South Wales Daily News

THE REVOLUTION IN VENEZUELA. ATTACK ON A FRENCH VESSEL. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] NEW YORK, Friday. A despatch from Panama, received via Galves- ton, and bearing yesterday's date, states that the French steamer Canada, from La Guayra, arrived at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on the evening of the 13th, and was anchoring some 3,000 metres from the shere, when she was hailed from the Castle of Lihertado and ordered to stop. The captain immediately reversed the engines, but before the vessel could bebroughttoa standstill, a volley of about 25 Remington shot was fired at the bridge, where the captain and other officers were standing. The captain ordered all to lie down, and nobody was hurt. On the captain's complaint the French at Puerto Cabello promptly protested to the authorities, who made abject apologies and declared that the attack up- on the vessel was all a mistake. The despatch adds that the Government troops are massed at Valencia and Puerto Cabello, and that as soon as the rebels are fully armed their combined forces, under General Corespo Aranjo Manzano and Mora will advance upon Caracus, attacking Valencia and Puerto Cabello en route. The Herald publishes a telegram from La Guayra dated yesterday, stating that despite the official denials the revolution is growing in strength. In regard to theCanadaincidentthedespatchsays: Fourteen shots in all were fired from the fort, and of these three struck the vessel, two injuring the funnels and the third crashing into the captain's state room. The attack was made by the Govern- ment forces in the fort, the commander of which had been ordered to keep the closest watch upon the vessels in the harbour, in order to prevent the landing of rebels who were known to be a few leagues distant. The officers concluded that the insurgents were on board,the Canada, and consequently ordered the garrison to open fire. After the attack the steamer put back for a distance of about 700 metres and anchored for the night. The next morning the captain of the port boarded the vessel to inspect her papers, but gave no explanation of the insult of the previous day. The captain of the ship complained to the French Consul, but up to the time of the steamer's departure on the 16th inst. no satisfaction had been given. The captain was disposed to accept a friendly arrangement of the matter, and proposed at first that a salute of 21 guns should be given, and then that three guns should be fired on a mutual exchange of signals when the steamer was leaving the port. None of his suggestions were, however, accepted, and the captain decided to protest officially to the French Minister at Caracas. It is generally believed that the garrison of the port mistook the French steamer for a vessel belonging to Dr Rojas Paul, the former President of Venezuela. H.M. cruiser arrived the morning after the attack at the same anchorage, and left the following day for Tucacas to protect British interests there.

THE CONTINENTAL ANARCHISTS. NUMEROUS ARRESTS IN PARIS. [BEUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PAltIS. Friday. The police to-day made fresh descents upon lodgings of Anarchists, and effected no fewer than 45 arrests. The prisoners will be prosecuted in conformity with the law to which the so-called associations of malefactors are amenable.

A VICTIM OF MONTE CARLO. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] PARIS, Friday Afternoon. An Englishman named Rosenfeld recently attracted great attention throughout Europe, in common with an American of the same name, by his Heavy play at Monte Carlo. He stood the winner at one time of something like £ 30,000. but he had not strength of mind enough to go home with his winnings. The result was that he lost not only his winnings, but his original stakes as well, and finally the whole of his fortune, said to be nearly 2200,000. The sad sequel occurred here to-day, when at his rooms, in the Rue de Berry, Reienf(ild committed suicide by blowing out his brains with a revolver.

THE DURHAM STRIDE. The Press Association's West Hartlepool correspondent states that the Mayors of West Hartlepool, Middlsbrough, and Stockton have yesterday decided to join in memorialising the Lord Mayor of London to open a Mansion House fund for the relief of the distress in the North caused by the Durham miners' strike. The North-Eastern Railway Company has lost nearly £200,000 already by the strike in East Durham. Miners' families are suffering acute privation, but the men's attitude remains unchanged. A communication was received at the Durham Coal Trade Office, yesterday, from the Miners' Federation Board, asking the coalowners to specify the terms upon which they will agree to a settlement. The Board state that they have taken this action on their own responsibility, and that they will take the judgment of the men upon it. A meeting will probably take place to. day on the subject.

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A SWEETHEART. At Keighley, yesterday, Thomas Beardmore, aged 17, was committed to the next West Riding Assizes on a charge of attempting to murder his sweetheart, Florence Brooke, on the 5th inst. A charge of aiding and abetting against his younger brother, Wm. Beardmore, was withdrawn. Pri- soner met his sweetheart in the early morning and then deliberately fired in her face. He after- wards declared that he intended to kill her. The girl's sight has not yet been restored.

ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY AT SUDBROOK. On Friday, at mid-day, Martha Morgan, a middle-aged woman, was knocked down by an engine on the Sudbrook branch line, and run over, her feet being severed from the body. The injured woman was removed by train to New- port and conveyed to the Infirmary.

NEWCASTLE ENGINEERS' STRIKE. The engineers on strike at Newcastle have asked to be allowed to resume work on the old terms pending arbitration upon the principal points in dispnte.

