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" EVENING EXPRESS" NEW SERIES.

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EVENING EXPRESS" NEW SERIES. Poor Uncle Philibert. n In return for these great advantages, she ia bound daily to instruct and watch over the pupils, from six in the morning until ten o'clock at night, on an average. And it is not every one wliu can obtain a diploma of the first degree. Out of fifty candidates, at least half fail in passing their examination But, suppose, you were to make an cffer to any man or woman servant to take a place in a school, either for boys or girls, or in any other household whatsoever, at par, the pro- babilities are in favour of the man or the maid servant's sending you at once-about your business. After spending six months, or sometimes a year, a.t par, the young governesses receive a aalary of from two or three hundred franca a year. or from eight to twelve pounds English. If M. Gandon's assertions are doubted, he would have no difficulty in citing a dozen establishments in Paris in which these things are now so managed. Eugenie, Philibert's .ister, had been highly favoured in being offered rrom the very outset the enormous sum of ten francs, or eight and fourpence Eng- lish, per month; but then she had passed so brilliant an examination that each of her lady- examiners determined to secure her, regard- less ot expense These worthy persons were three in number; the first offered par and a gratification of fifty francs at the expiration of the first year; the second added to the above conditions a stipend of five francs a month- very nearly a shilling a week; the third, declaring that no sacrifice should hinder her from retaining so remarkable a teacher, car- ried off the prize by saying to her competi- tors: "Mesdames. I mean toO give Mademoiselle Eugenie ten francs a laonth. I know it is a great deal: but mademoiselle is no ordinary person, and I believe she will give me no reason to repent of my liberality in her favour." Eugenie, m consequence of this generous deci- sion, entered the establishment conducted by the ten-franc lady. and it was there that Phili- bert went with his mother to see her every fortnight. Eugenie, without knowing it, was growing to be the prettiest girl in Lure. She was seventeen the very Sunday when the event of the Gospel in Greek occurred. In spite of its lord's and master's severity, Uncle Philibert's family was not altogether destitute ot eiements which constitute happines on earth; but a time of trial was about to begin. The schoolmaster's wife was attacked by a sudden illness, a violent general inflamma- tion, and died in the beginning of the year 1892. Before breathing her last sigh she made Eugenie promise never to abandon her little brother. In the immensity of her grief Eugenie made no attempt to comprehend, to guess even, her dying parent's Bad presenti- ments; the gave the promise, and her poor mother's last word-j were, "Thank vou, my child; may Heaven give you strength to fulfil the mission I bequeath to Philibert wept long and bitterly; but he was too young to appreciate the full extent of his loss. The schoolmaster restrained his sorrow within the bounds of decency and propriety. It was not his habit to give way either to joy or to grief, an excess of which he always blamed; perhaps, also, he wished to set his pupils and his children an example of stoicism. The fears expressed on her death-bed by Philibert's mother were too well-founded. Once sare of meeting with no obstacle in his wife's remonstrances-whose gentleness would have changed into just indignation at wit- nessing any ill-treatment of her son—the schoolmaster wanted Philibert, although a pattern to his schoolfellows, to do still better than he had done. "If I posh you on in your studies now," the severe teacher said, "you will thank me for it by-and-by.i. I have already explained to you that the principal's son ought not only to be at the head of everyiihing, but ought to be 80 fair ahead that none of the others can have th least chance of getting up to him." This speech may appear exaggerated, but it ja the truth. Just as there exist in the French Army J which no T will accuse M. Gandon of disliking) a very limited number of command- ing officers who seem to have been sent into the world for no other purpose than to tor- meat without rhyme or reason, without or mercy, their most devoted and their best educated inferiors—the latter especiany-, in public instruction, is there more than one schoolmaster who is the counterpart of Phili- 'bert's father. By urging his child to get on according to his own notions—that is. to do impossibilities —the schoolmaster of Lure was very near causing the death of his wonderful pupil. PbÜi- bert, taen ten years of age, was trained to gymnastic exercises by a special professor, whose favour he soon gained by hrs aptitude. Tbs fa,ther, on hearing hie progress praiod, promised to be present at the next training le-Hon. where his only observation wes the sneering remark, "Are these all the wonders yon promised me, Monsieur Ie Professeur?" In his ordinary studies, in La;tm and Greek, the poor boy, when he conscious of having fulfilled his duties, could only reply to the terribte, "You might have done better than this." with "Father, I have done my best." But here the case was different. He bounded like an Arab horse unjustly stricken with the spur; and, in executing the well-known manoeuvre of passing a stream by means of a rope. he fell heavily to the ground, and was picked up senseless. Fortunately, there was no fracture. His first glance when he opened his eyes fell on his father, who was offering him smelling-salts. He stretched out his hands before him, tried- to utter a cry, and fainted again. A week after the fall, Philibert, was quite recovered— physically, that is to say, no internal lesion having declared itself; but the poor boy's iuoral faculties had received a shock, a thousand times more dangerous than a broken limb. Philibert was afraid of his father, and his fear soon changed into actual terror. For a month or two after -his terrible fall Philrbort's father appeared to relax his habi- tual severity; but the schoolmaster's un- happy nature soon resumed its sway, in spite of the feuppMcations of his daughter Eugenie, who had obtained with difficulty a short leave of absence to nurse her brother. A sing's lucky chanoe appeared to present itself. Eugenie, now one of the handsomest women for miles airotmd, was sought in marriage by the son of an honourable and wealthy family at Vesoul. She would pro- mise nothing until she obtained permission to take her poor brother away with her. The schoolmaster probably yielded through the apprehension that htis daughter might miss so desirabte a match. The wedding was duly celebrated, and the fne important condition relating to Philibert fulfilled. Pupils, ushers, the very servants, were delighted to see the lad depart with his sister, for they wvre all too well aware of what the. head of the establishment did not even suspect. Philibert, when he heard me father's name pronounced, trembled as if he had been struck by one of the electric eels of Surinam, whose contact oanses giddiness, ending in the death of the creature attacked. Now, he would be able to forget the system of never-satisfied exaction; now, he would lay aside Latin and Greek for awhile, and indulge his taste for painting and music. At Vesool Philibert began to believe m the VMMibilitir oC lasting happiness, when a, letter from his father a reminded him that his hopes of a better future were merely a dream. "You seem to be sleeping in the delights of Oapua, but it is time that you resume the coarse of your studies. You have probably lost a twelvemonth in doing noth- Ing. and it is my duty to take care that you do not stray from the path which I have traced out for you. People have dared to say that I ill-treated you, and that yoa were obliged to leave the paternal mansion in order to find a refuge from my violence! But did I ever strike you brutally?" Decidedly, the poor schoolmaster was infatuated. Be knew nothing of the sanc- tity of his vocation, and he believed he had no reason to reproach himself, because he had abstained from beating his unhappy son to death. So poor Philibert thrust his neck- once more into the collar of wretchedness. Up to 1830 many schoolmasters made no scruple of inflicting corporal punishment on their scholars. Philibert's father shared tho errors of his colleagues; nevertheless, he did not dare to indulge in them too openly. When people came to bm to put their chil- dren to school, after explaining the mecha- nism and the gradation of the studies, after boaatang justly of the pureness of the air, and asserting that in no establishment in the neighbourhood did pupils enjoy a more plentiful and wholesome diet, he thus opened the question of chastisements and punish- ments: "I am not fond of pnnisfcuig children, but it is necessary that they should obey me, be- cause I never require more than is just. I often prefer to inflict a slight manual correc- tion rather than put them in confinement; and here is the instrument of punishment." (To be continued.)

