Evening Express

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LLANELLY HARBOUR TROUBLES. Llaueilr, like the gatlant little town it is, is struggling manfuily with its harbour troubles; but the more the place struggles I the blacker seems to be the outlook. Time was when the Loughcr Estuary was in such an excellent state that small places like Penclawdd and even. Llangetmech, miles above the tin-plate town. did a consider- able shipping trade, and it is even on record that vessels traded between Llan- gennech and Bombay! That was a hun- dred years ago, and as late as the middle of the nineteenth century Llanellv itself was a very thriving and considerable coal port. But all the while geological in- fluences were insidiously at work, and in I the opinion of some the erection of the Great Western Railway bridge at Loughor II tended in no 6mall degree to divert the channel and render matters worse. In the eighties Sir Alexander Rendel was I called in, and that eminent and expe- rienced engineer advised a series of train- ing banks, which were afterwards carried out, though, be it noted, against the views of many local salts and others whose know- ledge of the channel, from their own standpoint at any rate, was too intimate to be wholly ignored. Much more recently the Harbour Commissioners, in the teeth of a considerable body of local opinion, decided on a new doe-i-the gateless dock of now universal celebrity. The gate difficulty having been at length adjusted up comes the channel bogey again as threatening as ever. The story is told in this week's Llaneliy Guardian," where we read further that the scheme tso long I persisted in is viewed with anything but favour by certain eminent engineers, and a now authority is now being called in to give an opinion on th& whole matter. A dock without a gate is bad enough, but it must be admitted that a dock without a channel is a good deal worse. Nature is a formidable antagonist, and there are those who fear that she is determined on I converting the once thriving port into an I inland town. Meanwhile, the local rates are mounting up with appalling rapidity, and. by and bye, there will be what the Yankees call trouble. Owing to a depression in the marine engineering trade Barry has a serious pro- blem of the unemployed to solve. A thousand men are said to be out of employ- ment, and the distress in consequence has been described by some of the men as exceptionally severe. To bring about I such a state of things as they describe, the distress must have been existent for some time past, and. unless their statements are highly coloured, it must be acknow- ledged that the men and their families have borne their sufferings in an admirable and uncomplaining spirit. With the mass meeting of the unemployed yesterday, however, matters have been brought to a I. head. and the unemployed are determined to seek relief. They have made an in- formal application to the district council to open relief works. This, of course, is a proposal which requires very careful deli- beration but relief must be secured some- where, if not from public then from pri- vate sources. It seems a trifle superfluous for a. respon- sible man to express an opinion to a com- mittee. only for the committee to act directly contrary to it. This is what occurred at a meeting of the Cardiff Water- works Committee yesterday. It was largely attended. An appointment of an assistant in the engineers' department was the business, and three out of seventy- three applicants came before the commit- tee. One was from Cardiff, another from Gloucester, and a third from the North, Asked who he thought the best, the engineer said the last-named, and the com- mittee straightway set about appointing the first-named. And we wonder if they appointed the best man! Only a few weeks ago the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes passed away. Yesterday another equally distinguished divine, Dr. Joseph Parker. followed him after a long illness. Like Mr. Hughes, he was a great pulpit power, and a time of great national crisis was scarcely complete with- out his pronouncement. Sometimes he as too outspoken, but religion was to him, not a sour and dour institution to bo gloomily regarded, but one to bring guidance and happiness into the affairs of everyday life. It was in preach- ing this religion that he made the City Temple a national institution and a power to be reckoned with in the life of London.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS Notwithstanding the pressure of Football News, no Advertisements ordered, for insertion in the EVEXLVG EXPRESS on Saturdays are omitted from the Football Edition, vchich is one of the largest and most valuable Editions f" Advertizing Purposes issued during the Wuk. c Mainly About People. By-the-way (writes Mr. T. P. O'Connor in this week's "M.A.P.") I do not see any notice in the week's "M.A.P.") I do not see any notice in the daily papers of one remarkable change whicn the Kaiser is said to have made in his personal appearance, namely, in his mous- tache-. I quote the following inspired account of these wonderful moustaches:- "For too many years the ends of them have turned up hkL the iK/rii-j of an anaiy nuM. He ha3 seen this crescent over his upper lip in photograph- canVa-t-nres, o>l r.jntin-s, stamps, medals, and coins. He has been able I to test the loyalty of his subjects by the unanimity with wnicii the younger ones set themselves to emulate the Kaiser. He hail propitiated barbers and introduced a new, and very ill-sounding, word into the language of the toilet-room. For the la«t two or three years every young German who was not an Anarchist wore a Hohenzollern moustache. The Kaiser ha? not. in^n-sd. i4cra*r» •>" ",j;"t on the matter. But he has done something in ius results quit £ as autocratic, lie has un- twisted the curly ends of his moustache, brushed tha.t upturned decoration straight out. and vhown himself to his subjects with a new face." All my inquiries have failed to elicit whether the moustaches have gone back to the old pattern; and the photographs differ. How- ever, I can testify to the accuracy of this writer's description of the craze in Germany for imitating the Kaiser's moustache as it was, and, perhaps, M. Wherever you went there, you saw some peaceful citizen wearing these bellicose moustaches, "turned up" aB the writer I have quoted says, "like the horns of an angry bull." This shape was not pro- duced without considerable trouble. When- ever you went into a barber's shop. you were offered some kind of silken band which you had to put on your moustache every night to produce this fashionable upward curve; and I understand that the process, being long and laborious, had added greatly to the length of both the morning and evening toilet of the loyal German. I remember the time when there wan a similar craze in England, almost as much as in France, to imitate the long waxed mous- tache and the Imperial tuft of the Emperor Louis Napoleon. There used to be in those far-off days a well-known entertainer called Bill Holland. He owned in succession all kinds of places, Rosherville Gardens, the Wool- wich Gardens, Surrey Theatre—his versatile and varied career took him all over the metro- polis. He was very proud of his waxed mous- ta.cheand goatee, and did really look a little like the Empetor. As he sat on the steps on Sunday evening, he claimed the right to a kiss for every shoot- ing star. She at rst demurred, as became a modest maiden, but finally yielded. She was even so accommodating as to call his atten- tion to flying meteors that were about. Sir Edward Grey, who is trying so hard to unite the Liberal party, is one of the most popular members of the Hou*c of Commons. and his enthusiasm for politics is only second to his love of aport. A great angler, and one of the world's finest tennis players, he finds it hard at tim&s to resist the claims of these fascinating pastimes even when his party calls him, yet he comes of a great political family, he is a fine speaker, and his Parlia- mentary manner ia perfect, and if he were to exert himself more and dally less in primrose paths—I do not use the word in its political sense—he might be a great power in the country to-day, or at any rate to-morrow. He is forty years of age. and has been a baronet for just about half that time. Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich, K.C.I.E.. to whom is largely due the settlement of the dispute between Argentina and Chili, is oar greatest authority on boundary questions, and for more than twenty years did splendid work for the Empire under the India Survey Depart- ment. Much of his work was done in time of wa.r. and hia 1ut oamjjaign was the Tlrah Expedition. He has also done ordinary cam- paign work in Abyssinia and Afghanistan, but surveying was the work in which he excelled, and the loss to India when he retired from the service was simply irreparable. He was born in 1843, is a gold medallist of the Royal Geographical Society, and has written many papers on surveying and a. most interesting book on "The Indian Borderland." "When I want to borrow half-a-crown. I never go to a friend," he said, as if he were lea-ding up to something. "All, well," replied the other, extending his hand, "let us be friends always." It is interesting to re-call, in connec- tion with the appointment of Lord Tennyson as Governor-General of the Australian Com- j monwealth, that his illustrious father, who followed Australian affairs in his day with considerable closeness as his letters to the late Sir Harry Parkes showed), was from the first a strong supporter of the Federation movement. Imperial Federation, too, had his hearty sympathy. Such a Federation, be more than once declared, would be the strongest force for good and freedom which the world had ever known; nor did lie consider it impossible that America should eventually be brought into the alliance. Mr, S. C. Bill, officer in charge of the Records of the Government of India, has been ordered to compile a selection of documents of his- torical interest referring to the events which occurred in Bengal between the accession of Siraj-ud-d-aula in April. 1756, and his defeat at Plassy, and subsequent death in June, 1757. In June. 1756 Siraj-ud-daula captured Calcutta, the British capital in Bengal, many English- men and other Europeans perishing, the night following the capture, in the Black Hole (or prison) of Old Fort William. The public records are defective in many points, and Mr. Hill appeals to any who may possess docu- ments of the kind mentioned, and do not object to their publication, to communicate with him. care of Messrs. H. S. King and Co., 46, Pall Mall, S.W. One of the happiest efforts of the erring printer which we have come across for some time (says the "Westminster") was that which figured in an Edinburgh contemporary's report of the recent Sir Walter Scott Club Dinner. Proposing the toast of Literature," one of the speakers wound up thus: "There were Captain Kettles in real life, and distin- guished generals, it was said, had gone Jaunts upon Junks and written about them, and bad been kissed by the Muses." In the report in question the last word was rendered nurses." Rubino. who awaits judicial treatment for shooting at King Leopold, left the church of St. Gudule, where he had intended assassi- nating that monarch, because "he was afraid of wounding any of the soldiers." It is sig- nificant of that mildness and gentleness of character observable in many of the notorious Anarchist assassins. Gaetano Bresci, who murdered King Humbert, was (says "T. P.'s Weekly") singularly amiable and quiet in his habits, and, though a common miner, was something of a poet, a musician, and devoted to his little daughter. Luecheni, the assassin of the Empress of Austria, was so charitable that he gave away all his money whenever he had any. The celebrated Emile Henri was a well- educated man, an enthusiast in spiritualism, and ethereal. Leon Bouteilhe was a dandy; be was so senritive-when kings were out of the question—that he gave way to tears on hearing of the perpetration of a crime when he was in prison. Cave, the editor of the Ana-rchist paper, "Revolte." had a nature equally gentle. A certain class of amiability, is undoubtedly the result of weakness of character, and a general incapability—and often tendency to insanity—marks most of these miserable creatures. Rubino appears to have been in danger of starvation several times. Vaillant was always at the last gasp. Luceheni never had a horr e. Leon Bouteilhe. though of respectable birth and well-educated enough to attempt to enter a University, could not keep his place as a railway porter. Unfortunately, assassination requires very little capital. The wish for advertisement if certainly almost universal amongst Anarchists. Czolgosy died asking to be allowed to make a speech where there were plenty of people. And there is no doubt that a criminal will risk the gallows to advertise himself, consider- ing that an inventor not long ago drowned himself in the Seine to advertise a new patent which he had in his pocket! Hence it ha? been asked why such a length of time should be allowed between the crime and the execu- tion. The idiot Sipido was, after exhaustive preliminaries, tried, released, and, in deference to diplomatic representa.tions from the highest quarters, re-arrested. Vaillant was left, two months in gaol. Cagerio Santo murdered President Carnot in June, and enjoyed the delights of notoriety till the middle of August. Emile Henri from Febru- ary till May, and so on. I A young man dined with his father lately. and when next they met the fond parent said: "George, you took my overcoat instead of your own, and I regret to say that I found the pockets of your coat full of cigarettes and matches." "I discovered my mistake, father." replied the son, "directly I got outside, for I found that the pockets of the coat I had on contained chocolate creams and three pairs of ladies' gloves."

CARDIFF MUSEUM COMMITTEE A meeting of the Cardiff Museum Committee was held on Friday night. Councillor Sydney Robinson presiding.—Dr. C. T. Vachell brought up a matter which, he said, required the calmest consideration. They were on the eve of moving into larger premises and yet up to the present they had made no preparation for it. They had not, in any way, commenced to form a proper collection. He would like to explain, in as few words as possible, that what was intended in the new building was to enter what be might term an audience cham- ber or preparatory hall, in which would be found an index illustrative of the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms. If the collec- tion was to be formed it must be by a man who had received special training in natural history. The committee had consulted the professors at the university college, and they recommended for the expert a salary not exceeding 12,00 a year, the appointment to run for three years.-Dr. Vaohell's suggestion was approved of generally, though some points were raised in discussion, bearing more particularly upon the financial aspect.—Mr. Wheatley (town-clerk) proposed that another and fuller report be submitted.—This was agreed to.

