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GOD SAVE THE KING! I Monarchy & Democracy BY LLOYD MEYRICK. A wife can always bring her husband to his knees by threatening to read one of his old love-letters. I do not quite know why the average man so fears the written word. Perhaps if you, in the ardour of love, called her the "star of the morning" she may too literally appear so waiting for the prodigal's return at two a.m. Like old lore-letters are old assays, papers, and lectures. The letter of Social Democrat" in your Friday's issue caused me to turn over an old bundle, and I came across a lecture on "Repuhlicanism." It was delivered at the yeasty age of eighteen, and I wound up a very fervid deliverance by this burning utterance As long as you have a Monarchy you have an element in tha State that will be the refuge and support of all class distinction and privilege. Around a Court like moths flutter all the corrupt throng of time-servers, place- hunters, and flunkeys." I was very proud of this sentence, and, after all, eighteen is conceited over very little things. The conclusion of the letter of "Social Democrat'' reminded me of these young days when he says, "We must put down Monarchy in a legal and constitutional manner." What a witchery there is to all of lis in the pulling down! To destroy and topple over seems such a great achievement. As we get older, and, possibly, wiser, we look more to the putting up, to the creating and con- structing. I am none the less a democrat because I cannot now endorse the senti- ments of eighteen. Politics have become the science of practical things and the sphere of short views. The long range politician is helpful as a seer, as a pioneer; but the great mass of the army must be moved on by the shrewd tacti- cian, who knows the pitfalls on the way, the marching strength of his men, and, above all, the state of the commissariat. I did not in my notes of last Thursday in a plea for kings mean to treat in detail of the monarchial system, but I welcome the opportunity to say a few words. I see nothing incompatible in the most advanced democracy and a Monarchy. How can. we test the question? The great mistake of all theorists is that you can wipe away from a nation's life the traditions and habits of thought of cen- turies. France tried this in the French Revolution, and what has been the result? It has appeared to the world as a thing truncated and maimed, a nation that has swerved from its natural orbit in the sphere of things. France tried to start from the Year 1, and has, oscillated ever since between despotism, a weak Monarchy, and an unstable Republic. Again, America tried Republican institutions under the happiest auspices. Unhampered by a past, unchecked by the influences of an aristocratic class, the experiment, to say the least, has not been a signal success. In what is America superior to ourselves? What would we have gained if Gladstone or Disraeli had been our President and our King a private gentleman? Would our tinned meat have been any the better? Would Mr. John Burns have had more chance to rise to his present exalted position? That there may be certain extravagances in connection with a Monarchy, as with all ourdepattmants of public administration, is very clear, and all financial reformers in Parlia- ment should give the matter their earnest attention. Oome, my friend, "Social Democrat," I share your mood. Let Kings be abolished, and we will suppose that Edward VII. has obeyed our behests and fled from the throne. Will there be any the more of cakes and ale? Will sweating go, will slums go, and all the thousand evils that sadden our social and national life? Not one little bit of- it. This country most emphatically is in the hands of the people, and Great Britain will become what they choose to make it. The greatest enemy to its development will be the fanciful theorist who imagines a smiling plain and leaves his own littic 'I garden to run to seed. It is idle to i talk about the abolition of Monarchy in Spain. It would lead to hopeless disunion and strife. National life is not a chess board on which you can move the pawns with mathematical precision and forecast certain results. I am as democratic as Social Democrat," and yet am as much of a Royalist as Dr. Johnson. To put the matter on a purely materialistic basis. I believe our Monarchy pays us. It does not cripple or retard democratic expan- sion, and yet. gives that stability to the State which is only fully appreciated when it is lost. The shrewdest political thinkers of our time are full of fear that the democracy will waste generations in the activities of the pulling down fever. So far it has displayed a wise conser- vatism, which is the rock bottom of all sound advance. Suppose a man like "Social Democrat" is ?S upposea manlike  anxious to heip on his country to higher things. Does not work lie to his hand? Are there not Friendly Societies and Trad-es Unions, and the forming of a sound public opinion ? We want fair garden cities and prosperous country homesteads. We want the horror of the j.rk7?- no longer to darken the old j ,gw gf vur .hard()r'f ?We ?ant generally to sweeten life and spread its glorious privileges. While there is this work to do, why should "Social Democrat" rush off to the howling wilderness of pulling down Monarchy? We are all so anxious to put our finger on one spot, and say, Here lies the seat of the disease. Remove this gangrene, and all will be well." Every thinker is entitled to say to the people of Britain: "You are on the threshold of every political privilege and opportunity. Governments of all shades of opinion are continually dowering and helping you. Make what you can of it. Work out your own salvation- Upon you the credit for success and the blame of failure." It is childish for democracy to reply: "Wait a bit. We want to put down Monarchy and a few other things first. We want our own little paper state, and then we will show you what we can do." This is what I may call, without offence, flying off at a tangent. The abolition of Monarchy in this country is just as likely to happen as col- lective ownership. The wise man recog- I nises with respect a stono wall, and does not wish to butt his head against it. Fa.r better to stick to near things, to pos- sible things, and stroke tenderly the bird in hand. I will not join in any cry that is tainted with disloyalty and useless innovation. I am firmly convinced that the people of this country can attain to their maximum of political advancement under a Monarchy, and it will be advance- ment in accordance with its genius. With no mere lip service, but with profound conviction of the truth of the prayer for our national well-being, do I say GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Warship on Lundy Rocksl I IMPRESSIONS OF VISITORS ON I SUNDAY. J With characteristic kindness and thought- fulness Mr. Edmund Handcock placed his tug Falcon a.t the disposal of nearly a hundred Oardiff people on Sunday, and the opportu- nity was taken of making a trip down Channel as far as Lundy Island. The day WAS gloriously fine, and there was scarcely a breath of wind to disturb the sea. Better conditions could not have been poesible for obtaining a full and clear view of the ill- fated Montagu on her rocky bed, the Falcon steaming past her at a distance of less than a hundred yards, and enabling the trippers to see the salvage men at work on board the cruiser. The clank of the hammers of the rivetters could be heard distinctly, and the pneumatic works could be seen. A feel- ing of astonishment was common to all on board that the Montagu, though one of the most modern and powerful ships in the Xavy, could have gone so far beyond the famous Shut.ter Rock without being sha ttered to pieces. From one point of 'vantage she presented the appearance of a ship snugly berthed in a dock for repairs. Her position seemed far from hopeless, and those on board the Falcon who could claim to have expert know- ledge of salvage work were inclined to the opinion that the Admiralty efforts to re-float the Montagu would eventually be successful. The principal work now in progress with that object in view is that of boring the three rocks which have pierced the ship's bottom, and after counter-sinking them. fit her with a false bottom. Mechanics and divers are busy at work, and the success of their labOurs is largely dependent upon a continuance of fine weather. Lying close at anohor were the cruisers Duncan, Oornwallis, and Mars, and the fine flagship Exmouth, all of which saluted the Falcon by dipping their ensigns as she steamed past them. Officers and men shouted their salutations from the decks of the four monsters, and the Falcon's passen- gers responded right heartily. I All the crew of the Montagu have been taken away to Devonport, and the salvage men are now in sole possession. To have I got into her present position the Montagu most have jumped three or four rocks which peep out of the water at low tide in the narrow channel between the Shutter Rock and the mainland of the island. She only missed running her bow full tilt against this dreaded rock by a few yards. Had this happened immediate foundering and the probable loss of many lives would have bceri almost certain. That no life was lost is one of the redeeming features of a serious mis- fortune. The Falcon, after calling at Ilfracombe, reached Cardiff at ten o'clock, after a splen- did run, and all on board had nothing but praise for the excellent manner in which Mr. John Davies, who had charge of the trip, had contributed to their comfort and enjoymen.

