Evening Express

— GUARDIANS & GOVERNMENT Amongst boards of guardians the Local Government Board does not appear to be held in the highest possible esteem. At Newport this is their own fault. The Newport Guardians have been waiting for four months for a reply relative to the appointment of a resident medical officer, and this delay, while eminently worthy of a public department, is nothing short of scandalous. A curious contrast is fur- nished in the case of Cardiff. The guar- dians of the latter town decided, hardly two months ago, to dismiss their dispenser. The dispenser appealed to the Local Government Board. On the 9th of this month the board held an inquiry, and on. the 27th the guardians were informed that they must take back their dispenser. So the Cardiff Guardians were very soon re- duced to the consumption of humble pie, and the rapidity of the board where the application of an official is concerned strikes one as a curious contrast to their laxity where they are considering the appli- cation of a board. Without question- ing the decision of the board in the matter of the Cardiff dispenser, it may be said that the position of the guardians is not a very enviable one. At the same time, it is fortunate for officials that they possess the right of appeal to the Government department, otherwise they might be at the mercy of prejudiced and unscrupulous members. One aspect of the matter deserves the immediate attention of the board, and that is the accommodation at the dispensary. The Government inspector pictures a continual struggle amongst the children to get near the window. In such a scramble it is possible for serious mis- chief to be done; indeed, it is possible that some of the complaints spoken of at the recent inquiry owe their origin to this source. At any rate, it is a danger which must be put an end to immediately.

There must be a romance of fabulous wealth surrounding the wife of the Militia- man who applied to the Merthyr Board of Guardians for relief while her husband was in training. Threepence a day is to be stopped from the man's pay and sent straight to his wife This is really stag- gering benevolence. It is a great pity that the wives of men training in times of peace for the possibility of war should be thus treated and left to rely on the rates for support. The questions of soldiers' pay and marriage allowance are worthy of being extensively overhauled.

Saturday was hardly the ideal day for walking; it would have served better as the Waterloo of the boom, but when it dawned under as hot a sun as ever rose above the horizon there was little, if any, diminution of interest in the series of walks throughout South Wales. The Cardiff accountants made a very gallant walk over the rough road across Caer- philly Mountain, and, in spite of the sun, did it in better time than the Coal Ex- change walk to Porthcawl. The amateur photographers covered the distance to Porthcawl in splendid time, and aü the roads around were occupied with pedes- trians for the most part of Saturday. The fever has taken a very remarkable hold over the public, and when it has died down a little business may be done.

Mainly About People. Mr. T. M. Harrington. M.P.. who, as Lord Mayor of Dublin, will lead the Nationalist resistance to the Corporation presenting an address of we lcome to the King, is a tall nd burly County Cork man, and wielded a chair with great vigour at the recent fracas in the Rotunda. In the days of the Land and National Leagues "Tim" was a mighty organiser, and could away the branches of the leagues as with a conjurer's wand. That he has not lost his powers of persuasion was amply proved when he got the members o,f, the corporation, representing every "ism" in Iril politics, to elect him as Lord -Mayor for a thir4 term. The salary of £ 3,000 a year renders the post one of the snuggest in Ire- land, and is the' dream of every ambitious Nationalist. The City Hall, where the Dublin Corporar tion holds its meetings, ia known locally as the "recreation room," on account of the pleasurable excitement and noise which pre- vail when the city fathers assemble for busi- ness. On an. average the Lord Mayor threatens five times to clear the gallery at each meeting, and sometimes the occupants of that elevated quarter rise en masse to resist any attempted invasion by the muni- cipal ushers. "A working model of an Irish Parliament," was the verdict of an English tourist. Recently Mr. Harrington set himself to purge the corporation staff, and discovered, among other things, that one ex-employe, who was still in receipt of full pay, was blind, and came every Saturday to receive his wages, led by a dog! Lord Raglan seems to be making up for lost time in the Isle of Man, of which he is Gover- nor. He is staying at Highcliffe, Douglas, till Government House is properly furnished for him; and in honour of the King's birthday he has entertained at dinner the members of the Legislative Council and the principal Manx Government officials. Mr. William Cadge, the well-known Norwich surgeon and philanthropist, whose death has been recorded, came of a Norfolk yeoman family, and went to University College Hos- pital when Robert Liston was at the height of his career as an operating surgeon. He became Liston's private assistant, and during this period was present at the first operation performed while the patient was under the influence of either. Mr. Cadge waa celebrated in the profession as a lithotritist, and his patients werd drawn from all parts of the kingdom and from abroad. He devoted himself to the study of stone and kindred painful afflictions, and surgeons crowded his operating room to see him at work. He was among that body of notabilities who have been able to read their own obituaries in the "Times." This flattering notice he read with considerable satisfaction, but, as he said himself, his satis- faction changed to annoyance when wreaths began to arrive from his admirers. The scene on the 21st of December, 1846, was most dramatic. The operation was performed with great rapidity, and when the arteries had been tied and all signs of the procedure cleared away, those present waited with the utmost anxiety for the patient to show that be was not dead. Presently be awoke to con- sciousness, and the surgeons asked him if he were now ready to undergo the operation. He reproached them bitterly for trifling with his feelings, thinking ha bad been deoeived; but when they removed the covering. &nd showed Iga -*—y --8 !PI 1.. had been. he burst into tears, and, Mr. Cadge said, "I thought Liston would do the same." Mr. Francis Joseph Edward Spring, C.I.d, Chief Engineer of the Public Works De- partment of the Government of India, has received the important appointment of chairman of the newly created Madras Port Trust. Proceeding to India in 1870, he was employed on irrigation works in the Punjab until his transfer to the railway department in 1873. Having expressed his intention to retire from the service at the end of this year, the Government called him to Simla in order to write a book on River Train- ing," in connection with bridge building, I on which he is at present engaged. I The chairmanship of the old Madras Harbour Trust had always been held by a member of the Convenanted Service, who at the same time held some other office, sucix as Commissioner of Income-tax. In ap- pointing a member of the Public Works Department the Government have taken a departure which cannot fail to be of benefit to the mercantile community in Medras, where the harbour needs reform by the hands of an expert in engineering, and a sound business man like Mr. Spring, who is to devote the whole of his time to the duties of his new office. Mr. Anthony Hope is to be married at St. Bride's Church on Wednesday next. It is not often that a wedding takes place there, but the choice is made in tribute to the bride- groom's father, the Rev. E. C. Hawkins, who is the vicar, and is known as the Chaplain of Fleet-street. The event is excit- ing great interest in literary circles, and there will be a vast company to see the youthful bride with tize Titian hair. It is a singular fact, writes a Society Unit" in M.A.P. that there are at the same time not one but two sets of Vivian twins. Miss Violet and Miss Dorothy Vivian-the latter known as Doris-are daughters of the late Lord Vivian, and sisters to the present peer. They are both Maids of Honour to Queen Alexandra, an both in high favour with their Royal mistress. She has arranged that, in honour of their twindom, they shall always be in waiting at the same time, and specially desires that they should dress exactly alike. Miss Doris Vivian, by the way, I began her services at Court in a former reign; she was Maid of Honour to the late Queen Victoria. These young ladies are both charmingly pretty, but, oddly enough, do not resemble one another with the absolute exactness that is usually the case with twins Miss Violet Vivian is the taller of the two, and danced in the "Goddesses' Quadrille" at Mrs. Adair's recent fancy-dress ball. The other pair of Vivian twins" are the daughters of the late Lord Swansea, and half-sisters to the present peer. They are Miss Alberta and Miss Alexandra Vivian, namesakes and godchildren of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. They are bright girls, fond of dancing, boating, and bicycling, and manage to enjoy life in a. very satisfactory fashion. Yesterday was the diamond anniversary of the marriage of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to his cousin. Princess Augusta of Cambridge, which took place at Buckingham Palace in 1843, but the Grand Duke will be unable to take any part in the celebrations that will be held in the Principality, for he is in a very poor state of health, and cannot stand any excitement. Mecklenburg-Strelitz is one of the smaller States in the German Empire, having an area of but 1,144 square miles (about the size of Durham), and that in two detached portions separated by the sister State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, while the population is only just over 100,000. The Hereditary Grand Duke is the only surviving issue of the Grand Duke's marriage, but he has three children, the youngest of whom is a son, the Hereditary Prince, who comes of age on the 17th ihst. There is, by the way, an old- standing arrangement between the two, branches of the Mecklenburg House, Strelitz and Schwerin, that in case the male line of either should run out, the duchies should be united under the surviving branch. The Manchester Guardian" tells a curious story of Sir Robert Stanford, grand- father of the witness who was a conspicuous figure in the ragging" scandal. Sir Robert, after serving with the 89th and 27th Regiments, retired from the Army in 1839, and, settling at the Cape, became one of the most prosperous men in the colony. It was ten years later that the home authorities proposed to convert the Cape Colony into a penal settlement, and the colonists, band- ing themselves together, adopted a policy of starvation against the soldiers, sailors, and civil servants as long as the convict ship remained off the coast. Capt. Stanford refused to join in this cam- paign, and placed his resources at the dis- posal of the Government. The result was that after the withdrawal of the convict ship the treatment measured out to Capt. Stanford by the colonists ended in his ruin. He came to England and was knighted, re- ceiving also in 1851 a Treasury order for £ 5,003. The rest of his life he spent in almost vain efforts to recover some more adequate compensation, and achieved a small pension, which, however, he did not live for many years to enjoy. Two of his sons emigrated to South Africa, and of one of these Mr. H. F. Stanford is the son.

