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NO WITHDRAWAL. I Mr. Brodrick was most unfortunate in his utterance on the Somaliland campaign in Parliament last night. If he wishes the country to believe that the object of the expedition against the Mullah has been achieved he will be greatly disap- pointed in the result. When he ex- presses such an opinion as that, and fol- lows it up with the remark that further operations would depend upon the informa- tion received from General Manning, he lays himself open to the charge that be foreshadows the withdrawal of the troops. Such a thing is impossible. To state that the object of the campaign has been achieved is pathetically ridiculous for a Minister of War. Mr. Brodrick is con- tradicted point blank in the latest news from Aden, The operations against the Mullah have been suspended in conse- quence of the reverse sustained by the British arms. General Manning has not sufficient forces to properly protect his lines of communication, and some of the isolated posts on the lines are in danger from an enemy emboldened by the success at Gumburru and the retreat of the Bri- tish, who were pressing him from both, sides. If this was the object of the ex- pedition against the Mullah, it has, in- deed, been accomplished. But it was not. The object of the campaign was, and it must still be, the suppression of the Mullah. Before this can be accomplished the expedition must be re-organised on a larger scale, if need be, and better sup- plied with ammunition and transport. The very suggestion of withdrawal is distaste- ful, not to say damaging, to our prestige 'in those regions.

PAINTERS ADRIFT. I Two hundred Cardiff painters commence a strike to-day. It is over a matter of one penny per hour, and, as in every other strike that has occurred since labour troubles began, the masters say they cannot afford it, and the men say they can. If nine of the employers, giving work between them to about one- third of the men affected, have given in, they have cut the ground away from the feet of the others, unless they happen to be the employers who are in possession of all the painting work there is to be done in the town, in which case the two hun- dred might just as well stop work in an effort to get higher wages when they do start again, as stop work for the want of it. We do not suppose that even the two hundred strikers will contend that their trade is in the healthiest condition possible in this locality. But healthy or not, a strike or a lock-out is a foolish means of seeking improvement. So iar as we can see, no reasonable attempt was made at conciliation by either side. There was a demand, a negative rep)y, and a prompt decision to strike work, whereas the dispute is one that a conciliator would have settled in a very short time. How- ever, the fat is in the fire now, and the best thing masters and men can do is to pick it out. This strike differs from most others because the non-lunion men are to be paid out of the society funds if they cease work. To this the non- Unionists are not likely to object, but the society men who have been paying into the funds for several years will probably wonder why they have been doing it when much of thd obtainable benefits are con- ferred upon non-Unionists who have not Contributed a halfpenny.

Mr. Austen Chamberlain is bent on the improvement of the Post Office Depart- ment. After the remarks made at the recent Glamorgan Assizes in Cardiff by

BAROMETRICAL INDICATION8 The foflowiag are the se"uws slaw Ut« •Vtoak last gvqniilg, aa given by the barometer in the vestibule of the mv-ni- ExpraH," St. Waa-suest. Cardiff. vi"I Is Btt. abov.. mean sm lewd )<* the judge, it was inevitable that the salaries paid to some of the clerks should be overnauled, and the decision to get five practical business men to inquire into the scale is an excellent omen. The in- crease in the number of postal orders so as to include every sixpence up to 20s. is a greatly-needed reform, while the privi- lege of re-directing a telegram without extra payment will be the removal of an imposition.

Llanishen people are not likely to feel particularly grateful to the Uandaff Dis- trict Council for its latest action. The council has some agreement' with the Electric Supply, and in their anxiety to do the square thing they have refused to allow the extension of the Cardiff gas mains to the canine metropolis. This is doubly unfair, first because there seems no immediate prospect of the Electric Supply folk doing their work, and in the second place because there are sixty or seventy households at Llanishen who want gas for cooking purposes. Colonel Fisher was quite right in his contention; but it seems odd that no one else should have thought it worth while to take up the cudgels for Llanishen.