I SHADOWED LOVERS CASE. I A fresh application for release on bail of Private Hammond, of the 7th Hussars, was made to the Northampton county magistrates on Saturday and again declined. It was stated that the Treasury had tele- graphed to the police to obtain bail if pos- sible in consequence of the coroner's jury having exonerated him from the charge of murder. Colonel Rawlins. the presiding magistrate, said that the bench saw no reason for alter- ing their decision. The public are very indig- nant at the magistrates' attitude. Hammond and a ooinpa,nion named Steel are charged with murdering a civilian who was in the h8!bit of shadowing sweethearts and black. mailing them. The men will again be brought up to-morrow.

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ICutting Down the Army I — — 0- I A REDUCTION OF OVER 10,000 MEN 1 When Mr. Haldane announces his military programme next month he will (saya the "Daily Express") include the following reduc- tions in the strength of the Army: — Artillery, 48 batteries. Infantry, 10,000 mea. Transport, twenty companies. Ordnance staff, one detachment. The reduction in batteries will be balanced by the creation of a number of auxiliary bat- teries using the old 15-pounder weapon. Transport will also be given to the auxiliaries for this service. This reduction will effect a saving of some hundreds of thousands of pounds. The reduction in the number of guns will be as follows:— Horse Field bat- bat- Gun. teries. teries Present numbera old pattern 112 000 New numbers.. quick firer C4 654 Reduction 28 246 The Army will be divided into the Regular Army for service abroad and a Ternt<)ria Army for home defence. The auriliariœ will be conso'idated into one force with a slight reduction, in which the Yeomanry will chiefly suffer. The Army Council has been influenced in its decision a.bout the artillery by the per- formances of the Japanese and Russian bat- teries in Manchuria.

DEATH OF MR. C. W. CARPENTER, ABERTILLERY, Mr. Charles W. Carpenter, the secretary of the Abertillery Education Committee, has died at his residence, Gladstone-street, Aber- tillery, after an illness of about a week's duration, of pneumonia. Mr. Carpenter was well-known and highly respected. He was appointed clerk to the Llanhilleth School THE LATE MB. C. W. OAiRPENTEB. Board, and when the Llanhilleth schools 1 came under the jurisdiction of the Abertil- lery Education Committee, he was appointed secretary of the committee. He was a. keen educationist, and very popular. He was twice elected a member of the Abertillery District Council, resigning his seat on being appointed to the secretaryship of the educa- tion committee. As ch-airmam of the finance committee he was instrumental in effecting various reforms in the department, and he also took a prominent part in the promotion of the Western Valleys Sewerage Board Act. He was for many years secretary of the now defunct Abertillery Chamber of Trade.

I West-End Society. FATHER BERNARD VAUGHAN SPEAKS I OUT. Father Bernard Vaughan, preaching at Farm-street yesterday, made some outspoken remarks about London Society (with a capital S). The life of the leisured classes (he said) was artificial. Society was exposed, to the temptation of being like the Pharisee— formal, conventional, unreal even IN prayer. It was a lamentable pity that society was so shallow, so hollow, so unnatural, and so unreal; but, most of all, it was a. pity that it did not attempt to return to its true and genuine self at least on Sundays. To pretend to be what one was not, to pose and attitudinise before one's fellow-beings was silly enough, but to canf on the childish game before the Almighty Himself was not only silly, but sinful. May fair, so studded with chapels, was fast discovering it had little need of any of them; but Farm-street, in spite of its extension, was all too small. I What, then, became of the privileged denizens of the West End from Saturday to Monday? Were they on the river, or in the country, or where? Certainly they were not in any church. There was no room a.ny. where in London except in its churches. Society has discovered it could get on very I well without prayer, that, when it did pray I nothing came of it.

