The Cambrian

A LETTER FROM MR. STANLEY. DlIN PACHA'S POSITION. BRUSSELS, Jtn. 18.—The following letter from Mr. St^MARor £ SAhLvI' MCBENIA, Aug. 17.—To the chpit Hamed Ben MaUomed.(known m Europe as Tippoo Tib)^ fwZ bi'T good friend Henry Stanley. Maxiy salaams to you. I hope you are in good health as I am, aud thatyou have remained m good health since I left the Congo. I have many things to say to you, but I hope IThai?lee you face to face before imany days. I reached this nlace this morning, with 130 Wangwana and three S^d 66 native* belonging to Emm Pacha. This ia now the elghty-«eoond day since we left Emin Pacha on the Nyanza, and we hare only lost three men all the way. Two of them were drowned, and the other ran away. I found the white men whom I was looking for. Eum Pacha was q«»t« well, and the other white man, Caoati, wa« quite well also. Emin has ivory in abundance, cattle by_ thousand*, and sheep goats, fowls, and *|) kl £ d8- We found i • 5' jL » very good and kiud man. He gave numbers whiSJndwblaCk,?en'and hi8 UbeSty could not be e«eeM His soldiers blessed our Waclcmen for their kindness m coming so far to our biaca and many of them were ready to "Slow me at once out of country; but I asked them to atav quiet for a few months>Jhat I might go back j ?Li! the other men and goods I had left at Yam- £ Dd ffteid they prayed to God that he would give me the strength to finish my ^ork- ,M*y their Pray«r,b« the strengt my friend, what arevou going to do ? heard. Ana _J, tw.jce over. We know where We have he good, and where there is plenty itis bad and where it is^ -8 non0 ^here of food and where where we ghaU all the <»mps Waiting to hear your words, sleep and r<?t. I it is well. If you do not go, ?/"■ ,r i1 ;*> 4.; it is well. 1/ j move from here to a big UUndSrab«"•' march ^hrVan?f^%e tbi" place ll !T „tenty of bou.es and plenty of food for the men. wtlTtewr J oilhave to say to ™e ears will be open ^od heart »• i" h,s •W* been towards you. ThereforeTifyou 'come, come qmekly, for on the eleventh WillU., -ho i. with me. (SilDed) ,>8llKMI „ This letter, which was brought by a messenger to ci^nlev Fall", reached Brussels by post on Tuesday night, and is tbe only one from Mr. Stanley which baa reached th« ooast. The remainder of the letters brought by the messenger remain at Stanley Falls, and will arrive in Europe in t*«» or three months time.

The Bishop of Asaph is still an invalid at Crieff, Perthshire, where he baa been staying for aome months. A PROFESSIONAL CBICKETER KILLED AT FOOTBALL.— William Cropper, the Derby professional cricketer, while Dlaying iQ an Association game of football at Grimsby on Saturday for Stavely against Grimsby, was accidentally kicked in the stomach by Dauiel Doyle, one of the half- backs and was carried off the field. He died on Sunday from hi» injuries. There was rough play all through the gapKiNCE KRAPOTKIHB'S ADVICE. — Prince Peter Krapotkine leotured on Saturday night to a crowded audience at the Berner-street International Socialist Club, Whitechapel- He said the working men of the world shoull combine together, in order that they might take over the mines, factories, machinery, and capital which tbeir labour had made. If this was done people might become decent citizens in a free community. A CAT AS A WITNESS.—At Hereford County Police Court, on Saturday, a man named Garminer. living at Breinton, near Hereford, was summoned for stealing a cat. A number of witnesses were called on either side, and all swore to the identity of the animal, but differed as to i- ser. The cat was produced in court, and climbed te defendant's shoulder. The chairman of the bench, a Herbert Croft, said they would not emulate Soleman a judgment, and dismissed the case. „.+0rial SMUGGLING BY ROUNDABOUT HORSES.—All the mate and apparatus appurtenant to a magnifioent ro*"1" recently arrived by rail from Belgium at thsf^iertown of Mauberge, and the customs officer* loading of the fiery steeds and the gorgeous happy inspiration suddenly caime to one of thero^P y a clfuwioalsoholar, who had read in bis Homer a^t Troy and its wooden horse. He narrowly iiwpected tbe dummies, and discovered that all were filled, not with Greeks, but with contraband tobacco.

