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+1 mdh plmL *■5 v_0 SATUPDAY, JULY 13, 1907. The" WEEKL Y MA lL is published fin Fridays and Saturdays, and can be dttrined fnnn your local newsagent. If y»u find any difficulty in obtaining the paper, please communicate 'oith the Manajtr, If'ttkly Mail Offices, Cardiff'. The IVtekly Mail" will be sent by ptist on payment of a subscription its etdte.net an the jo!lotting terms;— s. d. One Quarter jf 8 Half Year$$ One Year., 6 6

THE KING IN WALES. Bangor's reception to the King and Queen on Tuesday was in every way worthy of W ales and of the occasion which prompted his Majesty to visit the picturesque district which is one of the seats of Welsh learning. The present tour of his Majesty is similar to his recent Continental visits, in that it is made in the pursuit and encouragement of the arts of peace. Nothing could become a Throned Monarch better-not even the Crown, with all its priceless jewels-than the noble aspiration which King Edward has set before him and which he expressed at Holyhead: "As far as in me lies the influence of Great Britain shall ever be devoted to the pro- motion of friendship and good feeling." This is the dominant note of the tour which his Majesty is now undertaking, and we doubt not that it will find its deepest expression when the Royal party cross to Ireland. Those who would pre- serve peace must promote the arte of peace. This is essentially what King Edward is doing. There is no stronger or more universal bond than the bond of learning,^ and in laying the foundation- stone of the new Bangor College on Tues- day his Majesty gave an encouragement to that Welsh eagerness for knowledge TO which he paid so gracious a tribute. At the same time, his Majesty insisted upon the absolute necessity of higher educa- tion if Great Britain is to hold her position of supremacy in the industrial competition which is gradually re-placing the competition of armaments. The world, as his Majesty said, is the better for this competition. It is an invigorat- ing competition, and the nation that is backward in the race may become indus- trially and commercially lost. King Edward is receiving this week very happy impressions of the educational and commercial vitality of Wales. The Principality, at all events, is not likely to become lost. At Bangor his Majesty came into touch with the educational enthusiasm of Wales. At Cardiff he will come into touch with one of the most phenomenally successful and enterprising commercial communities that the world has ever seen. In the course of the pro- ceedings at Bangor his Majesty con- ferred the honour of knighthood upon Principal Reichel. In doing so his Majesty honoured Welsh education as he has repeatedly honoured it in conferring, knighthoods upon the men who have been most conspicuous in founding the Welsh University. Sir Isambard Owen, Sir Alfred Thomas, Sir Brynmor Jones, Sir Marchant Williams, Sir John Rhys— these are men who deserved the honour conferred upon them because of the work they did for education in Wales. Prin- cipal Reichel is worthy to be numbered amongst the group of our national educational knights. A man of great culture and wide experience, he has been a conspicuous figure in Welsh education. and to-day he is looked upon as one of the most distinguished educationists in the country. We shall only be express- ing the feelings of the people of Wales when we heartily congratulate Principal I Reichel and the University of Wales on this Royal recognition of their services to the cause of education.

+ Welsh Enthusiasm for Education. Mr. Lloyd-George seems to have spoken in a spirit of detachment from the Government at Bangor on Tuesday. If he were Chancellor of the Exchequer he would probably not make such an admis- sion as that the Welsh university colleges were not getting from the Government all that they deserved. But not being the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and speaking as a Welshman with a knowledge of the sacrifices his countrymen have made for education, Mr. Lloyd-George boldly made this admission. We may bo certain, there- fore, that the influence of Mr. Lloyd- George a growing and very important influence in the Cabinet-will be used to secure justice from the Treasury for the Welsh colleges. In comparison with the English colleges, the Welsh colleges are not well treated, yet when the sacrifices made by the people in the payment of rates are considered Wales contributes six times as much as England for uni- versity and technical education, and nine times as much for secondary education. Such a record deserves well of the Government. Mr. Lloyd-George illus- trated the democratic enthusiasm for education in Wales by pointing to one village where every householder, no matter what his station in life, had con- tributed something towards the new buildings at Bangor. There is room for a millionaire or two in Wales, it is true, but we hope the millionaire will never crowd out the thousands of small house- holders and working men who take such a proud and practical interest in the work of our educational institutions. After all, the foundations of a univer- sity rest more upon the enthusiasm and the affections of the people than upon the gold of millionaires, however plenti- ful and however pure.

+ The Inspection of Mines. Mabon addressed the Ganv and Ogmore miners' demonstration on Mon- day, and dealt almost exclusively with the subject of the proper inspection of mines. During the last, few days Mr W N. Atkinson's report on the inspection of mines in South Wales has left Eo-me anxiety in the minds of all interested in colliers and collieries. Mr. Atkinson said in his report: "There is room for great improvement in the discipline maintained in tome of the collieries especially in the Swansea district. The inspections made and the ion of accidents show that in manv,cases the rules are not observed and enforced as they should be. It may be necessary by legal proceedings, to remind the o-.raers and managers of some of these mines o* the responsibilities imposed on them bv the, Mines Acts." We must, of course aocept Mr. Atkinson's report as a trim statement of the oa.se, but it is difficult to understand how any colliery owner or manager can be careless of the discipline in his mine. Discipline ^s as essentia! in the mine as it is m the Army. A well disciplined mine—tho^e under Sir William Thomas Lewis may be referred to as an instance—usually shows a small -or- rentage of accidents. And accidents which so often result from lax discipline' naturally increase the insurance premiums which, under the Workmen's Compensation Acts, are a moot important figure in mine management..Mabon took Mr. Atkinson's warning as the text of his speech, and appealed for the more effective supervision and inspection of mines. Owners and managers cannot afford to neglect Mr. Atkinson's warning. Nor should the miners themselves neglect the opportunity, as Mabon said, of help- ing themselves and helping one another. The firemen and colliery examiners .Should be mindful of the great responsi- bilities resting upon the conscientious performance of their duties. And the men should avoid, without compulsion, the folly of smoking in the mine. Discipline, and discipline alone, can make the minas safe.

