South Wales Daily News

CARDIFF Health Committee asked the Board of Trade, six weeks ago, whether that authority and its officers understood their business. The question was not put pre- cisely in these terms but that is the simple meaning of it. The Board of Trade sanc- tioned bye-laws at Tynemouth, South Shields, Barry, and other places and these sanctioned bye-laws contained a particular definition of the word "seaman." Whereupon Cardiff Health Committee —the Committee which can't keep its back streets in a sanitary conditiontook the liberty of trying to set the Board of Trade right. Yesterday the reply of the Board was read. and it was as neat a snub as could be desired—" they are of opinion that it would be advisable to adhere to the precedents mentioned." The idea of a Cardiff Committee setting the Board of Trade right is a little ridiculous but, in suggesting that the Board had acted illegally 111 sanctioning the bye-laws of the towns mentioned, the Committee achieved six weeks' delay—and seeing that, by one dilatory device and another, they have deferred for two years the much-needed registration of sea- men's boarding-houses, perhaps the letter to London has served a purpose. The op- ponents of registration have, however, gone a step too far for their own ends they have got from the Board due notification that no exception in favour of public-houses or slop shops will be approved. So the bye-laws will have to be framed as at Barry, und the chief object of all the dilatory tactics will be defeated. The reform will go through, and the crimps' dens be swept out, thus clearing away a stigma that ought never to rest upon respectable boarding-masters. The Committee talked about Darkest Cardiff" at its meeting yesterday next century, mayhap, we shall have to describe "something attempted, something done." The ratepayers are hereby warned not to laugh at the idea of the Committee which is specially charged with the duty of attending to sanitary matters, and which has a staff of paid officials to discover and remedy defects, waking up to the fact that outside investigation has manifested their shortcomings. It is very comical but is really subject for mourning rather than hilarity.

A PEMBROKESHIRE VICAR AND HIS TRADUCERS. The Rev. J. Myfenydd Morgan, vicar of St. Doffmel's, Pembrokeshire, writes to the Liverpool Mercury :—" Gentlemen,—Having spent some four years in Liverpool as curate of the Welsh churches in Brownlow-hill and Kirkdale, I naturally formed a good many acquaintances in the place during that time, who continue to be more or less interested yet in my doings. Now, I have just been given to understand that some malicious person is giving out the rumout in Liverpool that, through my Liberalism, I have driven away from St. Dogmel's Church some of the best Churchmen In the place. Allow me, through the columns of your excellent paper, to give a flat denial to that statement. It is a glaring untruth. That I am a pronounced, staunch Liberal is a weli-known fact which I never attempt to conceal. But to say that that has been the means of driving people away from St. Dogmel's Church is quite untrue. In fact, I have been told many a time, since I became the vicar of this place, that the congregation has greatly increased in number. It seems there are some persons who cannot go anywhere without inventing and telling falsehood and slander. However, it is but fair that my Liverpool friends should know the exact truth about this matter."

TINPLATE INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES. A despatch, dated 28th October last, has been received by the Foreign Office enclosing a report from Mr A. G. Vanaittart, her Majesty's Consul at Chicago, who states that the tinplate manu- facturers in the United States are confronted with a question of how long they will be in a position to operate. Steel has advanced some 10 dels, per ton, but yet, with their 18 dols. steel, they are able to meet the foreign manufacturers with the present tanff. It is expected that when the 18 dols. steel gives out, probably towards the 1st of January nAxt, the plants will be compelled to olose, as they cannot compete with foreign markets whilst paying 10 dols. more on the ton. There are no signs of a decrease in steel, as other branches of the iron trades better protected are keeping it up. Within the last three months 3,500,000 pounds of tinplate were reoeived from Great Britain in Kansas City, which, in passing through the Customs, paid a duty of 42,189 dot?. (£8,437).