BISHOP OWEN ON BISHOP FERRAR Speaking at a meeting of the Carmarthen Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society on Thursday, the Bishop of St. David's said the Bible Society'meeting gave them a common platform. Churchmen and Nonconformists, in the midst of their differ- encss, were sincerely and earnestly agreed in this—that they recognised the Bible as the standard of doctrine, the treasury of devotion, and the guide of life. The supreme authority of Holy Scripture was one of the main prin- ciples of the Protestant Reformation, to which they were all alike deeply and per- manently indebted, and in the cause of which Bishop Ferrar. Bishop of St. David's, gave his life at the stake in that town of Carmarthen. He once before said. and he said it again, that no man could venerate the memory of Bishop Ferrar more than himself. (Hear, hear.)

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. The following are the reodiap since five o'clock lut eveninsc, as given by tns barometer in the vestibule of the "Evening Eipress," St. Mary-street, Cardiff, which is 33ft. above mean sea level. p."I. Hidn't. 911.m. JVoon. 5 p. n 30-0.: —; 29-0'Ul! ••«•••••••• "•if"

t MINERS' WAGES. Meeting of South Wales Executive. THE C0AL0WNERS' COUNTER PROPOSALS. As reported in the Extra-Special and later editions of yesterday's Evening Exprees," A meeting of the executive council of the South Wales Miners' Federation which was, held at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, yesterday disclosed serious differences between the older representatives of the men and the younger agents, some of whom were inclined to kick over the trafces. It was only through the persuasive and coundly argumentative eloquence of "Mabou," who presided, that the fiepresen-tativea were kept to peaceable lines of conduct in their negotiations with the em- ployers. The meeting was called for the pur- pose of considering the eoalowners' counter- proposals as put forward at the last joint conference. These proposals, it will be remembered, were that the sliding-scale agree- ment should continue for another year, and that the filling of small coal should be paid for at the rate of one-tenth of a penny per ton. The proposal in respcct to"smalls" was, of course, intended to. put the ooalowners on the right side of the law, which provides that the workmen shall be paid for all minerals gotten." The first point, that of continuing the sliding-scale, was not seriously considered, because it was reeogniged that no such arrangement as the employers suggested could be made, and attention was directed to the payment for small coal. The official report is so carefully worded that no indication of the decision arrived at can be ascertained from it. The discussion, as a matter of fact, was prolonged, because the proceedings of previous meetings had been prematurely disclosed to the press. Upon whom the suspicion lies we are not in a position to say. but we are able to stale that the demand which the workmen's' representatives decided to put forward at the next conference was a payment at the rate of 6d. per ton for all small coal which passes through the "Billy Fairplay." Thia, of course, will mean a considerable increase of the miners' wages, because, so far as we can ascer- tain, there is no intention to equalise matters by reducing the payment for cutting large coal. In spite of the aggressive prominence which some of the younger members of the Federation Council allowed themselves to indulge in. "Mabon" is still confident that a peaceable conclusion can be arrived at, and in this view he is backed up by all the older representatives of the miners in South Wales. They all allege that the owners are delaying a settle- ment in order to get better terms, and they are candid enough to admit privately that it is their intention to force a settlement while the price of coal is in their favour. The hasty temper of some of the younger members of the council may be dangerous, and we cannot represent that danger in better terms than those used by one of the oldest and best trusted members on the workmen's side of the sliding-scale committee when he said. referring to Friday's meeting, If they go on as thlby started to-day there will be a strike." The meeting was attended by Mr. W. P. Nicholas, solicitor to the Federation, who advised the council upon their legal status in reference to small coal. The men's representatives will hold another meeting to-day (Saturday), when the result of the audit for the past two months will be made known. Official Report. A specially-convened meeting of the execu- tive of the South Wales Miners' Federation was held on Friday at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, to consider the proposals put before them on Tuesday last by the eoalowners' representa- tives. Mr. W. Abraham (" &abon"), M.P.. occupied the chair, and Mr. W. Brace the vice- chair. There were also present Messrs. A. Onions (treasurer), E. Morrell. D. Bevnon, J Williams, W. Hopkins, W. E. Morgan, W. Vyce, T. Thomas, E Thomas, J. Winstone, J. Davies, J. Thomas, D. Watts Morgan, T. George, J. Kemp, James Manning, W. Harris, Vernon Hartshorn, T. Evans, C. B. Stanton, B. Davies, and T. Richards (secretary), with Mr. W. P. Nicholas (solicitor). I' The proposals of the employers to continue the sliding-scale for another year and to pay one-tenth of a penny per ton for filling small coal were gone into at considerable length, and an official report was furnished at the close of the proceedings, stating that the necessary preparations were mads for putting the views of the men before the eoalowners at j the next joint meeting, to be held on Friday, the 5th of December. Dispute at the Ocean Colliery, Ogmore.— Messrs. J. Thomas and D. Beynon, who had been appointed to investigate the matter in dispiite at this colliery upon the request of the workmen, presented their report, and, inasmuch as it was felt that the workmen had a decided grievance, it was resolved that Messrs. Thomas and Beynon should see the manager, with Mr. John Williams, the agent, with a view of trying to effect a settlement. Small Coal Wasted. Mr. J. Winstone, miners' agent, Pontypool, speaking to a "Western Mail" man on Friday night, said that at the Varteg Colliery all the small coal was left at the bottom of the pit, and he considered that there was a great waste of national wealth in this respect. The price of small coal had gone up by 200 per cent. since 1892, and he thought that the small coal should be brought to the surface and made the best! use of. Scottish Miners' Wages. At Glasgow on Friday Sheriff Jameson gave his official award as arbitrator in the demand of 70,000 Scotch miners for a 12! per cent. advance in wages. The Sheriff decided that the West of Scotland miners were entitled to 61 pec cent. advance and the East of Scotland miners to 33, the difference being arranged to bring both districts into harmony. The advance will commence next Monday.