LOCAL AND GENERAL GOSSIP. Arthur Hunt, OB, k»°onS*nd*J. 5*ed at tea residence, the Lees, Fo w«itmiu«ter, an(j Wa»» *onof Mr. Jatnes Hunt, of ^?crin 0( Hunt, > born in 1810. He was a partnerm the ^^pbeni.'u, and Jones, the iarreyors, Work* and siting sr. rveyor to Her Majesty'. Office of Work. & Editor for the Dean and Chapter of We retnember«d *«cei»ed bis knighthood in 18<6. It wl11 tbe T*luer by some of oar readers that Sir Henry acted in the case of the adoption wben ^*elliai'- Improvement Scheme »n S b#r aiams the whole of the Regent court ""J. Alexandra- »«re swept away to make room for tne ^og little f0»d. Sir Henry was an amiable and <» J*of London '^n, who no doubt possessed great e*P ^tion for re- *«d large-city property, but wa, altogether Lc.t which he allowed at bwaw tbe echeme, <*t°f proportion with the real va _u«» ^rtjBans Dwell- 7'hich was abortive as far as pr?vl, improvements, yet 3°gs was concerned, though it enee 0^>o the taxpayers. tailed altogether nnreasonab e town will feel for lt has landed us in » debt wni gwaQiea wJJJ Kenerations to come. In_ enoWdeceased Sir Henry peculaar reasoDI to remember HuDt- T ,v Ire well known and highly annr J ^i«ea a»d the district as thorougly kSdfy aS genialTn tbeir sentiments and actions. It is therefore pleasant to bear that they exercise the same good influence in other parts of the world The es- trangement between the Governor of the Madras Presi- dency and his wife, Lady Oonnemara, has, it is said, been healed by the friendly intervention of Lord and Lady Jersey who at the time of the outbreak, were staying at the government House, to which they have now induced Lady Coonemera to return. ,if' :J! Theder->4on of the Swansea Harbour Trustees at their 4at meeting to illuminate the whole of the Swansea dock estate bj electricity, will, it is to be hoped, lead to 'a reduction in the number of cases of death by drowning, -,0 far as those fatalities have resulted from the inadequate lighting of the docks. These cases have latterly increased to a lamentable extent, but they „ tcarcelyoceuratallin the future, when the dang #re Oooks and dark corners in the North the brilliantly illuminated, as they will be jnto decision uf the Swansea Harbour Trust is ca effect. evangelist, The'condition of the grave of the gr discussion Christmas Evans, is exciting a great dea Rowlands and newspaper correspondence. of" opinion that \President of the Welsh Baptist Union/ Swansea, and a local com mittee should be m[Dittee to carry promises to co-operate with sucn committee were a JS' !°.a suc?f«ful i88Uf; be generally supported, and pointed it would be sure to be g o{ christinas Ey the. neglected state of 'be ^oach to Swansea and to wouid soon cease to be a rcy Walee. Burglaries have recently been pretty frequent in RwaS; and the latest case reported last week, clearly indicates that the guilty person or persons are ""ell endowed with impudence and cunning. House- holders should be on the alert, and houses should be well Protected to prevent the iutrusion of any unwelcome ""ell endowed with impudence and cunning. House- holders should be on the alert, and houses should be well Protected to prevent the iutrusion of any unwelcome visitor, aud to defeat his nefarious designs. #*# County Councillors and candidates have been, and some no doubt will be, in trouble as to the carrying out to the letter" of the law in the proceedings of their candidature •iad election. In the Queen's Bench Division, on Saturday, Baron Huddleston and Mr. Justice Wills pro- ceeded with the hearing of the applications of County Council sen .dates to be excused from penalties which they had inadvertently incurred for non-compliance with the provisions of the statute. A number of applications Were heard, chiefly in respect of haviug issued bills or addresses without printers' names. In nearly all the sa&es the candidates were excused, but were ordered to Pay the costs. It is expected that, when accounts are Sled, some councillors may be unseated on the ground of Qow'far their outlay has exceeded the limit of expenditure -allowed. We shall see! In our own district, the ^ndidates have been remarkably careful in