Mainly About People. I regret to hear (says the "World") that the state of Cardinal Vaugham's health is very serious, and even if his life i8 prolonged it is unlikely that he will ever again be able to take part in any active work. The Car- dinal, who is still staying at Mill-hill, suffers from time to time from severe illness of the heart, which, at his age, causes much anxiety. Applicant: I'm a graduate of a correspon- dence school, sir. Merchant: Well. I won't count that against you. I'll give you a trial, young man. Mr. Hopton Williams, the Master of Llan- gibby Hounds, has a memory which many men will envy him. Though he has been connected with the hunt for about 50 years, he is credited with being able to give a des- cription of every run of any note which has taken place with the Llangibby pack during the half century. April was rather an important month for Lord Grenfell. At the beginning of it he took over all that could be found of an army corps; and yesterday he com- pleted his sixty-second year. He acquired a reputation as an organiser in Egypt, and he now has an opportunity to enhance it. To Egypt, he once said, I owe rank, honours, decorations, and my wife." Lady Grenfell was the daughter of General Robert Wood, and died during the first year of her husband's command at Malta. Sir Francis Bertie, the King's representative at the Court of the King of Italy, is am Ambas- sador of only a few months' standing, but his diplomatic training has been a long one, extending, as it has done, over some 40 years. During all that time he has been on the staff of the Foreign Office, and he has. seen service on several important missions, including the special Embassy in connection with the Berlin Congress. He is a brother of Lord Abingdon, and his wife is a daughter of that Lord Oowley who was for long our Ambaeeador at Paris. Sir Francis has a fine diplomatic manner, and is a past master in the art of giving dinners— an accomplishment which can hardly be over- rated in an Ambassador. Lord Avebiary, who WM ? yesterday, was better known as Sir John Lubbock. It is odd that the fame of a TNAA so learned should depend with the multitude on his part in the Bank Holiday movement. He is a member of more scientific societies than may be enumerated here, and he has many and varied interests. He can speak with authority on subjects so wide apart tut the natural his- tory of ants and vestiges of prehistoric man; and he is as familiar with botany as with banking. He was president of the British Association in 1881, its jubilee year. Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, F.L.S., who on Wed- nesday was appointed secretary of the Zoological Society in the plaee of Dr. Sclater, has made a special study of bio- logical research. Dr. Mitchell is a member of the Council of the Zoological Society, has scored on several of its committees, and is thoroughly familiar with the Gardens at Begent's Park, having spent most of his leisure time during the last ten years in soologicai work in the Prosectors' Laboratory. The new secretary, who is a native of Dun- fermline, an old Aberdeen University man, and a university medallist in literature, is the author of several works, the best known of which are his "Outlines of Biology" and "Thomas Henry Huxley." "Dear me," said female visitor to the superintendent of the lunatic asylum, "what a vicious look that woman has we just passed in the corridor! Is she dangerous?" "Yes, at times," replied the superintendent, evasively. "But why do you allow her such freedom?" "Can't help it." "But isn't she an inmate and under your control?" "No. She is not under my control. She's my wife." One of the most Interesting literary cario- sities i AgXigtenft was the copy of "Paradise Lost" which came under the hammer at the recent dispersal of Miss Stokes's library in Dublin. The copy belonged to the meagre prison library in the Dublin Newgate, and (says the "Free Lance") several notable auto- graphs wet ewritten in the fly-leaves. The first was that of John Mitchell, and after this came the autograph of his brother-in-law, John Martin. Charles Gavan Duffy appears with the date, November 4, 1848. Next in order follow Kevin Isod O'Dohwty, Terence Bellew MoManuo-who added, "a convicted traitor to English rule in Ireland"—Thomas Francis Meaghsr, and John Flntan Lawlor. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy died recently, and Dr. O'Doherty, who has sat in the House of Com- mons, is now the sole survivor of that little band of rebels. Madame Melba, who is at present delight- ing Australian audiences with her staffing, has jQllt celebrated another birthday. It will be remembered that her tour is being undertaken purely for charitable purposes. Madame Melba made her debut ia-Xelbourne -from which town she took her professional name-when she was only six years old. On that occasion she sang a simple oong and played her own sapowasaimout. Her parents were so opposed to Madame Melba taking to musio as a career that it was not until after her marriage that she sang at concerts. Mtdamo Melba made her debut in London as "Lucia" in the year 1888. Like most Austra- lians, she is extremely fond Of horses and riding; in fact, she has confessed that it was only because she wished to save her horses from night work (this was in London) that she started to use a. motor car. "How is Braseey getting along at lOIn" "Well, he can foosle now without breaking his dubs." Sir Richard Harington, who, by his action against the Oxford and Cambridge Club, has brought to be&r upon himself the pens of thousand journalists, naturally knew what he was talking about. The law has few difficulties to him. For more than thirty years he has been a eonnty-eonrt judge. In connection with some, that is not saying much, but he alto pnt in some time as a Metropolitan Police magistrate. His family, too, is closely connected with the law. One Of his soils is a judge of the Calcutta High Court, and his daughter is married to Mir. Charles Pollock, the sou of an English judge. Fifty years ago he wao a leading spirit at Oxford, and his tMMCltr ovwr this small matter, which haa perturbed the committees of clubs, is not to be wondered it when it is called to mind that Sir Jamies Haringtou, who was one of the judges to try Charles I., is an ancestor of his. Lord Granville Gordon, who still remains, in these days of strange notorities, the man of the hour, spent at one time a good deal of his leisure at Brighton. His tall, thin figure, clothed in loose flannels or big checks, was a very familiar one. He was also a con- stant attendant at the Brighton and Hove Golf Club, and played an excellent game. His golf dictionary was unique, and, doubtless, still is. The first Lady Granville Gordon was Irish, a Miss Roe, daughter of the whisky die- tiller who spent large sums of money in res- toring one of the Dublin cathedrals. Her milliner's shop was greatly patronised at one time, before the novelty wore off, and women of title who were shopkeepers became the thing. Her shop was never so successful as that of Mrs. Jack Cummins, who, as Machinka of Albemarle-street, made a small fortune. Sousa not only makes music wherever he goes, but friende also, and many of these have a way of inviting him to their houses when he wants to rest in his hotel. The "March King," though by tno means ancient, was, nevertheless, not born yesterday, savs "M.A.P. and he is quite able to distinguish among his would-be hosts and hostesses thoee who want him for the pleasure of hie com- pany and those who deeire his preeence am a celebrity. In one of the towns he lately met a. lady with a large reputation for worrying celebrities of all kinds to attend her dinners and "at-homes." She sent him a pressing in- vitation to sup at her house after the perfor- mance, but it got to Sousa's ears that she had issued invitations to her neighbours "to meet Mr. John Philip Sousa"—an exhibition of "prevkmsness" not. to be tolerated even by an American—and he declined politely and with thanks. Having counted upon Sousa's accept- ance, and held his name out to her friends as bait, the lady was much disturbed on receiving his note, and wrote back to him with desperate solicitude, "I am terribly sorry to have your card saying you cannot come, but I still hope for the pleasure of your com- pany." To this the poor lady received the following terrifying answer, "Dear Madam- I have given your kind message to my com- pany, but I regret to say that only fifty of them will be able to accept your invitation, the feet of them having appointments to keep elsewhere.—Yours truly, JOHN PHILIP SOUSA."

BOMB OUTRAGES. I A General Panic in Salonioa I Vienna, Friday morning.—Further details have been received this morning of the dyna- mite outrages that were perpetrated at Salo- nica on Wednesday night. The Ottoman Bank was totally destroyed, a fire succeeding the explosion and completing the wreck. Moet of the deposits, it is stated, have been saved. Two of the party engaged in the outrages were killed by the explosion. A neighbouring club- house suffered, and some German members were amongst thocta wounded. Fifty-three persons suspected of complicity in the out- rage were arrested during Wednesday night and Thursday. The Ottoman Bank outrage, however, did not stand alone. It is declared that fully fifty other explosions occurred in different part of the town during the night, and almost at the eame time. One of the places it was sought to wreck wae a chapel. The police have not allowed all the informa- tion in their hands to become public, but it is known there are many dead and wounded. A general panic prevails in the town, people being fearful of what may come next. The garrison hae since been reinforced by two bat- talions, and measures were yesterday devised fo rthe safety of the public.—Central Newt. Constantinople, Thursday. The outrages perpetrated at Salonika yesterday evening have caused a profound impression here, more so as the ealm of the last few days had given rise to the belief that the situation was improving. Great indignation is expressed in all circles here that the Macedonian Oom- mittee should make itself responsible for Anarchistical acts. Absolute madness is the term applied to theee outrages. In official circles the news from Salonika caused less surprise than might have been expected, at the reporta received by the authorities for some time past indicated that the Macedonian Com- mittee Was projecting attacks of this descrip- tion in various Macedonian towns, and even in Constantinople. A state of aiege hae been pro- claimed at Salonika, and military measures of precaution have been everywhere taken. It is feared that these outrages may lead to massacres of the Macedonians and Bulgarians by Mussulmans, who are already in a state of great exeitermmt-Rewar.