NEWS IN BRIEF. Asa The twenty-sixth birthday of Pr,DC Wales is to be celebrated at Sandrinf? 4 Saturday next is fixed for the noffliD candidates for the representation 0 Un iversity. "tort tbI Owing to a strike among comp091 JlJrJ Budapest newspapers appeared yesterday1 curtailed form. „ te1'tIÏ' The Prince and Princess of Wales wil a largo house party at Sandringham frOØ1 t Saturday until Decen.ber 9th. pli The surface day men employed by the rtfIJÍ t field Coal and Canne! Company have 1: notice of 10 per cent, reduction. In 33 great towns in England and death-rate for last week averaged 19 their aggregate population rates. ( Owing to a block on the line near C»r" 1 mail which left Enston on Monday nigh«w I North ot Ireland was delayed three hours. A somewhat sharp earthquake shock ,}I'll at Athens yesterday morning, and was at Chalcis, Ltvadia, Thebes, and Corintb. jd Lord and Lady Bute, who have been •J?* for some time past at Faikland House, j intend to spend the Christmas holidays j Stuart, Rothesay. mm Elizabeth West, servant, 16, was comiBW trial at the North London Police Court Stuart, Rothesay. mm Elizabeth West, servant, 16, was comiBW trial at the North London Police Court charged with falseiy accusing her committing a criminal off«nce. JJ" French Cabinet Councd yesterday deOjfjl summon Admiral Gervais to appear court of inquiry, in consequence of the of three vessels of his squadron off Hyers. A A repott was published by several Berh papers on Tuesday to the effect that a Mill A crisis was impending but the Berliner 1^%I says it is authorised to contradict the statf^j The Star, in its leadingarticleyesterday,B to Mr Gladstone, as one of the elder bretb Trinity House, to save from threatened dest Wren's beautiful almshouses in Mile E London. JH It is stated the special meeting of the Administrative Council of the Indep Labour Party has b6f"n called to consl* advisability of running Mr Tom 1 Montrose Burghs. p Belgian Chamber of Representatives f cuss on Friday next the interpellation eI, Lorand, concerning the request made b" Congo State for the trial of Major Lotha-ir. a Belgian court-martial, The Queen is to leave Windsor for O«bof|j Tuesday, December 17th. Her Majest^ } reside in the Isle of Wight for between e'f*'1' 0 nine weeks, after which the Court is to reW^i Windsor until the departure of the Quee# Continent. In the Italian Chamber on Tuesday speeches were delivered against the "A v whose general attitude and policy were den, in violent terms. Most of the speakers III" the Government to take measures to maJt8 respected. t £ Exchequer returns between the l3t Ap11 \.A the 23rd November, ^how receipts £ 58.1* Jj, expenditure £ 59,365,709, and balances £ A, Corresponding period last year r £52.763949. expenditure £58,995,473, and ances £ 1,264,187. The Prince of Wales and the Due de C1 4 were both born 011 November 9th, but J, interval of 12 months. They always iff presents on their birthday, and this Prince gave a splendid rifle, while be reofl1' superbly chased gold cigar-case. £ Before starting for Burnley on Satnrd* of the Aston Villa players received a dem*1^ from the Income-tax Commissioners for ™ The men maintain that their income I sufficient to warrant this entirely new de and are considering how they can resist the A meeting of the electors of Dublin UOI resident in the Midlands was held at fi College, Birmingham, last evening in .11PP"" the candidature ot Professor Lecky for representation of the University. The Worcester presided, and a resolution in *a Mr Lecky was carried. The Catholic ratepayers of Belfast at a Øl held on Monday night resolved persistently oppose the Bill now being I>r^-Cjp»l in Parliament for the extension of the i"'1.. boundary of Belfast unless it provides a adequate scheme for representation of* minority on the City Council, The Lord Mayor of Liverpool yesterday ^{#*7 the writ in connection with the Par'd vacancy in the East Toxterh Division, | the elevation of Baron de Worms to and fixed Friday next for the nomin* Tuesday following for the poll,, 3 0uW Warr (Conservative) 13 at pre.k\1t;. candidate in the field. Thi." Queen now sometimes takes her alrl in. and about the Royal demesne at VV'"r,ed I landau drawn by four handsome and spIrit bY bet horses, which are driven from the coachman, who is an excellent whip. bet new departure, the horses attached Majesty's carriage, when four were used. ha hitherto been driven by a couple of Several colliers and farm labourers "Lrjjt neighbourhood of Holywell, Bagillt, and rJ have decided not to drink the ale by certain brewers, because the latter decli purchase barley from the local farmers, b" maintain it is high time for temperance and o members of Parliament to insist upon the Ged ment bringing in a Bill to put a stop to the chemical ale. J The London agent to Tommy Rice and Afljj Price, the smallest midgets in the w°rJ yesterday received a telegram announcing Î the little couple, who were on tour in provinces, had got married, the ceremony taken place with as much secrecy as The bride is 24 years of age, exceedingly prer-" sessing, and 30in. high whilst the brideroO" 59 years of ago and 29m. high. j Lord and Lady Witnborue's first shooting j at Can ford Manor last week included Lady Ampthili and Miss Constance &L1 Lord and Lady Folkestone, Lord Milton, and Lady Tweedmouth, Lord FiizHnrris, *0 Bingham, Sir Robert Gresley, Sir Matthe** Lady White Ridley and Miss White Ridley# M and Lady Eva Wyndhani Quiti, Mrs Thesiger, Miss Ðll Cane, and several membert the Guest family. j; Following on the announcement made last that a comet had been discovered by Mr at the Lick Observatory, there comes news C a second bright comet is visible in the motØ j sky. This discovery was made by Ir Brook9* el Geneva, United States, a well known A discoverer, at five a.m. on Nov. 22, Green*^ time. The right aacension of the object time is given as 910, 51min. 50sec. North fo distance, 107deg. 40mlll, At present (a correspondent of a London points out) people are more afraid of frøJb. than of poisonous air, and yet those who live j open windows-a very small miuority I am • jj —couid testify to feeling cold and catching far less than others, to say nothing of beiifc 1 liable to infection of all kinds. OunsuIlIptlf il are now sent to live, even to sleep, in the opeD in cold weather, instead of being killed otf stuffy rooms. But is not prevention better cure j, Good sport was obtained last week over t famous shooting presrves of Bishopswood, Herefordshire, leased by Mr M. Hatt. of Cood^lj Court, from Mr MacCalmont. T. e bag twelve hundred pheasants. Mr rapidly turning Bishopswood into one of C do most attractive estates in the West of Engl,.