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FEDERATED CHAMBERS OF TRADE. ASSEMBLY AT MERTHYR: JURY SYSTEM REFORM. The half-yearly meeting of the Federated I Chambers, of Trade of Glamorgan, Mon- mouthshire, and Brecknockshire was held on Thursday at Merthyr, Mr. J. Sutherland, Abercynon, occupying the chair. Mr. Isaac Edwards, the secretary, reported with regard to the proposal to have weekly instead of fortnightly pays at ironworks and collieries that he had written to Mr. W. Abraham (Ma-bon), M.P., but had received no reply.—It was decided that Mr. Thomas Richards, M.P., secretary of the South Wales Miners' Federation, be asked to meet a deputation at Cardiff to discuss the matter. A letter was read from the general manager of the Brecon and Merthyr Rail- way Company declining to issue market tickets between Dowlais and Brecon. It was reported that there was no chance for some time of getting a new station at Llancaiach. Mr. George Knill, the treasurer, who is upwards of 70 years, and has held that position since the Federation was formed, sent in his report, showing that there was a balance in hand of 112, and intimated that at the end of the financial year he would be obliged to retire. In reference to the resolution passed at the annual meeting of the Federation with regard to the proposed reform of the jury system, the Secretary stated that he had written to Mr. J. Lloyd Morgan. M.P., who had sug- gested that it should bo sent to all the affiliated chambers, with a request that they would give it their support. The machinery, sail MI. Edwards, was now in operation. The Secretary gave a report upon the pro- ceedings of the Harrogate conference of the National Chamber, and Mr. Laznby, of Bradford (pr*?oident of the National cham-I ber), delivered a, brief addäŒ5. He advised that the arnlda-tcd chambers should take up the various subjects that were bi?ou=l e for- ward at tht National Chamber, and bring their influence to bear upon their represen- tatives in Parliament. Mr. Lazenby paid a very high compliment to Mr. Isaac Edwards, remarking that he was delighted to find they had such a ma.n at the head of their affairs in succession to Mr. Plews. It was resolved to send a deputation to the general manager of the Rhymney Railway Company in connection with the company's proposal to erect a. new station at Cardiff for the purpose of suggesting the desirability of a. connection being made at Cardiff between their line and the Great Western I Railway and the Docks. The secretary was instructed to write to the authorities in Monmouthshire supporting the Blackwood Chamber in asking that the assizes be removed from Monmouth and the quarter sessions from Usk to Newport. At the conclusion of the business there was a banquet at the Bush Hotel. Mr. J. Suther- land, president of the Federation, was in the chair, and he was supported a.t the cross- table by the Mayor of Merthyr (Mr. D. W. Jones), Mr. J. Lazenby, J.P.. president of the Na-tional Chamber, Mr. J. licw's, J.P., Dr. Lewis Hughes, J.P., Dr. C. Biddle, Mr. Isaac Mrfrarda, and others. Mr. IALzenb-y spoke in condemnation of the Shop Hours Act, and with reference to the provision of free meals to poor schoolchildren he urged that this was a burden which, instead of being east upon local authorities, ought to be borne by the Imperial Exchequer. Socialism, said Mr. Ija-zeiiby, was taking hold of the people. The Mayor said they were largely ndebted to the Merthyr Chamber for bringing the corporation in'to being. He should like to chambers of trade take up the general work of a district much more zealously. The work of public bodies was getting eo exacting that members would have to make up their minij to make greater sacrifices if they were to be true servants of the public.

NEWPORT AND INFANT LIFE PRESERVATION. The sanitary committee of the Newport Corporation is following up the subject of infant life preservation. On Thursday it wa £ recommended that a lecturer fully eon- veraant with that subject should *&tend <h< .newly-fonned Ladies' Guild. It was oonsi- dered desir&Me that the medical oBoer ?should pmgaam a.hle1i oxt?tbe sU'bjeet.

The Man in the Street ♦ The thoughts of most people turn this day to the weather. May-day marks the beginning of summer, and this time there is no disappointment with the elements, which are proving most kind. To-day we begin to gather the luscious, sunny fruit of the an-cient idea of gladness and joy. There are various customs in all countries to celebrate the revival of phint life, the freedom of the earth that has been lying ice-bound all the w inter, and to welcome the return of summer in its radiant wealth of sun-kissed flowers and the throbbing joy of full-throated bird songs. To-day is Nature's holiday, and it is to be hoped that the rising genera- tion have not become too old and wise to fitly celebrate the happy occasion. Gone are the days when blithe and merry milk- maids, with the glint of joy in bright eyes and roguish dimples in rosy cheeks, delivered the cream-topped beverage to the accompaniment of gay fiddling round strange-looking garlands of ribbons and pewter plates. But May-day customs are not entirely vanished. Let grown- up people remember the delights of their own childhood before they petulantly rebuke the youngsters who merrily disport themselves oil this one glad day of the year. There is a very pretty old Greek legend which represents the spring god as a beautiful youth who filled the heart of tlio goddess Aphrodite with love. While yet an infant, he was hidden by the goddess in a chest, which she con- signed to the care of Proserpine, the queen of the lower world. Like others of her sex, Proserpine was consumed by curiosity, and she opened the chest to see what it contained. The sight re- vealed bewildered and intoxicated her senses. She became so enamoured of the babe that she refused to give him back to Aphrodite. The two goddesses waged a furious and long quarrel as to the pos- session of the handsome infant, and ulti- mately called in Zeus as arbitrator. This honorary judge proved a very Solomon. He decided that the child was to spend one half of the year in the world above with Aphrodite, and the other moiety in the under-world with Proserpine-thus symbolising the annual appearance and disappearance of the time of fertilisa- tion. The seasons get so altered and muddled-up. nowadays that few of us know where we are exactly. But in old times, when everything came in order I and blizzards stuck to their proper periods, the whitethorn was gathered on May-day and hung over doors to combine with old horseshoes as antidotes to the machinations of witchcraft. Launceston people believed that a swelling of the, neck might be removed by walking three times round the grave of the last young man buried and applying the dew gathered to the affected part. Devonshire folk are rich in old lore, and until lately there was much faith in tha belief that a child was cured of a weak back by drawing him naked over the grass wet with dew on the first, second, and third mornings of May. Another ancient cus- tom was that in which a maiden would pluck a small sprig of may from a hedge, put it into her mouth, and thus carry it homo without uttering a word.- To speak would break the spell. On arriv- ing at home she had to walk up to her bedroom backwards, jerk the spray over her left shoulder on to the pillow, and go to sleep with her head upon the sprig to dream of the happy mortal she was destined to marry. "Out of- the way, yer female dogs!" The scene was in Wood-street, Cardiff, yesterday, when about two thousand well-dressed, smiling Glamorgan and Monmouthshire women were leaving the convention held in support of the Licen-I sing Bill. The speaker walt an unkempt woman, holding a pint bottle in one hand and her fluttering shawl (which served both as bonnet and clc.ak) in the other. She wedged her way between the astonished ladies, and after the momen- tary shock of stupefaction had worn off, a lane was formed for the woman and her bottle. The little procession of one moved on, and the bottle-holder had pro- bably never before been so prominently and publidy in te eye of her respectable sisters. The ladies had been intent lis- teners at the feet of Mrs. Ormiston Cha.nt, and here was a life picture of what their champion had been bemoan- ing. Of the host of speakers, not more than two were able to make themselves beard in all parts of the crowded church and possibly most of the visitors carried away with them as their premier experi- ence, not, the cream of the oratory they had heard, but the miserable* woman with a bottle who roughly bid them get out of her way. At the meeting of the visitors to the Joint Counties Asylum at Carmarthen yesterday it was found desirable to increase the rate of maintenance for pauper patients to 8s. 9d. per head. Even at this advance the figure compares well with the I3s. od. to be charged the Cardiff Guarufans for the maintenance of their mental cases at the new Whit- en urch Asylum. The Cardiff people have found, and wjli find, their Mental Hos- pital a rather expensive toy, and many must now be regretting that the corpora- tion did not go further afield for a cheaper site. But the puzzle with not a few is that of the difference in main- tenance at county and town asylums. Members of the Cardiff Committee tell us that tne cost of buildings does not affect that of maintenance. What does, then? It has been the custom for ages for country people to rush to the towns to do their shopping. Articles sold in ?ll-tie l e:s sold in the country have to be conveyed there from the big centres. What is the mean- ing of the mystery that Cardiff pauper lunatics cost 13s..5d. per head compared with 8s. 9d. in Carmarthen? After fifteen years of patient waiting, the foundation stones of the new Aber- avon Market were laid yesteday, and it is to be hoped that the inauguration of the new scene for buying and selling will mark the beginning of a fresh era of unparalleled prosperity for the historic old town. The figures "15" appear to play a prominent part in the records of the corporation, for it was about fifteen months ago that the old market was burn-ed down. Since then there has been the picturesque, but rather inconvenient, holding of the market in tents on tem- porary stalls. Bartering has been pur- sued under awkward conditions, and the new market is being anticipated as a great convenience by those whose call- ing compels attendance under these unique conditions. Fortunately, the corporation have been able to command the use of a freehold site of their own, and this is largely the reason that the cost will only amount to about £ 6,000. The nw market will be an ornament to the town, as well as an engine of renewed ^prosperity for therdistriet. A