LONDON LETTER. I A COLUMN OF INTEREST TO ALL OUR READERS. LONDON, Thursday. From private letters I hear that the conditions of unrest in India are causing the deepest anxiety to those responsible for the maintenance of peace under British rule. What I hear fully justi- fies the anxious forebodings underlying the speeches and sentiments of Mr. Morley. One highly placed in the Administration of India writes home in terms of the deepest concern. He agrees with what has been said about the successes of the Japanese having stimu- lated the Hindoos to a vain-glorious belief that they, like the Japanese, could also beat the Western conqueror and drive him back to his own land. It is in this spirit that the formidable organisation known as the National Volunteers has been established. Its chiefs go about exciting the people and collecting vast sums from the rich natives, to be used in the purchase of arms and ammunition. Those for whom rifles are not yet. available practise with bows and arrows and use sticks. Of course, there is no danger of losing India if the Government stands firm, but there is danger of lamentable conflicts, of possible massacres, and stern punishment. Fortunately, up to the present the most] warlike races have stuck gallantly to our side, and, moreover, it is almost impos-; sible to form a working partnership in revolution between Hindoos and Mahom-i medans. A FIRM POLICY. Mr. Morley's re-assuring statement. made in the House on Tuesday, does not minimise the importance of my Indian correspondence. It must be remembered that Mr. Morley was speaking from tele- graphic information much later than the private letters from which I derive inspiration. His firm policy has had a repressive effect, but I think it will be found that he has only scotched, not killed, sedition. A NOTABLE COUPLE. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, j with whom the Prince and Princess of Wales stayed on Tuesday, are a notable couple The duchess was the daughter of the former Duke of Aber- oorn, who was worthily known as Old I Splendid." The Duke of Buccleuch's j father was, at the same time, known as "King of Scotland." The title was j given him both because of his immense landed possessions and his stately manner. liowhill, the favourite resi- dence of the duchess, has been described as "diving amongst a sea of forest." It used to be "Newark's stately town," sung by Scott in The Lay of the Last Minstrel," but the stately town is only a part of the existing mansion. Bow- hill, however, has another claim to dis- tinction, in that it gave the Dukes of Buccleuch their titles. A Soot who killed a buck in a cleuch or ravine which is shown as still existing to the south- west of the house, furnish the two parts of the title Buccleuch. It is com- memorated in an ancient song which describes how In Scotland no Buccleuch was then, Before the buck in the cleuch was slain." THE IRISH JEWEL ROBBERY. The King heard before his departure of the robbery of jewels of the Order of St. Patrick. These things are done much more scientifically than they were in the days when Colonel Blood attempted to walk off with the Crown jewels from the Tower. The Dublin theft was accom- plished with such skill that a month has olapsed between the (supposed date of the robbery and its discovery. Presumably, the police have a clue, or they would be the police have a clue, or they would be unable to fix the date. But it seems, on the face of it, careless to leave these treasures without any inspection for a whole month. In these times, when larceny is a fine art, they ought to have been visited every day. There is another evidence of carelessness in the fact of the safe being uninjured. It had evidently been opened with a key. It ia the boast of the safe-men that there is only one key for eaoh safe, and that a false key' cannot bo made. The case is one to tax the resources of Sir Melville Macnaghten, the newly knighted chief of the Criminal Investigation Department. It is almost certain that the thieves would make for London, and that they are, probably, located from here. A month's start is. 'however, difficult to make up. The jewels will have been broken up and sold and it will be difficult to follow up a clue, even if there is such a thing in existence. By the way, what are the odds that tne accomplished and daring thieves of the St. Patrick jewels are not also the thieves of the. Ascot Cup? PENSIONS FOR WRITERS, j Literature is evidently in a bad way. judging from the annual return of pensions granted from the Civil List during tne yeur. There figured in the list on Monday the names of Sir Francis Burnand, Ouida, and Miss Bingham Edwards. All these three pensioners have held leading positions in literature. and must have earned considerable incomes. They may have been unfor- tunate in their investments. This is the usual reason for the poverty which often attends tho latter days of distinguished writers. ANTICIPATING THEIR PROMOTION. Attention is being directed to the impropriety of assuming the new titles conferred by the Sovereign until thev are officially ratified. According to State etiquette the new titles should not be assumed until the patents are issued, or in the case of knights, until they have been invested. The irregularity is, how- ever, general, and it is condoned by dis- tinguished examples. In Parliament for instance, Mr. Speaker referred to Sir William Holland as the" hon. baronet" before Sir William had received his patent, and holders of new knighthoods and baronetcies have had their names printed in the official papers with the prefix "Sir" instead of "Mr. though they have not been invested or received their patents. THE MARRIAGE FAILURE. The Eckardstein matrimonial suit has resulted, as everyone expected, in a judicial separation for the baroness. This is not divoroe complete, but it is all the baroness asked for. She will not be able to marry again, but she is effectually parted from her husband. One is ahnoat glad that poor Sir Blundell Maple went over to the great majority before the unhappy life of his daughter was revealed in open court. It would have broken his heart. I am not certain whether his death was not appreciably accelerated bv the distress arising out of the UnfDr- tunate. marriage. Sir Blundell was a tender-hearted man. He loved his daugnter his only child, passionately. !-ie wa.s also mten«My patriotic. He had looked forward to the day when his child would be married to an English nobleman, or, at any rate, an English gentleman to whoso integrity he could entrust his daughter's happiness and the care of the Maple millions. The barons is a tall, handsome woman, and at the time of marriage she and her husband were admitted to be one of the most 'handsome couples m T,r»nrU>, o i Blundell Maple did all he could to stop the marriage, and when he reluctantly" consented it was with tears in his eye/ Events have shown how fully his views against marriage with a foreigner have been justified. AN M.P.'S ENGAGEMENT, An unusually interesting Parliamen- tary wedding has been fixed for August, 1-5. It is between Sir George Doughty. Conservative member for Grimsbv and Miss Eugenia Bertnance Stone, an Australian lady of great literary accom- phshments. Miss Stone was one of the ladies who came over with the Prime Ministers attending the Imperial Con- ference. She met Sir George Doughty I and an attachment sprang up, which has resulted in the engagement to marry. THE DEFEATED OF JAB-ROW. Mr. Spencer Leigh Hughes, the Radical candidate at Jarrow, was heartily welcomed on returning to his work as a. 1 arliamontary journalist on Monday. He over his defeat, and some ° A ^• -ls^>eTS wk° Avent up to condole with him in the Lobby looked far more serious about it than he djrf-