PENARTH MOTORIST FINED. Sequel to a Smash at Oxford. I At Bullingdon Petty-sessions at Oxford on Saturday Mr. Edward E. Morel, of St. Andrew's (near Cardiff) was summoned for driving a motor-car to the danger of the publio at Sandford, near Oxford, on the 14th of May. Mr. Andrew Walsh prosecuted for the police, and Mr. Arthur Ingledew, of Oardiff, appeared for the defendant. William Stone, of Sandfyd, in the employ- ment of a coal merchant, said that he was driving a cart between Littlemore and Sand- ford, and was in the middle of the road when he saw a motor-car coming towards him at a pace of from 25 to 30 miles an hour. He at once endeavoured to pull on one side of the road, when the car dashed into him. There were five people, including defendant, in the car. The driver asked what business he had to drive in the middle of the road, and he replied, What business have you to drive so fast?" Defendant was sworn, and said he had driven motors thousands of miles, but had never before had an accident. Prosecutor's OART appeared to him stationary on the wrong side of the road. He endeavoured to avoid it, but prosecutor pulled first the right and then the left rein. He throttled the engines, and put his feet on the brakes, but was unable to avoid a collision. He declared he was travelling at less than twelve miles an hour. The damage to the car amounted to about LSO. In cross-examination he said he had not travelled over the rood before. If he had been going at the speed alleged there would have been a very serious accident. He had not time to at-op the car. Gerald Graham, the chauffeur, said that at the time of the collision the car had been slowed down to seven or eight miles an hour If Stone had been on the right side of the road the accident would not have happened. The defendant was fined 10s. and costs.

IN PRAISE OF BEEF TRUST. NEW YORK, Monday. The Rev. J. R. Day, LL.D., Chancellor of Syracuse University, in a sermon yesterday strongly defended the Beef Trust from the attacks now being made upon it after the recent disclosures. Mr. Day declared that the Trust was the poor man's only friend, and expressed his grief that the beef scandal had caused the companies A loss of two of millions of dollars.—Central News.

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BAMBAATA BEATEN. I l Zulu t Leader Wounded. I STAGGERING BLOW FOR THE I REBELS DURBAN,^ Sunday. On receiving information yesterday evening. that twenty companies of Barabaata's and Mehlokazulu's impis were in the vicinity of the Mome stronghold. Colonel M'Kenzie crdered Colonel Barker, who was encamped at Oetewayo's Grave, to proceed to the north of the Mome Valley, and waylay the impis. At the same time Colonel M'Kenzie moved his own force to the top of Mome Mountain to surround Sigananda'a men. Hearing heavy gun and rifle fire 2,000 feet below, Colonel M'Kenzie altered his plans, and descended into the Mome Valley to cut off the enemy. In this he partly succeeded. Mehlokaeulu himself and two hundred rebels were killed and numbers wounded. Captain M'Farlane, of the Transvaal Mounted Rifles, was killed, while Lieutenant Mareden, of Royston's Horse, with six of Colonel Barker's men, were wounded. Fighting continues. The authorities are raising a further two hundred Rangers in Durban. Lieutenant Campbell, of the Rangers, was wounded by a revolver shot in the thigh at N'Kandhla yesterday evening.-Reuter. 350 KILLED: DEATH OF LIEUTENANT I MARSDEN. DURBAN, Sunday. Lieutenant Marsdesn has succumbed to his wc,unds.-Reuter. Wirfch COLONEL MCKENZIE'S FORCE, I Sunday. I Colonel M'Kenzie has had an engagement I with a large force of rebels, in which 350 of the latter were killed. Ba,m,baa.ta himself is reported to have been, wounded. The enemy were demoralised, and fled within a few I minutes of the attack.—Renter. THE BATTLE DESCRIBED. Orders had been issued that no firing was to begin before 6.30 unless it was unavoid- able. Just before daybreak a couple of rebels approached the position held by Cap- tain Macfarlane with the Transvaal Mounted Rifles, but went off again quietly. A few minutes later, however, a commotion among the fires showed that the rebels had taken alarm. They Quickly ascended the ridges occupied by the Nonquais, but as quickly de- scended on coming into contact with the force. Suddenly, as the fog lifted and day broke, the natives broke back in two parties to the mouth of the gorge. Macfarlane hesitated a moment between his soldierly instinct to adhere strictly to orders and his soldierly knowledge which insisted that something must be done. Then he did the only poeeible thing, and poured a heavy volley into the rebel maases at close range. The bulk of the rebels broke and fled at the first volley, but some of the more daring began to reply with a variety of guns. For some moments there seemed a possibility of a. good stand-up fight. Suddenly Captain Maofarlane was seem to throw up his hands, crying, My God." He was Shot Through the Heart. Trooper M'Evoy was wounded while holding his captain in his arms. All the casualties of C Pqnadron were sua- ta,ine.d in the next few minutes. The lieu- tenamt took over the command, and, the men fighting determinedly, the rebels were forced to flee up the gorge into the hands of Colonel Mackenzie, who was now nearin.g the bottom. At the same time Colonel Barker moved up the rest of his regiment, and with the police closed the exit. His brigade performed its task splendidly, for every bird was inside the trap ready for the concentration to close in. UnforttmatelY. the necessity under which Captain Macfarlane had found himrelf to open fire, left the bottom of the gorge, run- ning baJek to their stronghold, open for the rebels. The flanking forces were not due there until half-past six. Many rebels were seen scurrying through the fog up the donga, and a heavy fire, practically unaim,ed owing to ba.d light, failed to prevent a considerable party of the rebels from get- ting apart before the ring was completed. The whole force now became hotly engaged with scattered parties of the rebels. Colonel Royston led the sweeping move- ment down the west side. Just before the bottom was reached Captain Mawden was shot while leading his troops to the attack. Zululanders on the left near the stronghold were also having some hot work, the rebels making a running fight. The Northern Rifles went full tilt into the flank of the rebels scurrying up the gorge, rnd it was here that Meplokazulu was Shot I by a lieutenant. The running fight was kept up till noon, and then the prisoners reported that Bambaata was wounded, and was hiding with two hundred men in the bush. A drive on Bambaata's reported lurk- ing place finished late in the afternoon with- out any further casualties. Bambaata waa ahead of Meplokazulu when the latter was killed, and, although his horse was phot under him, got through to Sigananda, but he took a terrible message, for the rebellion has received a hard blow from which it will not recover.—Press Association Special. ZULUS' WITCH DOCTOR. I With COLONEL M'KENZIE. Saturday. Intelligence has been received that Siga. nanda's people have scattered, the majority hiding in caves, while the bolder spirits have joined Bambaata's following. After the fight on the 3rd inst. the rebels consulted a witch doctor, whose dictum was that his former decree had failed because the rebels fought in the open. He advised them to fight only in the bush.—Router's Special Ser- vice.

