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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS ffoticeg 9j Births, Marriages, and Deaths, ore ch try% > at the rate of Is for the. first Txoenty Words, anti 8 1 Ir. every additional Ten ft ords, and must be PREPAID. J- all cases the notice must he authmUiemUA to ttm iiuin and addrtts of the writer BIRTH. KING,-On the 18th instant, at 33, Windsor.piace, Cardiff, the wife of Bernard W. King, ot a dnughter. 175 MARRIAGE. DAVIES-THOMAs-On the 13th instant, at the Tabernacle (Welsh Baptist) Chapel, Merthyr, by license, by the Rev T. Jones, Aberdare. James Duvies, Aberaman, Aberdare, to Alice Maude, eldest daughter of Mr Rees Thomas, Carmarthen, and formerly organist of Llanstephen Parish Church. 166 DEATHS. HUGHES.—September 12th, at Merthyr, John Hughes, formerly of Aberhirieth Hall, Cemmes, Montgomery- shire, aged 65. 173 THOMAS.—September 15th, William Thomas, ITY House, Llantwit Major, aged 77. Funeral Wednes- day, at 2.0 p.m. 116

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RELEASED AT LAST. VERY deep and general satisfaction will be felt at the unexpected release of Mr JOHN DILLON from his unjust and cruel imprison- ment. What the reason can be for such an extraordinary exhibition of seemiug clemency on the part of the Government it would be difficult to assign. At the best, any explanation we could offer would amount only to conjecture or surmise, but we are perfectly sure that we cannot be mistaken in attributing it in a great part to the vehement and indignant protests which the Irish patriot's incarceration raised throughout the country, but more especially in Wales. Events are now taking such a turn that even Mr BALFOUR must be beginning to see that he is holding the whip handle by the wrong end. The opening proceedings of the PARNELL commission are not in the highest degree promising to those who have been accustomed to treat the Times' revelations as inspired gospel. It is, to be sure, only fair that we should await the issue of the inquiry before saying anything very positive about it, but enough has already transpired to open wide the eyes of many who were foolish enough to think that three of her MAJESTY'S judges would conspire to put an indelible blot upon the English judicial bench, and upon the name and fame of English judges, simply to please the Tory party, and give the Unionists some reason to crow with the noise and the lusty vigour of a thousand chanticleers. From what took place on Monday, it was fully expected that Mr JOHN DILLON would be released a few days before the twenty-second of December, at which date the commissioners commence their work in earnest. Such release would of course have been ordered by the authorities simply with a view to the necessities of the case entrusted to her MAJESTY'S commis- sioners. But the 'striking feature of the case is that, without any such object in view, Mr DILLON'S release has al- ready been ordered, and he is now a free man. We congratulate Mr DILLON we congratulate his friends but we neither congratulate nor thank his oppressors. They have yielded to a pres- sure which they could no longer resist, and we have some reason to be gratified that a cause which has been frequently and warmly espoused in our columns has at length been successful. We went so far as to blame the leaders of the Liberal party for not doing their very utmost. The event has amply justified every protest we uttered and every remonstrance we made. We regret that the work of the Parnell Commission has been necessarily delayed, but of course the pro- ceedings must not be so hurried as to give room for suspicion or fault-finding on either side, and we, in common with all who have championed the cause of Mr PARNELL, have no object in view but the exposure of wrong and the confirmation of all that is true and right. We are prepared at the outset to admit that if, after a painstaking and impartial investiga- tion, the allegations of the Times should be established, the result must be a tremen- dous blow to the Liberal party but, on the other hand, we insist that if the charges of the Times break down, and the case is decided in favour of the Irish Nationalists, not only will the proprietor and editor of that journal deserve the reprobation of the world, but the Govern- ment and their supporters will have to share it with them. On either side the issue will be serious and momentous, and therefore we cannot be at all surprised that, in view of the current state- ments made about the health of Mr DILLON, his gaolers have thought it prudent to take time by the fore-lock by setting him free. We cannot but think that the manly independence and resolute conduct of the commissioners as exhibited last Monday have produced a much more profound impression in quarters not usually influenced by considerations of humanity than most would have exacted*

