Evening Express

HIGH WATER TO-DAY. Morning;. Even:*j. Height. Swansea.. 1.32 2.12 23,10 Cardiff 2.30 3.22 25. 6 Newport. 2.3t 3.22 25. 0

YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE. Temperature as re^istersn at Cwrt-y-Vil. Pennrth, for th-j tweiva hours ending Bine o'clock last night:- Max. Min. jrexa i Tuesday 62 43 52.5

I WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. The following table gives the temperature and rainfall at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth, for 24 hou*3, as read at 9.0 a.m., and entered to tha preceding; TEMPEKATCKE. DATE. I RAISFAIL. Max. Min. [Mean Tuesday 28| 70 52 j$1.0 *00 Weda;>s(lay 291 64 55 69*5 *00 Thursday .r 3o| 69 52 50'o i '00 Frida.r 1 3H 72 57 oV5 -13 Saturday lj 67 5i j$1'0 *06 tjunday 'A 65 45 56'0 *03 Maudaj 3i oz 43 56*8 "30 WEATHER FORECAST. issuiu rsest MSTieEeL»8icAi, OFFICE-t..M r.N. .The fereeast of the weather throu^imit tke West ef Knrlkud ftn4i S11t. Wales for to-"y (Wednesday) is as follows :—Light vmriabU breezes; line generally. Y«STBK»AT'S FeftBCAlT. I YXSTKR»AT' WEATURT. N,E. winds, moderate or I N.E. winds, lisht; fine, fresh fair cool. Aberystwith, Titsaday Eveni ng.-Baromet.er, 30.399, falling; maximum thermometer in shade, 61.2; wind, W.N.W. Amount of sun- shine registered by Jordan's recorder for the 24 hoars preceding: six p.m., lOh. 20min. Weather continues bright and fine; cloudless sky. bright, imintemipted sunshine; liglit breezes.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. MR, CLAY S OTTER HOUNDS. f Fridav. September 7. Three Horse Shoes, on Garron (by invitation) .9.0 I

By the Way. The thirtieth anniversary of the procla- mation of the French Republic occurred on Tuesday. The strongest sentiment of the Turk is his reverence for his mother. He always stands in her presence until invited to sit down, a compliment which he pays to no one else. Early next year the new King of Italy will very likely visit London. He is said to be contemplating making a tour of the European courts in order to become per- sonally acquainted with the reigning sovereigns. A dingy glass transparency, on which is painted alleged likenesses of the Prince and Princess of Wales, has just been found in an Islington cellar. It was displayed on the occasion of the marriage of the august couple on March 10, 1863. The French War Office is wondering. No fewer than 200 of Reserves, having volunteered for China, drew their bonus of JE8 each, and then vanished utterly. It is conjectured that they believed in peace at any price. It is said that Count Leo Tolstoi projects a tour in England, France, and Germany, but this seems extremely doubtful. Tolstoi is seventy-two, and not quite so active as he used to be. His manuscript of "The Slavery of Our Times," on which he has been engaged for some months past, has just been received by the Free Age Press. Like most women of taste, her Majesty is a lover of beautiful lace. Our Sovereign has never permitted cotton articles to be used in the Royal palaces, even the kitchen cloths being of flax. All the Queen's bed- ding is marked with a small "Q" in red cotton over a crown, under which comes the "V.R." Needless to say, no sewing machine is allowed to play a part in making any of these articles, and the sititching is of itself a work of art. Kenilworth Castle, many may be sur- prised to learn, is visited by even more people than the birthplace of Shakspeare. It appears that 30,000 persons annually pay the necessary sixpence for the privi- lege of inspecting this noble ruin, hallowed for ever by the genius of Sif- Walter Scott. To the £ 750 ^expended in admission fees must be addea payments for refreshment, photographs, and souvenirs, and in many cases carriage hire. The straggling town of Kenilworth is by no means pretentious, but its hotels would do credit to a stylish seaside resort, so that the crumbling castle would seem to be an asset of no