GIRL THREATENS PRIEST I Father Casserley, who is in charge of the Roman Catholio Church at Harlesden, applied at Willesden on Saturday for a warrant again a. girl for threats. The priest told the magistrates that some eight years ago the girl attempted tooommit suicide. He took an interest in her case, a.nd got her off. Since that time the girl had annoyed him, and last week she applied to him for the position of mistress in his schools. She backed up her application witn two telegrams, which were to the effect that if he did not give her the position she1 would do something desperate to herself and him. He sent the telegrams to the police, and they had warned the girl, but that morning! he had received a long letter, in which she threatened him and said &he would cause a disturbance during the sen ices on Sunday in the church. He was not frigbten of thal, girl, but he did not want his services dis- turbed, and he thought the girl might take advantage of the confessional to throw vitriol or something of that sort. The magistrate granted a warrant.

SOUTH WALES SHOP ASSISTANTS. I The quarterly meeting of the branches of the South Wales and Monmouthshire district of the Shop Assistants' Union was held at Cardiff on Sunday. Mr. W. H. Morris, Can- ton, president of the organisation, occupied the chair.—V§ry encouraging reports upon the progress of the movement in the various towns were given. It was reported that the adoption of the Shop Hours Act was being considered at Abergavenny and Newport, and that in Canton (Cardiff) the question of Sun- day trading was being considered—Mr. C. P. Hadns (the executive member for South Wales) urged the branches to secure nJI evi-, dence possible for the House of Commons Committee who are now considering amend- ments to the Truck Acts. A resolution urging a thorough inquiry into the living-in system, fines, and deductions was adopted.—A resolu- tion to re-allocate the district organisers was j submitted for the consideration of the execu- tive oomimittee at their next meeting.

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I Paralysed in the Pulpit I SAD SCENE AT A ARGOED CHURCH j I Curate Breaks Down in Sermon I The Bargoed Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Ra-ilway Servants, augmented by the Hengoed and Rhymney sections and the Bargoed Fire Brigade and Town Band, held a church parade on Sunday afternoon. After marching through Gilfach-Birgoed and Aberba.rgoed streets, during which Mr. Tom Warren, of Aberdare, made an eloquent appeal for support at a temporary halt, the procession reached St. Gwladys' Church, Bargoed, which was well filled, to hear the sermon of the Rev. C. Roach, curate-in-charge at Penygraig. The rev. gentleman preached from Luke x., 29, and had reached a. pathetic subject when he was seen to be labouring under difficulties. For a time he strove manfully to continue, but his words became more and more incoherent, and he suddenly collapsed andhung limply over the rostrum, frothing at the mouth. A couple of railway ambulance men and some of the Church workers hastily made their way to the front, and the now uncon- scious clergyman was gently removed to the veetry, where Dr. Baird, a lady practitioner, who is an assistant to Dr. E. R. Bowen, was eoon in attendance. Mr. Roach was conveyed to the house of Mr. T. M. Jones, schoolmaster, and Dr. Reidy was also scon in attendance. It was then seen that he had had a. paralytic seizure. He now lies in a critical condition. The sermon was acknowledged to be one of the most touching ever heaxd at St. Gwla.dys'. Wiring at midnight last night, our reporter says that Dr. Reidy finds that the patient is suffering from a stroke, and that his con- dition continues critical. The Rev. T. E. Griffiths, vicar of Penygraig, and Mrs. Roach (wife of the petient) arrived at Bar- goed late at night, in company with the Rev. T. Richards, vicar of St. Gwladys, Bar- goed, who had changed pulpits with the sufferer. Tho lattff is a young man, but this is his second seizure. He has been married five years. The Datient is being tended with the greatest solicitude by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jones, at whose house he is an involuntary guest. When Mr. Boach fell forward in the rostrum there were many who thought that he was merely suffering from emotional strain, the subject matter of his discourse being of an affecting nature.

