South Wales Daily News

LLANELLY NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS. The Gorsedd Executive Committee of the LlnneUy Natioual Eisteddfod will meet at the Athenseum Hall, on Monday evening next, and at 7.30 a general meeting of the Gorsedd will be held in the same room. At eight o'clock a meet. ;ng of tho Cymmrodorion Society will be held, when the inaugural address will be given. At 8.30 on Tuesday morning the Gorsedd will meet in the People's Park, Hwfa Mon. the archdruid, presiding, and Eifionydd will act as recorder, when the usual ceremony will be performed. It is hoped that public bodies, friendly societies, and the townspeople generally wlil attend in lare nl1mb2r. After the ceremony a procession will be formed at the new Town Hall to escort the president to the pavilion, headed by a brass band. With the exception of Wednesday morning, the same programme will be carried out daily. THE ENTRANCES. According to the official plan contained in the programme, the entrances will be as follows :— To reserved first and second seats, Haughton- street and Market-street entrances promenade or Is seats in Murray street and CoweU-street. The prices of tickets are as follows :—Reserved course tickets, 25s first seats (course). 203 second, 12s 6d single meet- ing reserved seats, 4s concert, 5s first seats, 3s concert, 4s second seats, 2s concert, 2s 6d promenade concert or eisteddfod, h. The com- mittee wish it to be distinctly understood that no free tickets will be issued to officials or com- mitteemen, and no one wearing badges will be admitted to the meetings free. THE DECORATIONS. The decorations are being satisfactorily carried out in the pavilion by Mr John Randell, chair- man-of the Decoration Committee, and Mr T. R. Davies, secretary, assisted by the committee. Triumphal arches will be erected over the market entrance. The committee appeal to householders generally to do all in their power in the way of street decorations. Colhorn, the Steeple Jack, now in the town, has offered to fix a row of flags from the top of the copper works stack to Bythway's Brewery. THE RESERVED TICKETS. These tickets have been rapidly taken up during the last few days, and all desiring specially good positions should apply at once. TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS. Admirable train arrangements have been made, and it is calculated that an excursion train will arrive in the town every ten minutes during the morning of the eisteddfod days. THE CATERING. The contract for catering inside the Market has been let to a local gentleman, and we have every reason to believe that it will be carried out in a first-class manner. THE CHOIRS. Representatives of most of the choirs have recently visited the town, and are highly satisfied with the Eisteddfod-hall and the arrangements generally. It is anticipated that the chief choral competition will be exceptionally keen, and the reatest interest is taken in this contet in the Rhondda, Morthyr, Dowlais, Rumney VaHey, and South Wales generally. THE CONCERTS. The series of concerts will probably be the finest ever given in connection with any National Eisteddfod. The committee have gone to enormous expense in engaging such world- renowned artistes as Miss Ella Russell, Mr Ben Davies, Mr Frangcon Davies, and others, and it is to be hoped that the concerbs will be well patronised. THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME. The official programme has just been issued, and can be obtained from all stationers in the town. It contains full particulars of each day's proceedings and other important information. THE EISTEDDFOD CHOIR. The Eisteddfod choir, numbering 200 voices, will assist at the concerts, and perform the Spectre's Bride for the first time in Wales. A splendid orchestra has been engaged at a cost of 3200. THE SUBSCRIPTIONS. In consequence of the depression in trade, the secretary has just issued a second and final appeal io the guarantors for subscriptions, and it is to be hoped that they will respond liberally. Unless ihis is done they will have no one to blame but themselves if called upon for their guarantee.

A Lambeth man who died suddenly of heart disease has been found at a post mortem examina- tion to have possessed a heart weighing 20oz., or nearly, twice ita nornal weighb.

THE «• BRUMMAGEM" ALLIANCE. JOE THROWING OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS. Mr Chamberlain has addressed the following letter to Councillor Tonks, hon. sec. West Birmingham Conservative Association :—" Now that the strain of the election is over, will you allow me to thank you very heartily for the services rendered by yourself and your associa- tion dnring the recent contest in West Birming. ham ? It is a great pleasure to me to know that the national party is so united in regard to both its branches in our division. I trust the good feeling that now exists may continue to prevail, and that we may always be able to show an unbroken front against the common enemy."

A UNIONIST AGENT'S "JOKE." REMARKABLE LETTER TO AN ELECTOR. Some excitement has been caused in the Bodmin Division ot Cornwall, where the polling takes place to-day, by the publication of a letter which was said to have been written by Mr Mark Guy, Mr Leonard Courtney's election agent, to a voter. In the letter the following passage occurs: —" If Mr Courtney is kicked out I shall have no more money from him, and I shall not be able to employ you, and you will have no more cider. We are sure to get in, but we want to get a grand majority. Help us, and we will soon build another coalbouse, or perhaps a new wing to the house." Mr Mark Guy has since stated that the letter was only intended as a joke, and Mr Leonard Courtney has published a state- ment in which he disclaims the letters entirely and absolutely. He says they would not in any case invalidate an election, but they are certainly an unfortunate joke. and he regrets in the strongest way that they were written.

MR RITCHIE ON WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE, 011 Wednesday afternoon Mr C. T. Ritcbie, President of the Board of Trade, who was accompanied by Mrs Ritchie, visited Croydon High School for Girls for the purpose of present- ing awards in connection with the recent Oxford and Cambridge Local Examinations. The right hon. gentleman, in addressing the meeting, men- tioned incidentally that since he had come to Croydon as a candidate for Parliament he had noticed an enormous amount of time and trouble given to political matters by ladies. He had never seen anything like it before, and he was bound to say that when the question arose he would be well disposed towards woman's suffrage.

SIR EDWARD REED. Sir Edward Reed (says the London Daily News) docs not intend to pub himself forward for any other constituency, accepting his defeat at Cardiff as a dismissal for an indefinite time from political life. As is well known, he some time ago desired to be relieved from. his connec- tion with Cardiff, but yielded to the solicitations of the local party, backed as they were by a persona) appeal from Lord Rosebery. Sir Edward now feels himself at liberty to devote the whole of his time to his professional work. Sir Edward, who returned from Paris on Tues- day, has, we regret to state, been called to Scotland by the renewed illness of Lady Reed. He left London last night.

MR LABOUCHERE ON LOCAL VETO. Rightly or wrongly (says Mr Laboushere in Truth) a very large number of Radicals were opposed to Sir Wm. Harcourt's Local Option Bill. I oonfess that I had my doubts about the wisdom, or perhaps I should rather say the expediency, of the Bill. Ib gave the people of a locality the right to close all public-houses within locality the right to close all public-houses within it, but left all else in the hands of the magistrates. Since I have known politics, the temperance men have always been trying to secure temperance legislation, and yet nothing has been done-he fact being that whilst all Radicals are for popular control over this and any other local matters, they are not all for tho particular kind of control involved in the Bill. Speaking as a friend of temperance, I should say that the best plan would be to unite aU in a scheme vesting the entire matter in the hands of an elected Board, and to leave for further consideration the question of a direct vote of two-thirds of a locality to close all public-houses. Half a cake in the hand is better than a whole cake very much in the bush. Moreover, I am convinced thab Dot more than one "area" in. a hundred, at most, would vote by a two-thirds majority for the total extinction of the liquor traffic. As regards compensation for the working publican, surely some scheme might be formulated by means of which such compensation could be given by raising the tax on the houses that remain open when one is closed. This would be only reason- able. I would levy a tax on public-houses in an area based upon population, and this tax should be apportioned between the houses. Where there are few the tax really would be higher than where there are many, for the few would absorb the entire trade. This tax would practically come out of the pockets of the brewers.