COLLIER'S SAD FLIGHT | Serious consequences have attended a neighbours' quarrel at Cross Keys on the 11th i nat. The facts were revealed at Newport County Police-court on Saturday, when James Endicott and Emily Endicott, his wife, were charged with assaulting Joseph Everett, a collier Mrs. Everett said that since the quarrel hei- husband had been very ill, and was unable to appear Dr. D. T. Richards stated that complainant was an epileptic, and as a result of some. thing that had recently happened he had become insane, and would have to be removed to an asylum. The Chairman: Suppose this man were to die? Dr. Richards: The man is now maniacal, but had mania before. No doubt, the assault I is a factor to this present position. A Magistrate: If there was an assault. Dr. Richards: But there are signs of an assault. The Clerk (Mr. Llewellin): Is there any chance of Everett coming here to tell his own story? Dr. Richards: I don't think he ever will. The Bench: Where are the marks? Dr. Richards: On his head and neck. There are bruises on his scalp and his throat. The Bench decided to adjourn the case for a month for further inquiry. Mrs. Endicott pleads guilty to the assault.

I BAROMETRiCAL INDICATIONS I The follow in? are the readings rinee five o'clock lut evenlas, as given by the barometer in the veetibule of the Evening Express," St. Mary-stieet, Caridff, which la Wt. above mean sea level:-

I NOT TOO MUCH WORK Healthy homes, pure air, a reasonable amount of work, and temperate living are indispensable to healthy life. When these con- ditions are denied, the vital organs of the body become weakened. and indigestion, con- stipation, anaemia, and decline are the in- evitable results. It is just because of its wonderful power to tone and strengthen the stomach, liver, and kidneys, and both pre- vent and cure the ravages of indigestion that the fame of Mother Seigel's Syrup has spread to all parts of the civilised world. Thirty drops taken immediately after meals is a guarantee of good digestion, the first essen- tial to eouzui neaUh. L4m