I Is He An Anarchist P I STORY OF A RESTAURANT FIGHT. I Mioheli Franehini, 33, chauffeur, was charged on a remand at Clerkenwell with assaulting Umber-to Liquori, at Baok-hill, Olerkenwell. Fnanehini and Liquori, Italians, were in a restaurant in the Italian quarter on Wed- nesday last. Discussion arose about thb Madrid outrage, and the prosecutor referred to th.e assassin as a coward, "He's net a Co ward; Y<>u're a. coward," the prisoner, it was alleged, interposed. This led to a. quarrel, and prisoner (the pi-oseciitor said) struck him on the forehead, knocked him down, and kicked him on the leg. The pro- prietor of the place sent for the police. In the meantime prisoner (it was said) pointed a revolver at prosecutor. Franehini was seized and taken to the police-station. Prisoner denied the truth of this statement, and showed a out on the hand, the result (he asserted) of a slash from a knife used by prosecutor. Liquori said the out was caused by prisoner attempting to throw a glass at him. The evidence was of a contradictory character. Clementinj. Zanoni, barmaid at the Crown Restaurant, Back-hill, said she saw a revol- ver un<ier the bar," but could not say to whom it belonged. She s-aw prcsecntor throw a glass at prisoner. A mosaic worker sta-ted that prisoner had a glass broken in his hand while struggling with the prose- cutor. Cross-examined, prosecutor admitted having been to prison for an assault. Prisoner gase. evidence, and said prose- cutor slashed him with a razor He denied the story of the revolver. Mr. L. Rickets was about to ask as to prisoner's political leanings, when Mr. Mar- getts, for the defence, protested. It was ridi- culous (he said) to call him an Anarchist; he had been ten years in this country and HAD kept a. restaurant. Mr. Bros said .he did not propose to go into the question of the prisoner's connection with anarchy, but should hind the parties over to keep the peace.

OBJECTIONABLE BUTTERCUP. I The kingcup or buttercup which clothes our rural meads in springtime with a sheen of golden blossom, and which is so generally beloved by village youngsters and lovers of nature generally, is doomed to disappear if we may credit some remarks on weeds in pastures in the current issue of the Field." Therein it is affirmed that the buttercup is an obnoxious and useless weed, of no value for cattle-feeding, and distinctly valueless for adding to the quality or colour of butter. Thus it comes to pass that the time-honoured belief in the quality of the golden buttercup to add a rich tone to the butter has been cast to the winds, and its death-knell has been authoritatively sounded. The old-fashioned farmers entertained an idea apart from the butter question, that buttercup pastures are valuable because of yielding a rich forage for their cows. This idea has long been exploded also. Cows will not eat buttercups; nor indeed will any cattle.

A GIFT FROM CARNARVON. J An imterestdng ceremony was performed during Lord Charles Beresford's stay with part of his fleet at Phaleron Ray, Athens, recently (writes a naval correspondent of the "Dadly Mail "). The Commander-in-Chief proceeded on board the cruiser Carnervon on Sunday, May 20, amd with all due cere- mony handed over to the ship some mag- nificent gifts from the county of Carnarvon to the cruiser. These included a. gong with four discs, giving the cathedral chimes, a massive silver shield for competition among the guias, crews, and a great ship's bell surmoun,ted by the Prince of Wales's feathers, a.nd engraved wit-h two brunds of leeks. Lord Charles, after an impressive speech and the transfer of the gifts, was the first to u,3e the bell, on which at noon he struck "eigh.t bells."

STRUCK BY A GIANT WAVE The steamer Ceylon, which has reached Stavanger, with tourists from Grimsby, en- countered terrific weather in the North Sea.. The vessel was struck amidships without warning by a giant. wave, which swept the decks bare. Two 1a.rge lifeboats were carried away and three others rendered useless, while the strong iron davits were twisted into fantastic shapes. Fortunately, no passengers wero on deck, but several of them who were lying seasick in the deck cabins were drenched through and severely bruised..

ROMANCE OF COLOURS. Trees, animals, and even stones, beeidas human beings, posrcess am "aura," which envelops the whole body, in a simiLar fashion as a halo is usually depicted sur- rounding a saint's head, said Mrs. Effie Bathe yesterday at the London Academy of Music when lecturing to the Spiritual Mission on "Auric Colours and their Psychic Significance." The human auro" is ovoid in shape, and usually called the auric egg," which when well defined means that the soul to which it refers is a worthy one, but when rugged that the soul is easily swayed in every direction.

LIFEBOAT SATURDAY AT TREDEGAR A successful demonstration in. aid of the lifeboat fund took place at Tredegar on Saturday. A procession paraded the streets, and was composed of a model boat manned by juveniles in sailor costumes, fire brigade, boys' brigade, ambulance oorps, the Tre- degar Town Band, end the TrodegaT Reed Band. An interesting programme of games, boys' brigade drills, and demonstrations of ambulance work took place in Bedwellty Park. Collections were made throughout the district, and a substantial sum will be banded over. MT. D. L. Davies was, the pocfletera,

Pastor and a Lady. I TROUBLE ABOUT THE CHAPEL PLATE Application was made at Lambeth Police- court on Saturday by Mr. J. F. Thompson for A summons for detention against a lady who he alleged was unlawfully detaining the Communion plate belonging to the Dug- dale-street (Camberwell) Baptist Chapel. Questioned by the magistrate, Mr. Thomp- son said the plate was given by a gentleman for the use of the chapel. He should think the value was about S2 10s. The applicant went on to explain that there was some affair concei-ning the ex- pastor of the chapel, and that he (MR* Thompson) had bought the lease to get the sting off the place," and had become tho new pastor. Mr. Francis: Who is the property vested in? Mr. Thompson: I consider I have charge of it, but that it is the property of the church. Mr. Francis: Very well; I will let you. have a summons. Mr. Thompson: Now, I want a summons against the secretary. I want him to give up th-e cash he haa in hand and also the books. Mr. Francis: You cannot recover money in this court. Mr. Thompson: Can I have a summons for the books? Mr. Francis: Has any cladia of title to these things been set up? Mr. Thompson: Oh, no, sir. Mr. Francis: What do these people say? Have you asked to have these things handed over to you? Mr. Thompson: They merely say, they won't give them up. Mr. Francis; On what ground? Mr. Thompson: They give no ground what ever. Mr. Francis: You can take out summonses for the detention of the books and plate; but, mind, they will be issued on the con- dition that if any question of title is set up the matter will probably be referred to. another court.