WHAT WE HAVE TO EXPECT. Writing in Truth, Mr Labouchere says Amongst the pleasing prospects that the Pall Mall Gazette holds out is one which I am sure will recommend itself to all Radicals. It is that the Tories should seize the occasion of their being in a majority to relieve the landlords of the death dues imposed upon them by Sir William Harcourt. We have nob forgotten the doleful wail of the Duke of Devonshire,* and now that Mr Chamberlain has joined the Party of the Noblemen of England, I make no doubt that he will abound in all proposals to relieve those who neither toil nor spin of the burdens that weigh on them. This suggestion seems to have found responsive echo in one of Mr Balfour's election speeches. Can we be surprised ? What have we to expect ? The landlords and the plutocrats have carried the day at the election, and charity with this sort' of gentry begins at home. With them the agri- cultural interest means the interest of the; landlords; the commercial interest that of financial and financing magnates. Well has it been said that the greatest burdens on land were the landlords. They are to be relieved of their burdens. Mr Chamberlain's Old-Age Pension scheme isdoviaedwiththeone. object of relieving them from the obligation of rates, which is the State rent which they have now to pay for owning land. Sir William Harcour b favoured them too much in bis plan of I death dues. They would be favoured still more. If only this wretched Tory craze that has seized the nation coold be expected to be anything beyond temporary aberration, we should soon get back to the days of the old French Monarchy, when great landlords paid no taxes.

THROWING OVER MR CHAMBERLAIN. FAIRLY PLAIN SPEAKING. Now that the elections are drawing to an end,' some of the Tories are becoming very bold in throwing over Mr Chamberlain. Here is what the Daily Graphic says this morning The country has had a surfeit of programmes lately, and now it prays to be allowed to recover from the disturbance produced by the party of political fireworks. Mr Chamberlain and some other members of Parliament have worked hard and talked largely about old age pension schemes. As far as can be gathered, the persons for whose benefib these schemes are intended are pro- foundly sceptical of their merits, while the alarmed taxpayer sees in them only an elaborate system of robbing Peter to pay Paul. Another scheme that has its origin rather in the brain of the politician than in the needs of the country is the proposal that the State should aid wotking men to burden themselves with the ownership of the houses they temporarily occupy. Fairly plain speaking, that Bub observe that the Daily Graphic, like the Times, while pro. posing to shelve Mr Chamberlain's English schemes, heartily approves of an Irish Session next year for patsing a big Land Bill and a Local Governmenb Bill! What an amusing commentary on the assertion that with the victory of the Unionists the Irish question would disappear into space Westminster Gazette.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SIR WM. HARCOURT. We are glad (says the Westminster Gazette) to see Sir Wm. Harcourt safely back, and this time he may fairly be said to have a really safe seat. At all events, 5,000 is a pretty considerable margin to draw upon, and something, we daresay, would be left in hand, even though he should proceed hereafter from Local Veto to absolute Prohibition In the new House Sir William will have literally to be a host in himself, so let us hope that he will have inside him a force corresponding to the immensity of his majority. Meanwhile we are all glad to see him back.

LAWYERS SUCCESSFUL. On the whole the lawyers have been very successful. The Ministerial benches will be occupied by Sir Edward, Clarke, Q.C., Sir Richard Webster, Q.C., Mr Finlay, Q.C., Mr C. A. Cripps, Q.C.. Mr Bigham, Q.C., Mr Carson, Q.C.. Mr Bucknill, Q.C., Mr Bousfield, Q.C.. Mr Greene, Q.C., Mr Oswald, Q.C., Mr Loyd, Q.C., Mr Darling, Q.C., Mr Ambrose, Q.C., Mr Hop- kinson, Q. (i., Mr Rentoul, Q.C., Mr J. C. Butcher, Mr H. C, Richards, the Hon. A. Lyttelton, Mr Leigh Clare while on the Liberal side are Sir Frank Lock wood, Q.C., Mr W. S. Robson, Q.C., Mr Lawson Walton, Q.C., Mr R. Wallace, Q.C., Mr Shiress Will, Q C., and Mr Atherley Jones. The solicitors who have been returned include Sir H. Fowler, Sir Albert Rollit, Sir J. T. Woodhouse, Mr Ashcroft (president of the Oldham Law Association), Mr Sydney Gedge (member for Walsall), and Mr Charles Harrison.

ELECTION RIOT IN IRELAND. Some serious disturbances occurred atKilrush on Tuesday between the Nationalist and Parnell- ite parties. One of the candidates was only saved from ill-usage by the efforts of the police, and for some hours afterwards free fights proceeded between the rival parties, sticks and other weapons being freely used. The arrival of a fresh body of police shortly before midnight enabled the authorities to restore something like order, but it was not until after midnight that the disturbances ceased.

