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PROBLEM OF INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION. To the Editor cf the "Western Mail." Sir.—I have not thought it necessary to reply a second time in the "Times" to the letter from Mr, Lewis Williams, which you re-produced last wk. nor should I trouble your correspondency column further except for tbe first par.1grapa of that letter, which has a local and a personal bearing. He eenSUTe me for writing about j the new minute, because I have only resided C rd, ff for t.o years. w, if I have dis- caiyseu in the press any local controversies involving the interests of intermediate educa- lion without consulting the gDyernivg body. I should ?-?pt the censure. For both parents and governors would very properly lay blame schoolmaster who h-dl(?,zly brines 1o"aJ aln?-I .I- ,.to public di-pute. On b, con« I ;7nt": ¡; 1::lJe;; dh/: v?ert? xi)r??o" of "t-. for the chairman of the school board, and for the school whose ,pecial inteTffits he is defending. My leae,. would have been couched in precisely the same terras if I had never lived in Cardiff, for we were discussing a national problem, which concerns, as I sa3d. all the large towns of Eng. land and Wales. In so far as this problem affects the special eituation in Cardiff, I vril- linglj bow to the longer experience of othe. and I hav reserved my expression of opinion in the reuaJ way for the private consideration of the governors. The school board memorial and the chairman's letters attacked, a.s it seemed to me, the prestige of all secondary schools, Welsh and Kngiisrh alike, and. as I have been throughout my life identified with this field of work, it wa-3 surely appropriate for me to defend them. This defence, how- ever, has not l>wn undertaken in any spirit of antagonism to the claims of elementary educa- tion. of which Mr. Lewis Williams is so sturdy a champion. I claim to stand side by side with school board men in promoting those dam8. and have defended the new minute—apart Irom that unfortunate "ge limit-because I believe it will prove, if properly worked o*it, an I imn-ense boon to our artisan population, and it will form one link ir. a chain which will reconcile all types of schools, of teachers, and ot administrators, after a fashion which has hitherto b?en impossible. I have troubled you with this final note simply in ordor to promote this reconciliation in our ov.n neighbourhood, and to assure those who take an interest in these topics that the caure for which inter- nlerliate teachtr3 plead is not one of anta- gonism, but of co-operation.—I am. £ r.. J. J. FINDLAY.