slight value. The last excuse that an industrious housewife would think of offering to ex- plain away a disastrous attempt at cooking would be the height of her house above sea- level. But this old scientific fact has only just been discovered by the housekeepers of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a town that stands at an altitude of 4,933ft. Water boils there at 202deg. Fahr., instead of 212deg. Fahr., and, consequently, articles of food, the cooking of which depends upon heat applied through the medium of water, require a longer time for cooking than is allowed in the cookery-books at the dis- posal of the Albuquerque housewives, and which obviously do not consider the needs of cooks situated at such a lofty height. The Paris National Library has lately acquired a magnificent Greek manuscript of the Gospel of St. Matthew, which, is written in gold uncial letters upon purple- coloured parchment. It consists of forty- three large quarto leaves, and contains about a third part of the Gospel. The French experts cansider it to be the earliest manuscript with gold letters. The two most famous manuscripts iipon purple parchment—the "Genesis" at Vienna, and the Gospels at Rossano, in Italy—are both inscribed with silver letters. Five of the leaves of the Paris manuscript are deco- rated with remarkable miniatures on the lower portion of each leaf, four of which are in very fair preservation, but the fifth is greatly damaged. The pictures repre- sent scenes from the Gospel—Herodias and St. John the Baptist, the miracle of the loaves, the blind men of Jericho, and the L-arren fig-tree. The spread of the bubonic plague in Glasgow is serious enough, but it is no justification for the alarm which some per- sons are trying to raise. A plague of any description must bo encouraged if it is to survive its own birth. Where all sanitary precautions are taken isolated cases of disease are always possible, but the disease, if attacked in time, can in most cases be prevented from becoming an epidemic, and can never become endemic. In India the sanitary authorities are so hampered and beset with difficulties, native and other- wise. that they are almost impossibly han- dicapped. In this country it is the plague that is handicapped. The one disquieting fact about the bubonic plague is that it is supposed to be spread by rats. The autho- rities in Glasgow are quite aware of this, and a rat catcher is reported to have set to work in the districts affected. Every- thing that science can suggest is being adopted to stamp out the plague in its beginning; and in a few weeks we trust we shall have heard the last of it. The colour of the eyes is an indication of temperament, as follows — Black (dark brown) are a sign of passionate ardour in love. Dark blue, or violet, denote great affection and purity, but not much intellectuality. Clear, light blue, with calm. steadfast glance denote cheerfulness, good temper, constancy. Pale blue, or steel coloured, with thifiing motion of eyelids and pupils, denote dsceitful- 2, ness and selfishness. Russet brown without yellow denote an affectionate disposition, sweet and gentle. The darker the brown, the mors ardent the passion. Blue, with greenish tints, are not so strongly indicative of these traits, but a slight pro- pensity to greenish tints in eyes of any, col our is a si.-n of wisdom and courage. Grey, or greenish grey, with orange and. blue Pha-des and ever varying tints, are the most intellectual, and are indicative of the impul- sive, impressionable temperament—the mix- ture of the sanguine and bilious, which pro- duces poetic and artistic natures. Light. brown or yellow denote inconstancy; green, deceit or coquetry. Eyas of no parti- cular colour (only some feeble shades of blue or grey, dull, expressionless, d'ead looking) belong to the lymphatic temperament, and denote a listless, feeble disposition, and a cold, selfish nature.