this respect, tike weasels, who are not to be caught asleep. **# Last week, we gave Canon Wilberforce's exposition of teetotalism. It will interest some readers to see a reply ??uich he received from "Medio Tutissmus":—I am Enable to believe that the mere fact of a temperate man ceasing to drink anything bat water has had, or have, any great influence in converting drunkar. sobriety. I have dear, good friends who 'j'flQenee but I have never noticed au extension of ttaeit■»» tfaeir upon others from the experiment or an exalta" J lQok to own character, especially as regards hamil»y^ prayer> the power of toe Holy Spirit, given in »» gympttthie8 to the arguments of inspired truth, J°tMH,pmgnh. to the 'with the people as to their homes • binf rather than to Baptismal vnvr and the Church ■ thQ inTentions of our the restraints of human coe „ abygmai ignorance," modern empires. TaTior and Christopher but when I *>•* J«e oran(je ig bligg What the Wordsworth I that teetotalism is as old a« SlTrymmy stolidity dare not guess. He cannot refer to oS?'i5o was called a wine-bibber, and turned the *$t«r into^iae. # Our Volunteers are winning more and more favour as time ?oes on, and Swansea has reason to be proud of her :orpJ. Lord Wantage, speaking at the annual meeting of tta Berks liifle Association, at Reading, on Saturday, aid chat in a short time the newly-formed volunteer briguJeboVould be in possession of an equipment suitable ana sufficient for active service. This would include met arrangements for regimental transport, by means 7f cmtractK tvith the local carriers, as would relieve the miliary authorities from any anxiety as to the transport ;f tie forces. # The new steel rail trust which is now coming to the froi* is likely to have an important influence upon the steel trade of our country generally, and especially upon ti># trade of Walea. Some particulars are forthcoming of the important proposals which have been made. The German steeluiasters have been informed that they will be voted A smaller proportion of orders than under the last syndicaÜ" and that all Indian as well as English orlers, will, under the new scheme, be the sole property of British works. The Germans, though at first strongly objecting t > these conditions, have now consented. TUere are fourteen rail firms in England—namely, three *Jieveland, four West Coast, two Sheffield, andfiTe Wales, and all are expected to come into the ring. # # that the primrose has become a fashionable and political flower, the trade in its supply has become a lucrative one. An action arising out of the supply of J>1"i:nr;¡e.. for Primrose Day was on Monday before the Q ieen'g Bench Division. Mr. Arnold, a market gardener in Devonshire, Was asked by telegram to send all he »ouhi on certain days to Mr. White, a salesman in Covent Garden. Some did not arrive in time, owing to different in^P^fi^^118 of the telegram. In the County <Jourt the p^1" jUBTfted bis full claim, but on Mon- day the L<>ru fc aa(j and Mr. Justice Hawkins re- duced tbe » 6 n<> order a8 to the costs of "he appeal. Mr. Gladstone but only partially, favourabl Jt jg 8tftted"sion of ladies to county councillorship. f thl n*t previous to 1d r, Gladstone's departure country for Naples, Mrs. Stuart Rendel wa8,. ,he views of Prominent l.di« ,0«.l«..0r » .Urt b«». gentleman upon the questio GladstoneeiDg con* «tituencies on county council"' it £ d_ a ."fPregged himself very guardedly, the question, he opinion. So far as he understood but ^uld cot exclude ladies from county c0 J^ates there »ho^ that whore they were proposed as cani |jge<| f J'd be no mistake as to their being properly <lu" the position. # c tele* A word wanted! The invention and rise tj_ an<j |)hone ha« created a necessity for a new wore, D|,onjc concisely to express that which is now called a 0f message'' or "communication." An a*. in the tsorrespondence has appeared upon the subject., columns of a leading London Daily, and the versatlbt11 the correepondents has produced Telepheine, Ute e- then," telephrase, "teletalk," "telechat." "tele- We," "televoice, televoce," telepho," "phono- «rarc ph.»nophram, phramma," telerem," tele- phoneme/' phoneme, teletone," "televox," tele- r,am, antophone, phpiui," and