DR. RUTHEKF00RD HARRIS AT USK. RXiHCSIAsnu MKKTIXG. 1-HE -k-NI) Ki'Fi- VS OF THE W AR. ¡';PE.ECH BY LORD IIA ULAN. fir Eutherfoord Harris, the Unionist candi- date for the Monmouth Boroughs, addrcowd a meetiug of the Usli electors in the con- stituency at the 'l'own.l1a.1 011 Monday even- ing. Lord R¡¡¡.an occupied the chair, aud wis supported by Lady Barnard, iiia. Lister, Dr. Harris. Mr. Maitland Wuikins. Colonel rhanner, Mr. J. H. Clark. Mr. C. Voyee, Mr. T. Day. Mr. H. Long*.taft\ Mr C. A. ortimer, Mr. U. Maudy, Mr. John Uigss, Mr. 8. T. Griffin. Mr. J. Haggett. 1Ir, H. Dunning. Dr. Boulton. Mr. Janus Dav:es Mr. A. J. Greeu, Mr. Walker, and others. The hall was crowded in every part. Lord Raglan, who was receivec1 with loud cheering on rising to open the proceedings, ,?,id they i cl,t themsc.vcs on the fact that in Mr, Kutherfoord Harris they hldt gentleman who could give them from personal experience an account of South Africa. (Applause.) Mr. Kutherfoord Harris was one ot those who had devoted himself to the interest of the Empire in distant coun- tries and i: was a great. aiYantage to tlicm in that neighbourhood to have üne with the,. who spoke of the British Empire as it appeared from the outside, as it were, from a distant point rather than irora the interior. (Applause.) M'KKCH BY DR HARMS. T>r. Kutherfoord Harris, who a. well received, said: My lord, ladies and gontleuier., before moving the resolution of coulidcuce in her Majesty's Government, which has been entrusted m my hands, I will say a few words Üll recent occurrences. I think it is a happy chance that our annual mectill at rsk hiu taken place so very close to the memorable month of May. I say memorable because it has witnessed two great eveiiti-tile relief ot1 Mafeking, and the Bill for the Federation of the Australian Colonies. And this mouth ba witnessed the consummation of Lord F,, lrt1.t1:Ili?nt strategy, and the h(?isting of th^ British flag at Pretoria. We are too l:ear these events to appreciate them at their full value. A hundred years hence, when viewed in the light of their consequence?, which I hold to be the true light..1 fael certain that these two events will shiue as stari of iho first magnitude in the firmament of British history In coupling the relief of ilafeking with the birth of a new administration in Australia, one way be displayiug a dispropor- tionate pense of perspective, but I will say why I lay stress upon the relief of MufeUing, and why I speak cI it in the same breath as the introduction of the pill for tho federa- tion or the Australian Colonies. Other sieges have displayed British valour and heroism, but the siege* of Lucknow, Gibraltar, ajid evell of Ladysroith were uuliko the siege of Mafeking, because Mafeking Was only an open, unfortified village, inadequately provisioned. slightly armed, and garrisoned only with a few hlln, dred volunteers, who were not tratled to war. and who were handicapped by the presence 0; thousands of natives and women. They had to oppose a well-fed, well-armed, and tricky fne. armed with heavy artillery, and out- numbering the garrison by four to one. IMPORTANCE OF MAFEKlMi'S DEFENCE. And what was the result? You had a display of courage, coupled with what. I may term a ■rhoolboy's sense of humour in being placed in i tigh corner, snch H. cannot be matched out- side British history. (Cheer*) When the Boer trenches came too near they were met by trenches—'cheers)—when the forts were in danger the enemy was driven back at tfce point of the bayonet, and when the B>cr snipers became verv annoying a body ef picked marksmen raide them withdraw to a respec.fu! dstanoe, and when, on the two hundred and Sixteenth d.,I, of the siege. the Boers under Eloff. who used gross and insulting expressions regarding our Queen. and was shortly after- wards promoted by President Krager to a higher position than he had previously hold, came within arm's length, two-thirds of them were taken prisoners auu the rest ran away. Vive days afterwards, after seven months of and close investment, of incessant bombardment, cruel hunger, and ?ell(?r AU9- PI-?r and Mahon joined hand. with IR??d?:P-?IL -d the flag -?d Why T £ sh to urge the importance of the defence of Mafeking is because it has left a deeper and more lasting impression upon the Boer mind than even the capture of Pr?t.,i. itself. Since the fail of B,.tih p,?,t,ig. in South Afrira in 1881. when Mr Gladstone, from motives of sublime magnanimity, but mag- nanimity hi,h has ""t the country ?,Ty dear, in gi??uir back to the Boc-s the conntrv.?he 7^rs had entertained the nimost. cont?mnt for tb. TtT?.ti?h i,ti.?. It. Wa Jus -t..pt for m .?- mnoh as hi, colossi armaments that tempted the B^er to chailcugo n', to war. WAR OFFlGE BLUNDERS. I In T¡W ?f th,- t-errihe blunders perpeiraled b.r th* V.tr Cairn, .md' ? ?ew?f?7?eri,? reverses which our arms sustained in this war. ?odtji?ewofthe'remendonsforcp?-h'?i t', to ",u.h thl, li??r P,el.b I",d R) that bot for the four momoruble :g' of Lady&mith, Kimberley, Wepener, and Matc- hing some or this contempt, of the Boer for U3 would have lingered in his mind Ho would have tried to assuage the bitterness of h s defeat by saying that he had been compoPtd to surrender to an army of 200,003 men, but that man for man he had proved himself the Britishers better. Now, I think that Rad"n- Powell and his gallant- band have cured hin) of that very dangerous way of thinking. (Hear, hear.) That is the reason why I believe that! viewed iu that light. and its consjcquencts. the defence of Mafeking will ihine in our history m ooe of the most glorious episodes of this var. ttJeM.h-tr) Now, I would like to draw yoar attention for on mOn1;,ut to smother use and meaning cf this grand ded. Supposing that some day England-these little isiandy-were to become it Jfafeking. to be besieged by the combined forces of Europe—I want you to remember that solemn warning have been addressed to us as a nation by Lord Fausbnry and Lord Rosebory-and it is becuu e Baden-Powell and his gallant band fought with little else than first-class brains, direct- ing matchless courage. Y?t, do not let u.j le,?e for ,?e moment o? country a^ defence- Jeos as we left M?fcMr?. ?d the great national problem that demands solution at oar hands is the pressing problem of national defence First, how can we inaka thrse islands secure against invasion—and you must remember that the facilities and the means of invasion are increasing evry year and j'ou knuw the possibility and the probability <t an attack beinj oue day made is also increasing every year; and. secondly, how (<10. the almost illimitable firlitin? powers and rMuurf's of oar nation—thi; mother conntrv and the Colonieshow can they b,, ,i,) 11 gan-sed that whilst living iu ^he Umpire it < n t»e made irresistible to any attack and every attack. TUK REFOKM OF OLE ARMY. I think our Colonies have shown then* readiness to play Uxeir part. They have tihown it in a manuer that surprised even those who knew the abounding love and J.'o,alty that our Cotouistn ha? for the Crown. I trust, when the war is over, that due m?.g. nition will be given to their services by qtm. momng an Imperial Council of the mother ?unt,y ?nd her Co!on?. in order to?? t?.,tl?-I on this <?<tioa of Imperial defence (Applause.) Meantime, it i3 satisfactory to know tht her lfaj,,?t Go\'ernmm bayc MeOved to .ncreM. the R?glar Army up to any demands likely to be made upon it in the near future. From the speech made by Lord Lansdowne in the House of Peers there can be doubt thov, really mean business with our MUitia. because I am one who holds that until the Militiz. in numbers and in equipment, have been brought to a full state of eiffciency, or proficency, perhapi, we cannot take our place amongst the military powers of the Continent (Applause.) There is an old Latin saymg-"Si paci" para bellum." "If you wioh to have Jle;e be ready lor war." and I think it may be fairly paraphrased in English as follows: — Be strong and )'ou']; be ieft alone." in giving the firn place in their programme of Army reform to the M litia the Government I am sure, will not overlook the Yeomanry or Volunteers. After th," brilliant services they have performed 00 the blood-stained veldt they have earned, and I sure wili reecive, at the hands of the Uovcmment still further conside- ration, and it has always seemed to me the Volunteers, as citizens, and with the pressure "f the vote—and it is a great pressure they always have in their power-of forc Tig her Majesty's Secretary of State for War in the way he should go, and how to do it effcctive!). ,Aopl.) The Volunteers -ust organise for the P'Th;heo')tehU:e,J.e af I tbomu,-hiy understand what they require, at the hands of the War Office in order to be able 1 to play their part as on" of cur bulwarks I against invasion. (Applause.) FEDERATION OF OCR COLONIES. The other great event which I have said made the month of May memorable is the presentation of the Bill for the federation of the Australian (;lonte«. The birth of a new British nation mu*t in the natural order üf affairs be an event of great rarity. I think it will happen once more in British history- that ill, when five British Colonies in Smith Afri -I "Y five, because we have aboliwhed two Republics—(cheers)—when the Colonies in South Africa imitate and follow the example eel by Canada and Atl3tt"alia-(applan8et-I do rot think it will be fair nor just in referring to thi. Australian Commonwealth Bill, if we did not empha«i*e the great services rendered I to this oountry and to the Empire by Mr. Chamberlain, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the. Colon1e8. (Applause.) I am sure all here agree that the temper in which Mr. Cham- MrUin appro?.bed L,- gmat t?-k w.?s I t "'1 7 =- "h:f 7":t CoBstitutional' principles. (Applause.) If you compare him in this respect with Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- I 1IIan, you can imagine what would have happened if the delicate negotiations between the Autralian delegates and the home Govern- ment had been entrusted to his hand., because 1 venture to ?"Y it is almost imposible to find a more mkchiovoui speech than that made on the first reading of the Commonwealth Bill by Sir Henry Ounphell-Biuinerman. Tho whole country and hie own party, no less than ours, were relieved when he kept absolute silence oil the second reading of the Bill. (Laughter.) RADICAL PARTY NOT TO BE TRUSTED. Sir Henry Ü;.unp\)el1.B<uuwrman is the head. I am sorry to say, of the Radical party, and so long as they aro led by a gentleman who ,111 deliver such a specch tts he did "n such an auspicious o{ca,gi(\n. I maiutain that it iu not safe to trust the destinies of the British Empire to that party. Bscause, my loid, it is, and is going to be, a momentouo question, "WLit are going to bo the future relationships of the Mother Country and her Colonies across the seas in every quarter of tho tr)cb?? Sympathy with tA?r aims ".d aspi- ratious. her i??gerness to watch and protect them, will do far more to bind them to tho side of the Mother Country tIIlIU all the treaties m your archives. (Cheers.) As all old Colonist 1 must city that ths expsrtenco of the past has taught Colonists to leok with greater certainty to a Unionist Government than to a Radical Governmeut for those assurances. There are many here to-night, I am sure, who have sons, or brothers, or relatives to whom 1 would appeal to usk themselves the question as to wh-ch Government they would rather trust, and I am conifdent what their reply would be. More and more as we tire extending our Empire, more and more are the othjr nations of the world closing their doors to our commerce. This being so, more and more must we study, not only our own markets at home, but more and more must we study and protect and develop our growing markets in South Africa.. for tli-s will re-pay you many a tlrv'-and-fold fc r :;hl\ sacrifices and exertions you aI\2' making there new. (Cheers.) 1 have said nothing to- night ixbout the justice of this war. My per- sonal views arc so well known to you on this aspect cf the war as not to require or need repetition, but A WORD TO NONCONFORMISTS. T would like to take this opportunity of most respectfully addressing a word to the | Nonconformists of the boroughs for which I have the honour to stand a6 a Unionist candi. (late, and to toll thm that the churches and chapels of South Africa, have spoken to them with one voice on this rlne:iou of the justice of the war. And this is their message: — The policy of the British Government, and d Sir Alfred Milncr, is the only possible policy whkh can re?i t in the ('curill of liberty, truth, and jastioe throughout Srmth Africa. I d.m't iisk you to take illy word for this. Glance at the recorded opinions of the churches (and Dr. Rulherfoord Harris at this point pro- dnced a publication issued by the South African Vigilance Committer at Capo Town), from which one or two brief extracts may be taken, because they teem to throw 80 much light on the situation, as it is viewed by our country- men who are so deeply oollcerued in the settle* meiU-: — The Congregational Union of Natal had addressed to the Congregational Uniou of England and Wales the following e,r, -i,). /fl;'rdJ::I');;I\ir I A, Christians they d('ply deplore the present- war, bringing with it the invasion or the Cc!OIlY of X"tal. with I=ling and plundering of hundreds of homes in towns, villages, and fa.Tt115tüads. The authentic reports which they hear on thh matter fru!l1 scores of friend, who have been ruined u.re ? imply heart-rending. And yet, humanly n, ?-flilt wl- inevitable. The \ruow?cio:Utad I ;uid prepared for by tha Boers, with a -i,, t.'it?,rv and political dominion the whole of South Afri m and the pie, of fi¡¡-ht-I ing for indei>endeii€s b:. been bnt a blind t"bid,? the Neal aim of the enormoUB mili- tary P-P-t )n of "he Republics, which ,t',d 3,t?,am before th?, disastrous Jameson Raid. They de?ire to impress upon their fellow-Christians in England that the Boer ideal vf gO\.0mmnt, i-I a military oligarchy, the power being exclusively in Dutch hands, While the British ideal is ba.sed Upon the equality of all white men and tho humane and just treatment of the native races; and they believe that in British ctdmmiiitratiou lies the only hope of uniting the ?-ar;c? st?L-' Of South Africa, ,d Of }: ;?;tt';ef nd t'iy t whole ".It-, Few this, 9-t and large numbers of the C010nists of Natal, very jp.any of whom belong to the Churches and Sunday Schools of the union, and are now f'ghting at the front. They deem it of vital and transcendent importance that government on British lines should be established in every State of South Africa, TInder ono flag, a8 in Canada and Al1øtralu1.. They trust that this sfatement of the views H'd COJ1\;r:tions of the Natal Congrega- ti".?,l u?i "ill command your bym« paihy. The Congresratirmal Association of Cape Town aad dbtrict rc""lvcd (1) that it rdf!d the War as unavoidable if ther" w,??i to ho permanent peace, P'-TI?rit Y .d liberty in the land, and justice done to the native races; and (21 that the absolute control of the country must be in the hands or Creal. IJrit"-Î.1J, Th? Presbyterian Churches in all parts (1f the countr}", like 1hc evangelical ministers of Kimberky,. who published a memorandum of tl, views, have 1-1,2d lhld or;"ô;vr ¡ bv creating a new government in tho Republics, a government "broad.b,ured upon tbc people's will," "nd that "an endeavour to patch up peaoc while giving the slightest predarainanoo to the Dutch would be tatal in its conseqUCne3," Tho Synod of the We^leya^ Mclhod^t Church of South Africa unanimously resolved as follows:—"This 8ynod desires to place 0[1 record its entire approval of the policy now being pursued by the Imperial Government in South Africa, and it is the came it prayer of members of the sjmod that the oT'rationg nDW being undertaken raay speedily result in the success of the British arms, and that peace and righteous- ness may be assured to this land, which it is believed will he attained through the un- questioned 8upremacy of Great Britain in South Africa." The Baptist Churches have framed a series of resolutions, whieh have been 8igned by their officials and ministers, and by the president, the "¡elrrBsj<1elJt. and seven ex-presidents If the Baptist Union. resolutions includo four that very closely touch the question at issne, viz. — "In our opinion, the war now being waged )1:170) be-en mainly brought about by tile aciicn of the South African Republic in its intole- rant attitlld9 towards the rights, libertie8, and interests of British subjects and native raws' We do not believe that her Majesty's forces are fighting on behalf of capitalists or for the purpose of acquiring ikiw goldfieids for our Empire, but in defence of British Colonies, in the interests or good government, and to secure justice u«d liberty for all races in this I nd." "Vve are convinced that the interests of the Empire demand the predominance of British policy all I1vr South Africa, and that the futUTO independence of either 0'( the R?p'blie?;, or both, would be inimical to the peace, the progress. and the material a-nd bpiritual development of the peoples of til's country." "We earncstly cOlnmend these resolutions to our brethren in the Baptist ministry of Great Britain and Ire. hnd, in the assurance that the interests of the Kingdom of Christ, especially in relation to the native races of this Continent, are intimately associated with the success of the Britih ar??, and with such develop- ment and extension cf civilisation as invariably accompany BlitLh rnle wherever it obtains. NECESSITY FOR RIFLE CLUBS. Now, my lord. ladies and gentlemen, I don't think anyone will challenge the testi- mony of the Churches in South Africa as being partial testimony. It is absolutely impartial testimony as to the justice of this v.'ar, and it is not noceseary for to say another word on this subject. I would like now to pass on to iocal topics. I daresay some of YQU t'zad some thni) ago the g're:.t speech that Lord Salisbury addressed to the Primrose League at the Albert-hall— a speech which attracted n. great deal of attention, and which fell like a thunderbolt, because Lord Salisbury, of all men, said he wished he could see a rifle club and a rifle range in every parish in this country. (Hear, I hear.) Now, before Lord Salisbury could have said that he mnst have had some very uarllt reason, because that speech was not only listened to by people in this countrv but by all the Chancelleries in Europe. I'have wondered why we ccuid not have a rifle club ami" rifl" range for the parishes of r.k and Uangibby. ("Hear. hear." a.nd cheers ? There is more than mere sported mere pleasure in such a thing, a!though I b,li?v, that there would be both sport and plea- sure, but we "hould all be doing a, duty to our country. Many of us cannot join the v olunteers, but many of u-s can join rifle cuh'3, and when the Prime Minister said he wished that there were rifle clubs in every parish I think we ought to follow on the lines which he has suggested—(Hear, hearh1nd I1 should like to take a practical and reaL t:nd genuine interest in it if H committee of resi<1ents would take the matter in hand. (Hear, hear.) Last year a deputation from Usk came to 6ee me with reference to your market buildings. As far as I can see, the matter is still in the same position aB it was when you left me. The matter is in your own hands, but I should like that whatever is done should be done with the concurrence of the majority of the people of Usk. If that is done I should like to ç-ire it whatever little assistance I can. /?'??''? Siwe living h. durill last thirteen or fc months, it b., :I;ud;s)hi;e'orr raitwaycommunication? with the outfide wortd are shockingly bad.! iHcar. hear.) I find that if Ton want to go to Newport or to Cardiff, which are places fery near h. it entaiis aa cnorm,me wMte of time and a great deal of inconvenience and los, of opportunity. (Hear, hear.) It has its serious siùe, because thib inaccessibility of Ufck cuts you off from the district and the opportunity of doing business and making money, Personally, J wOlul rather drive three and a half miles to Usk Railway Station thau five and a half miles to C"edeon, and personally I shaJl try to Bee if we cannot ge one decent train each ùay to and from Uek. (ilær, hear.) PROBABLE DNrF. OF THE GENERAL ELECTION. I ].t know Vh?,tL,?r we can succeed, or we,ek¡I,7I1 get rd';e iu,\e:ti; I mood—(a laughi-but, still. it is well worth trying. (Applause,) It has been said you must not prophesy unless you kiiuw. I do, I know that there will be a general election this 'ear. but ? have a "hrmd idea that about the middle of October there will probably be a general election, and I shall then have an opportunity. I of wW,,h I 1"1. you will ,Ilor to take the fullest advantage, of P.,kig to yoU on topics you read of in th. pajtcrs, and which interest all of us living in the country. I han, followed those topics with considerable intere.t. I have t4k,n, and do take, a great interest in many of them. 1 tako a great interest in the cause of education, in tho improvement of the artisan and hi3 stam.ard of living, in the board schools and the voltizi ry chools, in licensing and tem- perance, alld upon aU these questions I have made up my mind, and with your permission, at the right moment, I will addrccs you at full length, and perfectly frankly, and give you my views on cach and every on of these topics. Living within a stone's throw, there is no chance whatever, even if one wished, which I I do not, to evade any of these questions, but. I think it would be wiser, perhaps, at this ti, to draw ,tt,ti,). more to the great f;h:; i'' P:ti so it,¡t::J that is the relations that exist between tho Mother Country an,1 1he Colonics, with a view of keeping to the forefront the greater ques- tion for us of Englaud and the Empire. (Ap- plause.) But T have not done so because 1 wish to evade giving a clear and decisive opinion, for what it is worth, upon each and all of these other questioll", I shall, when the time comes, address you upon all of those questions. (Applause.) I on ly now thank you for the very patient and kindly hearing on hae given to the few romarks I have made. In conclusion, he moved. "That this meeting of the electors of U sk desires to express its full and entire con- fidence in her Majesty's present Government. It looks with hearty approval upon the states- manlike way in which our home, foreign, and Colonial nffairs have been administered, and, whilst regrettdng the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa. is strongly of opiuion that the Boer ultimatum rendered war inevitable." A von; OF THANKS. Colone1 C1mnner, in seconding, passed a high eulogium upon Lord Roberts, under whom it had been his privilege to eerve in times of active service and in peace. The resolution was carried tinanimomly and wit II gre" enthusiasm. 1IIf, E. W. Waters, a working man, speaking from the body of the hall. said he believed that the interests of the working classes in the borough were perfectly safe in the hands of Dr. Harris, and as, on the present occasion and other occasions, he had proved the fitness of being their member and the justice of the Con- servative cause, he hoped, as an old Colonist, that when the day of polling arrived they would rally round a great Colonist, arid place hiiu at the head of the poll. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Maltland Watkins proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Harris. No more fitting person could be found to represent them in Parliament than Dr, Harris. Mr. J. II, Clark seconded, and sarcastically alluded to Mr. Spicer's attempts to rob a work- ing man of his Sunday beer. The vote of thanks having been carried with vigour, Dr. Rutherfoord Harris thnnked the meeting for their kind vote and cordial recept on. They had made him 60 accustomed to kindly reeep- VonA that he felt they had only been keeping up that custom on the present occasion. He had the pleasure of proposing a vote of tLaDks to their noble chairman for presiding th:Lt evening. The first time that he (the sneaker) ventured to ask Lord Raglan to preside he expressed his g-'eat interest In the meeti?ig, but as he hael to go anel se some of his brother officers off to South Africa the date of the meeting was altered to suit his lordship's con- venience, and he had now attended at conside- rable personal inconvenience. They naturally like to have someone historically couneeted with the district liB was their chairman- (hear, hear)—but they were still more proud at having the representative of a family historically con- nected with the history of England living in the district. He proposed to I>ord Rugian a hearty vote of thanks. (Hear, hear.) Mir. O. Voyce seconded, aud the vote was heartily accorded. Lord Raglan briefly and, as the day ,a. the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, ho re,t?,d 'L.t that great event meant, to the };mpi r< The proeNrJiIlq r10";ed with the Rinr:tn1r of thc National Authem and cheers for "Rob- I Baden-Powell, and others.