A BEAD ROLL OF HONOUR. Cymry and the Great Republic, EVENING EXPRESS" SPECIAL. [BY "IDEIS."] The title "Independia Fawr" is proudly borne by one of the at Nonconformist denominations; but it might with still greater propriety be claimed for the land of their adoption by the large body of Welshmen who form eo important a factor in the United States. In that great community, with its honourable past, its present limitless re- sources, and its (as we all hope and believe) beneficent and puissant future, the Keltic element plays no inconsiderable part. The Scotsman is there: where is he not, from ths North Pole southwards? Tho Irishman is there—vast numbers of him, restless, ebul- lient. with strong sympathies for the Green Isle he has left behind—the little cot warmed by a peat fire and by a love as pure as any in our islands. The Welshman, too, is thers, and Americans their country over declare him a solid, decent, hai-d-working, honourable citizen. Some years ago, in an interview with Dr. Talmage, the most popular preacher in the English-speaking world, he told the writer this, and the statement will be at once con- firmed by every American who is approached upon the subject. I am moved to these remarks by a book into which I have just been dipping-a book that will be read with pride by every Welshman into whose hands it falls, an excellent and conscientious book, by one who love3 his sub- ject and has endeavoured to do justice to it. The title of the work is "Welshmen as Factors in the Formation and Development of the U.S. Republic," and it is from the pen of Edward Edwards, of Allentown, Pa., brother of Mr. John Edwards, Bosemount, Llanishen, and who gained for his essay the chief literary prize at the Chicago International Eisteddfod. There are many points in the volume on which I should like to dwell, but I will here content myself with the Welshman as a signatory to the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence is without a doubt one of the noblest documents ever compiled by a national assembly. Its stately diction, its elevated thought, give it a place by itself, and of the Declaration may truly be said that it is worthy of the great event which called it into being. No Englishman with a spark of patriotism or manhood can read the document without a thrill, and few but would consider it an honour to have been permitted to endorse it. Let us hope the days of the weak, pettifogging policy that led to this great manifesto are for ever past; and certain it is that in our own times we should never have been so foolish as to alienate from our side the noble and heroic Englishmen who were forced by a short-sighted and bigoted Administration to cut themselves adrift in 1776 and form the United States of America. To the great document of Independence are affixed 56 signatures—at least, such ie the num- ber in a facsimile which lies before me M I write. Of these, Mr. Edwards states that no less than eighteen names are those of Welsh- men or persons of Welsh descent. That a third of the signatories should have warm Welsh blood in their veins is certainly a. notable cir- cumstance, and one is pleased to find that our author has listed them and given of the more important Some few biographical particulars. Without further preface it may, therefore, be of interest to append the names of these Cymric heroes, referring the reader who desires further information to the book itself. These are the independent Welshmen of that famous 4th of .Tnly:— John Adams. Samuel Adams. George Clymer. William Floyd. Button Gwinnett. Benjamin Harrison. Stephen Hopkins. Francis Hopkinson. Thomas Jefferson. Francis L. Ties. Richard H. Lee. Francis Lewis. Arthur Middletcn. Robert, Morris. Lewis Morris. John Morton. John Penn. Wil'iam William*. It will at once strike the reader that. whilst some of these names, e.g., Lewis Morris and William Williams, are palpably a.nd evidently Welsh, the rest are thoroughly non-Cymric; but this our author explains by the state- ment that these individuals were Welsh on the maternal side. Of the whole eighteen Lewis; Morris was the only one actually born in Wales. His signature, by the way, iE-with the exception of that of John Hancock—tho clearest and boldest of any on the DecJara- tion. Stephen Hopkins's is characterised by Mr. Edwards as shaky, the result of a nervous complaint. Still, for all that, it is a good eighteenth century hand. Of all the Welsh signatories the most illus- trious is Thomas Jefferson, a pioneer in the great indspendsnce movement, and third president of the United States. Jefferson i«, by common consent, one of the most honoured names on the bead roll of America. N3 it was who framed the famous Declaration, which is, as we have said. the most stately pronounce- ment that ever issued from a, people deter- mined to be free. Of the other patriots of Welsh extraction, R. H. Lee was a. right hand supporter of Jeffer- son, and an eloquent speaker. William Wil- liams is described as a famous pamphleteer, and so, by the way, was alto Stephen Hopkins, Another foremost man was George Clymer, 1 wfcilst S. Andrews was finely described by tho* who knew him as one who could neither be bought nor ben ten. Francis Hopkinson achieved tho distinction of composing "Hail, Columbia!" and he might well have uttered that Laying, "Let me but write the songs of a. people and I care not who make their ]aws." It was on Robert Morris's nomination that Washington was chosen president, whilst it was John Morton's-casting vote that deter- mined the iapue of the Declaration of Indepen- dence. From these brief notes, and much more from the book of which I have been speaking, it can be gathered that these patriots were a fine representative body, and if all future Welsh citizens of the United States but copy their zeal and their integrity the great Repub- lie will never have cause to regret the Cymric immigration.

