South Wales Daily News

THE LATE LORD RUSSELL. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. The arrangements for the funeral of Lord Russell of Kiilowen have been completed, and the obsequies, as already announced, will take placeat Epsom Cemetery to-day (Tuesday). The graveside service will be preceded by a requiem which will be sung at Brampton Oratory at 9 o'clock, after which the coffin will be conveyed by road to Epsom, the jotufiay being expected to occupy about two hours. On Saturday numerous messages of condolence were received at the residence of the late Lord Chief Jnstice. and the callers have included all the principal representatives of the Bench and Bar now in town. In the Roman Catholic churches of London on I Sunday references from the pulpit were made to the life and work of the late Chief Justice, and prayer3 were asked for the repose of his soul. The subjoined letter was read from Cardinal Vaughan:— The prayers of the clergy and of the faithful are earnestly requested for the repose of the soul of Lord Russell of Kiilowen, Lord Chief Justice of England, a faithful son of the Church, who, after a life of distinguished public service, died yesterday fortified by the Holy Sacraments." REFEEENCES AT SWANSEA COUNTY COURT, On taking bis seat at the Swansea Connty Court, on Monday, Ids Honour Judge Gwilym Williams paid a high tribute to the memory of the late Lord Chief Justice. Hig Honour thought it fitting he should refer to the great disappoint- ment felt in Swansea when it was known his Lordship was unable to attend the Vast Assizes. His Lordship had been good enough to accept an invitation to the annual banquet of the Swansea and Neath Incorporated Law Society, and the South Wales legal profession had looked forward to seeing and hearing him at his best on an occa- sion like that. His absence was a great dis- appointment. REMINISCENCES. Lord Russell of .KUloweu possessed in his wife not only a. model of every domestic virtue and a hostess whose charm all London knows, but also an invaluable business ally. People wondered how he couid get through all his work, political legal. It was sometimes a miracle but it was a miracle he conld never have performed if Lady Rassell had not relieved him of many of the labCiQrs that usually fall upon the male head of a household. Sh was his account-keepev, bis banker, the manager of his investments, bis ad- viser in all business affairs. It is a tribute to Lady Russell's devotion and capacity that she has beeu named by her husband the sole execu- trix of his will. On one occasion Lord Russell went to help tha Liberals in certain campaign. He began his speech of eet purpose with some very badly pronounced Scotch. After the cocfnsiou caused by his appurent blunder had subsided, Sir Charles Russell (as be then was) 8F.id," Gentle- meo, I do not speak Scotch, but I vote Scotch." Tremendous applause followed, whereupon Sir Charles proceeded, and I sometimes drink Scotch." With this his hold on the audience was secured. Although unrivalled in the art of cross-exami- nation, on one occasion he was distinctly beaten by a witness. What i3 year age ? he asked. Is it my age you are asKing ? replied the witness. Yes, nir. Now speak ap. and be exact." And be exact! Well, of all the—— Tl1e Conrt doe3 not desire to ear any comments of yours. Tell the Court your age." Well," said the man I celebrated my twelfth birthday last week." Don't trifle with the Court, and remember YOIl are on oaih." It's quite true. 1 was born on February 29th, in Leap Year, and my birthday only comes once in four years."

THE ZIONIST CONGRESS. ADDRESS B 1 DR. MAX NORDAU. The foorth Zionist Congress was openedin Lon- don on Monday, when about 400 delegates from various parts cf the world assembled under the presidency of Dr. Theordor Herzl, of Vienna, at the Queen's Sail. The President explained that their object was mainly the re-establishment of the Jews in Palestine. In view of the Asiatic prob- lems and in the interests cf civilisation it was im- portant to have & cation like the Jews iu Pales- tine. It would be a gain to them and th3 Turkish Empire. Dr. Max Nordau gave an address in German on tha general position of the Jews. He reviewed events affecting the Jews since the last congress, and gave an appalling picture of Rou- manian persecutions. He paid a tribute to the German Emperor for his attitude towards the Jews in Pomerania and East Prussia. He denied the assertion that it was Zionism which stirred up the Jews in Roumama. Discussion followed. Mr J. L. Greenbeig, hon. secretary of the Zionist Federation, spoke on the condition of the lews in Great Britain. They nnmbsred about 150,900, 110,000 of whom were in London. He gave copioas qiotations from reports of Board of Trade inquiries, :,>,11 tending to show that the Jews wers as a nauon hard-working, sober, and good living. He condemned the sordid money- grubbing Jew, and "said the future of Anglo- Jewry did not lie with Mammon. MEETING AT CAPE TOWN. UNDER WHICH FLAG ?" Cape Town. Mouday.—Yesterday 1,000 Jews, mostly refugees from the Rand, held a meeting to celebrate the opening of the Zionist Congress in London. The gathering was chiefly remarkable for the absence of all the leading members of the Jewish community in Cape Town. The speeches ware delivered br tbe m09t part in English or Germao. An Euglisb speaker declared England was the only country in which the Jews enjoyed full civil rights and absolute religious equality, and in his opinion the Holy Land wouli be of no value to the race until it had been placed under the British fla., whereat there was coniderable uproar and cries of The German flag." With this exception the meeting was orderly to the verge of dullness.—Central News.

GROUSE SHOOTING. FINE WEATHER AND GOOD SPORT. 1 Telegrams from Scotland and elsewhere show that grouse shooting commenced yesterday under very favourable circumstances, the weather being most summerlike. Birds are Btrong and plentiful, and good bags are anticipated. Some grouse sold at Glasgow on Monday fetched 7s a brace. A Matlock correspondent telegraphs :—Tha commencement of the Derbyshire grouse season was auspicious. The early bags were heavy con- sidering the strong breeze and the wildness of the birds. The returns show birds are plentiful and cheepers rare. Glasgow reports from the Western Highlands show that early bags were amall. The birds are wild and unusually well forward. The Inverness sportsmen were favoured with the best atmospheric conditions for the opening of the shooting. A box from the moors at Balmoral was sent by on early train to her Majesty. IN NORTH WALES. The Twelfth opened in North Walts under exceptionally favourable conditions, and sports- man were early on the moors, many large bags I being taken. Sir Watkin Williams-Wynne, Sir Henry Robertson, the Hon. Charles Wynn, and Mr Price, Khiwlas, have large parties on their Merionethshire moors. Col. Cornwallis West, Mr Mvddlaton, Cilpt. Bast, and Mr Lloyd Edwards have part es en the Denbighshire moors, and there are also extensive shooting parties in Carnarvonshire and Cardiganshire.

-7 FROM BAND-BOY TO COLONEL. Lieutenant Colonel G. Shields, whose death io announced by the military authorities, had a noted career. He commenced life as a soldier- boy in the Warwickshire Regiment, and after nearlv thirteen years' service in the ranks was posted from quartermaster-sergeant to sub- lieutenant, and joined the 12th Foot—the Suffolk Regiment. He commanded a company of the corps in the Afghan War, 1878, and the following year transferred to the Army Pay Department, in which corps he became lieutenant-colonel. He had served aa staff-payrncer in Natlllond other foreign parts. He retired iu 1898, but- after the outbreak of the Boer War he wa.s called np for duty, and had been stiff-paymaster under Sir Montgomery Moore at Aldershot. Colonel Shields was a splendid linguist and a qualified inter- preter. He was conversant, among others, with the French, Persian, Arabian, and Hindustani langaages.

