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LORD WINDSOR ON THE WAR. DEFACE OF THE GOVERN- MENT'S POLICY. SPEECH BYMAJOHV.YNDHAM Q 1: 1 N. M.P. ENTHUSIASTIC JmETING ATj PEXARTII. Under the aaspie.s of the- I'enarth Conser- t'dU,C Association a public meeting was held at J'enarth. on Thursday even- ing. t-»> hear au address by Major Wyndham- Quin, Ml' on current politics. The Right Mon. Lord Windsor occupied the chair, and Jus was supported by Major Wyndham-Quiu. y'p.. Mr. J. li. Fcrricr. Mr. Johu Andrews. Nr. A. C. Macintosh. Mr. L. I'nrnell. Mr. 0. H. Jones, Mr. Robert Forrest, Mr. Lewellen Wood, Major-general H. H. I.?e. Colonel Ingram. Mr. Carsliike Thompson. Mr. J. N. Weaver. Mr. S. Coleman. Mr. J. V. Strawson. ander, Mr. S. A. Brain, and Mr. Westyr-Evans. There "as a larsc attendance. Loid Windsor said that the meeting «a» held in eireumstanic!, of considerable anxiety, iho; that they had received during the lart day or two made th-in feel must deeply tor j those who were fighting their country s battle ■so many thousands of miles away. IHear. hear.) He could not help feeling most strongly the intense desiro that they ali maot have naturally to be standing side by Bide with tho,o who were risking their lives in South; Africa. (Applause.) But although the new-, h.ta been of a serious character, and althnira their anxiety cauld not le relived for ",we time, til y bhould remember that a war and a campaign of the character ih.it the country wa3 now "naged m could not he .of perpetual M?e-?. and they mad ?uf?er revere Upon ?mJ ?a.M. They .h.tda!? remember :e, \tI!I: in the country v.ere not in a portion, without detailed knowledge of the circumstances, to i -.I,t?,ikd k upon v.hat had .u"?d. Md! tbat for the large majority of ctvil?n. 't was Ih,)i, 1.' y?,Lp, tl?,ir o,nd,n- in the brave sjldicrs in 8»uth Africa —. applause and assure them that the whole heart of Englanll was ?,,h I-h;!m (. I)pl:? ?n(i that they had absolute conirdence that ..????? would uphold tha •honour of Ùc Brit.=h Ar?y. (App ause.) H *ei«ome«l most heartily the speeches that had hn delivered by various members and lexers of the Opposition, P:Lricul??rl?- by !Nrd R""e-! ?rY and Lord T?dmouth-?hear. hear?- wVcli fhovved tint m" mincnt members of the Libera' partv could put aside all party lJue. 1ioll. for th. time, a,d wer, determined to )j .ck up the U?<-rnn?ut and the or.ue arm., to the ?)ez? of their p.iwer. (Applause.) Con- servatives and Unionists bad been aecusid 1[!t,!Iy f b. ?.? ungeuerou?y (?f the Boers. God forbid that the\' @ho111d entertain ullr'cli??? Its f'I'vir opponents ?' the '?n?.?' 'fh? Hr;?h (.ovemm-ut had opposed in the wrongest pa?tb!e way tM volicv that the (;.YC.nment of the Transvaal pursued towards British ..bj,?, in the Tr..?- ?'a.r"'?p'P'a?'At zh? ?e t?-?. people ?h?'! recede that the Boers were back- p thir in th, only ?cy th',? b?Ye people could do it-that they were rnk- insthfirliv? fur t i;,h> \t., :e;;i: and that they were a stnerous foe upon the battlefield. TUero teemed to be some people in this country vho took an extraordinary pleasure in trying to prove that their own country was alway* in the wrong and the enemies of the.r country were always in t119 ri?ht. Ho hom;i]y confessed for his part tuat i4 was suvc ot wind tlil' t h.t u.,d?r ?ac'd' ?'a'r.° hea'? U beat him aHoge'htr. "hat special plcadin? for the enemies of their ciiintrv was to him a U1ùt extraordinary attitm'e to take up. It seemed to him that it vi? abucrmal—that it was almost a matter of a diseased mind, and that that state of mind would best be cured by physic rather than by logic. (Lanshter.1 For his part, he main- tained a principle which seemed to him much simpler, much stronger, more straightforward, and. jb he tfcuish:. more worthy of respect. That was a principle which applied alike to ,"Ii"tln¡ « .1* to nations. which was first of all toP bo friends to your friends and then an enemy to your enemies. (Applause.) Ire would rather a lopt that princip'e than affect a. fa'*e mag- nanimity. which rou'.ivd in the desertion of tneir friends, and the failure, as it inevitably would, to conciliate their enemies. (Hear, hear lie know that ti,, "ght be Slid to he those of a .lingo. Seme such epithet might, be a united to tUmi. but one nia-.t not he concerned with the epithets w hich were bandied about, when therE" was any party feeling abroad. The principle, he thonsht, was one whkb ec,mULt11dfd re-peet in foreign countries more thau that magnanimous behaviour which was never thausht -i"esre. and which was assumed to cover further intentions of getting ptfsc- 'O of other pe:-p'es cd.(laught("r ami. at any r.ito, wa3 considered 1111 nndpr" hand vr.iv of doing -0. (Hear, hcar.i He did not think t: waC, J1r(:("an that he should go into any detail upon the great South African oues'ion. but, speaking quite broadly, he (>ii<,uid like to siy these few words. I; had been for a long time past his earnest convic- tion that, supposing tile Transvaal liovernment and the Orange Free State were determined to maintain the attitude which they had taken tiP during the la-t eighteen ye:u"s. und cer- tainly very lltcr!11ine 11- within the la-t fw vts. war ultimately was inevitable. (!p- pUnse.l It had -?c:ne i to him perfectly idle f..r politicians to so about the country and fray that nil honourable peace might have been Maintained tut for tha errors of our diplomacy. Th-r had before tir.-u; the history i, of South He took that, period a the period in winch the strength of the Transvaal J?ei>aWi< first of all began to grow. They had now bchrc them the pitnatioi: in 1399. when they a:, wtirit preparations had been nade for years to piaco a fighting iorcs in the Transvaal of such power and (,f n,h proor.rti*o- th1 unla-s a very ?a')re 'ar?vfT"t. wasn't out fr?Bt'M M'tmt- th? Eo?rs would have matters cr.rcilefelv in their own hinds. H,,r. hear.) H- dared be,, ,e many ptr?ns in this :£;i;:S £;. ,i t?em'nentp?it'?an.?hohadt'atno;)?:)'- pct n?de their own view, n th. manner in which neiitia-tion; by the present Ojvern- mn-.t had bten coiulitr ed t0 snpport them 10 1biS hour of '!1f1; bit' he dared say there were manv persons who rr ;r1 :d th fact that we had not sent some ago the army corps xvhieh was nov; upoti the seas, and which t'aey }-M>|v.d a-d trntMI safely arrive m South Africa in a fwda-s. L:p;1t\B.) H- wished however, tc put this one consideration befove thcra Her Ma.iesty's ('vernmeiit had been earnestly de.,ir:HI;3 of peace. (Hear, hear.) 'rbe-y h:,d di?e,?g t h pa.t i fw months ent i-p-? to 80utlt Africa, n it seemed 17? thlr opinion t-tbao'.utely necessary that oar force* there ,h..Id be increased, bat be believed that, whatever oritioi-:n they might, pass—and H was easy after long ncrird of negotiation, when matters had come to a head, to criticise — if they had sent a large anny corps ?traight to South Mrw¡\ 80me month or two ago it wou!d simpy have pecipitaterl events; that the very knowledge of this army corps bemg (IIOnt oa: wonld have given the opportunity for that ultimatum of the Transvaal Republic to tv: immediately 8ent to that our position at the 1J:inllin¡: of the war would not have b?-n altered. :\nd that Karopean countries, and. potsib!y a great number f ,,r own people iu toun try. uould have "'ù to the Government. "You are negotiating, or pre* tending to negotiate, with a sword in yonr hind?." and they would, perhaps, have been justified in >a.viug that that was no; II fair iue:hod of negotiation, having despatched a large ody of troops at the moment when they were negotiating and hoping for peace. iApp.au^.> They saw it sug* nested tbat the Empire was not simply in danger. It had besn frequently said that con- ciliation or the Dutch in South Africa was th3 method that we ought to pur3Ue in order to establish equal rigitii. that country, and that we should endanger our South African tub7i ;Ua;I;rac¡r f: bft Dutch and English. To th..t he answered with t.h deepest conviction of his own that these critic3 had utterly failed to grasp the 8itu. tion. 'Hear. hearJ He was reading the pre- vious night a letter nd.'rsssed to a friend of his in Worcestershire by his son. who was uow at (f)eno. not in he British Army, but in the Volunteer force of rbe Cape, in one of those tositiona that we weve mon anxiouly watch- ing at the present mCU1èut. This letter was vrritten some weeks jgo. and he said that what many people in this country did not uuder- stand was that the I'riti,h subjects of South Africa felt th, the whole of their position was at 8take-(hear. bear-:hat if tho Goernmcnt failed thr.1 and patched pwhat they knew was a peace that could not possibly last they wou:,1 10. f:»;th in the Mother Country, and they would have to look after their own interests; that nothing would endanger our J'ol,68oion. and our Colonies in South Africa so much as hesitation oil the part of her Majesty's Government to obtain equal rights for all white men in that country. (Applan.1 That had been told them over and over again by South Africans who had come back from that country, and he c^ufeteed that he believed the,. more than he did the politicians who sat at home in England. iHear. bear.) He had •aid that they fe't 1':10::t earnestly at this moment that the Boers in the Transvaal were taking a brave and manly course in defending their own opinions by force of arms, and the Bishop of Durham had expressed the opinion that both aides were gaining respect for ea«h other, and Out this was the 1Jail of a riS)¡\eO\18 and laatiaf peace. T'e (the speaker) ventured to think that there was real truth at tbe hottom of tbelt, There had not been self-reapect between the Roer. aud ourselves. He w:;s not going to apportion the blame. because it might he on both sides, but he had thi. confidence in the future-not only tho ,I"Iid'eo n e hi,a he k, ? they all f?it. that they ?,,e determined, in Loy rd Ecsebery's words, to see his thing through—'applause^- but a confidence that the Geve"l1Ineut of Eng- land, which had never pursued the poiicy of failing to recognise the aspirations and desires of self-government in the Colonies—that the Government of England. Ktill preserving this principle, would see that Dutch and English lived together in South Africa on equal terms. 1.\pplau8e,) His hone alld belief Wa3 that. instead of creating a worse racial fee.itig between the Dutch and English when this grave question was finally deoHed, it would be easier than it was before for Dutch and Eng'ish to get on as they had done in Cape Colony, and u, the French and English had done in Canada, with the feeling that they b ix to ono big Empire, and wit a. cordht! foeing in their own interests and their own desires to make them support it to the best of thoir ab'lity. (Loud applause.) SPEECH BY MAJOR WYND- HAM-QUIK, M.P. Major WyndhanHjuin, who was received with prolonged chesr*. said that Lord Windsor had expre."5et\ the feeling that he wished he could tali a plac-e amongst tho-e who were fighting in South Africa. He (the hon. and gallant member) believed his lordship, and wished he could go with him. (Applause.) He was one of those who accompanied General Colley in the last Transvaal War. and, theref'-re. knew some- thing about the manner in which the Boers fought. A short time ago they were premised a vi?it by one of the won aulo speak^s of the Unionist party. For reasons that they all knew the meeting ia? abandoned, and he would state n;,e:f), ;s f:ll;ac:r'ldWj ¡ the motives that induced the Penan!i Conser- vative Association to caned that appointment. (Applause.) Speaking personally, that step had extricated hinitolf from a very difficult posi- tion. If Sir Edward Clarke had in that room expressed the same opinions that be expressed at Plymouth, he (the hon. member) would have been obliged to dissociate himself emphati- cally from Sir Edward's utterances. "P- plause.) H.?,'r, he hoped that later on ,ir Edward ;ouri<l,,J'; tt,tt :t,fnbc I in error. and if he di,l .? h?y would be very pl?-?,l to invite him to Penarth again. (Ap- p:au?e.) Recently he had dd,,sz?(i two meetings i.hi, 'n'y- .'I in tho?o ?p?ehe, had dea.t ith the domestic legislation pL,,??d by the Government. Consequently, there was 110 reason why he should deal with those matters again just now, except that he might refer to the Tithes Rating Bill. The Government in bringing in that Bitt had no intention of benefiting the Anglican Church attheexpeuse of Nonconformity. It was not an ecclesiastical question, but a. question of rating. The majority of his constituents in South Glamor gall were :\onconf.ormist8. (Cries of "0. no.") Wet. he thought they wore, and he knew that he had the honour of being supported by a ton. siderable number of them. (Hear, hear.) He felt that it wonld be a poor return on his part if he supported a measure that would inflict an injustice upon them, ^liear, hear.) There j was a great question before the country jnst I:irl:s'c:;e:tigc;tlt[:f one -were turned. They all knew that he had given full support to the policy adopted by the Government. It was a p,?li?y that had the ?)rt lf 7;: gen;s tt:heh'¡t of the country, and the only policy that the Government could have followed with due regard to the honour and safety oi the country. (Applause.) Those who nad studied the his- tory of South Africa kl?, that the Boers were tho 'j?s?n(h 'Its of I)ute? who went to the Cape about 250 years ago. England became the predominant Power at the Cape in 131-1. but >n 1835 the Boers became dissatis- fied. and trekked to the Orange Free Srate and to the Transanal. They turned out the Kaffirs and tn'ateJ tbr.