TUESDAY'S POLLS. DECLARED YESTERDAY. AYRSHIRE (SOUTH)-14,912 Sir W. Arroll L U 6,875 E. Wason L 6,325 Liberal Unionist majority 550 Liberal Unionist gain. 1386. I 1892. Vernon L U 6,123 | Wason L 6,535 Wason L 6,118 1 Arroll L U 6,333 I L U majority 5 I Lib. majority 197 BERWICKSHIRE.-5,644. H. J. Tennant L 2,673 (i. B. Balfour C2,166 Liberal majority 507 Unchanged. 1892. ) 1894. Marjoribanks L 2,704 | Tennant li 2,722 C. B. Balfour 1,956 Balfour C 2,157 Lib. majority.. 8481 Lib. majority.. 565 BREOKNOCKSHIRE-I0, 849. C. Morley L 4,594 Col. T. Wood C 3,631 Liberal majority 963 Unchanged. 1886. 1892. Maitland (L) unopposed. Maitland L 4,676 Wood C 3,418 Lib. majority 1,258 Wood C 3,418 Lib. majority 1,258 CARMARTHEN (EAST).-9,217. Abel Thomas L 4,471 J. E. Richardson C 2,466 Liberal majority. 2,005 No change. 1890 (Bye). 1892. Thomas (L) unopposed. Abel Thomas L 4,339 I Davies C 1,223 Lib majority 3,116 CORNWALL (TRURO).-9,057. E. Lawrence LU 3,282 H. T. Waddy L 3,012 Unionist majority 270 Unchanged. 1886. 1892. I Bideford-Smith..LU 3,522 Williams LU 4,029 Lough 11 1,546 Lile L 2,518 LU majority 1,976 j LU majority.. 1,511 CLARE (WEST). Jamieson N 3,376 R. Maguire P 2,973 Nationalist majority 403 Nationalist gain. 1886. 1892. opposed. O'Connor N 2,871 Jordan (P) returned un- Masmire P 3,878 opposed. { O'Connor N 2,871 ) Par. majority 1,007 CUMBERL \ND (COCKERMOUTH)-IO, 242. Sir W. Lawson, Barb. L 4,259 T. Milvain C 4,018 Liberal n)-ijority 241 Representation unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Lawson L 4,130 Lawson L 4,599 Curwen LU 3,126 Napier G 3,828 Lib. majority. 1,004 Lib. majority 771 DERBYSHIRE (HIGH PE AK)-10,397. W. Sidebottom C 4,671 Symmonds L 4,164 Conservative majority 507 Unchanged. 1886. ■ 1892. Sidebottom C 4,162 Sidebottom C 4,609 Rhodes L 4,001 Cheetham L 4,243 Con. majority ..161 Con. majority 366 DENBIGH (WEST).-9,915. J. H. Roberts L 4,487 W. W. Edwards C2,878 Liberal majority 1,609 Unchanged. 1886. 1892. Cornwallis-West (L U) Roberts L 4,612 unopposed. Cornwallis-West.. C 2,279 ) Lib. majority 2,353 DEVONSHIRE (MID)-3,726. Right HOII. U. Seale-Hayne L 4,280 J. A. Nix C 3,976 Liberal majority 304 Representation unchanged. 1886. 1892. Seale-Hayne L 3,413 Seale-Hayne L 4,361 Martin LU 3,007 Collins C 3,649 Martin .LU 3,007 Collins C 3,649 Lib. majority. 406 Lib. majority. 712 EAST GLAMORGAN. Alfred Thomas L 6,055 C. J. Jackson C 3,909 Liberal-majority 2,146 Unchanged. 1886. 1892. Thomas (L) unopposed. Thomas .L 5,764 Lewis C 2,797 I Lib. majority.. 2,967 ELGIN AND NAIRN-5,819. J. E. Gordon C 2,147 J. S. Keay L 2,019 Conservative majority 128 Conservative gain. 1889 (bye). I 1892. Keay l 5,571 f Keay L 2,533 Logan LU 2,039 | Gull C 1,978 Logan LU 2,039 | Gull C 1,978 Lib. majority 5321 Lib. majority -555 FERMANAGH (NORTH). R. M. Dane C 2,782 — Leeper N 2,406 Conservative majority 376 Unchanged. 1886. | 1832. Redmond P 3,128 I Dane C 2,793 Archdale C 2,862 ( Jordan N 2,488 Par. majoirty,, 346 j Con. r "^rity- FIFESHIRE (WEST)-9.800. A. Bitten L 4,719 R. G. Erskine-Wemyss C 2,965 Liberal majority 1,754 Unchanged. 1889 (bye). I 1892. Birrell _L 3,557 | Birrell L 5,215 Wemyss C 2,758 j Yellowlees C 1,633 Lib. majority — 779 | Lib. majority 3,582 FALKIRK BURGHS—8,402. J.Wilson LU 4,075 H. Smith L 3,822 Unionist majority 253 Unionist gain. 1885. 1892. Sinclair LU 2,713 Smith.L 3.816 Smith L 2,693 Sinclair LU 3,177 L.U. majority.. 20 I Lib. majority 639 GLAMORGAN (GOWER)-12,150. D. Randell L 6,014 C. H. Glascodine C 2,256 Lib. majority 3,758 Unchanged. 1888 (bye.) ) 1892. Randell L 3,964 ) Randell.L Unopposed Llewelyn .C 3,358 j Lib. majority 606 | GLOUCESTERSHIRE (THORNBURY)— 12,195. C. E. Colston C 5,727 A. A. Allen L 4,638 Conservabivemajority. 1,089 Representation unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Plunkett C 4,935 Colston C 5,202 Howard L 4,054 1 Howard L 4.&78 Con. majority. 8811 Con. majority 224 KILMARNOCK BURGHS-11,216. Col. J. M. Denny C 5,432 S. Williamson L 5,051 Conservative majority 381 Conservative gam. 1886. 1892. Williamson L 4,664 I Williamson L 5,110 S tarrock. C 3,870 j Dickson C 4,335 Lib. majority 794 | Lib. majority. 775 LINCOLNSHIRE (LOUTH)-10,863. R. W. Perks .L 4,191 Col. Lucas C 3,779 Liberal majority 412 No change. 1886. I 1892. Heath (C) unopposed j Perks L 4,284 ] Heath C 3,445 I Lib. majority. 839 LANCASHIRE (NORTH LONSDALE)-9,458. R. Cavendish LU 4,313 Baron Halkett L 3,610 Unionist majority. 703 Unionist gain. 1886. 1892. Ainslie C 4,063 Smith L 1,203 3,426 -I Con. majority.. 800 ) Lib. majority 777 LANCASHIRE (DARWEN).-14,220. J. Rutherford C 7,058 C. P. Huntington L 6,217 Conservative majority 841 Conservative gain. 1886. 1892. Cranborne C 6,085 Huntington L 6,637 Slags .1. 5,359 Cranborne.C 6,463 Con. majority 736 Lib. majority 174 LONDONDERRY (NORTH). Right Hon. J. Atkinson C 4,763 Thomas Harrison U. Land Reformer 2,538 Conservative majority 2,225 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Mulliolland, C, Mulholland C 5,490 unopposed. Green.L 2,300 I Con. majority.. 3,190 LANARKSHIRE (SOUTH)-8,818. J. H. Hozier C 4,053 — Lanobie L 3,823 Conservative majority 230 Unchanged. 1886. j 1892. Hozier C 3,577 Hozier .C 4,032 Hamilton.L 3,559 Hedderwick.L 3,664 Con. majority. -;s I Con. majority 368 MEATH (SOUTH). J. Jordon N 2,737 J. H. Parnell P 2,480 Nationalist majority 257 Representation unchanged. 1886. j 1892. Shiel (P) unopposed. | Fullam N 2,212 I Dal ton p 2,129 N. majority gj NORTHAMPTüNSHIRE (EAST),-12,526. F. A. Channing L 6,177 H. Lush-Wilson C 4,961 Liberal majority. 1,216 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Channing L 4,428 Channing L 5,832 Ramsden C 3,359 Potter C 4,348 -I Lib. majority 1.416 Lib. majority. 1.484 NORTHUMBERLAND (BERWICK ON- TWEED)—9,277. Sir E. Grey, Bart .L 4,378 Lord W ark worth .C 3,593 Liberal majority. 785 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Grey L 4,131 Grey L 4,002 Lambton C 3,407 Robertson C 3,560 Lib. majority 724 Lib. majority 442 PEEBLES AND SELKIRK, W. Thorbum .LU 1,563 Master of Elibank .L 1,509 Liberal Unionist majority. 54 Unchanged. 1886. 1892. Thorbum LU 1,375 Thorlmrn LU 1,603 Tennant L 1,325 Carniiehael L 1,367 LU.majority 50 LU. majority 236 STAFFORDSHIRE (NORTH-WEST)—14,687 J. Heath C 6,206 — Shoobridge L 5,538 Conservative majority 668 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892- Edwartt,o.Hea.thcoteC5,262 Heath C 5,6'8 Leveson-Gower L 4,459 Shoobridge .L 5,406 Con. majority 793 Con. majority 232 SOMERSETSHIRE (SOUTH).-9,692. E. Strachey L 4,167 H. G.Turner C 3,827 Liberal majority 340 Representation unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Earl of Cav<vn L 3,739 Strachey L 4,330 Imbert-Terry .C 3,582 lmbert-Terry .C 3,925 Lib. majority 157\ Lib. majority 405 SLIGO (NORTH). B. Collery .N 3,274 Harrison P 1,281 Crofton C 771 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Collery. N 4,216 I Collery N 3,261 Wynne O 958 Dillon. P 2,493 Nat. majority.. 3,2581 Nat. majority.. 765 SURREY (KINGSTON)-13,631. T. Skewes-Cox C 5,745 C. Burb L 3,600 Conservative majority 2,145 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Ellis(C) unopposed Temple .C 5,100 I Hodgson.L 4,357 Con. majority 743 WILTS (WILTON)—8,511. Viscount Folkestone C 3,828 L. E. Pyke L 3,565 Conservative majority 263 Representation unchanged. 1886. | 1892. Grove (LU) unopposed | Folkestone C 3,743 Grove L 3,336 Con. majority. 407 WORCESTERSHIRE (OLDBURY)-11,209. J. W. Wilson L U 5,012 Sir B. Hingley L 4,024 Conservative majority 988 Conservative gain. 1886. 1892. Hingley (L U) unopposed. Hingley L 5,329 Bridgman LU 3,171 Lib. majority.. 2,215 Bridgman LU 3,171 Lib. majority.. 2,215 YORKSHIRE (fylPON), —10,219. J. L. Wharton C 4,435 R. C. Phiiiimore L 3,733 Conservative majority 702 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Wharton .C 4,1131 Wharton C 4,268 Ponsonby L 3,125 I Leathara L 3,654 Con. majority.. 988\ Con. majority.. 614 YORKSHIRE (RICHMOND)—10,669. ,T. Hutton C 4,555 E. R. Turton L 3,971 Conservative majority 584 No change. 1886. I 1892. Elliotc^ C 4,810 Elb'ott C 4,340 Turton L 3,815 I Turton L 4,181 Coo, majority.. 9951 Cen. majority*. 159 WEDNESDAY'S POLL. HUNTS (SOUTH, OR HUNTINGDON)- 5,436. A. H. Smith-Barry C 2,419 J. Wilks L 2,068 Conservative majority 351 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Smith-Barry C 2,302 Smith-Barry C 2,251 Coote L 2,1411 Whitbread.L 2,229 Con. majority.. 1611 Con. majority- 22 LEICESTERSHIRE (HARBOROUGH)- 14,440. J. W. Logan L 6,699 Lieut. Powney C 5,673 Liberal mpjoritv 1,026 Unchanged. 1891 (bye). 1892. Logan L 5,982 Logan L 6,244 Hardy —C 5,493 Lowe C 5,583 Lib. majority. 489 Lib. majority. 656 SUTHERLANDSHIRE. J. Macleod L 1,085 Swanston -C 590 Liberal majority 495 Unchanged. 1B86. I 1892. Sutherland L 1,463 Sutherland -.1. 1,453 Fullerton LU 583 | M'Kay LU 607 Lib. majority. -88Õ I Lib. majority. 846 YORKSHIRE (SPEN VALLEY)-10,492. T. P. Whittaker L 4,700 F. Ellis C 3,879 Libp.ral majority 821 Unchanged. 1886. 1892. Woodhead L 4,542 | Whittaker L 4,952 Boulter -LU 2,200 Ellis C 3,404 Lib. majority.. 2,3421 Lib. nuyority.. 1,548 YORKSHIRE (ELLAND)-12,526. T. Way man L 5,387 A. T. Clay C 5,081 Liberal majority 306 Unchanged. 1886. ) 1892. Wayman L unopposed. j Wayman L 5,497 I Hope C 3,676 I Lib. majority.. 1.821 YORKSHIRE (MORLEY)-13,300. A. E. Hutton L 5,834 W. Carr C 4,166 Liberal majority 1,660 Unchanged. 1886. 1892. Gaskell L unopposed. j Hutton L 5,818 I Carv C 3,656 I Lib. majority. 2,162 YORKSHIRE (BALLAMSHIRE)-14,483. Sir F. T. Mappin .L 5,949 F. S. Hatohard C 5,054 Liberal majority 895 Unchanged. 1886. I 1892. Mappin. L Unopposappin. L Unopposed. YORKSHIRE (OTLEY).-11,038. D'Arcy Wyvill C 4,670 Sir J. Barran,^ L 4,622 Conservative majority 48 Conservative gain. 1886. 1892. Barran 1. 4,245 Barran L 4.713 Fair bairn LU 3,361 Wyvill C 4,023 Lib. majority.. 884 Lib. majority.. 690