QUIT OF HIS OWN MOTION.

ACUTE STAGE OF THE ARGUMENT.,

.L\SURE ENOUGH.j

IN THE RIGHT PLACE.I

- NO TOBACCO.

AS A SUBSTITUTE.

THE OTHER MUSCLES O.K.

- UP TO SNUFF.

CALENDAR STOLEN.

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.HER SECOND HUSBAND.

WHEN TO DOUBT.

CONSISTENCY.

MAKERS OF HEROES.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

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fel/ASHING ADDRESS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. Unionists and Social Reform. ATTACK ON THE LABOUR LUMBERS. A lltlB UTE TO MABON." Mr. Joseph Chamberlain on Saturday after- noon attended a crowded and enthusiastic meeting in the Carlton Theatre, Birmingham, in support of the candidature of Sir Benja- min Stone, who is contesting East Birming- ham in the Unionist interest. Mr. H. J. Hob- tiss, the chairman of the Unionist, Asso- awition of the division, presided. Mr. Chamberlain, who wae received with the greatest enthusiasm on rising to speak, said once more he stood before his fellow-citizens and his friends as member for Birmingham. (Cheers.) It was. he believed, a great disap- pointment to the electors of West Birming- ■ham—(laughter)—who were simply spoiling for a fight, but to him he admitted it was a great pride and satisfaction once more to be able to say that he represented the city in which he had lived for nearly half a century. (Cheers.) Five of his colleagues had been returned with him, and still they were not satisfied. (Laugh- ter.) In the past the members for Birming- ham had been a band of brothers, and he wanted them on Itrarsday next to enable him once more to say, "We are seven. (Cheers.) lIe was told Mr. 8Leevens's committee had issued a card in which they were asked to vote for Steevens (Mr. Scone's Radical oppo- nent), tihe champion of labour. He had known every so-calied champion of labour in the House of Commons in the lasu 25 years, and lie could say to the best of his recollection that lot a single one of those gentlemen had ever initiated or carried through legislation for the benefit of the working classes, though occasionally they had hinderel such legisla- tion. They were very good outside, but when they came into Parliament they were like tteth out of water. They were only items in ■ the voting machine, and the only practical thing they had done was to vote steadily for the party which was the Home Rule party, and which was not only a Home Rule party, but a pro-Boer and a Little Englander party. (Hear, hear.) Those 10 whom the working classes were indebted for legislation for the bettering of their condition were the Conservative and Unionist parties. (Hear, hear.) The first great step in favour of the working classes was the passing of the Factories Act. That was legislation initiated by Lord Shaftesbury, who was a Conservative, and was carried by a Conservative Government. (Hear, hear.) The next important piece of legislation- which dwarfed all others—which might fairly be called the charter of the working-man—was the Compensation for Accidents Bill. That Act was passed, not with the assistance of the champions of labour, but in their teeth. He did not mean to say all took that line, and he would willingly admit the assistance given to him by Mr. Abraham (the Welsh member who wae known as Ma-bon '). and he thought

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RITUALISM IN THE CHURCH. DEPUTATION TO MB. BALFOUR. Mr. A. J. Balfour at Manchester "on Saturday received a deputation represent- ing the Protestant League who submitted a number of points on which they asked for -an expression of opinion. The right hon. m gentleman, in reply, expressed his sym- pathy with the views of those who looked with dislike almost amounting to dismay at some of the practices which had. unfor- tunately, grown up in some of the churches. At the same time he thought great care should be used by those who charged the bishops as a body with having sympathy with what he described as a change in the Romerward direction. He was in- clined to think that within the la&b eighteen months, ever since the arch- bishops' first decision, there had been a marked diminution in some of the more notorious practices complained of. He had voted in the House of Commons in favour of a resolution which in terms admitted that if the existing law was. generally proved to be insufficient the Jaw should be amended, but he was anxious not to pledge himself to the details, or even the principle, on which that amendment should take place. He was anxious to avoid turmwl, controversy, and litigation.