ù. \ith considerable harshness, but by 1S77 their Government became disorganised and lHlIl)iTUPt., besides which there was:: great deal of trouble with the native tribet. Then Lord Carnarvon annexed the Transvaal, for two reasons. The first of those reasons was to restore order in the country, aud the 3cco:id was to provide protection for the many Britishers resident in that country who claimed that protection. Two years afterwards we broke the power of the Zulus, but no sooner had we dOli" that than the Boers again began to aerate for independence. A great many members of the Liberal party had opposed the anneution. and non polt more fcrdby against it than Mr. Gladstone in the course of his Midlothian campaign. The onsequsnce was that tho Boers thought- that when the Liberal party was returned their indept&adencc would b-3 restored. Unfortu- nately for them, ,1v''1 th? Liberal party did re-gain power Mr. Gladstone changed his mind —not for the first time, nor for the last time. Tho Kocrs ih?n br 'X* out into open revolt, and declared themselves a Republic. t?ai time there were :sma] detachments of British troops scattered nbout the country. Ono of tfcom. about 2W strong, was attacked 1no a brgo force of Boers at Bronkcrs Spuit That, was the commencement of al1 unfortunate war which waR followed by a d;s18trou,¡ peace. He would not apeak about the i¡;l10m;ny of thot peace. A treaty was formulated, hlt it was not 4he sort of treaty usually entered into by two States. It was a conception by the Govern- ment to tha people of the Trng\"aa.1. giving them self-government, subject to the euze- rainty of her Majesty. He would not read t,, them- the terms of the Convention of 18'V-he had not the heart to quote extracts from the voiuminouj Blue ho \\Tulr1 dotv anyone to study the Blue Books from 1881 to ths present time without being convinced that the British Government had every riht and title to take the action that, it ?tr, taking now. Loud applause.) How had the B,?r, treat fd the rmwrs that ?,- ?.forrE!d upon them? From the first they had violated the provisions of the treaties. They bad depriverl the UitlaiHlers of every vestige of power, and that in ^pite of the most solemn assurance that they would give them the same rights aod privile¡;cs that the Dutch enjoyed in Cape Colony. t'Hear, hear.) They treated the ITit- landers just as Pharaoh treated the Israe1itos. and denied them rights that every Englishman would be ready to fight for. (App'ause.) Since the discovery of gold he country had mad wonderful strides. The revenus had increased from about £ 74 000 year to £ 4.000,WO. How had that money been «pent? The greater part of it, perhaps £ ve«?ixths. was contributed h," the Uitlandeiv. but not one penny of it was spent to their advantage, for most of it went, into the pockets of the Boers and the corrupt officials who pretended to administer te 'aws. Forts were built at Johannesburg and Pretoria to overawe tho Uitlanders, whose money paid t-hs cost of them, whil-t money from the amc source had paid for the rifles that h,d been levelled ??,h u?h d??d'y accuracy again-t British soldiers. 8,h state ?f th;ngi as that could not 1,,t for ,?ry long time, (Loud Hpplnme.1 The C"I..i?i Secretary, who h?d acted admirably Iuiin the receut ,,g,t' ,tion?l?ud ch:-h:ld done a1l :\1"t he could b bring about a peaceful settlement, but his efforts had failed, and in tne irurt extreme tue Government had beau obliged to appeal to the arbitrament of war. No country had ever gone to war for a dror cause or a better reason. (Applause.) They were determined that the Briton and not the Boer should be the paramount, man in the Transvaal. (Applause.) Mr. Chamberlain had &Ji<i:The first principle is this—that if we are to maintain our position in regard to other nations; if we are to maintain our c?xL?tc?iiee as a Great Power in South Africa. "e are bound to show that we are both willing and able to protect British subjects everywhere when they' are made to suffer from oppr??,i??n and injustice, j The second principle is that, in the interests, of South Africa and in the interest of the British Empire. Great Britain must remain the paramount Power in South Africa. Of cou when we talk about South Africa w{>: caanot always make every qualification and exception. What wi» mean is not the Garman or Portu- t'uese P',)9so:S¡;;¡ons. but the two Republics and the British Colonies. Almost everyone wil! admit that that great priuciple is one which both sides of the House have determined to maintain. Why do we maintain it? Because, as the Lea tar of the Opposition said—most wisely, if I may venture to say so-the peace of South Africa depends upon our accepting the responsibilities of that position." He did not believe that the war would increase the animo- sity between the two peoples. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Chamberlain was right when he said that the hatred of the Dutch was founded upon the contempt that had been felt ever s:nce the surrender of Majuba. (Heat1, hear.) He fully agreed with what Lord Windsor had already u id, that if they won this war—which, please God. they would do—(applause)—the con- tempt which the Boer. h",1 felt for them for the last twenty years would be changed into a feeling of respect; and he firmly believed that if at some future stage the country of the Transvaal was administered in the same just and fair manner that the British Colonies "ere .y' administered, that f'?li" (f m'p??t !h' t¡i:"1dthi1tenfe:¿;1 7; m ?..Id ipn into hettr and warmer feeiing! ?ill. (Appi,%n?) Surely wo had a ?ey !od example of this in the case of India, and he; rather wondered during the recent debates, that the example of India was never quoted. That great country had been won for n. ..ti-17, by the ?.rd, V-F gallant com- m!lnde had made his name and fortune on the plains of India. a«d among them there had n?r been one sd pmmi?" t or ?o disti.. guished ae the great ancestor of their noble chairman, Robert Lord Clive. (Apilause.) Did the people or India bear ng any mL1Î<'e? Did they hate us? He did not think so. He b.!j,???d that, with a few iniwmble ?oep- tions, the people of India were as wel affected tcwards m and as loyal to her Majesty the Queen o? any other p?ple who ih, d??ll within the length ,nd breadth of th?3 gr-t B., p"?* IA,,pla?.1 He wisheJ j fas could say the same t.Iiing of the Ira!! mejabers a! .pa.rn; (Laughter.) One of the saddest incidents of the whole of this crisis had been the attitude which the Irish members had adopted. So far from supporting us or rendering us any assistance -r sbnùing by us, the Irish m?mhers were now holding meetings crwk- ing up the Boers, and advocating the Boer eause in every township and village in Ireland. ("Shame.") That was being done at the present time. In the stroots of Dublin treasonable leaflets were being circu- lated without let or hindrance. The gallant member then read a leaflet circulated by the Irish Transvaal Committee, urging Irishmen not to enlist in the British Army, as follows: "Fellow-countrymen.—England's Army is small. Englishmen are not good soldiers. England has to get others to do her fighting for her. In the past Irishmen have too often won battles for England, and saved her from defeat, and thus have riveted the chains upon their mothcrlanrt Let them do 110 no more. "In all our towns and villages wo eoe the rccruiting sergeants trying to entrap thought- less Irish boys into joining the British Army. The recruiting sergeant is an enemy, and it is a disgrace to any decent Irishman to be seen in his company. But he should he watched and fOlowed, and the boys whom he seeks to entrap should be warned and reasoned with. "In preventing recruiting for the English Army you are working for Ireland's honour, and you are doing BometlÜng to help the Boers in their struggle for liberty. "By order. "IRISH TRANSVAAL COMMITTEE." That, he said, was bad enough, but what he considered waó wor.J still was not what excited boys in the streets were doing, bat what responsible members of Parliament were giving utterance to. Major Wyndham-Quin then read an extract from a recent speech of Mr. P" ti. which he said on October 1 last: — "no would not say shame to the Irishmen who belonged to British regiments, because he had hopes that before they lined up against the Boers they would remember they were Irishmen, and that, instead of firing at the Boers, they would fire on the English." This question was one which might be very well considered by a certain nurnbr of poli- ticians in this country. He should like to ask any Liberal gentleman IIho might be in that hall who might still believe in Hoœe Rule if ho (hd not think the Unionist party were thoroughly justified and had very good reason for doing all they possibly could in past yearB to prevent Ireland ,.d the interest of Ireland being han,l?d ,?'d I' to men f the character f Mr Patrick O'Brien. (Applause.) He Waf; very glad there had been so little rcsponse to r. O'Brien's appeal, and he thought the very beat answer which ?.ld be given to him h?d been th .?.du,t fthe loyal D u;ii. Fu3ili«K—(applause)—in this splendid f,?ht when they took the heights of Glencoe. A military commander had only three courses to telko, He must go to the right, or the left, or straight on. and what applied to soldiers applied also to politicians. In eonneotion with th's question politicians, a-s usual, had bocome divided. To the left, of course, had gone the pea.ce-at-any-prie.e gentlemen, of whom he was glad to say there was a very small number throughout the country and very few in South W:w10rg"n. [Hear. hear.) They were the kind of men who did not believe in war at any cost, and who, to be consistent, mufet stand by in the street and see a "oman knocked down without venturing to assist her. That was Q. nd a had ben said that when humanitarianism defied common sense it was beyond the reach of argument. (Applause.) To the right had gone the Irish members and cne or two equally disloyal other members whom he would not mention. But straight on in the straight, path, which was not onl, til', straight path. but th only honourable path. had son? her Majesty's Government, and he was very giad to think that in taking this direction they h,d been followed as well by the great mass of the Liberal party. (Ap- plause. i That was the path we had marked out for ourselves, and we must continue it to the end. He felt sure that in carrying out the rest of our work and our policy to its fnl!et £xt<;nt we might rely on the bravery of our troops who were now so well employed in South Africa. (Applause.) They had done thoroughly well during the time they had been out there, and they had upheld nobly the best traditions of the British. Empire. No doubt. we might have had our reverse' but we must expect reverses from time to time, more espe- cially when we were engaged in such a war- fare as that which we were now carrying out in South Africa. At the same time, while pre- pared for reverses, we had every confidence in our generals and in the bravery and the patrio- tism of those who were now serving under their command. We could only hope and pray that this war might terminate at the e:irli?t pm- ,i?l? date consistent with the fulfilment of that task which we had undertaken. (Applause.) He felt certain in his own mind that this waT would not last very long, and now that Sir Redvcrs Buller had landed—(applanseJ-r-and with his army corps gathering around him. the days of the Bners and their triumphancy were pretty well numbered. Before he sat down he would like to Inake an appeal on behalf of the wives and families of those Ro-erve men who hld re-joined the colout"5 with such promptness anti zeal. Many of them h1d left lucrative situations in order to take their places in the ranlcs-sitnatiois which they were by no means certain of re-gaining when they returned home. He, therefore, :){>C:1!-ed to all thos? who employed Reservists to keep the;r places open wherewr possible—(applause) -:1nd also to others to give some financial aistanc<9 to the famEis who had been left behind. In the latter case he asked them to send such contributions a* they might be dis- posed to make to Colonel Quirk, the command- ing officer of this district, who knew the rir- cumt1.n(,è9 of each particular case. He appealed to them all respectfully and earnestly to do what they could to help the wives and families of the soldiers of the Queen. (Loud anrl1.u.\ Mr. John Andrews propo-;e<! the following resolution:—"That this meeting desires to express its full confidence in her Majesty's Government and entire approval of their South African policy, and its firm conviction that justice and fair treatment for the British race and ,q.,l rights and liberty for a I in the Transvaal and Orange Free State form the only reasonable aud satisfactory basis upon which lasting: peace and prosperity can be a.B5ureo to 8Jttth Africa. This was seconded by Mr. J. W. Denning, and carried amid enthusiastic applause. Mr. A. C, Mackintosh proposed a vote of thanks to Lord Windsor for presiding.—This wa-s recorded by Mr. Leonard Parnell, and carried heartily.

TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. C. L. BATH, SWANSEA. SUDDEX END AT BRIGHTON. Tin public of Swansea received on Thursday afternoon ,ith ,-m?t surprise and regret the news of t?o suddeu d?ith )f Mr C. L. El :h, one of their most prominent citizens, whilst on "i sit to Brighton. Mr. Charles Lambert Bath was the head cf the great copper firm of Charles Lambert, and Sons. Port Tcnnant Works. Swansea, a diredor of the Rhondda and Swansea BP-iilwiv, a proprietary member of the harbour trust, a director of the "Cambria" newspaper. &c. He was a pro. minent Conservative, and Iin eIc-el1ent business man. He was the son of the late Mr, E. H. Bath, ?hos? sudden and tragic death in the I Swansea Council Chamber few years ago still haunts the public m?c)ry. and nephew of Mr. Ch?,rl?? Bath, who st 'd for S?niam against 1 Mr. Dillwyn. Apparently, Mr. C. L. Bath died in the same sudden manner to his father, I and probably from a similar heart trouble. but no details had been received at Swansea on Thur&day. He was only 41 years of age, and had always been regarded as an exep. tionaHy strong man, having been a footballor, water-polo player, and one oi the best local amateur boxers. Of late he had suffered from in^mnia and kindred nervous aiJrnents. He left Swansea with his family a week ago with the intention of visiting the Austrian Tyrol, for the benefit of his health, but he stayed en route at Brighton, and, apparently, was sud- denly struck down, as his brother, Mr. Ken- neth Bath, was with him et Brighton up to a day or two ago. and had no reason to antici- pate his sudden end. Telegrams were received on Thursday afternoon hy his brother and his brothers-in-law. Mr. W. L. Cox and Mr. Ronald Bill, announcing the fact that he had passed away. Mr. B.Mh married in 1893, in Canada, a* distant relative, Hiss Richardson Francis, granddaughter of the late Colonel Geo. Grant Francis the antiquarian, and there are two young children of the marriage.