Rita Wins Her Case 1105 DAMAGES FOR AUTHORESS Several well-known authors and editors guve evidence on Thursday for the defen- dants in the action which" Rita," the novelist, brought against Messrs. Thomson and Co., publishers, of Dundee. "Rita" claimed damages for mutilation of her novel, "The Sinner," which she alleged defendants published in the "Red letter" under the title "Katie Thorne," with the names of the characters altered and large cuta and additions by the Scotch editor. Mr. Clement Shorter, editor of the "Sphere, and formerly of the "Illustrated London News," and first editor of the "Tatler," gave it as h;s opinion that when an author sold his work to a newspaper eyndioate he lost all control of it, and editors could cut it as they liked. Mr. Shorter made the hair cf the literary persons in court stand on end by declaring that he had altered a title of one of Robert Louis Stevenson's novels, and eTen cut chunks out of it. Mr. Justice Grantham: That may have been after he was dead. Witness: No; he was living in Samoa at tHe time. Mr. Justice Grantham: I have heard of people turning in their graves at the horror of something happening. Mr. Ricketts (junior counsel for defen- dants): If so, Shakspeare must have turned many times, my lord. (Laughter.) witness said a provincial editor had a per- fect right to cut and alter a syndicated" story to make it suitable to his class of readers. He had read all three versions of Rita's story published under the titles of "The Sinner," "Katie Thorne," and "The Grinding Mills 81 God." After reading the story as it appealed in the "Red Letter," under the title, Katie Thorue," he was filled with respect for the judgment of the editor who had cut certain portions before he gave it to the public for whom he was catering. Do you consider the literary reputation of Rita" has been damaged by the cutting?— Not at all. In cross-examination by Mr. Scrutton, K.C., witness said he had unfortunately never written a novel, but he admitted writing books on the Brontes. Mr. Foote: What would you say if some- body took your Bronte book, left out a fifth of it. and added a few lines here and there? If I sold a book of mine to a syndicate of newspapers at Bolton, I should 'take the cash and jet the credit go,' retorted the witness, quoting Omar. EVEN THE MASTER! The defendants originally bought Rita's story from Messrs. Tillotson's, and Mr. Scrut- ton wanted to know if very famous authors did not sell their stories to this syndicate. "Do you know Hall Caine wrote for Tillot- son's?" asked counsel. "I should not be surprised," replied wit- ness. Counsel suggested that Marie Corelli, Sir A. Conan Doyle, Mr. S. R. Crockett, and Mr. Rudyard Kipling had all written for Tillotson'e, but witness said they would be short and not serial etorics. Mr. James Watson Gordon Richards said he had ruthlessly cut hundreds of stories, and a very well-known author once told him that Messrs. Cassell had out 300 damns from one of his stories. Mr. Coulson Kernahan gave it as his opinion that an author wrote a story in book form for art and in serial form for the mart. He would not expect a novel by George Meredith in the "Fortnightly" to be cut or altered, but if one wrote cheap stuff for newspapers, and so gained extra money, it was absurd to complain of what happened to them. Other witnesses were called, and "Rita" was awarded zEI05 damages and costs.

BOOKMAKER'S SPIES AND SCOUTS. Before the Cardiff magistrates on Thursday Patrick Gosling, 32, was charged with loiter- ing in Tyndall-street for the purpose of re- ceiving bets on April 29. Prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. F. W. Ensor (from the town-clerk's office) said it was his duty to ask their wor- ships in this case to inflict an exemplary penalty. Prisoner had been known to the police as a betting man for many years, and certainly for the last two years he had been occupied in street betting in the locality of Tyndall-street. In consequence of the elaborate provision of scouts and spies it had been impossible to secure sufficient evidence to justify proceedings. On Wednes- day, however, Detective Rosser managed to get close enough to prisoner to prefer the charge. He had observed seven individuals go up to him and hand him papers. Prisoner ran into a house and locked him- self in a room. The doors had to be foTc<?d, and prisoner 6trugglod and got away. Sub- sequently he was arrested on a warrant. Fined L5 and costs, or one month.

