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METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. I SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. I I +- ++ J Q i s 2  3 3 S S i a ô I i I .Memt'77626SV6U6t9 ?' {MOrnl'gI7 71 ó 3/ ó 6716131612 JSuue.il{ 8|Heieht 31 7 28 7 3a 1 n a D ù rMorni'g 7*471 6 441 7 "8 6 5 6 69 ?"M Even ng 8 5 7 j 7 87 7 10 7 11 < .H?ht 31 7 7V 7101 7It Wednet B,?..g 38t a 5 1 28 .33 1' 1a)o W.d. k,-?. c 84-411 28 77 4'0 8BM'' 741'7 J: 00 t;i:b.r jt 7J 28 4 J 1 ? 4¿ 4 Thurs- fMorninr 8 69 7 97 8 51 8 4 8 13 d?, l;?nin?9(6BM9:9KSM JtÙ¡'2IlT:r 3 i J: 3f g J 1 I' 29 June 30 10 „ (Morning 932 8 31 926 »4t 8 40 Pr Mor.i.g 13,53' 21 218 1 63 01 _0949 ,1 1 289 68911a676 J'?ne 2- (Hej?1>t ? 3 ? ? "8 9 M 19 .atiuv Morr.'nc 10 6 9 8 10 2 9 16 9 23 ?y H ei ght I2io n926 31 296 9 20 1113 0 0 12? 11 299 93541 119 8 366 Juno 3:(H?M 29 t :6 10 30 29 5 18 < a (SIoriu'K 10 40 945 10 39 96?)00 5 Evening 10 f>9 1« 4 10 5B 10 U 19 14 J?M M tU igl,, 110 40 9 461 10 3'1 96. 'l o n lIoillllt 2!1 10 36 6 29 4 9 I Il t 0 Roath B. Ease Dock S"l ;luandn. Doa: ?Doc'kBiU

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. I Appended Is a ohart of the barometrical roodill" I for the 48 hours ended Suadir midnight, aa regis- tered at the lf«aUm Afni OfBoe, Cardiff. The 1 .r.,t t t W' tb?. I. 1.

WEATHEIT FOPFCAST. SiTiTRPAr's FofcKc.sr. SATI???ll"Il WiATHxa. North.w«t<rty & wMb'y j Bout! -rly 4 s't4? rl, b.t,? perhaps ? few wlods, moderate 1 fair, I bo: Jbl." :ile ,,¡ud., lUoderate ¡ f,.jr. whole. The torecut 01 the ?oth., throughout the West of I England aud South Wales fr to-dav (Maudar) i. to1lnw.South.rlw mid ..utl,.w,.tnty 10 I uuucll, cliaiijuatiloj

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL I T Mritaiioita. H.4' D" ?-??? ?"'?' S)tnd?y 101 67 '4"8- 6716 O'OO Mouday 11 M 48 MO O'QO Tuwday 13 M 49 M'6 036 WedM?y.U M 49 ?9 0'00 T4l1rijÜ..y .114\ M 49 M6 0'(0 Friday 15 M 49 695 0'00 Mtw?? 15 M 50 M'O 0'18 Th. T..p.?Lt. represeuts extreme readings of the I thermometer 1.? 24 houn ..d.d 9 a.m., token in the th?!ttOwrt.y-Vi!,PtNM'th. TbeEainfall registered -t C-t,-Vil, P?..th, for | the 24 I, ended 9.

OTTER HUNTING. I Mq. Btana's Hoowdb.—Tuesday, JUlIe 19, Chain Bridye. June 19, LIIlDVIII Bridge—10 a.m. ¡ Friday, June 22, Manorbier—7 B.f¡¡

LLANDAFF CATHEDR-AL, SERVIOES. I Monday, June 18.-Kiug in F anthem, God, be merciful" (Wesley). Tuesday, »Tune 19.—Walmialey in D miner; hymn, 21. Wednesday, June 20.»—Klvey iu A a¡¡tbem, Let <Teryeout"(?tttner). Thursday, June 21.-SmMtina,hymn. 307. Friday, June 22.—Parry lu D itb?., R?.b,r me. 0 Lord" (I.erorren). Saturday, JUl1e 23.—Hopkins in F; anthem, "Be ou faithful (Mendelseohn).