ø of He has jQst completed building a stud (al'ln elf the property, and proposes sending a cOllslgnø of brood mares there from his Cheveley Paddocks, at Newmarket. øtP The World aays :—Lady Elliot, writing fr rØI Scruton Hall, desires me to express her thanks for the many kind letters of sympathy Ør1 bas received, as well as for the numerous °t1' tributes to her late husband's memory, of "blI1' careful record has been gratefully taken. late Sir George William Elliot was laid to tl4 rest on Wednesday, in the peculiar ancient-* family vault which, many years ago, on death of a favourite daughter, the first Sir C Elliot caused to be blasted out of a mountain t ed of solid ruck, which bounds the now dJ6tJØ cemetery of Honghton-le-Spring. fl The following is a copy of a letter said t° been sent to th.) secrerary of a North wt M League club:—"Deer if yu want a j» .^| 1;: I' player an willing to cum for tu pounds a we 1101 niver played football but i think I can afraid of anithin and woud run wi mi hed railwa ingme I once it a man wi mi fist 0'" wus :n the ospitle for six weeks so you can t8do-' strung i am i shud like about 20 pounds jp w/jn i ine on f1.:5 im told its usuel :1 Ole :;oølt trades uuionst I don't want to knob atik I tak ony plaoe ith team.—Yours truly, A London correspondent says :—Before the States the Duke of Marlborough, made the following declaration because I have chosen for my wife an -A j girl, it does not necessarily follow that fortune-hunter. God forbid that I such. It is with no hesitancy that I tell V ii1' I am not what some people have repreae" girl J to be. I did not seek money, I sought th61 tP,f love. I won her fairly, honourably, an ill say without ostentation." All of which "'00' duly appreciated by the people of bot ( nents, d

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WEDNESDA Y. NOVEMBER 27, 1895. SECTARIAN MISRKPRESENTATION. LAST Wednesday it was the "innings"-if the slang phrase of the day be permissible— of the Clerical party to-day the Wesleyan Nonconformists go to the wickets and next Wednesday, we believe, the other great bodies of Nonconformists and Dissenters throughout the country will defend their position by their deputation to the PlUME MINISTER. The arrogant Clerical demand to have supreme control over the Elementary Schools of the nation has aroused that sturdy spirit of antagonism to Priestism in all its moods and tenses which we predicted would be evoked by the indiscreet challenge of the Sectarian priestly party to re-open the Educational struggle of 1870 by their organised attempt to rescind the Educational compromise of that year. This cleverly-schemed Clerical attempt to get possession of the nation's children, and to mould them into Clerical devotees, is the one burning Home question which is agitating the public mind and the Wesleyan Deputa- tion to the PRIME MINISTER to- day shows how deeply the offen- sive demand of the Clerical party has moved this large and influential body of Christian Nonconformists so as to compel them to take counter action and to make protest to Lord SALISBURY. The PRIME MINISTER will have stronger protests yet than he will have to-day, when the Unsec- tarian demands are completely formulated and ate presented to him in all their inherent force of justice and fair play. Lord SALISBURY has evidently no clear apprehension of the gravity and far- reaching consequences of the great national question with which he so flippantly and so inadequately dealt with last Wednesday in his extremely partisan reply to the Clerical deputation. He seems to have had no more luoid or more comprehensive grasp of the question, as a national question involving momentous issues, than had the Archbishop of CANTERBURY or the Bishop of LONDON. The individual and the social welfare of the nation's children rises in importance and magnitude far above the narrow interests of this sectarian Church or that and yet the Church of England deputation to Lord SALISBURY last week could see nothing, could realise nothing, could discuss nothing, but the interests of and additions to their Church. They wanted more money to be paid to them out of the national taxes for the advantage of theirChurchschools; and the liberty to estab- lish at their will and pleasure annual grant schools," to be supported, again out of the taxes, for the benefit of their sectarian Church. But what about the children ? Ought not their welfare and their interests to be the first, indeed the supreme, considera- tion ? Oh yes," responds the majority of the clergy in chorus, and therefore we want the children so as to teach them religion." Religion from the lips of a Churchmaninthis Educational struggle means not religion at all, but the creeds, cate- chisms, an l dogma of the State Church. And here a remonstrance ought to be I addressed to certain clergymen of the Established Church, from whom better methods of argument might have been expected, who in their discourses and speeches, slanderously misrepresent