BAPTIST TWENTIETH CEN- TURY FUND. THE OOLLE-CTJOXS IS EAST GLzOlORGA-N. A committee was recently appointed by the East G'amorgan Baptist Association to arrange for local coIledion, in connection with the Tw-eutieth Century Fund of a quarter of a million which the Baptists of the country intend raising. The committee met at Pont- ypridd on Thursday, under the presidency of Mr. T. Edmunds, of Mountain Ash. vice-presi- dent of the ass ?tin. Di ?t'i't. w,?r, allotted as fol!ows:-Ph,,ndd, Mr. W G. HoweUs. Pentre; Pontypridd. Mr. Pughe-Jones. solir tor, Pontypridd: Cardiff, Mr. Evan Owen. J.P.: Aberdare. the P, T. T. Hughes. Mountain Ash; Merthyr, the IJev. Wro. Thomas; Dowlais, the Rev. Hopkin Thomas. Deri. It i. proposed to raiæ £ 50,000 of the quarter of a million in Wales.

WHITENS AND SOFTENS THE SKIN.- Purest, mu?t emollient, aud most h iienic of s'? ?M'!? the  ?BiSN' ?ILK°and SULpi?CB SOAP i? a highl? ag,-?,bl nd beneficial luxury for the toilet, bath, and nursery, and leaves the kin in a pure, refmhm. and Maithy condition. Cmay lather. L*li-t. p?rfue. All Ch?.it.. «fec, ByYU?v mbetit?t?. a" name e.'IiU' 1f' oni -pp-?ri Ll57