I RAILWAY SMASH. ) -0 Train Plunges into a River] OVER 200 PEOPLE KILLED AND INJURED, A terrible railway disaster occurred on Saturday near Castejon, to the mail train between Bilbao to Saragossa. The train was running beside the River Ebro when from some unknown cause the whole train was derailed and plunged into the rifer. The embankment is fifteen metres above the river level, and the two locomotives and eighteen coaches which formed the train were completely wrecked. The train was running at a speed of 50 kilometres an hour at the time of the accident. There were a large number of passengers on the train, and 50 were killed or drowned, while 140 injured were extricated from the wrecked coaches. MADRID, Sunday Evening. Later news shows that the first accounts minimised the terrible consequences of the disaster. It is now estimated that the number of killed is over 100. Already 60 bodies have been recovered fron. the wreckage. The wrecked train was very full, the passengers including wealthy Bilbao mine-owners, work- men, and a number of gendarmes, who were on their way to Barcelona to keep order in the strike disturbances. The accident occurred at a bridge across the Ebro, not on the embankment. The first engine passed across the bridge safely, but the second engine ran off the line, dragging the first engine and the rest of the train with it. Ju3t below the last pillar supporting the railway bridge, coaches, engines, and dead and wounded passengers lay in one shapeless mL The stream was very low, and the water was soon reddened with the blood of the dead and injured. Heartrending cries were raised by the injured, who were shut in the shat- tered carriages. The passengers who escaped with the slightest injuries at once set to work to extricate the injured. No medical help or other assistance could be found nearer than Cenicero, two kilometres away. The uninjured rigged up stretchers, and carried the bad cases, while others not so much hurt were helped to walk to Cenicero. Later on, two emergency trains were sent from Bilbao, with a hundred military engi- neers, ambulance men, and breakdown gangs. The stoker of the second engine was scalded to death when his engine fell over the bridge. One railwayman has been arrested for robbing the bodies of the dead. The number of the injured is not expected to exceed 140. 90 Killed and Over 100 Injured. Madrid, Monday.—According to last des- patches from Zaragoza 90 persons wer killed in the railway accident at San Asensio, while over a hundred were injured. All the injured have not yet been extracted from the wreck- age of the train.-RAeuter.

LECTURESHIP IN music, I New Appointment at Cardiff College. Four applications for the lectureship in music at the Cardiff University College, vacatd by the death of Dr. Joseph Parry, have been received by the council. They are from: David Evans (29), Mus. Bac. (Oxon), London. Arthur Ifuy (38), Mus. Bac. (Dur.i, Swansea.. James Lyon (31), Mus. Bac. (Qxon), Wallasey, Cheshire. Walter Williams (32), Mus. Bac. (Oxon), Queen's College, Galway. The appointment will be made at the meeting of the college council on Wednesday, when the report of the senate on the applications and testimonials will be received.

————————————— I CHILDREN AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUG "ION. Important Ruling by the Education Board. The Rev. Thomas Law, general secretary of I the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches, in a letter to the Education Board recently raised the question whether under the conscience clause a child could be withdrawn entirely from school during reli- gious instruction to which the parent has con- scientious objections, instead of being merely moved into another part of the building. In reply, Mr. Morant wrote that, under the new model bye-law, which the local authority may adopt, a child in such case may be withdrawn from the school altogether if the parent notifies his intention in writing to the managers.

ABERGAVENNY a RACES TO BE I REVIVED To those who remember the Abergavenny Race Meeting some 30 years or so ago, the semi-official announcement that the gather- ing is to be revived and that a date will be fixed for the autumn will come as a welcome surprise. It is to be under a new regime, however, whilst it is also practically decided that the old course shall be abandoned, the proposed new course being on the other aide of the river. In its day Abergavenny was a famous meeting, and some of the best sport in Wales has been witnessed there. It would, probably, be 30 years or so ago, when the National Hunt was a movable fixture, that its meeting was held at the Monmouthshire town. The Lamb, a Grand National winner, and one of the best steeplechasers we have, probably, ever seen, ran at the meeting, whilst Goldfinder, Melton, Saxon, and other good horses have been seen on these pastures. Goldfinder, by the way, waa bred outside Tenby, and holds the distinction of having won the biggest added money race that was ever ran for. That was at Sandown, and only lasted one year. J. Holmes, Thomas, and Jack Goodwin—the latter of whom is well known in South Wales showrings-rode there for years, whilst the meeting invariably attracted the best sportsmen ih the country- side. The new meeting proposed to be held in the autumn will, let us hope, revive the gathering in all its pristine glory. There are too many meetings dropping out nowadays that we can afford to lose such an old one as Abergavenny.

CHILD NEGLECT AT RISCA I A case of child neglect came to the notice of the Newport county magistrates on Satur- dfty, the delinquent being Daniel Davies, a conemaker employed at Rigra. Foundry, who was charged with neglecting his two children (Rose, aged seven years, and Sarah, aged five years) in such a, manner as to cause them un- necessary suffering and injury to health. Mr. Lyndon Cooper prosecuted. Amelia Pugsley, a married woman, who has known the children for about eighteen months, said that on the 18th inst. she hap- pened to meet the child Rose during school hours, and upon learning that she had been sent home witness examined the girl, and found that her head was simply covered with vermin and sores, and it took her about three hours to clean her.-Police-aergeant Smith and Inspector Sparks also spoke to the condition of the children and the cottage in which defendant resided, which was described as simply shocking.—Dr. D. T. Richards, Risca, atated that the children had suffered from long and continued neglect, and were below the average both in size and weight. The children looked unhealthy, while their arme and heads were covered with scabs and para- sites. Some of the sores were of long stand- ing, and due to neglect—Joshua Davies, a brother of the defendant, said it was unfortu- nate that defendant had met with a wife who had turned out to be useless.—The Bench fined defendant RS and costs.