the Unsectarian party, although it might he slander and misrepresentation by implica- tion and inference. But implied and in- sinuated slander is the worst kind of slander, just as a. half truth, as the dead Poet Laureate smgs, is the blackest of lies. A defender of the Clerical demand in this Educational controversy who claims as his argument, and dwells upon it, the duty and the necessity of giving religious education to children assumes, and falsely assumes, that his opponents, the Unsectarian party, do not desire to give religious education, whereas he must know, and does know, that they are as anxious as he is to impart that religious education to the children who attend the Elementary Schools. This demand for religious teaching is no part of his argument, no part of his case, as distinct from the case on the other side and to assume that it is, and to represent that it is, is dishonest and discrediting controversy. Wo advocate, and the Unsectarians as a body advocate, as earnestly and as warmly as the Arch- bishop of CANTERBURY himself, or as the most devout of Church clergymen, the absolute necessity of giving religious education to children That is not the issue, and to insinuate that it is the issue is to misrepre- sent the whole tenor of the argument and unrighteously to defame the other side. The controversy hinges not upon the importance or the necessity of religious Education—for both sides are agreed as to that but as to the time, the place, and the persons when, where, and by whom that reli- gious education shall be given. We demand that the children should receive in the nation's schools, maintained by taxes and rates, a sound national system of secular education to fit them for the serious and responsible duties of their future lives, and that they should not be distracted during those hours of instruction given by State paid teachers, through any intrusion of the creeds, catechisms, and formulas of any religious sect. It is not the duty of the State, or of State paid teachers in State maintained schools, to teach the children to be either good Churchmen or good Nonconformists, but to give them a good. sound, national Education. But what the Church Educationists want is to make the children good Churchmen and Churchwoinen and this, we contend, is not the business of the State, and should not be permitted at the expense of the national taxpayer. The Monthly Paper, the organ of the National Society, the Church of England School Society, has distinctly stated that In the present condition of Church schools it is more than ever necessary that they should be made the nurseries of Church principles. This last (to make the children communi- cants as well as Churchmen) is the object at which we ought uniformly to aim. The whole school time of a child should lead up to this." What do parents who send their children to school to receive a sound and good Education think of it ? The Church schools are, by the confession of the organ of the Church Society, the "nurseries of Church principles," and Churchmen say that the whole school time of a child should lead up" to making him a communi- cant of the Church of England. This is the question at issue, and not the question of religious Education. To represent it as a religious question, and not as a Sectarian Church question, is to misrepresent it.

THE SEXCENTENARY OF PARLIA- MENT. ALTHOUGH Welsh representation in the English Parliament only dates from the year 1536, the six hundredth anniversary of the first meeting of that Assembly as a representative institution is not without considerable interest to dwellers within the Principality indeed, Wales played a very important part in necessitating its meeting on the 27th November, 1295. From time immemorial there had been continual feuds in the Marshes and border counties, and EDWARD I. was the first English King to make serious and successful efforts to put a stop to them. It was while engaged in subduing one of the last of these uprisings that news reached him of a Scottish invasion of the North, led by the King, JOHN BALLIOL, who was indebted for his throne to EDWARD'S intervention, but who now sought to liberate himself from the fealty which, for at least a century, had been recognised as due to the English Crown. He was. however, openly encouraged and assisted by PHILIP the FAIR, of France, who hoped to secure some personal advan- tages, and meditated a descent upon the Southern Coasts while his rivals' hands were full elsewhere. EDWARD was not the man to be daunted by difficulties, however great, and whenseveral of the most prominent Barons also threatened revolt and refused to render the feudal service due from them, he threw himself into the arms of his subjects as a whole. He issued writs to the Sheriffs, who in turn summoned the electors, consisting of practically every free man, from the great Earl and Bishop of the diocese, to the smallest tenant and tradesman, to appear on a fixed day in the County Court, and there by their free voices choose their representatives to the National Assembly. By 37 counties and 166 towns 406 members were returned, two by each, irrespective of size, population, or wealth. Yorkshire and Rutland were treated alike, although of course the dis- proportion of population was nothing like what it is now. London and Bristol ranked on the same footing as Old Sarum, which at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832 had just one voter. The sole business of the Parliament was to vote sufficient taxation to meet the emergency that had arisen that done, the members returned quietly to their homes they were not invited, nor did they attempt to discuss legislative projects, nor to inter- fere with State affairs. But it was the first time that an English King had frankly and without compulsion acknowledged the right of every