to crown rftl 84 wheeze." Local lexicographers and grammarians could assuredly improve upon this. What a splendid opportunity is here presented tor the exercise of their ingenuity The material improvement in the fabric of our churches has, in most cases, been supplemented by increased attention to the services, which are now much brighter than they used to be. Much as has been done, there is, it seems, still room for improvement in the singing in many of our churches. Such wouh'- seem the opinion of many eminent church- men, and vt'eently a number of clergymen and othera in Lcadonfrmed an "Association for promoting good ■congregational singing by the use of simple, solid, and melodious music." At the meeting at which this BSBO- tiation was set on foot, letters were read from Canon Howell (Vicar of Wrexham) and the Dean of Rochester, wishing success to this movement in favour of the pro- motion of congregational singing. The musical services in some of the Swansea churches, are, perhaps, capable of improvement, but the Binging has the merit of being distinctly congregational. It would seem that the increase of perjury and reck- less swearing which some judges attempted to fix as a stigma upon the people of Wales is a much more general evil than was at first supposed. In summing-up in fm ^alleged breach of warranty case, at the Connty Coqrt §E&«entry, on Tuesday, his Honour Sir fiichari |Harington, Bart., judge, said it was evident that one or the other side had committed the most gross andi wilful perjury; it was absolutely impossible to reconcile the witnesses statements. As he grew older year by year his mind was more forcibly impressed each time he pre- eided at County Courts that notwithstanding pur boasted progress in education and other matters, lying w»8 on the increase. He was seriously compelled to be- lieve, as he sat m courts in these parte of the country, that many statements made by this or the other side were nothing more than deliberate lies. It was a most lamentable fact, and in this special case the duty of the ^„ry was to try and discover which partiea were speaking falsely and decide against them Therefore, England ie ,no lo" ■ Bioner Wales in the witno^ box There is another danger ahead when the imbibition of 1 alcohol shall have been abated. The decrease in the consumption of alcohol which can now be chronicled, is somewhat counterbalanced by the increased indulgence in narcotics, which is commonest, unfortunately, among the educated classes. This vice is not so prevalent here all in America, where it is proposed to erect an asylum solely for those addicted to the use of opium, chloral, and cocaine. #*# Bath has had a happier issue than Swansea out of the British Association Visitation. There is a profit of £950 arising from the visit of the British Association to Bath. The reception committee advise that the balance be retained intact to form the nucleus of a. fund for building an art gallery in Bath. # The Mormons seem to "be settling down in West of Canada. They were only allowed x land on condition that they relinquished poiyga J» they manage to evade the law bycallmgt first married "wife, while the restoi Welsh are styled aunties." The Westl £ to be wives or ladies who join is whether they a aunties A lively prospect. been puzzled by the Our readers haTe. nO do ilø of the name of tbe cit different spelling ^eral Sir Francis Grenfell hsui m the defence of which Ge Th(j be8t.infomed so distinguished himself gpellingj 80me adopti newspapers hf^e differe^ (<n„ ag the final leUer_ £ the m and Qlobe 8ays he was told a few years correspondent o bi Pftcha s army that the name of ago by 2 more correctly Su-Hakim, meaning thl £ 35 from two Arabic words, "Su,» a market, bazaar, or meeting place, and "Hakim," a doctor. ### We are to be made to feel, presently, the effect of tbe oDerations of the ring of salt. Salt will soon be going up in price. Its wholesale value has already been artificially doubled by the action of the salt ring. If the ring cau keep °P tbat price, every bit of salt that we take at table will soon be costing more than double