The Rhos Herald

Portsmouth Town Council, after being driven for a time to sit in another room owing to the continuous hooting in the public gallery of the council chamber, adopted by 24 votes to 8, the proposed address of welcome to the Tsar. Mr. J. Gritnwood has been adopted as Unionist candidate for South West Ham to oppose Mr. Will Thorne, M.P., at the nex-t parliamentary election. Extension of the Central London Electric Railway to Liverpool-street is ii-t'lided in thte provisions of the Central London Kaiiv»a> biU, which has been reported for third reading by the Unopposed Bill Committee of the House of Commons. Mr. Moore, the Prime Minister of Western Australia, stated in a speech at Bunbury (Western Australia) that the people's deposit* in the Savings Bank amounted to J3,000,090, equal almost to Jll for woamm, aid child in tks State. -A iY) ju-j,

DHINGRA SENTENCED. ■ "gy —* P&'JSONER'H COOlPAfta'S* kfter 1-he trial, lasting only two h<>ur*, J; ffle Oj.J Bailey on Fri-clay, Madar Lai Dhingra, tlvo Hindu student who murdered Sir William Htt* Curzon Wyllie (political aide-de-camp to I. Morlev) and Dr. Lalcaca, at the Imperial Insti- tute on the night of July 1, was sentenced to death. In the course of his speech for the prbsecuticrt, Sir WiFiam Robson. the Attorney-General, said Sir Cufzoj. Wyllie had. for jr.-iiiy years in India in responsible and impor- tant capacities. The prisoner "Was a; 1, of India of respectable and lioi-.iotir,-Lbil e and loyal family. He had been at Baysy-'atc; murd ,-r way carefully and apparei.y le13 pri- mod int. I. Tli,, p.-sciier had no witnesses to caH, and did not, ■d-'iii.ie to the jury, Ip acct rdancfJ with his wish, however, the long statement made at the police-court, in which h-3 atieinp'-ed to- justify h!* act, was read. The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up, sa:'d it was net gugo-st^d :ha.; Dl.singra coi- rd tno crini- in r } -f!o■;ic: fie frrvd two *» :■ shots V crini- in r fie frrvd two *» :■ shots which kíLrl aii, 'Ili -r innocent )i! nnd re a'H this sa:d i. ;1 "11e! to kill Dr. Lalcaca I only fir-id at in self- ckf" <" )iv to tike- iio, .n- (]v•: ■ ■? th- (' 'ion he cb- h. O" r h-Mwe' :es. 'A: iurv wh • <1 a < st • s U-,r a. •vhV- .'•■ 'ccd y 1 the. pi:. v itv of v r uk-r.' a heard mc «.« .-junce- n r c.ed i, )- aeknewl.:dore your y," ¡ -g ■member 'Iv-f.be a" Lll one d;,y t1!' ■■■:■■ 011- 1 Lo-d Cbi-cf .ice pr«um-.vi i: black c:i d proviounr-ed the of death. N of LV- She fadg-c had flllishd Bbing.'a cried oi:- j'cja-.ik you, my lord. For my country t th; k I ST. to have the honour cf 1;:a iuiir.bl-3 life for my country." i-ed- calmly from the dock. "Indian SOCIOLOOJST." to the trial of Dhingra, Arthur il-ey, pr nter, of 646, 11: ;ord-rcad, x nk, was tried oil an indictment alleg- 11," did "unlawfivlly and seditiously p ud publish and cause, to be printed and j d a scandalous and seditions libel in the fov; of a pr'nted document called the 'Indian h <01; gist in July, 1909. asainst the members of die Government of his Majesty and against tji ucace." The defendant pleaded guilty. D-aling with the July number, the Attcrney- Genoral said he did not propose to read any of it, but it contained the clearest and most crimi- nal incitements to general murder or alleged political grounds. For the defence it was stated that Horsley bore the highest possible character, and had ne er mixed himself up at all in politics. His oilence was merely that of want of proper exer- cise of care. The Lord Chief Justice said he was quite willing to take the view that defendant di4i print this very terrible and wicked article with- out taking sufficient care and without knowing exactly what the contents were. What ha<l happened in consequence, or it might be in.con- sequence, of such articles, said his lordshia^ was potent to them at the present moment. H0 sentenced prisoner to four months' imprison* stent in the first division. FjKforts FOR Reprieve. E, fforts are being made to secure the r,pr-eve of i;bingra, on the grounds urged by Mr. W. T. Stead, namely, that to cany out the extreme penalty of the law would make him, in the eyce of many of his fellow subjects, a martyr, and be calculated to keep at=,c disaffection in India. It is understood that steps will at once be taken to obtain signatures asking for a re- prieve..

