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THE LORDS' VETO. I + — LORD CAWDOR'S DREAM OF EMPIRE. Sir Edward Russell, writing in the Liver- pool Post," says:—The social topic of the I week is, unquestionably, the adjourned Con- ference. Rightly or wrongly, the impression ¡ has spread that one of The Eight" has developed an Imperial programme of a com- prehensive nature, the only real difficulty being the measure of independence to be granted to Ireland. Nor is it much of a secret that the author of this Dream of Empire is Lord Cawdor, the man of the Con- ference who possesses most practical expe- I rience. Anything Imperial seems to catch the Jingoism which is so strong in the Cockney, whether he be of St. James's-street or of St. Georgc's-iu-the-East. Moreover, all the society women, who only play at politics when there is some chance of excite- ment, are patriotically sniffing the air. We hear on all sides that an Imperial policy will suit the King, and there can be no doubt that if anything tangible is the out- come it will redound to the credit of the Government, for the first announcement must come from Mr. Asquith. What has the Government to fear from a dissolution? "We are in for ten years, bar a political convulsion," said a young Liberal member to me to-day. The reason is because there are no young men of ability in the Opposition. Balfour, Lansdowne, and a few more are precious useful, but the under forties on the Tory side are a negligible quantity-, whereas look bow Asquith has filled up his subordinate places with young men. Since Disraeli there has I' not been a leader with so keen a scent for promising youngsters." i QUESTION NOT SHELVED NOR I ABANDONED. Mr. Herbert Samuel, the Postmaster- General, speaking at Guisborough on Satur- day night, said they should not think for a? moment that the Liberal party was con- templating the ?>os«ibility of abandoning or shelving the question of the House of Lords. Far from it. To a solution of that question they were all pledged, and to it they would devote all their energies. If they found they j could not get the things which the nation needed done by common consent it was neces- f sary and inevitable that the contest should j be renewed and pushed to its final issue. As to the Osborne judgment, he .said the whole question was now under the immediate con- sideration of the Cabinet.

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PRINCE OF TECK I DIES IN NURSING HOME King and Queen Present With deep regret we have to announce the death of his Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck. the second brother of the Queen, as brieflly reported in our issue on Saturday, who passed away at eleven o'clock on Satur- day morning at the nursing home in Wel- beck-street where he had been lying ill for some days. The King and Queen and other members of j the family were with Prince Francis at the last. Their Majesties motored to the nurs- ing home at half-past four in the morning, and returned to Marlborough House at about nine. Just before ten they were again sum- moned. Soon after their arrival the sub- dean of the Chapels Royal was sent for to administer the last consolations of religion. The Prince died shortly after his arrival. It was known %arly on Saturday morning that Prince Francis was sinking, and the King and Queen, who had intended to go to Wood Norton to see King Manoel, altered their arrangement?. The Prince parsed away peacefully. There were present at the bedside, besides the Kins. and Queen, the Duchess of Teck and Prince PRINCE FRANCIS OF TECK. and Princess Alexander of Teck. The Duke of Teck, however, was not present: as a result of the anxiety in connection with his brother's illness he is indisposed. He was, however, able to leave his bed later in the day. After the Prince had breathed his last Canon Shenpard conducted a brief service cf prayer in the death chamber. The king and Queen left the nursing home at twenty minutes past eleven, the crowd which had assembled standing silent with bared heads until the motor-car drove away. In the afternoon her Majesty again visited the chamber in which her brother's body is lying. The body of the late Prince was moved late on Saturday night from the nursing home in Welbeck-street to Marlborough House Chapel. The coffin was received I the sub-dean of the Chapels Royal. A short j service was held or\ Sunday A service was also held in Marlborough House Chapel at eleven o'clock on Sunday, this service being quite private in character, only the King and Queen and members of the Royal Family and Royal Household being present. It is officially stated that the funeral" will take place at mid-day on Wednesday next at Windsor, and that the interment will be in St. George's Chapel. The funeral will be of a military character, and the streets will be lined with troops from the railway station to the chapel. His Serene Highness will he laid by the side of his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Teck, in the Royal vault in St. Georga'e Chapel. The body will be moved from Marlborough House Chapel very early on Wednesday morning and conveyed to Paddington. and thence by train to Windsor Station. There the coffin will lie in the train until the arrival of the King and Queen and the other members of the Royal Family and guests at I the station later iu the day for the funeral procession The King and members of the Royal Family will travel to Windsor for the ¡ funeral, and will return to London the same day. STORY OF THE ILLNESS. i The deceased Prince, who was born at Ken- sington Palace on January 9, 1870, was the second son of the late Duke of Teck and the late Princess Mary Adelaide. He served in South Africa with the remount department | from 1899 to 1900, and received the Distin- guished Service Order. Some few weeks ago Prince Francis of Teck underwent a slight operation in a nurs'ing home for the removal of an obstruction between the jaw and the nasal passage, then he joined the King and Queen at Balmoral, when he took cold. He, however, returned to town on October 13, arid had a serious relapse.- He again entered a nursing home, suffering from pleurisy with effusion, and an operation was immediately necessary, 'lhere is reason to believe that symptoms of septicemia gave an alarming turn to the illness. The distressing feature was the patient's extreme depression. For several days prior to death the physicians had clearly I intimated there was no hope of recovery. I HIS WORK FOR CHARITY. I 1 rince r rancis of leek recently became widely known to the public through the effort which he organised to wipe off the debt of the Middlesex Howpital, of which he was chair- man. It wm on June 3 that he issued his original appeal to the public for funds. Each day h<» attended at the hospital, conducting (•ori'fc-y .lonce. seeing possible donors, and I visit*e%a^Mv of the patients. Jtis estimated that the Prince wrote or signed some 50,00b letters in connection with the appeal. As a result of his efforts the sum needed J was raised in a remarkably short space of time. Gratified, but not content with this, he promptly set to work to endeavour to supple- ment his achievement by ensuring to the hos- pital a permanent income which should mini- mise the risk of its falling again int-o so par- lous a state; and it was while engaged in the preliminaries of this beneficent work that Prince Fifcncis was stricken down. THE SYMPATHY OF CARDIFF. I 'Die Lord Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman Chappell) on Saturday sent the following tele- gram to the Queen :— Her Majesty the Queen, London. I have received with feeling* of profound sorrow the sad tidings of the lamented death of your beloved brother, Prince Francis of Teck, and on behalf of the citizens of Cardiff and myself, may I be allowed to extend to your Majesty the most sincere and heartfelt sympathy and con- dolence in the sad bereavement you have been called upon to bear. J. Ue Lord Mayor of Cardiff." MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE. I At a meeting of the Abercarn Tin-plate Workers, held on Saturday evening, Colonel l Bruce Vaughan said he had read with regret the report of the death of his Highness Prince Francis of Teck, and. on the proposi- tion of Mr. T. F. Davies (chairman), a vote of condolence was passed with the RQyal Family. A telegram containing this was sent. A sympathetic message which was sent by Mr. William Kensbole. high-constable of Miskin Higher, on behalf of the inhabitants I of Abcrdare. was graciously acknowledged by her Majesty. ILLNESS OF THE SERVIAN I CROWN PRINCE. I BELGRADE, Sunday. Prayers for the recovery of the Crown Prince were offered up to-day in every church throughout the country. King George has sent a second telegram expressing his sympathy, and telegraphic inquiries are being received from various foreign Courts daily. Since Friday the Prince's condition has shown steady improvement, and to-day, which has been regarded as the most critical point of his illness, has passed satisfactorily. —Reuter.