what it did a few months ago. In that case there will be given to the whole country an illustration of the power of capitalists' combinations which will come home to every mind, and will Is^d to a feeling such as has arisen in America, and has led there to litigation ending to the disadvantage of the ring. The rise in the price of salt at the grocers' shops, however, will not be immediate. The ring has not yet raised the price of the condiment in London. A pennyworth of salt still costs a penny; but we shall soon be paying twopence for it. We have been boasting of the thrift of our English working classes, as demonstrated by their deposits in savings banks, and their membership of friendly and building societies. But it is a question whether, after all, we can compare with other countries in providence. The system of insurance of workmen against accidents intro- duced into Austria, after the model of the German Imperial Act, is now fully organised. No less tban 71,570 concerns, with 870,488 workmen, have been inscribed— a very good percentage of a population of 24 millions. It must be remembered that the majority in Austria. is employed in agriculture. :lti' Pernicieus Literature." This was the subject of a debate in the House of Commons on July 8th, 1888, when a resolution to the effect that the House deplored ttt0 rapid spread of demoralizing literature in this country, and that the law against obscene publications, &c., » be vigorously enforced, and, if necessary, £ an(3 was carried nem. con. This is an important q • c. which thould be great evils of the present day is tbe Dje of tb indecent and corrupt literature among th moraj country Nothing'tends to 'owe^and deg^ad^the morri status of a people aves the appetite of the pernicious literature, whieh depr more than 6Ter hapless guest, andj Rives him P tion of whafc j dead to every pn™ teste and eve .y many good and true. this question is published in to know that the debatahontwitii pamphlet form, for the aale of aQ Engligh viction of Henry ^ve],entitled "TheSoil." translation ot a ### «. ,• „ „f a birth Only think of it, in this already SlxlmiL^ feneration! The year 1889 has already been ?Tv^!rked by the birth of sixlings," first in America next in Europe. A Mrs. Hirsch, of Navarro, in Sxas "the haPPy mo*her of the gix children at one birth in America. She is herself a German, who went with her parents to Texas, and there married a German Mttler. The children, who are Thumblings" in size, are all named after European sovereigns and American statesmen — Friederich, Cleveland, Thurman, Mills, Victoria, and Louise. The mother is in her 27th year.— The European sixlings are of Spanish birth, the children of a poor day-labourer at Possessa, whose wife had already presented him with three babies in January, 1888. The Queen Regent of Spain has bestowed the customary Royal benefaction to the family, .which has added so conspicuously to the wealth oftthe. nation in souls. #*# On dit, that more than one woman known in society (not local society) persists in pencilling her eyebrows with Indian Ink. The other day, there was, at a reception, a lady who is the mother of grown children. She had evi- dently made up in a hurry, or ia a room insufficiently lighted, for one eyebrow was half an inch higher, more arched, and longer than the other. It gave this other- wise dignified female the appearance of a diabolical wink with one eye, which, to say the least, was grotesque. Did the late Lord Beaconsfield contemplate the adoption of any form of Home Rule for Ireland ? The North American Review contains a statement by Mr. Pierrepoint, who was American Minister in this country, which will startle some people. He had a conversation with Lord BeacoHsfleld in 1877, and Mr. Pierrepoint asked him if he had any plan for the better government of Ireland. "No perfect plan," replied the Tory Premier, "but a general idea that if I have to deal with the situation I should place Ireland in a similar relation to the Imperial Government that New York holds to. wards the Federal Government, differing in many par- ticulars on account of the different conditions, but in the main similar." :It # It is satisfactory to find, in these days of indis- criminate and insincere laudation, a public man who appreciates the public services of the Press and yet dis- tinguishes between journalism andjournalism. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Bristol and West of England Press Fund at Bristol on Saturday Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said the tone of the Bn^uh press with T SST.' r aPS Tt had become Somewhat one respect private affairs of individuals of both Americanised, when Pnvat sexes wbostudi ofycommeIlt in society journals and made mat: n correspondents. They had no right to letters of Lon carioaity by tearing aside the veil from the satisfy morbid cunOy, y gucceggeg or misfortunes, of private English homes. The Sunday afternoon services held in the Park Hall, Cardiff seem to be quite as popular as .those conducted on Sunday evenings in the Albert Hall, Swansea, by that energetic and successful worker, Rev. Oscar T. Snelling. Such services are bound to secure large attendances, as they are undenominational in character, and the music is an additional attraction. One of the speakers at the meeting at Cardiff, on Sunday afternoon last, pointed out that one reason why these services were so desirable was that a great number of people were not quite free on Sunday, especially in the morning. Postmen, railway officials, policemen, kc., and. rn some cases domestic servants were freer on Sunday afternoons than in the morning or evening. To supply the wants of such as these the opportunities of being present at bright hearty services might well be extended in Swansea, and if per- formances of sacred music by the best musicians were also introduced, there would be overwhelming attend- ances, and we should be relieved of that enervating J*cuity that sojof ten distinguishes the observance of the fir»t day in the week. has been during the past year a truly wonderful out that0604 of mining industry. The Bullionist points with 1\.0. there has been formed 172 mining companies, wonderfn*^?ra8° capital of £ 18,119,023. This is a little an.pa^ylopment of mining enterprise that was studying statist* ^ose who are not in the habit of steady and aln^: what is more striking still is the of comD«' ."nbroken expansion, both as to the comparing 1876 and their aggregate capital. In years respectfully b ^88, the capital inverted in these intheyear* a.fcka«ju8tpiCn increased more than eightfold of cample* is only threfifijTlle*ocrea«e in the number number points to a lar«r«t an<* "mailer increase rage in eaC.h ln?ividual of capital on the ^capital investment, ^e- But, as measured by ,nri«« which haa shown and,18 no otller British w u <mch marTeUoug deyel ment. #*# It lonfnflSe e*ercise a remarkable «' reports from T^ea* Now the Scientific Arner influence of colo^f0m°8t curiouB experiments on which wi„ o, the nerves of the eick and ins» ?f {ound to be nir^calculablo benefit to humanity. tbe hospital fi^^ent and available everywhere. arranged with ».^8ane, *t Atlessandria, special rooms or or blue glass in the windows, and ■» y. suddenly ^°\the walls. A violent patient«bj » j to a blue room and left to the effect of iftcnother One maniM was cured in an hoar, Peace in his mind after passing a day "J {orm 0{ dementia red room is used for the commonest ^a-- melancholy, uraally accompanied a patienfc food. After three hours in the red and asked for afflicted in this way began to be cheerful, Hke thege food. The importance of a few general a r there can in the treatment of the insane is obVIOUS, fo curable if be no question that many cases of lunacy are ornes in- a diversion can be made before the malndy be in veterate.. Thus a large proportion of case be gently, and even many that have a violent star^ Jtbe cured auickly through the eyee. For incurablecase coloured rooms ought to be of constant benefit by mak „ attacks milder. Should a physician ever whip, his patient? This was the question brought up for decision at a Berhnpohce- oonrt some time ago. A doctor was asked to prescribe for a bey four years of age, who was suffering from some alight ailment, but the child screamed so violently that it ww impossible