DEATH OF MRS LITTLE, MOUNTAIN ASH. Mrs Little, the wile of Mr W. Little, estate agent to tbe Powell Duffryn Company, died on Sunday. Although the deceased Jadv had in ill-health for some time, bet death w.w ;;0m- in: suidon, and was caused by the rupture of a I blood-vessel. Mrs Little was the daughter of the lattl Mr Edward Jones, of Aberdare, and sister of Mca Evans, of. Park-place, Cardiff,

CARDIFF CONSERVATISM. ANOTHER SPEECH BY MR LAWRENCE. Mr Joseph Lawrence, the Unionist candidate for the Cardiff Boroughs, on Monday night addressed a public meeting at St. Mary's Hall, in the Central Ward. Councillor W. L. Yorath presided, and on the platform were Mrs Lawrence, Councillors W. Evans, K. Hughes, W. Symonds, and Lewis Morgan, Dr. Horder, Mr J. B. Ferrier, Mr E. Waddington, and others. The Chairman said that the Unionist party in Cardiff could heartily congratulate themselves, upon having secured Mr Lawrence as a candidate. Cardiff was essentially a great commercial centre, and Mr Lawrence wan essentially a commercial man, and the more they knew him the more they would like hiru. (Cheers.) When a little timo ao they iu Cardiff were writbinq under tbe action and attitude of their present member in bis con- duct towards the present Government, Mr Law- rence, promptaf by true patriotic feeling, boldly and fearlessly came forward, undeterred by the trammels of political etiquette, and placed bis services at their disposal. (Cheera.) Mr Lawrence, who was received with much enthusiasm, said that if he had any claims at all upon their confidence, from a commercial point of view, it svas that he had for more thau 30 years worked hard in a commercial sphere, and wbat- ever advantages and experience he bad gained he was willing to place cheerfully at their disposal. (Cheers.) Proceeding, the speaker asserted that ia tho coming election the great question at issue would be the policy that dictated the present War in South Africa. This was the only war that had ever been waged by Great Britain by her own troops and those of her Colonies alone. The war was the outcome of a conspiracy hatched in South Africa for a period of 20 years, and if it were not a conspiracy then the infamous treat- ment of our fellow-subjects would in itself have demanded interference by the suzerain Power on their behalf. Three days ago in the Cape Parlia- ment Mr Zistsman, one of the members, created a sensation in the debate on the question of the Rebels Bill by asserting it to be within his own personal knowledge tnat the Afrikander Bond had in his own district for 20 years been labour- ing to drive Great Britain out of South Africa, and to substitute a foreign flag for that of Great Britain. The Liberal party were as irrecon- cilably BROKEN UP INTO FRAGMENTS over this Question as a. cup dashed to the ground, and great as was the rent in th3 Liberal party in 1886 over the Home Rule question, he ventured to predict that that great convulsion was as I nothing to the convulsion over thia question of South Africa. He had even heard that in Cardiff there was 3ome talk of starting a. Liberal I Imp.riltli8tic Association in opposition to the existing Liberal Association. They had three great fragments of the Libera! party to deal with. There was one portion which followed officially Sir Henry Campbeli-Bannerman, and which refrained from expressing an opinion either way when the vote on the Colonial Secretary's calary was recently taken they had a second which followed Sir Wilfrid Lawson and Mr Labouchere and a third which followed Sir Edward Grey, Mr Asquith, and possibly Lord Rosebery. Much of the heresy and misunderstanding regarding this war arose from false reading of history. If ever there was a war supported by the people of this country it was the present war in South Africa, and if Chatham were alive to-dav he wonld be found fighting on the side of Mr Chamber- lain and Lord Salisbury. (Loud cheers.) As to the attempted analogy between the cases of America and the Trans- vaal they differed in two important respects. The Americans, when they defeated Great Britain and became a. separate Republic, opened that Republic a.nd the privileges and the franchise of it to the people of the whole world. (Hear, hear.) The Transvaal had not done so yet. Again, in the war of 1861, Southern men were not compelled to fight with the North, nor the North- erners with the South, but in the Transvaal Englishmen who had become burghers were com- pelled to take up arms against their own flosh and blood. He (tha speaker) had b3en twitted by a very able commentator in Cardiff with having in his last two speeches occupied the attention of his audiences somewhat frivolously. The wordB cf Carlyle were even quotsd againss him, bat it was hardly wise for a commentator on the Liberal side to invoke the name of Carlyle in support of any weak counsels or any policy cf pusillanimity. (Hear, hear.) If Carlyle was anything at all, he was a strong, deep admirer of stong men, men of the Cromwellian character, and if Carlyle were alive to-clay he wonld scarcely have been very enthusiastic over the attitude, say, of Sir Henry Campbell-Liannerman in scattliug from the House of Commons when a.n issue was plainly put before him. (Laughter.) He agreed with his commenta.tor that long speeches were often unwise, but the objection was oftener to the quality than to the quantity of their matter, but he did not think if he were to reperuse those speeches he would find much he would-care to excise. They were REPLETE WITH FACTS, and having so much to say he wondered at hi3 own moderation. (Laughter.) The article went on to say that there was nothing in the speeches ha had made, but it took his critic a column and a half to state tha.t fact—-(renewed laughter)—ex- cept three lines dealing with the WoRmen's Com- pensation Act. He (the speaker) was practi- cally charged with charlatanism, wi'h knowing nothing of his subject, and dealing with it ia a. superficial way. Well, he supposed this was fair hitting in political warfare. He was not indis- posed tn deal with the Workman's Compensation Act. His critic reminded him that Mr Justice Coilins had denounced it as an unworkable Act, bat the same remark had been made by other judges about almost every ^ther Act. (Laughter.) An Act mu3t not be judged byJi.tsflaws and defects so much as by the spirit and intention that prompted its introduction, and what actuated the Government in introducing this Act was a, deaire to benefit seven millions of men. And what had that Act accomplished ? Out of the 1,347 cases brought before the Conrt 999 were settled by the Judges through verdict3 or money pa,id into court, and 348 were otherwise disposed of. That work- ing men had a fa,ir share of the benefits of that Act was shown by the fact that the plaintiffs had verdicts in their favour in 753 and the defendants in 246 of the 999 cases referred to. In 735 out of the 753 cases, the net result wus that a. sum of £40,900 wa3 awarded, together with weekly payments, amounting to a. total ot £205 per week, which might be taken as equal to another £10,000. In the article referred to, he was charged also with skimming the surface of things, and with attempt- ing to obiain the suffrages and confidence of the electors by talking khaki, khaki, khaki," all the time. The writer said We deprecate any attempt to snatch party victories at the pells under the shelter of the gallantry of our brave aoldiors, and the skill of our generals in South Africa, and by trailing the name of Lord Roberts and his and hia heroic troops through the by no means eminently patriotic struggles of an election contest." Now he (the speaker) appealed to his hearers and to the records of the Press of that town, whether he had once mentioned the name cf Lord Roberts or referred in any degree, much as he would have wished it, to oar gallant soldiers at the front. Their gallantry at all events, was the property cf all parties, and not of one. This was not fair criticism. (Hear, bear.) What he thought, however, was exclusively the privilege of the Unionist party was the policy that dictated that war, and upon that policy he had no hesitation in asking for the approval or disapproval of the electors. (Cheers.) That was fair issue to try, and he claimed from them the verdict that the war was just, necessary, and in- evitable. (Cheers.) ) On the motion of Councillor W. Evans, seconded by Mr J. H Ferrier, and supported by Councillor B. Hughes, Mr Lawrence was heartily thanked for his speech, Mr Ferrier affirming his belief that if Mr Lawrence ever found himself at issue with his constituents he would be man enough to resign. SIr Edward Heed, he said, was an able representative for Cardiff, but he went wrOD. Mr Maclean was likewise all £1.1)10 member, but. he too had gone wrong, but he (Mr Ferrier) had confidence that Mr Lawrence, as a cool, lavel-headed, commercial man, would keep right. (Laughter.) Mr Lawrence, in reply, referred to his intimate connection with Trades Unionism, and spoke of the services he had been able tt render to the Trades Union compositors of London. Thanks to the chairmau, moved by Dr. Horder and seconded by Mr Sallivan> were tendered, and the proceedings terminated. > HOW MR LAWRENCE BECAME CANDIDATE. A COMEDY OF ERRORS In the course of his speech at ths meeting re- ported above Councillor Robert Hughes said, There are all kinds of rumours about aa to how Mr Lawrence came forward as candidate for Cardiff,and I have mads a speei80ltrip toLondou tu find out all about it. Now the Bolereason was this, that Mr Lawrence, having beard attacks made I by Mr Maclean on Mr Chamberlain in the House of Commons on one or two occasions, asked Mr Balfonr how long the Tory party were going to toleiate sach conduct. MvLawrence camo forwarl and said that he would be prepared to light him at all costa in the Unionist iULerc3ts. Now, gentle- men, those a.re the facts, and don't you listen to any other tale. That is tbe gospel for you." At the close of the meeting Mr Wnddington asked our representative to leave cut this state- ment, explaining that there was nothing in it -¡.n assurance wbiob Mr Lawrence him ;e1£, on being appealed to, Uaghingly confirmed. Another incident worth ebrouicling is the following :—Dr. Horder iu his speech claimed that the credit for secuting Mr Lawrence was his, "Councillor Robert Hughe3 might talk to the clubs till his face was blue," said the doctor, but the fact remained that one Sunday afternoon I wrote a common or garden letter to the 'Times' describing our perplexity in Cardiff with Mr Maclean, and the day after that letter was published there appeared in the < Times and the local paper a letter from Mr Lawrence offering to lead us ia the fight." Commenting upon these two versions, tha Chairman (Councillor Yorath) said that while Dr. Horder was speaking Mr Lawrence had asked him, referring to the doctor, Who is that gentleman ? I know him by eight bnt not by I name." I will leave yoanow," added Coun- cillor Yorath, to decide which of the two ver- sions yon will receive."