YESTERDAY AT THE WAR OFFICE. THE LATEST OFFICIAL DISPATCH. [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] LONDON, Thursday. To-day was unusually quiet and aneventful at the War Office. Early in the day some apprehension was felt in consequence of the absence of news from Ladysmith, the sugges- tion being that the Boers were closing round Sir George White's force, and had cut the wires south of his position. The idea was altogether at variance with the general's latest dispatch, in which he had declared that the safety of Ladysmith was not. endangered. It became known during the early afternoon that there was a message through from Lady- smith to-day, and this, disposed of the idea that the wires had been cut. Later on the message itself was poeted, and afforded food for more rumour. The message recorded only a single casualty, but it was noticed that it was sent by the chief of the staff, and not by the Commander-in-Chief. This fact was made the foundation of a report that General White had been deposed, but inquiry showed that! there was no justification for such a supposi- tion. There were comparatively few callers j during the morning and afternoon, but the evening brought more people, who apparently expected the pubUcation of Monday's casaalty list. As to the list, there is every reason to believe that the casualties, or, at all events, a portion of them, are now known to the War Office. but there is likely to be delay in publi- cation, seeing that, in case of officers, frieuds would first be advised, and in that of the men verification of the names and numbers would precede publication. It is stated. on what claims to be good authority-bnt the statement is quite unofficial-tbat the total casualties are not, far short of &)). Numerous applications have been received at the War Office from clergymen volunteering for service in South Africa. The Secretary for War wishes it to be known that there is no intention of sending out any more clergy- well to minister to the troops. A sufficient number of commissioned chaplains to the forces has already been sent. I

A SECOND ARMY CORPS. Later, All Alder-hot correspondent says it is statsd there on good authority that the wholo of the Reserves of the transport branch of the Army Corps are to be called up, and will report at Woolwich for equipment. The batteries which wcre to come to Aldershot to those gone to Soutil k fricil have had their move postponed for a while, in view of their being wanted to mobilise at their present stations. Rumours prevalent that a second Army Corps will be mobilised from November 10. Major-geueral Fitzroy Hart, who will command the 5th (Irish) Brigade, left Aldershot this evening, with his staff, for Liverpool. The band of the Welsh Regiment and most of the commanding officers in the district were on the platform, aud gave General Hart a hearty i send-off.

YESTERDAY'S DEPARTURES. I The Ounard transport Scrvia left Liverpool on Thursday, having ou board a number of officers and men going out to South Africa to join their regiments. At Queenstown the Servia ",1I embark the 3rd Battalion King's Royal Rifles from Kilkenny and other detach- ments, It is expected that the steamer will, accomplish the passage in about sixteen days.

THE SUPPLEMENTARY NAVAL BRIGADE. Arrangements have now been completed for the despatch to-morrow (Saturday) of supp&- mentar;,• naval brigade. Tha brigade will be I 349 strong.

MOVEMENTS OF TRANSPORTS A Lloyd's tele¡;ram' that the transport Pavonia, from Southampton for TaMe Bay. j arrived at St. Vincent on Wdne"b)', Sh had 1,5D4 men on board, including the 2nd Batta- lion of the Royal Fusiliers. The transport steamer Ocampo, from London for South Africa with mules. paB.sed Gibraltar on Thursday. The Cunard transport Aurania, with 1.700 trop. on board, whjj? arrived at St. Vin??Tit on the morning of October 28, left for CaVÐ Town on the 31st. j MAKING GOOD MOXDAY S LOSS. The loss of the fcinall arms and field gun ammunition at Ladysmith by the stampede of the mu'es will be made gnod by the despatch to-morrow (Saturday) from Southampton by the Briton of six million rounds of small arm ammunition and one hundred tons of filled shell.

VIEWS OF PUBLIC MEN.. LORD LAXSDOWXE OX DEFEATS. Speaking at the Cutlers' Feast at Shef- field on jursday, Lord Lansdowne, Secre- tary of State for War, expressed on behalf of hlllr Majesty's Government the profound admiration they felt for the heroism dis- played by our troops, who at Dundee and Elanchlaagte had shown themselves worthy inheritors of our fi1est military traditions, and their gain outweighed the sad disa..ster' of Monday, whicb, so far as could be ascer- tained. was due tel an accidental cause. In such a campaign as this we could not count upon a series of unbroken successes, but they might find comfort in the manner in which Colonel Car!eton's little force held its own for hours agaimt superior .= bers. Their precious lives had been spent in a cause tb?y believed to be just. Lord Lansdowne then went on to speak of the remarkable manner in which the Reservists bad responded to t he call. H appreciated the action of em¡:loyer generally in what they were d.?n, for those R?.st-?ists. Finally, sp=aking of Colonial support, the Secre- tary for r??aid it proved to the eiili,, world that ?G?ater Britain" was not an empty phrase, and that. in the opinion of our Colonists we were fighting for a just cause. I LETTER FROM MR. BALFOUR. Sir Edgar Vinosnt (tha Unionist candidate at Exeter) has received letters from 111', Bal- four and Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Balfonr sa:re: "My dear Vinosnt,—The moment is one of inevitaDle anxiety. The period which must elapse before reinforcements arrive can hardly fail to be characterised by the mixed successes and reverses which have, in fact, attended the gnant. operations of our troops against greatly superior numbers. Rut the imm811Se military preparations with which we are con- fronted "Mciently reveal the true ..t,,re .f the struggle into which we have been forced, and die real ambitions which have lain eon- oealed behind the evasive diplomacy of the South African Republics. The issae involved is not less than this—Is the future of Sonth Africa to be equality of the white races under British guardianship or is it to be the subjec- tion of Englishmen in what were once the Queen's dominions to a Bc-er o'israrchy ? Between these alternatives the country is not likely to hesitate. It is the first which, both as lovers of freedom and lovers of our country, we arc bound inflexibly to pursue. So at least, thnk her Majesty's Government, and I doubt not for a moment that in this convic- tion they will be supported by the gTeat majority of the electors of Exeter." I LETTER FROM MR. CHAMBERLAIN. I Mr. Chamberlain write.I heartily wish you success in vour present contest, and trust that the constituency of Exeter will show as triumphantly as the electors of Bow and Bromley that the people of this country are a united people in the proi'ution of what., I 1. convinced, is just and necessary war. SPEECH BY EARL SPEXCER. Len! S-,?-n? P -?'d-d owr a L,- and ,nflu i -Org at Northampton on TI?., day, ..atn.d l in .'pmpoiring the formation of a f=d, to be called the Northamptonshire Transvaal War Fund, ;aid there w? hardly =3?t? who wan not det? nnin?d to give fuU and ample support to her Majesty's Government in vigorously conducting the campaign. They at home felt the greatest admiration for the way the troops had behaved under trying circum- sla.ncœ. and the deepest possible sympathy with the families of those who had fallen in defence of Queeu and country.—The proposi- tion was carried. LORD BALFOUR OF BURLEIGH. Speaking at Motherwell on Thursday night. Lord Balfour of Burleigh said cur late revene in South Africa was but a casual incident. We might look forward with confi- dence to eee om" arme victorious. Some

BAD NEWS FOR THE BOER. Mr. Lasoelles Carr will sail for South Africa next Saturday week" (vide yesterday's "Western Mail"). KRUGER: Der game .a up; ,e done for! Der Editor of der Western Mair' vos coming out now!"