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN. Sir Arthur Sullivan is reported to be making satisfactory progress.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.30 A.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S.W., AND SOUTH WALES. North-westerly breezes, moderate; fair. mu r GENERAL FORECASTS. of fK £ r?Wln? f<?re<Jasts were prepared last night DIOTRICTS- ° at ei £ "t o'clock 6. Scotland, westerly winds, strong 1. Scotland, E. f t(? fresh squally; some 2. England,N.E.1 sh°wers bri8ht intervals. 3. England E. INorth-^westerly breezes,mode- 4. Mid. Counties J rate> fair- ^°n } Westerly and north-westerly and Channel). breezes, moderate, fair. 6. Scotland, W. Same as Nos. 0 and 1. (. Jbngl., N.W. q INorth-westerly breezes, mode- N. f rate, fair. 10. Ireland. S. I

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Sir Edmund and Lady Henderson are at pre- sent staying at Tenby. Bridgend has already four banks and it is rumoured that a fifth is to be opened in the course of a few months. The Brother James, the famous Swansea half- backs, have, this week, been playing at Hartle- pool. What's the meaning of this ? A fashionable marriage takes place next week, when the second daughter of Mr William Williams, of Maes-y-Gwernen Hall, takes Dr J. Amallt Jones as her husband. There will be much rejoicing in the Swansea district. The late Sir Daniel Gooch, for many years chairman of the Great Western Railway, spent his boyhood at Tredegar. When 15, young Gooch entered the ironworks there, and began in this way his career as a mechanical engineer. We are much pleased to state that &the Rev Edward Matthews is better. Some of Mr Matthews's friends visited his residence this week and assisted in packing up his library, which con- sists ot 800 volumes, preparatory to their being forwarded to Trevecca. College. The volunteers dining together at Bridgend this week, suffered much from the great flood of eloquence. The musical programme was con- sequently reduced to two songs. Let Me like a Soldier fall," Down among the dead men." Dr George Douglas is the most eloquent pulpit orator in Canada. He is totally blind, and his hands fall helpless in front of him from paralysis, so that he is to all appearance half dead, but no one who hears his voice can remain insensible to the charm of his oratory. Who originated the term Grand Old Man," as applied to Mr Gladstone ? Some have credited it to Sir William Harcourt, and others say that Mr Bradlaugh first applied the words to Mr Gladstone in a public speech. Mr Bradlaugh himself was strongly of opinion that he was the first, and had something to say about the subject in the National Reformer. Mr R. H. Rhys, J.P., who has been a member of the Aberdare Local Board since its formation in 1854, was on Friday elected chairman of that body, a position which he has held nearly from the formation of the Board. 1jfr Richard Fother- gill (late M.P. for the Merthyr Boroughs) and Mr Rhys are the only survivors of the 12 gentlemen who formed the first Board. With regard to the episode respecting the appointment of chairman of the Merthyr Local Board of Health, Mr K P. Bid die says he went to the meeting of the Board with the intention of proposing Mr Thomas Jenkins, Pant, but when he looked round and saw Mr Jenkins was not present, he, upon the spur of the moment, pro- posed Mr Plews, who was in the chair pro tern. Madame Marie Rose is about to come forward in a new role—that of an operatic librettist. The popular prima donna will, at the end of this month, leave for Paris on a holiday, after a long and most successful season with the Carl Rosa Company, and, while in the French capital, she will put the finishing touches to a grand opera book, based on an Italian story by Lamartine. The music will be composed by Mr Henry J. Wood. It is satisfactory to hear of the railway station at Merthyr being improved, but the additions which seem at present to be contemplated, and which were commenced on Friday, will evidently be inadequate. The extension of platform verandahs should be made thorough. An addition of 90 feet of verandah" at a joint station of this character suggests a bit of piecemeal legisla- tion." The directors are invited to go the whole hog." Mr George Lewis, the well-known solicitor, was 60 on Thursday. Born in the old house of Holborn which Dickens has immortalised, he was admitted, in 1856, and became a partner of his father in the firm, known to all the world, libelled or libellers, as Lewis and Lewis. His first big case was the Overend Gurney, in which he con- ducted the prosecution, and since that (this is nearly a quarter of a century ago) there has scarcely been a cause ceUbre in which George Lewis has not been engaged. The many friends of Mr D. Rees, formerly of Llanelly, will be glad to learn that he has been re-elected for the third time to the position of mayor to the thriving port of East London, Cape Colony. Last year Mr and Mrs Rees paid a visit to their native home at Llanelly, where they remained for several months, and previous to his departure Mr Rees's friends in the tin-plate town and district held a banquet to commemorate his visit, over which Sir John Jones Jenkins presided, when he was presented witha handsomely-framed address. The Colonial Press refer in eulogistic terms to the character and the administrative ability of Mr Rees, and congratulate the Town Council of East London upon again securing his services as mayor. Mr William Henry Grenfell, who is the Liberal candidate for Hereford City in opposition to Sir Joseph Bailey, Bart., the present member, is a man of brilliant versatility. Born in 1855, he has accomplished many things and seen, many lands. He is a devoted sportsman. He was one of the Oxford Eight that did their best to cross the Channel. He was a war correspondent in the Soudan, and he has hunted big game in India. He has often coached the Dark Blues, and enter- tained them at Taplow Court. An earnest Liberal hehas fought several elections, and his gallant, but unsuccessful, contest with Mr Barry at Windsor in 1890 is still fresh in recollection. Mr Grenfell is in the best sense of the word an English gentle- man. He comes from the same good stock as the Swansea Gnenfells. In the recently-published diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch appears the following reference to his early association with Tredegar :—" One of the men in the shop was also most kind to me-his name was Jonathan Miles—taking great pains to instruct me in the proper use of my tools,"and assisting me in every way he could. I am glad to feel that I have since that time had it in my power to return some of his kindness by giving him employment at Swindon, where he has been for a good many years respected by all his fellow workmen. He is now, in 1867, a very old man, and not able to do much but he still is at the bench, and is very sensitive about his ability to do as much as ever he used to do. Poor old Jonathan I shall feel as though I had lost a friend when it pleases God to take you. We worked very much together at Tredegar." Mr J. R. Davies, Treborth Hall, Arvon, son of the ex-member for Anglesey, Mr Richard Davies, now Lord-Lieutenant of the County, would (says a Pontypridd journal) have been the present member for Anglesey, had he known Welsh. But he is a living victim to the idiotic practice of bringing up Welsh children ignorant of their native tongue. Did he weep over his misfortune ? Very likely. Mr Lewis Pugh Pugh was elected member for Cardiganshire in 1880. He could speak Welsh well. And Mr Vaughan Davies, Tanybwlch, Aberystwyth—who was brought up like Mr J. R. Davies !