MR OSBORNE MORGAN'S DOUBTS. FROM his speech at Porthcawl on Monday, we should infer that Mr OSBORNE MORGAN is not very much enamoured with the idea of a Welsh Party in the House of Commons. He seemed to take it for granted that the Welsh Parliamentary Committee as at present constituted is sufficient for our needs. It is time he should be disabused of this idea. The record of that committee, and the amount of service it has rendered Welsh movements, are not such as will lead the country to accept it as sufficient to meet the needs of Wales of the present day. Welsh members must show a better organization, greater unity, and sterner determination than they have done in the past before they can claim to be a Welsh party in the sense which the country now demands. The sooner Mr OSBORNE MORGAN and his fellow-members convince themselves of this fact, the sooner will they find themselves in touch with the great body of electors in Wales. He seems to be afraid that the present demand of the Welsh people will result in a division of the English Liberal party. We must admit we do not share his fears. Mr GLADSTONE'S utterances at Wrexham and elsewhere show that he is quite prepared to welcome an active and energetic Welsh party in the House. But even were it not so, what then ? Which consideration should be deemed para- mount, the unity of the Liberal party or justice to Wales ? Shall we, in demanding consideration for Welsh I grievances, be betraying any principles of Liberalism, or forming a new precedent in the history of the party ? When the Irish Party struck out a line of independent action, and placed justice to Ireland over the unity of the Liberal Party, were they right or wrong ? Let the result of their action, and the present co-operation between them and the great Liberal Party, supply the answer. What is the precedent set before us by the chairman of the National Liberal Federation ? When the choice before him, and before the Federa- tion, lay between insisting on certain principles deemed essential in the Liberal creed on the one hand, and retaining the allegiance of Mr CHAMBKRLAIN and his followers on the other, what was the course taken ? At the risk of dividing the party, the Chairman and the Federation took the path which duty pointed out. And what has been Mr GLADSTONE'S own record ? Has he placed the unity of the party above con- siderations of justice to Ireland ? Does Mr I OSBORNElHoRGAK now blame him for choosing rather to cause the severing of his ties with Lord HARTINGTON, Mr BRIGHT, Mr CHAMBERLAIN, and others, than to retain their allegiance at the cost of continuing justice to others ? Where, then, lies the difference ? Are we in Wales to place the unity of the Liberal party above and before every other consideration ? Is justice to Wales a matter of less moment than justice to Ireland ? Do Welsh Liberals exist only for the purpose of cementing the unity of the English Liberal Party ? Is it wrong for Welsh members to do what was right for the Irish members, for the English Liberal Federation, and for Mr GLADSTONE himself to do ? We think not. The unity of the party should not be lightly endangered, neither should it be allowed to stand in the way of the redress of grievances, and of the doing of an act of simple justice. Welsh members, if they are to render any good service to Wales, must, while desirous to preserve the unity of the Liberal party, at the same time reserve to themselves such liberty of independent action as will enable them, should occasion arise, to press forward Welsh questions, irrespective of any other considerations. A party which did not reserve this liberty of independent action, and which would not ha.ve the courage to take such action in case of need, would be a sham, a delusion, and a snare, which Welshmen would universally condemn. The surest way to divide the Liberal party is to oppose the formation of a real and effective Welsh party. If the country be but united —and we believe that on this question at all events it is united—the bogey of a division in the English Liberal party will vanish in smoke. The division, if any, will arise, not from the action of those who press forward the just claims of Wales, and who desire the formation of an effective and active Welsh paity in the House, but from the secret or open opposition to this reasonable demand on the part of such representatives as are anxious to secure Welsh votes while utterly out of sympathy with Welsh aspirations. It is now too far in the day to frighten off the Welsh people from pressing their reasonable and just de- mands by any bogey of dividing the party." The bogey can be easily laid by those who have taken the trouble to raise it. We re- peat that the way to prevent the possibility of such a division is by paying due regard te the general wish of the Welsh people for the formation and effective organisation of a real Welsh party, who will be pledged to redress Welsh grievances.