NEWSPAPER VENDORS FINED AT NEWPORT The question of regulating the shrill voices of newspaper boys when selling the Exprees football edition on Saturday nights at New- port occupied the attention of the borough magistrates on Friday, when a number of boys were summoned for continuously shouting whilst vending newspapers in High-street after being requested by a police-constable to cease. The offence charged against half-a-dozen boys was that of shouting at 8.30 on Saturday night. Police-constable Davies said he cautioned the boys. but they still shouted, and could be heard from the new arcade to the railway- statiou approach—a distance of 120 yards.— The Clerk (Mr. T. Summers): But some of us would not know where to get our papers if the boys did not call out. Were there any com- plaints about these boys?—Police-constable Davies: No; only from the head-constable.— Superintendent Brooks said High-street was in a state of fearful uproar on Saturday nights, and there were a. great number of complaints from the tradespeople. The police had no wish to interfere with the boys selling papers if they would not make so much noise. He did not think they sold a single extra paper by shouting and bawling 1!0 loudly.—The i Clerk: But some people are deaf. you know.— Superintendent Brooks: High-street is like a Bedlam on Saturday night.—The Bench cautioned the boys, and ordered them to pay a shilling ea-ch. They wished that the boys would reject thn police, moderate their tones when selling the papers. A young In" n for shouting "Milk" on Sun- day was ordered to pay 5s.

THEROMANTICTRAGEWNEAR ROUEN At Rouen on Friday the trial began of the artist Syndon on the charge of kiling M. Lu-cien David, the financier, at Etretat. It was decided that the proceedings should not be delayed on account of the absence, through illness, of Madame David, wife of the deceased. The Presiding Judge, interrogating the pri- soner, asked him what induced him to com- mit the crime. Amid profound silence, Syn- don. who spoke in trembling tones, said that he was beside himself owing to M. David having accused him of trying to seduce Mar- celle. his daughter, and his (the prisoner's) pupil. He had a violent scene on this sub- ject with the deceased, and M. David spat in his face and assaulted him. With a view to asking Madame David for explanations, he went to Etretat and saw her, but her hus- band suddenly appeared and turned him to ridicule before her, and he (prisoner) lost con- trol of himself and killed him. He denied having said that he was the lover of Madame David. Their intimacy was confined to matters of art. The President, reproaahed the prisoner with having endured every possible insult simply for the sake of remaining inti- mate with the Davids, and with having con- tinued his visits after he had been turned out by M. David.—Renter.

EXPULSION OF CARTHUSIANS The French Government has refused the application for "authorisation" under the Associations Law made by the Carthusians.— Central News.

MAUD MARSH'S, FATE. Symptoms of the Fatal Illness. CHAPMAN "BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. I The following appeared in the later editions of yesterday's "Evening Express":— At Southwark Police-court yesterday (before Mr. Cecil Chapman) George Chapman was brought up on remand charged with causing the death by arsenical' poisoning of Maude Marsh, whom be employed as a. bar- maid at the Crown Public-hous?, Borough High-street, London. The case has created considerable interest, not only in London, but throughout the kingdom, and when the accused was placed in the dock the court was crowded. Mr. Bodkin prosecuted on belialf of the Treasury, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. H. Sidney. Mrs. Eliza Marsh, mother of the deceaaed girl, was at once called. In examination by Mr. Bodkin, the witness said she lived at West Croydon. Her daughter advertised in a news- paper for a situation, with the i-esult that witness and her daughter visited the prisoner at the Monument IHiblic-house, Monument- street. He was then wearing a plain gold ring, and he stated that he was a widower. He told them that the girl if she came to him would not be alone, as a family were occupying the top floor. Subsequently her daughter went into the service of prisoner, and not long afterwards she-wrote to say that she was engaged to prisoner. The accused and the deceased had visited witness at Croydon, and they then announced that they were engaged. Prisoner made a will in favour of deceased on September 13 last, and announced that he was going to marry her. In the presence of her daughter and prisoner at Croydon. witness asked when the mar- riage was to take place, and her daughter stated that they would let her know. In con- sequence of a letter witness received, she went to the Monument Public-house, Union-street, on the 13th of October last year, and the ground outside the home was sprinkled with confetti. Her daughter. Nelly, who was there, said her sister Maude had that morning got married to the accused at a Roman Catholic Church. Maude was wearing a wedding ring. In the presence of Chapman witness asked I for the marriage certificate, and Maude i answered, George has got it." Chapman moved to the C-own Public-house, in the Borough, about's Christmas last. In July witness got a. letter from her daughter, and in consMiuence visited Guv's Hoscital. where MBS. MOBRI3. 1 jrcssre toon. she was detained as an inmate. She heard of her illness again at the Crown about the middle of October last, and on the 20th of that month visited her there. She asked Chapman about her daughter Maude, and he said she was very bad. She went upstairs, and witness saw she was very ill. She was being attended to by Jess'e Toon. Soon afterwards Chapman came in, aeked Maude how she was. and felt her pulse. She was in dreadful pain, and dry, hot towels were put across her stomach. Maude complained that she was continually vomiting and that the retching made her sore. She suffered greatly from thirst, and Cha;p-, man brought her a brandy and soda. She however, vomited as soon as she took it. The vomit was a green colour. It was' peculiar, and witness had never seen vomit like it before. The smell was peculiar, but witness could not describe what it was like. At about two o'clock that day Dr. i Stoker came, and witness asked him if any- thing could be done to relieve the sickness. 1 He scratched his head and said, I am at my wits' end to know what to do for her. My means are ex- hausted." Maude did not improve in health, a.nd witness attended to her, Chapman coming frequently into the room. Her daughter made a statement to her, and in oonsequenoe of that witness asked Chapman if the eating of rabbit ALICE MARSH. was the cause of her illness. He replied that he could not say, as they had all had come. Witness further described the progress of the illn'ess, and said her daughter suffered terribly from thirst. She stayed with the girl during the next night. She bagged her to take a little gruel, and she said she would take some if I made it myself." Chapman slept in tha sick room at night on a couch, and was fre- quently in and out during the followiny da.y feeling the deceased's pulse. The day after- wards. on the suggestion of the deceased's father. Dr. Grapnel, of West Croydon, who had attended the Mar&h family, consulted with Dr. Stoker on the case. Decea-sed was thirsty, as usual, that day, but appeared a 1 rifle brighter. During the night she was still very ill, and the following morning she became worse. She would not have anything to drink, and just before she died, that day she said to Chapman, Good-bye, George." Chapman went outside and wept, and when Dr. Stoker arrived soon afterwards accused asked him for the death certificate. Dr. Stoker said he could not give him the certi- ficate, as there was no satisfactory proof of what caused her death, or something to that effect. Chapman replied that she died from exhaustion. Dr. Stoker