VOLUNTEERS AND THE WAR IMPORTANT LETTER FROM MR. VvTXDHAM. CMone! Sir "d Vi-t' M p1,?,, ?- I ,d the fo ll()will' from Mr. Wyndham, M.P., Under-Secretary for War. with reference to his offcr of a thousand Volunteer marksmen for neti-ç-6 service against the Boers: — "WIlr Office. Xoremuer 1. "My dear, Vincent.-I have received your letter of yesterday. an:l in reply beg to assure you that the Secretary of State fully appre- ciats ttle patriotic spirit which has led to 80 many offers of s i by the Volunteers, and th.Ü' he wE¡ not h.itato to am.il him-, self of the powers given by the Volunteer Act of 189? 5,i,,?d the B?ll that Ad as you are .aware, gi, ns no pov?cr? to eend' Voluntecrs ahroad. It is meant to facilitate the preparation of homo defence. Wc can by the use of the Militia alone place the infantry garrisoil of this coun1.ry ;11 approximately the same state in which it W35 before the despatch of the e:TJediti0n began, and that is the purpose for which the Militia, is hein embodied. But if any crisis in which a lariro increase of the home garrison 's required 'of which there is at present no sign) the Volunteers would be the appropriate force to use. and would be used. As to enlist- ment, the Army Act only lays down that enlistment ma,t not be for more than twelve years. But it aHows enlistment for n? :r term. hea_; ;l:]s. h:w:1 only anow i for terms of three, seven, or twelve years with the colours. If it is decided to accept the dfers of service from individual Volunteers to fill gaps. regulations will be pub- lished allowing enlistment for a short term and giving dlreetions.-lour:i sincerely, GEO. WYNDHAM."

RESERVISTS' FUND. We r?e?vc!d 12s. from a correspondent who wLlws to b?? known a? E,L,?y Little H?lp?." MAXSIOX HOUSE FTXI)K. _I The Mansion Hou>e Fund for the widows and orphans, & 'fh,, to £ 103,003. The Transvaal Refugees' Fund now amounts to 2155,039.

WAR ITEMS. One melancholy outcome of the war in South Africa (writes a London correspondent) has been to give a fillip to the great West End costume and drapery establishments. Some of the leading Bond-street modiBtes are quite overwhelmed with mourning orders, and their staffs are working day and night to keel) price with the (le 'd' made p.. the.. Much of the activi tmy?is probably due to the profound sympathy evoked by the tragic episodes of the war. which pro.,) many people to wear :oJir:rr;m;mr P:aita: 1 in the list of the Blain. Still, th?r, an be no: doubt that a very large number of leading families are at the present moment mourning the loss of blood relations. On Thursday the Derby police authorities handed over to a military escort a private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, named Grey, who was charged with being a deserter from the regiment, now en route for South Afriea. It appears that the man gave himself up when he heard that his battalion was going w the front. The fund inaugurated by the Lord Mayor of Belfast on behalf of the Transvaal refugees ".d soldiers" widows and orphans )n Th.r,d?y ,?,??d?d £ 2,000.

MIDLAND IRON AND STEEL TRADE. BIRMINGHAM. Thursday. The market had an dvceptior.ally strong tone. and. while orders are pressed urgently on the notice of makers, there is very great difficulty in arranging for regular sunnlies. The home trade is growing more rapidly than earlier in the quarter, and shipping houses are putting pressure on makers to accept indents which they want put in hand at once. The general tendency of prices is upwards, but the leading makers consider any attempt to force an advance would be undesirable, though the demand seems to warrant it. Marked bars sell at £10 readily, merchant irnn is zP9 15s and common £9 to .£9 5s. Black sheets .£9 15s to £10 doubles and £9 7, 6d to £9 10s singles. Galvanised iron £14 to £14 5. for 24 .g, in bundles at Liverpool and L15 to zEI5 10a for felt-lined cases. Stamping sheets £ 10 10a to Clt merchant hoops £9 13., and best .£10 10s. wide strip £9 10s to fg 15s. tubs etrin £:9 to £ ? 5s, wagon and angles £9 fu to £9 10s. and best boiler plates III to fit 10s. Steel billets E7. and bars and sheets £ 10. Staffordshire tin-plates 20s for ",he and 23. per box for cha?al sorts. Cold- ?t. pigs ? 15. to ?5 17, 61. bt?t hot-a?r Me to 90s, T":>ng foundry 9iss. part-mine 758 to 77s 6d. and cinder 68s 6d to 6<Js 6d. Northamp- ton 7?. 6d to 75s, and Derbyshire 738 6d to 76? 6J forge. a.nd 789 M foundry. Very little other iron on offer. Limestone 5s 6d, pottery .i- ?'. and prpl ore 27: 6d to 30?. Furnace co?ee Ma to 26s, best honse coa 14? to 158.! d!, 13., furnace coal 118 6d, frge -I 10s to its. and rough slack a. to 93. In metals spelter was reported somewhat easier, £22 5s being taken for local delivery.

THE MANCHESTER EXPLOSION". I The inquest on Mr. Stevenson, mana?r of  the corporation gasworks at .h-l 1' h?. by Ute explosion there last Monday, wM opened on 'nmreday. and adjoamed. Three of the ? who were injured are still i. the inarmMT in critical conditions

FAMINE AND DISEASE IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA. The Central News learns from dispatches received on Thursday from Mombassa that the famine in the Giriyania country, British East Africa, has been followed by a huge and widespread epidemic of ,mall-pox ,d djsen-, ttry, and authentic reports from the interior state that the natives are dying in thousands. IILPpily, there has been a great improvement in the country along the coast. Here the crisis Ío practicalj over.

RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIRE. EIGHTY PERSOXS INJURED. BOMBAY, Thursday. A shocking accidcnt has occurred on the Bombay and Baroda Railway. M'hill a pas-1 senger train was running at a high rate of speed between Wadhwati and Ahmedabud, one of the carriages caught fire. The flames spread with great rapidity, and as the passen- gers. after exhausting every available meams, failed in attracting the attention of the c-nginc-driver or the guard, they nearly all jumped from the train. Eighty persons known to have been seriously injurgd.-—Dalziel.

ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS IN AUSTRALIA. IS GWYN NICHOLLS RETURNING? According to the latest mail from Australia. Gwyn Xicholls, of Cardiff, and C. Adamson, members of the football tectm which went to Australia, have fcecn offered and acoepted appointments in the savings' bank at Brbbane ?" ?p'ort i? discredited in CardiS. Mr. S. II. Sicholis, brother of Mr. Gwyn N'icholls, inform- ing a press representative on Thursday even. ing that he expected the Cardiff captain would be in Bugia in a few day

ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Washington. Thursday. Brigadier-general Corbin. Adjutant-general to the War Depart- ment. in his annual report, dwells upon the courtosies shown to American troops en route to the Philippines by British officials at Gib- raltar and elsewhere, and says that th:s inter- national courtesy will live long in tbe memories of both parties?.—Kcuter.

BARRY FIRE BRIGADE AND ITS APPLIANCES. SINGULAR ALLEGATIONS. Some singular revelations "err made at a meeting of the Barry Public Health Committee on Thur^dav evening. Mr. W. Pater;<¡n was in the chair, and a letter was read from Messrs. Merryweather 1H1 Co., of London. asking to be alloweea d to t ??,d?r Cc;orotfhc hose cart and fire. escape required by the district council, where. upon Mr. J G. Walliker. the captain of the tire brigade, stated he bad been seen by a repre- sentative of the firm named and asked what he would require. but he rep.ied nothing. The figure of th3 tender was afterwards iixed at £1,,9. On the foilowing day he was waited upon by a representative of Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Co., and asked that their previous tender of C267 might be amended to E167.-The Chairman t:1ouzht sticii proceedings were scail- dalous.—Mr. Wallikcr explained that nothing bad been offered to him by Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Co-fr. J. If. Jose. J.P., the chair- man of the council, was surpri-ed at the action of such a firm as Messrs. Merryweather and Co., and he proposed that Messrs. Shand. Mason, and Co.'s amended tender 1;e accented. -This was seconded by the chairman, who remarked that he hoped that this wonld be a lesson to Messrs. Merryweather and Co., and he was proud that the cMci.Usat Barry were .lot party to 'u'h Tammanyism.—The motion was then agreed to.-The tender of the "ame firm for the supply of clothing to the volunteer fire ùríga<1e was alsa accepted.