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PRAISE FOR LOCAL THEIR PARLIAMENTARY REPUTATIONS. Mr T. P. O'Connor, M.P., has an interesting article in the "Daily Mail," under the heading of Reputations in Parliament," in the course of which he reviews the work achieved by a number of our statesmen and politicians during the Ses- sion just closed. Referring to the Liberal side, he says Among the Liberal leaders there has not been much progress. Sir Wm. Haicourt made just one important speech, and that was after he had been absent for months. Mr Morley has spoken but rarely, and has not been much in the House. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has had his speaking and bis reputation in- juriously affected by the Üfficulties of his posi- tion. Mr Asquith has spoken but seldom; when he has spoken it has alw.iys been with that splen- did skill of phrase and sonorousness of language Which are his characteristics. Among the younger members, Mr Lloyd George has advanced his position. One or two of his speech s were very fine specimens of vehement eloquence. Mr Samuel Evans has been droit, quick, humorous, on one occasion even powerful. It is a pity t'aat he has to divide attention between the House aud his exacting profession and growing practice. Mr Reginald McKenna is building up a reputation as one of the most energetic and assiduous workers of the party—especially in Ccmmittea work.

THE COMPENSATION ACT. A CLADI WITHDRAWN. At the Swansea County Court on Monday (before his Honour Judge Gwiliym Williams) an action was down for trial under the Workmen's Compensation Act, in which Rees Morgan claimed damages for injuries received while in the employ of the Victoria Dry Deck Company Mr Cooper (Messrs Leeder and Morris) a,p- peared for plaintiff, and Mr ViHiel3 Meager (in- structed by Messrs Vaughan and Roche, Cardiff) defended. On the case being called Mr Cooper said he feared the decision iu the case of Rains and Johnson, which had been decided since those proceedings were raieed, was faial to bis client's <!ucceS6. The pOlllt was that the man WIW on a ship in a dry dock, and therefore he muit submit to his Honour's judgmant. He, however, agreed I to say that the applicant had had no work to do since May 17th, that he had btea obliged partly to pawn his home in order to live, and that he had not been supported in these proceedings by any Union of any sort. Therefore he did not know whether the defendants might think this a case in which they should not press for coats. Mr Meager said there was another point in the case. Certainly Rain3 and Johnson had been decided I the proceedings, but the case of Leyson a.nd Kncyles also applied to the defendant, who had I not been in employment a fortnight before the accident occurred. That case was certainly well- known, and he thought the insurance company, whom he represented, were justified in asking that the action should be dismissed with costs. Mr Cooper said Loyson a.nd Knoyles was only de- cided in March, and the Judge said he did not think Mr Meager should ask for costs under the circumstances.—Mr Meager Oh, very well, if your Honour thinka that.

DR. RUTHERFOORD HARRIS AT NEWPORT. A FEDERATED EMPIRE. At a meeting of the North Was-u Conservative Association, held at Stow-hill Board Schools, Newport, on Monday night, Mr G. R. Martyn, J.P., presiding, Dr. RKthwfoord Harris, the Unionist candidate, was the principal speaker. He said that the Gco8ra.1 Eletion was not going to be a common garden variety of General Elec- tion, it was not going to be foagbt on the ques- tion of Voluntary versus School Board education, or Local Veto, or Sunday closing—(laughter, and a voice Oh, no.") These were important issues no doubt in their way, but for the election these had, to nse a railwayman's phraBC, been side-tracked. There were vaster issues. The election would decide whether or not there should be a federated Empire—the mother country join- ing with the Colonies for self-defence and for mutual protection trade, ana also whether South Africa should be nnder the British flag, with the two countries which had mads war upon that flag permanently annexed to it. (Applause.) The question of the settlement could not be en- trusted to better bands than those of Mr Cham- berlain and Sir Alfred Milner, and he believed it would be a national loss if these men wero not in office when the settlement came to b3 made. He hoped, too, that the decision of the electors would give sach a majority fer the Government as woald put au end to the idea which had been hitherto entertained that whenever England was in a ciiaid, onr foes couid look to her Majesty's Opposition to do them any good. That onght to be put au end to once and for all throughout the world. (Hear, hear.)

BARRY SMALLPOX HOSPITAL. ANIMATED DISCUSSION BY THE DISTRICT COUNCIL. Th3 much-agitated question of providing a permanent smMlpox hospital for Barry, in pre- ference to proceeding with a temporary hospital,, was again discussed by tbe local District Council at Monday's meeting. A recommendation was made by the Health Committee if) favour of the I acceptance of tbe tender of Mr J. Pront for the erection of the building. Councillor A. T. White moved the rejection of that recommendation, es- pecially ia view of the resolution passed against the permanent hospital proposal by a. large town's meating on Wednesday evening last. Councillor Manaton seconded resolution, which was sjpported by Alderman Meggitt in a lsngthy speech. Councillors Jose and J. L. Davies sap- ported the temporary scheme, which was strenuously resisted by Dr. P. J. O'Donnell. The Chairman, who claimed that th0 permanent scheme was the best safeguard for the health of the town, and on being put to the meeting the voting was equal, as it bad been on a previous occasion, and th chairman agiin gave his casting vote in favour of the permanent scheme, which waa received with mnrmurs of dissent. Alderman, Meggitt then moved tha.t tbe Local Government I Board be interviewed by a deputation from the Council, and endeavoured to get the original scheme reduced, but this was characterised by Dr. O'Donnell a.8 aoother shuffling of the cards," and it was defeated. Another amend- ment was moved by Alderman Meggitt in favour of deferring the matter until the bye-election pending in the town should have been drcided, but this again was lost by the casting vote of the chairman. Councillor JtJse finally gave notice of ¡ motion that he would at tbe next meeting of the I Council move the rescision of tbe resolution j&st passed. I

MANUAL INSTRUCTION. SUCCESSFUL CARDIFF STUDENTS. The results of the City and Guilds (London) ex- amination in wood work and metal work, held at the Higher Grade Schools, Cardiff, in May last, are now to hand. In wood work Mr Wilfred Pheaaey, manual instructor at the Severn-road Board School, Cardiff, passed firs^jclass in the second year's examination, and now receives a fall certificate qualifying him to take teachers' classes in wood work. Mr 0 S. Nasb, manual ill- structor at Severn-road Board School, and Mr Fairfoull, manual instructor at. Marlborough-road Board School, passed sesond-class, each receiving a certificate as qualified manual instructors of children. In the first year wood work examina- tion Messrs Seaman and Jolifte passed. The metiti work examination results are :—Messrs Wilfred Pheaaey, O. L. Lewis, and Fairfoull passed first year examination, and Mr Charles Arytou passed first-class Eecond yeav examina- tion, the latter thua getting the City and Guilds highest certificate as a manual instructor. At the present time Mr W. Pheaaey is studying metal work and hand and eye training a.t Leipaic, in Germa.ny, having last year spent his vacation studying wood work at Naas, Sweden. Naaa and Leipsic are the great contros of manual training abroad, and are visited by studenig from all pajrt: of the world. Mr Charles Ayrton has recently been appointe1 as auperinteudent maunal in- structor at Birmingham, and we wish bim every success in his new sphere of labour. lIe was the instructor to the students named above.