GAINS AND LOSSES. j LIBERAL GAINS. I UNIONIST GAINS. Perth 1 Darlington 1 Huddersfield 1 Derby 2 Plymouth 1 Lincoln 1 Ipswich 1 Manchester (S.-West) 1 Bolton 1 Manchester (South). 1 Grimsby 1 Salford (North) 1 Stockton-on-Tees 1 Stockport 1 Scarborough 1 Boston .1 Nottingham, West 1 Peterborough 1 Penryn and Falmouth 1 Bradford (Central) 1 Dumfriesshire 1 Reading 1 Lichfield 1 Bradford (East) 1 Tyrone (North) 1 Bradford (West) 1 Londonderry (City) 1 Rochdale 1 Lincolnshire(Brigg). 1 Kennington 1 Linlithgowshire 1 Bristol (North) 1 Forfarshire 1 Oldham 2 L.tnca,sliire(Presi;w!(!I,) I- West Ham (North). 1 West Ham (South). 1 Hartlepool 1 Lambeth (North) 1 Sunderland 1 Whitehaven 1 Stoke-npon-Trenb 1 Great Yarmouth 1 Bedford 1 J Coventry 1 Gloucester 1 St. Paucras (North) .1 Bethnal Green (N.E.) 1 Finsbury (Central) e" 1 Finsbury (East) 1 Shoreditch (Hagger- ston) 1 Northampton 1 Southampton 1 Hackney, South 1 Nottingham, East 1 Norwich 1 Edinburgh S. 1 Glasgow, College 1 Swansea. Town 1 I Glasgow, St. Rollox.. 1 Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley 1 Carmarthen District.. 1 Southwark (Ber mondsey) 1 Tower Hamlets (Limehouse) 1 Hull, East 1 Walsall 1 Tower Hamlets (St. Geore,e's) .I Kensington, North 1 Camberwell, N 1 Lancashire: Radcliffe 1 Cambridge (Wisbech) 1 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 1 Suffolk (Woodbridge) I Wiltshire (Cricklade) 1 Derbyshire (South) 1 Lancashire (Ince) 1 Pembroke Boroughs 1 Liverpool, Exchange 1 Lancashire (Eccles). 1 Lancashire (Middle- ton) 1 Cardiff 1 Northamptonshire (Mid) 1 Essex (Maldon) .1 Gloucestershire (Stroud) 1 Suffolk (Stowmarket) 1 Northamptonshire (South) l Cumberland (Egremout) 1 Barnstaple 1 Roxburghshire 1 Bedfordshire (Biggleswade) 1 Oxford (Woodstock) 1 N. Bucks 1 S. Glamorgan 1 Lancaster 1 Cirencester 1 Ayr Burghs 1 Cheshire (Crewe) 1 Inverness Burghs 1 Lancashire (Gorton) 1 Yorkshire (Shipley). 1 Stirlingshire 1 Lancashire(Heywood) 1 Yorkshire(Doncaster) 1 Cambridgeshire (Chesterton) 1 Oxfordshire (Banbury) 1 Somersetshire, North 1 CornwaU (Camborne) 1 Falkirk Burghs 1 Lancashire (North Lonsdale). 1 Ayrshire, S. 1 Elgin and Nairn 1 Kilmarnock Burghs. 1 Worcestershire: (Oldbury) 1 Lancashire (Darwen) 1 Yorkshire (Otley) 1 181 99