Coliseum Notices. PERMANENT CLOSING NOT INTENDED All the members of the staff at the Coliseum received on Saturday notices that their 6ervi<xa would be no longer required at the expiration of a fortnight. Mr. Z.,Id Stoll, however, stated to one of our repre- sentatives on Sunday night that these were i only provisional notices in case it was decided to terminate the run of the revue at that time. Whether that decision would be reachedl would depend upon the real business done If the house was closed it would remain shut until the last Monday in August, when another revue would be produced for the autumn. Then one may take it," asked OUT reporter, "that there is no intention, of closing the house permanently?" Oh, no," said Mr. Stoll. If TIBIA rain had come YL-sterday we might not have posted the notices, but, with a possibility of two or three months of scorching hot weather, it was thought advisable to make provision for the possible closing of the I house."

MORGAN v. MORGAN. I Judge Owen's Remarks. I To the Editor of the Evening Express." Sir,—With regard to the comments made by Judge Owen at Cardiff County-court to-day in the action brought by me against I t a-gain,, .t my son. I may say that what I stated waa that, although we traded in a partnership name, still, we did not share any profits made from the business, my son being a salaried partner only. Neither was any deed or agreement of partnership ever signed or executed by either of us. Neither was the receipt produced in court for the goods sued tor.-i am, &c., ror.-l am, &c., W. MORGAN. 23, Carmarthen-street, Canton, June 8.

"DICK TURPIN'S" CRIME. After a trial extending over two days, John Jones, better known in North Wales by his sobriquet "Dick Turpin," was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude at Carnar- vonshire Assizes on Saturday for what Mr. Justice Sutton described as a cruel and cowardly attack on an old woman living in a lonely cottage near Pwllheli. Jones stole L10 from a box in the woman's bedroom, and hearing her coming upstairs, hid under the bed. She saw his figure, and as he ran downstairs he attacked her so severely with a hammer that her life was despaired. After being sentenced the prisoner made a vehement speech from the dock, describing the police as "land sharks." You are send- ing a man to commit suicide," he shouted at the judge, and I swear by God Almighty that I am innocent."

RAID BY TERRORISTS. I During an attack on Govera.ment alcohol stores at Warsaw on Saturday night, Terrorists set fire to five stores, smashed bottles contain- ing liquor, and destroyed furniture. The stores were burned down. Over 90 Terrorists parti- cipated in the raid, which was skilfully pre- meditated. On hearing shots passers-by fled, and trade and business houses and shops were closed. Strong infantry patrols ap- peared in the streets. Twenty-three stores were robbed. Six persons were killed and ten wounded in the fighting. Only ONE Terrorist was arrested. It is reported that the attack was organised to avenge the death of 2faromewski, a, work- man, executed in Warsaw Citadel.-Renter. The St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency denies t.be reports that the Gonenkhin Ministry TAD resigned or had decided upon resigning. The agency declares explicitly that the retirement of the Ministry has not even been under con- sideration in high ciroles.-Poeuter.

TRICKING HORACE GREELEY In the early days of the suffragist move- ment Miss Susan B. Anthony had no more bitter opponent than Horace Greeley (says a writer in the Boston Traiisscript"). It was for a long time has custom to WIND up all debates with the conclusive rem-ark, "The best women I know do not want to vote." When the New York Constitution was being altered in 1867 Miss Anthony laid a trap for him. She wrote to Mrs. Greeley, and per- suaded her not only to pign a, petition for woman suffrage herself, but to circulate the paper and get 300 signatures among her acquaintances. In Committee Mr. Greeley, who was chair- man, had listened to the debate, and was prepared to introduce to the Convention an adverse report. He was just about to utter his usual settler" w!hen George William Curtis rose. "Mr. Chairman," said he, "I hold in my hand a petition for suffrage signed by three hundred women of Westchester, headed by Mrs. Horace Greeley." The chairman's embarrassment could hardly be controlled. He had found that one of "the best women I know" wanted to vote.

HUNTING MR. ROCKEFELLER. With a cheque for £200 in his pocket, a reporter of the Paris "Matin" has been hunting Mr. John D. Rockefeller in the hope of purchasing from him fifteen minutes' con- versation. The amount was calculated on tho supposition that the millionaire's income is about JE800 an hour. Though the reporter was anxious only to say, "How do you do, master?" as he puts it, to the world's richest man, Mr. Rocke- feller's eon-in-law refused the request with much laughter, and the Oil King remained invisible in his relative's house at Compiegne. At the time of the Portsmouth Peaoe Con- ference the "Matin" telegraphed to Mr. Rocke- feller asking him to pay the ;C2DOOOOODO indemnity demanded fay Jaqpoi* I