class of the community to vote the taxes they were called upon to pay. None, least of all EDWARD I., could possibly foresee that the powerful engine then set in motion was never to stop again for any long interval, the most extended indeed was the eleven years prior to the Long Parliament of 1640, when CHARLES I. ruled his subjects, or rather tyrannised over them, through the Star Chamber and the Court of High Commission. And he would have been horrified could he have known that it was gradually to strip the Crown of every privilege it then valued most, and transfer them to the people it governed. Yet in some respects the Parliament of 1295 compared favourably with that of 1895. The franchise, we have seen, was unrestricted, the forty shilling freehold was not established until more than a century later, and it was the transfer of the borough vote, when it was little valued, to small bodies of freemen, a very much narrower section of the community than it had once been, to trade guilds, and municipal corporations, that led in later generations to so much scandal and corrup- tion. Those who have fought the successive battles of Reform have only been engaged in re-establishing the Constitution in its primitive breadth and simplicity. Nor in the first elections was there coercion or undue influences, it was scarcely necessary when here waa a scarcity rather than a multiple city of candidates, and when, as sometimes happened, the Sheriff had to nominate men against their will. When political life became active and seats were contested, those evils soon appeared and Royal pressure was frequently brought to bear to ensure the success of those known to be favourable to the Crown. But the most striking feature of that first Parliament was its compactness. Clergy, Lords, and Com- mons met together in a single chamber, and transacted what business was necessary as one body, although a distinction was made in the assessment between shire and borough, the inhabitants of the former being called upon to contribute one-eleventh of their revenues, of the latter a seventh. The clergy, however, soon broke away, and established themselves separately in Convo- cation. by which means they hoped to evade the legislative interference of Parliament in Church affairs, and although entitled to seats both in the Upper and Lower Houses when they were formed, invariably and fortunately persisted in abstention. The separation between Lords and Commons did not finally occur until about the year 1340, but one of the political prohlems of the near future will be the deprivation of one of the unjust in- terference it exercises over the actions of the other. It must not be supposed that it was an act of injustice to exclude Wales from the hts of representation. In the Middle Ages it was regarded in anything but that light, and many English con- stituencies envied the immunity the Principality enjoyed. For a long time representation was regarded as a burden rather than a privilege the summoning of a new Parliament meant an early subsequent visit from the tax collector. It can easily be imagined that as the principle of differential rating was maintained many of the boroughs sought to merge themselves in the counties, particularly after the year 1323, when a statute was passed by which they were compelled to pay their members two shillings a day during their period of service. By petitioning the King for relief on the plea of poverty, and by connivance with the Sheriffs who controlled the writs, many of them dropped away, and in eighty years the number of Parlia- mentary towns h;td fallen below a hundred, and would have dwindled further, had not a statute been passed forfciddiug it. The political life and activity of the country lay in the shires it was the Knights represent- ing them who led in every forward move- ment, and won for Englishmen their first constitutional liberties. The Reformation roused the natioa from its lethargy, and gave value to what had previously been scorned a seat in the House of Commons came then to be so much sought after that the old payment statute became a dead letter, in consequence of candidates promis- ing not to enforce it if elected. It was then Wales was accorded full representation, in ample time to take her share in the stirring events that were to follow in the days of ELIZABETH and the STOARTS.

THE WENTWOOD WATER SCHEME. The Mayor (Mr J. R. Richards) presided at the meeting of Newport Corporation on Tuesday. Colonel Lytie, in moving the adoption of the report of the Water Works Committee, said that the works at Wentwood had not been abandoned, as was generally understood in the town, but had only been suspended, and h- believed that the works would be ultimately carried out and completed. When the report of the committee of the whole Council came up for adoption Councillor Wilkinson moved that the portion of minutes which authorised the committee to make such experiments as it should deem advisable should be struck out. He could not see wha.t hope the committee had of being able to carry out the work, when they were seeking to terminate the present contract. There was no seconder to Mr Wilkinson's pioposal, and the minutes of the committees were then adopted. Subsequently the Council went into committee for the purpose of further dealing with questions affecting the Wentwood scheme. It is stated that the deputation which went to Glasgow to see Mr J. Young, the contractor to the scheme, have ascertained that that gentleman is willing to relinquish the contract for £óO,Ooo. The total amount of the contract was abjut £90,000. For the £80,000 Mr Young would kave the plant already on the ground, and afford the opportunity for the Corporation of Newport, by entering into other engagements, to complete the work or vary it in any way which might here- after ba decided on.