to examine him. After trying for a long time to soothe the child, the physician resorted to the, old-f aahioned method of givinsr him something to cry foKand boxed hte ears. The child's mother not only Rented this, but whowiid |ier resentment in a practical. manner by auumonihg ike doctor for Maalt, bat tho Court decided that the medical man had acted only for the patient's good, and to acquitted him. ## While milk has long had the eye of suspicion fixed upon it as the possible bearer of infection, butter has hitherto escaped suspicion, saye The Hospital. Yet it has dangers of its own. Butter is often made in the farmhouse kitchens in which the whole family live, and to which, in case of illness, convalescents are carried, as being the warmest room in the house, If the milk or cream that is to be churned is in the kitchen, it will, under such circumstances, readily absorb disease-germs, and other and more direct means of conveying infection are not far to seek. An American doctor says, "I have seen the mother, who was the housekeeper and only nurse, leave a large wooden bowl of butter, in which her hands and arms had been immersed almost to her elbows, and follow (through two-adjoining rooms in which her two children were sick with scarlet fever, give me the history of their illness the night previous, receive directions and instructions, and return to her butter packing with- out stopping to wash her hands. And this butter was sought by local dealers, shipped to city markets, where well-watched and carefully-isolated innocents developed those mysterious de novo cases of scarlet fever. # # # Huddersfield's experience of School Board work is not entirely different from that of Swansea. Says our con- temporary, the Huddersfield Chronicle.'—"I look upon the School Board rate as the endowment of Nonconfor- mity." Very unpalatable did this sentiment prove to the majority of the Huddersfield School Board when uttered by Canon Dolan, at their last meeting. It put, in one sentence, and in a most forcible manner, many ot the objections felt by individual ratepayers against the continuance in office of the present majority. Calling themselves unsectarian they have so managed the business of the Board as to lead ratepayers to think that their; object has been, not to supplement voluntary schools, which is the spirit of the Act they have to administer, but to supplant them. Rightly or wrongly they regard the voluntary schools as the outwork of the Church. If once they were victorious in rendering these outworks ineffective, the tisk of capturing the citadel would be rendered so much the easier. The encouragement given them by successes in the preliminary skirmish would enable them, with more dash vigour, to carry on their futher acts of aggression. Butthey W met with, and will continue to encounter, a more stubborn resis- tance at the outworks than many of them had calculated upon. A solitary gleam of success may be given them here and there as a voluntary succumb to the great stress of competition brought to bear upon it, but while this is so the voluntary schools, as a whole, continue to increase, and grow more efficient. Considering which party pay8 a very good half of the School Board rates, I the fact that thev should be looked upon, with any degree of justifi- well how the so-called unsectarians nave use(1 t'Qeir Dowers whenever they have had the opportunity. That their policy has disgusted large numbers of electors, who, in the ordinary course, would vote with them iS certain, and their unfairness towards those who, without the aid of the ratepayer's money, are doing a noble work in the cause of education is more than sufficient to destroy their claim to be considered educationalists oeiore being party and Sectarian advocates. The reaction trom^uch a state of things is eure to come. 4

REVIEW. HOLLOWAY'S ALMANACK. (Thos. Holloway, 7G) New Oxford-street, London, W.C.) This little book or almanack for 1889, contaios much useful information including descriptive illustrations of British ferns. For every month of the year there are a few words of seasonable advice" well worth reading. No one should be without this almanack.