TRAGEDIES AT HOME CARDIFF MEN AND THEIR WIVES. Sensational Incidents at Bristol. At Bristol on' Saturday night a carpenter, named Prosser. and his wife, were removed to the infirmary in a serious condition. The woman's throat had been cut. and her head bore injuries alleged to have been inflicted by her husband with a hatchet. The man, it was stated, had also attempted to cut his own throat. Owing to Prosser having lost his situation with Mr. Thompson, builder, of Bishopston, he did not go to work on Saturday, but left the house during the morning, and his wife also went out. The latter returned before her husband, who followed during the after- noon, entering the house by the back way and going direct to his apartments, which consisted of a living and a bed room. Mrs. Prosser was in the former, when, she was joined by her husband. On his appearance a quarrel immediately commenced, but as their co-tenants were used to hearing the Prossers "rowing" they took no particular notice. When words had passed for about five minutes, however, the other residents in the house were horrified to hear a heavy thud, which was quickly followed by the startling cry, in a woman's voice, of "Murder, murder." The alarmed inhabitants promptly fetched M-r. Clarke, the landlord, who rushed to the scene. Endeavouring to enter the room, he found the door fastened, but when by means of another he obtained an entrance an awful sight met his gaze. Mrs. Prosser was lying on the floor, and oveT her stood her husband, striking her with a car- penter's hatchet. Blood was flowing copiously from tho woman's head and also from the man's throat. Close by was a blood-stained lTazor which it is suggested Prosser had used against himself, whilst, the hatchet was after- wards found to be broken short at the head. Everything was spattered with blood. Mr. Clarke knocked the mar. down and he lay on the floor. The police <vere fetched; medic: men followed and, tie wounds of man and wife having been dressed, the pair were con- veyed to the infirmary in the transport wagon of the St. John Ambulance. The Landlord Interviewed, In the course of an interview, Mr. Clarke elated that he was called to the house about half-past four in the afternoon from 'his resi- denoce at 5, The Polygon, on account of a, disturbance proceeding in Dowry-square. He immediately went to the house, and there found the inhabitants gathered inside the passage. He went through to the two rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Proeser, and on enrtcrmg he saw the woman on the floor and her hueba-nd standing over her with a hatchet in his hand and striking her. He promptly went to the woman's rescue, knocking her husband to the floor. He was bleeding from the throat, and biood was also streaming from the woman's head. Asked as to the identity of the people, Mr. Clark said he knew little about them. They appeared to be respectable people between the ages of 40 and 45 years. Prosser was a carpenter in the employ of Mr. Thompson, of Bishopston, and >vas employed in the erec- tion of new houses near Cumberland Basin. Questioned as to the habits of Mr. and Mrs. Prosaer, it appeared, from Mr. Clark's state- ment, that they were in the habit of quarrel- ling with each other; so much so that three days ago he gave them notice to quit. Mr. and Mrs. I'roeser hailed from oor- diff, where, it is stated, they had a Family of Six Children. The womnn's name is Sarah Ann, and. her native place is Compton Martin, Somerset. Her husband's nane is John. They had evidently resided HI Bristol for some time, and it is believed that they came to Dowry- square from St. Pa/til's. Curiously enough, on Friday Mrs. Prosser was in conversation with one of her co- tenants, and told her that if there was any need at any time to communicate with her rela.tives they were to telephone to Proseer, manager to the Co-operative Stores, Cardiff, from which it appears that the manager was her son. The man is stated to ha.ve been addicted to drink, but AS to his wife little seems to be known. Inquiries at the ROYAL Infirmary late last night elicited the information that the woman was worse than when admitted, and the main also in a very grave condition. Neither caee, however, is at present regarded aa exactly critical. Another Case. I Da.Tid Nelson, 45, boilermaker. Hotwells- road, Bristol, is alleged to have attacked his wife with a hammer on Sunday, rendering her unconscious. Nelson, it is said, absconded, and, the police knowing that he formerly lived at Cardiff, watched the stations. Later in the day the man was arrested in another part of the city

I Blown to Pieces. I TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AT A DYNAMITE I FACTORY. A telegram from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Saturday says that eleven men were blown to pieces and five seriously injured by the blowing up of a. dynamite factory near Pequea. The cause is at present unknown.— Reuter.

CARDIFF WORKSHOP FIRE. I The Cardiff Fire Brigade received an alarm early on Sunday morning that a fire had broken out at 6. Mill-lane, a cycle repairing shop occupied by Mr. Philip Harris. Turning out under Superintendent Geen with the hose-cart, they found the working bench and some boxes beneath it alight. The fire was extinguished in ten minutes, after about £5() worth of damage had been caused by the fire, heat, and water to stock the fittings. The premises were locked up by the occupier on the previous evening, and it is believed that the fi-re was caused by some hot pieces of coke which' had been used at the brazing forge. About eleven o'clock on Sunday morning the brigade was again called out to a supposed fire in Minny-street, Cathays. but this proved to be a false alarm

LIFE RISKED FOR 5s. I When a hansom-cab pulled up on Battersea Bridge on Saturday evening a man, whose clothes lay on the seat of the vehicle, jumped out, mounted the parapet of the bridge, and, having poised himself for a few seconds, dived into the river, which was at high tide. A crowd of spectators gathered, and the man was seen to be in difficulties. A boat was close by, and he was dragged into it and rowed to a barge, where he hastily put on his clothes, which had been taken down to him. He was then landed on the other side, in order to evade the police, who waited for him on the Chelsea side. The boatman afterwards stated that the diver was a newspaper runner, who had risked his life for a wager of five shillings.

A NEWSPAPER WAR. I A newspaper war is engrossing th.e atten- tion of New York. The "American" is attacking the "Herald's" "object matri- moOny" advertising oolumns, which for many years have been one of the most astonish- ing features of the greatest American news- paper. The "Americans" expoeure is stated to have the sm>port of Dr. Parkhuirst's purity society, and Pinkerton agents have brought to light some astonishing facts. The sensa- tion is all the deeper because the details are not discussable even in mixed company. The "Herald's" income from this "object matrimony" column is fully £10,000 a year.