UNDERWRITING VENTURE. HEAVY LOSSES. LOCAL BUSINESS MEN CONCERNED. No little interest has been aroused in local commercial ciroles by the experiences of all under- writing syndicate, originated in London, and having members in South Wales and which had drawn together a large connection owing' to the lower rates for insurance of shipping which it offnred. Speculation was rife during discussion on Cardiff Exchange on Tuesday as to the respective liabilities of gentlemen known to have been concerned, for the syndicate has been very unfortunate in its enterj;- iae. Certain members being wealthy men, no qut,jt'on need be made as to its power to meet all engagements; but ill 18 believed that further risks are not to be taken. Extravagant statements ha.ve been current, buti it is not true that the syndicate is unable to duly cover its liability, and it may be as well also te mention that the heavy amounts stated as the losses falling upon individual members are, according to our information, widely in excess of the actual sums. Further particulars are likely to be forthcoming shortly, but at present we are not warranted in going iuto details, and desire only to correct the baseless reports circulated.

The Queen has conferred the Order of the Crown of India on Maud Caroline, wife of Lord George Hamilton, Secretary for India.

LIBERATOR FAILURE. SECOND CHARGE AGAINST BALFOUR. STATEMENT BY THE PRISONER. LONDON, Tuesday.—To-day's proceedings—the fourth in the second trud-were commenced by the Attorney-General, who said on looking through the counts in the indictment he thought it better to strike out one of them, as they would be unable to prove the payment to which it related. ADDRESS FOR THE DEFENCE. Mr J. O'Connor then addressed the jury for the defence, and explained his object in calling evidence. He said it was his opinion that the more they knew about the case the better, and he desired to point out that witnesses had not been called who might have been called by the prosecution — witnesses who could en- lighten them upon some of these tran- sactions. The only persons concerned with these transactions unassailed were Gold- ring and Carr. Goldring had been called but Carr had not. He was going to adopt the bold course of putting Carr into the box, though he did not know what Carr would say or what might be elicited in cross examination. If there had been any concealment or any secret profits in this transaction, there were men living who knew all about it, and might have been called by the prosecution, and he should ask them to draw the only inference possible—that it did not suit the prosecution to call them. Balfour was oharged with taking the money of the House and Lands. but not a single director of the company was put in the box to show that tht-se transactions were concealed from them. was a hnk missing in the chain of evidence. He (Mr O'Connor) would supply that link, and would put in evidenoe to show 1 hat not one single penny of the money of the House and Land Company was used by the defendant. He now proposed to ask his Lordship to allow the defen- dant Balfour to make a statement of the facts before he went any further. The Judge (to the Attorney-General): Have you any objection ? The Attorney-General No. Your Lordship knows the views I entertain on the subject. The Judge I think it ought to have been done before Mr O'Connor made his speech. I have no objection to Mr Balfour making a statement, but of course it cannot be evidence. Mr O'Connor: The matter which Mr Ba'u.iur wishes to speak about I have nob indicated in my speech. STATEMENT BY BALFOUR. After some further conversation it was decided that the defendant Balfour should be allowed to make his statement. He rose and bowed to bis Lordship, and a deep flush suffused his face as he spoke for the first time in a thick, somewhat deep voice. As he spoke he watched carefully thu manner in which the Judge took notes. The statement, briefly, was as follows :—The Whitehall Court site was brought to my notice several times in the year 1885. I received all the letters put in by Mr Goldring, and he and I held several meetings on the subject from 1885 up to 9oh January, 1886. In addition Carr called on me several times and offered me a large sum as commission it I would prOJure hun a loan to complete Whitehall Court trom the Liberator. Belonging to the society I declined Carr's proposal, and I also declined the proposal of Goldring and Carr to take part in the foim..ion of an entirely new company for the purpose of completing Whitehall Court. The whole upshot of the earlier meetings was that I agreed t'b mention the business to Hobbs, the inajiagmg director of Hobbs and Co., and to Wright, the solicitor of the company. Wright took a very active put in the manage- ment of Hobbs and Co., and his brother was the chairman of the board of directors. Hobbs went into the general policy with me at great length, and thpn said he must go care- fully through the plans, specifications, and bills of quantities, as a mistake of a penny a foot might mean a difference of some thousands of pounds. Hobbs was quite enthusiastic about the building and its prospects if it could only be obtained for a proper price. IIe afterwards told me toat be had seen Carr, and had asked a price for the work already done. but that Carr afked a further large sum for his interest as distinct from the interest of the Whitehall Company. Hobbs added that such an addition would be in the nature of load- ing," but that in his opinion the property would stand it, and he would leave it to me to get the property for his company as oheaply as I could. I told Hobbs that Carr had offered me a large sum for commission, which I had declined, and that if I arranged the matter for Hobbs and Co. 1 ought to receive a commission from them. Hobbs agreed that was reasonable, and that he would see his company paid the commission. Thereupon the meeting of 9th Januaiy was held in my room, which is quite distinct from the offices of the company. They are as separate two houses. As far as I recollect Goldring, Carr, Wright, and myself attended. The meeting lasted several hours. I thought the sum asked by Carr and Goldring was too high, but they seemed so determined that I left the room, telling them I could not agree to their terms. I returned after some hours and said that if Carr and Goldring could not agree with Wright negotiations must cease. I went into