STATE OF THE POLL. LIBERALS. UNIONISTS. 217 385 i BALANCE OF PARTIES. The following shows the politics of the newly elected members :— Irish Liberals Nationalists Parnellites Unionists 148 59 10 385 POLLINGS FOR TO-DAY. ENGLAND. Bedfordshire :•— Norfolk Luton (bye-election, 1892, South-WestfU.maj., 338) L. maj., 242) Somerset CornwallFrome (L. maj., 437) Bodmin (U. maj., 231) Staffordshire Bodmin (U. maj., 231) Staffordshire Cumberland I Leek (U maj.. 363) North (L maj., 813) Stiffold Durham I Lowestoft(U. maj., 1,190) Chester le Street (L. Warwickshire maj., 2,387) Rugby (L. maj., 688) Lincolnshire ) Wilts :— Gainsborough (L. maj., i West (L. maj., 624) 908) j Spalding (L. maj., 326) f WALES. Denbighshire, East (L. maj., 765) SCOTLAND. Ayrshire:- Lanarkshire:- North (U. maj., 448) Govan (L. maj., 1,000) Invemess-shire (bye-elec- Nortli-West (U. maj., 81) tion, 1895, U. maj., 650) I Partick (U. maj 727) KirkcaJdy Burghs (L.maj.. Wick Burghs(U. maj., 127) 1,8(2) IRELAND. Donegal| Dublin East (A.-P. maj., 763) j North (P. maj., 1,295) Down:— J Roscommon:— South (A.-P. maj., 571) | South (P. maj., 1,571)

POLLINGS FOR FRIDAY. ENGLAND. Cambridgeshire Norfolk :— Newmarket (L. maj., North-West (L. maj., 1,223) 1,089) 1 Cornwall Northumberland Launceston (L. maj., 984) Hexham (bye-electioll, Devon :— 1893, L. maj., 446) Tavistock (L. maj., 217) Somerset :— Durham Wells U. (maj., 940) South-East (L. maj., 164) Wilt.,hire Essex :— Devizes (L. maj., 138) Saffron Walden (L. maj., Yorkshire:- 1,881) Buckrose (L. maj., 652) j Leicestershire Osgoldcross (L. mai Bos worth (L. maj., 1,524) 1,876) Skipton (L. maj., 92) I WALES. Flintshire (L. maj., 1,452) SCOTLAND. Clackmannan and Kinross I Ross and Cromartv fL (L. maj., 1,614) j maj., 758 Hacidingtonshire (L. maj., ) 296). ) IRELAND. Fermanagh :— I Meath :— South (A.P. maj., 621) North (bye-election,1893, Galway :— A.P. rnaj., 259) North (P. maj., 389) J

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. LORD TREDEGAR ON NINETEENTH CENTURY CHRISTIANITY. The annual meeting of the Newport and Monmouthshire branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was held on Wednesday afternoon on the Athletic Grounds, Newport, where a fete and fancy fair is being held to raise funds for the society. Councillor G. H. Llewellyn presided. The Chairman moved the adoption of the annual report, which showed that 148 cases, in which 418 children were affected, had been investigated during the year; 107 were Newport cases, Pontypocl contributed 9, Abergavenny 8, Monmouth 8, Chepstow 8. Tredegar 1. and Blaina and Abercarne 3 each. Prosecutions were instituted in 21 cases, in 18 of which con- victions took place. The receipts for the year were £302 lis 10d, and the expenditure j6269 2i 7d, leaving a balance in hand of £ 33 9d 3d. Lord Tredegar, in addition to his subscription of £10, gave a special donation of 250.-Dr. Macdermack seconded the adoption of the report, and the motion was agreed to.—Lord Tredegar was re-elected president of the branch, and Mr Gill Williams and Mr Le Grande Chambers were reappointed secretary and treasurer respectively. -On the motion of tho Chairman the ladies were thanked for their work in connection with the fete and fancy fair, and a similar compliment was paid to the Newport Athletic Club, which gave the use of the grounds gratis. Lord Tredegar opened the fancy fair and fete in connection with the local auxiliary, and said it was terrible to think that in the 19th century of Christianity a society of the kind was necessary for the prevention of cruelty to children. But human nature would be human nature while the world lasts there would always be brutes and savages. This society was worthy of support because it prevented the weakest in their midst from being trampled upon and ill-used. In every place there were a certain number who had no idea of kindness or gentleness it was fathers and mothers whom they had to look after. He did not know whether the ladies read news- paper reports of the Police Courts, but most men did and they often found that cases of cruelty to childron had been brought forward by the society. In nine cases out of ten penalties were imposed upon those who ill-treated children, and it rarely happened that the society made a mis- take about those it brought before the justices. It often happened that people were tender for others, unfeeling for their own," and the society existed to check and punish the unfeeling. He had much pleasure in declaring the charming fete open.

CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. QUARTERLY MEETING AT LLANELLY. The quarterly meeting of the above council was held on Wednesday ab Llanelly, Mr C. E. Morris presiding. The appointment of a public analyist was deferred, and it was decided to readvertise for candidates at a retaining fee of £10 10s, and 10il 6d for each sample analysed,-r-Mr Gwilym Evans moved tha.t The attenbion of the Government be called to the necessity, ot offering every facility for the construction of light rail- ways."—Mr Wilson seconded, and the resolution was agreed to.-On the proposition of Mr Trubshaw a Local Government Committee was appointed.

LOCAL LAW. NORTH-EASTERN MARINE ENGINEERING CO. V. HANDCOCK.—In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, on Wednesday, the case of the North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co. v. Handcock came before the Lord Chief Justice, sitting without a jury. It was an action on a bill of exchange for £ 1,000, for part payment of the cost of putting engines and boiler into the defendant's steamship. The defendant pleaded that he had paid JB650 towards the debt, and as to the remaining £ 350, he counter-claimed that amount, which would be about the cost of remedying the defect in the boiler. In reply the plaintiffs admitted that there was a defect in the boiler, but said they had remedied the defect to the satisfaction of the defendant, who accepted the work. The plaintiffs are engineers carrying on business at Sunderland, and the defendant, Edmund Handcock, is a shipowner, of Cardiff. At the conclusion of the evidence a consultation took place between counsel. His Lordship then suggested that if the consultation was with the idea of a settlement it might take place on the lines of a reference to an engineer, who should be empowered to say what was necessary to make the boiler practicaliy perfect.—Mr Boyd said he would consent to a reference to an engineer, to be agreed upon, or in (le fault of agreement to an engineer, to be appointed by his Lordship —A further consultation then took place, which resulted in an announcement by Mr Chitty that the parties would leave the matter to his Lord- ship. Counsel then retired with his Lordship to a private room, and on returning into court Mr Chitty announced that the dispute was settled, but did not make any statement as to terms.— Mr Boyd said an order would be drawn up embodying the terms, and submitted to his Lord- ship for signature. OWNERS OF. MOUTON V. THE OWNERS OF THE ARANDO.—On Wednesday in the Admiralty Division of the High Court, Mr Justice Goreil Barnes, sitting with Trinity Masters, had before him this claim and counter-claim for damages arising out of collision, which took place about 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight, in the English Channel, on the 24th May last. between the steamship Mouton and the steamship Arando, with the result that the Mouton was sunk with the loss of two of her crew. and the other ship was severely damaged. The Mouton, a Nor. wegian ship, was bound from Cardiff to Stock- holm, with a cargo of coals, and a crew of 16 hands.—The case had not concluded when the Court rose.

CARDIFF. AOOIDBNT.—On Wednesday evening a man un- known was knocked down by a cab in Millicent- street, and when picked up was in an unconscious condition. He was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary by a police constable, and at present he lies in an unconscious state, although a fatal termination to the accident is nob anticipated.

BARRY AND CADOXTON. SUICIDE.—Mr E. B. Rsece, coroner, conducbed au inquiry at the Police Station, Barry, on Wednesday eveniug respecting the death of Jane Cann, who was found suspended to a rope in the kitchen of her parents' house on Tuesday morning. The circumstances stated in these columns on Wednesday were given on oath, and a verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity" was returned.