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NATIONAL LABOUR. Conference of Delegates at Merthyr. SCHEME FOR REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT, A conference was held at the Temperance- hall, Merthyr, on Saturday afternoon under the auspices of the National Labour Repre- sentation Committee, the deputation from that organisation being Mr. John Hodge, its chairman, and Mr. Robert Smillie, a member of the executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. Over 200 delegates were present, representing all the Trades Unions of the district, as well as all the co-operative societies, Independant Labour party branches, and the Labour councils of Merthyr, Aberdarc, Mountain Ash, Swansea, Cardiff, &c. Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., who occupied the chair, said the objects of the conference were to expound the principle of Independent Labour representation, and to form a united Labour representation com- mittee for the Merthyr Boroughs, so that their machinery would be in good working order in readiness for an election. Mr. Hugh Jones (Dowlais) proposed, and Mr. Augustus Davies (Aberdare) seconded, the following resolution:—"That this conference of delegates from Labour organisations in the Merthyr Boroughs declares its adhesion to the principle of Labour representation In Parliament and on local governing bodies, welcomes the formation of the Labour repre- sentation committee, and pledges itself to do all in its power to advance the interests of that committee, especially amongst Trades Unionists." Mr. John Hodge, who spoke in support, criticised the action of Mr. R. Bell as a Labour representative. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. John Powell, Mountain Ash, moved, and Mr. S. Francis, Merthyr, seconded, and it was resolved: "That this conference is of opinion that, in order to secure the best possible result from a body of Labour representatives in Parliament, the Labour movement gene- rally should unite in promoting Labour candi- dates in favourable constituencies, of which the Merthyr Boroughs is one, and that these candidates should be run on the distinct understanding that they shall, if returned, loyally co-operate with a Labour party in Parliament in advancing the interests of Labour, and that on all Labour matters they should act together independently of other parties." A further resolution was carried urging all Unions to become affiliated to the Labour Representation Committee. A draft scheme for a permanent Labour representation committee for the Merthyr Boroughs was also submitted, and directed to be printed and sent to all branches and lodges for consideration.

CAPE ABDUCTION CASE. Charge Against Captain Gardiner Withdrawn. At Bow-street on Saturday Captain C. A. P. Gardiner was taken, somewhat unexpectedly, before Mr. Fenwick, he having been remanded by Mr. Ma rsham to appear before him on July 1.—Detective-sergeant Ferrett, who had specially brought Captain Gardiner from Brixton Prison, handed Mr. Fenwick an official-looking document.—Mr. Fenwick said it was an intimation from the Agent-General that the local authorities at Cape Town wished the proceedings against Captain Gardiner to be withdrawn. He would, there- fore, be di;scharged.-Captain Gardiner, there- fore, left the dock, looking highly delighted. As he had been unable to obtain two sureties in £ 1,000 each, he had been in custody 13ine June 5. The girl in the case sailed from Southampton for Cape Town on Saturday afternoon. v Above are fac-similes of the signatures of Captain Gardiner and the girl who figured with him in the Cape abduction case. The signatures were written on a photograph of the Runic (the vessel upon which the parties sailed) and are preserved by a Cardiff gentle- man for whom they were written. The mar- gin all round the photograph is filled with autographs of passengers who were on board the Runic*and among them are the two repro- duced.

WOOLWICH EXPLOSION. I An Alarming Statement at the I Inquest. At the resumed inquest at Woolwich on Saturday on the victims of the recent arsenal explosion it was stated that 1,5001b. of lyddite was stored in adjacent sheds, and had this been ignited Woolwich may not now have I existed. If the sheds had been mounded, as J at Kynoch's buildings, the lives lost might I have been saved. The inquest was adjourned ] until to-morrow (Tuesday). 1

COWARDLY ACT DENOUNCED. Cambrian Collieries Workmen and the Manager. I With reference to the paragraph which appeared in a previous issue, which stated that Mr. L. W. Llewelyn, agent of the Cam- brian Collieries (Limited), had received an anonymous letter, in which the writer threatened that gentleman with some "lead pills," the workmen of the collieries held a meeting whereat the matter was considered. After some discussion, in which the action of the writer or writers was condemned in a I most emphatic manner, the following resolu- tion was carried.—" That this mass meeting of workmen employed at the Cambrian Col- lieries, Clydach Vale, condemns in the strongest possible terms the action of the writer or writers of the anonymous letters which threaten the lives of Mr. Uewelyn, the agent of the collieries, and another, and consider it nothing but a cowardly act on the part of the person or persons who wrote the letters, and trust he will be found out. We also believe it was done by some enemy or enemies of the Federation." The following resolution was also passed —" That we con- sider it of great importance to postpone the resolution passed at a general meeting, held on June 18 on Sunny Bank, and resolve to leave the month's notice in suspense, to be considered at some future date."

MIDLAND GOODS STATION ON FIRE A serious firi broke out shortly before half-past five o'clock on Sunday evening at the Midland Railway Goods Station, St. Pancras, London. The fire broke out in a large building used for the storage of general goods, and made very rapid progress. Before seven o'clock the whole of the great building and contents was involved. Soon after half- Past eight the fire was under control. The building attacked was a six-storeyed ware- house, a hundred yards deep and thirty yards wide. The three top floors were burned out, and the roof was destroyed. The salvage corps, however, succeeded in saving several tons of materiaJs.

CARDINAL VAUGHAN'S SUCCESSOR Canon Fenton, vicar-capitular of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, on Saturday issued a, circular to the diocesan clergy intimating that the cathedral chapter would meet to-morrow (Tuesday) to select three names from whom the successor to Cardinal Vaughan will be chosen.