MR. LEONAKD COURTNEY'S; INDEPENDENCE. Monthly's Daily Telegraph contained the following editorial omment on Mr. Leonard Courtney's attitude :¡o constitnency could al'.ow greater latitude to a 'representative than the member for has always reccivmi from his division, but Mr. Leonard Courtney by his attitude on the war has strained the privileges in a way that at last compelled those who have, hitherto supported him to ,ek tll('t l?,r As the result \x meetin?bf the ',i b:r Jt e n f:' ¡; AS30ciation at j,iskeaTrI, whose decision h:\d beeu looked for with consirkrabl0 interest but little doubt, it was resolved by a majority of seven to one that Mr. Courtney could not ho supported at the general election. Tho vote was arrived at in spite of the sturdy and temperate letter in which tie subject of the discussion defended his posi- tion, and reserved to h¡m3esf in advanoo the right to fight the seat, If he should deter- mine to offer himself for re-election he would adept a COUr6e of which no one could com. p'.ain, and would ensure an interesting con- test. But in spite of the hold which Mr. Courtney, by his strong intellect and force of character, had established upon the Cornish mind, he is very unlikely to induce his constituency tJ change its VÜW at » seuu.?) "I ?"I.?', or to dissent f? rom tie 0!c;?}i?!nir."Toto of CuU. tulonce in the Government bv which th" opinion of tho conn try will he reflected at the Polls. The ease of the member for Bodmin raises, m the most extreme shape, the old question of the extent to which a man of long service and of unquestioned ability may claim the right to misrepresent his constituents in the liouse of Commons. No one desires a mem- ber of Parliament to be reduced to a machine or be turned out of his seat at the first trivial difrt,.reii (?e with out a cpis.3i7iz majority, The House of Commons, on the other hand, is a rcpresen- tative inst tation. and when a member ignores the views of those who send hila there, so taat he can claim to speak for no one but him- sell, he might a. well sit for Old gartun in luxurious freedom from the troubleaome for- mality of consulting ajiy constituenLa at al1. Independence is all very well, and English- mcn are not in the smallest da"er of losing their adm..aton for it. A vigoro? indiv? duality within the limits which the rational conduct of public business admits will always command, as hitherto, respect and toleration. Mr. Leonard Courtney, who had been allowed to run a pretty free course as a, candid critic of the Government during the present parliament, has. however, pushed his claim to independence daring the war to a point which, if generally imitated in the House of Commons and permitted by the country, would reduoe representative institutions to anarchy. A member of the House of Commons need not surrender his judgment upon ordinary issues, and at the first call of an organisation who.. claim to speak for popular opinion may be doubtful. But ill the greatest national crisis of our time, when public feeling is stirred to its depths, when the temper of the country is one of unexampled unanimity, a member of 1 arliament, notoriously out of touch with tho profound convictions of the vast majority of his constituents, should resign hig beat if unable to (h }:) his mind. He has no right, to give ?,to ?" P"?? °?"'? by speaking in a. representative character he no longer posse*scb. By pursuing this course Mr Courtney and those who think with him acting with the best i ntmtioiis. have workL"i unmea?uraNe mischief. They hav?en, he:;Sibs::e!the :;eg they protect. They h?e been mainly ins u n?,?tit in bringing ruin upon the B-r, whose cause they advocate. There never would have been an appeal to arms had Mr. Kruger not believed that a loudly self- righteous, but utterly, insignificant, sect of politicians in this country represented some ,s.1 and important division of national f?. ing. Even yet the fact that Mr, Courtney should be a hIe to speak as the nominal repre- sentative of a constituency whose confidence he hu torfoted tend" to mislead the Boer< and the Bond, and is responsible for useless bloodshed and political mischief. Once the nation is at war a member of Parliament who uses his place in the House of Commons to erpress view, which his constituents abhor, to oppose his own country, to cncourage her enemies, and to place argnments in the mouths of her unfriendly critics, carries in- dependence to an extreme which reduces representative government to a faroo. and a dangerous one. Mr. Courtney, in a word" has abused the unusual privilege be has un- questionably enjoyed in a maimer which leaves hi. COn-stitnents no option but to ■fciime their rights. He does not see that in claiming to follow his conviction- he asks the electors to forfeit their own. That is so often the amuBing irony of the superior aUl, tuda In public affairs."