ORGAN RECITAL AT CARDIFF. Two organ reitals were given at St. Catherine's Church. Cardff, on Thuroda v. by Mr. T. Ferris Tozer. Ma?.Doc. Oxen, of Exet«r. when the new organ was formally installed, There were large attendances. The selections played by the organist were taken from the best organ music published. Three of the items on the programme which gave great pleasure were of Dr. Tozer's own composition, one of thm being a song, "0 Lord. Save Thy People. which vas rendered by Miss Ainy Morgan, with a, violin obligate by Mi?s Edith Abraham. The .,h "er 2i?, Jenkins and Mr. Harry Hains. In the cou 'e of the recitals the vicar (the Rev. J. Baker) delivered a brief address, giving an account of the work per formed in the parish since he became it. vicar four or five years ago. There was at that time a very heavy debt, but they had been able to remove this and to enlarge the church. One or two members of the congregation had undertaken to find funds for the organ, and had. by their personal subscriptions and col- lections, obtained a considerable sum. Tho orga,n-pe-rhapa the finest in Cardiff—would cost about .£1.100 when completed. It would not be finifhed until they had sufficient funds to cany out the work. The builders were Messrs. Harrison and Harria-,n, of Durham. The organ had thr? manuals and a pedal organ. At present it had 26 stops, 'nnc;, I ?h t?,d, ha?. 46. 1t was announced that a series ot recitals wonld be given -lh Wednesday eveaing through November, at which collections will be made in aid of the organ fund.

CARDIFF CYMMRODORION SOCIETY. SIR THOMAS MOREL BECOMES PRESIDENT. The executive commIttee 01 tDe \arUUl 1.J L.LI mrodorion are making arrangements for a scries of interesting meetings in connection with the society. Sir Thomas Moro! has ooneente*] to become its president for the ensuing year. The first mc-tinc; of ths society will be 0 reception given by SLr Thomas Morel at tho Town-hall on Tuesday, the 7th inst., and all the member, will be invited.

DEATH OF MR. MATTHEW DUNLOP. The death has occurred at his residence, St. Michael's Hill House, Bristol, of Mr. Matthew Dunlop, one of the partners of the well-known firm of Fulton, Dunlop. and Co. The dec?L?d gentleman, who was 87 y?rs of age. was we'd known in Cardiff and South Wales, and his death will be ge,?--lly r.Mtt,,d.

THE DALSTON MURDER. The inquest was opened on Thareday and adjourned "n the body of I?nis M-t, ged three ?Mr? and a half, the illegitimate child of the French governess who is under remand charged with the boy's murder.

Vienna. Thursday.—It is announced that the departulle of the Russiao Imperial couple from Darmstadt has been postponed until November 7.—Central N, I New York. Thuroday,-The steamer Roanoke has arrived at Seattle from the Cape Nome goldfield '9Öh a million and quarter doUaj* worth of gold dust.—Central^News.

EXETER ELECTION. Sir Edgar Vincent (Unionist) and Mr, Allan Bright (Radical) were on Thursday nominated to contest the Exeter vacancy, occasioned by Sir 8:a!ford N'orthcote's appointment as Governor oi Bombay.

THE WICK TRAGEDY. BODY TO BE EXHUMED TO-DAi. Formal notice of the eihnmation of the body of George Hayter was on Thursday handed over to the police, who will forthwith carry out the instructions of the Home Office. In all proba- bility the exhumation will take piace to- j day (Friday).

COALOWNERS' MEETING AT I CARDIFF. STRIKE PRACTICALLY I FIZZLED OUT, [BY OUR MIXING CORRESPONDENT.] I Xow that the measurements of the engin. lien'. strike have been taken by the pubL( the scare which was created by the rot:«i has died out. and, whether men or maate" are victorious, a settlement ,U1 round "ili doubtless, havie been effected before the end of the week. Nobody wanted a strike Jusl now. and the strike has practically "fizzled out," because the pits are. with the cioeptioj of three, it work. Those three are Partridge Jones, and Co.'s, Hopkins and Llewelyn's, and the Tirpentwys Collieries. To all appearance, arrangements are as likely to follow at thoo places a. at the others. The Rhymney mea are working, but they have only suspended their notices for a week, pending any decision that might be arrived at after the coalouneti' meeting held on Thursday at Cardiff. ia conversation with some of the I-lownem- council, I gathered that, where the schedul, had been agreed to they did not regard thu as by any means a viewry for the other sidt. It may, therefore, be taken, notwithstanding the usual closeness of the coalowners' rep sentatives, that what has been done is to mah mutual concessions at last. The terms of tit settlement were jealously guarded. I ♦ —