FOURTEEN DAYS FOR A WOMAN OF 66. A fragile, poor-looking, lonely old widow of Tidenham, Chepstow, named Sarah Robbins, having been found guilty on a charge of drunkenness, made a pitiful appeal that time should be allowed her to pay the fine, but the Lydney magistrates, before whom the case was heard, were proof against her tears, and insisted that either the money—lis.—should be paid down, or the offence must be expiated by a period of four- teen days in gaol. Defendant, who is 66 years of age, was quite an object of pity, a.s, being without a cent, she tottered across the court in charge of the police in order to be locked up preparatory to her removal to Gloucester to "do the time."

BRYNMAWR FATHER SENT TO GAOL. Albert Huish, collier, Somerset-street, Bryn-I mawr, was charged at Brynmawr on Thurs- day with neglecting his five children, whose ages range from three months to nine years. Mr. Harris (Messrs. Vaughan and Harris) appeared for the prosecution. Inspectors t~-arks and Starr, of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, spoke to visiting defen- dant's house, in which there was not a morsel of food. The children and the house were in a clean condition. The furniture had been broken into matchwood by defen- dant, who was in the habit of drinking. When be wanted food he would go to his mother's house. Durkitg the last five weeks defen- dant's wife had only received 2s. 3d., and that she took from his pockets. Defendant was sent to gaol for three months with hard labour. He was also fined 10s., or fourteen days, for using bad laa- guaige, the terms to run concurrently.

HIGH SEAS ARGUMENT ENGINEER ASSAULTED. Marcus ICarola, a Greek sailor, aged 22, was charged at Cardiff on Thursday with having on March 17, in the steamship Anna Moore between Malta and Kustendji, assaulted Frederick George Croft, the chief engineer. Mr. J. H. Morgan appeared for the prosecu- tion; Mr. Morgan Rees defended. Croft, who lives in Tewkesbury-street, Car- diff, said tliat on the high seas he had an argument with the boatswain, who called him a lje.y,. Whilst the argument was in progress, Karola, it was alleged, came up from behind and dealt the chief engineer a blow on the back of the head with a piece of wood. A German sailor and the Greek boatswain pre- vented witness from recovering the instru- ment of attaok, and as it was, he was stunned and ren.dered powerless. Finally, the Bench imposed a fine of 40s., including costs, or one month, Mr. Andrews pointing out that prisoner was not justified I in using the piece of wood as a weapon.

CARDIFF PUBLICAN'S FAILURE. The creditors of IIarry Fantham, licensed I victualler, of The Femg, Oakfield-terrace, Rttnmey, and lately of the White Lion Inn, Nora-street, Cardiff, and of the Rompney I Castle, Rumney, met on Thursday. The debtor, who returned his gross liabilities at £ 388 13s. 4d. and his deficiency at £321.1 6s. Jd., attributed his failure to "bad health and bad trade in the laat two public-houses." The Official Receiver in his remarks said that debtor was originally a butcher in Cow'oridgo-road, but in consequence of his poor health he had to abandon this business. As his wife had knowledge of the licensing trade, they went into that in 1837. He was at the Docks Hotel, Broadway, for six or seven years. The debtor being subject to epileptic fits, the management of the busi- nessea was left to his wife. The official receiver remains trustee of the estate.

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Licensing Attack I WOMEN SUPPORT THE BILL A demonstration in favour of the Govern- ment's Licensing Bill, attended by women representing all parts of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, was held on Thursday at Wood-street Chapel, which has come to be recognised as the home of Nonconformist conventions in the city. But this demon- stration was by no means confined to Non- conformity, as every section and creed were represented by the 2,5C0 mothers and daughters of the city and district. The arrangements were under the direction of Mrs. W. Edwards (Cardiff Ba.ptist College'), as secretary. There was no lack of good speakers, and some of them were drafted to the overflow meeting at the Tabernacle Chapel, where Mrs. Lloyd George presided over another large gathering. Placards were hung about the building. One of them read. "Less beer; more boots; pltwse pass the* Licensing Bill." Another, representing John Bull and a licensed vic- tualler dres.sed in a big beer barrel, asked Who shall be master?'' These were good specimens of tho others. Mrs. Viriamu Jones presided, and welcomed Mrs. Lloyd George amidst ripples ef applause, after which Mrs. W. Edwards sounded the keynote by calling upon her Eisters to come out of your shells and off with your gloves." She also read a stirring letter from Gwyneth Vaughan, who was un- able to be present owing to ill-health, in which she asked the women of the land to assist in taking the fingers of the liquor traffic from the throat of the nation." Government Spokeswoman P Before leaving for the Tabernacle Mrs. Lloyd George, who was loudly applauded, said she was there to show that she was on the side of sobriety, morality, and social reform. Her next sentence sounded as if inspired, and it was fully appreciated. "The Liberal party will pass the measure without any compromise," &he said, and if they stick to their Bill the country will stick to them." (Applause.) Mrs. Atkinson (Perarth) proposed the first resolution, which, while declaring that the time-limit should not be lengthened, that the provisions relating to children should be made statutory, that grocers' licences should be abolished, that the employment of bar- maids should eventually coa-se, and that clubs should be placed under more efficient control, especially welcomed the Sunday Closing provision for Monmouthshire aind the extension of the principle of local option to Wales. Mrs. Atkinson was strictly prac- tical in her remarks, except in this little hit: The Tories pretend to be not in favour of the Bill, but they want to get into power themselves, you know; and when they get there they will pass such a Bill themselves." Mrs. Professor Miliicent M'Keuzie (Cardiff) seconded. Mrs. Ormiston Chant Mrs. Ormiston Chant declared that the Bill "opened a door of hope." It was an honest operted a d4-?or o, Bill, backed by honest men. They were in the throes of the greatest struggle England had seen since the repeal of the Corn Laws. The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried by acclamation. Mrs. Kate Freeman moved a resolution nrging the women of Wales to use all their influence to bring about the passing of the Bill, and show that they were on the side of "sobriety, morality, a-nd social reform." The resolution was adapted, as also was another moved hy Mi's. Principal Edwards favouring the formation of a council for the counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth for the prosecution of an active campaign. EVENING MEETING Lady Wimbome Chastises Suffragettes In the evening still more crowded audiences of ladies met at Wood-street and the Taber- nacle, Lady Wimborne presiding over the former, and the Rev. W. J. Zeal over the latter. Mrs. Lloyd George said that she hoped the meetings would prove to be an inspiration to the Welsh members. Lady Wimborne del^ivered a striking address. Referring to the tactics of the suf- fragettes, her ladyship said it had been a source of the deepest sorrow to her to see women setting the public good behind their private ends, and using their very utmost endeavours to defeat a Government which was trying, in the face of terrible odds, to carry such a great measure of temperance reform. She knew that those women were actuated by the honest desire to attain that boon, the Parliamentary suffrage—and it was a (itsi re wiui wnicn sue naa great sym- pathy, and which she had no doubt would one day find its fulfilment-but she thought that they were damaging their cause. It had been a matter of shame to her that their sex should be allying themselves with the brewing interest to perpetuate the drink traffic. The time-limit in the Bill was an act of forbearance on the part of the State, and the brewing interest had no legal claim to any compensation. The brewing companies had injured themselves by paying enormous sums for what were now tied houses, but that was no affair of the State; and they could not sacrifice the best interests of the nation for such private interests as those. (Applause.) A proof that the trade had been injuring itself was found in the fact that the stock of Messrs. Allsopp, who had gone in largely for tied houses, had decreased by thirteen millions sterling, whereas the stock of Messrs. Guinness, who had never specu- lated in that class of property, had increased by fifteen millions. If they did not support the Bill the trade would destroy it, and if such an awful contingency was brought about no Government would be strong enough for another generation to deal with the brew- ing interest again. (Hear, hear.) Mrs. Freeman (London) proposed a resolu- tion on similar lines to that carried during I the afternoon, and elicited applause by her reference to the Bishop of Llandaff's co-operation in the campaign in favour of the Bill. Mrs. Ormiston Chant seconded the resolu- tion. She opened her remarks by stating that she had more than a spoonful of Welsh blood in her veins, as she was directly descended from Sir Arthur Jones, of Towy Castle." Women would never have a chanee,l again if they let the present opportunity slip by. They might have to write irufamy" on a page of their history instead of "glory" unJess they did their duty. (Applause.) JSro Bill ever before Parliament could boast of a, higher moral principle than the one now before the country. The father of lies" seemed to be particularly busy just now, but the religious spirit of England was 'not dead. (Applause.) Lady Dorothy Howard ail so made a fighting speech. She said that every Government that had fought vested interests, selfishness, and privilege had had to face the vitupera- tion and slander of those interested. The brewers and brewery shareholders had gambled for high dividends. It was always very foolish to gamble, and if a person did gamble, let him take the rj?k like a man. (Applause.) The mo.tion was carried unanimously.