—was heard to say, I would give £10,000 to be able to speak Welsh like Mr Pugh." At that time Mr Vaughan Davies was a Tory in 1885 he contested the seat against the late Mr David Davies, Llandinam. At present he is a Radical, and his name is frequently mentioned in connection with the representation of the county. Mr Stuart Rendel, M.P., in addressing a meeting of his constituents, referred to Mr Glad- stone's recent visit to Valescure, St. Raphael. I He said that he believed Mr Gladstone was, in physical and mental powers, a younger man this last winter than three winters ago. Of course, they knew it must be one of the greatest privi- leges anybody could possibly enjoy to have in- timate association, daily and hourly, with Mr Gladstone. A day with Mr Gladstone was a whole liberal education. The time had not come when it would be right or proper for anyone to speak too intimately of the course of Mr Gladstone's life. It was a subject which had, to him, some- thing almost sacred about it,. and he was not going to speak of it now. But he wanted them to think that their member ought to have a great deal to say on that matter, and that he ought to be a better man and a better member because he had enjoyed this great privilege of daily and hourly contact with Mr Gladstone for weeks, un. broken weeks, together. An esteemed correspondent writes In your Brief on Friday it is stated that the Rev John Jones, Llangollen, "turned to the Latter Day Saints, and was baptised at night through immersion." Such statement is totally untrue. Perhaps the writer means his brother, Captain Jones—the captain was a Latter-Day Saint. But to say that of his brother John is an untruth. Slander not the dead. He was a good man, but too bright a genius to have peace in little jealous Wales. Many turned against him, but the late Rev D. Price, of Aberdare, remained faithful to him to the end. Slanderous letters have been written about him in the Welsh Press, but they are full of untruths. He was one of the most brilliant Welsh writers of his age or of any age, both in prose and verse. Mr D. Evans, of the Docks, Cardiff, was one of his most dear friends and he is able to speak with authority on this matter. The Rev John Jones, of Llangollen, was a. thorough temperance man. He was a man of wide culture, and wrote some valuable com- mentaries on the New Testament. He was editor, in fact the only writer, of the Golygydd Ytgubett Oymru, of which he was also publisher, Dritrter. and distributor.

CONSERVATISM IN CARDIFF. VISIT OF LORD HALSBURY. MASS MEETING IN THE PARK HALL. MR JOHN GUNN'S APOLOGIA. SPEECH BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR. TORY ADMINISTRATION EXTOLLED. ADDRESSES BY LORD TREDEGAR AND LORD WINDSOR. Cardiff Unity-men are advancing. They have got on from the Solicitor-General to the Lord Chancellor, as oratorical exhibit; and from Annie Rooney to an organ re- cital, as introductory entertainment. They have improved also in arrangement of a programme of speech-making, for last time they put their chief man—Mr John Gunn— at the tail end of the meeting, and he made a few minutes' deliverance whilst the audience were leaving the hall, it being after ten o'clock before he began. But, last evening, Mr Gunn was the first speaker after the Chairman. They can learn, these Unity advocates hopeful indication that they may even be taught how useless it is to challenge Sir E. J. Reed's seat. But whilst there was improvement in the enter- tainment and in the ordering of the oratory, there was a sad falling-off in the enthusiasm of the gathering. Perhaps it was the absence of the soul-thrilling strains, "John Gunn for Cardiff"; and if this be so, then Ta-ra-ra," &c., must be adapted to that halting doggrel and the spirits of the oddly-assorted company be maintained by vocal music. Unless the proverbial beggarly array of empty benches is to be set out before the new perpetual candidate," something will have to be done to ensure larger and more enthusiastic attendances. All the efforts of all the organisations—primrose and every other colour—failed to fill the Park Hall the organ pealed to a dull and listless company which did not need all the chairs in the area, and left the balcony bare and chilling. With praiseworthy consideration for the comfort of lagging brethren, the opening of the proceeding was delayed till quarter past eight. Still they came not and finally Lord Tredegar made his appearance, and the speeches were commenced, for even the well-regulated Unity men saviours of the Empire, friends of the people, salt of society, permeated with due rever- ence for pastors and masters—had become demonstratively impatient. "Hearts of Oak" had been discoursed upon the organ in fine style, but the restless stamping and clapping had risen above the strains until "Rule Britannia" burst forth simultaneously with the appear- ance of Lord Tredegar and Lady Halsbury and then right hearty and enthusiastic shouts proclaimed warm welcome—or relief from the weariness of waiting. Lord Tredegar opened with Max O'Rell, and then said he had discovered 65 good reasons for supporting the present Govern- ment mercifully, he spared the audience their recital. Mr Gunn rose; and whereas at the former meeting he was received by an upstanding cheering throng (albeit duly leavened with well-drilled fugle-men), he was this time greeted with a stifled burst of cheering, which died out almost at once, as though the would-be shouters were ashamed of making a noise. Not one rose in honour of the candidate funereal gloom weighted them all. "The resolution which I hold in my hand," my text," "will trespass no further," "permit me to digress," and so on—all the very oldest old phrases that adorn the vocabulary of a junior debating society, were quite in keeping with the character of the meeting. Then he referred to the South Wales Daily News article. What would the meeting have been without that article ? The South Wales Daily News furnished a topic for the hew candidate and the old. candidate, and for the enfant terrible of the company > and most of the laughing and most of the cheering was provoked by that wicked Radical print. However, it produced a declaration from Mr John Gunn, and now we know that Mr Gunn is quite consistent in his political course, for he says so himself. But we need not dwell on Mr Gunn. There was nothing in his speech beyond the fact that a mild man at the back of the hall ventured to hint a doubt as to the wisdom of what Mr Gunn was saying, and was promptly threatened with expulsion. Tho heaviness which had marked the proceedings up to the appearance of Mr Beynon Harries was quickly dispelled. A hearty vote of thanks was due to Mr Harries. His speech and the response it provoked were the only lively incidents of deadly dull discussion. Surely not in the annals of Tory electioneering en- deavours was there ever such a dreary display. But Mr Harries, opening with what