SWANSEA ECHOES 4 BY SENTINEL. THE LIBERTY OF THE CITIZEN. IT is to be hoped that the decision Mr Fowler came to on Monday with respect to the right of a Mormon to the same protection at the hands of the law as anybody else will lead to » discontinu- ance of the disorderly scenes which have taken place at Grove-place during the past week. The Mormons have no sympathy from me nor, for the matter of that, has the man who creates a sensation by himself masquerading in Mormon clothes while declaring himself an anti-Mormon. But so long as the law of our land is not broken, Mormons, or any other class of people, should be protected from the rowdyism of an excited mob, and I think all peaceable citizens will, there- fore, be grateful to Mr Fowler for the firm stand he has taken on this question. That the Mormon whose residence has lately been besieged is a bigamist according to our laws seems certain but he is a citizen of another country, and, not living in polygamy here, he commits no breach of our laws. Then, again, it if not proved that he preaches polygamy, though, I am sorry to say, he considers it a part of his duty to defend" it. So wbat was to be done ? No doubt 1\lr Jarman's harangues roused the people up to fever heat, and it is equally doubtless that the inflammatory language he used led to the disburbance. That Mormon missionaries are uudesirable residents amongst us I believe, but other means (peaceable and constitutional ones) must be taken to get rid of them than those advocated by Mr Jarman, TO PAY'S COUNCIL MEETING. TO DAY'S meeting of the town council should not occupy much time. The minutes are as volumin- ous as ever, but; generally speaking, they are unimportant. Two notices of motion appear on the first page of the agenda—one, held over trom the last meeting, which endeavours to got the council to lay it down as a principle that the mayoralty shall henceforth be offered to the senior member of the council who has not passed the chair. An advantage of this would be that much of the fighting now always visible as "the ninth comes on would cease, and the highest office in the borough could be claimed as a right by the one who stands first in seniority; another advantage would be that long service would thus obtain due recogni- tion. But there are also some disadvantages, the greatest of 'which is the possibility of the senior being too old to adequately discharge the duties of the important office he would be called on to fill. Another notice of motion deals with a question the councillors generally get very angry ovcr-tbe school board rate. The estimated ex- penditure of the board from next Michaelmas to Lady Day is £4,862 14s, and the councillors will on Wednesday have no alternative but to make a borough rate to meet the demand. It will be interesting to know the proportions in which the different parts of the school board district contribute towards this sum—the town and fran- cbise pays £3,153 18s 2d; the parish of St. John, £36010" 7d St. Thomas, JB517 lis Clase, £430 2 8 i Llansamlet Higher, £110 Od 9d and Llansamlet Lower, £290 10* lOd. There seem a probability of the Orchard-street and Gower-street improvement being soon carried out, because power to borrow the £7,850 required bas been obtained. The only other point of absorbing interest is a statement Mr Burnie will make as chairman of the town dues and bridge tolls com- mittee as to the advisability, before again proceeding with the promotion of a bill in Parlia- ment for the abolition of the bridge tolls and town dues, of asking the harbour trustees to consider the question with a view of suggesting some method of meeting tbe views of the corporation.

LORD BUTE AND THE MERTHYR HOSPITAL. Sir W. T. Lewis visited Merthyr on Tuesday, and in pursuance of what he stated, the secretaries of the new hospital at Merthyr are making arrangements with a view of the opening ceremouy being performed by the Marquis of Bute on the 1st of October.

"CYMRU FYDD." SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTH- SHIRE LIBERAL FEDERATION. A meeting of the emergency committee of the South Wales Liberal Federation was held at Cardiff on Tuesday, Mr Thomas Williams, J.P., Gwaelodygarth, in the chair. A letter of apology for non-attendance was read from Mr Hugh Bevan, Bridgend. The Secretary reported as to the views of the executive committee of the North Wales Federation on the suggestions made by this committee for the working of the Welsh National Council and for the formation of a Welsh parliamentary party in the House, and the various proposals were further considered in detail. The suggestions will be moved at the council to be held on the 9th of October at Newtown, Montgomeryshire.' Several members present expressed their approval of the action of Dr Knoch Davies, of Llandys8ul,Cardiganshire, and Mr J. T. Dare, of Porthcawl, in permitting their goods to be sold for payment of tithe levied for the support of the Churcb of England in Wales, A telegram was read announcing the uncon. ditional release of Mr Dillon from prison, and Mr T. J. HUGHES, of Bridgend, expressed the delight of the members present at bis release, and added the hope that Mr Dillon would soon be restored to bis usual health. The SIO&CTABY reported that several subscript tions to the South Wales Parnell Defence Fund had been promised, including one by Mr John Cory, J.P., of £553. Arrangements were made for bringing the fond before South Wales Liberals.