RISCA. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.- An inquest was held at the Police Station on Tuesday re- speoting the death of Samuel Sims, a native of Risca, who was killed at the Risca Brewery Crossing by the 8.30 p.m. passenger train on Saturday, the 20th inst. The jury returned a verdict of "Died frominjuries received on the Great Western Railway at Risen- with the following rider, "That the jury suggests an alteration of this level crossing, substituting a suhway or bridge." EXAMINATION. Mr Williams, certificated manager, the teacher of the mining class. Cross Keys, was most successful during tho May exam- inations. Three of his pupils passed in the second class in the advanced stage.

PONT A RDUL AIS. LooALSuccRssEs.- At the examination in physio- graphy, held in connection with the South Ken- sington Science and Art Department at the Pontardulais Technical Class (conducted by Mr J. Roberts, of the Board Schools), the following students were successful :-Firgt class—Misses Jane Hopkins, Winnie Evans, Annie Roberts, Katie .1 ames, Messrs David R. Williams and John D. Thomas. Second class—Misses Louisa Jeffreys', Elizabeth Jones, Mary A. Thomas, and Mr David Thomas.

Lord Henry Pauleb and Lady Paulet have settled in Mashonaland. The Chinese officers who took part in the battle of the Yalu were, says an English officer, a pack of arrant cowards. When firing began they lay flat on their stomachs, grovelling and praying to Buddha for all they were worth. CADBUKY'S Cocoa is absolutely pure, therefore best. The Medical Annual says: "Thename'Cadbury' "n any packet of Cocoa is a guarantee of punty.' 1170

WELSH GOSSIP. Mr Wm. Jones, the member for North Car- narvonshire, began life as a pupil teacher, There will be no alteration in the Taff Vale Railway Company's trains for the ensuing month. Ieuan Dylwyn, a bard flourishing between 1450,90, appears to be an ancestor of Mr L. W. Dilwvn, Sketty Hall, Swansea. Mr Ernest Hall Hedley, who has had a severe cold as one of the results of his electioneering campaign, has gone to Eastbourne to recuperate. Jeremy Taylor, who hved in Carmarthensbire from 1647 to 1658, wrote his Holy Living and Holy Dying" at Aberbythych, a rustic village, near Golden Grove. Mr J. C. Fowler, the Swansea stipendiary, says About 100 years ago Merthyr Tydfil was a small village, surrounded by desolate mountains rarely trodden except by sheep and shepherds. Little did people dream that those wild mountains were a mass of mineral wealth that scarcely needed more than a scratch to uncover." Lord Carrington, who was chairman of the Welsh Land Commission, has been granted the dignities of a viscount and an earl by the names, styles, and titles of Viscount Wendover, of Chepping Wycombe, in the county of Bucking- ham, and Earl Carrington. Lord Carrington holds the permanent office of Joiat Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain. Gwilym Callestr, an old bard, who lived at the beginning of this century, was occasionally laid low by Bacchus. The following elegy gives the State of his feelings the morning after the spree Heddyw am ffrwyth yr heidden-y fory Mor farwedd a malwen Casau bwyd, cosi ei ben, Ymwingo mewn llwm angen. The victory of Mr Lloyd George was signalised with much rejoicing at Criccietb. Shortly after nine o'clock the summit and the western side of Dinas Hill was ablaze with fires of pitch, present- ing a striking spectacle while in the Square a large concourse of people assembled, and ter- minated the rejoicings with torches and a dlsplay of rockets and other illuminations. Dafydd Jones of Gaio" wrote on many j themes. One song strikingly characteristic of the man is, Rhybudd i'r Meddwon (" A Warning to Drunkards "), which opens with the linea :— Ymswyned pob gwr rhag diod Glandwr 0 herwydd ei thrafod mae syndod yn siwr O'i hyfed bydd gwae mawr drydar clidrai Pob siol a syfrdauai a'r garrau'n gwaubau. Mr William Rees Williams, the son of Mr J. Williams, Rock Inn, Aberaman, who passed the London matriculation examination in the first division at the recent examination, is only 16 years of age, and the fact that he passed direct to the University College, Cardiff, from the Higher Grade School, Aberdare, speaks highly for himself and the headmaster of the school, Mr J. E. Morgans. Alliteration and assonance form the very life of classical Welsh poetry, of which take the follow- l ing as an example :— E ddarfu Dduw, 'r ddaear ddu, 0 gylchedd ei gwyngalchu." Many proverbs conveying the same sentiment are also assonant both in Welsh and English. For instance, Adar or unlliw a dynant i'r unlle (Birds of a feather flock together) Some years ago, when the battle of Disestab. lishment was keenly waged in the Welsh con- stituencies, the Rev. Thomas Johns, Llanelly, urged upon his conutrymen the desirability of having a new edition published of Palmer's Catechism of the Protestant Dissenters." We are not sure that Mr Johns' advice was then acted upon, and would suggest that its execution at the present crisis would be eminently service- able. A correspondent, writing from Tunis, says that the French authorities in Tunis refuse to allow Mr E. R. Louden-the Swansea journalist en- gaged 1D walking round the world-to attempt the overland journey to Tripoli, on the grounds that he would most certainly be killed by the border tribes, if not by thirst (there being no water on the way). This opinion is endorsed by the British Minister there (Mr Haggard), who advises Mr Louden to sail direct for Egypt. The Standard, ia magnaitimouar s-— Sir Wm. Harcourt is no longer without a. seat. Not in vain did he rely on the fidelity of West Mon- mouthshire to the Liberal flag. On both sides there has been a slight decline of votes, but Sir William's majority of 5,287 is substantially the same as that by which Mr Warmington was returned on the last occasion of a contest. We need hardly say that this rapid restoration to the I political scene from which Sir William was so unexpectedly excluded will be no less pleasing to Unionists than to Liberals." William Coombe, the author of Dr, Syntax n Search of the Picturesque," and other humor- ous and satirioal works, was a waiter m an inn ai Swansea in 1770. He was born m Bristol in 1751, and was educated at Eton and Oxford. His I father was a rich merchant, who died in 1763, and bequeathed him £ 2,000. The profligate soon squandered the money, reduced himself to desti- tution, and spent much of his subsequent life in prison. In his later years, notwithstanding a by no means unsullied character, he was courted for the sake of his charming conversation and inex- j haustible stock of anecdote. He died in London in 1823 at the age of 72. Umtarianisin has flourished from an early date in Wales, and sometimes in the most inaccessible districts. Tiie history of this sect contains some of the greatest names in Welsh history. They did not exercise so much influence on Wales, perhaps, as their talents would lead us to expect, but they played no ignoble part. No cause could be an ignoble one that has furnished such nmes as Daviea, Oastell Hywel, and Dr. w Price. It is worthy of note thab the last man who was in a pillory in Wales was a Unitarian preacher at Carmarthen. He was pnt there by the stern old Calvinists of that town for airing his views to;) freely, and, as they thought, to the detriment of the community. A great deal of information in reference to the manners and customs of the anoient Welsh can be gleaned from the works of the old Welsh poets. Llywarch Hen, who lived in the sixth century, in several of his songs describes the Cymric war- horse, which was fed on corn, was loDg-legged, of a bay and grey colour, and had its mane and tail tipped with silver. We also glean froin him'ttiat the Cymric chieftains quaffed wine out of bright glass, which is indicattvo of an advanced civilisa- tion. Wo also learn therefrom that the trees and vegetation of Wales included the ash, the willow, the oak, the apple tree, the hazel, the birch, the alder, furze, clover, reed grass, broom, eglantine, the lily, the heath, the rushes, the fern, the hawthorn, &e. Dr. Farrar deduces language, chiefly from Onamatopoeia, a term meaning words invented on the basis of sound-imitation. He quotes the following lines from Milton to prove that words convey a sense of terror by their sound, besides by their meaning On a sudden, open fly, With impetuous recoil ami jarring sound, The infernal doors and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Ol Erebus, ) The preceding lines as rendered in Welsh are far more expressive still- Trwy nerth chwim agorynt gan Clnvyrn encil a chau drydar eras y pyrth Ullemawl, ar ea col o rygnu orach Daranau hyd nes orynai isaf sawdd 0 Abred. That the contest at Carnarvon Boroughs became very warm there was evidence from telegrams which passed between Mr Lloyd George and his agent just before the polling, and were circulated as a leaflet on the polling day :—" To Mr Lloyd George from his election agent Tories publish leaflet alleging you declared at Nevin on Wed- nesday uncompromising opposition to grants for Catholic schools, and characterised Catholicism as 'hellish religion.' Wire reply immediately with a view to contradiction." Reply from Mr Lloyd George to his agent: 'It is an infamous lie. Who fought for Catholic enfranchisement?— The Liberals.' Vote for Mr Lloyd George." The love entertained by the congregation of the Liverpool Fairfield Presbyterian Church for the memory of their late minister, the Ivw. Dr. Lundie, brother of Mr Cornelius Lundie, Cardiff, has been in some measure expressed and perpetuated by the erection of a handsome marble tablet; ill the Beech-street Church, the unveiling C't>rpm"IIY in connection with which took p!aco on Monday evening in the presence of a large gathering, which included not only a goodly proportion of the congiegation of the departed minister's church, but also a number of ministers of religion of various denominations. The deceased divine was brother of Mr Cornelius Lundie, mauager of the Rhymney Railway Company, Cardiff.