SOUTH WALES WOMENISTEMPERANOE,! ASSOCIATION. The annual meetings of the South Wales Woman's Temperance Asociation were held at Ferndale yesterday. Papers were read on tem- perance topics by a. number of ladies, and a demonstration Was organised in the evening. Satisfactory reports were given by the dele- gates of the work accomplished during the year, and the financial statement showed a credit balance.

THE GULLOTINL WITHOUT A HOME I A piece of land at La Eoqnette, Paris, has just btftt toold for 94,000, and will in course of time be built upon. It deserves toors than passing notice this sale, because the ground has a ecrtain notoriety-it is the ground on which stood the guillotine. This machine of capital punishment is now, therefore, without a fixed domicile, since the shed in which it was kept was demolished before the sale. For half a century the guillotine found a home there-du,m 1851, to be precise-when tt was decided that no more executions should take place at the Saint Jaquee barrier. It these 52 years the guillotine has made itself respon- sible for 200 heads.

ALLEGED GREAT JEWEL THEFTS I At Liverpool, to-day, Francis John Bradley was further remanded on a charge of stealing diamond jewellery, valued at nearly £1,000, the property of Oldfields, Limited, by means of a forged telegram sent from a London hotel in the name of a LiTerpool family stay- ing a.t the hotel at the time. Prisoner, who •was fashionably dressed, appeared quite at ease in the dock. He has given full informa- tion to the police for the recovery of the jewels.

THE CORONER AND THE LADY DOCTOR I A lady doctor ought to have appeared at the Bermondsey Coroner's-court to give evidence, but when Mr. Oswald inquired for her his officer explained that he had not served a summons upon her because she declared thea she would not be able to attend owing to press of work! The coroner was quite nonplussed at the nonchalance of the lady practitioner, and remarked to his subor- dinate I wish yon had served the Bummons, then we could have dealt with her as the law permits. Go and explain to this lady that even doctoreeses are not exempt from the opera- tion* of tboo-lafw. Although we wish to show all politeness to ladies, we cannot relieve them from their duties if they like to take on the responsibilities of medical practitioners."

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I THE LONDON PRESS. Examples of Their Views To-day. BRIEF EXTRACTS FROM LEADING ARTICLES. i Somali Debate. Mr. Lloyd-George, who has not yet learned that impertinence is not wit, any more than insolence is invective, hoisted the Little England Bar with exultation, and gloated over the exploits of .the Mullah.—"Daily Telegraph. The Postmaster General Mr. Austen Chamberlain has not long been responsible for the Post Office, but he is already beginning to make his influence felt in that department. He has shown a capa- city, which we may, perhaps, call hereditary, tOto mastering administrative details. The reforms he has initiated are not in any res- pect startling; but they deal with a number of useful small points.—"Standard." Passive Resistance to Education Act There is, we see, some talk of passive resis- tance associations being liable to criminal prosecution under the laws against con- spiracy. Possibly No. In that case we suppose the authorities will prosecute. It will be an interesting situation in which those who are fighting the battle of civil and religious equality will not hesitate, if it be necessary to suffer to conquer, to be restricted to a narrow diet and a temporary limitation of liberty.—"Daily News." Canada. Despite the many imperative reasons which continue to direct public attention in thie country to the South African Colonies, it is gratifying to note the ever-increasing interest which it being taken in the Dominion of Canada. Canadians have in the put not without reason complained of the neglect of the mother country, but the grounds of that complaint are rapidly being removed.— "Morning Post." What May Happen in Somaliland Considering the really serious character of j the situation, we must be prepared for developments beyond those foreshadowed in Mr. Brodriok's and Lord Cranborne's speeohes. Like a masterful horse, Africa. has before now taken the bit in its teeth and run away with its riders.—"Morning Advertiser." London and Brighton Walk, If the erase lasts even the railway com- panies may feel the effect, and turn upon the Stock Exchange for its depreciation of Brighton A's." It is a curious reaction from the new worship of "Speed." And it is a thoroughly healthy one so long as, the enthtmajim spends itself in walking rather than in wagering. Tully Chronicle." King's Visit to Franoe. The visit will place British relations with France, upon a firmer footing, and will serve on both sides as an official atmouncoment that the era of ill-will and bickering between the two great Liberal Powers is over, and that the era. of friendship has bMm-"DeAly Mail." Somaliland War. The occupation both of Egypt and of India has been followed by frontier troubles which it has been attempted to meet by "a forward policy." But there must be a limit to exten- sion somewhere, and one would have thought it had surely been reached in the deserts of Somaliland.—"Morning Leader."

CARDIFF RECORDS. f A meeting of the Gar-jiff Records Committee was held this morning, the Mayor (Mr. Edw&rd Thomas, "Coehfarf") in the eh&ir.-Mr. John Ballinger (librarian) reported that prac- tically all the illustrations were ready. and that a few which were incomplete or imperfect had been returned to be properly dealt with. —The Archivist (Mr. Hobson Matthews) stated that Immediately the illustrations were com- plete the table of contents would be re-printed, and also the list of illustrations, after which the binders could proceed. The binding and publishing of the volume after that time would probably take about five to six weeks.

1 TRANSVAAL COAL TRUST Johannesburg, Thursday.—The annual meet- ing of the Transvaal Coal Trust was held here to-day. The Chairman, after referring to the strong financial position and promising coal trading prospects, dealt at length with the very valuable proprietary rights, showilft that a-fter parting with their gold rights on the farm of Brakpan for £ 260/500 fully paid shares, the company still retained its freehold rights, Which continued a valuable asset. At a special meeting held immediately after- wards a scheme, as set out in a. oiroular issued to the shareholders, by which tbe Eastern Exploration Syndicate acquires the option on the gold rights only of another farm, namely, that known as Rietfontein, was carried. The chairman explained that the company would have all the prospecting work carried out without. expense to itself, and, in case the opinion should be sndosed, would receive 250,000 fully-paid j51 shares in a company of 600,000 shares, in which the working capital would be underwritten at 35s. per share. The company would also retain all freehold rights.-Rmter.

CARDIFF SHIPOWNERS' ASSOCIATION A general meeting of the Cardiff Shipowners' Association was held this morning at the Exchange. Mr. William Anning was is. re-appointed as the shipowners' representa- tive of Cardiff on the committee of Lloyd's register of shivpinc. A oemmdttse was" ap- pointed to consider tho question of some steps being taken, for the medical examination of seamen before engagement. Since the Light Dues Act was passed in 1896, shipowners have fceenoailed upon to pay heavy claims for -Ae repatriation of seamen discharged through sickness and sent home by the Board of Trade.