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THE GREAT FIRE tiCARDIFt The Cardiff fire brigade did not leave tlJ8 premises of the South Wales Public Wll,.e! Company until between nine and ten o'clock Tuesday morning. They were playjcg .upv)ti tb fire the whole of the previous night, having air tained abupplyof water by connecting theirho* I with tha pipe of the Taff "18 Railway Company's tank. This, however, .,¡¡S not accomplished tiii quite b-ur ÛJI arrival of the brigadu on the spot, awl het"-e flames bad got a bold uppn the iMiscs befou the water 1 i:T itself felt. Those witnessed the outbreak hbwever, expressed the opinion that all the in Cardiff would have been of no avail. One of the man qmpjoyed in unloading the vessel Bionde, of Barrow, says that the j fire broke out amongst the esparto J in tho storeroom beneath the landing on which this vessel was discharging her cargo of iron rails. The llamas, he says, through the grass, just as the. Utter had been gunpowder, anil immediately there w*' a great blaze. Some of "hoe on th" Blonde became so alarmed that thÝ manned one of her boats and prepared to make off from tbe vessel, apparently witb the intention of leaving her to her fate. However, someone succeeded in cutting her adrift, and there was just enough water-but only just enough—W allow her to float away. The petroleum oil* which is consigned to Mr Conucillor Bird, aDd is of the value of nearly £10,000, is not touched, and never was in danger, it being stored quite lCa yards away from the scene of the tird. The oats in the sheds—amounting to about 7,OOOt or 8,000 quarters, and being of the value about £7,000 or £8,000 — are still 00 fire, and will probably smoulder tor some days. The scene now presented is of the most saddening nature. The place is a complete wreck. Charred timbers, rails twisted into fantastic shapes. broken sheets of corrugated iron, piles of burnt and saturated corn, and the great black aud broken frames of tbe landing stages. are all that is left of the b'.sy hive of industry to which Mr Johnstons devoted so much of his time, and in which he took so great a pride. In addition to tbe present loss there is the very serious prospective one involved in the fact that it will take perhaps 12 or 18 months to reconstruct that which has beefl destroyed. Tbe Wharf Company were insured) but, it is feared, not to the extent of their loss, and a similar remark is reported to apply to the insurance of Messrs SpiUer and Coaipany, toe owners of the oats. The representative8 of the latter firm were on the spot on Tuesday and hopes are entertained that some of the gr^?1? —if only a few hundred pounds' worth—may be saved. A large number of people visited place on Tuesday, and the fierceness of the tice could be measured by the huge mass of smoulder ing debrif that fills the site of the wbarf. company will probably carry on business at neighbouring iron ore wharf, and their warehouses at the lower end of the ground wil' enable them to conduct operations with culli" parative ease. The total loss is estimated at £ 30,C00.

MR H. DILLWYN AD DR. JABEZ THOMAS. We have Seen requested to insert the following letter :— To the Chairman of the Swansea Rural Sanitary Authority. Dear Sir,—I have seriously to complain of tbe manner in which you have thought proper to speak of me at the meeting on the 30th ult. of the rural sanitary authority, of which you are thd present chairman, i" connection with the reportfng of the case of fever near Coc->ett. Without the slightest reason or particle of evidence, you cast certain strictures in a most offensive manner 011 medical men in general and myself in parti- cular. ThiukinK that this was only due to some accidental condition which your mind was in at the time, 1 took little heed of it, hoping that at the next lUeetill yu would. when you heard Dr (Jn Hit lis' explanation with reference to the delay of my letter, at once have withdrawn your previous remarks on the subject. But, to my surprise, at the next meeting, on Thursday last, your references were still more objectionable and offensive. It is unnecessary for me to enter into the circumstances connected with this par* ticular case, as theyan before the board but I may say I have on very many occasions reported cases of fever and serious nuisances, hut not the slightest notice was taken of them, having nil thought of a fee, and entirely ignorant that the authority paid one. In conclusion, I beg to say that until you make gMi 3 public apology fur* your very objectionable observa- tions in your position as chairman of the swanset Rural Sanitary Authority, I shall for the future de- cline to give any information, with or without a fee. as long as you hold your present office. As vour re marks have appeared in the public newspapers," I shut send a copy of this to the press.—I am, you- s truly „ JABEZ THOMAS*. ly Cerng, Swansea, 15th Sept., 1888.