a;'id. What caused the exhaustion? and Chapman answered, Sickness and diarrhoea." The doctor, fur- ther questioning, sa.id What caused the diarrhcea and Chapman did not reply. She remembered the day before Maude died having a conversation with Chapman abont what Dr. Grappel had said to her. She told him that Dr. Grappel had said that her daughter was suffering from poisoning, a.nd Chaoman replied that he did not know 0 J what it could be unless it was the rabbit. Witness then said, Dr. Grappel says you don't find arsenic in rabbit," and Chapman replied that he could not tell what else it could be. Witness did not know till after her death that Maude was not married to Chap- man. In cross-examination by Mr. Sidney, witness said that Chapman was always friendly to- wards witness and family. They were always at liberty to visit Maude at the Monument and the Crown, and at the former house one of wit- ness's other daughters stayed for some months. Maude declined to be examined by the doctors at the hospital because Chapman strongly objected to it. The statements she had made were to the best of her memory. While at. the Crown during your daughter's illness was not everything done by Chapman that was sllg-gested for your daughter's wel- fare?- Yes. Chapman used to be in the bed- room when nobody else was there. When Dr. Grappel came Chapman, at the request of wit- ness, sent for Dr. Stoker. To the beet of her DETECT1YE-IKSPECTOR GODLEY (in charge of the ca3e). belief her conversation with Chapman about arsenic took place the evening before hei daughter died. She, however, was so upset that she could not remember the time cleanly. In re-examination by Mr. Bodkin, witness said Maude told her married sister. Mns. Morris, that she objected to be examined and messed about by a doctor." Witness did not hear that statement herself. The court then adjourned for luncheon. Upon the court resuming. Mrs. Louisa Sarah Morris, sister of the deceased, gave evidence. She visited the deceased in Guy s Hospital and at the Crown during her illness. When she was at the hospital witness went to see her, and on going to the Crown after- wards she said to Chapman, "Don't you think it is funny Maudie is like this?" and he replied. "She should have taken the medicine I gave her." Witness said her sister never oould take medicine, and he replied, If she comes out of this lot "she'll do as I tell her." Witness said, "It seems very funny that the doctors cannot find out what's the matter with her," and he said, I could give her a bit like that" (making a gesture with his fingers) which 50 doctors could not find out." Witness said, "What do you mean?" and prisoner said, Never mind." She saw her sister at. the Crown later on. Then she was suffering irom diarrhcea and sickness. In reply to a letter from the deceased, witness visited her sister at the Crown on Saturday, the 11th of October, and she was still suffer- ing from diarrhcea and sickness. She was taking bovril, %randy and soda, and water. The vomit was like green water. Chap- man kept going into the bedroom every five or ten minutes, proceeding to the bedside, and feeling Maude's pulse. In the early part of the evening the deceased was conscious and seemed a trifle better. Witness then went out betwe2n nine and ten, and on her return she found her sister very much worse, and in an unconscious condition. She stayed up with her the next morning till two o'clock. The same day her sister had pork and vege- tables for dinner, and she kept those down. She seemed much better. Witness left the room at about three o'clock that afternoon, and Chapman remained with her sister. Upon witness returning in the course of an hour or eo the deceased was very bad again, and complained of being thirsty. Chapman gave ner some ginger beer and champagne. Witness remained with her during part of the night, and'the next morning, when she saw ner, she was very ill indeed. Witness went Home and returned to the Crown on Monday, October 20. Deceased seemed very ill, and witness suggested to Chapman that another doctor should he brought in. He said she had got' the best that could be got in that locality, and it was no good having any other. In crose-examination by Mr. Sidney, witness said it was always a bother to get her sister to talie medicine. ) Did your sister ever say to you that ehe did not like being "messed" about by doctors?— No, sir. She told me that Chapman did not I want her to undergo an operation or exami- nation. I'to you eay on no occasion did your sister ) tell you that she did not like to be interfered 'with by doctors?—All she told me was that Chapman objected to her undergoing either I an operation or examination. During the time that you were in atten- dance upon your sister did she have every- thing she desired and all the doctor ordered? i —Yes. She had whatever she wanted. Chap- man had to attend the business, and it was I only for short periods that he was able to go upstairs. When the champagne was brought up to the deceased witness and her sister had some of it. I Never at any time did Chapman object to you going to your sister's bedroom?—When I asiked hew Maude was, Chapman used to tell me to go upstairs, and I used to go up. Alice May Marsh, sister of the deceased, living at West Croydon, said she visited her sister at the Crown towards the end of July, and on getting there saw Chapman in the i)ar She asked how her sister was, and he answered, In bed dying fast." Witness went upfjtairs and saw her sister, who had a cup of senna tea in one hand and some sugar in another. She was very ill, and on getting downstairs witness said, "Don't you think Maude had better go to the hospital or 'I to a doctor?" and he answered, She only wants to go to a hospital for the fellows to moss her about." He added that if she was to go anywhere she should go to a doctor. I Witness and her sisters then went to Guy's Hospital, where some medicine was pre- scribed. Upon returning to the Crown, Chap- man seemed cross, and said Maude only wanted to go there for the fellows to mess her about. Witness saw her sister on the 20th of October, and she was then very ill. The day after her sister's death witness called at the Crown, and, when having tea. Chapman said, "There is a chance for you as barmaid now, Alice. Will you .come?" She replied, "No, thanks; London doesn't suit me." Daisy Harriett Helen Marsh, another sister of the deceased, also gave evidence. She stated that she was staying with Chapman and her sister on the Sunday when they were supposed to have been married. Chapman and her aister went out between ten and eleven o'clock, and came back at about one. Her sister, who was then wearing a wedding ring, stated that they had been married. By Mr. Sidney: While witness was with them Chapman and her sister were very friendly and happy together. Jessie Toon, who was engaged by Chapman to nurse deceased on the 16th of October, said she found the patient suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting. She was fed by injec- tione. which were given by Chapman himself, and which he described to witness as cousiat- 1 ins of beef tea. milk, and eggs. It wait a, milky liquid. Chapman brought the nourish- ment, whatever it was, into the bedroom. Did you ever see anyone but Chapman oruig it in?—No. Were you ever present when the injection was prepared?—No. Witness, proceeding, said she had tried to get the deceased to take medicine which had been prescribed, but she absolutely refused. The injection used to be brought by Chapman in a half-pint measure, and that measure, along with the syringe, used to be taken away by Chapman when the operation was over. The deceased suffered great pain when witness used to lift her in and out of bed. She used to be rigid. and witness could hardly hold her. n^ceased stated that she was thirsty. and Ck nan gave her brandy and water an hour or so before her death. Witness tasted that brandy and it burnt her mouth. I. The prisoner was remanded for a week.