BURGLARS PROMISE TO RETURN, Burglars entered the house of a schoolmaster at Richmond, and after partaking of some whisky and beer left the following note Dear Ro.Thank youJor nothing. We have got all we wanted. We will pay yow another visit soon. A word of advice to you—s see that your windows are securely fastened, at oats can get in as well as us. Love to wife.— Yours, First Company, Bloomsbury Burglars. At Richmond Police-court on Tuesday S smartly-dressed young man naroad Bertram Woodhouse, said to be well-connected, was charged with the burglary. Woodhouse's arrest was effected as the result ef several of the stolen articles having been found on him and at his lodgings. The value of the goods recovered is about E100. He denied the charges, saying that he pawned the goods for another man. He was committed for trial on three charges and remanded on the fourth.

EXCITING BURGLAR CHASE. A daring burglary was perpetrated on Tueø day morning on the premises of Messrs. Bonne* val, cigarette makers, of Jermyn-street, Picea- dilly, resulting in a desperate struggle and ex- citing chase, the burglar, however, evading capture. The caretaker wam sleeping in the basement; and, liearing a noise in the shop above,* saw through a keyhole a man stowing away a quantity of articles in a sack. The in- truder^ finding that he was discovered, openied the door and immediately closed with the care- taker. A desperate struggle ensued, during which Fox, the caretaker, was severely bitt-em in the arm. Fox was overpowered, and the man, springing to his feet, dashed away down Jermyn-street followed by the caretaker. Seve- ral attempts were made by passers-by to stop- the burglar, but without avail. One man wbll1 Attempted to secure the runaway was felled to the ground by a violent blow in, the face, whilst other* suffered more or less for their interfer- ence. ■; f\ ¡

PENSION FOR LADY WYLLIE. On Tuesday in the House of Commons Mr, Hart Davies, ineruber for North Hackney, asked whether the Secretary of State for India had yet comei to, decision as to the granting of A pension to Lady Curzon Wyllie. "In recognition of the long and excellent ser- vices rendered to the State by the Itte Sir Curaoa Wyllie," replied the Master of Elilxink, "and in view of the circumstances in which he met his death, the Secretary of State has de- cided, with tite unanimous approval of the Coun- cil of ladia, to grant Lady Curxon Wyllie spMial pension of £ 500 « year for life." 4 isAply to • farther qiwwtio* the Master of BlJjVanA said: Vision has been granted (ron* th* beeartfte Sir Carson Wflli^ A* vhok WJ» lifo in India."