DRIVING TO DEATH IN A CAB Gertrude Dean, a stylishly-dressed young woman living in Albany-Street, Begent's Park, was charged, on remand, before Sir Albert de Batten, at Bow-street Police-court, London, yesterday, with attempting to commit suicide. The prisoner alighted from a ca.b o uteh Victoria-embankment at tun early hour in the moring, and was about to throw herself in the river when she was seized by a policeman. She begged the constable to let her go, as She wanted to "rest." She had been crying and was aparently in great distress. Sir Albert De Eutsen said he understood the prisoner had had a alight quarrel with her husband, and was foolish enough to leave him. The husband, who is a tailor, was in court. p-tui qa-iri he was willing to take the prisoner jl home. She was therefore discharged.

REPROACHES FROM THE DEAD A singularly pathetic letter was found on the body of Miss Mabel Bond, the nineteen- year-old. daughter of a prominent Tun bridge Welle tradesman, which was recovered from the river at Tonbridge yesterday, after she had been mining.for three weeks. "By the time this reaehes yoat" she wrote, "I hope to be dead, and there is no one to regret it. I have tried 16 do my best to yon all, but, I might have tried to do my worstr-I could not have been treated worse. If I had a little more kindness when I was alive this would not have happened."—The Father said she had not been badly treated at home, and the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity," and passed a, vote of condolence with the parents.

22MIAiolg GLORY MATCBOtS are made outb* br BRITISH XJtJtOCB. e<ad tor pankulan of eomf*- UUras. Eagtsod's Qiao aFm* Week* (Kwnef,

''GRAVE SCANDAL." The Marriage of Mr. Vanderbilt. STRONG REMARKS BY THE BISHOP OF LONDON. The Bishop of London had some strong thinga to say about the Vanderbilt wedding at last night's meeting of the London Dio- cesan Conference. "I have waited till to-night," he said, "before making a statement on the subject, in order to give the clergyman who performed the ceremony an opportunity of giving an explanation of his conduct; but he hae not replied to my communications. "My opinion is that a grave scandal has been perpetrated in this diocese. There have never been any divisions of opinion on the re-marriage of the guilty party in a divorce, and I have the strongest objection to the use of the marriage service a second time on any man or woman whose previous wife or hus- band la still alive. "Nothing will induce me to vieit the ohurch where such a scandal has taken place until some amends have been made to the diocese which has been dishanoured by its occur- rence." The Bishop's remarks were received with cheers, and were strongly supported by the Bishop of Kensington. The clergyman who performed the marriageo ceremony was the Rev. B. H. Hadden.

REPORTED RIOT. 15 of a British Cruiser's Crew Said to be Killed. Halifax (NOTA Scotia), Friday.—A report hae reached here that fifteen of the crew of his Majesty's cruiser Pallas were killed, and several others wounded, in some rioting at Port of Spain on Tuesday. The Admiralty officiate here refuse either to confirm or deny the report.Central News. A Central News representative, inquiring at the Admiralty this morning with reference to the reported riot, was informed that up to the present no newe has reached the officials here with regard to the matter.

RA MSGA TE EXPLOSION. Father Charged with Murder of His Son. At Hamsgate to-day Samuel Season wao charged on remand with the murder of his son, William John Henson, who was killed by an explosion at Heneon'e house on February 25. Henson was also charged wdth attempting to murder hie wife.

CARDIFF SAFE ROBBERY. Labourers' Union Re-Appoint Mr. Stenner. A meeting of the members intereeted in the sick and funeral fund of the Cardiff District of the Amaiagama-ted liabourerw Union was held on Thursday night at the Wyndham Arcade Hotel, Cardiff. Mr. 0. M. Stenner, president of the Union and local treasurer, who was mysteriously robbed recently of E230 (funds of the society) from a safe in his resi- dence at Grange town, was in attendance, and there was a large gathering of &<Uiated mem- bers. Mr. Stenner was --elected u treaanref, and thi? i* tantamount to a vote of conndence in him. The trustees were instructed to bank money in the National Provincial Bank, the treasurer in future not to hold more than £5 in hand.

OOLLIERY FATALITIES. Two- Men Killed at Ynysybwl To-day. A double colliery fatality occurred this morning at the Ocean Company's Colliery, Ynysybwl, whereby Arthur Boeft, 21, a haulier, was instantaneously killed, and a timbermaa's assistant, named John Daniell, 5i. was fatally injured by a. sudden fall of root. Dr. Morgan Was immediately summoned to Daniel, but the unfortunate fellow was beyond medical aid, and he succumbed to the injuries on arrival At his hotlee. He leaves a large family. Bose hails from Bristol, and is a single man.

A WIFE'S REVENGE. A" shoemaker, named Luoien Gray, residing in the Avenue de Choisy, Parts, did not hA$ it off with his wife. The oouple were always bickering, to the annoyance of the neigh- bours. The climax was reached on Wednes- day. In the middle of the night Gralyllwok6 up, and groped about for some matches. Not finding any he roused his wife and alked her where they could be found. Madaone Gray did not like being disturbed, andi answered her spouse somewhat acridly. The letter then became furious, and seising hold of his wife carried her out of bed, threw her on the landing, closed the door, and went to bed again. But he could ||ot Bleep as his wife kep tshouting lor admittance. After the lapse of two hours he opened the door. Madame Gray entered without breathing a single word of protest. The fact is she had turned a scheme of revenge in her head. Her husband soon began to snore. Then she took actio*. Seising & knife, she plunged it into his back. Afraid lest she should ha.ve killed him, she broke down completely, and went to the police-station and gave herself up.

CAPTURED ON A OHURCH ROOF 4u elderly man with a scar on his left cheek, who persistently refused to give any account of himself, was charged at North London Police-court yesterday as a suspected person found on the roof of the Presbyterian Church, Croueh-hill, at four o'clock that morning. Police-oonatable Walter Stride, 740 Y. said that be heard a noise resembling the breaking of glass ait the churoh, and upon. making a search he disooveted that the prisoner was on the roof at least 40ft. from the ground. He was requested to come down, but he refused to do eo. The police procured a ladder, and the man was got down from his dangerous Pogi. tion. On the prisoner were found a thimble and three needles. Mr. Iarsbam asked the prisoner wha-t ex- planation he had to offer, and he replied that he know nothing about it. He added later that he had had no sleep for three nights, and had nothing to eat. He wanted to get into tho ohurch to sleep, but, finding he could not do so, he went on to the roof. Mr. Marsham: JJbW did he get on to the rOOfP The constable said that there wae an iron ladder to a lower roof, and another ladder reached to the upper roof. The prisoner had got to the top of the second ladder and then dropped it down. Mr. Marsham told the prisoner that as he had given no account of himself he must be remanded.