SWANSEA SLANDER. Allegations Against a Widow. JURY AWARD THE PLAINTIFF £250 DAMAGES. At the Glamorgan Assizes at Swansea Town-hall yesterday the hearing was resumed of Mrs. Pearce's action against Mr. Crowhurat. managing director of the Swan- sea United Breweries (Limited), in which damages were claimed by plaintiff (a, widow who had managed one of the licensed houses of the company) for slander. The evidence for the plaintiff was resumed, and Susan Sims, an old servant a.t the White Rose Hotel, testified to plain- tiff's sobriety. Frank Nicholson. public-house manager, Sketty, and J. Maggs, watchmaker, frequent visitors to the hotel, said they had never seen plaintiff under the influence of drink. This concluded the plaintiff's case. Mr. B. Francis-Williams then contended that whatever words were spoken were spoken on an occasion when a matter of business was being discussed in which the parties present had all a common interest, viz., the letting to plaintiff of the Trafalgar Hotel, and wh«n the defendant, as managing director, and Mr. James, as secretary of the company, were talking to this lady on business. That was a privileged occasion. Again, the words were only spoken in answer to a question by plaintiff. The Judge said that question was not admitted. But if Mr. Crowhurst was shown to be a person in such authority as to be able to say, "You shall not be the tenant," and if it appeared that plaintiff was asked to call to see him for his decision, then it appeared to him the occasion was privileged. Mr. Francis-Williams said that had already been shown in evidence, and it was the refusal of Mr. Crowhurst to let the house which brought about the county-court action. Mr. S. T. Evans intimated that he could not contend the occasibn was not privileged. The Judge (to the jury): I have held that the occasion (mark the word) on which the words were used was privileged. I shall ask you by and bye if the privilege was destroyed by any malice on the part of Mr. Crowhurst. Mr. Williams then addressed the jury, stating that he would call evidence to show that Mr. Crowhurst was perfectly justified in what he had said on the privileged occa- sion that he was not actuated by the feelings which had been attributed to him by plain- tiff, viz., that because her valuer had suc- ceeded in getting a. higher award than he desired he deliberately invented the story that this woman was drunk, and that he was prepared to ruin her so far as her business as a keeper of public-houses was concerned. Defendant, in his evidence, said that he noticed soon after plaintiff became mana- geress of the White Rose that she at times was excited, apparently by drink, and he told her that the compa.ny would have no one in their houses who gave way to drink. After- wards he heard that some workmen employed at the house could not proceed owing to her behaviour and interference, and he then threatened to give her notice. Had she been a Swansea woman he would have discharged her. Subsequently she became tenant, and was then paid out. and his action on his return from London was in consequence of what the secretary said to him as to the manner she had conducted herself on the day of settlement. He then told her she could not have the Trafalgar because she had given way to drink again. Cross-examined by Mr. S. T. Evans, he denied having said she was "always drunk." Have you seen plaintiff drupk?—It depends on your definition of the term. Have you seen plaintiff drunk?—I have seen her the worse for drink. Have you seen her drunk? That is what I ask youP-Witness demurred, and the jury asked that the question should be answered. Witness (to judge): Am I compelled to answer that question? The Judge: If you can. but if yon can't answer you must say so.—Witness: Then I can't. (Laughter.) Witness, however, added that he had seen plaintiff under the influence of drink and unfit for business. Certain workmen employed repairing at the White Rose gave evidence of what they considered curious conduct on the part of the plaintiff. Mr. William Hopkin James, a director and the secretary of the Swansea United Breweries, gave his account of the interview at which the slander was alleged to have been uttered. He said that they paid plain- tiff £100 to go out because they thought Freear, who had married the daughter of the proprietor of the Grand Hotel, would make a better tenant, and it would also be better financially for the company. He saw her the worse for drink on the night of the settle- ment. Cross-examined by Mr. Evans: He decided to report the matter to Mr. Crowhurst. He thought it his duty to do so. He did not repeat the allegation to her at the interview; he said nothing. He would not eay he acted "privately," but there was no one present when he spoke to Mr. Crowhurst about it. Mr. Crowhurst at the interview said she was drinking again, and he could get witnesses to prove it. Asked by the judge why he had not pri- vately expostulated with her as to her con- duct. he said he did not think it kindness to do so a.t that time. It was true the county- court judge had found that there was a breach of contract in not letting her the Trafalgar, and that the real reason was not her intemperate habits. That might have resulted from the case not being worked up properly. Mr. B. Francis-Williams: That judgment is nnder appeal. r Mr. Evans: Bnt not on questions ol fact. Mr! B. Francis-Williams: It may be a ques- tion of law whether there was sufficient evi- dence to support the judgment. (Laughter.) In reply to Mr. Evans, the witness said that when Mrs. Pierce burst into tears in the office he advised her to sit down and rest. He told her Mr. Crowhurst was an old man and a bit irritable, and tor take no notice of it. You advised rest in Mr. James's room? (Laughter).—Yes. That is your invariable panacea, I find. How did you go on in attempting to solace her?—I advised her to take a glass of wine. You say she is a lady of intemperate habits? —Yes, I certainly do. And you think it right to offer such a lady alcohol early in the morning?—Yes; if she had kept to wine I shouldn't have expected her to get in the state she had. Oh, wine! You prescribe like St. Paul, I find?—Yes. Mr. B. Francis-Williams: For her stomach s StMr. Evans: That is frequently supposed to be the seat of irritability. Captain Thomas, deputy-chief-constable, Swansea, having stated the attitude of the police with regard to the licence of the Trafalgar, said that the information against Mrs. Pearce did not come altogether from the brewery company. Mr. J. E. Fitt. of the Grand Temperanoe Hotel, said he was at the White Rose Hotel on the day of the valuation on behalf of his son-in-law, Mr. Freear, the incoming tenant. The plaintiff wps excited and thick in her utterance, and evideutly nnder the influence of drink. She resented their being present. and in the evening got loud and boisterous towards them. Once she danced into the bar in a very childish way, singing "Ta-ra-ra- boom-de-av, I'n> not going out to-day." (Laughter.) Several other witnesses were called, includ- ing Mr. W. James, auctioneer, to prove curious conduct on the part of the plaintiff.. Counsel then addressed the court at great length. His Lordship, in summing up, said the points for the jury to consider were:—Which version of the words used was correct, and, though they were spoken on a privileged occa- sion, were they spoken with malice. At 7.45 the jury retired to consider their venlict. The jury veturned a. verdict for plaintiff for £25C.