FOX SHARK CAPTURED. I Three fishermen at Southwold on Saturday secured a fox shark, or thresher fish, a pug- nacious species, which is the greatest ememy of the whale. This fish is rarely caught in our waters, am,d the one which was captured on Saturday was about seven feet in length. One blow from the enormously strong tail of this fish is sufficient to stave in the aides of a. large boat. r

( Dick Seddon Dead. NEW ZEALAND'S FAMOUS PREMIER SYDNEY. Sunday. Mr. Sadden, the Premier of New Zealand, died at sea yesterday. He sailed on the Osprey Grange in the morning on his return home, and died in tha evening of heart failure. The vessel returned here this morn- ing.-Reuter. "Good-bye, My Dear, I Am Going" SYDNEY, Monday. Mr. Seddon complained of feeling unwell yesterdady afternoon, and proceeded to his state room, where he slept for two hours. On awakening he remained resting on his couch waiting for dinner. Mrs. Seddon -at near the couch. Suddenly Mr. Seddon raised himself and leaned his head on his wife's shoulder, saying, "'Good-bye, my dear, I am going," and expired. The Osprey Grange was then 170 miles from Sydney.-Reuter. Mr. Seddon was born in 1841 at Eccles, Lan- cashire, his parents being Thomas Seddon and Jane Lindsay, and he emigrated to Victoria at the height of the Australian gold fover in 1863. He waa a mechanical engineer, and soon grasped the possibilities of Colonial development. In 1867 he married Miss L. J. Spotswood at Williamstown, and soon after removed to New Zealand. He threw himself actively into public Life. his first position as a publio man being in connection with the Weetland Provincial Council, of which he became chairman, and he was the first mayor of Kumara. In 1875 he entered the House of REPRESENTATIVES as member for HoMtika, afterwards sitting for Kumara (1881) and Westland (1890). In. January, 1891, he accepted office in the akllmnoe Ministry as head of the Mines Department, and subsequently served the colony as its treasurer, and suc- cessively at the Ministries of Publio Works, Labour, Defence, Education, and Immigra- tion. In 1895 he became Premier. He leaves three Bona and six daughters.

AN ATHLETE'S DILEMMA. Mr. Franklin Murphy, the Irish, athlete, who was refused admission into America by the Emigration Comniissi-oner because he is supposed to be physically unfit, was to have been deported yesterday, but a tele- gram from Washington prevented this extreme course. A wealthy sportsman gave his bond to the authorities assuring Franklin's future in case he should break down and become incapacitated. Half a dozen Belfast liuen merchants with offices in New York have agreed to give him work by which he could earn at least £6 weekly, amd it is possible that ha will now be released. Murphy haa been giving exhibitions in lifting and throwing weights, and the doctors who have examined him say he is in superb physical condition in spite of the gloomy prophecies of the emigration offi. cials, who say he will be a wreck in two years.

MORPHINOMANIAC'S FATE. It was stated at the inquest on Saturday on John Ernœt Doidge, an electrical engineer, of Lilyville-road, London, S.W., who died at the age of 27, that he had been in the ha,bit of making da.Uy hypodermio injections of 24 grains of morphia and twelve of cocaine. His arms and other parts of his body were covered with the scars of the syringe. He acquired the habit two years ago in China, where he suffered from eo painful A disease of the eyes that injections of mor- phia, and cocaine were prescribed. The habit compelled him to give Op an important post in India, and he returned to England three weeks ago. Doidge tried to cure himself by substituting injections of atrophine and strychnine, but last Wednesday he became very violent after an overdose, and was removed by the police to an observation ward, where he died.

CHURCH WINDOWS SMASHED An extraordinary series of sacrilegious acts has recently been perpetrated in tho rural districts of Nottingha.mehire and Leicestfyshire. The culprits have visited several churches and smashed the stained- glass windows, apparently from wanton mischief, for only in one case was anything taken from the church. The last outrage took place at Wilford, near Nottingham, on Saturday, when a memorial window in the south aisle was smashed. Similar acts have been committed at Mountsorrel, Quorn, Loughborough, Kingston, and Sutton Bonington. The police are keeping a close watch.

RACEHORSE WITH LEPROSY. New York, Saturday.—Sysonby, the horse for which Mr. Foxhall Keene refused LW,000, has fallen a victim to horse leprosy, a disease that caused the destruction of the progeny of the famous Hermit in England a century ago. Mr. Keene's family physician has been called in, and concurs in the diagnosis. This is- the fist time this disease HAD* developed in the United States, and will entail the destruction of Sysonby, the burn- ing of the stables, and the destruction pro- bably of many of Mr. Keene's other racers. A late message from Mr. Keene says that, he has hopes of saving Sysonby.—Laffan.

GIRL KILLED BY 4'7 SHELL. Miss Moolman, the daughter of a farmer at Schurweburg, in the Utrecht district, has been killed by the explosion of a. 4.7 Naval gun shell. Her brother found the shell in a field on his way home, and she and her sister pro- ceeded to remove the explosive in order to use the shell for decorative purposes. As they found the lyddite, very hard, they poured some water over it, when it began to bubble. Becoming alarmed, the girls went towards the door, when there was an explo- sion which wrecked the house and killed her.

ACTRESS'S RECORD SPEECH., NEW YORK, Sunday. Miss Maude Adams last night concluded ai thirty-one weeks' run of Mr. Barries play Peter Pan." Extraordinary enthusiasm was displayed, and a cablegram of congratu- lation from the author was read to the audience by Miss Adams. She was compelled to make a. speech, mndi repeated the words "Thank you" three times. This is the longest speech of this kind she has ever made. She usually says "Thank you once, and then disappears. Laffan.

HEARTS OF OAK SOCIETY. At the resumed meeting of the delegates of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society in London on Saturday voting for five members of the agenda committee took place, with the result that Mr. W. Meyrick. Abertillery, was one of those elected.

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