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT. SEARCH FOR A BEAUTIFUL ENGLISH GIRL. A great and absorbing romance is woven around a search which has been instituted throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom by an Anieriea,ii millionaire for a beautiful young English girl, with whom he fell in love at finst' sight during a railway journey to Loudon, but whose where- abouts he has since been unable to trace. The beginning of the romance dates back more than a year. On April 16. 1906, the milliiooia.ire a.nd a party of three friends, two of whom were ladies, ha,d just, concluded an extended tour through Europe, and took the nine a.m. train from Paris to London, travel- ling via Rouen, Dieppe, a.nd Newhaven. Just as the boat train was about to leave Newhaven two young iadies appeared at the door of the carriage in which the millionaire and his party were travelling, and aeked if they might enter, as t.he reet of the train was crowded. The request was naturally granted, and when the girls saw that there was another vacant seat one of them went to fetch their mother, who was in another compartment. In the course of their conversation the girls stated that they were REj-ORING FROM MALTA, where, they had been spending the winter. The millionaire waa greatly charmed by the grace and beauty cf the younger of the two sisters, and, although he saw her for so short a time—for at Victoria the two parties bade j eaoh other good-bye, and have never met 6inceo-she haa never ceased to occupy his thoughts, and to-day his agents are search- ing throughout the United Kingdom to ascertain the family address in the hope that ho may be able to conunuaicQto with her. "Strange to say," the millionaire states in a letter to a friend. I can give a poor description of this grl who fascinated me so. But I guess that is to be accounted for by the fact that I was not aware of the fascination until we were about to part. I re-call quite a little merriment," he proceeds, as during our conversation in the train we began to compa.re travel in Europe with American travel, and the young lady asked about the cow-catchers (pilots is a more correct name for them) attached to our engines. She wanted to know if the cow-catcher caught up the cow and carried it in safety to the next station. The mother. I remember, said she had travelled in Canada, but very little in the United States. "At Victoria we left the girls standing near the compartment from which we alighted. A little later, while near the baggage car identifying our baggage, they came close to us again. Here I had an opportunity to look at a violin case the' young lady was carrying, and read the name name Irene Walker, with some address scratched out. However, I could read through the scratches the word 'Malta.' So we left them still watching for their baggage. Miss ^■re°e] ^ad a beautiful bright complexion, regular features, a pretty mouth, and lovely white teeth. "And thus we met and thus we parted— my heart beatinff Qu~"3' a tempest and won- dering what it all meant, and if we 6hould ever meet again. Perhaps eo. But will ehe ever a>gain seem. to me she did on that night as the darkness of London separated us—one of the purest, sweetest, most attrac-1 tive creatures tha,t God has ever blessed this old earth with?" Every plan that the mmds of the most expert investigators could devise has been adopted to try TO TRACE THE GIRL with whom the millionare became so strangely and ° vf?^erLn'gly fascinated. So far, however, thœe efforts have been entirely fruitless- The case has been placed in the hands of Mr. John Sweeney- lormerly one of the most expert detectives at Scotland Yard. So far as t'he mi^ionaire can remember, the girl would have about eighteen or nineteen yeajs old- baa accord- ingly searched ers at Somerset House, and obtai1116 eertifloates of all the Irene Walker3 r,0fTerJ?orn between fifteen and thirty tracing of these has led the T]nit</K^J romantic chase all over "e A titled lady U?h,ter- named Irene, was r., London. answered very miilionadre's description, bat deoHnS^,was freatly amused at the 'that eihe was not travelling on Question. What seemed 3. wa« due covered in Devonshire, whe.^ed i> *er\Wor<3 fo™d, one of whocn v^3 <^nn.trnernt travelling on the about April of last year. Her Parf^ diplomatically approached, wthen very was made that this Irish a-lxwrt to be married. She was mucji iixtepested in the Btory of the air ? ?,SCJfVa t:°ri; bwt stated that she had ection of any such incident. Now that all other eaorts have failed, the millionaire's agents 1*1; country have decided to resort to P\ icity in the hope that the facts of the ca*e will be read by the girl herself.