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BRISTOL CHANNEL ENGI. NEERg, CONFERENCE AT NEWPORT. The members of the Bristol Channel Centre of the Institute of Marine Engineers spent a pleasant day" Newport on Saturday. The Cardiff members travelled by the 1.8 p.m. train, and were met at Newport Station at 1.27 by the local members. Driven in breaks, the whole party, numbering about 60, paid a visit to the Union Dry Docks, on the eastern bank of the River Usk. where the managing dtrootor (Mr. R. Williamson) welcomed the members, conducted them over the works, and entertained them to a sumptuous luncheon. —Mr. T. Wailea proposed, and Mr. W. Aisbitt seconded, the toast of "Success to the Union Dry Docks," a compliment which Mr. Williamson acknowledged.—Mr. C. D. Phillips and Mr. T. Parry spoke to the sentiment of Success to the Institute*of Marine Engineers," in reply to which speeches were made by Mr. William- soi1. and Mr. J. Boddy.—Returning again to the centre of thff town, the members visited the corporation electric light station, and were conducted by the chairman of the electricity committee (Councillor G. H. Llewellyn) and the engineer (Mr. C. D. Copland) over the establishment.—After dinner at the Westgate Hotel 'under the presidency of Mr. J. Boddy), Councillor Llewellyn read a paper on the arrangement and details of the electricity works, which was discussed by several members and visitors.—The remainder of the evening was devoted to music.

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ALL DOUBTS DIS- PELLED. Welsh Welcome at Cape Town. THE CONNECTION WITH CARDIFF AND CAR- NARVON. AMPSING SPEECH. "AT nid yw pwyll pyd yw." ("What i-9 net prudence is danger.") Atll doubts regarding the nationality of the gallant defender of Mafeking were dispelled a short time ago, when he met a deputation from the Cape Cambrian Society, augumented by several of the members of the Johannes- burg Cambrian Society. The event took place at Government House, Cape Town, General Baden-Powell was introduced by Colonel Ran. bnry Williams (one of the vice-presidents of the Cape Cambrian Society). Colonel Herbert, another viee-presideift, was also present. Mr. Edmund Powell, president of the Cape Cambrian Society, acted as spokesman, and incidentaJly remartced that, since the move- ment had been set on foot, some members of the Johannesburg Cambrian Society ex. pressed a vmh to join in the movement, and the Cape Society were very pleased indeed to welcome them and bring them with them. He was quite sure that if Gen. Baden-Powell went to Johannesburg in days of prosperity after the war he would meet with a much greater reception from his countrymen there—6,GOOft. above sea level—than the Cape Cambrian Society cottld possibly extend to him. When the glorious defence of Mafeking was, as t.hey felt, approaching its end, the society had some tvttie difference as to whether they had any right to claim him (General Baden- Powell) as a Cambrian, and they appealed to General Hanbary Williams, who knew all about such matters, and his advice was: "You had better go ahead with your move- ment; there can be no difficulty about the nationality of anJibody bearing so good a Welsh name as Powell." Cape Cambrians sharod, in common. with the whole of the Empire, in the anxieties, and ultimately in the exultation, over the heroic defence of Mafe- king which General Baden-Powell and those associated with him made; but he thought should sa.y, speaking more as a Cape Colonist than as a Cambrian, that they had a very special feeling in the matter. He regretted to sa-V that they in Cape Town were to some extent brought into contact with those whom, without bitterness, he could only describe as the Queen's enemies, and a striking fact was this—that the longer the glorious defence of Mafeking went on the longer the faces of these people became. (Applause and laughter). Owing t.o British reverses, loyal people were for a. time exposed in Cape Town and elsewhere in South Africa to a very trying con- dition of things. The number of times they killed General Baden-Powell, captured Mafe- king, and blew it to pieces—(laughter)—was beycnd all comment, and whenever those people whom he had described as the Queen's enemies had news of a British reverse they went about Cape Town fairly crowing over the loyalist who wished for a different result. And when the joyful news came down that he (■General Baden-Powell) had been victorious over his enemies, and held Mafeking till the relief column arrived, it was a very great day for them in Cape Town. In conclusion, Mr. Powell assured General Baden-Powell that, though there might be larger welcomes ex- tended to him,, there would be none warmer or more genuine than that of the Cambriau Societies. and he hoped the general would accept the welcome which they respectfully tendered him, *'$-P.'»" SPEECH. General Baden-Powell, addressing the gather- ing as "Gentlemen and Brother Welshmen—if I may say so"—(a»pplause)—said he was more upset than he could tell them over this recog- nition on their part, because, as he told some of the townspeople yesterday, the defence of Mafeking, to which the president alluded so flatteringly, was scarcely a business of his; it was really the work of the whole of the garrison, of which he happened and had the good luck to form one. But as as they were all Welshmen present, he perhaps ought to reply on his own behalf, instead of on behalf of the garrison, on that occasion. The speech they had just heard had not only roused his deepest gratitude, but it had also made him thoroughly ashamed, because, although he was a, Welshman and had Welsh blood in his veisys,. he came back what they might call a. prodigal. (Laughter.) He had never done his duty to his Wales. He Had never lived there properly, and he never learnt the Welsh language, which he was very much ashamed of; but, at the same time, he could not help feeling that they had forgiven him and taken him back to the fold, and he would promise po reform. (Applause and laughter.) On his mother's side he came from Cardiff, and on hie father's side he came from Carnarvon, and his godfather built Menai Bridge; so he had some connection with Wales—<applause)—and his motto was, "Ar nid yw Pwyll pyd yw." which meant, "Where there is a Powell-be did not quite know what it was—there is something fairly good." (Applause and laughter.) But, at any rate, they had discovered something good in him which he did not know before. (Laughte-) He could only aay that in the future, if he had the chance to distinguish himself, he would try to act up to his motto, not only for his own sake but for the honour of little Wales, now that they had welcomed him back to the fold. (Applause.) Joking apart, he was grateful for the manner in which he had been received, not only by the Cambrian Society, but by everybody in Cape Town, although he had to go about more or less in disguise. (Laughter.) It was most unexpected the wel- come that he did receive, and then to find he ■was taien back into tbe Welh fold. (Applause.) Now that he had- been received back, he would endeavour to maintain the name of Welshman m the highest degree that any Welshman oonld wish him to do. He thanked them most heartily for their welcome. General Baden-Powell wa* then, at hie own special request, introduced to the individual members of the deputation, with whom he remainoo in conversation for some minutes. The Cape Town Cambrian Society were repre- sented by Messrs. Edmund Powell, president (editor, Cape Argus "), Cha-Tles Lewis, Wynne- Roberts, Harry Eva-ns, J. Cadwaldr Evans, Rev. Enoch Jones, Mr. James Jones, Rev. Prank Edwards, Messrs. R. J. Roesar, T. Barrow. Dowling, Will Jones, Colonel Herbert, and Mr. John L. Edwards, hon. secretary; and those from Johannesburg were Messrs. E. H. Parry (vice-president), T. Pryce Roaaer John Rees, E. Edwards, and William hon. secretary.