EDITORIAL COMMENTS. I At the Labour demonstration held at LUn- ellv on Saturday one of the speakers was Mr. David Rands!), M.P. On several ques- tions we are at one with the member for Gower, and it so happens that we agree with at least one of his statements at Llanelly. One of Mr Randell's aims is the lnudajsle one of giving thtl working man his proper place IJ. the social system. Before this ia dotw tlw working man must learn to vespe-t two different "pa.rties"-bimself and 4ia em- plPYer, Hitherto he ltw looked chitfly to his own side of the bargain, forgetting that his employer hat; stake in it. In the next place, li-i must lenra a little tvisdom, and be guided by those who have no seliish motives to gain. When the working man, whom Mr Randell addressed in micb aifentionata terms on Saturday, will have thus cut hIs wisdom tteth he msy, perhaps, discover that he can do without the help of political adventurers and agitators.

If ever a man deserved well of his country- man it is Dr. Jowph Parry, who has none for Welsh music more than any Welshman past or present, In all respects Dr. Party is a "national" man, and a man of whom all Welshmen have good reasons to feel proud. His countrymen heleve the tiuifc has cume. when the veteran should be presented with some tangible recognition of his distinguished services, and with that view have initiated a testimonial—a nlltiow>! testimonial." The weil-attanded and enthusiastic meeting con- vened at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Saturday night was 6videnee .1 the favour ,ill ,bicl the public have mtertained the mggestion and & good omen of the IUS of the move- meat. The Mayor of CM<M preadsd, _d among those pi-eiient wera many of the leading Welshmen-publio men, scholars, mwuci&ns, ministers, and othen-in South Wales. One speaker—"Oaradog," the famous choir- teador—went so far an to say that Dr. Parry "was the only musical genius they now had in Wales." He. also trusted the "testimonial would be worthy of the nation," a hope in which we very sincerely join.

The unrest of labour is on the eve of giving another disastrous illustration. In a few days, unles: common-sense measures intervene --end, to far, there is a strong probability that they will not--the Scotch colliers, to the number, it is estimated, of seventy thousand men, will come out on strike at the direction of the Trades Union society with which they are affiliated. Mouey is siated to be in readi- ness to support the men for a time in their struggle, and should a successful ending be brougflt about in favour of the Trades Union side, the impression is strong that the labour struggle will be esa-riedon in other quarters. So far, happily, the battla ground has not been in Wales, and we only trust that the dearly bought experience of the past will prevent a resort to any but pacific means as differences crop up amongst our oolliers. The shding-scale institution, so far, has hetn found adequate to meet all questions between employer and employed, and we have lai'.U in its elaboration sonje day to meet the needs which Lord Kosebery's Conciliation Board was formed to settle, but which, up to the present, has not answered the hopes of its founders. Whatever may be t-lw outcome of the Scotch colliers' dispute, which appears to be a re-action of the good times caused by the North of England coal dearth of last year, this is certain, that an increased demand will be made upon our own supplies and every colliery be taxed to its uttermost.

If ever a. small group of Welshmen pre- seuted a sight at once ridiculous and con- temptible it was that which we aw at the Liberal Club within the wlJs of Chester city on Saturday night, when the young bloods of the Manchester and Liverpool Cymru Fydd Societies Wet to hatch a scheme the consummation of which will result ia the complete regeneration of their eountrymenon this and on the other side of OfEa's Dyke. We have not heard that the Dragon of Cad- waladr was unfurled on this memorable occa- sion, but thcrs were there some half-a-Joæn Welshmen to speak in the name of Wales. Air, Herbert Lewis was there—he was in the chair; Sir George Osborne Morgan was there; Mr. Lloyd-George was there; Mr. J. H. Roberts was there; so was Mr. Thomas Gee, and so were Mr. D. A. Thomas and Mr. Frank Edwards. These were, pretty nearly all the stars of light and leading that were visible to the naked eye on the piat- form. These seven wise men met together to speak, to deliberate, and to act in the name of Wales. Wales, we are aware, is but a small country, but Wales, small though it is, could not be squeezed into a thimble- ful like this. The farce, for nothing better it was, was a libel on the Welsh people. Fortunately for them, there is no one to call them to account for their impudence. They were there by no one's authority, were representing no one, and, therefore, respon- sible to no one.