MUSIC AND WORSHIP. SPEECH BY MR J. HERBERT ROBERTS, M,P. Oil Monday night Mr Herbert Roberts, M.P., presided over a. concert, given at Llanrvvst by the fioval Welsh Ladies' Choir, and conducted b I Madame Novello Da.vies. He said the organ question in Wales aud other parts of the country had involved considerable difficulty, and in part had been a stumbling block in mauv cliapeis and t cÍ1arche3. He was glad they in Wales wen, b'J' inning to understand the true rel",t.Ï(}!1 that J existed between beautiful organs and ) pubiie worship. Everything that added to j the reality of public Divine wo; ship should be welcomed by them with op^u arms, although of course every cnuxch must decido the question itself according to its creed and tha feelings of its congregation. Iu noias places there was a danger —very slight iu Wales—cf looking upon organ music and siDging R3 an object cf worship rather j than us a means of worship. He considered no j words could be too strong to deprecate such a tendency, and it was cODsollOg to think that in I Wale3 they were very sound upon the point.

ABERTILLERY DISTRICT COUNCIL. At the monthly meeting on Monday evening the inspector submitted tho result of a ¡ census taken by him, which showed the population of the district to be 22,000. Mr W. P. Thomas remarked that in certain time-table9 and handbooks used by commercials I the population of Abertillery, giveu as corrected up to the present year, was 9,000 and tha.t Aber- tillery wa.s omitted from the rail way map in one of these publications. It was resolved tha.t the publishers of the tables should be requested to correct the figures and indicate the town on the ma.p. Mr W. P. Thomas moved that the clerk take the necaasary steps to obtain a. Provisional Order on behalf of the Council for supplying electricity in the district. Mr W. Stewart seconded, and it was carried unanimously. The Clerk, Mr J. A. Sbepard, reported that as a resnlt of fhe Council's opposition to tbe South Wales Elect;icy! Power Distribution Hi q piovisijns had been iuaeijied fully guarding this district, and a vote of thanks was accorded Mr ¡ Shepard for the mtynuer in vybtfih be had pre- paredthecaw.

GENERAL NEWS. LUCKY LABOURERS! According to an agricultural correspondent of tbe 11 Manchester Gaacdian," it. must be some time since labourers could commnd sach prices as are being paid in Lancashire this season. Sixpence an hour, besides a beer allowance, is quite a com- mon wage. COSTLY IMPROVEMENTS. Considerable progress is being made with the j widening of those great Loudon thoroughfares, the Strand and Fleet-ritreet. Experts estimate J that the widening of the Strand is at the rate of £ 6,000,000 per mile. j A CRADLE TRAGEDY. J At the iuquirv on Saturday into the death of Daisy Thompson, daughter of a Camberwell Daisy Thompson, daughter of a Camberwell horsekeeper, who was found dead in bed, it was j stated that a little brother had crawled out of his cot a¡¡r11ay across the baby's face, gmotherin it. Accidental death was the verdict. THE DONKEY WON. An amusing race was run the other day in Berlin between an electric tram and a dinkey I and light car, The latter weighed and the driver 168ib. the distance amounted to about a mile aud a half. The donkey won by 20 seconds, amid tha applausa of all the bystanders. RtJAD HIS OWN EPITAPH. Of the Hon. James Uoche, the M.P. who waa missing" and is found, it is related that he once had the curious experience of seeing a memorial tablet erected to his memory. He was reported as killed while fightiug American Indians in the early seventies, and a body re- covered in a feaIfnJJ I mutihted condition was buried as his. The memorial tablet, of which Mr Roche possesses a photograph, was placed at the head of the grave. AN ACTOR'S SAINT DAY. August. 2Sth wilt soon be here, and the Era suggests that actors in a "shop" and those resting until the winter season begins should not fail to remember tlieir poorer brethren ou the day their patron saint saffered martyrdom in old Rome. This sain; (Genesius) was, it i3 believed, suddenly turned from baing a mocker of the Christian religion (in a character in a play he was performing before the Emperor Diocletian) to embrace the new faith which was then begin, ning to distnrb the whole world. A BITTER DISPUTE. Truly is it paid that we are a nation of liti- gants. That this is so the facts disclosed in a case just decided by the tlonse of Lords show very clearly. A sum of £6 was in dispute, and, ex- plains the City Press," as neither side would give way the action was fought to the bitter end, and altogether no fewer than five applications were made to aie courts. With whom the victory I rests is a maiter of little or no moment, The costs are the chief concern, and they probably run into a sum of well over £1,000. WOMEN NURSES FOR THE ARMY. Whether it is due to Mr Buxdett-Coutts, or to the consensus of professional opinion, or to both these causes, a new departure bas suddenly been made at the War Office in regard to the arrange- ments at Netley. The "Pall Mall Gazette says that during this week a larger number of women nurses are being introduced into the great military hospital, with the object of almost en- tirely superseding the male orderlies. CHESTNUTS FOR INDIA. The Spanish chestnut trees introudcedinto Bashar and Kulu have proved very successful, and are now yielding from 20lb to 401b of good fruit yearly. A scheme is undcr consideration now, says the Pioneer Mail," for largely dis- tributing the tree throughout Kulu and Bashar, a.s well as in the North-West Provinces. POSTMAN'S ALLEGED FRAUD. At Aldershot on Monday Alfred George Tickner, It rural postman, was remanded on a chge of stealing letters, etc. When arrested prisoner was found to be in possession of 249 iettera and a large number of articles alleged to have been stolen in the course of the post. Prisoner was stationed at Crookham, near Aldershot. A "PHILANTHROPIC "THIEF. Herman Rosenthal, who described himself as. the Converted Jew," and has preached against Catholicism at Blyth, was sent to prison for two months on Monday by the Blyth magistrates for the theft of several articles from a. man who be- friended him and with whom he lodged. Prisoner said he had tried to do a vast amount of good, not only by thonght, word, and deed, but by example. For his sin he waa not afraid to suffer punishment. CONGRESS OF THE RUSKIN UNION, Arrangements are being made for the Raskin I Union Congress to be held in Sheffield on September 20 and 21. On the 20th the visitors will make an inspection of the collection at the Raskin Museum at Meersbrook, a.nd in the even- ing a reception will bo held at the Town Hall. On the second day of tbe congress Lord Windsor will preside at the meetings at the Town Hall, and A1derml\nGttmblewiIJ entertain the memben to luncheon. EUROPEAN REGENTS. The accession of a minor, in the person of the I Duke of Albany, to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg increases to six tbfJ number of German States now admioisGed by a, Regency. The other five are Bavaria: Brunswick, Meiklenburg-Schwerin, the junior Principality of Reuss, and Lippe. CHOICE CONFECTIONS. A 3eizaie of bad eggs that woald otherwise been used for confectionery resulted jn Philip Jacobs, confectioner, of Bethnal Green, bsing fined £10 and live guineas costs on Satur- day. A GASTRONOMIC FEAT. A correspondent writes —Some people will do almost anything for money. For a pound, a man at Nuneaton agreed to swallow 20 fried eggs in a. quarter of an hour. The attempt was made at one of the principal hotels. and appears to have been a success. The first Bupply consisted of 15 eggs, which were got rid of under five minutes. The remainder followed, and ooe by one they went-all within the .allotted time. To give a little variety, the man also drank two bottles of ginger beer. BEER AND THE WAR. The annnal meeting of Arthur Guinness and Company was held on Saturday. The net profit for the year, including dividends, &c., amounted to £781,656, which, with the amount brought for- ward from the last? account, made a total of £847,780. The Chairman remarked that the brewing trade had been largely affected this year by the taxof Is per barrel imposed in consequence of the war. The directors had therefore decided to increase the price of beer. RAILWAY ENTERPRISE. The Banbury branch of the Great Central Railway wr,s opened on nIonda.y for passenger traffic. The new line is nine miles long,and leaves the maiu line at Culworth, joining the Great Western at Banbury. It will greatly facilitate communication between Oxfordshire aud the Northern counties. The journey from Oxford to Leicester can now be accomplished in an hour and a half. SPARROW NESTS IN A CLOCK. In the face of the clock of the parish church of St. Matthew, Bethnal-greeu, are two small holes in which sparrows have built their nests. The birds can be frequently seen flying to and from their strange nesting place. The operations of the birds do cot appear to have affected the working of the clock. SUFFOCATED IN A CORN CHEST. A horrible discovery has been made at Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. A boy named Charles Thomson, crofter's son, was missed on Saturday evening at the farm of Balnacraig. It was supposed he had gone away with his father, who was visiting the farm, but on Monday the body of the lad was found in a corn chest. He had fallen in and the lid had closed on him with a snap. SHOP ASSISTANTS' GRIEVANCES. A demonstration of the. London branches of l-he National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehouse- men, and ''lerks was held on Sunday afternoon in Hydo Park, when Mr Yoxall, M.P., Mr F. Smith, L.C.C., and other speakers set forth the griev- ances of the shop assistants, and resolutions wero carried in favour of tbe Shops Bill and deploring the long hours and low pay so prevalent in shop life. "THE DAUGHTERS OF THE EMPIRE." A new iiociety, called" The Daughters of the Empire," with junior branches, called the Chil- j dren of the Empire," has recently been formed ill Canada. The object, it is stated, is to make a great golden chain of patriotism throughout the coun- try, bringing tho women and children into touch with each other by means of small clubs called Chapters." which are being started all over the world. These clubs are of two kinds, either of grown up women or of children guided by their older friends. The meetings take place once a mouth in each othcr's lIO useH, when a patriotic p-xogramme is enjoyed. The secretary is Mrs Clark Murray, of 340, Wood-avenue, Montreal. BARRiE" TOO SECULAR." The Little Minister is barred at Ocean Grove, N.Y. An illustrated lecture, founded on the novel, wa allnonneed!\s part of the season's programme by the Rev. Dr. Price, Dean of tha iVIjthodisit SurnmM- School of Theology. But one Bishop Fitzgerald and a conscientious com- mittee of paraoi.a resiised in time tha.t it waa too ¡ secular, and" likely to tbo fine sense of the spiritual which should alone possess the com- munity." So the engagement has been struck out. SALVATION ARMY IN PARIS. I The Salvation Arm;, is holding a corgress in Paris. The proceedings (says the Daily Choaicla's correspondent) were opened on Saturday in the Salle d'Horticulture, in the Rue II de Grenelle, and will Jast till Tuesday next. General Booth presided at Saturday's meeting with his nsnal vigour. There was good attend- ance, composed for the most part of members of the Salvation Army from French-speaking conn- trie-, Switzerland and Belgium beieg numerously represented. TOLD TO THE MARINES. Wm. L. McDonalc!, cf Alpena, has Had snow- white hair for years. Recently black h <ir began to make its appearance, until at present it is quite noticeable, and at this rate of change in colour it will be but a brief time until black tndr, the original colour, covets his entiro he:M1. In addi- non to this peculiar state of affairs, Mr McDonald is growing his third full set of teeth. A GHOST STORY. Quite a flatter has been caused among the ladies and juvenile population of Edith-villas, West Kensington, by the reported appes.ra.uce of a ghost at the windows of No. 16, a house that hafi long been unoccupied. It is ill the form of a I death's head, and lws been seen by an artist while n<\umittg with A companion from the Exhibition. | T-:j f.ompauiou, it is expressly said, wis not a l t spectre of tbo apparition, nor has it since been f seea.

THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF. A Wild Flower," presented at the Cardiff Thsatre Royal on Monday night, has obviously been "written roan d" the personality of Miss May Edouiu, and advantage taken of ths charm- ing little lady's artlessness, her powers of mimicry, and her irrepressible spirits. She is altogether delightful. Her transitions from bubbling gaiety to winning pathos are irresistible in their contrasts and the admirable art pro- ducing them. Miss Edouin met with a very cordial reception on Monday night, and is sure to attract latg-e audiencea during the week. Her laughing song will be the talk of the town. It Í3 an excellent company that has been got together by that experienced and excellent comedian Wiilie Edouin, to susporc his I daughter, the pretty little heroine. What, for instance, could be more irresistibly droil than the character of showman played by Mr Alfred Webb ? The stage-struck youth of Mr Max Cop- land, too, ia quaint and breezy, and gives pro- miss of better things. Then the part of Jarvis, sen.; is judiciouRly handled by Mr Edmund Gweun, who is not too irascible. Miss Laura Walker does very welt in the role of the bogus heiress, and plays up to the deception she has been thrust into by a scoundrel-father with tact. A noteworthy peiformanco also is that of Guy Tempest, by Mr E. Main wiring. A Wild Flowsr is a comedy-drama of more lights than shadows, and in these dog day may be seen without the slightest sense of weariness.

0- GRAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. The title of the piece at the Grand Theatre this I week, Briton and Boer," is sufficient to indicate its character as a stirring and exciting drama. The plav opens on a. characteristic burgher ostrich farm, and passes through the stirring times of the proclamation day, aud terminates some consider- able times afterwards with the fight for the suprema.cy in South Africa. and the relief of Mafeking. The piece is excellently staged, and the acting ia well sustained throughout. It is a, drama well worth seeing.

THE LYCEUM, NEWPORT. The drama entitled A Dark Secret," from the pen of Mr John Douglas, was produced at tbe above tneatre last evening. One of the features of the drama., which is well written and put upon the stage in first-rata style, is regatta day at Henley, with boats and canoes floating in a large tank, skilfully arranged to represent the Thames.

THE EMPIRES. CARDIFF. The return of summer weather did not inter- fere with the attence at this popular place of amusement, where another attractive and varied programme was provided. The famous Peggy Pryde. the clever daughter of the late Jenny Hill, sang some songs in her own inimitable stylo, whilst Mr G. W. Hunter, comedian, fully maintained his favouritism with Cardiff audiences. The Albert and Edmunds Comedy Troupe, the Foar Moras in a comic pantomime, and other artistes were also greatly appreciated. SWANSEA. One of the principal features of an excellent programme at the Swansea Empire is Gibbons' Bio-tableaux, showing the eclipse of the sun in its different stages and scenes from the South African War. The clever knockabout artistes, the Two McNaughtons, were exceedingly funny, and Miss Aiice Lloyd, Miss Marie Kendall, and others gave some capital performances. NEWPORT. Jean Clermont's circus, from the London Empire, and MissFlorrie Gallimore, light comedy songstress and burlesque actress, are the chief attractions in a strong and interestiug programme at the Newport Empire. In the former a dog plays" The Last Rose of Summer on a piano— I a really wonderful performance Allia and Cassati, comedian and Tyrolean songstress Brett I and Orford, in It musical playlet aod Professor Neiman, with bis 3ventriloquil Christies, also I contribute some capital turns.