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ipiLSH riBEl BRIGADES. INSPECTION BY LORD TREDEGAR AT NEWPORT. The annual demonstration and meeting of the South Wales District of the National Fire Brigades Union took place on Saturday at Newport. Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, the president, was unable to attend, and his place was taken by Captain Horace Lyne, the head of the Newport Brigade. At the invitation of the muni- cipal authorities, the officers and men of the various brigades were entertained at luncheon at the Town-hall. The deputy- mayor (Alderman T. Jones) presided. In addition to the members of the Newport Brigade (headed by Captain Lyne and Lieutenant Boucher), there were repre- sentatives of the brigades of Porth, the Rhondda, Briton Ferry, Hay, Aber- ystwith, Llanetly, Nantyglo and' Blaina, Whitchurch, Rogerstone, and Owmbran. In the afternoon Lord Tredegar inspected the whole of the brigades in Dock-street, outside the Newport head fire-station, and witnessed a long programme of manoeu- vres. His lordship also presented a bar for fifteen years' service and good con- duct to Fireman Webb, and christened the new steamer supplied to the Newport Brigade the "Victona."

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A SUCCESSFUL OPENING NIGHT. After Saturday night's experience at the opening of Cardiff's new Empire one is left with the impression that the burning down of the former building was nt altogether an unmixed evil. In its place we have in Cardiff one of the most elaborate palaces of public amusement in the whole country. To the crowds who were lucky enough to get inside the doors on Saturday evening it was just like going back to an old home, except that the interior had been so changed and beautified as to have lost entirely its aspect of familiarity. Boxes, stalls, pit, and galleries were crowded by people who had come together quite as much from curiosity to see the new Empire as to witness the performances. A grace- ful recognition of Mr. Stoll's enterprise jn so handsomely meeting the requirements of a large and growing section of the com- munity was the presence of the mayor and mayoress (Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Brain), and the attendance also included representa- tives of a large number of the leading local families. A description of the new build- ing was given a couple of days ago, and all that now remains to be said concerns the formal ceremony of opening and the maiden performance given by a band of artistes famous in the world of music-halls. After the opening overture by the orches- tra the huge curtains were drawn aside, and the National Anthem was sung by the Canton Male Voice Party, to the accom- paniment of the orchestra, assisted by some members of the Cardiff Military Band. A song and dance by Marie Reeve was the first item, and this was followed by the singing of a pretty melody by Rosie Lloyd, sister of Marie Lloyd. and a novel and pleasing feature of this "turn" was the singing of the chorus by Rose Lloyd's little boy, who stood in the balcony. Everyone was struck by the wonderful similarity in the voices of mother and son. An amusing niece of business was that of the Oetz- mann Comic Pantomime Troupe, all of whom were as agile as cats. That famous young artiste, Miss Cissie Loftus, headed the bill, but before she came forward Mr. Oswald Stoll, amid rounds of applause, stepped to the front, and, in a neat little speech, thanked the audience for the appre- ciation they had shown of the new Em- pire. He was grateful to the mayor and mayoress and to everyone in the audience for their presence at the first performance. He believed that half the town would have been there that night if the walls had been made of elastic. What was specially inte- resting to him was the fact that eleven years ago to that very night his mother and he first opened the Cairdi-ff Empire. It. was pleasant to feel that those eleven years had witnessed the Empire continuously growing in popularity. and in setting out that night upon its new lease of life it was also gratifying to know that it never stood higher in general favour. Mr. Stoll then introduced Mr. Moss, the chairman of the company, which was the largest music-hall combination in the world. It was impos- sible to bring before them all the people who deserved credit f08 that handsome building, but there was one who stood out in bold relief, whose work was always accounted perfect until he had struck out and excelled himself, and that was their architect, Mr. Frank Matcham, whom he also introduced to them. There was a special interest attached to the appearance of Miss Cissie Loftus, for at the opening of both the previous Empires her mother- Marie Loftus-was the leading artiste. Miss Cissie Loftus then modestly stepped out from the wing, and was received with enthusiasm. Of her marvellous imitations of celebrated artistes both in the dramatic and music-hall world, suffice it to say that Cissie Loftus to-day is without a rival. Nothing could have been more thrilling in its dramatic intensity than her imitation of Sarah Bernhardt in a murder scene, and nothing more amusing that what Miss