THE FIRE AT A WELSH RECTORY. MORE TORY FALSEHOODS DISPOSED uFo Mr James Rowland, ot The Warren, Bcdfari, North Wales, writes disclaiming the suggestion that the recent fire at the rectory, or the outrage at tbe same place a year ago, was due to the rector's utterances on the tithe question. On the contrary, says Mr Rowland, there is no such question in the parish of Bodfari, no one charges the rector with ever having used au unkind word on the subject, and he possesses the goodwill and respect of all bis parishioners. The fire was tho result of pure accident, arising from the over- heating of the kitchen range.

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SOUTH WALES NOTES. [BY COSMOS.] FROM SOCIETY TO STABLK. FROM cabin to castle is an easier transition than from court to cottage. The Abergavenny heiress, though, has descended lower than this. A lodging above stables is not always savoury. The last, however, that was heard of Mrs Levey and her husband was in a residence of this description. Packington Hall is situated in Warwickshire, and is the seat of Lord Aylesford. "Joe," as be was always kuown among his acquaintances, skimmed all the cream off that estate, and there is little left for bis brother bnt the skim milk. Anyhow, it has afforded an asylum for the wayward Miss Williams, who, with her spouse, occupy tbe first floor above the equine department. Perhaps she has as much cause to repent of her connection with horses and horsey man as did poor II Joe." Nevertheless, she evi- dently keeps up her spirits, and looks forward to the good day which ia coming. She talks of :880,000 which is to be her paraphernalia in the future. I wonder whether this anticipation alleviates what must be her present misery. Was it not Horace who said that "Black Care rides behind a swift horseman?" Has the ernng Monmouth damsel found that her groom, the man of her choice, is accompanied by this undesirable acquisition ? CARDIFF HORSS SHOW. BUT talking of horseb reminds me that the Cardiff Horse Show is held to-day. It can hardly be better than its predecessors, for they were so excellent as to leave little room for improvement. For the pitch of perfection which has been reached in the past we must award all the praise to the late secretary, Mr D. T. Alexander. It was owing to his exertions and business capacity that the show has reached the foremost rank in exhibitions of its kind. It is always very difficult to attain a reputation, but it is not very hard to keep it. I have not the slightest doubt that Mr W. H. Lewis, who now occupies Mr Alexander's post, will worthily fill tt, but the path has been made easy for him by the pioneers who preceded him. However, the secretaryship to such an arduous undertaking is no child's play. It requires business habits, tact, energy, and affability. I understand that the entries this year are magni- ficent, and that the show should prove to ba, if anything, superior to those which have gone before. In affirming that i' all iot be worse, the highest praise is given to it. Nevertheless, we shall see. But the glass promises fine weather, the catalogue promises a well-filled ring, and there is no better place in the kingdom for the purpose than the Sophia Gardens. Under these circumstances, can you blame me for propbecying that tbe 1883 venture will be more than equal to tbe past ? PEMBROKE LIBERALISM. SLEIPT old Pembroke, that hot bed of Toryism, that wtronghold of the lauded interest, where feudalists notions are inhaled with the air of jheaYeo, tfep very {Xrarcb-; +* _<- Tory-magisterial-monopolist of Stackpole, there is growing up a sturdy Liberalism, which is becoming daily more and more conscious of its power, and more fit for the contest, which, sooner or later—perhaps sooner-will be sprung upon it. The enemies of progress are, in this, reaping the fruit of their own doings. Heavy ground rents and limited leases have driven numbers of the dockyard men to Pembroke—two miles from their work—in search of houses, and they have brought with them their ideas which are permeating the society in which they live. In the next fierht, Pembroke will give a good account of itself on the side of progress and liberty. The member for the county of Pembroke is angry. And like most men who give way to anger, he is unreasonable. His wrath is directed against his friends. He avouches that they are foes and Tories in disguiae. His political scent is so keen that he can smell Tory in any letter which calls hia conduct in question and pledges himself, though he has not read the letters, as to their authorship. But Mr Davies is not only unreasonable but unwise. COSMOS IN MKRTHTR. I am informed that a gentleman who describes himself as Cosmos has been soliciting sub- scriptions in Merthyr and elsewhere for some book which he intends publishing. It is needless to say that I, "Cosmos," am not the individual. In the first place, I am not sufficiently talented to write a book in the second, I have not been in or near Merthyr for a considerable period. If those persons who have been victimized by this impostor will communicate with me, I