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PROPOSED NEW DRILL-HALL FOR CARDIFF. VOLUNTEER APPLICATION FOR A CATHAYS PARK SITE. DEPUTATION WAITS UPON COR. I PORATION (JOMMITTKK At a meeting of the Town-ha.ll committee of the Cardiff Corporation on Monday at the Town-hall the question of allocating a Bite for it drill-hall in Cathayb Park was considered. Alderman Carey was in the chair. A deputa- tion attended representing the 3rd Volunteer l1att.aJion Welsh Regiment and the 8flvern Divi- sion of Submarine Miners (Voluntoer-s), and consisted of Major-general Lee, Colonel UaBkeil. a nd Major Hughes. Colonel tioskcll, in rtating the case on behalf of the Cardiff detaehment of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Welah, said that the application they had to make WaS for 2 £ acres of l-and in Cnthaye Park. Two acres would be for the Ritie Volun- teers, and half an aoro for the Submarine Miners, who were represented by Major Hughe*. The Mayor remarked that people had already applied for twice as much ground as they oould give in Cathays Park, and. inasmuch as all the applications had been made in the interebta of various important institutJ0118 in the town, the corporation wanted to do the 1-t they could. Mr. Croesman asked whether there would be any baud practices or other noises that would disturb the work carried on in the other institutions. Ciollel Guokell replied that the,. would be a variety of noieea, 1I8 they could not carry on military work without making some noi. Thero would be band and Morris tube practice, but the latter would not be very much. The Mayor remarked that he lived for years at 24. Windsor-place. which was Quite close to the DrdUhall, but he a. never annoyed by any noises, and all the houses in that vicinity wmll) occupied. Colonel GaBlicll. proceeding, said that at present he was one of those people who were laughed at sometimes, but he did say in all fccriousnege that this country at present was in an almoet undefended condition. The question was, "Do )-oil believe in the Volunteers as a force, or do you not?" If tbey did not believe in the Volunteers, let them do away with them. If they did believe in Uwm, it was their duty, and. he maintained, their privilege, to help them. (Hear, hear.) Major Hugfrr* also srpoke, and pointed out that the present war had proved the value of the Volunteers a6 a fighting force. Several III n had foue out to South Africa from Colonel Ga«kel!'s detachment, and a few hid gone from the Suhuutrine Miners. Their present drill-hall, at the back of a honec in Charles-street, was not worthy of the name, and if they had only forty men attending drill they did not have room enough to give them prolwr instrucLÍon, What they asked for was the mean. of making them?1w. properly efiiient. In reply to ltr. Vesll. Colonel Gaskell sa 1<1 that their building would not cost leo, than ,(1).000. Before they put a stone in the ground they would have to get their plans passed by the War \Jfiioe and the corpora- tion. IU r. W. Symonds aeked whether the money for thi. building would he provided by the War Office, and whether there waa any possi- bility of the War Office stepping in at a later period and taking over the building and the land. Alderman Kamsdale remarked that they could make their conditions such that they would not part with the freehold of the land. After some further ranarks, Major-sreneral Lee thanked the committee for receiving the deputation, which then withdrew. In the absence of the borough engineer, it was felt impossible to deal with the allocation of sites that day. Three tenders for the heating and ventila- tion of the Tow"'h?ill and Law Courts on the plenum system and the ?,,hit-t, report thereon were con.idered. and referred to a suL?committ?. TENDERS INVITED. The committee reaolved to invite tenders for the erection of the Town-hall and Law Courts by tdwrtise?nta in the local and certain trade Dip?a at once. The tenders are to be in by the 30th of J.] y.