DEATH OF Dr. PARKER -0 Pastor of the City Temple Passes Away TRANQUIL END TO A LONG ILLNESS. Dr. Joseph Parker. the well-known Congre- gational leader, passed peacefully away at five o'clock on Friday evening at his Hamp- stead residence, after an illness of some weeks' duration. The Rev. Joseph Parker, D.D., was born April 9, 1830, of humble parents, at Hexham- cn-Tyne. He studied theology under Dr. Cameron, of Moorftelds, and then became a student at University College, preaching at the old Barbican Chapel as a supply." In 1853 he became pastor of the Congregationai Church at Banbury, where he remained five years, becoming mmister of the Oavendish- street Church, Manchester, in 1858. There he laboured eleven years, and in 1869 removed to London, where he' became pastor of the Old Poultry Chapel. By this time Dr. Parker had achieved considerable fame, both as a The Late Rev. JOSEPH PARKER. preacher and a writer. Late in the fifties he used to hold controversial discourses with Secularists in the open air, and his Help to Truth-seekers," issued in 1857, contains the pith of those discourses. When the late Sir John Seeley published his remarkable work, Ecce Homo," which created such a sensation in its day. Dr. Parker replied with "Ecce DcTLB," and this, in its turn. was received with much favourable interest. In 1874 the City Temple, which had been built at a cost of £ 70,000, was opened, and from that day to this the great chapel has been one of the leading religious foci of London, and closely identified during eight and twenty years with ttic name of Dr. Parker. During the lifetime of Charles Spurgeon the City Temple was, perhaps, overshadowed by the Tabernacle, but when Spurgeon died, ten years ago, Dr. Parker's chapel took first rank as a centre of Nonconformist interest in tlie great Met- ropolis. To hear Parker was what few thoughtful people failed to do of a Sunday when visiting London, and on the whole he was eminently worth the hearing. His style wa.s declamatory, and at times sensational, even eccentric, but there was no mistaking the earnestness and importance of his message or the deep and fervent feeling with which it was delivered. Dr. Parker's fame brought him honour after honour in his own denomination. He was at one time or another cnairman of the Lancashire Congregational Union; chairman of the Manchester Congre- gational Board; chairman of the London Con- gregational Board (twice); and chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. In 1394 Dr. Parker completed the twenty-fifth year of his ministry in London, and was presented with a cheque for a thousand guineas. The same year he wrote to the Times to noint out that the custom of reporting and publishing sermons was a form of literary piracy against which preachers should protect themselves. The hon. degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the Univer- sitv of Chicago. In 1893 he celebrated his jubilee as a preacher. Of Dr. Parker's very numerous works the one by which he is best known is his People's Bible." Dr. Parker was twice married. His first wife, whom he married in 1851, was Ann Nesbit, of Horsley Hills; his second was the daughter of Andrew Common, of Sunderland, sister of the famous astronomer, Dr. A. A. Common, of Ealing, late president of the Royal Astronomical Society, and of Mr. J. F. Common, Cathedral-road, Car- diff. Mrs. Parker. who was a most accom- plished woman and a devoted helpmeet, and to whom he was tenderly attached, died iv 1898. and his references to his late wife made in the pulpit of the City Temple were almost pitifnl in the depth of their pathos. Dr. Parker paid his last visit to Cardiff in 1901 when he preached at the Park-hall to a dense and enrapt throng on the occasion of the Free Churches Congress. On his seventieth birth- day Dr. Parker preached on the text, The days of our years are three-score year and ten." Replying to the questions of an inter- viewer on the higher criticism, the veteran minister said: I am still standing with the Bible in ray hand. The higher criticism has not cost me an hour's sleep. I have been able to eat my meals regularly, notwithstana- ine all that I have heard about evolution, and I welcome all enlightened and progressive criticism, science, and helpful thought." Dr. Parker is the author of a number of well-known works, theological and general. including:—" Ecce Deus," "The Paraclete," "The People's Bible' (in 25 vols.), "The Pulpit Bible." "Springdale Abbey," "Well Begun," Misrht Have Been." "Tynp Folk," "None Like It," "To-day's Bible," "To-day's Christ," "Walden Stanyer," "Christian Profiles in a Pagan MirroS," Paterson's Parish," "A Preacher's Life." "An Autobiography and an Album," &c., Ac. Characteristic Stories. A man of great gifts, who employed those gifts in the service of his fellow men, and, moreover, a. man of strong character, it is needless to add that he made a deep impres- sion upon his age, and it is not too much to say tha.t he left the world-left London, left Congregationalism, left society—better than he found them. Like every other popular man, he was the hero of many a characteristic and well-told tale. All such stories serve as sidelights to illustrate and explain the man. They give us an insight into bi9 heart and his human nature. On one occasion Dr. Parker was paid by an omnibus oonductor what he considered the best compliment he ever received. The vehicle was crowing Holborn Viaduct, and when it came to the City Temple a passenger alighted. "That's the man and that's the place." said the conductor, indicating Dr. Parker's church. "I went there once, and I enjoyed myself so much that I'm going again the first night off I have. We laughed and we cried, and we had a rare time. You Bee," the conductor continued, "he doesn't make religion so —— serious." Another story refers to Dr. Parker's provin- cial days, before he went to London. A Midland publisher approached him one day with a view to the regular issue of his ser- mons. The matter was discussed, and, finally, the question of terms came up. "Well," replied the publisher, when Dr. Parker in- quired what were his proposals on this head, "it's all for the glory of God." "Not so fast," returned the young minister; "you mean to sell the sermons, do you not?" "Yes." "In that case I must share. Selling at a penny means a possible profit. Why not divide both the profits and the glory?" divide both the profits and the glory?" Smart at retort the busy divine was. At a literary dinner a story was told of "John Oliver Hobbes' perversion to Roman Catho- licism. Mrs. Pearl Oraigie, so it was stated in print, wrote to inform Dr. Parker, as an old friend of the fa.mily, of this interesting fact, adding that fhe was signalising her change of faith by adopting two additional names— those of saints in the Roman Church. She. therefore, signed herself "Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie." No reply could be more complete or more hgppy than that of Dr. Parker, who t briefly responded, signing himself "Joseph Matthew Mark Luke John Parker."