ANARCHIST CONSPIRACY. Vienna. Tuesday.—An Anarchist conspiracy, including in its objects an attempt upon Prince Ferdinard of Bulgaria, has been dis- covered by the Buda-Pesth police.—Central News. J—1"JLigg —!

ONE OF THE rJGHT BRIGADE. William Barker, who rode in the charge of the Light Brigade as troop sergeant-major of the 17th Lancers, died at Leighton Buzzard on Tuesday.

nUKE OF YORK DEERSTALKING The Duke of York, who, with the Duchess of I York. is on a visit to Earl and Countess Ancas- ter, Drummond Castle, Crieff, N.B., was out deerstalkinx on TuesdaY, and shot five stags.

HOW THE FREE LABOURERS WERE QUARTERED. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST A SURPRISE. I thought some time ago how difficult it m.ust have been to penetrate into Mafe- king. But I had not then endeavoured to invade the Taff Vale premises imme- diately after strike-time. Twice I essayed the task once was I turned back —politely, I admit, but, still, turned back. The second time I had the "open sesame," and. once inside the gates, was received with open arms by Mr. Blackmore (the works manager), and invited to inspect the accommodation arranged by the company for the free labour phalanx with whose aid they were determined to contest the recent dispute, if need be, to the bitter end. It is not my province here to say a word on one side or the other. I can only breathe a sigh of heartfelt thankfulness that the cloud has passed away; never- theless, a brief description of the free labour quarters may serve to convince the public that the company, whether their position be just or unjust, had made the most complete arrangements for a long struggle, and had added to their business capabilities an amount of strategic enter- prise and instinct that would have done no discredit to Baden-Powell himself. The chief credit in all these matters lay, I was told, with Mr. Sibbering, the company's engineer, and all I saw proved him a man of determination, of energy, and of resource. My readers will not need reminding that the vast area occupied by the Taff Vale Company at Cathays is one of the most vital points on the whole system^ if not its very heart. Here are the engine-sheds and the fitting and repairing departments, for it is the just boast of the company that, with the exception of their metals, they are absolutely self-contained, making and repairing everything "upon the premises." Here, too, are the quarters of the free labourers. Essential was it. therefore, in the time of trouble now happily past that the Cathays area should be properly protected, and. once within the walls, I was pointed out the elaborate telephonic arrange- ments, whereby all parts of the yard were connected with one ceutre, whilst the police headquarters also were within touch of an electric bell. Trouble at any point would "raise Cain" in a very few moments, and in case an attack were made under cover of darkness, not only was an army of sentinels employed, but powerful Wells lights were dotted here and there, with a portentous searchlight in the midst; and I could well believe that the Cathays area at right was, if anything, more thoroughly illuminated than by day. So much for the safeguards—for the military part. Now for the free labourers' quarters and commissariat. First, though, I noticed that in the offices there were several beds, mute witnesses that the staff were prepared for tie siege, and deter- mined, if need be, to sleep, if not at their desks, at any rate within armshot of them. The whole thing quite reminded me of those watcher-knights whom Scott immortalised, who never relaxed their vigilaince, who Carved at the meal with gloves of stesi, And. drank tie red wine through the helmet barred. Border feuds have given place to-day to in- dustrial troubles, and the place of the knights of old is now taken by managers and clerks; but who shall say that the vigour and the grit are not the same? We move down the immense yard, and come directly to the stores, where a mere glance suffices to assure the spectator that if the company's resistance broke down it would not be through starvation. It did one good to see the loads of wholesome comestibles, and the huge beer casks were more like the glorious days of old than our more prosaic epoch. But. lest I offend the "unco' guid," let me hasten to add that there was excellent lemonade for the abstainers. I feel sure that few towns have been, in their measure, better vic- tualled for a siege than the Cathays Yard of the TaiF Vale Railway. Further on was a. great shed—the employes' mess-room—to which only a few additions had been made in order to adapt it for the free labourers. Here a couple of hundred men could take their meals at once, whilst at other than meal-times the place was transformed into a reading-room, with abundance of papers and magazines, and an American organ to waft the strains of harmony around. I can well imagine that to see this room filled with the hardy sons of toil must have been an exhilarating spectacle but at the hour of my visit there was not much doing, and the only people busy were the cooks, all aglow in their comfortable quarters, and making the good things still more tempting by their magic operations. The wonder of the yard, however, was the sleeping accommodation—two great sheds, each caoabla of accommodating 200 occupants. The beds could not have looked neater and more homelike, and each one bore the name and number of the occupant. Many honest fellows were asleep as I entered, but grievously tor- mented by the flies, which were working as pertinaciously as though specially deputed bv the A.S.R.S. Commodious lavatories completed the comfort of the sleeping dewtrtment quarters. Surveying all these preparations, I could not help feeling that there are many honest working men who do not get such wholesome provisions or such comfortable lodging frera one year's end to the other, and I could not help admiring, too, the resourcefulness of the company and its officials in making such complete prepara- tions for a life-and-death struggle at so short a notice. Whether in the rieht or the wrong, it is clear that the Taff Vale are determined that»their free labour men shall fare handsomely and wholesomely. IDRIS.

DIOCESE OF ST. DAVID'S. BISHOP'S NEW CHAPLAIN AND PRIVATE SECRETARY. The Rev. D. Aeron Jenkins, M.A., curate of St. Paul's, Llanelly, has been appointed domestic chaplain and private secretary ta tbe Bishop of St. Da.vid's. After a distinguished career at 8t. David's College, Lampeter, Mr. Aeron Jenkins proceeded under the affiliation scheme to Oxford, where he gained a scholar- ship of £80 a year at Jesus College, and graduated with second-claM honours both ia modern history and in theology.

WELSH CALYINISTIC METHODISTS. MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES IN SOU 1H WALES. The following are the successful candidates "for the ministry of the Welsh Calviniwtlc Method iat-3 in South Wales:—Richard N. Edwards. Barry; David Di»vies, Tyloretown; Thomas H. Davies, Penuwch; W. T. Roberts, Cardiff; Robert Beynon, Pontybferem; Sam Jones, London; A. W. Churchill, Blaina, and Matthew Henry Evans, Goginan; Albert- H. Jones, Cardiff; Henry .TolJ\a, London; John Davie?. Ferndale, and Jenkin Watkins, Pentre; Evan Jones, Merthyr Vale; Herbert Davies, Llangeitho, and James R. Morgan, London, Joseph Pryae, Tetrad Meurig; David Williams, Llanddewibrefi; Lewis George Tucker, Pem- broke; W. Whitlock Lewis. Pentre; Thomas H. Morgan, Pontypridd. The examiners werre the Revs. Richard J. Rees, M.A., and David Morgan.