EPITOME OF NEWS. A gravitation water supply for CarHsle, cost- | jug £ 270,000, has just been inaugurated. The liner Derffelinger, which strand/d near the Needles, was towed off at high ti loy eight lugs. During the year 1908, according to a White Paper, the number of death sentences in Bri- tisii Crown Colonies was 269, and the Mttnber of executions 154. A royal proclamation has been issued direct- ing the provision oi a water supply for Bangkok a. a cost of 3,000,000 ticals. The W.' i-Nvu-pu (Chinese foreign Office) at Pekin has made a. donation of 10,000 .taels to the Hong Kong University. Sir Henry Fane Grant, the retiring Governor of Malta and Commander- in-Chief, will leave Malta on August,?. Herr Gustave Karpeles, the well-known Ger- man scholar and writer, has died suddenly at Ead Nauheim. A boy of seven was "knocked down -and killed by a rootor-car in Stratford-road, Birmingham. Five pa ntings executed during the past year by Mr. Frederic Shields hfjve been placed on the walls of the Chapel of the Ascension, Bays- water-road, London. t Cardinal Andrieu has been sentenced !to pay a fine of £ 24 at Bordeaux for having incited the clergy to di«obeyr French law. Application is to be made to the Home. Secre- tary for an order abolishing the annual fairs at Isleworth, Hounslow, and Heston. General Broth's motor tour through the pro- vinces will extend over 1,500 miles. Seve.rai grants to jLondon and provincial charities were made by the Football Association I at its recent council meeting. As rèsult ofa three days' sitting the Surrey County Licensing Justices ihave extinguished 14 licenses in the county. Sentence three years' penal servitude was passed at Birmingham Assizes on George Harley, for Gorging a cheque for £ 250. George Gatenby, a young labourer, was re- manded at Goole on a charge of attempting suicide at the police station. The Carnarvonshire education authority hare decided.to eive cookery lessons to the boys in the Llandudno dietriet. The Middlesex County Council lias set aside E27)0 to pay compensation under the gooseberry mildew order. For the first time the ,Grand Prix of Rome for sculpture has been awarded to a woman— Mile. Heuvelmans. Harold Hunt, aged 6, of tJnnfberlond-street, Bristol, has won Pitman's theory certificate, and can already write ghorthand;at:the rate of eighty words a minute. A necklace w'th pendant, given by .a widow towards the cost of redecorating Christ Church, Westminster Bridie-road, London, has been found to be worth £ 100. Sentenced to death at Singapore, schinamain convicted of piracy declared that he would "take his case to the court of the next world." To secure the support of British financiers for a proposed Russian industrial a v f-it of Moscow bankers to London has 4aeen ar- ranged. A song by a millwright written in the auto- graph of Robert Burne was .sold in London for 151-91 per line—to Mr. Thompson for the I Burns Museum at Dumfries. At a meeting held at the Hotel 3fefropole, a resolution was passed forming an association for the Prevention of Adulteration of Foods. The Chancellor of the Exchequer informed a deputation of London Liberal M.P.'s that, he is prepared have London licensee revalued on the basis of the actual trade done. A suggestion that a postage stamp .should be issued to commemorate the King's Derby vic- tory was mentioned by the Postmaster-General in addressing the Hull Chamber of Commerce. The death has occurred at her residence at Hereford of Lady Save and Sele, widow of the thirteenth Baron, whony she married in 1857, and who pre-deceased her m 1887. At Bloomsbury County-court Judge Bacon had before him a claim in which the plaintiife were described as "extractors and adaptors of teeth." "The man who is lazy ought io be horse- whipped fining is not the thirpr, it is too ridiculous," said the Liverpool magistrate to a man who had got into trouble through laziness. During the hurricane in Texas, which did damage to the extent of £ 20,000, ten amateur fishermen perished at Galveston while fishing for tarpon from a pier in the Gulf. Four Channel swimmers are awaiting favour- able conditions to attempt to swim across the Channel during the neap tides. A pair of water wagtails are rearing a cnekoo in their nest in a six-inch drain pipe at Wal- soken, in West Norfolk. They have abandoned their own eggs. The Danish Government is considering a scheme for the construction of a submarine railway between Copenhagen and Malmoe, in South Sw., l' The total foreign trade of Japan during 1908 amounted to 183,147,196, a decrease of £ 11,471,826, or 12.1 per cent, compared with the previous year. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, who has returned to New York, said the general financial condition of Europe was excellent. 1 Whem crossing the iuliwiliq near Gilfaeh Colliery, Newport (Moo.), John Stephens, 58, a banksman, was killed by an excursion train. Two men were arrested on Wednesburv Station platform on suspicion of having stolen goods in their possession. A third man escaped. The Swansea painters' strike has terminated, and the 200 men, who have been out for several days, will retarn to work immediately. < Private Grooves, of the 2nd Yorks and Lan- caster Regiment, has died at Aktenhot from what is said to be a self-inflicted fllaot wound. At Abercarn, ydatig otiner., has beem remanded on bail on a charge of causing the death of a man named Hanks by striking him on the head. Enormous devastation hlw toeett earned fey a cloudburst at Duluth, Minnesota. Houses were washed away, the streets were flooded to a depth of Sft., and three persons were killed. Thfe Hon. Fitzroy Stewart ha* vesfjpSfjd his- •^at on the Council of the English Church Union as a protest against the president's (Vui-- couat Halifax) vote against the exasy to Animals Bill in the Honae of Lords. During the pMt month, It |r/ts iiirfii#"a ) '"y