MUSIC IN WALES. BY D. EMLYN EVANS. WELSH CHORISTERS IN PARIS. Oar Welsh singers who ventured so far as the gay capital of France are to be complimented upou their success and congratulated upon their safe retarn to toe HEm Vnad." If thtj motto Veui, vidi, vici oannot be applied hi its fnllest literal meaning to their musical efforts, they went, saw, sang, and conquared to the full extent that the conditions allowed, for, as has been already stated in these columns, they manage these things differently in Fiance. The condition'! did not permit of a common ground for competition such as obtains in this country, and therefore the performances in the foreign division resolved themselves into a question of absolute as per against comparative merit just as presious experience has shown, if we remember well, at French functions of the same nature in which British contestants took part. Weti, the golden wieatli, the Sevres vasa, the medallions, and the diplomas which have been awarded have been well won from all accounts, and will no doubt be well cherished by their possessors. Bat neither Mxs Novello Davies, Mr Tom Stephens, Mr David Farr, nor any of those faithlul aud able choristers who obeyed their batons require to be told that those things"how- ever interesting they may be, are only outward incidents of the play. It i3 to be trusted that the appearance of onr choirs in the French Metro- polio may lead to artistic results more or less far-reaching. The women of France may learn a lesson from wintessing what our Welsh song- sLreAsés can do, and we in our mixed and male voice choirs may also profit something in the matter of orderliness and promptitude in taking up our position on the platform and even in the matter of dress, in addition to the higher ques- tion of tone production, &c. The universal chorus of praise given to the small Bohemian choir shows the advantage possessed by a compact body of singers trained together our larger choir, made up of three contingents, was a source of danger 33 well as strength, and it is almost surprising that thev did so remarkably well in combination. THE PARIS EXPERIENCE. may also help in inducing our choirs to render purely vocal music as it shonld be rendered, by voicei3 alone, and not with the wearisome piano in duplication. It is difficult to understand how that contretemps occurred in connection with takin" the pitch of Hen Whad fy Nhadaa." More difficult still is it to understand why the error was not at once corzccted. We imagine it was no light tftsk for a. soloist to sing up to B fltlt in the Trocadere, and WtJ are glad to learn from a report in an English musical monthly—" The Musical Herald — thai :I his splendid voice enabled him to g jt through tho first verse, when thi; choir took the key sgain and got through in good style." Why, however, a people who possess such a glorious tune as Harlech," not to men- tion others, should put forward the HenWlad as representative of Welsh national music ia another matter difficult to follow. All reports of the Welsh performances seem to agree ia the main. ThoEe of the South Wales Press are already more or less known to the musical reader, so we will again quote the and which may be taken as outside opinion. In comparing French and Welsh voices the writer states :— The French too often shout, but they have a.n unrivalled dramatic range, intense, unctuous, ecstatic, restrained or abandoned, playful or sablime. Tenors seem to be plentiful, especially robnst tenors, and the beusses are powerful with- out being sombre. The Welsh excel them in the sacred music style—sostenuto e portamento-and in vocal endurance. All this refers to men's voices, and it must be added with genuine regret that the Welshmen to-day are uot in their best form, the tenors are not as brilliant as the French, and the basses, who sang magnificently at the final rehearsal, are too timid, and their tone is too closed,' dark or muffled. But the ladies and the mixed choir carry all before them." After referring in detail to the pieces sung by the female and male voice choirs, mention is made of the Hallelujah Chorus" (" Messiah "), "condneted by Mrs Novello Davies, and sung by the combined choirs in the grandest possible style. If the choir had sung nothing elae there would be no fault to find, and I should have ha.d no work to do." We are glad our choralists gave the French people who listened to them a taste of how we appreciate and interpret grand old Handel in Wales. The programme and reports give us soma AMUSING VAGARIES. For instance, Gwilym Gwent's charming glee, Yr Haf," ia put in French as "l'Hiver"— Winter—and it is not to be wondered at that its reception by the French audience was not of that degree of enthusiasm which is generally conceded to it II.t home." It wonld pazzle most people to trace auy connec- tion between the sprightly" Tra., la, la" of this popular piece and winter. In another place the authorship of this glee ia attributed to Gwilym Evans," and in yet another we are told M De Rille was so struck with the manner in which Gwilym Gwent had arranged the "Welsh airs snog by the ladies ihat he should get French words put to them for nse in Pari>i." Probably a good deal of topsy-turvvdom, Celtic and Gallic, prevailed in Paris during tJWSG days, and very likely ouly added the more zest to the business. THE LATE MR F. P. ATKINS. It is pleasant to think that the memory of this I k said nous a.nd unassuming musician has been placed on permanent record in the memorial window recently put up in St. I John's Church, Cardiff—a church which he served faithfully for 35 years a3 organist and choirmaster. He may in R manner be called one of the pioneers of music in South Wales 40 years or so ago, although we fail to find hii name even in Brown and Stratton'.s '• Hritisb Musical Biography," although, too, he was a Mus. Bac. of Oxford, and at a time when musical hoods were not so plentiful as they have becoms since. We met him first on the banks of the Ogmore—Bridg- end, in the late fifties. Batons then were not the rnle as they arenow, but he united tbe »ost of conductor and accompanist with marked ability, and enabled the somewhat raw material under I his guidance to give satisfactory public perfor- mances of some of the complete work? of the I great master. Canon Thompson; on the occasion of thennveiling of the memorial window, referred to Mr Atkins, in his very appreciative remarks, as one to whom Cardiff owed much, and.not only Cardiff, as we will veuture io state, but the Vrsle of Glamorgan also.

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CARDIFF. Old Off endt-rs.-At Cardiff Police Cotit t oi-i Mon- day (before Aid. Ebenezer Beavan and Mr John Jenkins) Ellen O'Brien (27) and Rose Kiley (23) were charged with behaving in a disorderly manner and using obscene langaage in Adam- street on the 11th inst. Superintendent Hayward, in leading the records of the prisoners, which showed that O'Brisn had been in court 38 timow and Riley 58 times, said prisoners were two of the worst women the police had to deal with. They were now each seut to gaol for a month. Catherine Hayman, for a similar offence, waa pentenced to 14 days' imprisonment and to a like term for assaulting P.C Henebeiry. Prisoner while in the cells endeavoured to break a window with her boot, and struck the officer a violent blow on the nose. Hayman had made 41 pre- vious appearances in court.

LLANDAFF. Caution to Bicyclists.—At Llandaff (before Mr Evan Lewis and Mr G. C. Williams) Noah Mor gan and Hugh Thomas, two young men residing at Catdiif, were each fined 5 a.nd costs for riding their bicycla3 furiously on the Whitchurch road on the 23th ult. John Lewis, B. Wiltshire, Wil- littr r, Davies, and Williafb John Morgan, other residents of Cardiff. N(,-LL-- each ordered to Day 5s, including costs, for liditjg their bicycles oa the footpath on the Whitchurch road on Sunday, 29th ult.

BARRY. Dishonest Fellow-:odcer.—John Scanlan was brought up in custody charged with having stolen a sovereign, the property of Paul Eichhert, a young seaman. Defendant and Eichhert lodged together at 12, Travis-street. Barry Dock. The money was missing on Monday morning, and pri- soner on that day departed suddenly for Cardiff, whsre he was subsequently arrested. Prisoner was sent to prison for one month with bard labour.

BRECON. Tailor in Trouble.kt the Guildhall on Mon- day Peter Butier, taiior, Wad charged with having stolen a pair of trousers of the value of zEl Is, the property of Messrs Larkin and Company, Brecon, and a waiatcout aud shears, of the value of 9s, the property of Mr Albert Shapland, cutter to Messrs Larkin and Co. Prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.

ME HTHYR. Obstruction.—Saul Swa.rtz was fined 5s and costs for obstructing the pavement with articles of furniture outside his shop.

PENTRE. Wife Desertion.-Mszy Ann Evans, living in Marion-street, Clvdach Vale, summoned her husband, Griffith Evans, for deserting her last year. The defendant, who did not appear, now lived at Ystradgynlais. He had not contributed any money towards her mfintenance ince. The Bench made an order of 8s 6d per week. Scorching."—At the Pentra Police Court Edward Jones, Treorky, and Thomas Morgan, Penygraig, were fined £ 2 each for furiously riding bicycles in the upper part of the valley.

ABERAVON. Selling Beer on Sunday.—On Monday Wil- liam David, landlord of the Miners' Arms, Bwlch, Cwmavon, was fined P, 5 and costs for selling beer on Sunday, the 5th inst.. to other than bona-fide travellers. Mr •Edward Powell represented the defendant, and pleaded that Mr David had been in the occupancy of the hostelry for upwards of 47 years. Hee was also fined £1 and costs for supplying beer to a. drunken persoo.