must have been a satirical reference to Mr John Gunn's incisive and compact speech," pro- ceeded to proclaim his freedom from any allegiance to the archaic dogmas of the old-fashioned Tories. I, for one," quoth he, shall have nothing to do with the party which retains those ancient and obsolete principles." The assembly had been cold before at once it froze, visibly. Even Lord Tredegar's cheeriness vanished for an instant. Mr John Gunn was aghast. Col. Hill forsook the tremendous attitude he had assumed in the corner seat, and gave a fearful glance upward, as if he expected every moment to see the roof fall. Here, indeed, was downright heresy, Mr Beynon Harries had put all the fat into the "fire, but the fire was out, and as destitute of heat as the potent abstraction" of which he talked. Mr Harries was successful in winning cheers for Gladstone, and in earning for himself a haughty castigation from the Lord Chan- cellor. Lord Halsbury alluded to Æsop's Fables, and, encouraged by the cheers which had just greeted Mr Gladstone's name, provoked further cheers by a courteous reference to the ex-Premier's great political services. Then he I:> de- livered a homily on the highly patriotic duty of Ministers reviewed the Liberal measures which this Government have stolen from their opponents told Mr Beynon Harries that it was a delusion to suppose that Tory principles were inconsis- tent with careful consideration. of.i4jie rights of every citizen was gracious enough to warn him against trust in Macaulay as an historian and ended by laugh- I ing at the young politician of heretical democratic sympathies. Then he eulogised the words of wisdom and words of weight" from Mr Gunn and everybody sighed responsively, for they felt the weight of those words, whatever may have been their sentiments as to their wisdom. Lord Halsbury tried all the arts of oratory to rouse his hearers from their oppressive inertness he told a funny story or two (good old chestnnts, which even on the score of ancient friendship were entitled to the tribute of a smile), he rose to Rule Britannia declamation, he sank to solemn tones of warning, he tried ancient history, he tried prophecy he failed in all. That audience wouldn't wake up. The Lord Chancellor has some personal resem- blance to Mr Toole and if Toole ever plays when kte has the toothache, and has to make desperate efforts to work off his witticisms, then Toole with the toothache would represent Lord Chancellor Halsbury before a frozen audience, trying to thaw them out with hoary old jokes. The jokes, were all right but the people were all wrong. Occasion- ally they roused—to cheer GLADSTONE then subsided again to inertia. That time when Lord Halsbury fell over a joke and went b&ck to pick it up-that old acquaint- ance of every Irishman having a party of his own "—no one even smiled, except Lord Tredegar; but he was chairman, and had to keep awake. Col. Hill came on with remarks addressqfl to Lord Trede-gah talked of his own political caree-ah and was introducing himself with inevitable EGO, when he fell under the influence of that awful meeting, and even Col. Hill sank into monotonous intonation, the sing-song of the disheartened speaker wailing sadly over a worn-out audience. There were more speeches. But the audience was dead. [[BY OUR OWN REPORTERS.] LordHalsbury, the Lord Chancellor of England, was the principal speaker at a Conservative gathering in the Park Hall last night. The doors of the building were opened an hour prior to the commencement of the speech-making, the audience being entertained in the meantime to an organ recital by Mr Coles, who played popular airs with much acceptance. The customary political legends found place along the balcony of the auditorum,and consisted principally of the names of Conservative statesmen. Under the central circle was displayed the scroll in white letters on a blue-black giound—" Gunn for Cardiff; while upon each side of the hall were hung the banners of the Canton Habitation and the Roath Habitation of the Primrose League. Lord Tredegar presided, and upon his right hand sat Lord Halsbury. On the platform were also Lady Halsbury, Lord Windsor and Lady Windsor, Mr John Gunn, Col. Hill, C.B., M.P., and Mrs Hill, Sir Morgan Morgan, Mr H. Cousins, Mr H. Beynon Harries, Mr Ensor, Dr Treharne, Dr Taylor, Mr Jonas Watson, Councillor Trounce, Mr Geo. David. Mr and Mrs R. Forrest, Messrs Arch. Hood, Bruce Vaughan, W. Anning, Col. Ingram, E. B. Reece, — Thomas (Seward and Thomas), W. Riley, R. Hughes, Dr Wallace, — Gooch, J. B. Ferrier, Major Sloper, J. Andrews, P. McVane, A. M. Ingledew, the Misses Hill, Mrs John Gunn, Mrs C. D. Gooch, Councillor S. A. Brain, Councillor H. J. Cory, Councillor White, Dr C. T. Vachell, Dr Horder, Messrs Marcus Gunn, J. P. Lee, &c., &c. Lord TREDEGAR, who was received with ap- plause, remarked in opening the proceedings that the grand assembly before him was quite satisfac- tory enough to show the appreciation they had of Lord Halsbury's attendance there that evening. (Cheers.) A very celebrated Frenchman who made a lecturing tour in America said that the only question that generally gave him some uneasiness and anxiety waa the question of chairman for the evening. (Laughter.) He (the lecturer) then gave a description of the manners and customs of the several chairmen he was inflicted with but one of the chairmen gave him an opportunity, and as he was going into the hall, said, "What would you like me to speak about to-night ?" to which he replied, "I should like you to speak about one minute." (Laughter.) He (the chairman) was afraid he had already almost exceeded that allotted time—(laughtsr)—but there was an old verse which, translated, said, If you have listening friends, you will have'one too many. If you have one enemy, you will meet him every- where." (Laughter.) He had no doubt their enemy was there that night, and he hoped he had brought some, friends with him. (Hear, hear.) He was quite sure, from what they had read of Lord Halsbury's speeches in the last few days, that those enemies, when they would leave that room, if they were not absolutely converted, would leave them as their friends. (Cheers.) He had very carefully studied during the past few weeks the pros and cons. of political sentiment, and he found that there were 65 good reasons why the electors should choose to give Lord Salisbury's Government a majority at the next election. He was not going to go through the 65 reasons seriatim—(laughter)—but the one he would allude to was this: that one of the great advantages they should get if they returned Lord Salisbury to power was that they would have Lord Halsbury again as our Lord Chancellor. (Cheers.) Mr JOHN GUNN, who was well received, sub- mitted the following resolution :— That this meeting of Unionists desires to express its unabated confidence in her Majesty's Government., and to tender to the Lord Chancellor a hearty and cordial welcome on his visit to Cardiff. —(Applause.) With their permission, he con- tinued, he would take the last part of the text of the resolution first, and he ventured to ask them, that magnificent audience, irrespectiv of creedor politics, to render to the distinguished statesman who was with them that evening distinguished and recognised with the highest position