That the s peakers came from North Wales it is true, but not a body of them was vested with more authority than he was standing in. And as to South Wales, it was out of it altogether, with the one exception of intr. D. A. Thomas, who had the audacity to toll the meeting that he conveyed the "sym- pathy" of the Southern province. Why, it was only the previous day that "Mabon," in a voice of thunder, had issued his mani- festo warning these would-be "Nationalists at their peril to speak in the name of Wttea. and especially of the toiling thousands of South Wales. Tho very same day a voics of warning had come from North Waies, exhorting them to desist from all their petty scheming and lewlilig. But, no 1 Man- chester and Liverpool, inspired, presumably, by tho heroio oonduct of Mr. Lloyd-George and his following, had decided on "inde- pendent action." Now that the deed is done they have no one but themselves to thank if the prospects of their "party in the uountry axe wrecked, as thvy have already been wrecked in the House of Com- raorts owing to the stupidity of the Welsh revolters. It is Impossible to speak :n any serious vein of such amateurish attempts at political organisation as are in contemplation by these so-called Welsh Nationalists. Hitherto all their efforts have ended in failure and confusion. Tlii) country flllls to learn what their aims and objects we. The fact i, they do not know themselves.

I THE NEW COUNCILS. Wiien the local government measure of 1888 had become Jaw it was commonly remarked that so vast and comprhensive I were the changes it introduced m county administration, that they were little short of a revolution. With such admirable tact, however, were the counties shunted under the new regime that the friction eyprienced was infinitesimal. We submitted to the change quietly and with excellent good grace. The county councils had come into existence with, out our being hardly conscious of it. The ineasuio of 1888, notwithstanding its compre-I hensive scope and its thoroughness, was part only of the great scheme contemplated in local government. And the time has now como for the whole scheme to be completed. The County Councils Act of six years ago finds its complement in the District and Parish Councils Act of 1894. Though intro- duced by a Liberal Government, we do not hefitate to term it a grand measure. As in the case of its forerunner of lObB, the Act if the outcome and result of experience long accumulated at the Local Government Board, and our only regret is that the opportunity to give that experience practical effect did not fall into the hands of a. Conservative Ministry. Had the case been so the -,ill in several respects would, doubtless, have been framed with greater deference to the arrangements established by several existing legislative pro- visions. It is beyond our present purpose to enter into these, or to criticise the Act in any way. Suffice it to say that the iminber of enactments whioh were made by the Legis- lature in Acts extending from the Uverseers Act of George III. to the Libraries Act of two years ago, and are now repealed in whole or in part, is not inconsiderable. Moreover, those who would possess a clear insight into the composition and operation of this measure must be well posted in the several provisions of the Agricultural Gangs Act, 1867; the Agricultural Holdings Art, 1887; the Allot- ments Act, lbtfO: the Bath. and Wash- houses Aota, 1846, 1847, 1878, and 1883 i the Burials Acts, from 1852 to 1885; the Fairs Acts, 1871 and JS7; the Infant L'lfe Protection Act, 1872; the Knackers Acts, 1786 and 1844, the Lighting and Watching Act, 1853; the Petroleum Actq, 1879 4trd (Hawkers) 1881; the Public Health Act, 1875; the Public Improvements Act, 1860, and the iublic Libraries Act. 1892 and 1893. The names of thesa statutes, while they help to illustrate the ramifications of this Act, should remind those who are candidates for membership on the new councils of the wide ares, over which their cognisance is supposed to extend. Of coure, the county council will act ill 1000 parentis to the new councils. In fact, the latter are powerless without the aid and sanction of the former. It it with tha county oouncih lies the duty of bringing the Act into operation. They have power of making the necessary alterations of areas and boundaries, of fixing new names to newarcas, of dividing parishes into wards, of grouping parishes, of settling questions involving dispute, of sanctioning parish loans, of creating new boroughs or urban districts, of hiring and acquiring land, and of seeing that all books and writings am duly and properly kept. These new bodies, too, will necessarily have to depend much on the officials, chiefly their clerks. In order, however, to be some. thing better than mere dummies and figure- heads, It is necessary parish councillors should acquaint themselves with the several pro- visions of the Act which they will be called upon to administer, to become each his or her -for women are not excluded from parish or district councils own lawyer and own authority. In other words, it is necessary they should study the Act in all its details. With a view to this we strongly advise them to provide them- selves with a copy of one of the several hand- books already published on the subject. The best we have seen is that by Mr. Lithiby, of the Middle Temple, a writer who enters with the confidence and preparedness of a specialist into tho composition and scope of the Act, complex though it is. His volume on "The Law of District and Parish Coun- cils," which has just been published by Mr. Effingham Wilson, is a marvel of lucidity and MTatigement. The Boheme of his work, as he tells us iu a brief preface, is, first, to give a general outline of the election, powers, duties, and liabilities of the. several councils -county, parish, and district—so far as these are dealt with in the new Act; secondly, to set out the Act itself, with buch notes and cross-references at the end of each section i4 are necessary to explain the text. In the appendix will be found a selection of statutes relating to the duties of the new local authorities, including those which parish oouncils will be abls to adopt; the orders and circulars of the Local Government Board issued up to the 20th of May this year, and a very copious index. And now for a final word in regard to elections for parish councils when the time comer. As was the case for county council elections six years ago, there will be no lack of candidates. As was the case then, too, a large proportion of them will be devoid of all fitness for the office. T.llf^r tions, doubtless, will be fought on party linej, and the contest in most places will call forth much bad blood, In 1888 the Conservatives almost every- where were caught napping, with the result that the councils were inundated by Radi- cals. It ivas a result which proved very disastrous to sound and sensible county ad- ministration, for the public were deprived of the oounsels of very many of those who had given years of thought and service to county government, and should by all means have been included among the new bodies. Hap- pily, the Act, anticipating ft Radical regime, had provided for joint standing committees, on whioh justices could eXerciiHI their expe- rience. Let those first county council elec- tions teach Conservatives a lesson for next November. Let the squire, the parson, and the curate, the churchwarden, the sidesman, aaid the national schoolmaster, the district visitor and the parish-dark-let each, we urge, be found prepared when the hour comes. The rich landlord should be patriotic enough and the humble labourer ambitious enough to seek office. It will be a monstrous shame if Conservative* will not have a due share in the management of parochial aff'Air:. Ti Act is ctpaHe of much more than is Mned by ita present terms.