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MATH OF THE HECTOR OF LLANTOLY, BKEICKNOCK, We have to record the death of the Rev. Arthur Griffiths, brother of the late Archdeacon of Llandaff, which took place at Maesgwartha, Gilwern, on Friday even- ing. The rev. gentleman had been in failing health for some time, but very few of his friends thought his death so near. Born in the year 1825, he was ordained deacon in 1848, and priest the next year. Thus he had attained a patriarchal age, and served his Church faithfully for over half a century, nearly all of which time he spent at Llanelly, Brecon shire. When he commenced work at Llanelly that district was in a flourishing condition, but he had the grief of seeing all the works stopped, many of the houses deserted, and a large portion of his flook scattered. The distnct was very extensive, extending from Brynmawr to the banks of the Usk. and the work diversified, but, in spite of great difficul- ties, he worked with much energy and zeal, and his efforts met with considerable success. Several mission churches w <\ie erected in the parish, some in almost inaccessible places. The deceased loved to talk of the great revival which took place in his parish during the early years of his ministry. Not many years ago he was instrumental in having the very into- resting old church restored, and quite recently he succeeded in renewing the tower with its fine peal of bells. His death has removed nettrly the last of the old patriarchs of the hills from their work. The rector was a magistrate for Brecon- shire, and for a considerable period pre- sided over the bench at Brynmawr. He will be laid to rest to-morrow (Tuesday) in the picturesque churchyard not far from the church he loved so well. Some months ago he brought out a very interesting little book, entitled "The Annals and Reminis- cences of the Parish of Llanelly,"

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'COMMENTS ON SATURDAY'S. MATCHES. [BY "WELSH ATHLETE."] At a. first glance at Saturday's results there does not seem much reason for believing that the championship of the South Wales Rugby clubs will go out of its usual groove. It has usually been the cage of Swansea and Newport deciding this matter, and it seems very muoh a3 if such will be the case this season. Mark you, I do not attach too much importance to the big score put on by Newport against Pen- arth, for the Cardiff suburbans, I am assured, are a very weak lot this season, weaker, indeed, than they have ever been during their oa.reer. Against such a. side Newport would, 'naturally, shine. It is wise, therefore, to defer commenting upon Newport's strength until they have met a really first-class team. Swansea, according to the reports from down West, are not quite in the form that they were last season. There are two points to be considered, however, in connection with the champions' victory over Plymouth-first, Ply- mouth must be put down as a very useful organisation, an organisation that has during the last three or four sear sons made wonderful improvement; and, secondly, Swansea rarely open their season in brilliant fashion, but seem to me to take their training gradually, and work themselves up by degrees for the matches with Cardiff, Newport, and Llanelly. When the St. Helen's Field organisation has met one of these clubs it will be time enough to speak on their chances for championship honours. Cardiff gave a distinctly unsatis- factory performance on Saturday, for they were badly beaten forward. Kestell, too, was too light for a losing pack of forwards. The chanoes of the team against Llanelly on Saturday next are not particularly brilliant. The other matches turned out very much as expected. Llanelly had no difficulty in extinguishing Llwynypia, whilst Aberavon and Neath won their games pretty easily over Maesteg and Penygraig respectively. Ponty- pridd are still disappointing, and will have to do much better than they are doing before they can hope to retrieve their reputation. Followers of the Cardiff team will hardly look with any degree of confidence to the match at Llanelly on Saturday next, for, never particularly strong in their forward play, Cardiff seem to be weaker than ever this year. Taken as a pack, one cannot accuse them of being too vigorous or too clever, and assuredly had it not been for the excellence of their backs, who took advantage of every opportunity offered them, a defeat even thus early in the season would have been the portion of the Welsh Metropolitans. Absolutely, the forwards made no sort of a show with the Bristol scrimmagers, and, to repeat the words written above, they were neither too vigorous nor too clever. Remembering the fact that the Cardiff Committee is not a body that carea much about changing men, it may be it will give the pack of Saturday another chance. It occurs to me, however, that there are one or two of the scrimmagers who could easily be dis- pfnsed with. George Dobson, Tom Dobson, and D. Evans are all available, whilst even if it is considered by the committee that they have passed their prime, there are Connell and one or two forwards in the district that might with advantage be given a trial. —— Behind the scrimmage Cardiff should do all right this season, although they will find it difficult-nay, I fear, impossible—to capably fill Huzzey's place. The right wing man formed such a magnificent combination with Nicholls that it only wanted the shadow of an opening for a score to come from that side. However, Huzzey has made up his min, and in a few days the brilliant offer he has received from the Oldham Club will! result in his leaving the Welsh Metropolis to take up liis residence in the Lancashire town. It is to be hoped a good man can be found to partner Nicholls, for the Cardiff captain is playing with all his old dash and style. On the left wing. judging from Saturday's form, it would be impossible to improve on W. Jones and Williams. Jones in the centre never played a finer game than against Bristol. He appears to have quite got over his old inclination to try and do too much and losing hia head in the matter of pass- ing, and proved himself just am hard to tackle in defence as Nicholas is. Williams, on the left wing, played a remarkably fine game, too, showing any amount of speed, dash, and judg- ment. I liked the way in which he passed back once or twioe. for it proved that he playa with his head. If Huizey's place can only be filled Cardiff should have a fine three-quarter line this year. Winfleld was sound and clever at full-back, and if Bancroft fails this year the Cardiff man will probably take his place in representative football. Bristol should look upon the game as one of lost opportunities. They did wonderful work in mid-field, especially the forwards, but when it came to the critical moment they failed badly—very badly—and their failure cost them three or four tries. There was once, if not twice, when Marsh had only to take the ball to score, and another occa- sion when three or four of their forwards came down the right wing and seemsd certain scorers if they could only have kept their heads and passed fairly well. The halves got the ball away easily enough, but the three- quarters generally made a mess of it. They are not a strong quartette, I am afraid. Yet they have speed, and the left wing man in particular kicks well. They require, however, to steady themselves at the critical periods. Oates, the full-back, played a capital game, I thought. Three tries and a beggarly array of empty minors was all that Swansea could get against Plymouth at St. Helen's on Saturday. Considering that the Plymouth side were by no means up to full strength, this does not say much for the stride of the all whites this season. I don't know exactly where the fault lay, but the came was devoid of brilliance altogether. The visitors certainly hadn't a look in all through the game. but they were quite good enough to nip the Swansea scoring in the bud. The three-quarters made no attempt at con- certed attack, but they made no mistake about going for their opponents. The Swansea quar- tette seemed completely at sea. Rees ran into their arms every time. George Davies was less easily caught, but he had to pa.rt with the all very hurriedly to checkmate them. The play went chiefly to Rees's wing, and considering the chances that wing ought to have done better. But the whole quartette showed want of combination. The Swansea halves found they could do little against the nippy pair opposed to them, whilst the much- vaunted Swansea forwards were very little better than the scratch lot pitted against them. Bancroft played all right, bnt be was once penalised for holding the ball on the ground. Banky" looked disgusted when Matthews insisted on thus penalising him. He had l'een forced into it by the poor defnce of his men. A Plymouth newspaper man who was down stated that the Albion were a very much hotter lot than Plymouth, and he was surprised at Plymouth doing so well. If they didn't know they were playing Swansea I think they could have almost won to-day," was his comment. Newport opened their reason, says my corre- spondent from that town, by piling on the enormous score of 56 points to nil against Peharth. It seemed to the Uskside spectators —of whom, however, there were very few prefó!ent-a renaissance of past times. New- port have generally opened with a bang, but thfs bang was louder and more pronounced than any. There can be no doubt that the Usk- side team are a smart, clever lot. The backs are particularly capable, and combine with great effect. If they could be kept together and play regularly throughout the season they would take a tremendous lot of beating. But keeping the mtogether in every engage- ment is presuming a little too much with Fate. Alexander had to leave the field when the game on Saturday was little more than halfway through, and Pritchard, one of the centres, got an injury to one of his thighs which caused him to go lame. The halves, Lloyd and Phillips, were very clever, and the for- wards were clever enough, but need to settle down a bit, and would be all the better for a little more weight. Aw for any criticism of the actual play-well. it was one-sided to such a degree that the score itself is so eloquent of the nature of the game as to render further comment unnecessary. The only bit of curiosity aroused was over the circumstance that Penarth drew with Gloucester on the previous Saturday and then showed such weakness against Newport. But Usksidere remember the peculiarities of the Penarth ground, which make almost anything pos- sible. Llanelly brought off another excellent per- formance on Saturday, when they ran up a score of nineteen points against Llwynypia. They showed capital form all through the game, my down-line correspondent assures me, attd never gave their opponents a look in. There can be no doubt that this season the scarlets are a very formidable team, the forwards being a smart lot and the backs always dangerous. On this occasion the com- bination of the backs was handicapped by the absence of Morgan Williams and Alcwyn Jones, but, in spite of this, some pretty pass- ing movements were executed, in which ThaD Lloyd (who seems to be renewing his yomth) played a prominent part. Another feature of the game was the dribbling of the Llanelly forwards, which was responsible for three of the tries scored. On the Llwynypia (ride there was plenty of vigour and hard work, but little system. This applies more particularly to the backs, who did not seem to understand each other at aJl. The forwards, too, big, strapping fellows as they are, allowed themselves fre- quently to be over-run by the lighter and faster pack opposed to them. The game was most interesting to watch. and the splendid form shown by the winners was very agreeable. to the crowd. During the initial half of the Aberrmm- Maesteg game matters reigned fairly even, but in the concluding portion of the game it was easily to be seen, my correspondent tells me. that Maesteg bad shot their bolt, and during the major part of the final twenty minutes Aberavon had them at their mercy, and this although the homesters were without the services of Danny Jones, Luke. and Vicary. Brice was in fine form, and his place-kick from about half-way was a beauty. Both seta of

