He went on to say that the Glad- stone bag also contained articles of wearing apparel and X17 10s in cash. A metal watch and chain was also found, and this, it was believed, belonged to the murdered boy. Three cash bags in which cash was carried by the murdered boy were also found, and 25 Xl bank notes were discovered. These were mentioned in the bill which had been circulated about prisoner. Detective Riding produced the billhead E100 reward." He went on to say that this morning a telegram was received from the Chief Con- stable of Cupar, Fife, stating that an escort was coming for the prisoner. He, therefore, asked the Stipendiary to allow him to convey Edmundstone back to the Town Hall to await the Fife police. Mr Brierley (toprisoner): Do you wish to ask any questions ? Prisoner (feebly) No, sir. Mr Brierley Have you anything to say ? Prisoner No, sir. I did not know what I was doing. My head was a blank. Prisoner, who had spoken with a marked. Scotch accent, was then taken below, and after- wards removed to the Town Hall in a cab. IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. The murder took place in broad daylight. A boy about 15 years of age had been sent from a colliery office for money to pay wages, and about 1 o'clock his dead body was discovered in a lavatory with the head battered to a pulp and almost past recognition. His silk scarf was twisted like a cord and tied round the neck, and his cap was stuffed into his mouth. The interior of the lavatory told of a terrible struggle, being literally covered with blood. The boy is understood to have had with him a bag containing EIOO in notes and silver. The mur- dered lad was Michael Brown, a clerk with Messrs James and George Johnson, manufac- turers. It appears that a man who answers 1;00,. description and photograph on a poster issued by the police has been lodging lately at a housa in Brunswick-street. A fellow-lodger, who happened to pass one of the Manchester police. stations, noticed the photograph, and struck by the likeness of the man who waS1 living with him. He then informed the police.

CARDIFF MENTAL HOSPITAL. The Cardiff Mental Hospital Committee met at the Hospital, Whitohurch. on Thursday. Councillor Morgan Thomas presided. The mar- garine tender of Cox and Sons. Ltd., for 1206 was accepted The committee discussed the question of providing a floating balance, the point being as to whether an annual sum of £ 750 should be set aside for three consecutive years, making a total of zE2,250, or opening a bank account and paying interest on an over- draft. It was decided to request Alderman Beavan andCouncillorSanders to visit the bank with a view to an account being opened. The Chairman announced that the estimates for this year showed a tedtictioil of ,as com- pared with 1908-9, and because of the arrant e* mentto be made with the bank the £750 already put aside last year for a working balance would be returned, thus adding another 1750 saving to the rates. The Chairman referred to the question of the consumption of coal at the Mental Hospital. which had been discussed at the recent Council meeting. Dr. Goodall read a lengthy report dealing with the question in detail. No comparison, he stated, could be instituted prior to the middle of 1908 between the hospital, which was in the throes of organisation, and the other departments of the Corporation. He assured the committee that in the suggestion that they should deal with the contractor direct, he had no personal feeling, and further showed that the use of certain classes of small coal, as had been suggested, whs impracticable because of the automatic stoker. In conclusion the doctor read a letter, similar to one received by the chairman, from Mr H. C. Vivian, in which that gentleman stated that the fact of the roads and yards being out of order fully explained the reason of the large stores, and he, too, emphasised the fact that his previous remarks were not in any way a reflection on the officials of the institution. After some dis- > cuss ion, Alderman Beavan moved a resolutionit that the committee expressed its satisfaction ? with the statement of the medical superinten- dent. The resolution was carried unanimously.

CARDIFF CLERK SENTENCED. At theLondon Sessions onThursday, before Me Wallace, K.C., a well-dressed young man named Arthur Hugh Clough, 26, a clerk, of Plantagenet- street, Cardiff, pleaded guilty to obtaining money by means of worthless cheques. It wa stated by the police that the accused and a girl of 18 had travelled about the provinces, and had left hotels without having paid the bills. The girl told the police that she had paid cheques to persons at the instigation of Clough, who said it was all right, and she had no idea there was no money at the bank. At Winchester Assizes recently Clough was sen- tenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and offences at three other places, including Lin- coln and Oxford, were taken* in to consideration by the judge, but the offences to which he.no^ pleaded guilty were not mentioned at Winches- ter. Mr Wallace said the Court oi Appeal had laid it down in the strongest terms that the inten- tion of a sentence was to make a clean sheet of everything. He, however, passed a sentence of twelve months' imprisonment, to run con- currently with the sentence passed at Win- chester. After being sentenced, prisoner said ha would like to say that his relations with the girt Thackeray had been entirely misconstrued.

HUSBAND'S HASTY ACTION. Alice Davies, a married woman, respectably, dresed, who appeared to feel her position very sacutefy,was placed in the dock at BarryPolkO Court yesterday charged with stealing a silvetf watch and a coat, the property of her husband, Wm. Davies, a striker, of Graving Dock-street, Barry Dock. Prosecutor said the articles were taken last Saturday evening, when his wifo went away from him. He now asked to with- draw the charge, and said he was sorry that he had taken a warrant out against his wife. 41 have five children," he pleaded, and she has been a good wife to me. The Clerk You said on Monday that shø had gone away with the lodger, and you ob- tained a warrant for her arrest. Now you say there are no grounds for that charge. Prosecutor The lodger only assisted to take her box to the railway station. Superintendent Morris She is a respectaW* woman, and will go back to hep husband. The Clerk admonished the prosecutor for hilt conduct, and Mr William Thomas, The Hat in dismissing the case, said that the woman lef" the court without a stain on her character.

EMPIRE DAY. Empire Day, May 24th, is to be observed Cardiff schools. The head teacher, or so to0 well-kfiown man, will address the children on the duties and responsibilities of British cizen" ship. They will then sing a song to the FW5 and recite Kipling's Recessional." Tni» decision was arrived at by the School MIWl,.ge ment Committee on Tuesday, the mem' bers present being the Lord Mayo (Alderman Lewis Morgan), who was the chair, Councillors Courtis and Ed1^*1" Nicholl. Mr Jackson (director of e" cation), said that in some schools the children saluted the Union Jack, but the conunittea did not possess Union Jacks. A hope was el., pressed that a local gentleman would œa..ke gift of Union Jacks to the education authority*

CARDIFF CABMAN'S OFFENOE- A few Saturdays ago William Collin, steliation-street, hired a cab in Bute-terr»^■ and left a suit of Clothes in it. The suit returned to him by the cabman, Wm. D3, Redmond, on the following Tuesday. Redni was summoned before the Deputy at Cardiff to-day for failing to hand police within 24 hours property found j ,g cab, and Mr Ensor (from the town cl Lej office), who prosccuted, said it was a VRI^_ case. Defendant, who said he did not kno fare's address untti the Tuesday, was fined *•