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NOTES OF THE I WEEK. [BY Wmtminktu."] LONDON, SATURDAY. Real progress has at last been made with the Budget. The more ignorant and stupid of the Ministerial organs still think it 1£ fine thing to make an outcry against what they call obstruction, but the "Diily News" has frankly reoognised the value, and, indeed, the necessity of prolonged discussion upon the extremely complicated and interesting ques- tions connected with the assessment and administration of the new estate duties, and Sir William Harcourt, who is not wanting in worldly wisdom, has evidently oome to the conclusion that he must, if he wants his Budget to pass, deal with the Opposi- tion ia a conciliatory manner, and not after the fashion of a bull rushing head foremost at a gate. Thus, for instance, a most im- portant concession was mtiae last night, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer accepted Mr. Balfour's amendment regarding the valua- tion of property for assessment. I was enabled last week to give you the estimate that had been made of the burden likely to be imposed by the new duties on the suc- cession of the Devonshire estate*, and the Duke of Devonshire has himself this week placed the figures before the public. Sir William Harcourt at first tried to make i glit of the duke's statement, but he hu s,nce gauged more correctly public feeling as to the iniquitous character of the penalty he proposed to inflict on those great landowners who have earned the enduring hatred of the Radical party by taking the lead in the opposition to Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule Bill. If the Germans were to conquer Eng- land and treat it as they treated France the Duke of Devonshire's share of the indemnity would come to less than eleven years' income. Yet this was the fine Sir William Harcourt proposed to levy upon him in a time of pro- found peace. it almost seemed as if Sir William had taken apite for his counsellor, and resolved, in a spirit of mere persona] vindiotiveness, to tax his political opponents out of existence. Happily, he has now corns to & better frame of mind. The amend- ment he accepted last night provides that all property shall be valued for the purpose of estate duty at the market value it would fetch at e. forced sale. In estimating this value the officials of the Inland Revenue Department are to take into account certain abatements, including repairs to property, publio burdens, insurance, and the manage- ment of property. Finally, it is agreed that in no case is the value of agricultural pro- perty to be taken at more than 25 Tears' purchase. This compromise, whioh prac- tically lays down the rule that the duties shall be levied on the capitalised nlue of the net, and not the gross, inooma of an estate, will be welcomed by landowners as affording relief from apprehensions that nad filled them with dismay. The next stumbling-block in the way of the ChMiceUor of the Exchequer is the Uù!o- I niO grievance to which I referred in my last letter. InndtheCotoListawenotun?ut-? mous in resisting the imposition cf probate dut on the eNtAtes of Colonists domiciled ia England, A mtaia who is often spoken of u if he were the ?ott refl'eaenta"¡ t tv6 of the Colonies in the Imperi p ia- ment) and wbœe own property in Australia would be heavily t"od under t?e new scheme, tells me he thinks th. proposal of Sir W illim Harcourt is eminently wise and just. But this ia not the way in which the Colonial Governments look at the matter, and bir William, seeing the necessity of coming to terms with tliem, has suggested that he should have a personal conference with the Agents-General or other delegates, at winch the whole question may b discussed and tamis of settlement arranged in an amicable spirit. The one great object, in fact, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer has in view is to get liis Budget through the House of Commons. Then he will feel that he has done his duty to the Radical party, and inny seek the retirement he is known to long lor. His position as leader of die House of Com- mons under Lord Kosebery is becoming quite intolerable, for the foreign policy of the Government must be absolutely hateful to him, and the sense of the unfairness with whiell ha has been treated rankles in bis mind more irritatingly every day. It is doing Sir William Hsroourt 110 injustice to say that one, at least, of the considerations which induced him to remain faithful to Mr. Gladstone was the belief that, with )1¡. Chamberlain out of the way, he would cer- tainly succeed to the Uad«r»hip of the party on Mr. Gladstone's retirement. His ambi- tion in this respect has been thwarted by the greedy desire of Lord Rosebery to snatch the reins of power. Sir William would, 1 understand, ha-ve been quite satisfied to be Prime Minister for six months only, and then to give way to a younger man, and the ingratitude of the party in passing him over has cut him to the quick. Depend upon it, whatever happens, he will not lead the House of Commons next session. Is Mr. Gladstone likely to come back to plitical life? A strong hope, or, I may even say, expectation, is Lberished by the Raedicj!' ine7ht that 1,?? will io t; He would hardly have taken the trouble to contradict the report that he had congra- tulated Lord Rosebery on winning the Derby if he did not Um..lf still cherish the belief that the time mav come when he will again need the political support of the Noncon- formist OOI1.ience. I am assured that he was not only surprised, but annoyed, when the report in question was mentioned to him, but, after denying that there was any foundation for it, he added, with his cha- racteristic love of tine distinctions, "If be bad lost the race I might have condoled with him." The operation for cataract lias been quite successful, and his health in other respects is excellent, so that there is really no reason why he should not come back to public life. Most of his old followers fee! that things have been dreadfully mismanaged since he left the House of Commons, and they have lost all interest in public business tinder the present regime. Lord Salisbury re- marked last week that politics are lull. Is not this, in a great degree, the result of Mr, Gladstone's disappearance from the poli- tical stagef He, at all events, never let its feel dull. He kept us in a constant state of turmoil, and it will not be denied that he raised politics to a high level of interest by being always so terribly in earnest sbout everything he undertook. In comparison with him Lord Rosebery is a, mere trifler. It is enly fair to say that the Prime Minister has met the IIttacks made upon him by the "unco' gnid" for his love of hor,ac;ng with courage and dignity; but the line he has taken on this qUMtinn s hows birn to be hopelessly out of accord with the sanctimonious gentlemen who "form the backbone of the Liberal party," and who will nev«r work enthusiastically for such a leader. Politics are dull, also, in the camp of the Unionists since they lost the lest which the presence of such a foe as Tlr. Gladstone gave to political warfare. Mr. Chamberlain did his best the other day it Bradford to supply his friends with iL programme, but it must be confessed that his efforts in this direction were not dis- tinguished by that inspiring energy which one used to associate with his name. Old- iige pensions miui Stte inxurnDCft against* all kinds of accidents mav be excellent tilings m their way, but they do uot form what one lllihb coil an exhibiting programme. the most disinterested of mankind, the greatest lover of Ins fellow men, can hardly feel that for such t cause he would fflxdly live, or die. Yes, there can be no doubt that politics are dull. TlieN- ii ill remain so till we aet some new inspiration. At present, thinking of Mr. Gladstone, we might almost repeat Byron's words, "Oh for one hour of blind old Dandolo. Mr. Chambwlsin b?''a?ce!' him<'<!f very neatlv on the tiz?t ro"e ?hi:e ei'msiu? over the danuerous p't-f?! whih I"d hfen I prepared for him by the kind and tboutjntM correspondent- who wrote to ask bint what course he intended to t&lte with regard to the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. He keeps him- St-:f free to vote for the second reading of the Bill on the understanding that it will not be pressed berond that stage; but he makes no secret of his determination to thiow disestab- lishment to the winds rather thollo let his opinion on this subject keep him from voting to put a Unionist Government in office. Mv own hope and belief is thet the bringing forward of this Bill will turn out to be the salvation of the Ofarah in Wales. It 11.. quickened discussion on matters which bcf1 were shamefully misrepresented and impa. fectly understood, and it has stimulated In a marvellous degree the energies of Churchmen in Wales, so that never haa the Church doM such good work as it is doing now. The Government has, with the best inten. tions in the world, acted hastily and indis. creetlv in concluding the convention with the Congo State "behind the backs" of the other Powers of Europe. Germany makes out an unanswerable case against sanctioning the agreement for the transfer of a slip of terri. ton- fifteen miles wide from the Congo State to England, in order to give this countr"y a free right-of-way from north to south in tha rear of the German dominions in East Africa This, says the German Government, h the very concession which was denied to England, in'spite of ber persistent applications for it when the agicement for the partition of Africa was signed mine years ago; and it is absurd to suppose that Uermaay can now acquiesce in [pttinö fn?i.? get, !iY private a?'rpem? with :i, neutral State, the vety fxttn?oa of territory which was then, for reasons of high poliey, refused to her repeated requests Knglishmen may fairly be of opinion that Germany <lid not behave well in not auowing ,!¡;.and to connect her northern unci saUth«-n dominion* in Africa: but Lord Rosebery could not be ignorant of tho tate of German feeb?g on the ubject. and in nexotMtin? the ce? convention lie should at least have taken the German Government into his confidence, j. diplomatist of greater skill would certainly have avoided giving umbrage to both Ger- many nd 1'raue at the .ame time, 'tIns however, is ?i.t our Government has done with the remlt that it will certainly have t¿ give way too far as that part of tae convention which affects German interests is concerned France can establish no such case, but the nullifying of one part of th" conventinti will probably cause the whole scheme to r'.1i to the ground. j.ius will. be a most mortifying defeat for British diplomacy. I have not seen any calculations as to the exact cost of the cab trike. It In however been estimated that London ;-p?nns an average amount of £10,000 a day on cabs; and if we assume that half of this amount, or £5.000 a day, was diverted to omnibuses and livery- stable keepers during a strike whicl. iastei four weeks, tbe loss incurred by cabowneti and cabdrivers togethel- may be put down at rii'HJ.OUU. Now that the strike is over good many of the drivers in,it have begun ti uisccver that London has learnt to do without them. It was very good natured of ilr. .quail to undertake the settlement of the controversy, and He appears to have made t, I very fair award. But the concession of which the drivers boast so loudly, that yard fare abolished, is probably incapable of realisa- tion. Woe betide the driver who does riii I keep on good terms Withthemen in the stable yard whose business it is to turn out the cabs and horses promptly and in good condi- tion. Gratuities may be forbidden here, as at railway stations arid in refreshment-rooms, but no one will be served properly who relm," to sive a tip. Was it the influence of the spell of glorious weather whicii led the Duke of Devonshire to declare a few davs ago that the gloom which has so iong oppressed agriculture is at last lifting, ind that, except for land in the Eastern Counties which is suited to grow wheat and nothing else, the worst is now over ? But the duke knows a gooll deal about farming, and his opinion may be accepted with. more respect than one is disposed to pay to the cheerful forecast made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 'p"ooy revival of trade. Contrjt with S; vmi?m speech the careful and interesting statement made by Sir Thomas Sutherland, chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, a man who understands what he is talking about, on the dep-essed condition of our foreign oommerce. I remember tiiat tilr John Gorst, when he came to Cardiff, referred, when he was speaking of the Miners' Kight Hours Bill, to wlDt he called "t he bogey of foreign competition." But Sir Thomas Sutherland confirms, in the most explicit term, the warning i have frqguently given you that this country is in danger of very soon losing the Eastern market for tha supplv of coal. "His colleague, h. Barnes. he tells us, "paid a visit, to India last winter and did most admirabls sfrvice for the com- pany, and he had returned from India thoroughly impressed with the conviction that no lonir time would elapse before not a mgle ton of English coal would be sent out to tne. Far East. This is the inevitable result of the increased output of comparatively cheap coal ir. India, Australia, and Japan.