NEWS IN BRIEF. d T Mr and Mrs John Morley are staying j uasle.d ] The supply of schoolmasters in France is. off every year. J 'J There is a craze among ladies in America IT now for whist.. j i Leigh Hunb was very exasperated 1 J discovered thab be had sab to Dickens for Skimpole. i Fifty pounds is the price jusb now asked six-month-old tiger. A young lion fetches pounds more. J 1 Dr. E. W. Noad, of Stroud Green, has suddenly from syncope while in the acb of up some medicine. "eel | J Dr. Conan Doyle is very actively emplo the Engadine organising amusements. lIe P* 1 golf and cricket. j Professor Rudolph Gneist, who died in ] on Sunday night, was tutor to the ] Emperor William. The visit of the Emperor of Austria land, on the 25th of August, is said to be of t purely private nature. t Estate duty has been paid on £156.041 59 SdJ the net value of the personal estate of GeØll" Randle Joseph Feilden. The Duke of Genoa, who was for some with the Italian fleet at Porbsmoubh, was. soma time at Harrow School. « One of the candidates for South MeatbJ opposition to Mr Jeremiah Jordan is a of the late Mr Charles Stewart Parnell. 1 The candidate whose electoral expenses the list of the whole of the country in 1892 sfr within £4- of £2.000. He was not returned, Collectors of postage stamps bad better be their guard, for we are threatened with aD portation of spurious varieties from abroad. j An enterprising French paper has publish interviews (bogus, of course) with Sir Harcourt, Lord Rosebery, etc., on the electiOl11o Mr Huxley has left a second elaborate criti of Mr Balfour's ■ book. which he finished much difficulty on the day that he finally took! his bed. j There are only three members of the pre^n Cabinet who are younger than Mr Balfour, <5 Mr Walter Long, Mr Akers-Douglas, and Balfour of Burleigh. 1 In the rifle meeting at Bisley jusb ended trained staff of 24 Post Office Volunteers, of whom did duty in Egypt, transmitted no f than 1,000,000 words.. Prince Christian is going to Kissingen the .t after next, and he will remain in Germany^ about two months. Princess Christian goell Bad-Nauheiin, and then to Darmsiadt, and ^5 pay visits to the Empress Frederich at Kronb^j and to the Duke and Duchess of Coburg. J The Prince of Wales has arranged to Marlborough House early this (Thursday) ing aud proceed to Cirencester to fulfil bisjJI gagement at the Royal Agricultural College. 'J5 Prince returns in the evening, and expects to main in town till he leaves for Goodwood. The Church Congress is to meet at Norwich Tuesday, October 8th, under the presidenø1 Bishop Sheepshanks. The opening sermons be preached by the Archbishop of York and Bishop of Salisbury. The programme is not attractive, and presents no striking features. The Premier, who has been staying Hatfield, came to town on Wednesday, and engaged for some time ab the Foreign 0 where he gave an audience to the Gar Italian, and Austrian Ambassadors, Japanese Minister, a.nd Greek Charge D'Affai*^ Seven special trains.contatning more than 10. pilgrims from the Province of Lucca, headed M the Archbishop of Lucca (Monsignor Ghelard arrived at Leghorn one day last week. proceeded to Montenero, to the shrine of jl Madonna, where they made rich offerings in and silver. Miss Mary Wilkins, the eminent Ameri^ novelist, has been declared the winner of thefi* prize of 2,000 dollars (£4-00) offered by *i Bacheller syndicate of newspapers for the detective short story. It is the largest mo"* prize that has ever been offered for a short sto^ and the competitors from all countries numbed over 3,000. Whilst bathing off the pier at Yarmouth dI Monday, a little lad named Fen was overcoJØe bJ I the waves and sucked under. A stranger, curiously enough bearing the name, effected a gallant rescue by leaping frot" the pier, full dressed. Mr Fenn's brave actio01 however, cost him his purse, containing £2, afld gold hunter watch. A Chinese can remain for an indefinite P011 in one position. He does not need exercise: ■Englishman does. to the Chinese. He cannot urodreratand Why body can engage iu them without pay. much is she paid for rushing about like that asked a native of China as he watched a foreifl*;? lady playing tennis. Sir Michael and Lady Hicks-Beach will ehor". take up their residence at 11, recently vacated by Sir William and Harcourt. Tney went over the premises Wednesday with the representative of the Odi of Works, and gave directions as to the vario alterations and improvements desired before tibet enter into possession. The launching of,the Prince George at Po mouth by the Duchess of York has beenpostpo until August 22ud, when there will be one of highest tides of the year, and at a conv8ni. hour for the function. The Prince of WaleØI who would have been present if the launch taken place on August 6th, as was original'•' arranged, cannot now attend, as he will be & Germany on the 22nd. 1. Lord Lonsdale is making great preparationø Lowther Castle for the visit of the Empef01 William, and more than 300 workmen have busy there for some weeks past. The Emperor ja understood to have expressed a wish to guard of honour encamped in the beautiful Lowther, during his stay at the Castle, and he b** suggested that it should be furnished by the Dragoons, of which regiment his Majesty is honorary colonel. An extraordinary scene was witnessed on canal side at Leamington on Sunday night. young man named Beeson was out with a woman named Sherry, when an altercation toO place respecting another man, Beeson accusi"! Sherry of having walked out with him. She did nob deny it, and thereupon Beeson, in a fit of jealousy, threw himself in the canal, threateninS thab unless she consented there and then to mø.rr1 him he would drown himself. After he had ewoà up to his neck in the middle of the canal fol some time the woman consented, and then helped him out. It is stated that the marriage will place forthwith. Mr Merlin is so useful—a most yOung man for:, house party. He amusee ladies wheu the men are out shooting, and, whao is better still, he keeps them so occupied with 00e another that they have no time to quarrel themselves or to fall in love with him." AyonOi man who can acqutre a reputation of bb'4 character will "get on rapidly, and il possesses sufficient control over himself not to. fall in love at all, and only to make love to ladieS of mature age, who regard this form of attention more as a testimonial to the success of theit make-up than a serious overture, he may reckoJl on board and lodging during the greater parb of the year, and innumerable invitations in season until the end of the chapter.— World. In a paper on the Childhood of QuetlJJ Victoria in the current number of the W at Home some interesting particulars are given of her Majesty's education. It was conducted first by her mother, with the help of Lehzen, who at a later date was formall1 appointed her governess, and remained with tbO Queen as confidential secretary for a number of years after her accession. The Princess learned her letters at her mothei's knee, but not verf w.llingly, and we find Grandmamma of Coburlf taking sides with the little truant. She writes to her daughter, Do not tease your little paeS with learning. She is .-o young still," adding thllt her grandson. Prince Albert, was making eyes 1\$ a picture-book. The dull person is a haven of rest. He no demand*. He amounts to little. He as much. He acquiesces indefinitely. He ponds not at all. He requires no effort. He need not be considered, for he will not take offence. has little sympathy bo give, but all he has may bB utilised without a thought of proportiopate return. Like a pillow, he supplies relief and rtJa1 be pummelled with impunity. And if by chaUce you do happen to ruffle him, the curtesb grudpg 1 apology smoothes the creases out again at His mind is entirely receptive it rejects not" ing; it asserts nothing it uses nothing; I forms no particular opinion about yon. — World- The most Common of all pets with soldiers India is the parrot, and the number of these India is the parrot, and the number of these blf kept by soldiers is simply amazing. Many the birds talk very well, and, g»ner;illy, company of a regiment has at k'iv-it one rea gifted specimen, whose repertoire is very lrfrd I recollect (says a writer) one very clever b' 0 It t, whu could say hnndred. (Of words, bn, o,WIO bij his having lived so much among soldiers, tre- language can perhaps be besb described as • quent and painful and five J" I have oft°n he*_ him say, when kit ire:portion or some other necessitated the presanco of an officer, out, boys Here column the captain a that he had c'onbtWs. hoard many a *• the men thom-elv-f-g.