STRIKE OF OLYDE ENGINEERS The engineer employes in the Glasgow shiP)¡ building yard* are idle to-day. The men struck work &?&iMt the advice of their execu- I tive. The action of the engineers is generally condemned.

ADVICE TO MOTHEM.Are you broken in your TMt by a a" chi1d, suffering with We pain by cutting teeth? Go at once to a oheinist and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immb- diately. It is pleasant to taste. It pruduoes natural. quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as a button. Of all abomieu, i& Ud. per bottle. *? Food *md OM?jn? Exhibttion, Albbt-h&Ul London, April :u., 1902—Another tueMM. ulguw HMew. 0014 Modal lot Pastry; Silver Kedal for 0. <n 0]Mtt! CompwutWM^u^ %a Xigl" to U40M $"Too. OeMM-

JENNINGS' MILLIONS A Canadian Claimant in England. "ONLY MALE HEIR TO THE COVETED WEALTH." Master are coming to a head in the long litigation over the "Jennings Millions," or what is known as the "Earl Howe next-of-kin case." There has Just come to this country, all the way from Montreal, an elderly gen- tleman, named David Jennings, who claims to be the only male heir to this coveted wealth, which has accumulated in the Court of Chancery to a fabulous, sum, officially returned at 236,000,000 twenty years ago, and now variously estimated at from 40 to 60 millions. The oase is an old one, dating back to the year 1799, when a certain Mr. William Jennings, of Acton-place, Aston Hall, Gopwbll Suffolk, died intestate, leaving two mUUon pounds, which has been the subject of end- less wrangling ever since. The estates in dispute are Acton-place, Aston Hall, Goaapn Hall, where the King was, in Deoember last, the guest of Earl Howe, the Penn estates in Buckinghamshire, and a town house in Curzon-street, W. It is calculated that from time to time not less than 9100,000 has been disbursed in litigation by claimants. The Canadian olaimaat, with whom. I have recently had several interviews, (says "To- Day"), recognises that he is not alone in the field. It has come to his knowledge that there are at least 34 other claimants, many of whom have manifested a strong desire to meet him, and, at last, an arrangement has been made for several conferences of claimants in London, prior to a general gathering of the whole clan. With the excep- tion of Mr. David Jennings, all these persons base their claims on the female side of the family, whereas our Canadian friend under- takes to prove that he, and no one else, is a direct lineal descendant.

LOCAL LAW OASES. I Gibbs. v. Shepherd and Lewis, I Limited. Justice Kekewich, in the London Chancery Division, the parties agreeing, directed that the motion in the action of Gibbs v. Shepherd and Lewis (Limited), St. Andrews, Dinas Powis, Glamorgan, which was to restrain the defendants working their Quarries so as to project crtones into the plaintiff's garden, should be put down for speedy hearing on the pleadings delivered by both parties.

PEMBROKE MAN MISSING, I Disappearance from the Cardiff I Y.M.C.A. Another mysterious disappearance of a man from Cardiff is oooupying the attention of the police, but so far inquiries have been an- availing. The person in question is named Claud Ormond BooK. Be is twenty-three years of age, unmarried, and is the son of Mrs. Roëb, a. widow, living at Longatqna Farm, near Pembroke. He arrived in Cardiff only a week ago. havtng obtained a situa- tion as clerk at the offices of Messrs. Stephen- son and Alexander, auctioneers, and came from Carmarthen, where for fiye years he had been employed by Mr. J. Franeia, auctioneer. He took rooms temporarily at the Y.M.CA., and on Monday morning he left there at about nine o'clock. ostensibly to go to the office. Ho Was not seen there, however, and nothing has been heard of him since. His friends are quite at a loss to account for his absence. He spent Sunday evening with his brother, Mr. Boeh, draper, of Broadway. He seemed to be in his usual Writg, and. as far ime his brother is *Waf«, had nothing to Worry him. He has always been of a reserved disposition, but he wrote to his mother that he was very comfortable in his new berth. At the Y.M.C.A. he appears to have been very uncommunicative, and mentioned to no one that he had any intention ol leaving. When he left the building he was carrying a small parcel wrapped in paper, but it is not known what the contents were. Apparently, however, he had no intention of staying away for 10111t for the bulk of his luggage he had left with his brother, and at his rooms he had left Clothes, his raaor, brushes, Ac., while his papers were not put The cause of his disa|>pearanee is a mystery. When a boy he spent two yters at sea as an apprentice, but beyond this fact there is no reason to believe that he has returned to wet life. He was never heard to express a desire to do so. He is of Might build, and 5ft. 71n. in height. His complexion is dark, he has rather dark hair and a slight brown moustache, and when last seen was dressed in a striped tweed suit. No news whatever has been heard concern- ing the young man Claude Ormonde Boob, who disappeared from the Y.M.C.A. rooms at Car- diff on Monday. Active inquiries are being made by the police and by the young man's relatives.

FIREMAN FINED. AT BLACKWOOD 1 Thomas Jenkins, fireman, residing at Argoed, pleaded guilty at Bdackwood Police- court to-day to stealing a quantity of fencing, valued at 16s. ad., the property of the Mon- mouthshire County Council. Hr. Lyndon Moore, Newport, prosecuted, and Mt. Grif. fiths defended.—The Bench bed the defendant j £ 5 and £2 2b. costs.

HANDCUFF8 AND THE LAW. I Arthur Roberta Ellerington, the new chief. constable of Margate, was the defendant yes- terday in a county-court action heard before his Honour Sir William L. Self* and a Jury, in which two working men claimed JBSO damages each for being illegally handcuffed on their way to prison, they having been com- mitted for non-payment of their rates. It was urged by Mr. Daniel Ward, who appeared for the plaintiffs, thM. being civil prisoners only, they were subjected to an unwarrantable indignity by the officer's exoess of his powers, and that in no circumstances, as they were not violent and had not made any attempt to, escape, ought they to have been handcuffed together like oommon felons.—The jury found for the plaintiffs, awarding one farthing damages in each os"Hu Honour refused plaintiffs their ooets.