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LOCAL AMUSEMENTS. THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF. "La Poupee," the comic opera that has a.chived so much popularity in London and the provinces, will be the order at the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, during the ccfcning week. Mr.-C. P. Levilly's company is in capi- tal form just at present, with the old favourites, Miss Stella Gaetellee as "Alesia," and Mr. Erio Thorne as "Hilarius." GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. Mr. Jerold Feather's company will play the fine drama. "The Slave Girl," at the Grand Theatre, Cardiff, this week. The piece is founded upon an incident in the great American Civil War, and includes a number of interesting incidents. Miss Nina Vaugh- ton takes the character of "Esther," the heroine. THE EMPIRES. CARDIFF.—The well-known Mr. Bransby Williams will appear at the Cardiff Empire this week, and give a. selection of sketches from Charles Dickens's works. Miss Alice Maydue. the popular singer, is also on the bill, whilst Mr. Arthur Reece, the Sisters Macarte, and several other artistes of note will fill up the programme. NEWPORT.—The Temarkable Bale Troupe of acrobatic cyclists and the Brothers Lang are the chief engagements at the Newport Empire this week. The bill also bears the name of Miss Amy Lyster, the comedienne; the Kook Trio of marksmen, and several others of note. V A-NS F SWANSEA.—Miss Ida Heath, the charming quick-change dancer, will appear at the Swan- sea Empire this week. The famous Florenz Troupe of acrobats are also engaged, and the bill shows Rosie Lloyd. the Oetzmann Troupe, Professor Earle, and others. THE LYCEUM, NEWPORT. Misfi Muriel Wylford's talented company, including Mr. Guy Carew, this week occupies the Lyceum boards, playing three of the most popular dramas of modern timeg. To-night (Monday) and to-morrow (Tuesday) "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" will be staged; on Wednesday and Thursday "Brother Officers," and on Friday and Saturday "Magda" will be played. The programme is rich in variety and quality.