THE SHIPBUILDING DISPUTE The joint board of the varions Trades Unions and Labour associations met again at the House of Commons on Thursday for the purpose of considering the situation OIl the N{)rth-ea",tCt""t.. After some delibera- tion the meeting was adjourned until to-day- It is understood that certain proposals for a, settlement suggested by Mr. Churchill in his interview with -Mr. Wilkie, .M.P., are being laid before the men, and that the joint board will meet again to-day to con- sider the men's reply- Another meeting of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation will be held at Carlisle to-day, when suggestions arising out of the Traded Union meetings held in London will, doubtless, be considered. There is still hope of averting a national shipyard lock-out. The general secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Labour has announced, in connec- tion with the disputes on the North-east Goa,t, that strike-pay will cease on Satur- day, May 2. Benefit pay has been distri- TInted for fourteen weeks, fourteen hundred men being affected.

BANK OFFICIALS CHARGED I WITH FORGERY. I £ 10,000 TO A BOOKMAKER I 'LOST £10,000 TO A BOOIL'IAKER Charges of forgery and enibezzlenient in which the defalcations amounted to £ 8,640 were on Thursday at Norwich brought against Ambrose George Goddard, clerk and cashier at the Capital and Counties Bank, Dereham, Norfolk. and John Franklin Wright. bank cashier, of High Wycombe, and formerly manager of the Derebani branch of the Capital and Counties Bank. The prosecution alleged that the frauds were perpetrated by means of forged cheques, forged a;agnat, and forged PTM?prsementa. Among the witnesses called was a London bookmaker, named SIowburn. who said that Goddard ?M?roa?h?d him at the Sandown Park Races in 1903, and between then and 1906 Goddard had lœt to him ?lO.OOO. while he had lost to Goddamd nearly ",oft Goddard still owed him a l?rge sum. The ^caee,wasadj<mrned.

PREMIER AND PARTY I Loyal Support for Mr. Asquith I "STIFF HILLS TO CLIMB Liberals Will Go to the End of Their Journey Despite the dull and showery weather. a number of sipectators waited in P-alil Mall yes- terday to wiitch the ^assembling of Liberal members foT the party meeting at the Reform Club. Among the crowd were several photo- graphers with cameras, who took snapshots of leading politicians. I Members began to arrive at eleven o'clock, and as the time approached for the gather- ing, at 11.30, there was an increasing throng of carriages, motors, and cabs bringing up members. The members of the Government, and especially the Prime Minister, were greeted witn loud cheers on entering the room where the meeting was held. Sir John Brunner, as one of the senior members of the party, presided. According to expectation, the meeting passed off without a hitch, those present being apparently of one mind. Atter a short introductory speech by the chairman, Mr. Ellis moved, and Mr. Fen wick seconded a resolution paying tribute to the late Premier. This having been adopted, Sir W. Brampton Guidon moved, and Mr. Burt seconded, a resolution cordially welcoming Mr. Asquith, as First Minister of the Crown, and assuring him uf loval and zealous sunnort in his i leadership. This was supported in brief speeches by Mr. Eugene Watson, as chairman of the Scot- tish Liberal members, amd Sir Alfred Thomas, chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary party. The resolution was passed with enthusiasm. The Prime Minister, on replying, was heartily received. Mr. Asquith, in the course of his speech, said that he set very little 6tore by two or three electoral results. They were, as a party, still a long way from tho completion of the task which the country entrusted to them to discharge. There was a lot of country still to traverse, steep hills to climb, stiff fences to take, and turbulent streams to cross, but they were going to the end of their journey, and they knew where they were going. They would not lose much way. This declaration aroused a great outburst of cheering. There had been. he proceeded, a change in the leadership which they all lamented, but there had been no change of policy. (Renewed applause.) Referring to general topics, the Premier declared they stood to defend the citadel of Free Trade and to reach a concordat on the education question, but they could not abandon either their principles or their friends. In the matter of the Licensing Bill he alluded to the unprecedented storm of misrepresentation, and eaid he did not believe that anything the Liberal party had dotue for years had done more than this Bill to give it a real foothold amongst the intel- ligent classes of the country. lie confidently hoped to celebrate with them before long the licensing Bill's safe arrival in port. Referring to other social problems, such as those connected with poverty and unem- ployment, he believed before another week was over they would have taken the first substantial step towards dealing with the most urgent. He thanked the party for its confidence, and prayed that he might be worthy of it and deserve it. Loud and continued cheers marked the close of the speech.