in her Majesty's Government, he meant the Lord Chancellor, recognised and appreciated for his marvellous abilities, and appreciated for his ex- cellent worth throughout South Wales. (Ap- plause.) He would trespass no further upon their time with reference to that portion of the resolution, but would venture, if they would permit him to digress for a few moments upon a subject which was a little personal, and which it was due to them as well as to himself he should touch upon. He had been honoured with a considerable portion of a column in one of the leading articles in a local paper that day—he thought for the first time in his history. (Laughter.) He appreciated it, but it was devoted largely and mainly to abuse of his individual opinions. It Was right that whatever their opifiioBS might befchey should be stated openly, honestly, and manfully before that important audience of Cardiff people. (Cheers.) He desired tread 1P nost of honour or any position at the sacrifice of conscience and principle, and he would not accept them. But it was desirable and it reason- able that those present should know that the tribute to him that day he appreciated as a com- pliment, possibly as a reward due to a man who declined to bow the knee to the ancient leader of the Liberal party. (Applause.) When sacrifices were demanded, and when questions of honest principle had to be dealt with, they had either to follow their party contrary to their con. victions (or a majority of them) or they had to follow their consciences, doing right and defying everybody. (Applause.) He need carry their remembrance no farther back than 1885. It was perfectly true that time vanished, if possible, ac a greater rate now than ever it had done in the past; but that was not too great a space of time to ask them for a moment to follow him into and trace the position of political parties. In the year 1885, when a special manifesto was addressed to the Mid- lothian constituents, it was right to say that he accepted it in its entirety. The essence of that manifesto was this :—"Give me, the venerated leader of the Liberal party, such a majority as will enable me to deal fairly, honestly, and equitably with the Irish question, independent of the Irish party, and I will do it." (Cheers.) He sub- scribed to that manifesto in its entirety. But, alas, in the autumn, when the important event came, the appeal was disappointing. What were the disappointments to the followers when it was rumoured, it was even proclaimed, that there was to be a complete subversion of the Liberal party of the past ? That was a fair proposition to put, but it was not a fair proposition for him and others to accept. They declined to follow any man, however dis- tinguished and venerable, who in the summer of 1885 had demanded and declared that nothing short of that proposal would satisfy him yet when the satisfaction came not, it was rumoured that intrigues and arrangements and bargainings were going on underneath the sur- face, of which some of them were utterly inno- cent. He himself, in that very hall, in the early months of 1886, still believed that it was not possible that there should be any capitulation to the demands which had been so absolutely and so ruthlessly proclaimed by the Liberal party in the past. He desired not to press this ques- tion upon the meeting, but he did desire to say frankly that when the issue became clear, at the very earliest opportunity the Liberals in Cardiff, the Unionist section of them, declared that if the issue was to be between the crude, ill- conceived, unstatesmanlike measure which was thrust upon the country—if the issue was to be upon that, or upon working with those who in the past had opposed them, they made their choice, and they made it perfectly straight. (Cheers.) They had worked during the past six years not only with those with whom they differed in the past, but they found that when the diffi- culties came to be examined, and in the interests of the nation came to be real, they were one in heart, and soul and action. (Cheers.) This, however, was a digression more or less personal. He was glad, however, to have this opportunity of saying that, however mistaken his views might be as to what was right or wreng, he was at all times perfectly accessible and frank with his fellow-citizens, and prepared at all times to tell them exactly what he meant and no more. (Cheers.) They had reached another stage, he was glad to say, in the interests of the people, a happier and brighter stage. They had found that not only were the views of the great Conservative party of the past so harmonious with all reasonable Liberals in the interests of the nation, but they also found that that party were determined to be as progressive in all that concerned the welfare of the people, in their occupations, in their lives at sea, or in the mines in the bowels of the earth, or in their homes in the crowded cities —at least equally anxious with other politicians. Proceeding tc refer to the actions of the Govern- ment during the past six years, he said he knew it was a fashionable cry nowadays that it was time the Government were giving up work; the Government had become blocked and effete, and was unable, so their opponents said, to carry any important or large measures in the interests of the people. Well, let them look at that question for a moment, and see where they were. He ventured to say to them that the present Government had passed measures which would rank in the history of Britain in the brightest lines in all her his- tory. (Cheers.) They were told that they were to be elected simply to oppose what was con- sidered a national and important measure for Ireland. They were assured that nothing could be done, and they were assured by the highest possible authority then existing that Ireland blocked the way. But they had seen that the way had been cleared, and a much better way. (Cheers.) They and he (the speaker) had seen old country roads, which go up and down and round all corners. They had seen those roads vastly improved in the interests of the district. He ventured to say that the way of reaching the hearts of the Irish people, the way of reaching the benefits of the whole commercial community of Ireland, and the way which would show Ireland that, come what may, they should never part with them, They nnKht very naturally ask him what had been done to justify the continuation of their confidence in the present Government, because he personally had no faith—no confidence-in II mere resolutions. If they believed it, they must act upon their convictions like men and women. Perhaps he ought to apologise with the most recent declaration in referring to ladies at alL lie waa innocent of any desire to exclude his fellow-citizens or to condemn them because they happened to belong to a particular sex. While they fulfilled the ordinary duties of citizenship, let them give them the ordinary rights of citizen- ship. (Applause.) He had no fads or specialities upon this subject, but he desired to say and to express his opinion that intelligent women ought to have a voice in the good government of the country. Whatever specialists might say to the contrary, he looked upon it from a reasonable and common-sense point of view. It had been his privilege to