LOCAL WILL. MR. EVAN EVANS, NEW QUAY. I Mr. Evan Evans, of Morfa Gwyn, New Quay. 1 Cardigan, who died on September 15, left estate of the gross value of £ 1,140, with net personalty £ 133, and probate has been granted to his brother, Mr. Francis Evans, of Raymond. New Quay, farmer. The testator left his estate upon trust for his wife during" her widowhood, and, subject to her interest, he left the residue of bis estate upon trust for hi:i daughter Mary Hilda and her issue, and in the event of the failure of issue then as to one moiety to his brother Francis, one- fourth to his sister Eliza Hudson, and one- I eighth each to his nephew and niece David I Daviee and Mary Davies. ==================

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Chancellor and Critics I REFERENCES TO CITY TEMPLE SPEECH I The C'har.oellor of the Exchequer at C-redi- ton on Saturday, having accompanied Mrs. Lloyd George, who opened a bazaar for tho l iberal C/nb extension, made a vigorous speech, chiefly on personal lines, in answer to critics who have attacked his recent City Temple add ress. He was presented by Samuel G. G. Body, ou behalf of two hundred old-age pensioners, with an inscribed letter-weight composed of Dartmoor granite. Mr. Lloyd George said there was nothing for which he was more grateful to the Prime Minister than that he had given him the opportunity of being the instrument of carry- ing through that great and beneficent measure which gave 800,000 poor old people five shillings a week. By January 1 there would be a million. (Cheers.) The taint of poverty would be removed. They had unbolted the bars of the work- house, and by January 1 this great con- tingent would have joined the great army of old-age pensioners. It was not merely that old people after a life of toil were suffering; there was something more than that: there was the sense the old folk had that they were a burden on their families. That was a greater weight than poverty. That they felt no longer. Now the old people sitting I at the corner of the hearth in the homes of their children were paying gueets. (Cheers.) j A Blessing Without a Burden I that was a great chansre, and a million of them had rejoicing in their hearts to-day. I thank God," said the Chancellor, "that f had a share in it." It had been said that this could not be don:- without imposing a burden upon others, but what, he asked, was that burden? There had been a great out- cn, but what did it all mean? They knew that no man paid any income-tax in thia country until he earned, at any rate, over £ 3 a week, and, therefore, there was no charge upon the need of anybody. (Cheers.) Of every pound extra which he raised by his Budget ten shillings went for Dread- noughts. ("Shame.") Who clamoured for them, aske.l the Chancellor, but the very people who protested against paying for them? (Cheers.) The other ten shillings went to raise from the slough of despair the poor j Old people of whom he had been speaking. (Cheers.) It also went towards the great scheme of insurance which they were pre- paring now, and which they hoped to launch nevt year, to keep the unemployed from starving anil to maintain the worker broken I down in health. (Cheers.) j A Pompous, Futile Person xie IOUTHI that day, he went on, an exceed- ingly bitter attack in the "Spectator" on his City Temple speech. The Spectator." said Mr. Lloyd George, is edited by an exceedingly pretentious, pompous, and futile person. He predicted at the be ginning of this year that I should have a deficit of sixteen millions. In fact, he proved it. (Laughter.) So far from there being a deficit of six- I teen millions, the Chancellor went on, he had a substantial surplus The editor of the Spectator" turned round and abused him, and said that proved he was a most incom- petent financier (Loud laughter.) Why did not the editor address his lectures on thrift to the idle rich, whose existence he admitted? Because that was not the way to sell the Spectator." (Laughter.) He would be the last to deprecate thrift. But for thrifty parents he would never have had the start in life he had. But when he saw a gentleman like this taunting the working classes because they spent money on football matches and on going to music-halls, he said it was incredibly mean. The Spectator" asked him what right he had to speak at the City Temple as he did. He had the right every man in a free country had to discuss tjie social conditions of his time, and t,o express his opinion frankly and fearlessly about them. (Cheers.) I Lived the Life I Said the Chancellor. "I claim another nerht. T claim this right to discuss them: I lived the life of the working class. I know their worries, their anxieties, their straits, and the editor of the 'Spectator' taunts me that I am above them now. It is true I have managed to put myself above them—through no merit of my own, as he reminds me, but I entirely through the evil genius which has always helped me. (Laughter.) But. being where I am, to ia not merely my right, it is I my duty not W forget the men and the womer of my class—(cheers)—men and women whe: stre still struggling with unbroken heroism to overcome the difficulties which once haunted my home. (Cheers.) That duty I mean tc I discharge, and to discharge to the end, God helping me." (Cheers.) Strike to Stop War Addressing an Independent Labour Party meeting at Bristol on Sunday, in continua tion of his campaign against armaments. Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P. for Merthyr, asked if two individuals were no longer entitled to kill each other when they had a quarrel, why was' it necessary for two nations to settle their quarrels in that manner? People of nearly every class in Germany agreed that it was a monstrous folly for England and Germany to go on spending as they were on naval armaments. (A Voice: Rot.") Th £ t is not argument, my friend," retorted Mr. Keir Hardie: "it's a kind of thing a brute might say if you taught it properly." (Laughter an l "Hear, hear.") Having pointed to the huge increase in expenditure for war in this and other countries, Mr. Keir Hardie said the other day Mr. Balfour was clamour- ing for more Dreadnoughts—(laughter)—and he drew a dreadful picture of the condition in which we should find ourselves as to national defence. Fortunately, there is always this," he said, -'about Mr. Balfour's scares, that he kindly places them three or four years aTiead They are like carrots sup- posed to be carried in front of a donkey to encourage it to move. (Laughter.) There is a new power coming into force," continued the speaker. The rule of the King is passing away. (Hear, hear.) A King without a Crown is. after all, rather a pitiable object, and when that poor creature stole in the dark the other nignt, and landed at Plymouth like a bale of smuggled goods which had not paid duty, there was no sort of Kingship about the man-he was just simply an ordinary person. (Hear, hear.) The rule of the common people is beginning to come." They were going to make a despe- rate effort to down the war party, and in the last resort, if nothing else would stop war. the Trades Unkfnists of England would be invited to confer with their comrades in I Germany with the view to both striking on the day that war was declared. (Cheers.) Irish Home Rule I TOLEDO (Ohio), Saturday. I Mr. John Redmond, M.P., said in the course of an interview :— On November 15, less than a month, the question of Home Rule for Ireland will be settled one way or another. The world will then know whether Ireland will have self- government or England be torn to pieces by the greatest Constitutional fight the Anglo-Saxon nation has known since Charles T. was taken out and beheaded.—Reuter. In Defence of the Idle Rich." j In Defence of  Idle Rich," I Lord Derby, speaking at Oldham on Satur- day, said that Mr. Lloyd George spoke iu terms calculated to arouse feelings against what he called the idle rich." He had not given the country gentlemen credit for their enormous amount of work in various ways Nine-tenths of them managed their estates, which was just as much business as Mr. Lloyd George's attorneyship. I The Bye-Elections I The Western Mail is officially informed that Mr. Havelock Wilson has withdrawn from his candidature for South Shields. The announcement was made on Sunday night, after Mr. Havelock Wilson on Saturday and Sunday had addressed a series of meetings. Mr. William Gee, of Northampton, who con- tested Ashton-under-Lyme as a Socialist, declared his intention 011 Sunday night of contesting South Shields as a Socialist Revolutionary candidate. I The Walthamstow Contest The executive council of the Social Demo- cratic Party will to-day issue a manifesto appealing to the electors of Walthamstow to vote against Sir John Simon. On Saturday both candidates visited the Great Eastarn Railway Works at Stratford to address the employes, but when Mr. Stan- ley Johnson, the LTnionist candidate, found Sir John Simon present he announced after a chat with the Solicitor General that he would come another day. The two candi- dates cordially shook hands and the Unionist candidate was loudly applauded for giving way.