TWO SIDES TO A STORY. WOMEN FAINT IN COURT. Catherine Elizabeth Sheppatxl, wife of Jc*hn G. Sheppard, tin^ • Worta-terrace, Cwmavon-road. summoned JJaVul Evans, tin- worker, married, of Moria-tc-rra.oo, at Aberavon on Thursday r aesault. Mr. T. H. Hunter, for compi.aillanti s,a.ïd on "Wednesday, July oaiT'c into complainant's house l,) tor his child. Complainant was in a chair reading a paper. He tP^,„ ^Lthc Paper over her head and put his over her and kissed her several tim her hands free and slapped him,/ the face and asked him "if he wa.s mad. Defendant then said it was only a joke, a° his sorrow. She snti'd she wou'l-d *,iL ner ttc a,gain ea.id he was sorry, and a8,ked make friends with him. sme said if cailne near her again she teapot at him. He replied. For God a_ salte> don't cry; it was a J°ke. jje tJ asked her not to tell his wife. She told her husband on the Friday night. Complainant bore out her solicitor's ment. She had been mamed six Defendant had always been on terms with complainant and her KiirKt She did not tell h01" husband until Friday' because he was of A VERT JEALOUS DISPOSITION. Cross-examined: She did not scream >+ ehe struggled to get from the deW™' Dut Why did you n«t tell the defend* —I went in to do so, but. being frf with her, I could not tell her. i toj iw Passrcnore about it. •>- Why is your husband jealousP-j He has no cause to be. 7- Has he ever told you t.o clear yourg^ th Has he said nothing to you about Evan a He was not willin-g for him to come in.to^,he house. Did you tell Mrs, Passmore that yo., „ get a lump sum oat of the defend^ my God! No, sir. h, Defendant denied the charge, and said plainant's ca»?e was a tissue of lies. Mr. Hunter: Can you suggest whv plainant should bring this charge against you? Defendant: Yes, I have my reason. At this point complainant fainted, an(j carried out of court. Minnie Evans, defendant's wife, called. She had not proceeded tar when also fainted in the witness-oox. Meanwhile Mrs. Pa-semore, a neighw called. She alleged the complainant to'.d W that she could ma.ke this case a lot blacker thabitwae." The Bench, after a short retirement said the evidence was so conflicting that' tW decided to dismiss the case.

SENSATIONAL ARREST. COLLIERY TREASURER AND MINERS' MONEY. Thomas Watts, collier, Qwmtilleryj was brought up on a warrant a-t Abertiiw on Thursdav charged with stealing the gUTn £ 124, the money of the trustees of the o,vm. tillery Colliers' Check and Inspection Fund at Abertillery on June 28. Sergeant Edwards said that in oompanv with Police-constable Doolan he arrested Watts at five o'clock that morning at his house. Watts made no reply to the charts Mr. Evans ffrom the office of Mr. W. j Everett) asked for bail, but the apPlioation was refused, and Watts was remanded in custody until Wednesday next. Watts was the treasurer oi the fund from which the money is alleged to have been stolen.

IMPALED ON A SPIKE. CARDIFF MAN'S TERRIBLE INJURIES. A terrible aocident befell a carpenter named William Davies, a-ged 47, of Ramney- terraee, Cardiff, on Wednesday. He is ia the employ of Mr. William Thomas, builder, and, falling from a high scaffold, he waa impaled on a spike. Suffering from very serious internal injuries, he was removed to the infirmary, where he lies in a ETam condition.