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r SCIENCE STUDY. I A New College in London. IMPORTANT PROPOSAL BY LORD ROSEBERY. Lord Rosebery has addressed thef following letter to Lord Monkswell, the chairman of the London County Council:- "38, Berkeley-square, W., "June 27. 1903. Dear Lord Monkswell,—I am privileged to make an important proposal to the London County Council, as the authority for technical education. The excellent provision now made for technological and scientific instruction in the Polytechnics and other institutions, so admir- ably fostered and directed by the council, renders more pressing than ever the crowning of the work of technical education by ade- quate opportunities for the most advanced teaching and for research. In the striking report presented to the council by the techni- cal education board last July on the applica- tion of science to industry it is clearly shown that several of our industries have suffered, and are still suffering, from our failure to organise not so much technical education of the onfinary type as the more advanced in- struction in scientific technology and facilities for original .research. The report points out that in other countries special attention has long been paid to the hightest technical train- ing of those who will become, if not captains of industry, the skilled lieutenants and confi- dential assistants in every branch of com- merce or manufacture. Perhaps the most perfect instance of such provision is the great college of applied science at Charlottenburg, alongside of the Univer- sity of Berlin, erected at an outlay exceeding half a million and costing E55,000 a year. From its portals there issue every year some twelve hundred young men of 22 or 23 years of age, equipped with the most perfect training that science can give as experts in electrical engi- neering, chemical, technology, metallurgy, shipbuilding, &c. Of these the ablest are eagerly sought after by the great industrial combinations of the German Empire, which owe their remarkable success in no sma.I1 degree to the quite exceptional wealth of scientific knowledge and training which is thus placed at their disposal. It is clear that in spite of all that has been done in various directions London is still inade- quately provided with educational opportu- nities of this advanced kind. For lack of such opportunities our London young men often find the highest places filled by the better educated Germans, and scientific research, even when carried out here, now often benefits our trade rivals. It is little short of a scandal that our own able and ambitious young men, eager to equip themselves with the most perfect technical training, should be compelled to resort to the United States or the univef-sities of Germany. It is not right that picked students from Canada or Australia, South Africa or India, should be unable to find within the Empire the educational opportunities that they need. The time has come for making London, at any rate so far as advanced work in scientific technology is concerned, the educational centre of the Empire. I gather from the council's resolution last July, by which it instructed the technical education board to bring up further pro- posals on the subject, that your colleagues are impressed with the need for action in this matter. The initial difficulty which has so far stood in the way is, doubtless, the heavy capital outlay needed for the spacious site and buildings and the costly equiiftnent which a London Charlottenburg' would involve. I have good reason to hope that this difficulty may now be overcome. An offer has been made by Messrs. Wernher, Beit, and Co. to place a large sum of money in the hands of trustees to be applied as a contribution towards the cost of building and equipment, and further offers of the same kind have been made by other public-spirited London citi- zens. The next question is that of a. site. This I have reason to think that the Royal Com- missioners of the 1851 Exhibition may be graciously willing, in view of the national importance of the proposed object, to place at the disposal of the trustees on condition that funds sufficient for building and equip- ment have been subscribed, and that an adequate provision is made for main- tenance. The form which the grant from the Royal Commissioners may not improbably assume is about four acres of land adjacent to the present university buildings at South Kensington, in close proximity to the Royal College of Science and the Central College of the City and Guilds of London Institute. On this site it is proposed to erect and equip the new institution. The cost of doing so is estimated at about £ 300,000. The institu- tion when complete, together with the site, would represent a value of half a. million pounds. In estimating at 93DO,000 the cost of construction I do not suggest that that sum will provide a completed home for our insti- tution when it has reached its full develop- ment, but I use the figure for the purpose of this letter, because I believe that it fairly represents the cost of a building adequate for our immediate needs, and capable of extend- ing pari passu with the growth and require- ments of the institution. There remains the question of the neces- sary provision for the maintenance of the educational work-of the proposed institution, which cannot be put down at less than L20,000, an annual grant which need not, however, begin for a year or so. For this sum, necessary as it is to secure for London the valuable donations which I am privileged to announce, I venture to approach the Lon- don County Council. As with the cost of con- struction, so with that of maintenance, I do not dbtfot that the sum named will need to be largely increased when the scheme has established itself in public estimation and has received such further pecuniary support as will enable it to extend its teachings to other branches of scientific study. But £20,000 per annum will, I am assured, provide for the entire maintenance of the institution from the first, and will secure it against all risk of failure from want of income in the objects we have so much at heart. The details of the organisation of the pro- posed institute have not yet been settled, and they will be considered in consultation with the senate of the university and other bodies concerned. It is proposed that the institution, whilst working in close co-opera- tion with the Central Technical College, the Royal College of Science and other branches of the university should be organised as a distinct 'school' of the uni- versity under the management of its own committee, a committee on which I hope the London County Council will consent to appoint representatives. It would, of course, direct its attention from the first not to duplicating or overlapping any provision now existing in London, but to supplementing that provision in taking up subjects as yet undealt with or only inadequately dealt with. Such subjects would, probably, include chemical technology, electro chemistry, mining and metallurgy, electric traction, optical technology, bacteriology, railway and marine engineering, hydraulics, and naval architecture. It is intended to admit only advanced students able to profit by the in- struction and facilities for original research which will be provided, but the institution will be made accessible by low fees and scholarships, by means of which, I hope, many of the ablest of those whom the London County Council is now training in the Poly- technics and elsewhere may be enabled to raise themselves to the highest positions in the world of scientific industry. "To enable the arrangements to be oom- pleted it is necessary that I should be in a position to assure, those concerned of my confidence that the London County Council, acting as the technical education authority for London, will not refuse to the institution its annual support to the extent indicated. The council cannot, of course, bind its suc- cessors, but I feel sure that any general reso- lution to this effect would be accepted as sufficient by those whose munificent proposals I am authorised to communicate to you. At the request of the first donors, I have agreed to act as chairman of a body of trustees to carry out the scheme to completion. Among these trustees will be the Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Arthur Balfour, Sir Francis Mowatt, Mr. R. B. Haldane, Mr. Julius Wernher, and the Vice-chancellor and the Principal of the Uni- versity of London, together with, if they will consent to act, representatives of the London County Council, as the technical education authority for London. Should this scheme be successfully carried through, I am not with- out hope that it may be possible to follow it up by taking further steps towards develop- ing the university in such a fashion as to make it worthy to be the university of the Metropolis of the Empire.—Yours sincerely, I •ROSEKERT."