another room, and shortly afterwards Wright came in and told me he had settled with Càrr for a total sum of £57,500. I was very pleased to get ib so cheaply. I told Wright that Hobbs had agreed to Pity ine a commission, and I asked him to remind Hobbs of the fact. The meetings of the House and Land and the BuildingSecuri- ties had been fixed for the 12oh January, in anticipation of my leaving for Constantinople on the 13th. On the 12th Burns and I were waiting for the meeting of Hobbs and Ga. to break up, so that the House and Land meeting might be held. Wright came in hurriedly andto'd us the arrange- ment had been passed by Hobbs and Co., and that they were so elated at getting the property on such good terms that they had agreed to put aside £20,000 for commission and expenses, and that my commission would be paid out of that sum. He said all the figures had been gone mto, and that the House and Land directors had suggested that the House and Land Company shuuld buy the building agree-n-nt and shouid give Hobbs the contracc for £355.000, and that all commissions should be paid by Hobbs out of the amount of the contract. As Kentish had left meeting it was arranged that Burns should take notes of a minute, which Wright then dictated, to be used tor Hobbs and Company's minutes. Burns was to go to the meeting of the House and Land next day, uut I was not present, as I left London by the 10 o'clock tidal train for Paris. I was accompanied by my daughter and other friend who can be called if necessary. When the copy o the mmute was made we went into the HJuse and Land meeting, and the matter was again discussed, as Brock, who was present, was not at Hobbs and Co.'s meeting. The £20,000 was severa! times referred to as a provision for commission, and it was said Mr Hobbs had spoken most warmly of the services I had rendered in getting for £57.000 what Carr and Goldring had asked £100,000 for. I saw none of the parties again till Februaiy 22nd, nor did I bear of them. The calls I had arranged to make on my journey were a!1 upset by the train being blocked between Venice and Vienna, and I had to leave Constantinople in a hurry to preside at the annual meeting of the House and Land Company on the 23rd February. When I returned I learned from Wright that it had been agreed to pay me £7,500 f >r commis- sion, the larger part in bills spread over a long time. I told Wright laughingly I was a loser, as Carr had offered me £10,000 down. In my absence all arrangements were made, and I had nothing to do with them. I never heard of Gregg, and knew nothing of the bills in his tHune. Of that I am positive. With tegard to my appointment to act for the three companies that was suggested by Pattison and Dibley, it struck me as unusual, and I got this made. A formal agreement of it was not suggested by Wright, and certainly not by me. The matters in question were most com- plicated. Questions were arising daily with the Crown, with the local authorities, and others, and it was impossible to go to all three companies for instructions, so it was resolved to appoint one person to act for all, and 1 believe my appoint- ment was made uuan'mously by the three com- panies. The fact tha.t I was to receive commis- sion from Hobbs and Co. was certainly known to their directors. I made no secret of the transaction, which as it emanated from Hobbs and Co. was, I believe, known to my colleagues in the House and Land Company, all directors of Hobbs and Co., except Brock, If I had wished to conceal the transaction I could easily have done so in various ways. As his Lordship will see, although it may protract this trial, which no one more than myself regrets, I do beseech your Lordship (and here Balfour trembled with emotion) to allow my reports to the three companies to be read, because they will show that throughout this transaction I acted with scrupulous honesty and vigilanoe, and I was by no means always in accord with Hobbs and Co., as I acted for the other three companies mfcerested. I hope I am not taking up too much time? The Judge: No; time is not ilUspent that affords you an opportunity of explaining your conduct, as it is very important you should explain these matters. Balfour Thank you, my Lord. Continuing: I believed I was justly entitled to commission, and that opinion was ratified by the direotors of Hobbs and Co I left the details as to how I was to be paid to Hobbs, and they were settled in my absence. Evary sum received by me from the Trust Company on the Whitehall account was duly paid by me into the Whitehall account, G. Uobbs and Co. It is said I was in olose relationship with Wright. I say it is not the fac., and there ÏtLIlO evidence uf i". My relations with him were entirely of a business oharacter, and began and ended at the office. Now, my Lord, I have gone through ail the matters as brie fly as possible, and I thank you and the jury for your kindness in listening to me. CARR IN THE WITNESS BOX. Mr J. T. Carr was then examined by Mr O'Connor, and corroborated the whole of tha statement as to the chief details. He said he went to Balfour in 1885 and offered him £10,000 commission If he would et ome of his companies to purchase the Whitehall Court property and finance the building operations, but he declined. He eventually introduced witness to Hobbs, and thn arrangement spoken to was made. Cross-examined by the Attorney-Genera!, he said he had a few miuutes' interview with Balfour and his counsel last night. He never heard of jB20000 being paid to Gregg or anybody else, and nobody named Gregg was interested in the property. He never heard that Balfour or Wright were to receive any commission. Balfour said he could not touch the matter unless Hobbs had the building contract, and Hobbs said he must have somebody to finance him. Reexamined He heard there had been some discussion a to his evidence, and he offered his assistance to Balfour last night if required. The Treasury Solicitor was present and heard the conversation. The Attorney-General said he made no insinua- tion. Mr O'Connor said he was only afraid the jury miht draw a wron inference. One or two formnl witnesses were called, and the Court then adjourned for lunch. On reassembling a formal witness was called and than Blfol1r's junior counsel proceeded to read the defendant'sreportsto the threeoompanies on the various details connected with the YVhite- haM Court property. The inquiry was farther adjourned.