work upon more than one committee with ladies who had a special knowledge affecting their sex, and he asked where was the man or woman in that assembly who would not welcome the assistance of intelligent, devoted, and loyal women desiring to elevate their fellow creatures into the ordinary rights and capabilities of citizenship. Possibly it might be desirable that he should refer to some of the measures passed by the Government. He should follow the example of their excellent chairman who was always up to the mark—(ap- plause)—who put his texts in the fewest words and brought his points home nicely. He (Mr Gunn) wished he could follow the chairman's example. He would say a word or two with regard to the great measures which had been before the country. If they reviewed them for a moment as citizens they would realise and accept their bearing upon the audience, and upon his hearers as ordinary citizens. He knew there were many of the great questions ot State upon which people in general said, "Well, what do I care for that measure, or how does it affect me ?" He ventured to assert to them that the great measures which were passed sometimes—which possibly he and those present failed to realise the importance of—so permeated through their whole system—social, commercial, and intellectual—that they had the utmost importance and bearing upon the welfare of every citizen in this community. (Applause.) Now, if they referred to two or three measures which have been passed, he ventured to say they would agree with him that they had not been in any sense party measures they had not, as had sometimes been attempted to be shown, but attempted with utter failure, been class measures or measures for the classes, but measures intended, and which he believed would ultimately benefit, the whole community. (Cheers.) Take one of the very first measures which affected them locally. Take the Mines Acts for the better preservation of the collier in his difficult, onerous, and sometimes dan- gerous calling. Had they realised what the result of that Act had been already ? It had resulted in the saving of over 50 per cent. of the lives of the miners in our own district. (Cheers.) One could no tell or gauge what the effect of those measures were in a word. But take another measure while upon the subject of saving life. Take the Load-line Bill intended for the safety of the poor sailors at sea. (Cheers.) He ventured to tell that audience that every shipowner worthy of the name rejoiced in that measure—(hear, hear)—they rejoiced in all measures which had for their object the preserva- tion and the amelioration of the condition of our honast sailor. (Applause.) The Life Preservation Act recently passed had already borne some fruit. They could understand that there might be measures proposed—and ttere had been measures attempted—which he ventured to say would have helped to drown more sailors than they would have saved. These measures had to be dealt with intelligently, and upon their merits; and he contended that the measures passed by the present Government had unmistakably been in the best interests of the common humanity, and especially of our sailors. (Applause.) There was the County Government Act, which gave to the ratepayers a voice as to how the rates should be spent. He could remember advocating that measure a quarter of a century ago; and he rejoiced to find that a Unionist Government, strong- in the consciousness of its strength, determined to give not to the classes but to the masses their rights and privileges. (Hear, hear.) Speaking of the Intermediate Education Act, he asked them to bear in mind that that measure was limited to Wales. An opponent had said that that measure was not due to the Government, but if it were not due to the Government he failed to find a father for it. (Laughter.) Another Act which he thanked the Lord Chancellor for—and he ought to add their distinguished friend on the left, Lord Windsor— (applause)—was ths Technical Education Act. (Cheers.) If it were for those measures alone, that magnificent assembly ought to accept the resolution he proposed. They might put it to him—was this the sum of the work of the Government? By no means. (Cheers.) The Government had in no small measure contributed, by its enlightened statesmanship, to the development of their commerce during the past years; they had secured the stations to which Cardiff coal went, and they had protected them from those who might possibly seek to destroy them. (Hear, hear.) They had, by an enlightened policy spread over a series of years, shown to the nation that it is much more important to have a definite aim and object in view—in a word, to know at the beginning what the end shall be—than to spend three, six, or ten million one year, and then to starve the whole service, both army and navy, for years to come. These were not by any means the only measures the Government had passed, and which had been accepted; but, speaking as a commercial man, he would venture to express that their credit, the financial credit of the British nation, had IMUSH fetiormously raised. Some of them might sajf-tjiftt might be a loss to some people. That wasperfectly true, but it was for the good of the nation, it was for the good of the people at targe, and when they found that a saving which was meant and which was practi- cally £2,800,000 a year to the British nation those of them who had passed the 4th standai d could tell what it meant. It was a simple arithmetical process by which any one could show that the nation had saved, its credit had been enhanced, and what had been a mystery to many financiers —the British nation paying 3 per cent. and some- times 3% per cent. when there were millions of private institutions receiving millions at only 2 or at the most 2 per cent. That saving had redounded to their credit, and would benefit every taxpayer in the country. There were many other measures to which he might refer, but he would refrain with the consciousness that it was due to them he should finish. He was bound to say, however, that when they found all these measures, such measures as the reduction upon the food of the people, such as tea, tobacco, in- come tax, the reduction of the tax upon lower priced houses, all these measures which affected the people at large, and which had been reduced, he was glad to say, during the occupancy of the present Lord Chancellor, and which meant no less a sum thaiy something like £8,000,000, had been gained in aid of local taxa- tion. But they might say—he knew some people said—it was time the Government gave up. Well, as an old worker, he knew that the term of apprenticeship used to be seven years before a man was allowed to work as a journeyman. He did not know whether there were many present who had worked seven years. The Government were about to enter upon their seventh year. (Ap- plause.) He ventured to say they were now, in every sense of the word, infinitely better equipped to do the work of the nation at home and abroad, to carry the British flag triumphantly to the ends of the earth, and command respect, not merely for British commerce, but for the British nation at home and abroad. (Loud applause, during which the speaker resumed his seat.) Mr BEYNON HAKRIES seconded the resolution, observing