ALLEGED SEIZURE OF MEAT AT CARDIFF. DISEASE DISCOVERED BY THE MANAGER. To Ihe Krlit-or of the Western Mail." Sir,—In writing my letter to you on the ahnvø snbjoct a. slight inaccuracy occurred. I suited that the moment that the owner noticed the comii t.ion of the carcases he sent for Mr, Noah Rees, the manager of the mar- ket. Hut I finil from fnrther inquiries this morning that Mr. Noah Roes first discovered that the carcases wire affected, and he immediately telephoned to the owner, who, upon seeing their condition, voluntarily sur- rondered them to be dealt with by the vete- rinary surgeon, DT, Moir. In justice to the manager I should be obliged if yon will kindly insert this in your next iB8ue.-l tlii, &0., WILLIAM DOCKER, President of the Incorporated Cardiff and Di-It-rit Butchers and Cattle Dealers' A880eia.iol\,

SUNDAY CLOSING FOR MON- MOUTHSHIRE. TEMPERANCE MEETING AT FEWEST. A CLERGYMAN ADMITS THE EVILS OF THE ACT. A meeting in upport of Sunday Closing was held on Saturday at Newent. The lWv, R. 0. Williams (curate of Newent) presided. The speeches were short. the speakers contending that Sunday Closing had been productive of much good, and crime had been reduced. Mr. G. II, Gwynne, formerly Radical agent for South Monmouth, who was present, asked to be permitted to question the speakers. This was rieclined, but eventually he was allowed to address the meeting. He said he could show from experience that Sunday Closing in Wales was a pertect curse. The club system was scarcely known before the Sunday Closing Act came in force, and now South Wales was full of bogus clubs; and if they watched the Cardiff papers they would Bee continuous prosecutions. Sunday Closing drove the disease beneath the snrbce At Barry people could lie seen drunk before breakfast time, and looking from an eminence scores of small casks of beer could be seen in the woods, with a small group of e{U'0JJJ:n1t cards all day on Sundays. In the Rhondda it was worse, and in the valleys hundreds of small (,-k. ??r ,d on Monday mornings which had been earned in sacks and drnnk on Sunday. There were two fatal fights during the year he lived there. One of the greatest evidences of the disfavour of Sunday Closing was when that enterprising journal, the Western Mail," sent out to nearly 20,000 electors a prepaid post-card asking if they were in favour of Sunday Closing or not. Scarce a tithe of the electors were in favour, and about three-fourths were against it. Ho would ask the Rev. R. 0. Williams and the Rev. Story, who bad lived, as he had, in Newport, if that were true or not.-The Rev. (\ry: U\Vhat. rr. Gwynne says is tme. Mr. Gwynne, continuing, said the "Western M>rc!l commissioner also watched the licensed houses over Rumney Bridge, and there were thousands of so-called bona-fide travellers. One small public took £150 on the Sunday, whereas if they could have a glass of beer at mid-day t-hft morning and afternoon would be spent at home.

LOCAL PARLIAMENTARY BILLS. In the House of Commons on MOnday the Newport Oorporation Bill (Lords) Dnù the New- town and Wanllwchaiarn Urban District Gas Bill (Lords) were each read a third time and p?ssed P?Id'Fiehgaard and Ro?htM Railways and Farbur. R.X.wh.ch ?'P" the t?d,?rt,,kr, to construct additional harbour works at Ross-  ?" ?''? "roTed comphMce with the SW.llding Owrd? ers of the House of Commons and vk'? seat by the E?.miMr for se?nd r. din? in hs:tirt;ne;ir BiU hM al r-dy pa s"ed the Lords. Th6 ai?cor? Urban District Council Gas Bib, which has .Uso pas-?-d the Upper House. ?n e shuihcr)y ''°?""? with the Sending Ordc!r? f the Com mom. and wa< Mut for ;d?!d reading. It empowers the G'yn. coirftg Urban District Council to supply ga« and provides for tbe transfer to them of a part Company W of the L!ynvi Valley Gas Company,

I ta?U:,øh entirely free from aU foreign substances, "a'" as k, malt hops &c, nor j, alka!i used to darken the coJonr (and so deceive the e?). Dr.??A?rew" Wilson .avi?: Cocoa is in itM)f a perfect food and ci'¡'r:Coa addition of J'ict whatever. C.4'JiU'KY'S is absolutely p.,?..d should be taken by old and yonng. at all time and in all seasons; for Children it ia nn ideal be?rae? Insist on having CAD B URY Als other C-.r?'g'; are often s,stt.td for the sake of .t,. croBt. Sold only in P"cktB and Tin. L11072-3 TheiJamorn timesn01l'n;u¡anlmmen8eC1rcwal l. onintherhonddamerthyrandrhyinneyvailleysan dithebetd,"rumamediuuaorthmi orgam hirecoamold.

A DISCREDIT TO THE NATION. JOHN BTTLL: "Going into the workhouse! My heroes, coming back from the war maimed and broken, and going into the workhouse! Egad, but I must see to this!

GENERAL NEWS OF THE WAR. SUICIDE OX BOARD A TRANSPORT. On Monday morning the hird transport Dilwara arrived at Pl mouth with 29 "Veers and 410 rank and file, who have been invalided home from the Cape. Two hundred men and nine officers landed at Plymouth, after which the Dilwara left for Southampton with the] remainder. 0 June 2 Lieutenant )Llf, of na:,e; E2gn,e ;ol;l!ifd¿' I blowing u t bLi? b,.i died within an li. di?,A within ,in;n.faui:l't.he }xiyitW t 1 invalids are doing well. The Galeka landed ut Southampton on Mon- day between 3QO and 400 invalids from the Natal Field Force. Among them was Driver Thomas Mugrove, of the 7t.h iiattery Royal Fie!d Artillery, who W36 ouo of thoho who so gallantly volunteered to rave the guns at the Battle of Colcnso, and who was men- tioned for distinguished conduct in the field. He [4 far from convalescent. The majJrity of the men left for Gooport, the remainder pro- ceeding to Netlev and Aider-hot. DID JOUBERT COMMIT SUICIDE? Brasses, Sunda, La Iteforme publishes an interview with a Be.ginn, named Michot, who wnt out on the Herssog a an ambulance attendant. On his arrh'al he en- listed in the Boer Army. Naturally a pro* Boer, Michot, nevertheless, praises the bravery of the English officers. He relates how the Boers gave no quarter to t he Lancers. all thoRO captured being immediately shot. Michot confirms the version of the suicide of Joubert, already sent to Let Reforme by its ordinary correspondent. At Gleneoe he heard Kruger violently reproaching Joubert because Ladyamith ha-d not been captured. Some days after Joubert was found dead, his hands clenched and his figure much distorted. It ia asserted that he had poisoned himself.—"Daily Telegraph." CAPTAIN LAMBTON. Captain Lambton, of the Powerful, was on Monday enning the guest of the A Af?l', Writers' Club in London. Mr, Eider Haggard presided.

WELSH PETITIONS IN PAR LIAMENT. Petitions in favour of amending the Welsh Sunday Closing Act, of preventing the sale of intoxicating liquor to children, and of extend- ing the Welsh Stroday Closing Act to Mon- mouthshire were presented by— Mr. Lloyd Morgan. from the Oalvinistic Methodists of Bethel Chapel, Llanrian, and of Llanllaan Chapel, Llanarthney, Carmarthen- .hire; Mr. Charles Morley, from Breconshire con- gregations and Sunday Schools; and by tfr. Abel Thomas, from the CaJvinistic Metho- dists of Moriah Chapel. Rrynamman, of Caer- frtlem Chapel. Llanedy, and of Hendre Chapel, Llandebie. Carmarthen, and from Carmel Cal- vinistio Methodist Chapel, Upper Boat, near Pontypridd. Petitions against the sale of intoxicating liquor to children were presented by- Colonel the lion. F. C. Morgan from the Cal- vinistic Methodists of the Weleh Presbyterian Chapel, Abercarn, and by Mr. J. W. Philipps from tho Calvinistic Metho- dists of Solva, Caervarcbell. and St. David's, and from the Eastern Division of the English Congregational Union of the counties of Car- marthen and Glamorgan. Petition's in favour of amending the Welsh Sunday Closing Act were presented by- Colonel the Hon. F, C. Morgan, from the Cal- vinistic Methodists of the Welsh Presbyterian Chapel, Abercarn. and by Sfr. J. W. Philipps, front the Oalvinistic Methodists of Caercarchcll and olva. Petitions in favour of Sunday Closing in Monmouthshire were presented by- Colonel the Hon. F. C. Morgnn, from the Oalvinistic Methodists of the Welsh Presby- terian Chapel, Abercarn; Mr. Alfred Thomas, from the Wesleyan Chapel, Bargoed, and by Mr. J. W. Philipps, from the Oalvinistic Methodists of CaervarcheU, St, David's. and Solva.