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SHIPPING CASUALTIES. [Lloyd's Telegrams.] I Saturday. ) Firsby.—Copenhagen telegraphs: Steamep Firsby, previously reported, examined by divers, found undamaged; will proceed. Beryl, steamer, Sharpness for Cork, coal, put into Milford Haven leaking, pranps choked. Hive, sailing barge, of London. in ballast* proceeding up Thames to Princes Dock, Blackfriars, collided with London Bridge, and sank under Bell Wharf; no persons injured. L Birger Jarl.—Caa-iskrona telegraphs: Swedish ■ mail steamer Birger Jarl went ashore R. near Ilonnehy; asfeisted afloat leaky and !■ other damage. Olivemoor.-Port Said telegraphs: British steamer Olivemoor, previously reported, has repaired and proceeded. Louviina ._St. Michael's telegraphs: lifebuoy, marked "Louvima," found near Ferrari^ j Point. Zanzibar.—Kertch telegraphs: British steamer Zanzibar was aground 43 hours Ovicele Roads; lightened off; will be surveyed. Alerican.-New Orleans cables: British steamer Alerican (query American) is on fire; all means being used to extinguish it. and there is possibility of success. Mimosa, steamer, from Onega, cargo of dealsi arrived Gloucester loss part deck cargo. Cornwall. stea.T&sr, London for New York, arrived Spithead machinery slightly deranged. ureclo.-Barry telegraphs: Steamer Aureolo collided with pier when going out. damag- ing stem and bow elates; has put back for survey. Eugenie. Norwegian brig. Brevig for Ports- mouth, ice, put into Christiansand pump broken; need not discharge. Henrik. Swedish barque. Umea for Hull, fire- wood, put into Arendal leaky, and crew) refusing to proceed. Vernon and Blyth-eville.-gonth Shields tele- graphs: Steamer Vernon, of Newcastle. from Tyne Dock, laden, and steamer Blyth- vine. of West Hartlepool. laden for sea. collided off Tyne Docks. Former damaged port side, making water, and beached on Readhead Hard; latter proceeded, damage if any, unknown. i -a

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by Mr. Woods, perhaps by others he did not remember at the present time. But the Govern- ment were opposed in carrying that Act, and hindered by men like Mr. Broadhurst, Mr. Wil- son, Mr. Fen wick, and other champions of labour." He thought they would ba better without such champions. (Cheers.) That Act ^established an entirely new principle, namely, that when an accident occurred in a business, ^established an entirely new principle, namely, that, when an accident occurred in a business, no matterhow it occurred, thebuslnesa itself •should pay—it was a oharge on the business. (A Voice. "How about contracting out?") There was opposition from great eGatow-n-ers, mostly on the Liberal side, and by some of the so-called working-class representatives. The Government had great difficulty in carrying the measure, but, '.tit-bough it had only besn in operation for twelve months, tens of thou- j sands and hundreds of thousands of accidents had been fairly compensated for without liti- gation. (Oheers.) A gentleman asked him "what, about contracting oat. He would under- take to say that that gentleman could not quote a single clause of the Act. (Laughter and cheers.) There was orlly one case in which amybody could contract oat of that Act, and, that was where both the workpeople and employers were agreed, jyid where an impa-r- tial authority, the Registrar of Friendly Socio ties, declared that the terms upon which they contracted out were better than the terms in the Act. (Loud: cheers.) Mr. ASQUITH'S BILL. Would their opponents have given more had tjicy been in office? ThE were three years in office, and this matter was pressed upon them. Mr. Asquith chose to bring, in a Bill, supported by the "champions of labour," which would only have dealt, he believed, with not more than one-tenth of the oases now dealt with by the Employers' Liability Act. The present Government, on the contrary, applied their Bill to the more dangerous trade., to the trades in which the greatest number of acci- dents occurred. They did not apply it to other trades, because as a practical man he believed that half a loaf waa better than no bread, and to get half a loaf was very often the quickest way of getting the whole. (Hear, hear.) But the Home Secretary asked those who were opposed to the Bill to try this great experi- ment aud-,that if it was soon to be universally approved, then it would be easy to extend it ..shortly to other trades. Already it had oeen ■extended at the instigation of Unionist mem. bers, and not of the champions of labour," It had already been extended to the agricul- tural labourer, and now 800,000 men and fami- lies would have the benefit of it. He had every hope that they would so be able to extend the Act until it included every working man in every employment throughout the United King- dom. (Cheers.) OLD AGE PENSIONS. He was accused very often of bringing for- ward programmes, and hie opponent, Sir Wil- liam Harcourt and others, who had not given as many moments to these questions concern- ing the welfare of the working-man as he had given days and weeks—(hear, hear)—said he brought forward proposals but did not carry them. That was absolutely the reverse of the fact. Every single thing of importance which he had brought forward at ditIerent times had been ca.rried into law except Old Age Pensions. But they had not done with Old Age Pensions. He was not dead yet. (Laughter and cheers, and a Voice: "Don't they wish you were.") The remark showed the spirit of the Little Eng- lander, and he dared say it would be re-echoed by Dr. Clark and Mr. Labouchere. (Shouts of You have misunderstood. We don't wish you dead."). The right hon. gentleman said he was very sorry, but he had not heard that remark correctly, adding. "There is only one thing I will say to you. I do not wish to live a micuto longer thui I can have opportunity and power to serve my country." (Cheers.) .Mr. Chamber- lain, proceeding, said that neither in Old Age Pensions nor anything else he had suggested was anything that fie thought it impossible to obtain. Life was too short to be striving after the moon. Loud laughter.) They had a try for things which were within their grasp, and, therefore, when Mr. Steevens told them that he was in favour of universal Old Age Pensions without any contributions from the people, or any regard for the character of the people who would secure them, he suggested some- thing which was absolutely impracticable, which could not be carried out, and which if carried out would be contrary to the interests and wishes of honest and industrious working men. Eventually a portion of any such scheme as that would come out of the pockets of the working people, and to say that the drunken and ne'er-do-wells, after a lifetime of idleness, should put their hands into the pockets of the decent, industrious workman would be most unjust, and would not be tole- rated by the working classes. WHAT HE HAD PROMISED. What he (Mr. Chamberlain) promised was not universal old age pensions, which he did not believe in. What. he promiaed was to do his utmost to enable working men to make pro- vision for their own eld age. His principle was, "Help those who help themselves." but the matter bad turned out more difficult than it seemed to be at first. He had given days and nights to it. and he had made more than one proposal, but the basis of his proposal substantially had always been that if a work- man when he got to the age of 66 had by leading a decent, honest, and industrious life made some provision for himself, then the I State should come in nœ increase that pro- vision and put him in a better position. (CheerB.) Now Mr. Steevens came into the constituency and taunted him with having done nothing, whereas this gentleman himself, in giving evidence before the Royal Commis- sion on the subject, said so far as he ha-d been able to gather the art-isan portion of the work- ing classes of Birmingham were all opposed to Mr. Chamberlain's old age pension scheme, and that, they believed they could provide better for themselves where they had sufficient wages. In the report of the majority of the Commission, which he (Mr. Chamberlain) refused to sign, the arguments of Mr. Steevens were quoted. Therefore, on this point of the argument he would say to them that when any champion of labour came before them and inquired why Mr. Chamberlain did not carry some scheme for assisting working people to provide for themselves In old age their answers should be that one reason was because the representatives of the Trades Unions and the rl-presentatives of the Friendly Societies and the champions of labour opposed it. (Cheers.) As to the question of fair wages, he observed that in order to get them there wag wanted new markets and the maintenance of the old ones, but little Englanders were horrified when they talked of new markets. The second thing they wanted was confidence in the Unionist Government. This is shown by the increased trade which had marked the period of office of the present administration. THE SOUTH AFRICAN SETTLEMENT. Touching upon the war, the right hon. gentleman contended that the Government ha.d upheld the honour and the interests of England. They had had the courage to face difficulties which their opponents allowed to drift, and they should now be allowed to finish the job which they had begun. (Cheers.) The Boers wished to treat the English in the Transvaal as a despised race. The English did not like that, and when they had had enough of it then there