NEW YORK PRICES. (Renter's Telegrams.! New York, Monday.—Half a million dollars ia gold will go to Europe to-morrow, and five millions on Wednesday. Of the latter, which is bsing sent by a single firm which is one of the members of the British Loan Syndicate, half will go by the steamer St. Paul and half by the steamer Teutonic. This is the largest single shipment on record for one American house. The engagement sof gold for export were ignored, and the Stock Market generally improved on encouraging crop news and good weekly railway earnings the market closed dull but strong with substantial net gains. In the leading Railroads Government Bonds were strong and Railroad Bonds firm. Funded Loan, Atchison Shares, Baltimore Shares, and Reading Ftrat Preferred advanced J Western Union Telegraph, g Canadian Facific, Cleve- land Ordinary, Denver Preference, and Naw York Central 1 Quiney, Louisville, and Wabash Common and Preferred, g North-Western Ordinary. 3 Milwaukee Common and Rock Island, ll; and Dal iware-Lackawanna, 4; Delaware-Hudson declined Ii. Money easy. Sterling Exchange weak. Silver bars are t dearer. Cotton advanced on poor crop reports, and ciossd firm spot quiet at & rise. Cotton oil dull ctude nominal, yellow 35 cents. Petroleum— refined dull. Lard—cash easy a.t 5 points loss. Wheat declined on unfavourable European market advices, but closed firm on shorts cover- ing spot steady. Flour easy at late rates. Corn, after a generally declining session, closed firm on shorts covering spot steady. Sugac steady and unchanged. Coffee declined in sym-, pathy with weakness in Europe, but closed steady spot dull and English down. Tin easy, at 30 points fall. Iron dull. Copper strong. Aug. 13 Aug. 11 Call Money U.S. Gov. Rands IM, pp. lyA p.c. Ditto, other securities 1% V'. )» c. T,eliaiige ojiLondon,Gu days'sight 1.83% 4 M Ditto, Cahle Transfers 4.88 U 8% Exchange Paris, 60 days* sight 5l8}8 5.18% Exchange on Berlin days S4 £ Four per Cent. U.S. Funded Loan J15 114 Western Union Telegraph Shares 80,^ 7915 Atchison Topeka, and S. Fe 27 ,'h 26% Bo. Do. 4 p.c. Mor 1W?4 Do. Do. 5 p.c. Preferr W 7 10% Ualtimore and Ohio j 1 74% Bo. Do. S.W. 4 p.c VV — — Canada Southern Shares 49 49 Canadian Pacific 88 87 Central New Jersey 129 129 Central Pacific Shares Chesapeake and Ohio Common 27yt 27Ji Chicago, Burlington and QuincyJ. 127 ]26% Chicago anl North-Western Ord. F5. 16'3;ú Chicago and N- Western Preferred' Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul; 112m Chicago and Rock Island 107> 106% Clevel'd. Cin.. Ch„ & St. Ls. O..J 51bi Delaware and Hudson Ill 112% Delaware Lackawanna 1 182 178 Benver and Rio Grande Sh 18J ]Denver Preferred 67", 66 Illinois Central Shares 117^ U7& Lake Shore «fe Michigan Southern' 219 219 Louisville and Nashville Shares. 71% 717í Michigan Central Shares 105 105 Missouri, Kansas, and Texas 9; 1^ Missouri Pacific. si% 51% New York, Lake Erie, & Western 10,1 i 10% Bitto, Lien i — — New York Central & Hudson "lt'v.; 130 129 NewYorkOntario&Western Orel. 215a 21 Northern Pacific Common 51 Northern Pacific Preferred ïlX Norfolk and Western Preferred. 74% "44 Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. 1287. Philadelphia. and Reading Shares !6M 16i I Philadelphiai&lieadingSp'c.l3tCnc bS'i 5t!) I Do. dp. 4 p.c 87% Un'.on P<\cinc Sha.req 59 ?a; 59^ Do. Preferred. 76% 76 Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific 7% 6% Wabash, St. Louis,etc. Pref. Shr. 18% U II Si ver Bullion 61 61 COHSOiJ AND PRODUCUI markets CotteiJ.day'sreceipts at U.S. parts 2,000 0,009 Cotton, day's receiptsatCul ports 0,039 t'.M. 'I Cotton,day's export to G. Britain.! 2,°") 0,0'0 Cotton,day's export to Ceotinent' o.rr¡) 0.00J Cotton future Sept delivery 1 8 84 8.72 Cotton future Nof. delivery S49 838 j' Cottou middling upland N. York. 10Ji 10% Cotton middling New Orleans 9M 9M Petroleum,refined, in case 9.36 935 Petroleum,standard WhiteN.York' 8.5 8.5 Iletroleuiti.st'd whitelhila-lelphii% 8.00 8.00 Petroleum, Pipe Line Cert- 125 125 Spirits of Turpentine 42>i 1121,i l^ard. Wilcox's spoi> 6.95 7.0 Tallow, Prime City 4% 4% Sugar, fair reifning Muscovaae 4% 4% Do. 96 p.c.Centrifugal. 4% 436 Corn Newmixed, Western spot. 41 44% Corn Futures Sept 42% 43Y2 Do. Dec 39 10% Spring Wheat, No. 1 spot 84 81% Wheat, red winter on the spot 81% 82 Wheat delivery Sept SOJi 80% Wheat delivery Dec 82 Coffee Rio No. 7 9V, 9% Coffee Rio No. 7 Low Ord. Sept. 7.75 7.115 Coffee dittodelivery Nov 7.90 8.0 Flour ex Sta.te Shipping Brand, 2,70 2.70 iron. No. 2 Northern 15.50 >5.50 Tiu, Australian 31.50 31.80 Coppex 16*k Steel Kails 35 55 Freight Grain Liverpool steamers'$%>l 3'id Freight GrainstearaersLondon.I 5d 4;id Freight, Cotton to Liverpool ^6 Wheat Chicago,Sept. delivery 75H 75yi Corn, Chicago, Sept.delivery 37% 31 Turpent'Savannah 39Jj |

CARDIFF. Inqaest.—At the Town Hall on Monday Mr Llewellyn Reecs. deputy coroner, hald an inqaeBt on the body of George Christopher Maltby, aged about 40. Deceased had stfcyed at Mr Clarke's lodging-houae in Adam-stieet for two and a half years, and on Wednesday week he bad a paralytic seizure. By medical advice he was removed to the Union Hospital, where he was attended by Dr. McCall. He died on Saturday, death being due to pressure on the brain caused by a quantity of fluid. Verdict accordingly. The Electrical Works.—At a meeting of tha Lighting and Electrical Committee held on Monday the engineer was instructed to work out terms and diseus3 them with Mr Oswald Stoll for the electric lighting of the Empire Theatre that is being rebuilt. A continuous current supplv being needed Mr App&lbee suggested that a special machine be obtained. Only one tender having beeu submitted tor the supply of steam pipes, it w:.s resolved to advertise again, the notice in this instance being deemed insufficient. Outing. The eighth annual employees picnic connected with the Marlborcugh-rosd and Cat- hays establishments of the Cardiff Steam Laun- dry Dyeing, Carpet, and Window Cleaning Co., Limited, took place on Saturday. Over 160 em- ployees were conveyed by the Margaret to Minehead. Host Thri-stle, of the Plume of Feathers Hotel, provided a substantial dinner and tea. Games, sports, etc" combined with ideal picnic weather, made a mnt enjoyable day.

I FORTHCAWL. Cc-rni va1.-0il Mondav a very successful carnival was held in aid of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, and much credit i3 due to the ladies who took a prominent part m getting the affair np.

MUMBLES. Trap Accident.—On Sunday afternoon as Mr Weaver's coachman was driving a trap near his employer's residence he was accidentally thrown out of the vehicle, and, falling awkwardly, sus- ta.ined serious injuries. He was taken home and medically attended, bat his condition is regarded as grave.

ABERYSTWYTH. II Board of Guardians.—The ordinary meeting of the guardians took place on Monday, Mr W. A. Miller presiding. The vaccination officer's return for the list six months at Aber- ystwyth showed that out of 78 births there were 54 vaccinations successfully carried out, 6 were conscientious objectors, and deaths and other causes accounted for the remainder. The report of the medical officer upon the con dition of the honse had again been before the House Committee, and in presenting that report Mr B. E. Morgan said tha.t they had agreed to it.

MACHEN. Presentation.—Mr Edward Potter, son of Mr. John Potter, Manchester House, was presented with a Bible by tha Wesleyau Church as a memento on the eve of his departure for Ceylon. Mr Potter has been appointed to a lucrative post under Government.