Yesterday's Parliament MR CHURCHILL'S MANCHESTER SPEECHES In the House of Ciomnicns yesterday a new writ was ordered to be issued for the elec- tion of a member for the Newport Division of Shropshire, in the room of the late Colonel Kenyon Slaney. Runaway Motorists Mr. Cathcart Wason asked the Home Secre- tary whether, in view of the recent C3.Ee3 ia which motorists after serious accidents rall away without stopping, he would take imme- diate steps to strengthen the law by impos- ing heavier penalties for this class of offenoe. Mr. Burns replied to the question. He pro- mised to consider whether some amendment of the law could be made with regard to this point. (Hear, hear.) Mr Churchill's Manchester Speeches Mr. Claude Hay asked the Prime Minister if the pledges in regard to the alteration of regula.tions under the Aliens Act, 1905, given by the President of the Board of Trade to his constituents at Manchester represented the views of his Majesty's Government. Mr. Herbert Samuel answered the question He said the pledges made by the President of the Board of Trade relating to adminis- trative action only atood. They involved no new regulations. Mr. Asquith said, as far as he knew, the statements made by the President of the Board of Trade merely repeated in hs own language opinions previously expressed by other members of the Government. There was nothing in them to prevent the Govern- ment from proceeding with the Education Bill, the second reading of which would be taken in due course. (Opposition laughter, and Ministerial cheers.) Mr. Long asked whether, in the re-construc- tion of the Cabinet,, there had been a re- arrangement of the old rule that any state- ment made by a Cabinet Minister was bind- ing on his colleagues? (Opposition cheers.) Mr. Asquith: I oa'nnot see how that arises out of my answer. (Ministerial cheers.) Mr. L<mg asked the Prime Minister if the Pledges on the Home Rule question given by the President of the Board of Trade to his late constituents at Manchester had his sanc- tion and authority, and, if so. whether he I would give the House of Commons an oppor- tunity of discussing this changc in policy by the Government? Mr. Asquith eaid there had been and was no ohange in the policy of the Government, which was fully explained by the Chief Sec- retary and himself in that House on March ?- (Ironical Opposition cheers am d Minis- terial counter cheers.) He did not anthoriso his right hon. friend to make—and he was satisfied, after acqua-inting himself with the fcubstance of his speeches, t.ha.t ho did not m-ake-a,ny statement in Manchester which was in any way inconsistent with previous declarations. (Opposition cries of "Oh" and Ministerial cheers.) Mr. -Long inquired whether the right hon. gentleman was not aware that the President of the Board of Trade stated definitely a.t Manchester that grave misuinderertajidings had ansen in regard to the language used by the Prime Minister in the House of Com- mons upon the occasion referred to, and that he had the authority of the Prime Minister to explain that these misapprehen- sions were not justified, and to assume a line in regar dto the next election which was not adopted by the Prime Minister. The interpretation placed generally upon the right hon. entleman's lanuae was not con- fined to one party or to one section. I Mr. Asquith said he was not responsible for the interpretation which people placed upon the language used by his right hon. friend. Coming Bye-elections DUNDEE: Candidates: Mr. W. S. Cb,urchiH (L.). Sir G. W. Baxter (U.). Mr. G. H. Stuart (Lab.). Mr. Robertson's (L.) majority in 1906 was- over T. Labour, 2,343; over second Liberal, 3.154; over first Unionist, 5.411. STIRLING BURGHS: Candidate: Mr. W. Whitelaw (U.). Liberal majority in 1900, 630. A joint moating of Liberals is to be held at Dunfermline to-night to select a Liberal candidate. SHROPSHIRE (NORTH DIVISION): Ca/ndidaites: Mir. F. Neilson (L.). Mr. Beville Stainer (U.). UlDionist majority in 1906, 166. Polling daY-Dot yet fixed. MONTROSE BURGHS: Candidate; Mr. R. V. Harcourt (L.). Mi-. A. It. li. (ibnstible (U.). Mr. J. Burge.ss (Lab.). IA-beral majority in 1906, 2,494. Polling day—Tuesday, May 12. WOLVERHAMPTON (EAST DIVISION): Candidates: Mr. L. S. Amcry (U.). Mr. G. R. Thorne (L.). Liberal majority in i906, 2,865. Polling day—Tuesday, M.ay 5.

G.W.R. FACTORY FOR NEW- PORT. The Great Western Railway Company have secured 00 acres of land on the east side of the River Uek at Newport, near the termina- tion of their Bast TIsk Railway, for the purpose of establishing works for pickling I the<4&mber used in their service.

Mr. Churchill's Address AVOWS HIMSELF ENTIRELY UN- REPENTANT I The following is the address which the I President of the Board of Trade drew up on Thursday .evening for submission to the electors of Dundee;- "To the Electors of Dundee. "Gentlemen,—The Manchester Reform Club is scarcely 303 yards from the Town-hall; yet as I entered it immediately after the declaration of last Friday's poll I was handed a telegram from Dundee. This spon- taneous act of kindliness and succour will ever be gratefully remembered by mc, and without the slightest disparagement of other proposals by which I have been honoured. I have accepted the unanimous invitation of your executive to contest the city of Dundee at the impending bye-election for the Liberal and Free Trade cause. I do not need in this letter to enter upon a catalogue of measures and issues. The policy of his Majesty's Government is plain and unpolished. My own personal views upon the great contro- verted questions of tho day have been set forth abundantly during the strenuous elec- tion which has just been decided. I shall come among you to justify them, and I only claim the fullest opportunity. "Upon the maintenance of our Free Trade system, upon the temperance cause in its conflict with the organised forces of the liquor trade, upon the hope of a concordat in education which shall give us in England the freedom of conscience and secular effi- ciency you in Scotland have so long enjoyed. upon the land reform in town and country, upou South Africa, upon Ireland. I avow myself entirely unrepentant. You will oo asked to endorse the appeal of the. coal- miners for a little larger share of life and fiun and light, and thereby to take another practical step in the long movement which seeks to make all processes of economic pro- duction conform to the laws of health and science. You will be urged to fortify the Government against the arbitrary, irrespon- sible partisanship of the House of Lords, to approve an orthodox and thrifty adminis- tration of the public finances, and to bang, bar, and bolt the door against protective and preferential taxes upon bread and meat, no matter upon what pretext they are imposed. It would be foolish for us not to recognise that British democracy is now confronted by a vigorous Tory reaction. The social battle swings to and fro in uncertain deci- sion; the fate of important legislation con- ceived in the highest interests of the labour- ing classes of Britain hangs in the balance. An electoral blow which should sweep the Liberals from power would fall with aggra- vated force upon Labour representation in all its degrees. Let us be united. By inviting me to be your candidate in the place which ill-health has caused our respected friend. Mr. Edmund Robertson., to relinquish you have chosen, as you are well aware, to fight in a situa- tion of exceptional dispute. In order to sustain, the cause of progress the Liberals of Dundee have set aside all personal considera- tions, Citizens whom a lifelong knowledge of your industries and particular interests had equipped, and whose positions in public esteem had entitled to represent you, have sacrificed, unasked and unhesitating, their honourable aspirations. It has been your choice to play a direct iTarh in national j affairs rather than to seek the gratification -of local needs, and to strike a blow in the I cause of the common good- rather than to gain a special advantage for Dundee. Believe me, I am deeply sensible of this. If I were to press my personal claims upon you I should feel indeed that my case was weak; but 1. too, have come gradually and with widening knowledge to serve great causes. and, upborne by them, I feel an ample con- fidence and authority. The levers of social progression are still in the grasp of the Liberal party. We want to set them for- ward to govern the destinies of the onward march of peoples. Shall we be given the strength? That is the question I have come to ask Dundee.—I am, gentlemen, yours faithfully, (Signed) "WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. I "Board of Trade, April 30, 1908."