RAILWAYMEN KILLED Two employes on the County Down Railway were run down and instantly killed the other morning near Helens Bay. The men, whose names were William Boyd and Alex- a ider M'Dowell, of Crawfordsburn, stepped oil the up line to allow a train to pass, and did not notice the approach of another on the down line.

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I Slough Shop Murder I EX-SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH I William Broome, alias Brooks, aged 25. an ex-soldier and motor engineer,-was indicted a* Buckinghamshire Assizes on Saturday for the murder of Isabella Wilson, who was found dead in her second-hand clothes shop tit Slough on July 15. A cushion was tied over her face, and her hands were bound. Evi- dence was given that Broome some time after the tragedy was treated at a London chemist's for scratches on the face, and that the dead woman's finger nails showed signs of contact with human skin. It was also stated that Broome after the tragedy was found to have £ 20, and that the woman was robbed of about £ 20. Dr. Wilcox, of the Home Office, gave evi- dence as to finding stains of mammalian blood on prisoner's boots. Prisoner went into the witness-box and detailed his movements on the day of the tragedy. When asked in cross-examination how he accounted for th'J difference in his statement to the police and his statement in the box, he said he was not responsible for the former as he was ther in drink, and, bein< innocent, he said what he liked. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to death

A LADY PASTOR The Rev. Miss L. C. R. Smith, formerly* pastor of Hannah-street Congregational Church, Cardiff, has commenced duties' »t Treorky, consequent uylon accepting a call to the pastoral charge of the Treoiky English Congregational Church. A meeting was Held at the Workmen's Institute, Treorky, to serve as a reception to Miss Smith. The Rev. D. Rhagfyr Jones, pastor of Bethania Church, MISS L. C. R. SMITH. J presided. A hearty welcome was extended on behalf of the Churches to the Rev. Miss Smith I ■).v Mr. T Milhvard, solicitor, Pentre. Mr. Turner, deacon at the Hannah-street Con- gregational Church, Cardiff, submitted a brief account of the noble efforts of the rev. lady during her three years' stay at Cardiff. Miss Smith suitably responded. Miss Smith is a native of Liverpool, and in her young days showed a bent for the pulpit. She received a two years' theological train- ing at a Glasgow institution, and imme- diately on leaving she took a two months' angagement to supply the pulpit at the Eng- lish Congregational Church, Llanbradach. returning afterwards to Scotland until 'Vr appointment at Cardiff. Her progress in music has been considerable, she having taken practical and theoretical diplomas nt the London College of Music.

EISTEDDFOD AT TAFF'S WELL| A chair eisteddfod was held at the Drill- hall, Taff's Well, on Saturday. The presi- dent was Colonel A. P. James, Taff's Well; •onductor, Mr. J. Phillips, Tynewydd; adju- dicators—music, Messrs. J. Owen Jones. Whit- Ldiurch, and D. Jones, Cilfynydd, and lite- rary, the Rev. James Jones, Senghenydd. Awards:— Recitation (under 14): May David, Ton- gwynlais. Juvenile solo (under 14): Lily Milward, Taff's Well. Ltiglyn: Barber. Soprano solo: Rees, Llandaff. Pianoforte solo.: Miss Pearce. Cardiff. Baritone solo: D. Morgan, Pontnew.vdd. Contralto solo: Rose Solomon, Cardiff. Poem: Daniel Owen, Cardiff. Champion solo: Miss Jakeman, Tongwyn- lais. Bass solo: David Morgan. Chief choral: Tongwynlais Choir. Trio: Abertridwr party.

A MANJOF NOBLE ACTS A handsome stained glass window in memory of the late Colonel D. R. Lewis has been put up in the Merth.vr Parish Church, of which he was one of the wardens, and at a special dedication service held on Sunday afternoon it was formally unveiled by Mrs. Parry de Winton, daughter of the donor, Sir vV. T. Lewis, Bart. Sir William himself and several members of the family were present at the service, and there was a very large congregation. The window was designed by the Rector of Merthyr (the Rev. Daniel Lewis). It is placed in the north wall, and contains two panels. In a brief address the Rector said the deceased colonel was a man who did many noble acts, and showed generosity and sym- pathy towards the poor.