VIC Alt AGE OF CARMARTHEN. The Vicar of LlangyfeJaoh writes to say that the paragraph which appeared m the "Evening Express" on Monday in reference to the above was not authorised by him, neither was it an accurate report of what, he said in St. David's Church, Morriston, on Sunday evening last.

A Mohill, County Leitrinj, telegram gays: — A man named Bernard Killain has just died in this neighbourhood at the remarkable age 111. His father fought in the Irish rebellion of 1798, under General Monroe, and was made prisoner aud execut

Encounter in the Mountains. I Stubborn Stand by Botha. The following dispatches from Lord Roberts were issued by the War Office on Tuesday:— BELFAST, Sunday (10.35 p.m.). Paget reports from Warmbaths that Plunaer had a slight engage- ment with the enemy near a place called Rooikop. He captured 100 rifles, 40,000 rounds of ammunition, seven priso- ners, 350 head of cattle, and three wagons containing supplies. Our casualties were —Wounded Two men (Tasmanian), severely; Captain E. W. Brook, Army Service Corps; Lieutenant G. L. Wylly, and three men of the Tasmanians (slightly). General Hart came across a body of the enemy on the 31st of August who were endeavouring to destroy the main Johannesburg waterworks about ten miles south-west of the town. He drove them from the strong position they took up and caused them to retire in confusion. Our losses were nine men wounded. Small bodies of the enemy, chiefly belonging to De Wet's dispersed force, have been very active in the neighbourhood of Johannesburg lately. A column under Colonel Bradley, North Staffordshire Regiment, came across a part of the enemy near Modderfontein, south of Krugers- j dorp, on the 29th of August, and inflicted considerable loss on them. Our casualties were — Killed.—North StaffordshireRegi- ment, three men. Wounded. — Lieutenant Wyatt, throat (very slight) and five men; two missing, all of the North Staf- fordshire Regiment. About 500 of the Third Cavalry Brigade, and a portion of the Colonial Division, which included V Brabant's Horse, Cape Mounted Rifles, &c., marched from Zeerust to Krugersdorp. It is a very disaffected district, I and they had several engagements with different bodies of the enemy on the way. They had about 60 casualties in all. The officer commanding reports that the Boers suffered heavily. September 3 (11.0 p.m.). Buller reports the following casualties during his move towards Lydenburg: —One man killed and fourteen wounded, including Vet.- captain W. Steele (very slightly). As he found the enemy were hold- ing a, strong position in his imme- diate front, which he could not turn, I sent a column to-day along the direct Belstroom road to assist him. Hamilton drove a few of the enemy who opposed him, and is to-night at Swartz Kopje. Lord Ennismore arrived here to-night, having been released by the Boer commandant. About twenty sick prisoners, who are unable to walk, have been sent by rail to Lourenco Marques. Paget reports that Plumer suc- cessfully engaged a party of Boers near Warmbaths yesterday in an impassable bush country. He destroyed twelve of the enemy's wagons and captured 200 cattle and 350 sheep, 40 donkeys, twelve horses, 24 prisoners, 6,0001b. of mealies, besides a considerable quantity of flour, rice, groceries, and clothing. clothing. Our casualties were four men wounded and some missing. They tampered with the Pieters- burg line yesterday, and derailed a trairi conveying one company of the West Riding Regiment. Somo of the men were slightly injured. The officer commanding at Erste- fabricken, the first station east of Pretoria, reports that ten men a.nd sevsral women and children came into his camp to-day, bringing with them 5,000 sheep. 800 cattle, fifty horses, eight mules, eight wagons, and six Cape carts. BADFONTEIN, Monday. General Buller engaged the Boers in the mountains overlooking Lydenburg yesterday. General Botha was with the enemy, who hehl a pass all day. The Boers' artillery fire was very heavy.— R.Euter. A PRODIGIOUS TASK. BADFONTEIN. Monday. The task set General Buller is truly pro- digious. The Boer position on the Croco- dile hills is a tougher nut to crack than even Vaalkrantz or Laings Nek. The cavalry were sent to reconnoitre yester- day. They entered a hollow, where the Boers bombarded them all day. They found it impossible to retire until dark- ness covered their movements. Many had very narrow escapes from shells, but there were remarkably few casualties. General Buller personally conducted yesterday's operations. The Boers command the only road to Lydenburg, and they have at least ten guns mounted in position. I learn that the British casualties since August 2i number 270, but it is safe to say that those of the Boers are many more.—Central News. AN AMERICAN CONSUL'S ADVENTURES. CAPE TOWN, August 15. Colonel Stowe, the American Consul-General, in South Africa, whose train was recently destroyed by a raiding party of the Boers in the Free State, has returned from Pretoria. none the worse for his exciting experiences. When the attack took place Colonel Stowe had just fallen asleep, and was wakened by a volley. Twenty-eight bullets struck his car within a less number of seconds, and as he hastily struggled, int-o hie' clothes a bullet struck the lamp, and he finished his toilet amid a. shower of glass. He hurriedly made his way to the end of the car, where he heard voices. Come out of that, you ——— rooinek," someone shouted, and the soldiers, who were unarmed and sleeping in ■ open trucks, were uncere- moniously hurled out by the Boers. The com- mando was chiefly composed of Germans, Italians, and Irish-Americans, who had made their way south from De Wet's column on a looting expedition. Having made his iden- tity known, Commandant Theron was sum- moned, and was fail of apologies for attack- ing the American Consul. The looting of the train was characterised by many amusing incidents.—Central News. L@CAL CASUALTIES. The following local casualties were reported on Tuesday: — 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers.-73335 Corporal W. Roberts was reported dangerously ill at Johannesburg on September 1. 1st Welsh Fusilier8.-Lieut.enant Harris left Cape Town by the Simla on August 27. inva- lided home. THE LATE FARRIER-SERGEANT R. P. WILLIAMS. A service wili be held in Lampeter-Velfrey Parish Church on Saturday next, at three in the afternoon, in memory of the late Farrier- j sergeant R. P. Williams, of the 30th Company (Pembrokeshire) Imperial Yeomanry, who was jiilled a few days a jo near Winburz.