———— CANADA AND CRIMINALS I Correspondence has passed between Lord Strathcona (High Commissioner for Canada) and the Lord Mayor of London as the result of a paragraph which appeared in a 3fo-? real paper on March 8, to the effect ti?at ——-—. aged seventeen, charged with the theft of 139 for betting purposes, had been discharged by the Lord Mayor on the under- standing that he went to Canada for a new start in life. Lord Strathcona wrote to Sir James Bell that he had been a.sked to take official action in regard to the matter, but he felt that it would be sufficient if he pointed out informally that the people and Government of Canada strongly resented the sending to the Dominion of any person who had shown criminal tendencies. Indeed, powers existed under the Canadian law for deporting such persons, and these were rigidly put into force. Lord Strathcona was confident that it was only necessary to mention the matter informally to secure the Lord Mayor's hearty co-operation in a matter with which the Canadian Government was greatly con- cerned. The Lord Mayor replied that the state- ment of the Montreal paper was virtually correct, but the lad was not discharged on the understanding that he should be sent to Canada. The boy was discharged under the Probation of Offenders Act. The boy need never have left London, but it was mentioned in court that, in order to give him a fresh start, his parents were going to send him to Canada. The lad was of good parentage and enduca-tion, but had been tempted to bet with bookmakers, and, having lost, was induced to steal. This was his first offence. No prisoners, added the Lord Mayor, had ever been sent to Canada from that court.

LOCAL WILLS MR. ALFRED FOY, SWANSEA. Mr. Alfred Fay, of 54, Trafalgar-terrace, Swansea, who died on March 3, left estate of the gross value of £878, with net personalty £ 362,and probate of his will has heen granted to his widow, Mrs. Owenllian Foy. MR. W. BRACE, LLANSTADWELL -1 Ir. Willia-m Brace, of Great Honey borough Fa.rm, Llanstadwell, Pembroke, who died en January 29, left estate valued at £626. and probate of his will has been granted to his daughter. Miss Ada Alice Brace, of the said frra. and Mr. James Brace, of Park Farm, Ma.norbier, farmer, brother of the testator. MR. J. H. PARSONS, CARDIFF. Mr. John Henry Parsons, of 20, Pla-newydrl- place, Cardiff. tailor, who died on April 29, left estate of the gross value of £ 1,206, with net peiTsonalty E20. and probate of bis will, dated January 1. 1902, with a codicil cf January 14, 1904, has been granted to his widow, Mrs. Ellen Parsons, and his sons, Mr. Arthur Henry Parsons, of 158, Cattrell- road, Cardiff, butcher's manager, and Mr. Win. Ernest Parsons, of 41, Lavender Sweep, Clapham Junction, S.W. The testator left his estate upon trust for his wife during her life, with remainder to his daughters Lavinia Beatrice and Laura Ellen, and his sons Wm. Ernest and Arthur Henry Parsons.

AN ASQUITH SCHOLARSHIP At a meeting of the City Corporation on Thursday the chairman of the City of lon- don Schools Committee moved that, a scholar- ship of £100 should be given to that institu- tion in recognition of the fact that Mr. Asquith was a former pupil, the award to be named the City of London Asquith Scholar- ship, tenable for three years. In the event, however, of a boy g-oing to Oxford or Cam- bridge showing: exceptional abilities, the time should be extended to four years.—The motion was enthusiastically adopted.

CARDIFF ASSESSMENTS. THE DOCKS PROPERTY AND THE GLAMORGANSHIRE CANAL. At a, special meeting of the Cardiff Assess- ment Committee on Thursday the long-pend- ing q* uestion of definitely fixing the 'new valua- tion of the Bute prol-sert-y was again dis- cussed, and it was decided that, the chairman (Major-general Lee) and the vice-chairman (Alderman F. J. Beavau) should wait upon Mr. Corbett with a view to making some pro- gre-is toward-s a final settlement. The old valuation of t.be Bute Docks was Cloa,gA, and this bias been increased to £ 112,489, while the old valuation of the Glamorganshire Canal has been increased from X973 to f3,765. At the same meeting the assessment of the Marine Hotel, Barry, was reduced from S,317 gross and J450 ratable to C450 and £ 390.

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Joint Counties Asylum IINCREASED MAINTENANCE COST THE QUOTA DISPUTE The committee of visitors of the joint counties lunatic asylum at their quarterly meeting at Carmarthen on Thursday made feeling references to the untimely death of Dr. David Lloyd, Newcastle-Emlyn, who had been a valued member of the committee for the last eighteen or nineteen year, Dr. J. Richa-rds (the medical superinten- dent) reported seventeen deaths in the insti- tution during the past quarter, 50 admis- sions, and 10 discharges, leaving in the asylum on March 31 685 patients-366 males and 319 females. Two male patients escaped, one being away for a few hours and the other for three days. An outbreak of swine fever early in March atuoiig--t i-he pigs nece^ sitated the slaughter of fifteen animals. Mr. Henry Lewis, Narberth, the auditor, reported that the average weekly cost of each patient was 9s. 4fd. The income under maintenance account for the quarter amounted to X3,792, and the expenditure to £ 4,186. The Medical Superintendent reported the receipt of a letter from the Lunacy Commis- sioners in regard to the continued mainten- ance of the 35 male patients from Cardiff. The Clerk (Mr. W. Morgan Griffiths) stated that he had also received a letter from Mr. Wheatley, the Cardiff town-clerk. He thought this was a ease where the patients could remain until the end of May, seeing that the Cardiff Corporation had no place to send them to at present. The derk's suggestion was adopted. On the proposal of Mr. W. X. Jones, Tiry- dail, seconded by Mr. Joseph Williams Llan- elly, the appointment of a suitable junior assistant-medical officer at the asylum was left in the hands of the medical supernuten- dent. One of the members made some reference to lady doctors. Mr. W. N. Jones: aSfo, I -would not leave you afppoint a female assistant. I should ha-ve a voice in that. (Laughter.) The Medical Superintendent: I shall re- advertise now. The Clerk: Mr. Jones has probably some girl in view. (Laughter.) Dr. Richards stated that their balance at the bank had been reduced by 1441 during the last six months. To fix the rate of main- tenance at 8s. 5Jd. for pauper patients as hitherto would, he thought, be cutting it rather fine, and he suggested increasing the rate to 86. 9d., aa last, year Mr. W. X. Jones moved that the suggested rate be fixed. Mr. Joseph William?, in seconding, eaid: In fact, I would advance on 8s. 9d. The motion was carried. The Clerk reported that the county of Pem- broke would not consent to any superannua- tion being paid to Mr. Read, the asylum clerk, until the dispute between the three counties in regard to quotas, &c., had been settled.—The matter was, consequently, adjourned. The Clerk had prepared a return of the lunatics at the asylum from each of the three counties since the date of the last agreement as to quotas, but as none of the Cardiganshire representatives were present, and the county council had taken up a certain hostile attitude in regard to the matter, it was decided to adjourn the subject.