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forwards played a sound game, and credit must be givea to Maesteg for having held up so welil against the powerful Aberavon pack. Johnny Jones displayed his old trickiness, ard he had a capital partner in Lewis Thomas. The pair were more than a match for Cash and Powell. The home quartette shone con- spicuously over the visiting lot. Their passing was more effective. Billa and Willie Thomas were the pick of the home lot, and Powell was the best of the visitors. Edwards and Hinkin played with sound judgment as full-backs. Mountain Ash is never a happy hunting- ground for the Pontypridd team. The Rhondda Metropolitans' visit there on Saturday was no exception to this rule. While a defeat by four goals and four tries to a goal and a try may not. perhaps, indicate the exact merits of the respective teams, there can be no doubt, says my correspondent, who saw the match, that at all points Mountain Ash had the better of matters. The "Mount" lads were simply irresistible, and if they can maintain their form it will go badly with most of the clubs on their fixture list. With one exception, each of the tries scored was the result of good combined play, and there was scarcely a mis- take shown throughout the game. Millar showed himself an ideal captain, and helped much towards the victory. Luciemore and Edwards, the two new men, also put in some good work. On the Pontvpridd side Usher did his best to stave off defeat, bnt there was an utter lack of combination on his side as compared with the play of the homesters.

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came the rsvolntion which was projected in Johannesburg, and which, in his opinion, at any rats, was as well jutified as any revolu- tion that had ever taken place. (Cheer.3). The question which the electors had to decide when the wa.r had been brought to a satis- facory conclusion was who was to make the settlement—thosa who bel eved in the war or those who criticised and who even now, as Sir H. Campbell-Bannernian said the previous night, could only acquiesce in the settlement. He tMr. Chamberlafn) remembered a phrase of Mr. Mor\sy's—"sombre acquiescence." (Laughter.) It was sombre acquiescence which Sir H. Campbell Baniei-man offered. (Laughter). He (Mr. Chamberlain) in the course of the election had caught a very bad cold; he acquiesced in it—(laughter)—he could not help h.mself; but did they 3nppose he would not do everything in his power to get rid of it? (Hear, hear). They might mark his words that if now the nation should change the Executive in the control of its powers, and if Sir H. Campbell-Ban- nermian and Sir William Harcourt should coma back, then in six or twelve months their acquiescence now would not prevent them from getting rid of the Government's pledges, and once more restor- ing to the Boers the independence which they abused. Let not the electors give them the chance to trail once more the flag of their country in the dust. (Cheery). WHAT IS IN THE BALANCE? It was not now the fate of the Government which was at stake. For himself he should be well content if he thought it to be the wiah of his fellow-countrymen to go back once more into private life. What rested in the balance was the future of the Empire. Our Coloniats had not given their affection and goodwill and made sacrifices in order that they be stultified by the settlement indicated by the pro-Boers. Let us be worthy of them; let us wake to the greatues of the Empt.re; but let 'us also be conscious of the responsibilities which the possession of this great Empire threw upon our shoulders. Our Colonies loved us now because they thought we were firm and resolute and strong. Don't let any weakness on our part, any vacilla- tion at this critical time, betray the confi- dence, the new-found confidence and make us contemptible in the eyes of the world. (Loud obeere).

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