ROMANCE AND £100,000. '0 VICTIM OF THRASHING CLAIMS A FORTUNE. Fortunes have from time to time been acquired in curious ways, but surely it is without precedent for a man to be literally whipped into wealth. Such is likely to be the extraordinary sequel to an attack by a band of masked women at Reeaoa, Madison County, Ohio, on George Ward, who is coming to England. Ward, who is stated to be an Englishman, is coming over in connection with a claim to a fortune of £ 100,000, to which he is thought to bo the lo-ng-misssng .heir. This romance of a whipping and a fortune is a strain ge one. Ward, who is 50 years old and a farmer at Tlesaoa, in Madison County, married several years ago. Not long afterwards the men of tho village a.re stated to have given him a horse-whipping and tarred and feathered him because they thought there was reason to disa-pprove of his treatment of his mother-in- law. For a time he was not molested, but when his wife feli ill of consumption his NEIGHBOURS TOOK TO GOSSIPING about his treatment of her. They re-called how Mrs. Ward had saved his life only a year before when he was caug-ht by the rising water in a well he was cagging. He could not climb the rope fast enough, and she, responding to his cries for aid, rushed to the windlass and hauled him, half-drowned, to the surface. At length Mrs. Ward died. Her husband was driving back from ner funeral through the village of Resaca when 30 women sprang out of ambush, masked and armed with whips, hickory switches, and pieces of lath. Hold up," they cried to the driver of the carriage. He obeyed. Get out," was their order to Ward. He refused. The women surrounded the vehicle and dragged the struggling man out upon the road. A dozen hands quickly slipped a noose around Ward's neck and he was held helpless, while the others of the masked party promptly proceeded to whip him almost into insensibility. Nor was this all. The whipping over, they brought red paint and liquid tar and daubed them all over his hair and whiskers, until the poor man was a sight indeed. Then they let him go. As for the women, they were almost exhausted by their self- imposed task. THE VICTIM OF THE ATTACK went home expressing a determination to discover who the women were and prosecute them. But a stranger result than prosecution was to follow the attack. The story of it was pub- lished broadcast not only in America, but In Europe. Amongst those who read it was a well- known solicitor in England, who wae attracted by the statement that Ward was an Englishman. He came to the conclusion that the victim of the attack was the man for whom he had long been searching—the massing heir to a £100,000 estate. W ard received a letter enclosing several clippings from English newspapers describing the whipping in detail. The letter went into the facts of the case and asked him if he could send on documents which would prove his birth and identity. And so the man who wae whipped is coming to England to estab- lish his claim to the fortune. "I'm confident I'm the missing Ward that they're looking for all right," said he to an American interviewer a few days ago. "I am making arrangements now to go to England to claim my share of the estate. After I settle up my affairs there I intend to come back to Resaoa. I'll show my assailants that I'm not afraid to live right here in this com- munity. If they try any funny business again they'll find me ready for them, too."

CARE OF THE CHILDREN. A SORDID CARDIFF HOME. A melancholy case of parental neglect came on Thursday before the Cardiff magis- trates. Piifoner, William Husse.v (37), formerly a motor engineer, was charged at the in- stance of the National Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Children with neglect- ing his family, Leslie (14), Ivor (7), and Crissio (5), in such a way as to cause them unnecessary suffering. Mr. D. W. Evans (Messrs. George David and Evans) appeared for the society. Prisoner, he said, at one time kept a bicycle shop. He was described as a motor engineer. He lost his wife eighteen months ago, and had since gone to the bad, drink WhiL lPrinJipaI reason of hie downfall. Wvwfi children were not properly th« father had always the means to provide turneelf with, drink He Had been repeatedly warned by Mr. John- son (officer of the society), but matters did noc improve, and oa July 4 he went a way altogether, leaving- 2s. 6a. with which to provide the necessaries of life for his chil- dren, who had to set on as best they could. in answer to the usual question by the cterk (Air. Dan Kees) ats to the tribunal at which he would be tried, prisoner chose "to go before the assizes," saying it was not all true. He added, "Four months after I lost my wif", my mother looked after the chil- dren." The Clerk: I don.t see how it will benefit you to go to the assizes. However, it is a matter for you. Prisoner: All right, sir. Inspector Johnson Fave evidence in support of the information. The family occupied two rooms a.t 136. Oath ays-terrace. On the 3rd of June the children were BADLY CLAD AND SHOD. The eldest lad was wearing men's boots and „ which was exceedingly he also had on a shire of other two dirty and toin. ^.drcom was unclean, was not so bad. iM he floor were an Standing by a bed on be<!r bottle, empty whisky bottle, a^>rig0Iier( wh<> &m&lt and a jug of wate.. warned, and he strongiy of drink. dTinil "by degrees." promised to give up starving con- On July 1 the throe were^m a^ dition and without prisoner went supplied them wi } and had not away on of. Prisoner since been dazecl> dreamy condition, seemed to be m a realise his position, and he did not appea He wdlehaf was covered with dirt looked like it, pold big business, and and hay. money owing to him. He there was a publiohouse. and spent all r€CCntly for arrears of rent. Martha Turner said prisoner took two Mrs. Mart and pa.id one month in room8J^ As time went on the children ^-T.uch a State that she, for the sake livelihood," begged accused to take fhem but he would not. He left early rxn Saturday morning giving her 2s. 6d. f0I Se children, who wer* CONVEYED TO THE WORKHOUSE. Prisoner never worked. He always can £ SS in stupefied state, and m the morn" fifg he was gone." Witness proceeded to say th"ct in two days, when the 2s. 6d. was1 exhausted, the children were suppii^ kindly neighbours with food to eat and boo £ and tfhoes to wear. Police-sergeant Maxwell arreted the m-i who, when charged, said: "T £ "/•».!> Í could for children.. The little ones were in court, looking and epiek-and-spen in tne clothes provided them by the womhonse authorities. Prisoner seemed aliened as he glanced -t them and, in answer to the oliar-^T neglecting them, he begpd the niagi&tra+es to be merciful, and said he would sign the pledge and turn over a new leaf. Mr. T. H. Stephens: It is a sad ease. Prisoner: It is a sad case, and no one is more sorry than I am. My mind is made to turn over a new leaf. up The sentence waa one month with hard As he passed the children who were sitting in a PrifDeL^r ,t 1- Leslie broke down at t.ns pledge of parental affection, and k/lt tho 01 mopping with his cap his tear-stained eyk thj two little ones following—.too young to appreciate the situat-on, and wondering what it all meant.