that the Unionist party did not stick to any of the old archaic doctrines of the stern, unbending Tories of fifty years ago. Any political party in this country must reckon with the democracy; and he claimed that the Unionist party was the true democratic party of this country. Referring to :1.11 article which had appeared in the South Wales Daily News, he said if they paid any attention to that section of the local press they would be very much misled. (Laughter.) The South Wales Daily News — (hooting)—was behind the times; it had not the capacity for marching with the times. She was an old woman—(laughter)—who still retained the coal-scuttle bonnet, crinoline, and ringlets of five years ago. (Laughter.) Morever, she had shown her sense of the divine fitness of things by residing in Golate-lane. (More laughter.) Mr Gladstone was approaching the decline of his years. (Cries of "No," and a voice: "Cheers for Mr Glad- stone," which were heartily eiven.) Well, they could not claim for Mr Gladstone that he was immortal. The resolution was earned. SPEECH BY LORD HALSBURY. The LoRD CHANCELLOR, who met with a cordial reception, said:—My Lord Tredegar, Lord Windsor, Ladies and Gentlemen,—I am to some extent overwhelmed by what has been fittingly, I think, described as this magnificent meeting, and it is one of those difficulties which one always entertains when there is mixed up together with a general reference to Imperial politics something which has a personal aspect to it. Mr Gunn, with singularly good taste, has avoided saying much about the second part of the resolution, but for me it is still more difficult not to express, in as cordial language as I can convey it—my hearty gratitude to you all for the kindness of your welcome in Cardiff. (Applause.) Let me say this, and it is all I will say upon the subject, though I entreat you all to believe that I feel very deeply indeed the warmth of the welcome I received EULOGY OF MR GUNN. —that if anything could add to the pleasure which I feel for such a welcome, it would be to find in the interests of my country that one who in times past has been a very firm though honest and manly opponent ison the same platform as myself to-night. My lord, apart from any personal question, it must be, I think, satisfac- tory to everybody who has the interest of the empire in general and the proper representation of Cardiff at heart to find that it has a champion at the next election so well fitted to represent its interests, and so well acquainted with all that it is necessary to know. I could have wished, if I may venture to say so, that the gentleman who seconded the resolution had some consideration for age and sex in the observations he made. (Laughter.) To my excellent friend, and I believe and hope your future member —(cheers)—I may say, as one who has experienced considerable amount of adverse criticism in the same sort of publica- tion, in the proverbial utterance of the navvy, it amuses the writer, and so far as my experience is concerned, it never does the slightest harm to the object of the invective. I have not seen the comment referred to, and it is not unnatural that I should not feel as much the object of the invective on this particu!ar occasion. I am not able, therefore, to deal with it, but I will undertake tojsay, although I have not seen a line of it, that not one man, women, aye, or child, in the whole electorate of Cardiff, will think one whit the worse ot Mr Gunn for any- thing that has been said by well (Lo- laughter.) The moral taught us by one 01 iEsop's fables is that men should do what they believe is right, and should not always think of what is said of them when they have done it. (Applause.) THE DUTY OF A GOVERNMENT. Well, now, gentlemen, I am in this position, that I am here representing the Government, of which, if I say much in its praise, I may be supposed to be praising a body to which 1 myself belong. If I say nothing of its doings, it may be assumed I confess all that is said against it is true. I am in therefore this difficulty, but I must say that with the astuteness that he has shown on more than one occasion, Mr Gunn has got me out of the difficulty, because he has pointed out that there are things to be done in our country, wrongs to be remedied, evils to be got rid of, improvements to be made which as yet, happily for the whole community, have not received a party colour. (Applause.) My belief is that one of the great difficulties of party government is that which, I hope, her Majesty's pre- sent advisers have jealously striven to avoid. It is not the function of any Government the. moment they have seized the helm of the btate to strive to guide it so that they themselves may be continued in office. It is not a question as to how you make this or that particular motion subservient to the party with which you are for the moment identified. The duty of the Govern- ment, a duty which has been too often neglected, is not to strive to please this or that party, but to do that which by their position they are bound under a solemn obliga- tion to do what they believe to be for the benefit of the State. (Applause.) I admit the difficulty, because the moment there becomes a crying necessity for this or that par- ticular improvement, that moment each party (and I am endeavouring to speak impartially) each party strives to claim it as its own, to make it a triumph and the next general election cry. But that is not the duty of Government, and what I would ask you to do would be to strive to call before your mind and to pass judgment upon those difficult measures to which Mr Gunn has alluded, and ask yourselves whether it is true that any one of the measures to which he has refered is a measure that in itself could be supposed to be aiding or assisting one or the other party in the State; or whether they are not all pointed to what all parties, each party in turn, admit to be demanded bv the interests of our national condition. (Cheers.) It has been the misfortune of every democratic government since the world began, that those who for the moment were invested with power have 'been tempted I will not say they have always fallen into it are tempted to yield to the pressure of that particular party with which they may be associated so as to make their party predominant in the State. That is not the true function of any Government. (Applause.) Their true function is to do what I have described, according to whether they have or have not reached that standard of duty, so that the confidence of their fellow-countrymen should be placed in them. A DEFINITION OF TORY PRINCIPLES. I cannot forbear from saying that I am not altogether to admit that description of Tory principles which I heard just now. (Hear, hear.) It should be the last thing I should desire to introduce—an element of discord. (Hear, hear.) In view of the serious dangers which I believe beset the State, in view of the great and important subject upon which I will say a. word or two presently, as to what may lead to the actual, in fact as well as in theory, dis- memberment of the Empire, it is desirable that we should sink all minor differences and join in one united and determined opposition to any scheme which may have that effect. (Cheers.) On the other hand, nothing is ever gained