D ON'T MISS SEE TIN G THE CARTOON IN TO-DAT'C "EVENING EXPRESS," SUBJICCT A; A LOCAL SURGERY.

CARDIFF SAVINGS' BANK, I LETTER FROM MR.GEO. HOWELL M.P. A correspondent wribw I.as'k week Me. T. W. H. Plain, whose daughters are veif t'()J1.,idl"J.bIe losers by the termination of the affairs of the winding-up of the Savings' Bivik, forwarded to Mr. tieorge Howell, M.P., the article whiih appeared ia the "Western Mail" on the 1st inst., and in whioh statistics showing the costs incurred a winding up the bank appeared. To this -Nil. Howell replied on Thursday — "Pear Sir,—I am greatly obliged to you for tbe figures, and 1 intend to try ai,.d do some- thins with them. I am amused. While 1 have been working for aeverai yeans at niy ou-ti tX" pen?w to ?ve the dm?ior? 1 tind the 0," P.?itors' money ,?all.w",d up "h"if".o II is 1 (tiocrace to our yt-2?. cf government ty??t such costs ehould be ,11-,d to hepu?" I hoM, h?w??-r rm good hM be. done N "GKOKGE HOWELL. Mr. Plain has received cheques awounta? to £65 as first and final dividends on deposits 4 C 0. Mr. Howell's questions in the House of Com- mons will refer to the t'normnus cts ín(Hj,d in winding up the alfairs of the hank, .'0'" which ought to liave been borne by the Trea- sury, and the money received from the trus- tees should have beeu divided ainon? the de- positors, who have now in reality to pay the costs of a public prosecution. The care mitted to Sir Edward Reed. M.P. for ( arC.tf, is of another kind, and refers to the injusti* of compelling some trustees to pay £ 1.M while others who took an active part in 0L4 management of the bank have not paid cat farthing.