will help them, all that lays in my power, to bring him to justice. "UNrrED WE STAND; DIVIDED WE FALL." I OBSERVED the other day an incident, though apparently too insignificant and absurd for one to perceive in it a moral, yet really clearly and strikingly exemplifying the truth of the well- known adage prefixed to this note. A drunken man—in fact, too helpless to walk without assistance—was staggering along a certain street last night, and on his trying to step from the road to the pavement, he tumbled headlong, his head colliding heavily against a stone. I pitied his degrading condition, and was about to approach him to cgnder him assistance to get on his feet. He lifted his head, looked slumberingly around, remarked in an incoherent expression that he did not want any help, and, after several attempts, cltfmbered on his legs. It was apparent that he experienced considerable difficulty in maintaining his equilibrium, and to make further progress was a matter of impossibility. Close by was a public house, against the pine end of which reclined another intoxicated individual, who also had been deprived of the power of locomotion. Tottering zig-zag along the pavement, the helpless drunkard who had just fallen, dashed against the pine-end, and, coming into contact with the other Barleycorn, sojourned, soon made his acquaintance, and having eventually linked each other's arm. both resumed their journey up the street. Previously they were individually unable to make satisfactory progress but immediately after they combined they seemed to fog along comfortably and with renewed energy. Their motions were certainly irregular, and though they occasionally clashed violently against each other, there was sufficient reaction in their movements to justify my recalling the truth of the old adage, United we stand divided we fall." From this ludicrous incident many a wrangling constituency can elicit an important political moral.

LONDON LETTER. [BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 [SPEOIALLY WIRICD. LONDON, Tuesday Night. The release of Mr John Dillon, announced this evening, comes with a shock of surprise upon his personal friends. There is mingled with this feeling one of grave apprehension. It is well known that Mr Balfour is not a man easily moved by feelings of humanity, or what he would call sentimentality. Since he has hurriedly let John Dillon out of prison on the score of ill- health, there is an uneasy feeling that Mr Dillon must be very ill indeed. It is a peculiarity of him that he has made no complaints to his friends. Regular means of communication are of course limited, but there have not since Mr Balfour assumed office been lacking opportunities of communication between the political prisoners and the outside world. Mr Dillon's health is constitutionally feeble. In the autumn of 1883 he was obliged to flee fcr his life, settling in Colorado, whither his brother had preceded him. His stay on the ranche gave him a new lease of life, and the flame seemed to be kept burning by the excitement of political controversy. As long as there was fighting to be done John Dillon was in the forefront. But, as his intimate friends knew, this energy was rather of a hectic kind. He might break down at any time, and there was a certainty of serious, possibly fatal, injury accruing from a term of imprisonment. Even Mr Balfour would shrink from having the dead body of John Dillon on the hands cf the Government, and the fear is that they have made haste to get rid of him when danger was clearly within view. People remember Mr Mandeville came out of prison alive, but did not long survive his release. Mr Chamberlain's speech at Bradford to-morrow is looked forward to in Conservative circles with growing uneasiness. It is reported among his friends that the right hon. gentleman intends to make a distinct departure on the Irish question separating himself more definitely than hitherto frorp the barren policy of coercion, of which Mr Balfour is the exponent. It is not without significance that the London Conservative papers yesterday unanimously boycotted the im- portant declaration on the Home Rule question with which Mr Chamberlain prefaces the i"sue of the Birmingham scheme. To-day the Times and one or two of the papers make grudging reference to it. It is all very well where Mr Chamberlain turns aside to make little thrusts at Mr Gladstone. But what Conserva- tives do not like is the evidence of dissatisfaction with the existing state of things made known through every paragraph of the manifesto, and the hints given that Mr Chamberlain is convinced the time has come when some active steps must be taken by the dissentient Liberals at least to supplement coercion by remedial legislation. In his speeches at Bradford it is believed that he will make a bolder and more deliberate advance on the pathway by which, as a last resource, he hopes to outstrip Mr Gladstone. The matter is one of interest chiefly in Conservative circles. The Liberals will not now accept Mr Cham- berlain's assistance in an undertaking be has done his best to thwart. The