MURDER OF A DETECTIVE. A PRISONER TURNS QUEEN'S EVI- DENOE. SENSATIONAL SCENE. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH, The trial took place on Tuesday at Liverpool Assizes—before Justice ColIms-of Elijah Win- stanley (31) and Wm. Karsley (43), colliers, of Wigan, for the wilful murder of Robert Kidd, on September 29ch. Wm. Halliwell (31), collier, Wiis charged with feloniously wounding Wm. Henry Osborne on the same date. On the night in question, which was a Sunday, the prisoners left a public-house and proceeded to a goods siding near Chapel lane, Wigan, belonging to the London and North-Western Railway Company. While they were in the act of plundering from the wagons Kidd and Osborne, two railway detectives, who were hiding behind a wall, caught them and a struggle ensued, during which Kidd was fatally I stabbed and Osborne seriously injured by kicks. After counsel's opening statement Halliwell was put in the box, and gave a detailed account of the affair. His most sensational statement was that whnn they got clear of the officers YYinstanley said, I don't thmk the man I got agate of will live." Dnring his evidence Halliwell fainted, and was carried from the box. and another witness gave evidence pending his recovery. Datective Osborne, in his evidence, deeoribed tho terrific struggle that took place between himself and Kidd and the prisoners ,all of whom he a'terwards identified. Sergeant Kidd was 38 and a strong man. Dr. Graham evidence regarding the wounds on Kldd, There were nine incised punctured wounds on the head, face, and nectc, and the tip of one finger was cut off. He was of opinion that Kidd must have been under control when the wounds were inflicted. No witnesses were called for the defence, but it was urged on behalf of Kearsley that he was not mixed up in any way with the fatal attack. Counsel for the prosecution pointed out that if the doctor was correct as to Kidd being held while Winstanley stabbed him it could only have been by Kearsley. The evidence of Halliwell, though an accomplice, was amply corroborated. Counsel for Winstanley asked che jury not to credit Halliwell's story. He also commented on the absence of motive, and suggested that the charge should be reduced to manslaughter, as the prisoners did not know they were being attacked by police officers. His Lordship, in summing up the evidence showed in what particulars Halliwell's story was corroborated. The jury, without leaving the box, found Winstanley and Kearsley guilty of the capital charge, and they were sentenced to death.

HOW WELSH TORY CANDI- DATES ARE SECURED. A PROFITABLE (?) TRANSACTION. AWKWARD DISCLOSURES IN NORTH WALES. Some interesting sidelights on the ways of Toryism in North Wales were given the other day at tile public examination in bankruptcy at Portmadoo of William Humphreys, of Aberkin, the courageous" Unionist" who, in 1892, sought to oust Mr Bryn Roberts, M.P., out of his seat in South Carnarvonshire. Examined by the Official Receiver, the bankrupt said that that contest did not cost him a penny. He was presented with £100 towards his personal expenses, and he made £20 on the transaction, as his personal expenses amounted only to £80.. All the costs of his election were paid by Mr Lloyd Carter, of Car- narvon, his election agent, but he (Humphreys) could not say where the money came from. Commenting on these disclosures, the GcnecU states :—" These are the Tory methods of con- ducting political contests in Watas. It appears that the arrangements of the elections are enttrely in the hands of Capt. Middleton. He has a substantial fund behind hIm; the produce of the self-denial of brewers and peers. The financial transaction was carried on between the captain and the Tory agent in Arvon. Their difficulty is to find the men-the candidates to get the money is the difficulty of the Liberals."

NEWPORT INFIRMARY. PROPOSED RE-ERECTION. A G EN K ROUS OFFER. At a meeting of the directors of the New- port Infirmary, held on Tuesday, the ques- tion of enlarging the present building was discussed. Dr. Garrod Thomas, J.P., offered, on behalf of himself and his wife, to contribute £5,000 towards the erection of another building in a different part of the town, the present one being unsuitable on sanitary and I other grounds. The offer, it is stated, is conditional upon £ 15,000 being provided by public subscriptions.

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