LlL-USE OF THEIR PENSIONS FRITTERED AWAY ON DRINK AT PONTYPRIDD. Leonard Hinckley, licensee of the Victoria. Hotel, Pontypridd, was charged at the local police-court on Wednesday with permitting drunkenness and supplying a drunken person, The evidence of Policc-f*a'geant Clinch was that when he visited the house he saw a drunken man asleep in the bar, with a glaee half full of beer in front of him. Mr. Ernest Roberts, who appeared for the defence, admitted the facts as detailed by the police-officers, and in extenuation of the offence evidence was given to the effect that the landlord's wife was in charge of the house during defendant's absence at a. t funeral, and, it being wha.t was known ae "pension" day, there were several men aboot the town who were under the influence of drink. Mrs. Hinckley had served five men with drinks, but when she afterwards noticed that one of them was drunk she refused to supply him with more intoxicants. Being then alone, however, she did not attempt to get the man ejected, and the police had arrived before her husband after hif. return home had time to do so. A fine of .£1. inoltisive of costs, was imposed j ia. xespeot of each of the two offenoes. {

WEEK BY WEEK. + LIGHTER SIDE OF CURRENT EVENTS. I A slate fan will be presented to the King by the Blaenau-Feetiniog quarrymen. A Baptist chapel—Bwlohymynydd—at St. Clears has a stable and steps attached to it for the use of members who ride in from a distance. Mr. D. Howell Thomas, Carmarthen, says that there are more freeholders in the parish of Treleoh than in any other parish in Carmarthenshire. When Queen Victoria visited Bangor in 185:2 the reception fund amounted to £ 169. The reception fund for the King this week is about £ 2,500! Doesn't look much like the throne being insecure! A Welshman has, for the first time, "won. the Jacob Bell Scholarship of the Phar- maceutical Society, valued at JE75. He is MI. W. A. Williams, son of the postmaster of BaJa. Certain theosophical ideas as to the num- ber of personalities under the same bat are prettily illustrated by a local paper, which speaks of a Owmparc boy who "was fined 2s. 6d. and coats 5s. for throwing stones at one another." Old natives who live in the neighbourhood of Fonmon, the seat of Mr. O. H. Jones, and are able to convert-e in Welsh, give the word its old Welsh pronunciation, Ffwnmwn. It is surmised that it is of Norman-French origin, meaning the spring, or well, hill. Judging from their position and numbers, the most popular picture post-cards in a Bute-street shop window are those of Evan Roberts, Billy Burke, Edna May, the Rev. R. J. Campbell, Zena, Dare, and Florrie Smith- eon. Old Moore's weather prediction for July is somewhat uns'ound, and, so far, terribly exasperating. He says: Fine hot weather, followed by storms, may be experienced What we have really had is a series of fine storms followed by hot language. The King has the advantage of most Welsh- men in this-that he has walked across the Britannia tubular bridge which spans the Menai Straits. He and his father—the late Prince Consort—walked over (not through) the bridge in 1857, escorted by Stephenson, the great engineer. A funny incident occurred when the Prince and Princess of Wales (now our King and Queen) were a.t Carnarvon in 1868. The, Prince opened a fountain in Castle-square, and on its descent the jet, 120ft. high, fell on the Royal party and gave them an unex- pected drenching. Walter Davies, in his "Agricultural Sur- vey of South Wales" (1815), states that in 1709 there was not a single house where Mor- riston now stands. Sixteen years later there were 141 houses. This development was due to Sir John Morris granting cheap leases on a tenure of three lives or 50 years. Some archaic terminologies are puzzling to the young mind. Pa," said a small boy in Cardiff, why did uncle have to go before the soldiers in London? But he didn't, my son." Oh, yes, he did; it says in the paper tnat he had to take his case before the Common Sergeant in I/>ndon!" Mr. Robert Bird, for whose recovery so many good wishes are going up, is one of the leading men in the branch of the Methodist body to which he belongs. That branch is very strong in Lancashire, and Mr. Bird is almost as well known in the great northern shire as he is at Cardiff. The language heard in the Vale of Glamorgan is often mixed as anything hea,rd in Little England beyond Wales. A Wiltshire man who has been domiciled in the Vale for more than twenty years ueed the expression the other day, When I was a crot of a boy "<TOt, of course, b-ing the Glamorgan Welsh for boy. A narrow la.no which connects St. Mary street with Westgaite-street at Cardiff is called Go-Late, and it is generally believed that people who were rather late in catching the Bristol pac,kst3 at the western end of Quay-street gave it thai name. Up to 1313 and. perhaps, later the quay itself was oalleu Gwlat, and