ROYAL SHOW AT YORK. The sixty-first annual county show of the Royal Agricultural Society was opened on Monday morning on the Knavesmire, York, in beautiful weather. This is tbe third visit of the society to the city, the last occasion beins in 1883. There were then 1,810 entries in 191 classes, and the prize money offered was £ 5,S30. On the present occasion the claBec3 number 389. the entries 3,154, and the awards amount to £6.620. Amongst the exhibitors of Shorthorns are the Queen and the Prince of Wales. Her Majesty has taken first prize in the olaes for Shorthorn heifers calved in 1393 with "Rose of Sharon," a roan bred at the Royal Farm at Windsor. The Prince of Wales has likewise taken a first prize, and the Duke of York is also a 8ucce8sful exhibitor. In the cattle classes the champion medai for shire stallions fcaled in 1899 goes to Lord Llan- gattock. Lord Southesk tnkes the champion prize in the Highland cattle eb.8, aud Mr. George Harrison, of Qainsford Hall, Darling- ton, has won the championship for Leicester sheep. Other winners of gold medals and cham- pionship priies for live stoclt arc .—Aberdeen Angus, Mr. W. S. Adamson, Careston. Forfar- shire; Lincoln sheep, Mr. Henry Dudding, Riby Grove; Southdowns, Mr. Adeane, Cambridge; Suffolks, the Earl of Ellesmere; Wensley Dales, the exeutor8 of the late Mr. T. Willis, Caperby. Yorks; and hackneys, Mr. John Barker, of Bishop Stortford. The task of the judges has been more than usually difficult, owing to all-round excellence. LOCAL PRIZES. Shire stallion foaled 1897.-Edwd Green, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire. Stallion foaled 1898.-lat, Lord llangattock, Monmouthshire. Stallion foaled 1899.-Ist and champion. Lord Llangattock. Shorthorn bull, calved in 1899.-1st" Lord Tredegar, Newport. Shorthorn heifer.-1st, Lord Tredegar. Old English game cock.—1st and 2nd, Mr. W. H, Lewis, Oreenmeadow, Treorky. Houdan cock.—3rd, Mr. S. W. Thomas, Forest Fach, Swansea. Houdan cockerel —Mr. S. W. Thom:18. French cock and hen,-2nd and 3rd, Mr. S. W. Thomas. During the day 2.233 pass~» the turnstiles as compared with 1,050 on tne first day of the Maidstone meeting.

A DOCKYARD MYSTERY. An official inquiry has been ordered to be held at Chatham Dockyard with reference to the circumstances under which the stokehold of the third-class cruiser Soylla was flooded early on Monday morning. A police officer passing one of the basins noticed that the vessel was shipping water, apparently through a valve having been left open, and raised an alarm. The pumps were set to work, and tie vessel was thereby saved from being sub- merged.

MURDER AND SUICIDE IN A I CELLAB. A terrible double tragedy occurred at West Mailing, near Maidstone, on Monday morning. The bodies of a signalman named Coll'ns and hie wife were found in the cellar of their house. Apparently, Collins had cut his wife's throat and then committed suicide by cutting his own. The woman evidently made a desperate resistance. Collins returned home from work at. seven a.m., and at nine the pair were seen, and were apparently qu tc, well and cheerful.

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tSALE TO CHILDREN BILi I RESOLUTION BY THE CARDIFF COR PORATION. At a spec!M meeting of the Cardll Corpora- tion on Monday, the mayor presiding. Alder- man S.d?rs moved that the council petition both Honsee of Parliament in favour of the Intoxicating 1]ors (Sale to Children) No. 2 Bill. He statea that in Cardiff and the neigh- bourhood 53,000 people had signed petitions in favour of the Bill, and in the borou¡:, of Cardiff 32,000 had signed. Care had bcen taken that no pelW>1lS under age should sign the peti- tion, He pointed cut that the Liverpool Cor- poraLou had pagaed a similar resolution by a majority of 55 against 19. and the Cardiff Guar- dians had done the same. Mr. Morgan Thomas, in seconding, said there were thousand of parents who were unworthy the name. They allowed their children to go to puMic-houflea at hours which they knew "ere the most dangerous. ?h\ Yeall opposed tIn motion, because it interfered with the liberty of the subject. He contended that there was more danger in the streeta of Cardiff after nine o'clock than in going to a public-house for beer, and were they, he asked, going to pas* a law to prevent children under sixteen going into the streets after that hou? Mr. Gerhold opposed, in the first place because it was dangerou8 to bring Imperial subjects of that kind before the corporation, and, secondly, becau-se there was a misconception with regard t,) t he Bill. A great many of those who signed petitions against the Bill were under the im. pression that it WHS promoted to prevent children being supplied with beer to he con- sumed on the premises. Both the proposer and seconder would, if they could, prevent anybody entering a public-house. (Alderman Sanders and Mr. Morgan Thomaa: "No, no.") Such men as Canon Thompson, Father Cormack, and the Rev. G. A. Jones, who went among the people, had slated that the prohibition on Sunday had caused a great amount of quiet drinking, and he (Mr. Gerhold) was prepared to say that there wan more beer brewed and consumed per head in the town of Cardiff now than at any previous period. He alto contended that if the Bill became law, the penalty should be put upon the parents and not upon the licensed vic- tuallers, who could not possibly know the age of children who came for liquor. Mr. Chappell supported the Bill as a repre- sentative of the working men. He denied that the working clashes of Cardiff were moro debased than the working men of other towns, Mr. GorhoZd had suggested. Mr. Gerhold: I deny that I eaid anything of the sort. What I Raid was that there was more beer brewed in Cardiff, brought into the town, and C,)D8umed in the town per head ctf the population than ever before. Mr. Ohappeil: I should like him to go to It meeting of working icen and say what he haR said to-day. Mr. Gerhold: I must object to th*se false- hoods. I didn't say a word against the work- ing meu. Mr. Chappell: I object to the misrepresenta- tion of my fellow-men. The Mayor: Don't let 113 have personalities. T didn t hear Mr. Gerhold say anything detri- urnntai to the working men. Mr. Halletl supported the motion because he believed the sending of children to fetch beer and spirits from public-houses led them into temptation. The Mayor said that from what be could 8.Bocrtain there was no desire on the part of licensed victuallers in Cardiff to s^rve children. Alderman Sanders briefly replied, and a vote waa thn t?kcn. as foUow8:-For the -iti??: Aldermen Cory. Jones, Sanders, Trounce, Rams- dale, and B. Beavtui, and Sir Thomas Morel, and Councillor* F. J. Beavan, Edward Thomas, .Tenkins, Andrews, Cro.sman, White. Munn, (ioxl, Robinson, Hallett, Fox, Symonds, Chap- pell, Bird, and Morgan Thoma*—22. A¡p;n@t, Aldermen Jacobs and Carey and Councillors Gerhold and Vea:1-4. The mayor did not vote. PONTYPRIDD AND THE BILL. On »unday evening Mr. T. S. Jones, secretary of the Pontypridd United Temperance Associa- tion, sent a petition with 8,700 signatures in favour of the Cllil& n's Bill 1.0 Mr Alfred Thomas, M.P., to be laid before the House of Commons. The petition measures 162rt. A petition agrainst the Bill has also been extensively signed at Pontypridd.