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10 RateAid for Non-provided Schools. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CARMARTHEN COUNCIL. In pursuance of the plan of campaign organised in Carmarthenshire against the action of the county education committee in refusing to withhold rate-aid to the non-pro- vided schools, another meeting of protest was held at the Guild-hall, Carmarthen, on Satur- day afternoon, when the Rev. A. Fuller Mills (Baptist) presided over a crowded audience. Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., Mr. Brynmor Jones, M.P., and the Rev. H. Elvet Lewis were princi- pal speakers. I The chairman opened the proceedings by evoking ambiguous laughter with the state- ment that he was glad to belong to that new order of Christians—the cowardly, the un- Christian, and the. immoral. Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P.. said that nothing had occasioned greater surprise and distress amongst all true Liberals and Nonconformists in England and Wales than the action of the Carmarthenshire Education Committee. To him it was a source of great perplexity, and he could neither fathom nor explain it. In October last the Carmarthenshire County Council, consisting of the same men, passed a resolution that under no conditions would they administer the Education Act at all. Pro- fessor Jones and Mr. Henry Jones Davies—and the whole lot of them-voted for it. They were not satisfied to wait until the fight came, but took off their coats six months in advance, and, like Mr. Snodgrass in one of Charles Dickens's novels, they gave notice to all and sundry—to Lord Rosebery and the highest and lowest in the land, down to the humblest commoner—that six months hence the county council of Car- marthen were going to strike. What had become of that? Their courage had oozed out from their finger tips, and the moment they smelt powder they ran away—all except their own Mabon." (Great laughter and applause.) What had happened since to make them change? The condition in the resolution was, Unless the Bill provides satisfactory control over all rate-aided schools." Did they consider that the Bill, as passed, provided satisfactory control over those schools? (Cries of No.") Very well, then, why did they not stick to the resolu- tion? Applause.) If Churchmen wanted their schools to be treated fairly, let them hand their schools over to the county council. ("Hear, hear," and applause.) The Bishop of St. David's had asked the question, Don't Churchmen pay rates? If so, why should not Churchmen get their share of the rates?" They did. Nonconformists paid rates, but they did not ask for rates for their own schools; they were willing that the schools should be controlled by the rate- payers. If Churchmen were in a majority Churchmen would control; but if Church- men were in the minority they must allow the majority to rule. But they wanted it both ways. (Laughter.) The gentlemen who were going to levy rates must go through with it. They did not pass resolutions and then withdraw from them. Once a rate was levied they had got to raise it, if there was no part of the county to resist it. Had those gentlemen who ran away from their resolution six months ago the courage to imprison their fellow Nonconform- ists of Carmarthenshire? (Cries of "No.") Mr. Davies, Rhydyrhaids, then proposed a resolution protesting against the action of the Carmarthenshire Education Committee, and calling upon the county council to reject the committee's recommendations. The resolution was seconded by the Rev. E. Davies, Carmarthen, supported by Mr. Brynmor Jones, and the Rev. Elvet Lewis, and carried. Demonstration at Llandilo. At a later hour a largely-attended meeting, with a similar object, was held at the Drill- hall, Llandilo, under the chairmanship of the Rev. Phillip Jones (Methodist). Mr. Lloyd-George said he had no doubt that the Bishop of St. David's was a very religious man. He did not challenge his reJigion at all, because he was brought up as a Non- conformist—(applause and la-ughter)-and, therefore, he had had a good training. (Hear, hear.) The bishop, who owed the best in his nature to Nonconformity, was now engaged in persuading others to adopt the same career that he had himself taken. But they could not all be bishops. There were only four bishoprics in the whole of Wales, and only four palaces, and one of those was burnt down -(Iauzhter)-and, therefore, since they could not all aspire to bishoprics, they must tread the old prickly path. and they would do it to the end, even though there was no bishopric at the end of it. (Applause.) The Rev. Towyn Jones in a speech in the vernacular attacked Professor Jones and his supporters as traitors to the common cause of Nonconformity. If Professor Jones did n:i come back to the fold he was doomed, and so was the Carmarthen Presbyterian College with him. Other speakers followed, and a resolution similar in purport to that submitted to the Carmarthen meeting was carried unani- mously. Meeting at Ammanford. PROFESSOR JONES AND HIS COLLEGE TO GO TO THE WINDS. Another meeting was held in the open-air at the cricket field, Ammanford, on Saturday evening. "Watcyn Wyn" presided, and the chief speakers were Mr. Lloyd-George, M.P., and Mr. Abel Thomas, K.C.. M.P. The Rev. J. Towyn Jones (Glanamnmn.) moved the usual resolution. He said Professor Jones was trying to be kind to the children, and whenever anybody was pretending to love the children they could be sure Judas wae not very far off. (Laughter and cheers.) The place for Professor Jones was the Church of England if he would not seek repentance, and if he did not do this he and his college would go to the winds. (Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. Brynmor Jones Answers a Recent Challenge. Speaking at Burry Port on Saturday night, Mr. Brynmor Jones said the Act violated the principles of religion, freedom, and equality. Those were principles for which his late father had fought before him. His brother, the late Viriamu Jones, who took no part in politics, also fought for those principles, and had converted the late Dean of Llandaff to them. Dealing with passive resistance, he said that he did not think much of that form of protest. As the bishop had chal- lenged him,; however, he would say this: Anyone who refused to pay rates was behaving illegally. If any two or more persons joined together and said they would not pay this education rate they were liable to be indicted for conspiracy at common law. Now. that sounded very bad. (Laughter.) But there was such a thing as trial by jury, and be did not think that the Attorney-General would find a Welsh jury who would convict them. If any man said that his conscience prevented him from paying this rate, as a lawyer he condemned him, but as a moralist he condoned him. (Hear, hear.) Professor Jones had done immense service to Welsh education, and he was a man to whom he looked up with admiration and veneration. But Professor Jones said that the course they had resolved upon was immoral, un- christian, and cowardly." Was it un-Christian to say that rates should not be handed over to bodies that were not responsible? -0

RADICAL SUPPORT FOR PROF. JONES. Pronouncement by Mr. J. Lloyd II Morgan, M.P. The attitude of Mr. J. Lloyd Morgan, M.P. for West Carmarthenshire, upon the policy of no rate-aid for non-provided schools" pursued by certain of his fellow Welsh mem- bers is no longer capable of being misunder- stood. Seen at Carmarthen on Saturday, just bef Jre the meeting to be addressed by Mr. Lloyd-George and Mr. Brynmor Jones against the action of the county education committee, Mr. Lloyd Morgan said:- I do not propose to attend the meeting to censure the education committee, because I have not, in the first place, been invited to attend; and if I had been I should have declined the invitation because I agree with the decision of the education committee, and had I been a member of it I should have voted with the majority. I expressed my opinion on the question in this sense, both in public and in private, before the education commit- tee passed the resolution complained of. and nothing that has taken place since has caused me to alter my opinion. I think an unneces- sary amount of personalities has been intro- duced into the controversy. I am sure that those who know Professor Jones as well as I do will be convinced that the savage attack made upon him is not justified, and I believe tha.t when the heat of controversy is over Professor Jones will stand as high as ever in the public estimation." ii