Irish, with scornful bitterness, rejact his advances. But bis action will have an important effect upon politics, for if Mr Chamberlain com- mits himself to a final denunciation of Balfour- ism, it will be difficult for him to support the Government in pending legislation, notably that dealing with the extension of Lord Asbbourue's Act. The rumour is renewed that in the nutumn session application will be made to Parliament for an increased allowance for the Prince of Wales and permanent provision for his sons. Perhaps it is no adequate contradiction ot the report to recall the fact that Mr Smith distinctly pledged himself that, beyond legislation initiated or promised in the earlier part of the session, no business would be submitted during the November sittings. The Prince of Wales has, in conjunction with the Princess, an annuity of C50,000 from the consolidated fnnd. In addition, he receives from the Duchy of Cornwall over L60,000 a year. It is urged that, though this income of over 2100,000 a year would in ordinary circumstances be ade- quate,the extra duties imposed upon the, Prince by the habitual abstention of the Queenfrom ceremonial duties involve extra charges which it is not just to lay to the Prince's account. That is quite true. But the suggestion is obvious. If her Majesty deputes to the Prince of Wales certain duties for expenses in connection with which provision is made in the Civil List, it is not for the House of Commons to presume to interfere in the consequent natural readjustment of family revenues. When the proposal for a special commission to inquire into the charges against Mr Parnell was announced in the House of Commous, Mr Labou- chere received a telegram from Mr Patrick Egan stating his readiness to come over and give evi- dence. Later Mr Labouchere received a letter from Mr Egan in which this assurance was repeated, and all the letters he had received from Mr Parnell were enclosed. These letters have, I believe, been banded to Mr George Lewis. Mr Egan has withdrawn bis undertaking to come over to England because he is deeply engaged in the Presidential canvass but it is quite possible that this objection may be overcome, and be may appear before the commission early in November. The Tints has reprinted its report of the proceedings before the Lord Chief Justice in the action of oll)ounell v. Walter and Another. If it is intended to reprint in similar form the report of the proceedings before the commission of judges, the Times would do well, in their own interest, to make arrangements for re-publishing some other report than that which appears in their columns this morning. Most of the penny daily papers give an admirable report. The Times' report is in its general character calculated seriously to compro- mise the reputation of the journal. An instance of its curious insufficiency and astonishing inaccuracy may be quoted. The most critical part of the proceedings yesterday was that which followed on Sir Charles Russell's application for an order compelling the Times to furnish parti- culars of the charges and allegations made against the Irish members. Mr Graham opposing this on behalf of the Times, there ensued a colloquy between the President and himself which led up to the solitary trace of excitement in the co ru. Mr Graham, doing his best under very difficult circumstances, floundered into a repudiation of responsibility for the allegations which, as Sir James Hannen pointed out, form the basis of the inquiry. Thereupon the president pricked up his ears, and thrice with increasing intensity put the question to Mr Graham, Do you propose to substantiate any charges or allegations ?" It is almost incredible that the Times not only slurs over this episode,reducing the conversation to the most meagre proportions, but actually misreports the president's enquiry, thrice uttered. The Times gives the enquiry as put once, in the following form, Do you propose to attempt to specify any charges ?" Of course this may be the blunder of an incompetent reporter. But it is a pity that, whilst all other papers report this conversation at length and correctly, the Times, giving what purports to be a verbatim report, should supply so feeble and misleading an account of what really took place. Sir Lyon Playfair has been heard of from Boston, where he proposes to remain till it is time to return home for the autumn session. Since he married his third wife, an American lady, Sir Lyon has every year passed the late summer and autumn in the United States. No one looking at him as be swiftly walks about the House of Commons, or rushes from drawing-room to drawing-room in busy times, would imagine that he is in his 69th year. He is for his age, without exception, the youngest-looking, briskest man in the House of Commons. Sir Lyon, through all the vicissitudes of politics, has maintained those intimate relations with Royalty which were established by his father. He is a frequent visitor at Marlborough House, the cosmupolitan taste of the Prince of Wales which lately welcomed J. L. Sullivan fully appreciating his cheerful erudition.