INDIAN RELIEF FUND. LOCAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Two sabscriptions have come to hand fot the relief of the starving millions in India, One Abercrave, Ystradgynlais, who has collected this amount in her neighbourhood. Another sum of zEl is to hand from "A. M. T 71 Be Burgh-street, Cardiff. De

YOUNG DIVORCE CASE. JUDGE'S SUMMING UP. In the Divorce Division on Monday Sir Francis Jeune summed up in the caso of the Rev. Hamilton Young, vicar of Alne, Yoit- shire, who sought a dissolution of his mar- riage on the ground of the alleged miscon- duct of his wife with Mr. B. J. Minteroft. Re- Epondent made counter charges, and a Miss Burton intervened. His Lordship eaid there were four questions for the jury to consider, two of them being of the greatest importance. The first was that as to whether Mis. Young had committeu adultery with Mintoft. and the second question was whether Mr. Young had committed adultery with Miss Burton. Thoce were the main issues. There was also the question whether Mr. Young had been guilty of cruelty, and if the jury found Mrs. Young end Mr. Mintoft guilty there was a quest on of damages. Upon the first question as to Mrs. Young's alleged adultery, he tad the case must stand or fall by the view of the very un- trustworthy, very remarkable, incident of the 15th of December, 1895. There was the previous incident of the meeting in London and the v.sit to the A.harabra, which was remarkable, unless Mrs. Young and Mr. Mintoft were on terms of considerable intimacy. The sub- sequent meetings, despite the husband's pro- hibition, were evidence of a continuance of affection. His Lordship, who 'incjdentally rLM"k,?d that the case was one of the longest in his recollection, had not finished his task at tha rising of the court.

SMALL POX PATIENT AT LARGE. I A sensational incident is reported from Blyth. A Greek sailor, who was euffcring from amall-pox, was removed from a vessel in the harbour and conveyed to hospital. He escaped from the institution, but was re-captured. He got away a second time, however, by breaking a small window and wriggling h mself through. The man, who was found hiding behind some trees, is in a sedam condition. It appears small-pox was discovered on board the steamer Mari, from which the man was taken just when the vessel was ready for sea. Sho was placed under quarantine for a day, and the crew were vaccinated. The vessel has since left for Greece.

CORRESPONDENCE. All corr?p?ndents must write on one side of 112? PaMr only, or th?eir ;ett?re will be rejected. Corr? ox ulents are adVised not t.d ^rig-mal document8 ?ith their letter. We decline to be m?D-on.ibit? for them in any way Th Editor ,-ot undertake to return rejected co/p "*UI^cations unuer .?y mrcumstances. B.-Wo d" ?Qt answer c?r?po d?.,?. through tbe ?,,t We cannot putlish any Jetter t:nJeæ the writer [ sends hu Real Name and Addr, no? ntcet- sarily for publication, but aa a guarantee of good f-itr h? bli,atd.n, but cu.tee .1 ? ?''fe'a Pr )p'rty.Homo.If your wife Mt ,I ?,11 you are entitled to the whole f I.,r I grsiV'"t ýL.Ot1: :uO¡t::r.ht administration. This you can do either ?,t!i the assi8tance of a 80Jiciwr, or you could, by making'inquiries at '.he P..ob?t? R,gi,??ryt at i? 'fr. ascertain what procedure to adopt. Hou-?K.per's ]'?bt6.—"C.vmro.'—The ques- tion hi?r you are liable f,?r the )ts -?.rred by Your housekeeper whilst in your ;18 )r,re\ide\.W;a)?e th?t you gave her lb? authorit" to incnr debts on vour behalf, and, if M. Yl- will probably be hld ??l Property of Illegitimate Daughter"Cymro." —The daughter having been illegitimate, and, apparently, having died unmarried, her pro- pcrty ha* becomi? the property of t h Crown. J ron.is^ory Note.—"Spirula Peronii."—Tbe creditor is entitled to proceed against either the dt-otor or the surety as he C1100;;08, and if he prcceeds again8t the surety, the suretv only h" the right to proceed against the principal debtor. In the case you qHote, however, the croditor will have 80mo little difficulty in recovering the money from the suretv, seeing that the 8urety i8 out of the country. Patent Laws.—"W. C? T '_?he patent laws are not intended to perve the purpose which yoU SUg"st. The only way jn whkh you ran invoke th assistance of the law in this respect is by drawing up a code of rules, and them registered at Stationers' Hall under the C T)vr. This. however. wnud only furni,h you with partial protection, as we fear "t"ni', "d ?Pl,,ible for ,'m to draw up your code ,f rllk8 in .,h a way a to prevent vcur ideap from being plagiarised, t"ith. st,d g the protection afforded bv the A,t. T'tle to Fa?m'Dnn'htM.?'-Yon require nothing beyon the i)r?of of yonr beinc the hoir or next-of-kii, as the may be. of the deceased. Damaged Hedge.—"Onlooker,"—A probably could recover damages. We should advise you to consult yonr olicitor. Telephone Wires.—"Gwent."—As a rule wires cannot he carried a person's property without his leave. You shonld insist upon the company payhl yon a wayleave. f. Notice to Q'"t— "Fi'?e Years' Reader. —The f,,ot¿I:t ou;te "í¡"d; I w?th & rent boo? ?neither here nor there, T1 anno\ :e without giving ;i notice, which, in th's eRse, would he a month's notice. Tf th"" should do 80, yon can aue them for a month'R ren in l>*»u of notice. FMlo"r'. Propert"S IT."—Wc do not like to add npan an interpretation Df R wiJI without seeing the whlll of the document: but wnere a father I"I pr ect to a ':rin{;h;; bc? :lr(l pprJi.irlfij%();,ot I hi. children, if one )f l,i' i1,1 rn the ;:i to }8 di;(dntlc(blr; j of 8[;h chiM "u',n take th«ir par^nf*'s F:hal'e.¡ but it 1. impossible to say whether this i« so or not without, seeing the will. Bie"e1.. Arr.íõent-Ic:noramus"-Yon have no leenl liab-litv whatever in resne^t nf the accident in which your son was involved.

OUTSIDERS AND CARDIFF SCHOOT>». To the Editor cf the "Western Mail." F!jr.-Mr. Buckley, in his letter of to-day, goes into side is;ue8. There I will not follow hm. The emcnditure of C"rdiff public bodies con- erns the contributors thereto and not the non- contributor. I h,?,? heard of the boy that wanted both the penny and the bun. ,-t from this letter it seems that what i? wante1 i;! t?e penny, the bun, and no rorar?.-I am. &C., J. LI. TilEHAHNE. '1

CARDIFF INFIE MAR V. To tho Editor of the "Western Mail." Sir,—Will yon kindly perm t me gratefully to a;'i¡à'r);Y,:mro\:n¡';fi from Mr. John Mander, the treasurer, of a cheque for JS27 9s. 8d., being the proceeds of the Infirmary Sports, held on the 23rd of SelJ. tember last. In an interview I had with them. I Sup.erintendent H. Evans, Mr. J. A. Wood, and Mr. John Mander, as representatives of the sports committee, expressed their i>?Tret that, owing to the weather and other adverse cir- cnmstanr<>B. the proceeds were much smaller than anticipated. The turn realised, however, 's sufficient to ntite the p.ri. committee, under Rnle 11 of tae new rules, to .?n t? two of their number as governors for the ycr 1901, and this it is to be hoped they will do.— I am, & c., H.H.LEE. t I am, girman Exet :mittN!, Cardiff I Infirmary. Dinas Powis. June 18.

A NEW PROFESSION. The public convenience of the "queuc" has long been recognised by theatre-goers, and it is perhaps not surprising that its possibilities from a,commercial point of view have 1--n recognised by the impecunious. Early in the evening outside at least one London theatre three or four of the first place3 are secured by a little gang of yoitbg, while another is deputed as the crowd gets larger to fen these places to the highest bidder Those who come late. and are consequently in the rear, are often glad to pay an additional sixpence or so for the certainty of a good seat, and the arrangement is faithfully carried out. Bat it seems unfair (says tbe "Chronicle") that front places shculd in the first instance be taken by those who have no intention of entering the theatre.