PRESIDENTIAL. ADDRESS. THE SOTH AFRICAN WAR PICKETTING APPEAL CASE The second sitting of the Trades Union Congress was held in the Town-hall, Hudders- field, on Tuesday, when Mr. William Pickles presided over a crowded assembly. The gal- leries were also well filled during the day. Lady Dilke, Miss Tuckwell, and Mr. W. P. Byles were among the visitors. After the president's indignant address a resolution condemning the South African War was passed. DOCKYARD WAGES. On the clause referring to the shutting outiof Mr. Woods's amendment to the Queen's Speech with reference to the grievances of labourers in the Government dockyards, Mr. Harris (Woolwich Labour Protection League) said they had 2,000 Government workers :n Woolwich who had to exist on a wage of 19s. a week. So small a wage in the Metropolis was a s(," al to any Government. He would like that. congress to protest against the procedure of the officials of the House of Common* who had ruled out their amend men, | to the Queen's Speech. Mr. Sam Woods, M.P., and Mr. Steadman, MP., having promised to again endeavour to raise the iiuestion in the House of Commons, th-e dame was carried. HIGHER GRADE EDUCATION. On the clause relating to higher grade edilcation, Mr. Chandler (Manchester) stated that a rep: resentative deputation of members of school boards, introduced by the Cardiff Trades' Council, waited upon the Parliamentary com- mittee in July, and convinced them that there was a real danger to the caxwe of popular education The Cardiff Trades' Council were about to issue a circular to the Trades Unions of the country, but, in view of the importance of the question, the committee took the matter in hand, and issued the circular themselves. The Cardiff circular drew attention to the conspiracy which it waa lasserted existed against the educaton of ciiildrem, which had been developing during the last five years in England and Wales. The elementary education of people had many enemies. Some of thc upper classes and some. of the Churches had always beem a drag on the wheels of progress. Now the power of the Governmsnt was turned against, the education of the people. The retrograde steps of the last five years had revealed the weakness of their position and before the rain of all the slowly- built edifice of popular education was accom- plished they appealed to the workers of Eng- land and Wales to speat out. The clause was carried, and the issue of the circular approved. PICKETTING APPEAL CASE. On the clause relating to the picketting appeal case of Lyons v. Willina, M.r. Richard Bell (Lcmdon), Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, aid he believed if the appeal of Lyons versus Willins had been carried to the House of Lords the decision against picket-ting recorded by the courts would have been reversed. He ventured to say that it was absolutely useless for any trade to attempt to conduct a strike until that decision had be-lèu reversed. They were all aware that he had recently been engaged upon a short strike in South Wales, and that an injunction had been granted against him for watching and besetting the premises of the Taff "Vale and other railways. In that matter he was as innocent as any delegate sitting in tlmt congress, but the decision in the case of Lyons versus Willins stood good in his case. Then on Wednesday the judge was going to give his decision in the appli- cation for an injuncton against his society. They were anxiously waiting for that decision. If the decision was against the, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, he proposed to ask his executive committee to carry the appeal to the House of Lords, but, though his society were prepared to do this in the interests of the Trades Union move- ment, he thought a case of this imporlance should be taken up by the Parliamentary Committee because the influence and power of the Committee was greater than that of any single society. He would like to see a resolution passed by the congres to support the railway servants or any other society which might have to fight a case of this description. Mr. T. Shaw (Sheffield Typographical Asso- ciation) suggested that the matter be referred to the Standing Orders Committee and dis- cussed on Wednesday morning. Mr. Bell: I agree to that. The clause wa.s carried, and the question will be discussed at Wednesday's sitting on a specific resolution. 0ABOUR REPRESENTATION. On the clause relative to labour representa- tion, Mr. Richard Bell (Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants) stated that since the report of the Labour Representa- tion Committee was printed 70,000 more mem- bers had joined, making the total number of members affiliated 300,000. He hoped as a result ef this movement they would have at the next general election a greater number of Labour members returned to the House of Commons. But they could not accomplish this Huless they had tha support of the greater number of workers. The clause was carried. On the clause referring to the joint com- mittee ef Trade* Unionists and co-operators, Mr. Flynn (Manchester) propoGd: That as the arbitration committee had failed to enforce Trades Union wages a.nd conditions, they were of opinion that its usefulness and justification had ceased to exist." Mr.. Clements (Oldham Tailors), who seconded, asserted that they objected to these co-operative associations because they had neither a soul to be damned nor a body to be kicked. In the Oldham co-operative establishments 50 per cent. of the garments were made under "blackleg" condi- tions. Mr. A. Wilkie (Newcastloon-Tyno Ship- wrights) said the dispute was referred to arbitration, and, after impartial considera- tion, decided against the tailors. The matter having been arbitrated upon with the consent of both parties, the decision ought to be accepted. The resolution was defeated, and the clause adopted. The report of the Parliamentary committee, as a whole, was then adopted. APPEAL FOR SUPPORT. The Belfast Butchers appealed to the con- gress for the financial support of English Trade Union3 in prosecuting an appeal to the House of Lords against a decision of the Irish courts convicting members for illegal con- spiracy who had advised a firm not to deal with a, butcher who was employing non-Union labour. A resolution was passed instructing the Par- liamentary committee to issue an appeal to the trades to provide funds- The congress then adjourned.