NEW MAGISTRATES FOB CARMARTHENSHIRE. We are now in a. position to definitely sU» that the following have beer, added to tb. commission of the peace for the county ot Car- marthen :-The Rev. T. Evans. Henllye, Lluf dovery; Mr. J. A. ToneF,, uurgeoo, Mr. Heury Wilkins, Llanelly and Mr- l-ora* Hughes, LlaneUy.

I NEW MAGISTRATES FOR PEMBROKE. The foDowinc gentlemen h?e boen ad..? theec.mmMio'.totthep.Me f.<rt.ro?,' P.mb?e.T.z. -Ctpt?in ?'?'° «' < ;:f;r;¡,:p:e \k \V1¡li: MfMOU Pembroke Dok, rHired (oronon of joiMer.MdM".)dcrmMof the county count: i j Mr John Jones, Pernhro??. lime mu'ch&n&l Md Mr. Herbert Wor.'cy L?oh. BW"? timberm?h?.t. Tbe drst and 1',> gentlemen are Conservatives. The ot.o- re Liberals. _u'

DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH- I GIFT BY THE DUKE OF WEST- MINSTER. I The Duke of Westminster BM ?'t t"?°* do?ttoncf.SlOto?r?p?Mone. :r ;J16 colpoi-tage v&na of tbe Church Arm., DiocMeefSt.AMpb.hii. i.tere.m in the present Chnrch ?-' Wales.

ILATE RECTOR OF LI ANDOUGK I Tha?r?otth.?.L.?' hit I r.do, of LfMdou?h, wii) take ?P-?/  do?h(''r.?ht<?y(?'? o'clock. A special c#nmumon ier».<*j w .'clockiA the church A «M M.