"> OUR LONDON LETTER. [From Our Special Correspondent.} There were bands and banners in profusion in the great demonstration which took place in Hyde Park on Saturday in favour of the Budget. One of the banners bore the motto, "The Budget, the whole Budget, and nothing ibut the Budget," and the speeches from the ;many platforms, and the resolution which 'was passed, were of a similarly uncompro- mising character. Demonstrations in Hyde Park may mean much or little, but this one •swas certainly the means of getting together .one of the biggest crowds in recent years. Such popular gatherings are not so frequent .nowadays as they were fifteen or twenty yoa-rs ago, but the Park has seen some notable assemblles, nevertheless. There was, for in- stance, the great Suffragist Sunday last summer, which was a record in numbers at any rate, though many of those who helped toO swell the crowd were out for curiosity. The Budget demonstration was preceded by a prucession from the Embankment, made up <of various Liberal and Labour organisations. The resolution, which was put simul- taneously from all the platforms, expressed the hope that the Government would not permit any mutilation of the Finance Bill. A statement made by the Prime Minister •in the House of Commons the other day, out- lining the course of Parliamentary business for several days, caused a considerable serra- tion in some quarters. The Budget, Mr. .Asquith announced, could not be proceeded with for a week, and possibly two. Here was x :a situation, indeed Next morning one or two papers announced that the Budget had been "hung up; and that when the House 01 Commons again renewed acquaintance with the Bill, it would be found to have undergone important alterations. Why anybody should y I -have jumped to that conclusion it is hard -say, for if anything may be taken as. certain about the Budget, it is that the Government, with their overwhelming majority in the Commons, intend to go right on with it and to pass it, with some small con- cessions, doubtless, but in substantially the same form as that in which it stands at pre- sent. Good Bill or bad Bill, there is no idea of hanging it up. As a matter of fact, a more complete know- ledge of Parliamentary procedure would have prevented the iournalists from falling into the error. The Budget is to have a rest for a few days, it is true, but only because there is other business which for the present must take precedence even of that important matter. There is a Standing Order which lays it down that Supply must be finished by the 5th of August. Twenty days have to be ,devoted to the Estimates of various depart- ments of State, and there is some leeway to make up. Time has to be found for this pur- pose somehow, and the Budget has to stand aside. Probably it will be possible to return to it for a day or two next week. One person who will probably be exceedingly grateful for a breathing-space is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, upon whom the, physical strain of long sittings has been telling pretty heavily of late. Only two hours were taken up at the Old Bailey in the trial of Madar Lal Dhingra, the young Indian student, for the murders at the Imperial Institute. Probably the pro- ceedings were not as sensational as the wretched young fellow had imagine4 they would be. The public were practically ex- cluded, and the statement which he wrote before going out to commit his dastardly crime was not read, though he wished the jury to hear it. It was rightly not read, for it had nothing to do with the case which the jury were there to try, and to make it public y would have served the evil purpose of adver- tising the imaginary grievances of the party of sedition in India, and might have helped the members of that party in their endeavour to exalt the misguided young man into a martyr, dying for his country. Again, if the papers which have come into the possession of the authorities afford any clue to others who may have urged Dhingra on to his terrible crime, it would have been the height of unwisdom to have made them public. In the dock Dhingra appeared en- tirely unrepentant, and he was unmoved alike by the jury's verdict and the sentence of death pronounced by the judge. "You may do what you like," he said, "but remem- ber we shall have our time." There are, it is to be feared, others besides a young and fanatical native student in this, and the pre- sent is an anxious time for all concerned in the government of our Indian Empire. There are, I daresay, a good many people who think that his Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught would not have attained to his present rank in the Army if he were not a •"Royal Highness." It is a popular idea that Princes of the Blood are only ornamental soldiers, only too glad to be placed in com- fortable positions, with high pay and not too much work. So far as the Duke of Con- naught is concerned there could not be a greater mistake, and to those who are ac- quainted with his character and military reo. cord there is nothing at all aurprisiing in the reason which is said to have actuated him in resigning his appointment as Inspector- General of t-he Mediterranean Forces. The Duke it an energetic and hard- working soldier, devoted to his pro- fusion, and he has from the first been dissatisfied with his appointment because he -could sot find sufficient work to do in it. He does not care to continue to occupy a position which he considers to be satohost a sinecure. His Royal Highness has ft" ."SoOll4e8iløf .¡øe, and has held a^vferal important teonmatods. Some tilee: ago great military of European refutation in eoaveraaUon declared that he is v*e of the very few soldiers now Hving Mjaafek ill dinctiwith sncecM the operations of an army of a hundred thousand I men in the field. So far from being an ad- vantage, it is even possible that the fact of his being a "Royal Highness" has been a. drawback. So it is M. BJeriot, after all, who wins the I glory of being the first man to cross the Channel by flight. Though a good deal of sympathy is felt for Mr. Latham, who, but for bad luck, would. have accomplished the i feat some days earlier, it must be acknow- ledged that there is a fitness in the success of M. Bleriot. HDhas been the most prominent and successful of all the experimenters with t 1 flying machines of the monoplane type, and he deserves his laurels. There is something about the manner in which he accomplished the remarkable flight which appeals to the imagination of English people. M. Bleriot was suffering from the effects of an accident j at the time, and had to hobble to his machine. He went about the whole thing in a quiet, business-like way, and he had not talked a lot about it beforehand. He will have plenty of imitators now, and in a year or two flights across the Channel may be quite ordinary occurrences, but M. Bleriot has shown the way, and has secured for him- self a niche in history.