THE HAGUE CONVENTION. DECISION OF THE POWERS. The Hague, Tuesday.—Acts cf ratifica- tion of the three conventions and the three declarations of The Hague Confe- rence have been handed in by Germany, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France^ Italy, Holland, Per&ia, Roumania, Russia, Siam, and Bulgaria. Portugal l as ratified all the acts except I the declaration prohibiting the employ- [ ment of expanding "bullets. Sweden and Norway ratifies all the conventions and declarations except the convention provid- ing for the adaptation of the Geneva Con- vention to naval warfare. The United States have ratified the conventions con- I cerning arbitration and the adaptation of the Geneva Convention to naval warfare, and the declaration prohibiting the throw- ing of projectiles from balloons. Great Britain handed in certifications of the three conventions. The ratifications of the other signatory Powers have not yet been handed in. Article 10 of the. con- vention for the adaptation of the Geneva Convention to naval warfare has not been ratified by any of the Powers.—Reuter.

LORD SALISBURY'S RETURN Lord Salisbury is expected to return to England about the middle of September. Meanwhile, the service of two messengers per week is continued, and frequent telegrams- pass between Downing-street and his lord- ship's temporary residence in the Vosges.

WELSH SHIP |ON FIRE OFF TABLE BAY. The steamship Avoca reported at Cape Town that at eight o'clock in the morning of August 12 she passed the barque Eivion, of Carnarvon, bearing W.N.W., 25 miles from Table Bay. 8h3 signalled as follows:—"I am on fire, battened down; notify; cannot get cables; inform agents.—R. Wilson." A tug was sent off in search of the Eivion, but failed to discover any signs of her. Later, however, the Eivion arrived in Table