A COMPETITIVE CONCERT In connection with the Y.M.C.A. bazaar at Merthyr, which has realised upwards of £ 1,200, a competitive concert was held at the Drill-hall on Saturday evening, under the presidency of Mre. F. T. James (the mayoress). Awards :— Pianoforte solo (under 14): Edith Price, Merthyr. Recitation (under 14): Miss R. A. Rees, Pen- rheolgerrig. Open pianoforte solo: J. Haydn Jonee, Cly- dach Vale. Open recitation James Rees, Hirwain. Champion solo: 1st. Madame Hosgood, Car- diff; 2nd, Mr. D. Griffiths, Clydach Vale. Juvonile choir: 1st, Cwmpark; 2nd, Troedy- rhiw Boys.

A SOUTH POLE BAZAAR I As a prolude to a bazaar which is to be I held at the Park-hall, Cardiff, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week in aid of the new building fund of the Albany-road Baptist Church, Roath, and at which special decorations emblematic of the Arctic and Antarctic regions are to be j featured, a musical service, generously arranged by Madame Clara Novello Davies, the conductress of Welsh Ladies' Choirs, was held at the Park-hall on Sunday afternoon. The Lord Major (Alderman John Chappell. J.P.) presided over an overflowing congrega- tion. The renderings of Madame Davies's pupils included part songs, solos, duets, and pianoforte solos. Mr. J. Owen Jones, F.R.C.O., gave an organ recital.

SERIOUS COLLISION I A serious collision took place near the Swansea Pier on Saturday night, three steamers and a barge being involved, and all the craft were in an awkward and exciting predicament. How the collision actually occurred i^ not clear, but the steamers Heinrich Schultz and Sunlight were leaving port, and the steamer Gracie was inward bound. The vessel = collided near the dredger, and came into contact with a Harbour Trust barge. The Gracie, with a big hole in her bows, had to be taken into dock, while the other vessels were more or less damaged. ¡ Those outward bound were, however, able to j proceed to sea. I

RED CROSS DETACHMENTS I Colonel J. A. Hughe?, V.D C.B.. presided at I a public meeting held on Saturday evening, when it was decided to form two voluntary aid detachments of the Red Cross Society for the Barry District. Mr. J. G. Walliker, speak- ing of the importance of nursing ana ambu- lance work in time of war, said the Germans knew more about this country than the I British did.

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jWelsh Nurses Wanted MEDICAL OFFICER & BABIES' CLOTHES I Speaking at a meeting of the Carmarthen District Nursing Association, over which the Mayor (Alderman Walter Lloyd) -presided, Dr. Bowen Jones, medical officer of health for | the borough, stated that an agreement with a view to co-operation ought to be entered into between the nursing association and the midwives. Infant mortality was too high. In the colliery district it might be explained by the conditions of life there. but it ought not to exist in the rural districts. The great cause was a want of knowledge in the matter of the feeding and clothing of infants. Chil- dren were being dressed up in a ridiculous number of garments. He would like to see a prize offered at the National Eisteddfod for the best set of clothes for a baby. It was decided that the association should affiliate with the South Wales Nursing Asso- ciation as well as with the Jubilee Institute. Mr. P. J. Wlieldon said that the former would do excellent work in training Welsh nurses. In Carmarthen tiaar had been for months unable to find a Welsh nurse. The financial statement showed that there was a balance in hand of £ 19 &. 2d. Mrs. T. R. Walters (The Parsonage) was elected presi- dent, Mrs. J. F. Morris and Mrs. Wheldon vice-presidents, and Mrs. W. J. Williams and Miss Polly Richards secretaries.

LADY AND CHAUFFEUR The defendant got the money from the lady. Now he wants the money and doesn't want the lady." So said Mr. Wardley, counsel for Miss Alice Ellen Gertrude Pearse. of Tun- briilge Wells, who in Mr. Justice Lawrance's court sued her former sweetheart, Mr. Arthur Luck, for the return of £ lt>0 which she said she lent him when they were engaged. In her evidence Miss Pearse said that she was now 29 years of age. She became engaged t > Mr. Luck last year when he had just come of age. Counsel read a letter from Mr. Luck in which he addressed Miss Pearse as Darling Alice," and signed himself Your ever loving husband, Monty. Afterwards his tone changed. He told Miss Pearse that he could not give up his boy and girl friends and go about with her only. This note he signed Yours truly, Arthur S. Luck." Mr. Barrington Ward (cross-examining): Were you fond of him?—Very. Were you going to marry him?—I thought so A letter written by Miss Pearse to Mr. Luck, beginning "My dearest Monty (Hubby)," was read. Mr. Arthur Sydney Luck said that he began to court Miss l'earse five years ago. He used to be a chauffeur. She told him that if he saw a garage to let he had better let her know. He had never asked her to lend him ,n<<»ney. His Lordship entered .judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs.

TERRITORIAL CHURCH PARADE Accompanied by the Cardiff Depot Band of the Welsh Regiment, the headquarter com- panies of the 7th Welsh (Cyclist) Battalion attended the morning service at St. John's Church. • Cardiff, on Sunday, their march through the city being watched by numbers of people, especially in Queen-street. There was a good muster. Lieutenant J. P. Hope, who was in command, being accompanied by Lieutenants D. ,1 Rankin and D. T. A. Boughton and Sergeant-major Phipps. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Jenkins, who emphasised the qualities of loyalty and duty. I It is gratifying to hear that a highly effi- cient body of signallers, in charge of Ser- geant W. J. Sage, has been formed in con- I nection with this corps. Captain M. Haggard, the adjutant of the 5tli Welsh Battalion, who recently examined them. stated in his report I of the inspection that the results accom- I plished in flag and lamp signalling were a matter for congratulation.

I PERSIA AND THE POWERS l I TEHERAN. Saturday. The Persian Government has presented its reply to the British Note, which is in accord- ance with the forecast already telegraphed. It points out the improvement in the condi- tion of the country affected by the new regime, and declares that the fact that wrongdoers frequently place themselves under the protection of the foreign lega- tions often impedes the Government's efforts to arrest them. The Persian Government, while suggesting the surcharge of 10 per cent, on Customs duties in connection with the I proposed loan, cannot agree to the xiresence of British officers in the country. It dwells oh the iti6yefese iir the general trade of the country, and savs that bearing this in mind, foreign merchants have no risht to complain of loss of trade with Persia. In well informed circles the belief is expressed that the Cabinet will shortly be re-constructed .—Renter.