I LADY TELEGRAPHIST MURDERED Remarkable evidence was given before the Mullingar magistrates on Monday when ff, Joseph Heffernan was brought up charged with the murder of a lady telegraphist. It was stated that bloodstains, apparently human, were found on the trousers which pri- soner was wearing when arrested. Brownish stains, which gave the reaction of blood when tested, were found on a knife which was said to be the prisoner's. Police evidence was to the effect that on the 15th inst. prisoner said to a policeman, j "I am afraid they will sweaE my life away. Do you think if I admitted it and say I was mad from drink, would I get off with a couple I of years?" I Prisoner was committed for trial. He said, "I did not kill her," and turning to^ a policeman at the back of the court who held 'I prisoner's boots in his hands, said, "Keep those boots safe for me." Attempts were made by the public to get at I prisoner whilst being removed in custody to, the station. The crowd hooted and groaned significantly.

BOGUS SITUATIQN. At Nottingham, on Monday, a number of charges were heard against John Wilmot, alias Thompson and Allen, of attempting to, obtain money through answers to advertise- ments inserted in various provincial papers. The defendant was formerly in the employ of I the Great Central Railway Company as a foreman shunter. I The prisoner had replied to advertisements appearing in many newspapers to persons seeking situations offering them various in- ducements in regard to vacancies which did not exist. I He succeeded in obtaining in one aase £14 from a man named, Savil at March. Savil had saved the money in order to get married, and the prisoner offered him a situation which, it was suggested, would enable him to live happily. Prisoner, who pleaded "Guilty," was con- victed, it was stated, five or six years ago of a similar offence. He was on Monday sent to gaol for six months.

AUSTRALIA'S JACK TARS. The King received at Buckingham Palace on Monday afternoon four petty officers and twenty-eight men from Australia and New Zealand who have been undergoing a course of training in gunnery and torpedo ratings in the naval depots of this country. The sailors will form the nucleus of the proposed force to be raised by Australasia to assist in the naval defence of the Empire. After lunching at the Admiralty the Aus- tralasians were marched to the lawn in front of the Palace, and were there drawn up in single line. In dress and appearance they are the exact counterpart of the English sailor. His Majesty, briefly addressed the men, congratulating them on their smart appear- ance, and expressing, the hope that they had enjoyed their period of training in this coun- try. He felt the experience they had gained in our great naval depots would prove to be seed for very fruitful development of naval training in the Colonies.

WOMEN'S PATHETIC PETITION. I A pathetic petition against motor-cars is now being signed by a large number of women. It is addressed to the Queen. "We women of England," it runs, ["humbly beseech your Majesty. to help us to ,get some relief from the motor-cars. We are sure your Majesty cannot know how much. we suffer from them. They have made our lives a misery. Our children are always in danger, our things are ruined by the dust, we cannot open our windows, our rest is spoiled by the noise all night. "If they could be mad« to go slow through the villages it would be a great thing, but we are only poor people, and the great majo- rity of those who use motor-ears -take no ac- count of us. We do. not know what to do, so we appeal to your Majesty to use your great influence on our behalf." .'i This petition is beinggínredb1 the Road Union.