Go-late ia probably a corruption of that word. But what does Gwlat JJHX\n? Sixty years ago next month King Edward (then, of course, Prince of Wales) \cade his firfet aequaintrmeo with North Wales, when off Bangor in the yacht, with his Royal parents. He was dressed (says a contempo- rary account) "in a glazed hat, blue jacket, and white trousers—miniature British Gar. He was tremendously cheered when Queen Victoria held him up for the loyal subjects to gaze upon. When the King and Queen visited Swansea in 1904 an unexpected incident occurred at tho conclusion of the luncheon at the dock. While those attending the lunch were stand- ing and giving the Hoyal party a. hearty send off a schoolboy, a medal, stepped forward towards the Queen, and impulsively presented a hand for her Majesty to shake. Amidst general smijes, the Queen gracioasly grsstc-d the lad, and patted him on the shoulder. Sir Arthur James Herbert, his Majesty's Minister at Chxistiania, who has just been in a somewhat serious carriage accident in Norway, is a brother of Sir Ivor Herbert, the Liberal mtsmiwr for Monmouthshire. Sir Arthur is a Roman Catholic, and it was the confounding of names, perhaps, which led to the belief that the late Sir Micnaol Herbert, when he was appointed British Minister Washington, belonged to that faitn. Michael had to contradict the etateme The universal language of music found an apt illustration in a Taff Vale tram on Saturday. Competitors were travelling to take part in a brass band contest. A passenger vrith a lar^e in^tiument on his lap was asked if he was one of the com- petitors. He made no reply, and another instrumentalist hastened to reph- that '■ s don't understand English, but" (and this woe said with rapture) "he do plav the beautiful, aye indeed!" theeuPh^iUm In the old dare," w.-it.-c „ „ isolated eh a,pel's frcMuontt rfJPOI1^'ut' attached, where the 4in stables horse, and o-cav'omlN 1 up his where the rev." gentleriin t bodroom' at a r,u<?h T T-frv bmiseL could stay how in iiia r+ i ° my father telling me ago—he filert ov€r W years w-nirf? n such a place. It wae a. chn-wi xpene°ce after a fashion, for the was a lenely one, far removed from "ny tinman habitation." The living of Gan>treff, in Breoonshire, which • ,J b€e.n conferred upon Bishop Lloyd, is a very desirable place at which to vegetate, its income runs into four figures. In Wales pnly three other livings can boast of an income which runs into so many—Merthyr lydfil, Hawarden, and, perhaps, Dowlais- The amount of the income of the latter place is dependent upon that of Merthy*. a sttou- lat.icTi having been made when tho parish was formed years a*?o that the rector shou reccive one-third oi: it. There is no putting a stop to humour. It will not be suppressed ev*- the occasion of the Royal visit. of t]ic at the laying of the c" the musical new college building's at 'imnie<}iately selection rendered by thee. oJd before the »ctu*l ^nd then Welsh air, javing was presented H»re? <WU1 tartly teve been accidental- There are other things besides wooden kgs which run in the blood Inspector Pearson, of Overton, North Wales, i* retiring from the Flintshire Constabulary after twenty- eight years' service His brother, Inspector Robert Pear&on, of teen in the police force 35 J f>r brother is Superintendent David Pearson of Crewe, and formerly detertivc-inspcctor of Chester, who has twenty-six years serTlce t Ms A son of Inspector Pearson, of Rhyl is also a member of the Cheshire Constabulary. Cardiff need not be above taking a lesson from Carnarvon-not In revolt methods, but in practical patriotism. Carnarvon can do some things well -make the National Eis- teddfod a success, for instance. It allocated the bulk of its moiety of the last Eisteddfod surplus towards strengthening the founda- tion of the Celtic scholarships previously established from the surplus of the Pan- Celtic Congress. Last Saturday the examina- tions—c-ral and written, and in Welsh, of course—for two of these scholarships were held, as many as 110 candidates entering from three elementary and one intermediate schools, including a Church, a Roman Catholic, and. a council school. The examina- tion lasted the greater part of the day. and ^h.r?s™cwTh the schools. Much light is th^wn upon the state of the Diocese of by Bishop Kitobin m to ^bishop P*vrkf>r With a fe^ exceptions, the SuSdeXr £ Si I" ever were their fauj^tn^ were^,t^leaat not '^25: MomMathehtr,, Archdeacon £ .o4ln Smith, was rector <* Merthyr Tydnl, but waa* £ ot re/ident in the diooeee for he vafl of the Diocose of Exeter, and stayed tWe The ohancellor, precentor, and four pr £ n danes were resident m the diocese • of the other prebendaries one was 7.1 Whyte Hall, Oxford, and rJ^L^ °f another remained at Oxford ^r€' another is simply muSS* at his Bt^' and two were layma ri^non-r^ident, dariesr—Hugh JohaT^J^ preben; Lewis Johns, rector M to L3an^re retaimed