EISTEDDFODAU Successful Gathering at Monmouth The sLith annual t'isteddfod promoted by the Monmouth Free Church Council was sue- cessfully held on Thursday in the Rolls-hall, Monmouth. The officials were:—President, j Mr. Alex. Taylor (Newport); conductor, N-r. O. J. Own (Abergavenny); musical adjudicators, .Afr. Hadley Wat-kins (Bournemouth) and Mr. T. Powell (Neath); literary adjudicator, Mr. T. Powell; accompanist. Miss Grace Morgan (Newport), and hon. secretaries, Messrs. T. II. Gower and R. P. Hall (Monmouth). Chief awards:- Junior choral (under sixteen years), "The Voyage": Wye Valley Skylarks (conductor, Mr. D. Powell). Male champion solo: let, David Morgan (Poutnewydd); 2nd, C. O. Marsh (Aber- gavenny). Anthem, for county choirs only, When I survey the wondrous cross": 1st, Wye Valley United Choir (conductor, Mr. A. E. Pick); 2nd, Raglau Baptist Church Choir (conductor, Mr. W. II. Jones). Ladies' choral, Jesu, lover of my soul": Cinderford Ladies' Choir (conductor, Mr. G. Rear). Miy,le voice quartette: Messrs. Fairnuan, Dyer, Powell, and Morris. Ladies' champion solo: 1st. Mrs. Davidson, Pontypool; 2nd, Miss Violet Elias, Mon- mouth. Choral competition: 1st, Monmouth United Choir (conductor, Mr. D. Powell); 2nd, Wye VaHey United Choir (conductor, Mr. A. D. Pick). Senior recitation: Miss Violet Pick, Mon- mou.th. Male voice choral Gole- ford Male Voice Choir (conductor, Mr. J. H. Evans). Missing line compert it ion: Mr. Richard Jordan, Maryland. Chief choral: 1st, Coleford Philharmonic Society (conductor, Mr. J. H. Evans); 2nd, Cinderford a,nd District Choral Society (con- ductor, Mr. T. Kear). Seoond choral: Monmouth United Choir (conductor, Mr. D. Powell). I Beulah Beulah (Breeonshire) annual eisteddfod was I la.rgely attended, and was a distinct success. The officials were:—Presidents, Colonel H. R. Holden and Mr. J. T. Evaus, J.P.; conductor, the Bev. R W. Ll&id-Owen; adjudicator of music, Mr. D. J. de Lloyd, B.A., Mus.Bac.; adjudicator of recitations, Mr. G. R. Thomas, B.isc., F.G.6.; adjudiocator of descriptive letter, the Rev. D. Edmondes Owen, B.A.; drawing, Mr. Wynston Waters; needlework, Mrs. Evans- Thomas'; accompanist, Mr. Vaughan Jones (Llandrindod Wells); treasurer, Mr. F. Lama- craft; and secretary, Mr. John Price. Awards:- Soprano solo, Love's Fasc-ination": Miss Edith Da vies, Beulah. Tenor solo, Rising of the sira": Mr. Afan Da vies, Tynypant, Llan wi tyd- Contralto or baritone solo, "Sing to me old Cambria's music": Llewelyn Price. Llan- wrtyd Weils. Recitation, Welill or English: Divided between Miss Gwennie May James, Llan- wrtyd Wells, and Mis6 Evelyn Arthur, Llan- gammarch Wells. Essay, description of a local walk: Isrt, Elsie Da.vies, Beulah: 2nd, divided between Mrs. Griffiths, Baulah School, and Miss Morris, Garth School House. Open solo, for any voice: Mrs. Jenkins, Beulah ("The Enchantress. Quartette, "In the sweet bye and bye": Llanwrtyd Party. Impromptu speech, "Suffragettes": Mr. W. Price, Tygarw.

MOTOR WEDDING AT MACHEN Mr. Edward Pcmberton Steer, eldest son of Mr. Edward Steer, J -P., Malpas, managing director of Messrs. Guest, Keen and Nettle- foUts (Limited) Works, Rogerstone, and cousin to Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, was married at St. Michael's, Church-road, near Mac-hen, yesterday, to Miies Bern ice, youngest daughter of Mr. E. Southwood Jones, J.P., Da-nygraig, Risc-a. The marriage service was read by the Rev. Canon Griffiths, rector of 31achen, assisted by the curate, the Rey. G. A. Baile. In the absence of her father through ill-health, the brido was given away by her brother, Mr. Lionel Southwood Jones. A feature of the wedding was that the party rode to the church in nine motor-cars supplied by the ewport Motor Company. A reception was subsequently given at St. Iven, Newport, the residence of Mr. J. Stiven Barrie, the bride's brother-in-law. Later in the day Mr. and Mrs. Steer started on a motor tour in the West of England.

NORTH EASTERN CRISIS. I Although a conference between the officials of the North Eastern Company and the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants at York on Thursday came to an unex- pectedly abrupt termination, the position is stated to be much improved. The men's committee at the outset said they had no mandate to di?usa the formation of a con- cilia/don board, only a national programme. As a result of that attitude the discussion ended abruptly, without anythin? being done. Mr. Richard Bell, seen subsequently, said ho was very hopeful of a settlement, the points for consideration now by the general executive being the proper interpretation to be put upon the Board of Trade scheme and the alternative conciliation board proposed by the North Eastern Company.