SPECULATIONS ON ANDREW'S FATE. INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS BY CARL SIEWEBS, Mr Carl Siewera announces to the "Standard that the Andree Buoy. No. 3, which was found on the north-east ioast of Iceland this summer, was duly forwarded to Stockholm, where a few days ago the parcel in which it wa enclosed was opened at a, special sitting of the Royal Academy of Sciences. There were present all the leading Swedish arctici and savants, and the meeting ws naturally a very solemn and melancholy one, the silent but pathetic message speaking eloquently enough as to the sad and terrible fate that must have over- taken the bold vovagears. The buoy, like Baoy No. 2, wa.s empty, except for some marine animals but what waa not known is that this buoy, too, like the others, was without cover. Nor does it appear that either buoy ever had a. cover screwed on, and Buoy No. 1 has never been found. This fact is very significant, and both Consul Persson, of Tilrihfcorg, who presented tbe buoys, and Dr, Ekholm, who was a member of Andree s first venture, but de- clined to share in the second, maintain that this is accounted for by the circumstance that tbe parts were stowed separately in the gondola, and all were pitched out when the balloon burst and collapsed at sea soon after the ascent. This occurrence is further borne out by the fact that buoy No. 2 was found in May of last year at Ring Charles Land, and No. 3 on the coast of Iceland, indicating that both into the sea north of Spitzbergen, and were carried by well- known currents !o where they were found. On tho other hand, it is only fair to state that Captain Swedenborg, of the guubbat Svensksnnd asserts that the locks were screwed on to the buoys half an hour before the balloon ascended. If this be so, they have been unscrewed by the ice pack To this theory Mr Ernest Andree. brother of the gallant aeronaat, adheres, and he is, indeed, still sanguine that all are yet alive, thonga, no doubt, the only man in the world who thinks so now. Another sign of tho buoy uot having fallen 011 laud or ice is that there waa not u. dent or sccratca on the metal point at the bottom, indicating that it fell into the water." Mr Siewsrs thinks the bal- loon was unround.

MANUFACTURED HOWLERS. According to an Australian magazine, when the editor of an educational paper is hard pat to it « for interesting news he prints the howlers of schoolboys. Hi 1 minions are schoolmasters, and these willing survitors spend most of their time in coaxing out of their unfortunate pupils blun- ders that wiil provide merriment for an adult world, and bring the schoolmaster the wages of journalism. This is the theory of our Australian contemporary, but our experience leads us to believe that the average schoolboy requires no wheedling in the production of bowlers. And it may be argued that the manufactured blunder cauDOt possibly equal the genninehowler in point of humour. Wo are told that tho schoolmaster, worried by the seemlv accuracy ol his pupils, will go oat of his way to fish for mistakes. He will turn saddenly to the stupidest boy in his class and demand what is the feminine of bullfinch, and in a short Lime he is pretty certain to ex. tract the answer a cowfiuch." But some of tha examples quoted by our Antipodean contem- porary do uot convince ua of the truth of this base theory. Surely the boy was in earnest who said that infra. cti;:r." meant a hit below the belt." that an upholsterer was a chimney- sween, one who went up holes;" that bullion was" a kind of beef-tea, it is made from hoarses that the poll tax was a tax on par- rots. In this country at least we refuse to believe tbat scuoolmasters their time in trying trip up boys for the sake of contrIbuting" jokes to educational paper*.—" Globe."

BARRY DISTRICT COUNCIL. Councillor W. Paterson, J.P., presided over t meeting of the Barry District Council on Monday when the question of admitting the Press to the meetings of the Gas and Water Committee wac again discussed npon a recommendation frow, tbat committee in its favour. The Chairman moved the rejection of the proposal .and Alder- roan Meggitt. the chairmau of that committee,, in seconding the motion, declared that it wa< more in the nature of a private trading concern consequently it would be unwise to discuss ie public its variolic transactions. Councillor Evat J ones, in support, declared that experience of the committed had taught him that it wonld bf. to the interests of the ratepayers to admit th< Press, and Councillor Manaton also supported the propeaal, which was carried by seven votes to three.—In accepting tbe minutct of the Hospital Committee Councillor A. T. White said that Dr. Treharne had kindl; consented to interview Dr Neale in reference to the requirements in the proposed town's hospital which the Council had in the Jubilee yea? decided to elect.

SPORTS AND BAND CONTEST A7 BLAINA. On Monday an athletic meeting was held 01 the Blaina Recreation Grounds before a fairlj good attendance A brass band contest under South Walesaod Monmouthshire Band Assa ■elation was also held. In the band competition which was for prizes of JE15, £10, aud £5, thret bandy played che selection, "Oller-on," the jadgC being Mr E. Rersshaw, Hnddersficld. The resuU i waS -1, .Aberdare, 2, Tilierv Collieries; 3. Blaina Lancaster Town Band. The sports result* wer-120 vhrds open ba:1dica.p-l, R. F" Leonard 2, Tal Thomas 3, C. VVilliamsr Quarter mile open handicap—1, J, Morgan, Bbbw Vale; 2, Tal Thomas. Newport; 3, J. J. Parry, Blaina. Mile open handicap—1, E. Baa; kerville, Abergavenny 2. F L. John, Newport; 3, C. F. Doveutr. J20 y.t rds local handicap—1, James Hoskins 2, John Evans 3 T. Roberts.

LLANEi.LY HARBOUR COM- MISSIONERS. At the monthly meeting on Monday, Mr J. 3. Tregoning presiding, it was decide:' to reuuisi" tion tho Bank of England for a further lean oj £4,500. Application was made by the promoter* of the Llaneliy and Pontardalaia Railway Bill for the balance of the £1,000 which the Com- missioners had agreed to pay towards the cost ct promotion. Several commissioners wore no* satisfied that the amount of the subscriptions hail bsen spent in the second promotion, and it w, decided to aslr for particulars of costs.

Ladders.—Ladders for builders, painters, plsfr- terers^farmers,private inn rntifrrll' -nlrl fintahrfntnJ Mauuactory, B.arr's-street, Bristol. Telep&ma M,

BRYNMAWR. Attempted buicide.-On Monday Henry Cross (51), labourer, Coedcae, Ngntyglo, was brought up charged with having attempted suicide on the 4th iost., when he inflicted a wound in bis throat with a pocket-knife and then threw himself across the metals on the London ana North- Western Railway near Brynmawr as the morning mail was aDproacbing. Prisoner stated that he had been drinking rather heavily during the previous fortnight. He expressed regret, and, on the suggestion of the chairman, he promised to sign the pledge and was discharged.

WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN ?" AMUSING CASE AT SWANSEA. At Swansea County Court on Monday Frederick McDonald, of 10, Clarence-street, brought an action against the owner of the house next door, Alfred Kowles, fcr damages sustained through the death of a canary and the breaking of its cage through the falling of defendant's chimney.— The Judge said it was a case of Who killed Oock Robin ?" and as neither plaintiff nor defen- dant seemed able to solve the mystery to the judge's satisfaction a witness named Farringdon was called. He put it plainly enough that the canary was banging in its cage under the veran- dah when defendant's chimney fell down, crush- ing the cage aud killing tbe bird. He added that if it had fallen a minute later a woman and child would have been included in the calamity, where- upon the Judge congratulated the two of them on the prevailing lack of punctually standDg them in good stead. The witness was inclined to do all the axguiDg till the Judge was led to ask him what interest be kad in the bird. None," re- pled the witness. Then come down from that perch," said the Judge. Plaintiff was awarded 10s and costs, it having been elicited that defen- dant had been warned all to the condition of his chimney.

ARCHAEOLOGY. CAMBRIAN ASSOCIATION. MEETINGS AT MERTHYR. The fifty-fourth annnal meetings of the Cam- brian Archseolcgical Association were introduced on Monday night by a committee meeting of the association. Among those present were the Ven. Archdeacon Thomas, Welshpool (chairman) Rev. C. Chidlow, Narberh (secretary) Mr Mansel Franklers, Mr T. Allen, London Col. Morgan Mr and Mrs Edward Owen, Rev, J. Fisher, and Mr Chrrles Wilkins. The business was of a formal character. The excursions to-day (Tuesday) will include visits to Morlais Castle, Capel Brithdir, Capel Gwladys, Gelligaer, and Llancaiach.