IOLARE-ROAD, SQUABBLES, I To-day at Cardiff Police-court (before Messrs. T.' H. Stephens and Joseph Howard). Alice Manley, dare-road, wae summoned by Mary Lewis for threats on the 6th erf April, and complainant also applied that defendant be required to find sureties to keep the peaoe. Mr. Sydney Jenkins appeared for com- plainant; Mr. Lloyd Meyticik dofeude&- Complainant said defendant threatened to knock her teeth down her throat.—"Mr. Meyrictk described the whole affair as a silly squabble," and M the outcome of a county-court summons. Moreover, the threat was conditional and indefinite. It was like » man saying, "But for the law I will kin you." —Mr. Sydney Jenkins: A distinction without a. difference.—The oase in the end was dis- missed.

In the list Of successful candidates who passed the recent examination in compound- ing and dispensing medioinee at the Apothe- caries-hall, London, and received the certifi- cate aa a qualified dispenser. is the name cf Mise M. I. Biaset, Penarth, a pupil from the Cardiff Infirmary. Food and Cooking Exhibition, Albert-hall, London, April 21St, 19(g.-Anotbor sucoesa. Highest Honour. Gold Medal for Pastry; Oliver Medal for rskes In Opro Competition to all England to Meøin. ateVena, Confee tionen, Cardiff. ellgvg The aw, Henry Edward Bottottley, Obngrv- gatioeal tntaista*, died r (Ld«mly at Ooventrv I s.-1dIJI&

FORGED NOTES. 1 Two More Prisoners on II Trial. CONSPIRACY AGAINST BANK OF ENGLAND. At the Central Criminal Court, London, yes- terday (before Mr. Justice Darling), the trial was commenced of the two men, Hyman Baron Bernstein, 41, merchant, and Philip Goldman, 41, merchant, who are charged with being con. cerned with Solomon Barmash and other men (tried and convicted at this court last Decem- ber) in forging and uttering, and with being in the unlawful possession of, without lawful authority or excuse. Bank of England notes for 96, £10, and J650 respectively, with intent tc defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. The circumstances of the case have been fully reported. It will be re- membered that the convict Solomon Bar- maah, a-fter being sentenced to a long term of penal servitude, committed suicide under tragic eirounurtonme in the cella adjacent to the court. Mr. Mathews, in stating the oaee against the two men, said the allegations against them were that they had been concerned in bringing into existence a large number of forged bank notes. For a considerable time past a gang of persons had been engaged in a wide-spread conspiracy in connection with the production of forged paper. Bernstein had been twenty years in this country, during which period, however, he had been twice to Australia. He brought back to this country, a. small stock of money something under VM. He had a, brother Philip, who was resident in London at this time, and to him Hyman handed the money. He carried on business as a. jeweller at 120, High-etreet, Whitechapel. That business having failed, it was suggested by the prosecution that the brothers sought out Solomon and William Barmash, persons who had been known to them for some time, and that in conjunction with these and other persona they embarked on a aoheme of forging Bank of England notes, with the assistance of a Very skilful forger, named Schmidt, who gave a detailed narra- tive, at the trials of the other men, as to the circumstances in which the paper was forged and attempted to be negotiated. The "face value" of the forged notes, said Mr. Mathews, was 4404M. In the support of the oase against Bernartein and Goldman the informer Schmidt would be dalled as a witness, and also two of the convicts—William Barmaah and Philip Bernotein-wtko would depose to incidente which happened in the course of the opera- tions of the gang. Ittie trial was adjourned.

THE BOND. CONGRESS. I Mr. Theron and a Permanent Peace. Somerset East. Thursday.—In the course of his speech at the opening of the Bond Congress to-day Me. Theron referred to the declaration of peace. The members of the Bond, he said, were prepared to aooeipt the position and abide by the result. They would, furthermore, do everything possible to make peace permanent. Dealing With Mr. Chamberlain's visit to South Africa, Mr. Theron declared I"t every mem- ber of the deputation which had met the Colonial Secretary at Cape Town had signed the Hofmeyer circular, which had been drawn up at their request, and he desired the unani- mous adoption of the resolution, in order to show the desire of the Congress that the opinions expressed in the circular should be brought into practice by all parties. At the evening sitting of the Congress the question of education was discussed, and resolutions were passed in favdur of decentralisation. Other reeolwtiona wore adopted referring to the question of a Select Committee of both parties in Parliament, and aaso to the need of more Government aid for elementary schools.—Press Association Foreign.

LADIES' OLUBS AND GAMBLING I was speaking the other afternoon (says M. A. P.") with a well-known poeiety lady, who is a member of several West End ladies' clubs. She told me that at many of these gambling daily went on for sums that would astonish most men were they aware of It. Bridge ie. of course, the prevailing vice, but in at least one very well-knbwn. club within a stone-throw of one of the leading shopping thoroughfares there is a good deal of betting on the tape. Though, for the most part, it is the younger married ladies who are the most addicted to sambftc, Yet, my informant aemirod me, it is no un-commoll thing to see four unmarried girls, all in the e&rly twenties, plsy bridge for a whole afternoon for stakes that most olubmen would regard as "high-" In reply to my query as <tO where they raised the money to enable them to pay, she told me that nine out of every ten women of fashion are heavily in debt to their dressmakers and mllMners, many of whom openly combine the making of frocks and hats with the lending of money.

DISTRICT COUNCILS. BARRY. I The hospital committee of the Barry TTrban District Council held a meeting yesterday afternoon, when Mr. A. T. White was elected chairman for the ensuing year.—It was reported that Doctors G. Neale, J.P.. E. Tre- harne, J.P., and P. J. O'Donnell had been elected to repreeent the medical profession of the town on the oommittee for the year.—The question of holding religious services at the Town Accident Hospital was again con- sidered, the Superintendent Nurse (Miss Aldrsd) pointing out the difficulty of holding the services in the wards, and it was decided to continue the same arrangements as laat year.—Mr. J. A. Majia-ton was appointed chair- man of the health oommittee, and the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. G. Neale, J.P.) reported that during the first quarter of the present year there were 193 births in the district (104 males and 89 females), equal to a birth-rate of 28 per 1,000 per annum of the population. One oase of small-pox was imported during the year. Scarlet fenw was still prevalent in the town.—Mr. E. W. Waite (the water engineer) and Deputy Chief-oonstable Giddifigs having reported that the pressure of water simply in the district was sufficient to meet all requirements for Are purposes, it was felt that the steam fire-engine could be dispensed with provided a manual engine waa procured.—The øomupttee unanimously decided to dispense with the services of the Are engineer, and Mr. J. Mllward suggested that the fire-engine station be adapted for aooident hoepital pur. poses, and it was agreed to make a recommen- dation to this effect to the council.