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THE SLOUGH COLLISION. CONDITION OF THE INJURED. The Prets Awnciation Windsor oorrwpon. dent, upon inquiry a.t the Koyai Infirmary on Monday morning. ?taM informed by Dr i'a bank, one of tic visiting surgeons, ^hat all tb" patients there from toe Siougb <'Ol]j«jnit—t«n in nnmber-had passed a good night, and conf; on sa L.fan,orily, The condition of U?,. Buxton, of Catton Hal!, orw",h, i6 the mo? serious. She has mnch improved. A reported at Slough. Mrs. Olivier iMrs. Bernard Beerc), who is at the Royal Hotel. Slou-n not quite so well, but hopes to th., 'fternoon. Mr. Fr?? L.sbone is not so ?,. neither ? Miss Rnmci Dav,6. of Balbam. ?h(,? S.ff?,i.g fr?, ?.n and oLht" terio-M injunes. AU t4e ?er6. however' progrc,sing favoumbly- The Central '?,ewf? corr?r?ndent ?RYA  ailthct.urrt.rersbyttc6?i?li?.f?nt ?' are detain?d at Windsor are prosresx.n? *eY ,rh,e li)dih k?ll"d rcpnted to h???. bee. one of the *e.iJth? l'areees in Bombay. of the carriages that was damaged in rh Slough accident. Though not serioue'y hu" her ladyship 's badly braised and shaken, w; Q a slight contusion of the spine. M. t'. S IN THE WRKCKEn TRAIN" There were four members of Pariiamen- in the Windsor train wrecked. One lost bit h,, and was accommodated by Viscount lurr"" M.P., who travelled down by the pre.lO", train, with a cap. LUCKY ESCAPFS. There appear to have oeeu some marvellous and hairbreadth escapeB. A porter, an old her- vant of the company, noticing the sudden approach of tbc West of England express, when it wa only about 300 yards distant, made some of the passengers in the last coach of the Windsor train get out, ano was thus the means of saving twenty or thirty lives. William ,Jarrett, the g-uard of the Windsor train, "'0' also fortunately outside his van, or be mML have been killed. BOARD OF TRADE IXQORT. The Boa.rd of Trade have appointed Colonel Yorke, K.E., one of their inspectors, to hnd a'l inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision. The Frees Association learns on Monday morning at Paddington that the directors nf the Great Western Railway have decided t make no oilicial statement regarding the ar- dent at Slough on Saturday pending the Board of Trade inquiry, which, it is expected, wiil be held to-day (Tuesday) or to-morrow (Wednes- day). The company, however, have already held and completed their own preliminary in. quiry The injured at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddiugton, are progressing satialactorily. and two of thsm, Tro^inan and Daly, have left. RECOVERY OF PROPERTY. The Great Western Rai.way Company's detective staff have recovered about worth of plate and jewel!ery lost in the Slough collision by Mre. Cuyler, mother-in- law of Sir Phil'p Grey Egerton. Bart., who was in the ill-fated Windsor tra?in. BThe po1i," nrs now endeavouring to trace bank notes for £2:10 lost by a Mr. Harbert-on. OPENING OF THE INQCEST The coroner for South Buck. opened an in- quiry at Siough odi Monday afternoon on th bodies of three of the five victims. The in- quiry wus adjourned till Friday.

DEATH OF LORD lOXSOX. A BRILLIANT ENGLISH DIPLOMATIST. A telegram received early this (Tuesday) morning annouuoed the death at the British Embay in Paris of Lord Moubon, which erent occurred yesterday afternoon. Lord Monson was the third son of the sixth Baron Monson, and wa., born ill l?31. He was e?iumted at Eton and Rdliol CoJlege, Oxford. In It56 he ?s nominated attache, and was appointed to Paris. After two years in the "French capital he was transferred to Florence, and in 1858 went to Washington. From that date he was private secretary to LQTJ. Lyons until 1863, when he became attache at Hanover. He was transferred to Brussels in 1863, but resigned after two years' sen-ice. In Julv. lRtxi. he returned to Parliament for Re-igate. and in 1869 wa,s appointed Consul-general in 'h>» Azores. He subsequently filled the office of Consul-general for the Kingdom of Hun- gary. and was employed on special r- vice in Dalmatia and Montenegro. Ho was afterwards appointed MiniMer-re-i- dent aiid Ct,)),ti -g(,neral to Uruguay, and became E^ nvoy-extraordinary and Minis'-r Plenipotentiary to Paragua. At lite. doe of 1S81 he was chosen for the po-t of Envoy-pxtraordinarv and Minister- Plenipoterjfiary to ti., Ivng of Denmark, and the following year to the King of the Hellenes. Ho was arbitrator between Denmark 6nd the United State, in th, matter of the "Butt<>rfield CJim" in ] no. He also represented Great Britain in Belgium and Austria, and in 18:16 went to Paris. In spite d the outcry pa.-scd against his policy over the Fashoda inci- dent. his diplomacy was of a conciliatory character during a most trying period between England and France. He wa- a C. B and K.C.M.G., and wa* marie a in in 1893. He was raided to the Upper House only quite recently.

ELECTION NEWS. BRISTOL XORTH. The Unionist party wiil meet this week to consider the Parliamentary candidature. It is unùerstood that Sir Frederick Wi:is, Bart., will be their candidate.

BRIDGEND BOARD OF GUARDIANS. A meeting of the Bridgend Board of Guardians was hld on Saturday, when Arch- deacon Edmondes pre8ided.-The Rejriftrar- Generai wrote confirming the appointment of Mrs. Pnmcr as registrar for the O^more tub-dis- trict.—The E-ichmond Guardians wrote a«kin* for the support of the board to the Bill dealing with the sale of intoxicants to children-On the proposition of fr. Roberts, seconded by Mr. t;, Lewis, a resolution was passed approving f th. Bill.—One application had been received for the pœt of assistant-matron, and the clerk was re. quested to write to Mies Kate Williams, oj Aber- gavenny, requesting lier to attend the next meeting of the board.—The general parpc-fs committee recommended that d\.ertÜcm;:n1 be inserted in the loc.i; papers for a relieving officer in piaca of the late Mr. Punter, at a salary of £ 10. This Wa agreed to-A ref->1utim that no cu:*».s8ing be allowed for :1: po" w". lopt,The cmnrnitt{,2 nlsf) rcportd that they expected that the board would receive a daim for compensation from a man, seih Morgan, who was ready to leave the house, when he was put to sleep with another man who the next day was taken to the hospital suffering from 6ma;¡'l'oJ:1!or¡;an was sent to the isolation hospital and detained for feeveraJ days.—The Chairman pointed ont that as they had WI claim before them the matter had better be dropped.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES. M..d, Spind and A(]-Ipbi 8ifr.eo.-St.eAmU:')'¡. J acoh8dal I or wport, pitpmps, aDd Ad'j,;j:n ?ituto. ?.t?.?n f? "E?rd.?. e luded -ff Dover yesterday m i?iw, P"e- -?y reponed. Former ?i,ivel Grav?l- cad last night with dauw.e to steuui ;ll\iJ Uowt, and making litt:" water; latter sirrived Maaelnis with etem stove. Sanulij Mam.—Port ;,¡..o ttiegj aph; Japanese et?mer Sanuki Mara, Moji 'or Lcadon. in d!,?X ? hmtll1a. -,go on t.r. Srd?T. BtanN'"l". jIf:It for Glasgow, R'rap ron, foundered yesterday evening h.Tj" milos BGQil Mai; Canty re; crew landed Glenarm in ship's boats. Sinhsaing. German steamer, Bremen for ShiCg- hai, arrived C>lo:*itK> with paddle ik>ats smashed; p;.urs will require bout 8:1 days. -'??ew York telegraphs, Shooner Nel!r, of S.. John's (XeffcucdiardLfcmidtrn); crew rescued by temr Maryland. IJlanin. mf-iiifr, Southampton for Para, armed l'T damaged. •Circa .v H:il'-11 steamer, from the Tyne for <\ arrived Malta Uuust Stldtt Ln,l(.u Jur?c 15 fifteen miles from (ape Pas* Fcrrvnide.—Swansea telegraphs: Steamer Ferry, Eide, previously reported, broke UP Satur. day night im:d Sunday. iFosccIino. Kiel telegraphs: Nonvegtan steamer Foscolino, Kolka fcr Calais, wood, in in Kaiser Wilhelm Canal with high pres- sure piston broken; will probably repair here. I por::e-<:o/¡zn. telegraphs: German steamer Portimao, previously reported iiaround off liodby. floated with afõljl;1!)\'e from bviuer steamer and 1,,ou¡::1t here; eustained extensive damage; jettisoned about 50 tons ore. Ailsawaid, Perrus, and Ben M-d.i.-Briti-il steamer Ailsawalf!. for Barry, ballast, leav- ing Antwerp, foaled lighter Tetras; after- ward8 collided steamer Ben Macdui. for Middlesbcrough. Latter returned dock ex tensivelv damaged. Ca?lirie, schooner, Porsgrund for Bo'nees^ P-t Cbj"i,. and ),!?ky h-. ashore; feared must discharge. Rebecca Mary, 8<.hooner. stranded near Orcenore; floated, pioceeiel DubUa, appar reutly uninjured.

At Jos. on Monday a Frenchman. raraM Azouf, was sentenced to a month's hard labour for using vile language towards Queen.