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WIDOWER'S DESPAIR. j Suicide on his Sweet- heast's Doorstep. A PATHETIC LETTER TO 11 THE PUBLIC. An inquest was held in London on Satur- day, on Thomas Carr, aged 34, a widower, who committed suicide by shooting himself at the door of the house where lodged a young woman to whom he was engaged to be mar- ried. Robert Carr, brother of the deceased, said that on Wednesday night he called at a public-house with the deceased. Deceased spoke of having a lot of trouble on his mind, and said this would be the last drink he would take. His brother had been worried over the lose of his wife, who died ten moji ?'t' h? ago. As they were walking along deceased suddenly hung back, and immediately afterwards wit- ness heard a shot and felt a bullet whizz past his face. Turning round he saw his brother with the muzzle of a revolver in his mouth, and immediately he fired again and fell to the ground. He did not move afterwards. Two letters were found on the deceased, one addressed to his fiancee and the other to "the public," as follows:—"May Almighty God for- give me for this act. I am driven to it by des- pair. There was no better couple than I and my dear beloved wife; no better woman to man, and no better man to woman; and yet it is decreed that, happy as we were, we should be parted at a time when I wanted her most, leaving me with four young children to look after. The struggle began, and I was fool enough to think I had sympathy. I did at first, but I very soon found out my mistake, for as time went on the sympathy abated, and instead I got maligned and talked about by those I thought were my friends; and so, whilst I was bearing my terrible loss, my old friends left me, till I had none left to give me a word of cheer. Then came the trouble with housekeepers, the letting of my empty rooms, my being let in the hole for rent, and lots of paltry little things such as knives, forks, cups, and saucers, and what-not; and then when I was going through the terrible ordeal, what wonder was it that I thought of another wife ,and another mother for my poor children. When I was at last seen walking out with another woman I was the worst man in crea- tion and so the world goes on. A man is left with a young family to bring up as best he can-for, assuredly, he gets no help from any- one. If he thinks he would benefit with another wife, and his children with another mother, it is not right. So what can a man do. It is impossible for me to live longer." The jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane.

MISHAPS AT SEA. I Pleasure Steamer Runs Twice Ashore. Early on Sunday 140 passengers from Strom- ne86, Orkney, by the steamer Earnholm, were lauded at Buckie and Lossiemouth after thrilling experiences, the voyage having laated 52 hours, instead of the customary seven or eight. Leaving Stromness at mid- night on Thursday, the Earnholm ran ashore twice during a dense fog, and her rudder was rendered useless. Tugs were wired for from the nearest mainland post-office, and even- tually the Earnholm was taken in tow, and passengers landed at the places named. The shock of the second running ashore much alarmed the passengers. Provisions gave out, and 'ive stock on board had to be requisi- tioned. CARDIFF-LADEN STEAMER BADLY I DAMAGED. A Falmouth telegram states that the Whitbv steamer City, of Gloucester, bound from Cardiff to Rio de Janeiro, with coals, and the barque Eudora, for Plymouth, were in collision on Sunday off the Bishops Rocks. The steamer seemed likely to founder, and boats were got ready for launching, but the watertight compartments held, 'and the vessel succeeded in reaching Falmouth on Sunday in a sinking condition. The Eudora, which was also badly damaged, was towed to Plymouth. COLLISION BETWEEN WAR VESSELS. I At Devonport on Sunday the special service vessel Traveller collided with the cruiser Euryalus, lying at anchor off the dockyard. The Traveller was carried across the bows of the cruiser, having been caught by the swift tide. Collision mats were at once got out. The Traveller is reported seriously damaged. 97 LIVES LOST. I ft is officially announced that the actual loss I of life in the disastrous collision off Marseilloo, by which the steamer Liban was lost, amounted to 97, viz., fifty children, 31 womeni I and 16 men.—Central News.

PASSIVE RESISTERS. I Important Point Raised at Bath I Police-Court. I At Bath on Saturday three passive resisters," the first to be summoned in Somerset, appea-red before the magis- trates, and were permitted to fully explain their conscientious objections. They raised an important issue as to the legality of the rate itself. The County Council of Somerset do not become the educational authority till July, but they have already issued precepts for the county rate, which includes money required for educational pur- poses. It was aubmitted that they had no power to do so, their powers of levying rates being limited to purposes for which the county stock or rate might be liable, and until the Educa- tion Act was in force in the county education was not such a purpose. Mr. Pole (Recorder of Newcastle-under-Lyme), who was on the bench, said it was a good, arguable point, and the cases were adjourned for evidence that the rate included money required-under the Act.

DOWLAIS COLLIER"S DEATH. Coroner's C'om ments on a Peculiar Case. I Mr. R. J. Rhys (district coroner) held an inquiry at the Dowlais Police-station on Saturday concerning the death of John Evans, aged 30 years, living with <his parents at No. 11, Back of Rees's-row, Dowlais Top, who succumbed shortly after midnight on Wednes- day to the effects of a cut on the thumb of the right hand. Deceased was employed as a sinker at the South Tunnel Pit, Cwmbargoed, and on Saturday, June 6, returned home with a slight wound, as described. There was no conclusive evidence as to whether he had received it at work or not.—The father of the deceased declared that his son told him when he came home that he had cut his hand with a stone in the pit, ;although previously witness had stated that he did not know how the injury had been received.—Dr. Watt (assistant to Dr. Pearson R. Cresswell) said that the wound was practically healed under the scab when he saw it ten days after. The case was a peculiar one after having treatment, and death was due to erysipelas, caused by the wound.— The Coroner commented on the fact that the evidence was anything but clear and satisfac- tory respecting the manner in which the deceased sustained the injury.—After a brief consultation the jury returned a verdict thai "Death was due to an accidental cut receive whilst at work." MERTHYR ASSESSMENTS I The Merthyr Union Assessment Committee on Saturday decided to engage Messrs. Hedley, Mason, and Hedley, of Bitmingham, to re- value the Merthyr Gasworks, and also decided to ask them their terms for valuing the new steam coal washery put up by the Powell Duffi yn Company at Cwmbach at a cost which the Aberdare overseers said was reputed to be 950,000. It was announced that Mr. T. J. Masters did not intend to proceed with his appeal to quarter sessions against the rating of his premises at 124, Higb-streert., Merthyr, the appeal having been entered upon a misappre- hension of what had since turned out to be the actual facts aa to what the assessment really covered.