FRAUDS ON MEDIOAL MEN I John William Gory, described as olerk, of Earl-street, Edgware-road, waa finally examined yesterday at Westminster Police- oourt. London, on charges of obtaining money by fraud from medical men in various parts of London, chiefly house physicians and sur- geons at hospitals. From theM fentlemen he obtained money on the representation that he was the son of a doctor and a medical student on a visit from a. provincial town, and that he had been to a place of amusement and had been robbed of his purse containing gold and his railway ticket. A previous oonviction for similar frauds was proved.—Mr. Shsil said he wu a very dangerous person to be at largs, and on the various charges sentenced him to twelve months' hard labour.

Food and Cooking Exhibition, Albert-hall, London April 2lst, 1903.-Another tuoceea. Hlgrheat Honour Qoid Medfcl for Pastry; Silver 3tedil for Cake* in Open Competition to all Bncland to Mewm. 8 tar ens, Confec- tioners, Cardiff. ellglg Food &ad OyMM BxMbtttmt, Albwt-h*ji London, ,Url1 M^-Another 811" H?ttt HM<? AMI MZittM <M 'wry, MrM MWM tot Oak*P* (MM m 88I1aM ? MOM qgagS

I MISSING RINGS. I —————-————— An Actress Charged I with Theft. I SERIOUS CASE AT BRJSTOl I COURT. At Bristol Police-court yesterday Marie Craig, 24, was charged on remand with steal- ing, on April 7, two gold rings, set with diamonds, value £70, the property of Emma Louisa Digman. At the previous hearing the prosecutrix deposed that she had known the prisoner for some time. She first came to her premises (the Llandoger Publio-house, King-street) as a customer, and afterwards they were on friendly terms, prisoner calling almost every day. The rings which were the subject of the charge were the property of the prosecutrix, and were worth £70. When she was not wearing them they were kept in an unlooked drawer in her bedroom. Defendant had been in that room with her, but she was not aware that the prisoner knew where the rings were kept. She last wore them on April 7, and she missed them on the 9th. Informa- tion was given to the police, and the posses- sion of the rings was traced to prisoner, who took one of them to Mr. Biddle, ieweller, of Wine-street, to have two stones re-set. Prisoner informed the police that the other ring was to be found at her lodgings. When oharged with the theft she said she only took the rings for fun, and she intended to return both of them. The aoeiused was the only witness called for the defence. She depoeed that she was an actress, and was married. She was known pro- fessionally as Marie Oraig, which was her maiden name. On Thursday, April 9. she went to the Llandoger about noon. She had dinner with Mrs. Digman, who afterwards took off her rings and plaoed them upon the dresser preparatory to washing her hands. Subse- quently Mrs. Digman went into the bar, and witness picked up the rings, thinking how careless it was to leave "valuable stuff" about. She was jingling the rings in her hand, when two stones fell out of one of them—the two small stones at the ends of the half-hoop. She thought she might get into trouble through Mrs. Digman thinking she had been tempering with the rings and forcing the stones out. She, therefore, took the rings to have that with the loose stones put right, so that she could return it intact. She had no idefc ot keeping the rings. There was a further charge against prisoner of stealing, between February 14 and April 21, a gold brooch and a diamond and sapphire ring, the property of Judith Ann Curtis, living at the Totterdown Hotel. Complainant was the wife of the licensee of the hotel named. She got to know Marie Craig. Prisoner frequently went into Mrs. Cnrtis's bedroom, and knew where her jewel- lery was kept. Irks. Oortia had a brooch made in the form of a shovel from an Australian nugget, and this had been placed in a pot on the dressing-table. This she missed, and it was brought to her by a detective on April 27, who bad found that it was pawned for los. by prisoner. Detective Churchill deposed that be showed prisoner the brooch that morning, and she said, "I have seen that before-" He told her she would be charged with stealing it and a ring, and she replied, "I've got an answer to that. I don't know anything about the ring." Major Bnmsey oommitted prisoner for trial on the charge of stealing the two rings, the property of Mrs. Digman. The other charge would, he said, be dropped for the present. Bail would be allowed in prisoner's own recognisances of £1.0 and two Buretiee of J810 each.

I EXPLOSION ON A LINER. 'I I Five Men Seriously Injured. A serious explosion, the origin of which 's at present unknown, occurred last night on board the Union Castle liner, Harlech Castle, in the East India Docks. Material damage was confined to the starboard coal bunker, but Are men, Carr, Saunders, Jameson, Binke, and Volgar were severely injured. The men are progressing favourably.

CURE OF PARALYSIS, 1I Ths terrible complaint known ee acute ascending paralysis hae been discovered by Dr. F. BuszaTd to be due to an organism. Such was the announcement made by Sir William Gowers at the dinner of the NMional Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, held last evening at the Hotel Metropole, and when a disease was due to an organism there was, he ftdded, always hope for a care.-The Lord Mayor, who presided, said it was now agreed that epilepsy was curable, and he pleaded for the hospital dedicated to patients suffering from these troubles, the income being far below the expenditure. Last year 1,004 In- patients and 6,366 out-patients were treated, and there were besides 90 pensions for persons who were regarded as incurable.

BREWERS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS I We understand that the solicitors for Messrs. Hknoock and Co., brewers, Cardiff, have now formally made application to the Beoorder of Cardiff to state a oaee for the decision of the High Court in connection with their recent appeal in the action Major v. Hancocik and Oo., which dealt with the ques- tion of ba?rela as measures in the sumir of beer to ctutomffe.

FOURPENNY HOOLEY DIVIDEND, We understand, says the "Fina-new News," that a farther dividend of 4d. in the £ will be paid to the creditors of the estate of Mr. E. T. Hooiey on May 19 next. In October, 1899, & dividend of 2o. in the £ was paid, and In August, 1901, & further 2s. The pending divi- dend will, therefore, bring up the totaj distri- bntion to 4s. 4d. in the B.