POSITION IN THE WESTERN I DISTRICT. THE STKIKK AT GARNCOCH AND I (JORSEINOX. ) Mr. John Williams, agent for tin Western district, on Wednesday evening UIt\ the workmen of the Garncoch and Gorseinoe Steam Coal Collieries, now on strike, at tlla Ystrad School, and explained that the arbitra. tion had been set aeide, and the employee were now Agreeable to the workmen resuming operations on tho old conditions pending settlement of the whole of the matter* II dispute between them and the in", ageiu. The men. however, after carefully considering the position, decided that if the employee* desired it negotiations should be re-opened, but work aliould not be rts?ed until ;? ttl e.t had been arrived at. DISPUTE AT AND I CLYDACH. The workmen of the CVrt-y-Bettwa Collierr, Xcath. and Clydich-Merthyr, Clydaeh Valley, have tendered notices On conscience of tU dispute as to "levelling Up") to termioati contraeto at the end of the present month. Mr. John Williams, the diners' agent, howevor, believes that an amicable =e?tlement will be arrived at before these notices expiry. WESTERN OWNERS AND THE SLIDING- I SCALE AGREEMENT. In the course of a CJnvrtution with oar reporter on Thursday evening, Mr. Johi William*, miners' agent, said he understood that the colliery owners of the western district who had served notices upon their workmen in consequence of their refusal to sign the o, 1 Contract Book of the &!iding-sca!e ajre* ment, and had withdrawn them, had aban- doned their attempt to enforce the of the sliding-scale in his district indefinitely. As far as the enginemen in his district were concerned, he had not heard that they inteuded taking adion-immediately, at all events. COALOWyERS MEET AT CARDIFF. The eugincruen's strike has fCOlDe a matt* of very little importance to the South Wata coal trade, for it has practically fizzled oat already. On Thursday there were only thm oollieries idle. viz. thoae of Messrs. Partridge Jones, and Co. two pits). Messrs. Hodjkiss and Llewellyn, and the Tirpentwys Colliery. At some of the others las. for instance, & Cyfarthfa) colliery officials have taken the places of the winding enginemen; at othen the schedule recently discussed has beta mutually agreed to, and at others fas at Rhyn- ney) the men are working on because tbey suspended their notices for a week pending a meeting of the coalowners. MEETING OF THE COALOWNERS' COUNCIL I A meeting of the Coalowners ASIOClaUOD Council was held on Thursday at th* Engineer's Institute, Park-place, CAdif. under the presidency of Mr. Deakin. Reports were submitted from the various cr>!Iieries, and fr m conversations with ::rii;i:.r aa f:e?:r;:a;: it may be judged that the employers are con. ftdeat that the strike will be entirely over before the end of this week. No official r* port, however, Wall given at the close of the meeting, although the proceedingi had beoI prolonged from mocnÏng until nearly four k7 Mr. Nr, 0, DO?i,,I, o'c:ork in the aftmi?n. Mr V, G Dalziel, the secretary of the coa]ownel>, stated thai there was, in fact, nothing to rcpcrt, elcep that the meeting had been held, and that re- por. from the various districts had beeu re- ceived. It had been rumoured that Mr. Hopkin.. the enginemeu'g agent, was to attend the meetinf, but, in reply to inquiries. Mr. Daiziel said they had not geen or heard of Mr. Hopkins.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES. I The steamer Briton, of London, from Ham- burg for Biyth, stranded outside Blyth Har- bour, Northumberland. on Wednesday niffbi The crew, numbering seventeen, was ulti- mately rescued by the lifeboat in an hauited condition. During the excitement a Dundee seaman, named David Paton, anxioui to aSBist in the life-saving operations, jumped into the water and was drowned. [Lloyds Telegram?.] inursaay. Afgbamstan,-y okohama telegnpb" 8te.' in e' Afghanistan, Y.h.b,, for .w lort ashore; probably float al-r (iischawM partcargo:wiUprobaMy?H'<o''embert Breton.—Blyth ttte?rapha: bte er Breton, of London, Hamburg for the Tyne, b&llaj a?h"- on Seaton Rocks; holed; crew saved. ll,ian.-H.lif.bl??.: Steamer Ty?l- has -k -? ft broken. ,-1?gr.ph- Blitill id,M.ri,-n,)pl telegraphs: Bnu« steamer Simonside, which g?t ashore ente ing port, fl?t(-d after di?harpn: P?" cin? po?,,ther thick and fe Be??ere?ve? t<egr?h9. Barq-K Ber? Here. whilst being towed from roads w harbour, coWded with J. pl' taininer damage; damage to pier ?harcn. ?mer d?.Xed Mercantile P?t? ('.rd ff. d"' g,d, having grounded IV.rki?,gt?,n. Steae Elgin °?d"!?.-nravesend telegraph«fleaj trawler Llinn and b?rqm.'etrn. S.ino for Menai Brid?-. eQlljMd 'ne?day morniM ;ûrth Sea: both foandered; .;rew. 5a"ed. gtockton. steamer. F<wey for Fleet. returned Fowey high pre«nre c'? damped; repairs will be Zt4,d it  Samian Gem b?rq.?nti of and f?L,?; hampton from Seaham. aM?ed Loweswn 1-wkv. hf!S Illh-- P.M:'to!uJ.Ha'r? '°"'te!egr?b; Bn?ntM !r?!u.. of London, cor.t. grounded C? S?nd: remains t?. htebo?te m ?-<* (1, e. KathiHa^- Arenshnr? ?"'?"?'S ?: ti?ill.. .no. pl..?t without crew; driven ,hr,  Oereel. Another account Matet oa from Hudi?va) for Hull; crew "ved Victor, barque. Dating for Vi"1 :r'j,ö. in7; .?da? pi?rt ?,rg? jettisonf'd Kestormel, steamer, Baltimore for Sc,j.m»ndd>o wr»t maire. @?ived Sven,d b"), after rt.aa°™ ?-ienwe Diep; beli, ii ttl?,  LombarrIv.Buenns Ayre, ('ahle" S Lomh:.rdy. which grounded Ortiz floated unassisted; u"damal*^ „ Aqui'eja Au?*rian st?mer. SavajioI1a,h n »  ?a. .,i,?d "Xe?POr:?-ew?? plpllo d-k, damaged. -r 13 -i- BanW.—H-ilifai cables: St«mer Bani .frat New York. _hre Whit-,h-d; lea- GorriilUre -Tntr King Geortre. from Coróilllre-l'n King Georl" from Live I :t,ea:;JÖ;rdIeOi,yerUi ??'re-. Bahama Bank, and )' prcceed8 to vessel to take her in f',w- EinieVeit and Olive ^Vi. t.n tt|» srranh*: German pi",ot -i ? keit DeV* for Wvk. general cargo raze„ed ?a anc.horaS came into collision, with B""shp £ fe0°S Oiive Branch. Harbownng for J • Jntia. Rriti¡;¡.1. ('hooner. pnrtm;1rit: f" {Jt cake. Beth vessels have been towed :;ig[; W'i;:r'1 o-;ever; leak". for m arr'ved at Hammerfest ■V'™' p  bI ekab; ashore below bar; full *at*r. ?'?* Wano loI.rll? ?talian b3rO a?hrmef,,Il ?.wr; proceeTd oe*t;rui-t'Ott Jla.. and on(hor"d; Simo^'glu. -K-rtob rtonmer ■rer'.°> Iwo :i. 8;j; h::t-ibY .t frmnd perfectly seaworthy. Franklin and \rr.ve -Bt^« V ri ,h klih f r de Janeiro loaded »heat. aga¡ RHW stramw Amve. for Eo( £ rrv w*. ?"? f?on '??'? ,?'r *? 'at¿Iu;a.ï fore ?"tpaftment MI w?< be held.. f"r'i Al-?.

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Ir h members had do. a great injustice to Ireland in speaking as they did in its name about the war. The Irish people were proud of the gallantry of the Dublin Fusilvera, and of the noble part they took in the defence cf the Empire. Had we known all we knew of I the Boers, Mr. Gladstone's Government would not have lnade the 1831 settlement. "We wanted British supremacy in South Africa. LORD E. FITZMAURICE. Lord K. Fitzmaunce. speaking at bwiuuuu on Thursday, eaid that if the B-r, had shown splendid ingratitude for what wc liad done for them they were not singular in that respect. He did not desire to see little States stamped out in the name of empire. He thought there had been mistakes in our diplo- macy. and, though Mr. Kruper mieht not have meant to give a real reform of the sort that would have satisfied us, yet he had hceu m favour of some reform, and he (Lord tdmond) would have sacrificed a groat deal to get ill the thin edge of the wedge. One reform nearly always led to another. With time and patience we should have got from llr. j Kroger or' his successor whatever was neces-1 sary without recourse to the dread arbitra- ment of war. However, having come, it must be carried on as rapidly as pmrsiblc to a suc- cessful conclusion: and. pending the termina- tion of hostility, tho people of Great Britain ought to stand together. tnten it ended he hoped the Liberal party would make its voice j heard in the interests of moderation and SPEECH BY TIIE LORD MAYOR Oi BELFAST. i Speaking at a bazaar on rIhurda.r. the Lorfll Mavor of BsIfaJt said his heart had been relieved by the latest details of the said fate of the Royal Irish Fusilier' a regiment which belonged to th ;orth of Iro:d. Although the fortune of \Uf were u1foreeen. th<y were net goirg to lose heart in the courage of British troops.