SMALL-POX AT ABERDARE At. the ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Aberdare District Council held on Friday, Mr. Edward Morgan being in the chair, a perusal of the medical officer's report gave rise to a reference to the two cases of small- pox which were discovered at Abernant last Wednesday. It was stated that, acting on the advice of Dr. Roes, the children (four in num- ber), aa well as a lodger named Thomas Jones, had. besides Mr. and Mrs. Me5rrick, been removed to the hospital.—The Chairman explained that the disease had. doubtless, been brought to Abernant from Dowlais by the lodger, who had only recently visited the latter place.-The doctor's procedure, to cause the removal to hospital of the occupants of the affected house, was approved.

STEAM COAL FOR THE BRITISH NAVY The British Admiralty authorities have, we are informed, included the IShymney Merthyr smokeless steam coal in the list for the supply of Welsh steam ooai to his Majesty's ships at ports abroad..

"Cochfarf's" Gomments. There is at last some hope of an amend- ment of the British patent laws, for a Patent Amendment Bill has reached its third reading in the House of Lords. The measure is far from being satisfactory to those who have experience of the older law; but some idea may be formed as to the effect which the new Bill is likely to have by comparison with the working of the United States Patent Office. Under the system of an absolute search to ascer- tain the prior state of the art in any of the classes into which inventions fall in the United States, the examination staff numbers 162, and cannot keep pace with the work. The staff at the British office at present under a system of "no search" numbers 267. Under the present Bill a fifty years' search is guaranteed. The Committee on whose report the Bill is based recommended a gradual increase of the staff at the Patent Office for the double purpose of completing the illustrated abridgements of specifications back to the year 1617 and for the training of the new staff required for the examina- tion recommended. The expenses of the American Office amount to £242,356 yearly, and the income to £225,091. The present expenses yearly of the British Office are £123,:n6, and the income £225,700. Thus the Americans wisely refuse to make money out of the brains of their clever men, and endow their Patent Office to the extent of £17,265, whilst Great Britain commits the error of tax- ing her gifted subjects to the extent of £102,484, The new system will involve a greatly increased outlay, but there is ample margin before the present income of the office is overtaken; and, with the increased publio confidence in the genuine- ness of a patent by a guaranteed fifty years' search against anticipations, the Commonwealth of our nation will be surely greatly added to by this increased stimulus to invention. Like every other public body, the Lon- don County Council is troubled by the canvassing of candidates for employment in its many departments. I have often expressed the opinion that every public man should cultivate sufficient moral courage to see all the applicants for em- ployment and tell them unequivocally either that they are unfit for the appointments they seek, or if there is no vacancy to tell them also. After a little experience, such plain answers to the importunities of friends become easy. If a public man does not possess sufficient courage to act as I have suggested; I am certain he will not have sufficient courage to report to a com- mittee or council anyone who breaks through any rule which prohibits canvass- ing. The London County Council, how- ever, has passed a resolution of disquali- fioation of any person who canvasses a. member or obtains a letter of introduc- tion to any officer-an absolutely abortive resolution, as will be found out in a very short time. Where many schemes are being pushed forward for the public benefit, the most casual reader must be struck by the enor- mous number of local inquiries held under the direction of the Local Government Board. Before a local authority can borrow money, however small an amount, they must obtain the permission of the Board, and before granting any such per- mission it is their custom to appoint an inspector to investigate the proposed works, and to sit at the Town-hall on a certain day to hear evidence for and against the scheme. This work keeps about twenty inspectors busy throughout the year, and I understand the number of inquiries held is nearer 2,000 than 1,000 annually. A Local Government Board inquiry is, doubtless, a most valuable institution. But there can be no doubt that a large proportion of them are of a purely formal character, attended only by the officials of the local council; and, as the expenses of the inspectors, with, under oertain Acts, a charge for his salary, have to be repaid to Whitehall, the opinion has been often expressed that the inquiries are too numerous. The fault is due to the present state of the law. When, as often happens, the debt of a district exceeds the ratable value for one year, an inquiry must be held, even if it is only proposed to borrow £50 for a watercart. The Acts might well be altered so as to give the department an absolute discretion as to the circum- stances under which a local investigation is necessary; or greater safety to the interests of the ratepayers might be secured by issuing notices of an intended application for a loan as at present, but that no inquiry should be necessary unless demanded by a given number of rate- payers, just as a poll may be demanded now when a statutory meeting is held previous to proceeding with a Bill in Parliament. The note of yesterday concerning the late Dean Vaughan's "Advent Record" has caused many inquiries to be made regarding the history of the interesting publication. It was published yearly by the dean, and its circulation was strictly confined to those who had been "reading with him and had taken Holy Orders. Thus it can be realised to what sym- pathetic readers the beautiful words of resignation which I quoted yesterday were addressed. In the same little book) are to be found the names and addresses of all the clergymen who had been trained by him, and the prayer used at our Tuesday evening meetings" means the prayer used at the weekly meetings of his "readers." I am sure readers of the Evening Express will read with avidity the poem by Whittier, which evidently expressed the thoughts of the godly dean during his last Advent Sunday on earth. AT LAST. When on my day of life the night ie falling. And. in the winds from unsunned spaces blown. I hear far voices out of darkness calling My feet to paths unknown, Thou Who hast made my home of life so pleasant. Leave not its tenant when its walls decay; 0 Love Divine. 0 Helper ever present. Be Thou my strength and stay! Be near me when all else is from me drifting: Earth, sky. home's pictures, days of shade and shine. And kindly faces to mine own uplifting The love which answers mine. I have but Thee, my Fa.ther. let Thy Spirit Be with me, then. to comfort and uphold; No g-at.e of poold. no branch of palm I v«jit, Nor streets of shining gold. Suffioe it if-my good and ill unrecfeomed, And both forgiven through Thy -bounding grace— I find myself by hands familiar beckoned Unto my fitting1 place. Some humble door among Thy many mansions. Some sheltering shade where sin and striving cease, And flows for ever through heaven's green expansions, The river of Thy peace. There, from the music round about ma stealing, I fain would learn the new and holy song, And find at last, beneath Thy trees of healing The life for which I long.