of blue lights from the breaks, Mr Maclean drove on to the ground in a pair-horse carriage. He was accompanied by Mrs Maclean, who carried a large and lovely bouquet composed entirely of blue flowers. This had been presented on their leaving the Royal Hotel by Councillor Hughe. on behalf of the Working Men's Con. servative Club. In the conveyance were Miss Carr, Mr E. Waddington (Conservative agent), and Councillor Ward. Councillor GERHOLD, addressing a vast crowd, said they had now come to the close of the greab 'right in which they had taken part, and which had ended in victory. They knew what Mr Maclean had promised them, and they felt sure he would fulfil his word. Through- out the fight the emblem they had had always to the front was the glorious old Union Jack. (Cheers.) On behalf of the Canton Club he pre- sented Mr Maclean with a small Union Jack as an emblem of that hberty for which their forefathers had fought so hard and suffered so much. (Cheers.) Mr MADMAN was very cordially received. He said the flag he had jusc received was a. symbol of that Union which had held them together during ••he past 10 years. They had resolved to defend that flag against; all who wished to tear it to pieces, and happily they lmghb row say that they had succeeded in that purpose. Three weeks ago they opened their campaign on that spot now they had beaten their opponents and achieved a glorious vic- tory, as the best of their opponents acknow- ledged, in a fair fight. He was glad to hve een permitted to visit) that evening the Riverside amI Canton Clubs, whose zeal in the Muse of the Union had not been excelled. (Cheer3.) He thanked aU bis friends for their hearty support. The procession then moved off, vast crowds lining the roads on either side. The cheering as Mr and Mrs Maclean passed was ioud and constant, and there was certainly a (jreat amount of unanimity about it. fhe hooting: ntl booing seemed to be confined to groups on certam parts of the route. At the head of the parade marched the rheat Western Railway Widows' and Orphans' Fund Band, conducted by Mr T. Loman. The hundreds of torch bearel's, with thoir flaring brands scattering showers of sparks, made a really imposing spectacle, and one jhat the townspeople. of all political jreeds, watched with genuine pleasure. With orivate carriages, and the brakes and otho1' vehicles aforementioned, the procession must have been about a mile in length. The populace were most orderly. At a good many houses along the Cowbridge-road blue fire was burnt, fireworks were let off, lags were vigorously waved, and hasty attempts At window illumination were to be here and there !een. In St. Mary-street the crowds of onlookers were most dense, and all traffic while the demonstration was in progress was at a itandstill. Mr Maclean bowed repeatedly in acknowledgment of the cheers of the multitude. The police arrangements were, as they invariably are on such occasions, excellent, Mr W. Mackenzie, the Head Constable, direct- ing thenl on horseback, his mount being the 1:0. IU 13 large grey that was so much in evidence on the polling day. At the station the approach was kept by mounted police, but the rush was terrific, and the enthusiasm of the processionists knew no bounds. Mr MACLEAN, speaking from the carriage, said no victorious general returning from a suc- essflll campaign could have been received with a grander welcome. (Cheers.) They had made a triumphant progress through the main streets the town, and the acclaims of the people bad been hardly disturbed by opposition— there had hardly been a discordant tone. (Cheer.) That showed that the victory they had won was a popular victory. Even their opponents hardly felt any bitterness towards them. (Ap- plause.) The people of the borough had achieved their own emancipation. Car- iff having really been misrepresented for ■nany years. (Cheers.) Lord Salisbury might well flay that what they had done in Cardift was i striking achievement—it really marked a turn in the history of this portion of the [Jnited Kingdom, It showed them that in the capital of Wales, where the people were riost intelligent, most enterprising, and most industrious, they ranged themselves on the side jf the larger and sensible majority of England, ever again could it be said that Wales ■v.-is wholly Radical. Tluir triumph here was Dot like that achieved by Sir William Harcourt —(groans)—who went back to the House of Uommons as a member of a large number of sonstituents who were the most back- ward of all the population of Wales. Sir William represented a majority of mere hillside politicians. Sir John Llewelyn and himself had endeavoured to show that Cardiff and Swansea had done their part in the country. [Cheers.) The public opinion formed in Cardiff, the intellectual centre of the Principality, radiated throughout the whole of she valleys of Wales, which were gradually being brought more and more within the in- fluence of Cardiff. The shrinkiug majorities in .11 the constituencies showed that the people were asking themselves Whatis this Radicalism which prowi!OE:3 so milch and has done so little for us ? (Cheers.) He asked his friends Dot to be too exacting in their demands upon helr member. He would do his best under all conceivable circumstances, and he trusted that he would not disappoint the high expectations that a ad been formed with regard to him. (Cheers.) Mr Maclean and party then entered the station, find having nearly an hour to wait held t sort of informal reception in the #ai ting-room, among those who chatted with them being the Mayor (Alderman Carey), Mr W. Mackenzie, Mr Adze, Dr. Corrdgan, and 1\ number of members of the Conservative Executive. Mr and Mrs Maclean left by the 11.3 train for Bristol, where they remained for the Bight. They proceed to London this morning.