I CLAIMANTS TO A CASTLE The Duke of Argyll has failed to establish his claim to Dunstaffnage Castle. Lord Cullen having decided that the castle belongs to Mr. Angus John Campbell, of Dunstaff- nage. whose family have held the office of hereditary captain of Dunstaffnage since 1436. The duke based his claim for possession upon historical documents, and held that the castle and lands had always belonged to him and his predecessors, and that the defender and his predecessors held it from his family for services rendered. Mr. Campbell claimed the castle as part of the lands of Pennycastle of Dunstaffnage, that he and his predecessors had possessed them for the prescriptive period, and that he was entitled to occupy the castle in virtue of his office of hereditary captain of Dun- staffnage.

MEETING AT OGMORE I A crowded meeting was addressed on Satur- wa-s a,ddreesed on qat r- day evening at Ogmore under the auspicen of the Ogmore Vale Conservative Club. The principal speaker was Air. E. Waddington. He dealt with a number of much-needed social reforms, which, he said, he had no doubt would be taken in hand by the Unionist | party. Our Colonies by preference and pro- tection had saved Free Trade from being cast out ignominiously years ago. Our Colonies could also, if properly used and preference given to them, save our commer- cial supremacy, and prevent the deteriora- tion of our race which was inevitable under our factory system and with the people divorced from the land by a ridiculous Free Trade system. (Cheers.) Mr. Waddington was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

I MR. JOSEPH THOMAS DEAD The death has taken place at his. residence at Broad Haven of Mr. Joseph Thomas, one of the best-known gentlemen in Pembroke- shire. The deceased, who for many years carried on business at Haverfordwest as a corn merchant, was a native of Llanelly. and had attained the ripe ape of 88. He was a justice of the peace for the county, as well as for the town and county of Haverford- west, and up to about three years ago. when his health broke down, was chairman of the Roose bench of magistrates.

I MR. G. NANCARROW DEAD I I Mr. Geo. Nancarrow, general manager of the Morfa Copperworks, Swansea, has just died at his residence, Liwyn Helig, Swansea, at the age of 52. The deceased gentleman had for some years been a. member of the Swansea Corporation, and had been an alder- man, but he retired from public life some years ago. He was a strong Churchman. He married the daughter of the late Mr. T. E. Wales, his Majesty's inspector of mines, and leaves her a widow with one daughter.

CLERKS' ASSOCIATION A meeting of the directors of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Clerks' Associa- tion was held at Cardiff, under the presi- dency of Mr. Charles C. Perkins. A large number of applications for membership were accepted, and sevcral claims for benefit were passed for payment. The directors decided to recommend the formation of a. juvenile department in connection with the associa- tion.

ALD.BEAVAN CONGRATULATED The Cardiff Board of Guardians on Satur- day passed with acclamation a vote of congratulation to Alderman F. J. Beavan upon his recent admission to the freedom of Cardiff The Chairman (Mr. O. II. Jones), Canon Buckley, the Rev. E. T. Davies, and Mr. ,f. R- Llewellyn spoke of the deserving attributes of the alderman, who made a feeling response.

FIFTY PERSONS DROWNED NEW ORLEANS. Saturday. A message from Rio de Janeiro states that the steamer Wally was totally wrecked off Para on Friday. Some passengers were rescued, but it is believed that nearly 50 persou3 were drowned.—Reuter.

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I THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT I Speaking at an Independent Labour Party gathering at Brighouse on Sunday afternoon .VIr. George Barnes. M.P., chairman of the Labour party, discussed the Oeborne judg- ment, and said if it was not reversed its constQoences would be infinitely greater to labour than the Tnff Vale judgment, because the latter interfered with the organisation of labour on it3 industrial side, whereas the Osborne judgment interfered with the organisation of labour on the political side, which to hi* mind was infinitely of ?:.ore importance. He defended Trades Unionism, ■which, he sai 1, was not played out, and con- tended that the working classes owed all their improvement to Trades Unionism and not to Free Trade. I "Test Question at Election." J Mr. Keir Hardie. speaking at Radstock, Somerset, on Saturday, said the Labour party was less affected by the Osborne deci- sion than any other party. The trouble wa* en the side of the Liberals and Tories.- if an election came early next year, as anticipated, both parties would be anxious to have -Jie question out of the way. since it would form the test question for Trades Unionists at the election unless previously settled.

I BUDGET & BUILDING TRADE I The Board of Trade Gazette for October gives figures which prove the truth of the statement made during the la.=,t election that the Budget had caused a depression in the building trade. ¡ The Labour Department of the board asked I 91 of the principal councils of the kingdom lor estimates of th» cost of buildings for which they passed pians in Julv, August, and September of 1909 and 1910. Summarised, the returns show the follow- in_4 tacts:— Cost of buildings (third Quarter) 1909, £ 3,922,552. Cost of buildings (third quarter) 1910, £ 5,236,676. The Gaaette admits that for the summer quarter of 1910 there is a decrease in build- rug equal to £ 685.876 in value, or a fall of V! pe.- cent, compared with the summer of ¡ 1909. ¡

I A GERMAN VIEW I BERLIN, Sunday. I The Ncrddentsehe Allgemeine Zeitnng," in an article on ttie progress of the uerman i fleet, baaed on statements in the Naval Ar.nua! prints a table showing that at the end of 191.5 Great Britain will have 30 Dread- t noughts and Invincibies as against Ger- many's seventeen. The journal concludes from this disparity in the number of fighting units that Oerraany ;nust at least strive not to ho outcJjuuMJu in quality of ships and grma.Ji*ut«r

STOP PRESS ♦ Latest Telegrams. • C" £ I?PS>: CAS2 3 £ QF £ L. EFITCH'S ALLEGED COXTEI-IiT OF COURT la the Kics's Bench Division to-day the ^Director of Public Ihroeeeiv.tion made an application against the Editor of tan Setting :e;r¡; in respect, of a statement, which appeared in that poper op Friday in rd t6 the Crippen trial. in the course of the trial it appeared that. i:f,on the prisouer was fruud a dosYunect whi<-h wai« susceptible of bcinsr treated as a -•"•nfpssion. The prisoner, in evidence, stated that he had penned the document with a jrw to its Voiner found on the ship. The o2:■« was adjourned until Thursday, for further affidaSts.