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A Year of Progress I SUCCESS OF Y. M.C.A IN SOUTH WALES J The annual conference of the South Walea I District Union of Young Men's Christian Associations was held in the handsome new building at Barry on Thursday, about sixty delegates being present. A service, at which Mr. Richard Cory, J.P., presided, was followed by the business session. Mr. Alfred Jackson, Barry, oc-cupied the chair, and wel- comed the delegates. In presenting his annual report, the Hon. District Secretary (Mr. F. S. Higman, of Cardiff) stated that rapid strides had been made in the work during the past year. It was probable that two organising secretaries would shortly be appointed for the: Neath district and Monmouth. A short series of building campaigns had been organised at Merthyr, Pontypridd, and Newport. At the former place a sum of £ 3,000 had already been promised, at Pontypridd L2,100, and at Newport over £ 5,000. Mr. Robert Powell had done excellent work at Llaneliy, and 80 per cent- of the working men had agreed to pay monthly instalments towards the erection of a new building. There was promise of great work being accomplished in the splendid new buildings at Barry. At Aberavon sjir Arthur Vivian bore the entire cost of erect- ing a small building on his own estate. Mr. George Clarke had held missions at Aber- gavenny and Aberdare, and the Volunteer camps had been carried on with increasing efficiency. The methods and equipments employed had received the warmest approval of the commanding officers, and Mr. Haldane had expressed his approval of the services. If, continued Mr. Higman, any demand was made with respect to the Territorial Forces, he hoped the response would be a hearty one. (Hear, hear.) There had been a steady increase of membership all round during the year, and in some centres the growth had been phenomenal. Swansea had made the biggest progress during the year, but the most important at- Cardiff had been the junior work, and it was hoped to construct a junior section next winter. Upon the proposition of Mr. Richard Cory, Mr. Hig-man was cordially thanked for his services during the year as hon. secretary.— The appointment of officers resulted aa follows:—President, Mr. John Cory, J.P., D.L. (re-elected); vice-presidents, the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, the Rev. the Hon. Talbot Rice, it.A., Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, Sir Arthur Vivian, Messrs. R. Cory, J.p., W. Pratt M. Burt, W. A. Ba.ker, W. H. Godwin, H. S. Newman, Alderman W. J. Trounce, W. C. Hibbert, and Dr. J. A. Rawlings; representa- tives on English National Council. Mr. W. Pratt, Mr. P. L. Earle, and Alderman !V. T. Trounce; hon. district secretary. Mr. F. S. Higman, Cardiff; Messrs. W. Walters (Merthyr), Edgar R. Jones, M.A. fPorth), H. S. Smart (Swansea). B. Hughes Ridler (Cardiff), D. Guy (Newport), and T. P. Cook (Swansea). A confereroo afterwards took place on "Our Difficulties and Encouragements," the speakers being Messrs. W. Walters, D. Guy, Leonard Lewis; and H. Smart. The delegates Fttt down to lunch at the invitation of Mr. J. Jones, Park-tone, and a drive of inspection to Barry Island followed. Foreign Work of the Movement Colonel J. Arthur Hughes presided at the afternoon conference, when Mr. Oliver H. M'Cowen, IA,.B., foreign secretary, delivered an admirable address on the forward foreign policy of the Young Men's Christian Association. This year it was hoped to send four paid secretaries to India, and he hoped South Wales and district would play an important part in the new policy. Mr. George Clarke, the one-time champion athlete and now celebrated as an evangelist, also related his experiences in foreign parts. In the course of an address upon the home and future policy of the mov?nent Air. T. Gwilym .Tames, secretary for Wales and the Border Counties, detailed the excel- lent work done by the Young Men's Chris- tian Association members in the Volunteer camps last year. and said it was hoped this year to raise £ 2,000 towards carrying on the work in the camps of the Territorial k,occe. Tea was afterwards provided at the invi- tation of Councillor Thomas Davies. At a public meeting subsequently held in St. Mary's-hall, Mr. John Jones presiding over a large attendance, addresses were delivered by Mr. George Clarke and Mr. Oliver H. M'Cowen; and Mr. H. E. Pope, fCC- retary, presented an interesting report on the work and progress of the Barry Young Men's Christian Association during the past year.

I GLOBE HOTEL. CARDIFF Farewell Supper at Historic Hostelry The old Globe Hotel, in Castle-street, Car. diff, which dates from 1528, and has been the historic place of meeting of generations (especially of the farming industry) since the days of Edward III., is soon to yield place to a modern structure, and a farewell supper was held on Thursday night, Mr. Frederick Jones, the licensee, supplying a. bountiful repast. Alderman Lewis Morgan presided, and Mr. G. -1. Willett was in the vice-chair.—Mr. T. Jenkins (Marchioness of Bute) proposed "The Trade," and gave reminiscences of the old Glbbe, extending over upwards of 40 years.-lir. Ben Grilliths (James Buchanan and Co.) made complimen- tary references to Mr. J. M. Staniforth's car. toons in the Western Mail on the Licens- ing Bill.—Mr. Morisco having spoken, Alder- man Lewis Morgan proposed The Globe Hotel." expressing pleasure that the place retained its good name, and regret that owing to up-to-date pressure a palatial building would soon take iti place at a cost of £ 4,000, at the call of the licensing autho- rity.

ST. ANDREW'S, CARDIFF Air. Fred. Y. Brett. (churchwardeu) writes: I am anxious not to enter into' any correspondence on the vexed affair of our parish or to say one word which may widen the gulf, but in reference to Mr. Geo. David's statement I am bound to point out that he is mistaken as to the arrangement made by our deputation with the bishop. I can quite underst.and the mistake, as he was not present at the time. Our deputation was appointed by the churchwardens and sidesmen, who arc the responsible officers of the parish, and who have all along con. ducted the negotiations with the bishop. Our arrangement, of course, with his lord- ship was to report the result of the inter- view to them. This we did on Tuesday night, and the matter will also be dealt with at the vestry meeting."

VAGRANT PEST John Montgooierie, of Lewes, Ross-shire, labourer, for begging alms and assaulting Police-constable Richards while in the execu- tion of his duty, was at Lampeter on Thurs- day sentenoed to six weeks' hard labour. Police-constable Richards, having heard com- plaints of the couduct of vagrants in Bryn- road, went in that direction and saw the accused begging, and, having charged him with the offence, Montgomerie threw a can- ful of hot water in his face and attempted to use a knife.

MANUFACTURED DIAMONDS SECRET. At Bow-street on Thursday afternoon th< sealed packet which is eaid to contain M. Henri Lemoine's secret for the manufacture of diamonds was produced by the Union of London and Smiths Bank, in accordance with the Lord Chief Jnmke's decision. Sir Albert de Rutzen, the magistrate, having con. aulted all the parties, made an order for its conveyance to France in exactly the same condition as produced, unopened.

MR. CARNEGIE STONED BY HOOLIGANS. At New Jersey a special train by which Mr. Andrew Carnegie was travelling waa stoned by hooligans, some windows being broken. Several arrests were made.—Central News.

j = DANGER OF NEW MAGAZINE RIFLE. I The inqneet on the body of Sersreant Isaac- son, 2nd Scots Guard?, who was shot on Ash Ranges on Wednesday, as the result of an accident, was beld od Thursday at Alden;ho,t Military Hospital.—An official who gave evi- deuce said the new magazine rifle was most complicated and difficult for a recruit to learn to hamdle.-The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," adding that therewaa no blame attached to anyone.