The Proposed Withdrawal. "4.- ADMIRAL SEYMOUR AND HIS MEN. Charges Denied. Reuter's Agency learns that, as all tele- grams have to be conveyed by courier from Tsi-Nan-Fu to Peking, cypher mes- sages are probably stopped by the Chinese, who. doubtless, apprehend that the reports of the Ministers as to the complicity of the Chinese Government in the recent events may have the effect of preventing the evacuation of Peking by the allied forces. [ >

from the "Daily Telegraph" Special Correspondent. By Spseia! Arrangement for Simultansettt Publication. SHANGHAI, Monday (10.10 p.m.). Enlightened native officials here say they would regard a withdrawal from Peking as a suicidal step.- The Empress- Dowager is so bitter against the foreigners that she would be certain to re-produce the recent conditions next spring, with improvements, if allowed to resume power at Peking. It is generally believed here that Li Hung Chang has promised Russia three Manchurian provinces if Russia favours the withdrawal of the Powers. It is cer- tain that Li Hung Chang is lavishing money in order to secure terms favourable to the Empress-Dowager. There is now no Chinese Government whatever in existence. The latest Im- perial edict, dated Huai-Ycn-Hsien, Tatung Prefecture, Shan-si, confirms Li Hung Chang's plenary powers as peace- maker. The American Association held a meet- ing to-day, at which it was decided to tele- graph to the United States Government protesting strongly against withdrawal. The Viceroy Liu Kun Yi seams to be ignorant of the Empvess-Dowager 3 present address. He has sent trusty mes- sengers to Peking, Shan-tung, Ho-wan, Shan-si, and Moukden, with orders not to return without accurate news of the Empress-Dowager's quarters. Seven hundred and fifty German troops will land at Shanghai shortly to assist in the defence of the settlement. Ma Kien Ching, a well-known protege of Li Hung Chang, died at Shanghai to-day. Tuesday (9.5-5 p.m.). Li Hung Chang's staff apprehend that his brain is failing. Li Hung Chang wired to Sir Chihchen Lofengluh to- fjay ■ —"Our St. Petersburg Minister has persuaded Russia to withdraw from Peking. You are useless if you cannot persuade England." It is perfectly certain that all the Chinese would regard a withdrawal as a confession of foreign inferiority. Intelli- gent Chinese fear secret societies every- where and the rebels are restrained now as they hope that reform will follow the present crisis under foreign auspices, but the revulsion under a patched-up peace would assuredly be serious. Four mission compounds were looted at Chian, in Kiangsi, on Saturday. The missioners were rescued by Chinese officials, and escorted to safety. The Empress-Dowager has appointed Yung Lu with full powers to assist Li Hung Chang in negotiating. It is certain that Yung Lu really devised the scheme to employ the "Boxers" to destroy foreigners and converts, and took a prominent part in attacking the Legations. Prince Cheng signed a letter, after Baron Yon Ketteler's death, begging the Ministers to come for refuge to the Tsung- li-Yamen unarmed and with no foreign escort. Sir Claude MacDonaid sent a sarcastic, refusal. The Emperor and Empress-Dowager arrived on August 30 in Slian-si, at the Governor's liamen at Tai y-janfu. The following was issued from the Admiralty on Tuesday — # Reference having been made in the English press to a Statement, emanating from a foreign source, reflecting on the conduct of a por- tion of the British force which accompanied Admiral Seymour in his attempt to effect the relief of the Legations at Peking, the vice-admi- ral has reported that there is no truth in the statement, and that he had been unable to trace the origin of the attack on the men engaged. REPORT FROM GENERAL CHAFJFEE. Washington, Tuesday Evening.—The Govern aienfc has received a dispatch from General Chaffee at'Peking, via Taku, and undated. The measage details the conditions at the Chinese capital at the time the report left. General Chaffee gtatei that hostilities had practically ceased, there being only occasional sniping of those at work in re-construc- ting the telegraph aVid of the foraging parties of the allied troops. General Chaffee says the American force aiumber3 5,000 effec- tive men, and he thinks this number is ample. If, however, the troops have to remain throughout t113 winter wall tents will be required. The river is falling rapidly, and the allies must soon have to haul their supplies for forty miles. General Chaffee is, however, satisfied that the railway will not be required before the rivjr freezes.—Central News. DISASTROUS RESULTS OF WITHDRAWAL. MR, PpvITCHAltD MORGAN INTER- VIEWED. An Absrdare correspondent telegraphs that he saw Mr. Pritohard Morgan, M.P., on Tues- day afternoon, and was informed that a cable- gram from Shanghai had been received that day stating that general consternation existed in China amongst British subjects at the pro- posed evacuation of Peking. The cablegram further stated that in consequence British trade and commerce would be disas- trous for all time. Mr. Pritchard Morgan has also received a cablegram to the effect that Dr, Jack and the geological party under him who were in the Sezehun have crossed over- land to Burmb, and are no.v well' and safe in British territory. CONSTERNATION AMONG ALL NATIONALITIES IN CHINA. Shanghai, Tuesday.—The turn the Chinese question has taken in Europe has caused con- sternation among all nationalities here. The Gorman community is telegraphing the Ger- man Government to-day declaring that the withdrawal of the allied troops from Peking would be fatal to foreign interests.—Reuter.

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