MISSING RELATIVES. TOSfl ooltnnn is open for genuine cases o# Miasing Relative*) only, but not for runaway husbands and wives. Persons inquiring must write very distinctly, and express themselves clearly in giving par- ticulars, and must state relationship. The full name and address of inquirers must be given for publication, in each instance. Foreign and Colonial papers are requested to copy.

BUTLER (Edward), formerly of Gloucester. Inquirer, brother, Charles C. Butler, 58, Pennard-road, Shepherd's Bush, Loudon, W. BERTROXG (Prank), comedian and dancer, last heard of Derby, Easter, 1907, supposed singing at small concert-halls, or with Pierrots at seaside. Inquirer, brother, Henry Ames, 5, Gosford-street, Coventry. There has been a death in the family. CONNORS (Margaret), left home May 8, 1903. Inquirer, Air. William Hartland, Broom, near Alcester, Warwickshire. CRAWLEY.-Miss Lily Crawley, Manor House, Bishops null, Taunton, Somersetshire, seeks father, Jack Crawley, and brother Charles Crawley, last seen London, 1901. CONROY (Mary), last heard of New York about 1890. Inquirer, niece, Margaret Allen, 4, Bann-street, Daw Bank, Stock- port, Cheshire. DENTON (John), jointer, last heard of Rath- ooole-gardens, Hornsey, July, 1906. lEt. quirer, father and mother, 7, Victoria- place, Prescct, Lanes. GARNER (William), soldier, left Eishop Auck- land for India about 1875, last heard of working on railway in Australia, 1897. Inquirer, niece Susan, now Mrs. Duff, 21, Farrer-street, Stockton, Durham. Brother Charley dead. HAVILL (Lillie, nee Davis), wife of Herbert Havill, late of Bristol, tailor, last heard of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester. In- quirer, mother, Mrs. R. Davis, 96, Rich- mond-road, Bristol. HARDY (Mrs. J., formerly Miria Nott), left Birmingham for America, 1865, last heard of with Singer Company, New York. In- quirer, brother, Thomas Henry Nott, Haw- thorne Villas, Jeffcock-road, Wolverhamp- ton. HOSSICK (James), last heard of 25 years ago at Toronto, Canada, 1832; also his son William, last heard of London, Canada4 June, 1899. Inquirer, son, No. 4,811, Pri- vate John Hissick, C" Squadron, 5th Dragoon Guards, Tempe Camp, Bloera- fontein, S.A. JONES (J. A.), went from Worcester to Aus- tralia, 1855, last heard of farmer, neaf Bat-hurst, New South Wales, 1899. In- quirer, brother, Tom Jones, 12, Broads holme-street, Lenbo-n, Nottingham. JOHN (Arthur), last heard of Nottingham 1901. Inquirer, aunt, Mrs. Fish, izi, Adelaide-street, Hull, Yorks. POWELL (Sydney), left home November 23, 1899. Inquirer, mother, Mrs. Powell, 1(); Pleasant Harbour, Stourbridpe-streetM Kidderminster. il REECE (Caroline and Fanny).—Inquire! brothers, Richard and Samuel, ll" Meadow Hall-road, Brightside, Sheffield- WILLIAMS (Winifred L.), left Bangor Hospf tal nine year3 ago for St. Mary's Hosr" tal, London. Inquirer, sister, Susannah M. Jones, Henfilin, Dolgel"' North Wales.

SUNDAY SCHOOL PARTY. SEQUEL TO TRIP FROM NEIVPOltl TO PENARTH. Barbara. Philli-ps was charged at penarth on Wednesday with being drunk whilst in charge of a child on Penarth Reaoh at 7-30 p.m. on tne 1th inst. Her husband was also charged with ooioug drunk. Both were members of a, L Newport Sunday School outing, which visited Penarth on the dat-e mentioned. Police-constable Hawkins stated that he saw the female defendant in front of the Esplanade Ilotcl, Penarth, in a very drunken condition. She had a baby in her arms, and threatened to throw it over the pier into the sea. Her husband was also very drunk, EL-nd they were fighting together, with a large crowd around them. They had to be taken to the station in a cart. The female defendant had her baby with her in the dock. She denied the charge, and, fainted, having to be carried > out of the court. Inspector Morris srave evidence of receiving them into eit?-iv>d.v. Both were in a very, drunken condition. Phillips denied being drunk. lIe said he was buying a tio in one of the at the end of the pier, when saw a row opposite the hotel. He wentjf0 see what was tne matter, and found M8 being put into the cab by the police- also got in to ask her what she 1/1 a%o tJ18' tbere, but was shut ia and taP** t' station. ia .2* the Hiram Griffiths, another mein^>crr..vi in a. party, said they journeyed to i><nnl~nd the break. la the Esplanade Hotel pujiiijvs male defendant had a beer, and a gia. There were ecme c she started singing '^to le^ wa« Queen." She wae 40 'Cmo- not drunk then. Edward c Oroani.sed the tri- and was of the fltinday School. Tb -tt j ♦ Blue Bell, St. Mellon', wwf^f. 3tbV a, gla^s of beer. i(0 t' re no one got intowAV k care to SW! W ance man himseif aT a'S was a he saw the- n-.• j one minilto P-«t Ho woo r,, defendant go on the r.rf ^lilto sober, and &poke over the P1 Phnv1 *eTI they were in the boat. in h 1 138 wa« SnPd 5s., and his wife 108.. m'lauit. seven days each,

TALE OF A LOST SIXPENCE- REMARKABLE CASE HEARD All NEATH. At Neath Borough Police-court on WedncS" day William O'Neill, a labourer, oi Castle-street, Neath, was brought up" tody and charged with from the table in his fat rpnesday evening, 20, Castie-streot, Neath, on the property of his rister. O'Neill) said Prisoner's si«ter to tuy fish, and on she had been to a, « nge (6d.) on the table, returning left tne and a ,ater Her brother camsgcd shc a-ceustd him ol sixi>enoe was denied it. thpolfc £ e"on6table John Beer proved arrcst- prisoner, who, m reply to the cbargf> eafd "I f»f,ver saw Slx»ence oa the tabl9 ini^fendant was given the hen-nt of doubt. His father had forbidden biI° Mme near the house.

LITTLEJOHNS V. JACOBS. Having heard a rumour that the caS0 teK* *'• LiUUiohns LJ Mr. S.«pb<» i ^-en settled, our representativfi nfw at the office of Mr. Harley Downs, P "-cutiag solicitor. We were informed by im that Mr. Stephen Jacobs had made every reparation in his power, and bad signed a document the contents of which M:r. Downs did not feel at liberty to disclose at the present time, as the matter is still sub judice. It will, however, be Published later. -H

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