I "CHASED OUT OF THE I HOUSE" I NEATH BUTCHER'S COMPLAINT OF I FATHER-IN-LAW. Thomas vaughan, High-street. Glyn- Neath, was charged at Neath on Saturday on a warrant with unlawfully assaulting his son-in-law, Thomas Bees Jones, batcher, High-street, Glyn-Neath. Mr. A. Jestyn Jeff- rie? defended. Prosecutor said he was married to defen- dant s daughter, and they lived together. On Thursday last defendant came down- stairs and chased witness out of the kitchen and threw a knife through the window of the shop at him. Defendant said he was "prepared to be slung for him if he did not clear out." Witness admitted that the fur- niture in the houae belonged to a Mr. F. Davies, Skewen. who purchased them after defendant's bankruptcy. He denied that he had turned his wife out of the house. Police-sergeant Griffiths corroborated, and said defendant was very violent, and threw a table-knife at the complainant, the knife sticking in the kitchen dresser. Defendant deuied that he threw a knife intentionally at Jones. He was cutting cats' meat for some ladies, and his son-in-law I objected, saying he wanted the meat to make faggots with it. He threw the kuife op the floor. Complainant: Did you chase me out of the house ? Defendant: You are not worth chasing. Defendant was bound over in £ 100 to keep the peace for six months.

VACATED THE CHAIR. I I SCENE IN PEMBROKE DOCK I SESSIONS COURT. A scene took place at Pembroke Dock Petty- sessions on Saturday between the chairman (Mr. S. B. Sketch) and Mr. J. Hutchings, one of the magistrates. An application for a transfer of the licence of a public-house was being considered and after some consulta- tion the Chairman stated that the applica- tion was granted. Mr. Hutchings: It is not agreed. The Chairman: The majority of the bench Mr. Hutchings: I over-rule your ruling. I have the right to rend the testimonials as well as you. You shall not over-ride the majority of the bench. The Chairman: There has been no attempt to over-ride the majority. Mr. Hutchiugs: 1 have a. right to be con- sulted I will not be over-ridden. The Chairman: All right. He then rose and vacated the chair. Mr. Hutchings then moved that Mr. Angel take the chair. Mr. Angel declined, but Mr. i'. Brown went into the chair, and the business proceeded.

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The Man in the Street I f I One has to search very diligently the 'I records of crime to find anything l approaching in thrilling and gruesome f interest the deed for which Dr. Crippen was on Saturday sentenced to death. But, in looking back, one is overwhelmed by the number of recorded murders, and there can be little doubt that the com- parative rarity of this extreme crime during recent years forms the strongest possible commentary that can be made concerning the onward march of civilisa- tion. Under the greater light ot increased knowledge the morals of the people of these islands have improved to such an extent that a murder is now regarded as not only an exceptional event, but, as was the case all last week, deserving of the chief place and the biggest amount of space in our news- papers. Murders of the past few decades have been usually more or less subtly planned, and few have been perpetrated with the brutal frankness of the Marquis de Paleotti. who drew his sword and killed in the street his servant, who had declined to try and borrow some money for him. This gentleman was hanged at Tyburn on St. Patrick's Day, 1718. The execution of John Price in the same year at Bunhill-rovv is mainiv interesting because he had h £ ld the office of public executioner and was known as Jack Ketch—a name still familiar as a bogey with which to frighten children. He beat a poor woman to death, and was caught in the act. Few crimes have l>een inspired by an accidental crushing of a foot. But Lady Dalrymplc, who remonstrated with her I servant for his .stupidity in treading on her toes, was aA'enged" by Matthew Hend srson, who beat her to death in her bed at midnight of March T-j, 1716. He I was hanged exactly a month afterwards. Thomas Colley was a victim to his own superstitious mind. In 17ol he murdered an old woman, named Osborne, at Triug by ducking her in a pond as a witch. A large crowd witnessed the outrage, and Colley had the impudence to make a collection. Edward Morgan, sentenced I to death at the Glamorgan Spring Assizes in 1757, murdered his cousin and host, Rees Morgan, of Llanvabon, as well as his hostess, Mrs. Morgan, and their beautiful daughter. He afterwards fired the farmhouse and outbuildings. Thomas Gardelle, a native of Geneva, who mur- dered his London landlady, Mrs. King, in I J760, adopted more intricate methods, and had nearly disposed of the entire body, hiding away many piece's of flesh and burning the bones in his garret fire, before he was discovered and paid the penalty. The execution of the Rev. James Hackman in 1779 was the cause ot much talk at the time. He was I infatuated with his victim, Miss Reay. and on the morning of the day of the crime he was studying Blair's sermons. In the evening he shot the lady as she was leaving Covent Garden Theatre. Coming nearer home. there was a great Monmouth sensation in the autumn of 1828, when ixlward Barnett murdered Mrs. Esther Stevens in her house by cutting her throat. He was I traced to Liverpool, the crime was brought home to him, and be was hanged on April 9, 1829. Almost unequalled in atrocity was John Holloway's murder of his wife at Rottingdean, near Brighton, in lb29. So cleverly were the remains disposed of that they were only dis- covered by accident two years later. The body had been dismembered so cunningly that a surgeon said at the trial it was difficult to believe that anybody but a surgeon or a butcher had performed the operation. However, these examples of crime are hut hurried selections from a calendar that offers a full choice, and are chiefly remarkable because in most cases the victim was a woman. Un- doubtedly, the fight for life is the most thrilling of human struggles, and one cannot imagine a greater crime against mankind than the taking of a life. How- ever fortunate or miserable a mortal may be, his (or her) most valued posses- sion .is that of life itself—that enigma of centuries described by St. Paul as "the I spirit of man that is within him." Probably there has been no more grue- somely interesting story in modern history than that in which Charles Peace the most inhuman of human monstrosi- ties, was the central figure. Living men and women of middle life remember as of yesterday his marvellous career of crime, almost unchecked until a valiant youn~ constable effected his arrest. He was the author of not one, but many murders, and so great wa.s his cunning that another man was nearly hanged for one of tho^e little affairs" that stained his disreputable life. A story of peculiar interest was the dastardly murder in 1840 of Lord William Russell by the hand of his valet, Francis Benjamin Courvoisier, who was brought to the scaffold by the persistent energy of a police inspector. Tlii^ criminal actually remained in the house where he had com- mitted the dark deed, and assisted the police in their .search for a clue. Other crimes, better known and remembered, are a lso re-called, but it is really ques- tionable if any of them ever approached in real interest that which culminated ?:11 the sentence of Crippen on Saturday. ] I am tempted to refer' to the murder ] of Mr. Thomas Briggs in a London railway carriage bv Franz Muller in the summer of 18<i4 because the culprit fled, like CVippeu. across the Atlantic. But, though he had several days' start, he was on a sailing vessel, and the pursuing steamer gave the detectives a few days grace in .New ork, where he was arrested oil arrival and brought back to England to be tried and hanged. A more interesting event, containing the germs of real tragedy, was the shoot- ing of the Hammersmith ghost. Only 7? i i ii ghost. Only Francis Smith made a mistake, despatch- ing an innocent labourer instead of the mischievous cause of many real frights. His sentence to death was reduced to a year's imprisonment, and nothing more was heard of the ghost, which had been effectually laid, if not shot. Joseph Brown displayed some of the cunning associated with more recent crimes when, iu 1804, he murdered Elizabeth Fletcher at Heiisul, near Ferrybridge, by giving her laudanum in beer. His crime was not discovered until nearly five years later; then he was tried at York, and was hanged. A more familiar story is that associated with the notorious murder ot Maria Marten in the Red Barn, a Suffolk tragedy that has been held in memory by dramatic treatment, and which is still performed occasiona lly to the gaping mul- titude. In the "Chronicles of Crime" by Camden Pelharo this is referred to "as a foul and dark a crime as ever stained the annals of public justice." The unfortu- nate heroine of this tragedy was cursed (as it happened) with a pretty face and a fine figure, and William Corder. the young farmer, who cruelly did her to death and concealed her body in the historic red barn, was brought to justice as the result of Mrs. Marten being troubled with a dream on three successive night that her daughter had been mur- dered and buried iu the barn.