NEW THIEF-CATCHER. When discovered burgling a house at Avignon, France, Peter Bousseau made a dash for the roof, and climbed the lightning- oondnotors. All efforts to capture him failed until the fire brigade was called out and he was washed off his perch with a fire-hose. I v

FALL DOWN A SHIP8 HOLD I John Davies, aced 68. & ship's keeper, was admitted to the Hamadryad Seamen's Hospi- ta, iMt nifht goffering from injuries sustained through falling down the hold of the vessel Dynomene. The man was lying for some time in the hold before he was discovered.

A SOLDIER'S ENTENOE COMMU rED An Exchange Pretoria telegram, dated to- day, says that the sentence of death passed on the soldier John Boach has been com- muted.

MR. WYNOHAM. I Mr. Wyndham, Chief Secretary for Ireland, it still progressing favourably.

PETERBOROUGH DREAMS. An old lady residing at 3, St. Leonard's- street, Peterborough, named Mrs. Susan Dudley, relates how, from her teens up to three yMura ago, she suffered intolerable agony from indigestion. Her sleep at nights was disturbed by dreams, And in the morning she with a splitting headache, and .i-.ft t: unfit for work, &11, mark you, caused by 1 k of power to digest her food. After suffering for a lifetime, she found a cure in Mother Seigel's Syrup. When she had taken two bottles, she says: "I could eat without fear of pain, sleep refreshed me, and I felt I was daily regaining strength. Six bottlee completely cured me, and I have not suffered ffom indigestion since." It is always ao, leiael's Syrup does thorough wotk, no patch- ing Lf2

"Cochfarf's" Comments. I The offence of carrying match es and pipes in fiery coal mines is persistently maintained by colliers, in spite of press warnings, magisterial adjudications, and a public opinion that is unanimous in con- demnation of the alarming practice. In civilised life self-denial is regarded as one of the premier virtues, and since the moral law has been recognised we have been taught we must have a care for our fellow-men, for we are our brothers' keepers, and a praiseworthy and noible duty it is. In the light of the calamities '} that are recorded in the history of South Wales collieries, there ought not to be any need for an appeal to workmen to exer- cise the greatest care in abstaining from carrying combustible materials into the collieries; but, after the proceedings which took place at Porth Police-court yesterday, it is clear there is a more than criminal indifference to the value of human life among a section of our colliers. I see the maximum fina was imposed upon offenders in the Cambrian Collieries, and such offenders will have no public sym- i pathy if the extreme precaution of impri- sonment without the option of a/ fine is systematically resorted to by the magis- trates. The dearth of employment in the majority of instances is due to the want of a means of bringing those who have no work to do to where there is work to be done. The Bishop of Llandaff has com- plained of the scarcity of applicants for' Holy Orders, whilst correspondents in the London press are stating that at the present time there are "hundreds of clergymen who, through no fault of their own, are unable to find employment, gladly as they would do so." I am one of those who think that the statement is inaccurate, or that clergymen are not keen seekers for employment in a city where it needs no great effort to prove | that much spiritual darkness exists. The matter should be easy of proof, however, and, if there are many disengaged clergy- men in the British Metropolis, the venerable occupant of the chair of St. Dyfrig should get into communication with them, and the law of supply and demand will be once more vindicated. Hail to the merry month of May, although, like all things sublunary, it is not strictly what its popillar title inti- mates. To the young and the army of spring poets it is the loveliest month of the year, but, like every earthly loveli- ness, it has its shortcomings. To the aged it is the most treacherous month of the twelve, one authority declaring that more people die on an average in this month from the effects of our British climatO than in any other, when the early dews of the summer are as tears for those who have been out down by the sickle of death, and the infrequent cuckoo song as a tolling for dear ones who were preparing to welcome the harvest time, but who will see it not. "A sad note on a May day," saith the reader, but, when I sad memories are awakened by it, how can the pen form words of happier portent? "Design in beauty, build in truth" is the motto which adorns the toast list of the Cardiff, South Wales, and Monmouth- shire Architects' Society, and, for once in a while, .the speeohes at last night's dinner took an uncommonly practical turn. There was a good deal of speaking truth in love regarding the architectural prospects of South Wales, and no harm will come of such a society becoming a little more aggressive in representing the ideas of its members. Architecturally, Cardiff is now in the making, and the new municipal buildings in the Cathays Park are admittedly a worthy ideal which may give direction to other buildings that are to follow. The speech of the presi- dent of the Architectural Association had a high educational value, and the recep- tion given to his remarks was such as proved that I am not alone in my estimate of his weighty pronouncements. Has the Militia outlived its usefulness P If it has not, then' there is reason to fear it has outlived its popularity in quarters where it was once regarded as a means for a pleasant interlude in a year's round of toil. Time was when the Welsh iron- workera trooped to the training centres with light hearts and well-filled pockets, for by that means they combined holidays t with patriotism, and for the rest of the year thousands of fireside gatherings were entertained with stories of how our auxiliary faoldiers fared in camp. The ancient puddler is as extinct as the dodo, and, unless some means are adopted by our military authorities to rehabilitate the Militia in the favour of our young, this branch of the service will also become as extinct as the ancient bird I have named. There are few men who are so charac- teristically representative of the genera- tion in which we live as Mr. W. Abraham (" Mabon"), M.P. With the extension of the franchise to counties and the last redistribution of seats in the House of Commons, the democratic I element in the country began to feel and exercise its power. It is for the political historian to say to what extent the new conditions have contributed to the national well-being, but representation; of the people by men of the people has come to stay, and of the latter Mabon is a type that must excite the pride of a country which has led the world in establishing popular institutions. The spirit of oaution is a greater heritage than I gold, and the member, for the Rhondda Division has been well endowed with it. Possessing a unique experience of stir- ring episodes of industrial turmoil, he has learned the value of conciliatory methods in negotiations, and, so far as his non- political public life is concerned, he has gained the respectful confidence of every class, in the community. To-day those who know him beet ¡ foregather in the Cardiff Town-hall in [ order to give a tangible form to the high respect in which he is universally held in South Wales, and a more fitting time for such a movement could not be selected. The province of South Wales heaved a i deep sigh of relief when the word 1 "Settled" was flashed all over the country whan the last agreement between the masters and meh in our coalfield was com- pleted, and, without waiting to make fine distinctions regarding the parts taken in bringing about that settlement by those who took part in the all-important nego- tiations that came to so satisfactory a I termination, no exception can be taken to I the impression so generally held that Mabón" exercised a wise and far-reach- ing influence in shaping the course of the above event, and to-aay it should' be proven that honour is given to whom honour is due. t