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RESTARTING OF SHIPBUI ING AT CARDIFF. OPERATIONS TO BE COMMENCE NEXT MONTH. It is with much satisfaction that we are able chronicle a negotiation which promises the revi on a permanent basis, of a Cardiff industry long neglected. The launch of a vessel at with the succeeding trial trip, is an incident. lives only in tbe recollection of some of the 01 inhabitants, but intelligence is now to h showing that Cardiff may in the future share'1 the northern ports the profits of a shipbui'^11 trade. There are those who will recall that. twenty years ago. Mr Scott Russell, the under Mr Brunei, of the Great Eastern steaio'j visited Cardiff, and selecting a spot on the of the Taff River, constructed a var 1 for building of ships. A few vessels were constr^ —amongst them being one for the Sp. Government, the launching of which was atte with much rejoicing—and a great indnstrf* Cardiff was thousriit to have been created. expectations, however, were not justified by sequent experiences, and shipbuilding this yard was given up. The works through a chequered career, until s six years ago they were purchased the Bute Shipbuilding, Engineering, and Dock Company, Limited, who are the own the dry dock at the entance to the Roath V which dry dock is one of the finest, if not finest, in existence. It is certainly the Ion and has docked more ships in the pallt year any other similar dock in the kingdom. 1 company also owns an engineering and fond works at Ti eherbert, at which is carried oil various engineering and repairing work re<rfl'f to be done in a colliery district. After purc-h" the yard—which is situated between the Taff ri and the Glamorgan Canal—the Bute Enginee^ and Dry Dock Company started shiphnildí using plates supplied hy the Landors Siam Steel Company, but- owing- to the trade, and the keen competition with the nortb, was quickly seen that the work would not and with the launching of the Collivaudtwo yfl anri a half ago, shipbuilding closed at However, a revival in the industry has now so*1" mot of the shipbuilding firms of the north havW on hand as many orders as they know ho*'1' contend with, and the Bute Engineering Dry Dock Company have come to the conclu<i that the present is an opportune timp |! again test the question as to whether Caf-f cannot be made a successful port. A contract has been entered into j Messrs Morel Brothers, for whom that suree6^ vessel, the Collivaud, was built, to construe'* ship ^similar to that one. The Dowlais J Company have offered steel plates at a price, and the vessel is to be built entirely of steal plates from tha works of that company. Sheif intended to be a phin cargo boat for the ene carrying trade of 2 6~0 tons deadweight, b" about 2,000 tons gross tonnage. She is 258 feet by 36, and will be fitted triple expansion engines of 108 horse-power. T*8 work of building the vessel will, it is expected. be commenced about the middle of next moo^' and promises to afford employment for seve^' hundred hands. At the present time there a good many platers, rivetters, and who are usually engaged upon repairing wo r* I out of employment in the town, and it is intention of the manager of the Bute Enineerí Gompany to offer them work before seeking rnØ elsewhere. It is understood that certain shipowner!! in the port are about to place orde with this company, and it is hoped therefore— may be reasonably expected—that with the struction of this vessel for Messrs Morel, tile shipbuilding trade in this locality will Cardiff is rapidly becoming one of the IMt j steamship owning ports in the kingdom, and It may reasonably be a3ked why, when all tbe material and necessary facilities for constructil1 vessels are at hand, our local shipowners shoul have to go to the north for every new vessel wbifib I they require?