WELL DONE, NEATH! I FINE NATIONAL FUND HELP A bad conscience is like a stove I which always smokes. I Neath is noted for something more I than champions of the Welsh football j world. The town is just going heartily into the question <d helping the Welsh National Memorial Fund, and up to date the magnificent sum of £ 536 15s. has be-en sent to the Mayor's fund. I Well played, Neath! I "Western Mail National Fund I Already acknowledged £ 20,171 1 31 To-day's subscriptions 08 12 41 £ 20,230 13 7 R„ ecei. ved by Mr. David I Davies, M.P ,51 14 2 Mayor of Neath's Fund 536 15 0 Mayor of Swansea's Fund (new subscriptions) 33 8 0 Mayor of Bangor's Fund í (new subscriptions) 38 0 0 II Parish of Christ Church, Swansea 42 0 0 Newport 'Argus" Fund (new subscriptions) 3 3 0 Mayor of Cardigan's Fund (new subscriptions) 110 The Mayoress of Cardi- gan's Fund 5 0 0 £ 20,950 15 3 Grand total of fund to date £ 157.450 15 3 New Subscriptions J £ » s. d. Mr. John Glasbrook, Sketty Court 50 0 0 J. B. T." 10 10 q Llanfihangel Church, £ 1 12s 3d.; St. Matthew's. Berth, £ 1 7s. 5d. (per the Rev. T. M. Davies, Llanfihangel* 219 6 St. David's Schools, Newport-road, Cardiff (per Miss Netta Jones). 1 15 0 Miss Gwenny Nicholl, 19, Rich- mond-road, Cardiff 110 Cregrina Church, 12p. 3d.; Llan- badarn-y-garreg Church. 7s. lOd. J 'per the Rev. D. Griffiths, rector) 10 0 I The Church of Clydey. Pem. (per the Rev. D. Williams, rector). 0 11 6 Staff Swansea No. 3 District I' Rol'iige Assurance Company (per 1 Mr. Thomas H. Pirce, superin- tendent) 0 10 0 Pontlottyn Company Ghnrch Lads' Brigade 0 5 0 68 12 4 Received by Mr. David Davies, M.I' £ b. d. Mr. and Mr^. J. P. Ingle- dew, Cathedral road, 0 Cardiff 50 0 0 Zoar* C.M. Chapel 'per MB. Loughei, Bonril- aton) 1 14 2 51 14 2 Major of Neath's Fund:— £ s. d. The Mayor (Mr. D. Davies) 10 10 0 Proprietors Eagle Tin- plate Works, Neath 250 0 0 Proprietors Mel in Tin- plate Works. Neath 250 0 0 Mr. F. W. Gibbins, M.P. 26 5 0 536 15 0 Mayor of Swansea's Fund (new subscriptions;: £ s. d. Messrs. Ben. Evans and Co. (Limited) 25 0 0 Mr. E. Meredith Thomas 5 5 0 Mr. G. W. Mavhew 110 Mrs. Cl&tworthy, Morris- ton 110 Mrs. Samuel, Morriston. 110 33 8 0 Mayor of Bangor's Fund (new sub- scriptions) £ s. d. Councillor Chas. Pozsi, Craig Beuro 5 5 0 Hon. Alice Douglas-Pen- nant. Muncaster Castle 500 ¡ Captain N. P. Stewart, J.P., Plus Loclwig 5 0 0 Professor E. V. Arnold, I' Bryn Sciriol 5 0 0 Mist? M. J. Mason, Sandy- mount 5 0 0 Dr. Richard Williams, Vron Hetilog 2 2 0 5tr. H. F. Perkins, Grey- stone 2 2 0 Mr. T. A. Pinkerton, Clonard 110 Mr. John Humphreys, "Liverpool Post" 110 Mr. E. L. Milner Barry, I Wellfleld 1 1 0 Mr. G. F. Ainger Wil- liams, Erw Fair 110 Mr. J. Bolloten, Upper Bangor 0 10 6 Mr. John R Williams, Erw Fair 0 10 6 Councillor Jos. Davies, Havana House 0 10 6 Mrs. Margaret Roberte, 2. Prince's-terrace 0 5 0 Mr. Thomas Williams. 'I Tirionfa, 86, Orme-road 0 2 6 Mr. John Griiffth, Devon House 0 2 6 Miss Ellen Roberts, Edge Hill 0 2 6 "Football Chronicle Hpecial Shilling Fund 2 3 0 38 0 *0 Newport Argus" Fund (new subscriptions) £ s. d. Messrs. A. and J. Jacobs, Liverpool House 2 2 0 Messrs. G. Pugh and Sons 110 3 3 0 Mayor of Cardigan's Fund (new subscriptions) :— Councillor D. Ladd Davies 110 Mavoress of Cardigan's Fund:- £ ?. d. The Mayoress 1 0 0 Mrs. Vaughan, Llangoed- 0 0 I more 3 0 0 Mrs. Beddie 10 0 11 5 0 0 Subscriptions should be sent to the EOfTOR, "WC6TERN MAIL," CARDIFF s Or To the Mon. Treasurer, 'MR. DAVID DAVIES, M.K, LLANDINAM, NORTH WALES.