by not boldly facing any real difference of opinion, and I believe it is a delusion to suppose that what are called Tory principles are inconsistent with the most careful consideration of the rights of every member of the State. (Cheers.) If my excellent friend will forgive me for saying so, I think his mind has been poisoned with the authority he quoted. Lord Macaulay is not a very reliable authority on English history. (Cheers.) If ever there was a writer infused with every kind of prejudice against anything that could be called a Tory it was Lord Macaulay. It would lead me far from what I have to say if I were to verify that accusa- tion, but I could not let a statement pass which passes condemnation upon our forefathers, who, I believe, in the constitution of this country, and in the mode in which it was administered, never did forget their duties to the State; and it was a slanderous caricature to suggest that 5the Tory party were indifferent to the liber- ties of the people or the rights and interests of the State. (Cheers.) One word more, and then I will turn to ques- tions of more general politics. I think my ex- cellent friend was misunderstood in something that he said with reference to Mr Gladstone. I do not believe that any member of the State so venerable and of such long services to the State as Mr Gladstone—(cheers)—could be alluded to in the Toriest of assemblies, except in a sense of respect and admiration for his great talents, exerted, as they believed, in a wrong direction- respect for his great talents, his long services, and his high character, which throughout all phases of English politics he had invariably maintained. (Cheers.) OUR FOSIfiM IN THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD. Now let $- word sr two with reference to one or two of the matters to which attention has already been called. One of the great difficulties which exist in modern oommerciti enterprise is, it is said, that in the markets of the world we are being undersold. It is said—I will not consider whether it is true or not—that there has been a very strong feeling among all commercial men, and particularly in the artisan class, that whereas other countries have spent a great deal of money and time over educating the artisans of their own country, so as to be able to fight their battles in the great commercial contest that is always going on, and always will go on, as long as people desire to have the best article for the least money-it has, I say, been the sub. ject of the most adverse comment that in this country we have neglected that great duty. Her Majesty's Government, at all fevents, have striven to do something in that direction. I do not say they have done all that is required. The difficulty of arguing political questions always is that unless a thing is absolutely perfect, it is supposed to be a failure. What is there in this world that is perfect? (Hear, hear and cheers.) I do not say that the position of the miner, of the labouring classes, is all that it should be. But, as Mr Gunn has said, these are things not to be done lightly or in a hurry You may so hamper and fetter every form of human industry that you may drive it from your shores. You have not only to consider the thing itself, but you have to consider whether you can, by care and caution, prevent your very well-meant efforts being the very reverse of what you meant them to be. PEACE AT THE COST OF STATUS. Of course in dealing with the great Imperial questions, which are apart from these social matters, but which nevertheless we are bound to deal with if we can, it is im- possible not to think of our condition as a nation as well as our internal ndustr.es Both our navy and our army are matters which you cannot neglect. You might have to rely upon one for the defence of your shores and upon the other for food for your people, and it would be very foolish, very short-sighted, to for- get the necessity of providing for the ex.genciea Sf both for the moment the whole world seems to bein profound peace. (Hear, hear.) For wnat policy and under what circumstances can you re y upon the peace upon which you calculateI don t wish to revert to what I am not surprised a good many people are desirous of considering as ancient history, but it cannot be den.ed that m compara- tively recent vears unnecessary wars have taken place it cannot be demed that peace has been procured at the cost of a loss of our status and our character in foreign dimes, which may have effects not yet absolutely disclosed but what I think we are entitled to say without referring to ancient history is this, that the old well-recog- nised principle of English dIplomacy, of speakn out, saying what you mean, and standing by what you mean, and not capitulating after defeat should be recognised. (Hear hear Those are principles upon which the British empire has maintained itse has, 1 J 3 so b«en erected and since maintained itself, and witfet taking particular credit to her MajesJ^ Gov^nment for the momen y of hia country at ta look at the records of the comparatively recent past, and look at the con- dition, the position of England as it stands at this moment among the family of nations com- pare that position which it now holds with the position which it held at no distant date from the Lesent and to form his own conclusion what statesman, and under what Government he should range himelf when he is asked to consider what is best for the interest of our common right. THE MINISTRY PRAISED. Gentlemen, it has been made the subject, I think, of adverse comment that some of her Majesty 3 Ministers in speaking of the.r colleagues have used words of praise. (Laughter.) W ell ,t we speak of our colleagues at all, what are yve to do ? If we do not speak words recognising their services I think wo should hear a great deal Sout"di5.en»»n. in Irer Majesty', C.binet. (Laughter) If we do, we are going about the i" -iViMieliing a sort of mutual admiration country all we can do, if we society o void er difficulty, is to say look at our work. (Loud cheers ) TF T '"1 fioorce Hamilton mav point with Tresent condition of the navy as contrasted with what it was if my right hon. fdend Mr Stanhope may look at the provision he has made for the British soldier in respect of health and comfort, it is enough for me to sav without using any words of t-hiit I eoumiend this work to^the consideraton of my countrymen, j at (iann, as a practical man. as a man who Ws what commerce means, has told you "omethin^ of what has been done by the Chan- cel lor of the E x c! i eq iK' °T1 'uniori^st States- «im hat)DV to say, cinu because a u the Infest -veo Well, gentlemen, if much finances are in a good cond tion t0 hi- in the position of the patient wno^ hjs sym{h doctor, arid, being asked questions, the toms, 1 n reply to the doctor s j patient said he sjept ^cymfor^ble "Well,'Lid appetite, ana lelt ve y g u s0lne. the doctor, ;lt' .n rhat" (daughter.) The thing. I can ehaw.il patient is com^mg ..J you caHi jf y0u like, areall that (Laughter.) You may have change all t and inadequate for its pur. your nav-V have your soldiery lodged where P°Se'J-,nld hardly wish to lodge a dog. You may S,r miiK if r° th.? wa9r rc fhe desert and sacrifice heroic lives if you like, but do it and then see what the verdio*