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"Codifarf's" Comments. I presume that Guardian Crabbe, of the Newport Board of Guardians, voiced the feelings of many of his fellow- members when lie expressed disgust at the action of members of committees who find it easier to upset recommendations when reported to the full body of mem- bers than to attend meetings of com- mittees of which they are members. There should be sufficient esprit de corps among members of any public body to make such a mean habit impossible. A very effective way to check the habit is to pillory the chief offenders occasionally. Persons who exhibit such a want of good taste are usually not very sensitive- minded, and certainly they cannot be regarded as models of attention to their public duties. In the report of the New- port Board of Guardians meeting of last Saturday it is stated that a certain com- mittee consists of 51 members. If all the members attended the meetings regularly it would be better described as a public meeting, and if Mr. Crabbe moved the reduction of the number to fifteen instead of 30, it would still be an unwieldy com- mittee unless one-half of the members agreed to stay away. Surely, there should be a truce to walking matches until the coming autumn, unless the time for starting them is altered to midnight. I see also that the standard of excellence is entirely confined to time and distance. No account is taken of the physical advantage of a long walk. I would advocate a medical exami- nation of the fitness of competitors to undertake these matches, and, unques- tionably, an examinion at the end of the walking match, which would show whether competitors had over-taxed their strength or not. If the present boom is to be turned to good account there should be at least half- a-dozen alks arranged, and a report pre- pared which would be a guide as to the distance and speed which each walker can get through with advantage to his well- being. Better that some competitors who are known to me had never entered these competitions, since they have been tempted to exceed their usual five miles an hour with consequences that only their medical attendants can correctly describe. The excursion season is now in full swing, and it is a daily incident to see tired tourists making longing glances in the direction of public clocks so as to know when the return journey can be under- taken. Some of these strangers have been very thankful when their attention has been called to the South Wales Art Epbition in Queen-street, Cardiff, and the committee of that exhibition would, surely, increase their funds if a fewcon- spicuous notices of their collection of pictures were placed in the neighbour- hood of our railway stations. I have no information as to how the new gallery is patronised, but a good crop of benefit should be looked for during the Wild West Show week if friendly guidance is given to the enormous crowds which will visit the town a week hence. The warm weather of last week will, I have no doubt, enable a respectable start of the bathing season to be made. I presume it is generally understood that by the words bathing season is meant sea-bathing. It is disappointing to find, though, that the home bathroom is an unused institution excepting during the dog days, when a dip into the water is taken for the same reason as we give for taking ices—it cools us-and the cosmetic value of water is entirely ignored-. Medical authorities do not express any preference for a cold or tepid bath. There is a disposition to regard a cold bath as being more tonic than a tepid one, but it is an exploded idea, I think, that a man or woman need be frozen before they can claim any benefit from a daily dip. The excuses put forth against a daily bath are many and curious, and; if the doctors have really given the advice they are credited with by anti-tubmen, then my faith in that excellent profession is greatly shaken. The morning tub, whether it be the roughly-sawn end of an old barrel or a luxurious marble bath, such as we see in the shop windows of fashionable sanitary engineers, with silver fittings and indiarubber spray tubes, seems to cleanse body and spirit, enabling those who practise it to step forth to a daily round of duties the very embodiment of freshness and fitness for work. Nor is it necessary to affect expensive soaps or other "aids" to the invigorating plunge. When we add this, that, and the other to such excellent water as we can boast of in every part of South Wales, it shows that the bathers have the same morbid proclivities as those who patronise other quack medicines, and then bathing, like many other useful prac- tices, becomes a curse when it should be an untold aid to good health. The Battle of the Ornaments," as the dispute in which the British Government prosecuted the British Museum in order to recover some ancient Irish gold orna- ments is described in some antiquarian journals, produced some very interesting evidence that was not reported in the daily papers. The amusing aspect of the case was the hopeless manner in which judges, advocates, and scientific "experts" floundered when attempting to deal with the difference between pagan and Chris- tian civilisation. It was necessary for one of the parties to the action to prove that the ornaments belonged to a pagan period, and that in such a period sea-gods formed part of the pagan creed. So much being proven, it was an easy matter to show that votive offerings were made to such gods, and, of course, the gold ornaments were votive offerings. One witness fixed the time when the orna-. ments in dispute were made as 2,000 or 3,000 years before the Christian Era, and, therefore, established the pagan origin of the treasure trove entirely to his own satisfaction. But Mr. George Coffey, keeper of anti- quities in the Royal Irish Academy at Dublin, would have nothing to do with sea-gods. I can well imagine the pic- turesque figure of Mr. Coffey in the wit- ness-box when any suggestion was made that anything associated with the Emerald Isle had any pagan origin—so wedded is he to the opinion that such a condition of things was viver applicable to the people of Ireland. There can be no doubt, however, about the belief of the Celtic inhabitants of the islands in sea-gods, and that votive offerings were made to such gods. The whole question of votive gifts is obscure, and archaeolo- gists of the first rank disagree hopelessly as to their nature. The historic Tara brooch found near the seashore at Drog- heda is regarded as of Christian origin, and it is well to remember that votive gifts have been quite common in Wales since the introduction of Christianity, but more particularly in connection with curative wells, and such a well was known in Cardiff during the present generation. Indeed, the whole subject would be a fascinating one to deal with by an anti- quarian of leisure. The finding of trea- sures in bogland, surely, indicates they were deposited in wells that, subsequently became extinct.