Lieutenant Sutor AGAIN PLACED UNDER ARREST I Lieutenant Allan Sutor, of the Royal Garrison Artillery, who was granted two months' sick leave a fortnight ago, returned to Tynemouth Castle on Saturday night in obedience to a command contained in a telegram ordering him to report himaelf to his commanding officer immediately. He arrived about midnight, and on Sunday morning was told to consider himself under arrest, and his sword wa3 taken away. Last week Lieutenant Sutor's resignation, though not officially recognised ot gazetted, was announced in two London papers.j together with an interview, and it is thought locally that it is not improbable this may be the reason for the action of the Army Council. The lieutenant is not under close arrest, and was on Sunday seen strolling in the neighbourhood of Tynemouth. I

WOMAN'S BODY IN CANAL I I The body of Elizabeth Jones, a single woman, who lived with her parents at Cwmbach Cottages, Cadoxton, near Neatb, was found in the canal at Aberdulais on Sunday afternoon by Police-constable Phillips, of Cadoxton. Deceased left her home on Wednesday last. I

COLLIER'S CYCLE LAMP. I Frank Burr, a Newport collier, who was fined 5a. by the local county magistrates on Satur- day for riding his bicycle without a lighted lamp, said his lamp had gone out quite 100 times that night, with the result that he had had to dismount at intervals of about ten yards, and covered a distance of live miles in about three hours. LOITEKEBS AT THE STATION. I Before Messrs. J. U. terrier, James Munn, Lester Jones, and Dr. Robinson at Cardiff on Saturday another oa.se was tried of loitering in the precincts of Cardiff Great Western Railway Station. Mr. Arthur Vaohell prose- cuted for the company. Lionel Duffy (18) and William Grant (21) were fined 20s. and costs, or 21 days, and William Smith (23) 58. and cost?, or seven days, for trespansiiig aad refusing to quit when requested.

I Guns Disabled I DISCOVERY IN FRENCH NAVY I-I I PAItIS, Sunday. I Telegrams to the newspapers from Cher- bourg announce that it has been discovered at the Arsenal there tha-t three 3.9in. guns, part of the armament of the cruiser Cassarci, have since two days ago been deprived of essential parts of the aiming apparatus. The.se part.-> were found in the Charles X. Dock by divers. An inquiry into the affair I has been opened.—Reuter.

KILLED BY AN ENGINE I Mr. Ivor Evans, coroner for North Pera- brokeshire, on Saturday held an inquiry at Goodwick into the death of Sidney Astley (22), a native of Carmarthen, but latterly l employed at Goodwick. From the evidence it appeared that deceased, who was employed as a painter by the Great Western Railway Company, was proceeding along the line to work between Jordanstown Bridge and Manorowen Signal-box, when he was knocked down by an engine and killed. William Henry Haskins said he was in charge of the engine. It was a very boisterous morning, and the tender was in front, which I partly obstructed witness's view of the line. He did not notice anyone on the line. An hour after arrival at Goodwick he was told that a man had been killed on the line. I After evidence of finding the body, Divi- sional Chief Superintendent Thomas Dalton said that, owing to the gale, it would be difficult for deceased to hear the engine approaching him. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental j death.

I OPPOSED TO A MARRIAGE I Mary Edwards, Neyland, at Rooee Sessions, Haverfordwest, on Saturday summoned a neighbour named George Ainsworth for using threats. Mr. W. J. Jones, who appeared for the complainant, said that the defendant's son I' was married to his client's daughter. Ever I I since the wedding the defendant had behaved in an abusive manner towards the com- plainant. On October 8 he threatened to knock her brains out. Defendant deniert having threatened the complainant. I was against my son marry- ing her daughter," he said. I don't reckon II her daughter is fit to tie his shoes." The parties were bound over to keep ihe peace. e. I

I THE ROYAL EXILES I King Manoel. Queen Amelia, the Duke of Orleans, the Comtesse de Paris, the Duke of Oporto, the Marquis de Soveral, and members II oi their suites attended mass in the private chapel at Wood Norton on Sunday morning. To-day the Duke of Orleans leaves Wood | ¡ Norton for Brussels, and by the end of the j week all the visitors except King Manoel. Queen Amelia, and the Comtesse de Paria will have left Wood Norton. I Queen Amelia's Papers Seized I LISBON, Sunday. I The newspapers state that two large trunks I containing various papers which have been ¡ found in the apartments of Queen Amelia I at the Palace at Cintra have been taken to I the Ministry of Justice.—Renter.

I BOY FATALLY INJURED I Mr. D. Eees (coroner) conducted an inquiry on Saturday into the circumstances of the death of Frederick Nowell (six), the son of Henry John Nowell. of Queen-street, Tre- forest. It was stated that the deceased and another boy, a year older, were playing together, and mounted a plate-glass crate which had been placed in the street. The crate toppling over, the elder boy effected his escape, but the deceased was caught underneath. Dr. Evans attributed death to a I fractured skull. Thfe jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

TURKEY REJECTS LOAN I I I ¡ PARIS, Saturday. The Liberie published an announcement j that an official dispatch received by M. I Pichon from Constantinople states that the French proposals with regard to the Turkish loan, which were forwarded with the assent of the Turkish Ambassador in Paris, have been definitely rejected at a meeting of the I Ottoman Cabinet.—Central News.

I APPOINTMENT OF NURSE | I From amongst seven applicants Miss I Christiana Ellen Shotton, at present assistant superintendent nu'T,e at the infirmary. Brain- tree (fOssex), was on Saturday appointed by i I the Newport Guardians charge nurse at New-1 I port Workhouse Infirmary. I -> I

I DEATH OF REV. J. S. DAVIES I The death has occurred of the Rev. John Sylvan Davies. formerly curate of Ferndale, and afterwards at Llandysilio. Deceased was I a son of Mr. and Mrs. Davies, Felinfach. Pen- carreg, and was educated at St. David's Col- lege, Lampeter. He suffered from consump- tion. and succumbed to its ravages at the I early age of 30.

I NATIONAL CHARACTER Mr. Edgar Jones, M.P. for Merthyr Boroughs, was the speaker at a largely attended meeting of the Barry P.S.A. Brotherhood on Sunday afternoon at Windsor-road Congregational Chapel. Mr. .Jones took a3 the theme of an eloquent i address Character and Environment."