TEMPERANCE IN THE ARKr.—Tbe Rev. T. J. J>AGG secretary of the Church of England -temperance Societv in the diocese of Canterbury, has received the following communication from the Duke ot Cambridge:—" fjis Royal Highness approves of an agent of the Church of England Temperance Society being placed at the Folke- stone and Shorncliffe camps. Agents or the society may have access to men in barracks at all times, and his Roval Highness has no objection wfch"ever to soldiers attending temperance meetings neia outside the camp barracks." RASPBBRBT AND BLACKBERRY HYBRTO. At the recent meeting of the scientific committee of the Royal Horti. cultural Society, Mr. Henslow drew attention to the foliage of a supposed hybrid received from Mr. Yiccam Collyer, of Leicester. The p'»°^ blossomed, but bore no fruit this season. In the bybid in question, although in all other features it agrees with the raspberry, in one particular it resembles the blackberry. As no fruit was produced, a comparison could not be made. These hybrids are to be found in considerable quantities we believe, in Montgomeryshire, on the banks of the upper VNE1WWDEPAETURK AMONG N0NC0NR0BML8TS.BIRMING. ham has, by the voice of Dr. Dale recommeoded a Qe« departure among Nonconformists. The pulpit afc Westminster, best known in c?ane^1°^lth 4be ministry of the late Rev. Samuel Martin, became vacant by the removal of the Rev. Henry Simon to Mare-court Chanel The scheme of which Dr. Dale is credited with the authorship is that. instead of selecting a resident minister or pastor, the officials should make arrangements with the leading ministers of four Nonconformist bodies to conduct the services in turn for one month. prf>feBnnr Davison, of the Richmond Wealeyan College, leads off and will be followed by Professors Fairbairn and Bmolin the Rev. Mark Guy Pearse, and Dr. Dale. » THOSE LUCKY DEPUTIES.—An eccentric person hasiust died in Paris, leaving behind him an extraordinary win He is a wealthy gas manufacturer named Genin who departed this life at Nevers. He leaves £ 40 a year to each of the eighty-six Departments of Fiance, and a special allowance is set apart for the Old Pro inces, Alsace and Lorraine." This sum will either deposited at the Ministry of War or will be employed in the purc^ f arms until the "Lost Provinces shaU have been re- conquered or restored. His furn d lare collections of curiosities be leaves to Grenoble and Biarritz while his two Chateaux he bequeaths t° the poor with the proviso that his direct heirs can. buy them at a certain p„"e within ten years. M. Genin, bowever, Ieave8 but 17,000f each to his graod-nephew8, who bis heirs, go that if they want to buy the Chateaux they will have to make money fast. MR. EDISON'S ADVENTURE. — Mr. Edison has verv narrowly escaped a final interruption of his interesting labours. Mr. Edison, it seems, has a habit of workine far far into the night, rarely going home to bed till four or five o'clock in the morning. His laboratory is sitUated at Menlo Park and his house at Llewellyn Park, some distance off. He left the laboratory at four o'clock the other morniug, and set off to drive home. His horses a Dair of fine greys, had been kept waiting in the cold, and began tn fling out as soon as they were started. Mr, Edison tnnW the reins from the coachman, but could not pull an greys, which dashed along at full speed, presently smn-sh ing the buggy to pieces against a roadside tree Mr" Edison and the coachman were thrown out the n t miraculously escaping with a few bruises LnA a r being badly cut. One of the horses broKth ?tg W legs, and had to be shot. Mr. Edison took a dayVre/t and went back to the laboratory as if nothing had happened. THE MODERNIZATION OF JERUSALEM. — The Neuest Nachrichten aus dem Morgenland, a German newspaper published in Palestine, states that the city of Jerusalem is growing in size and population at a remarkable rate Its growth is all the more surprising because neither its situation nor its trade is favourable to a rapid increase • it lies among a not very fertile group of mountains, it has next to no commerce, and it has no manufactures. Never- theless, new buildings are rising daily; churches, gardens and institutes of various kinds are filling up the formerly desolate neighbourhood to the distance of half-an-hour's walk beyond the old limits of the city. The Jews are to the front as builders. Their houses spring out of the ground like mushrooms—uniform; ugly, one-storeyed, plentifully supplied with windows, but with no manner of adornment. The Rothschilds have completed a new hospital. Close beside it there is a new Abyssinian church. The Russians are also great builders; they have erected a new church, Consulate, lodging-houses for pilgrims of the Orthodox national churches, and a hospital. Near to the Russian group stands the "German Houses" for German Roman Catholics, from whose top the German and Papal flags float side by side. The Russians have also built a high tower upon the Mount of Olives, from whose summit the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea can both be seen. The Greeks and Armenians are also busy builders, but they provide for the bodily rather than the religious demand of the pilgrims. The former build cafes and bazaars, and the latter set up shops. THE WILLS ACT.—The decision of Mr. Justice North upon Sec. 27 of the Wills Act. in the case of Re Marsh; Mason v. Thorne," recently reported, produces a result which, we venture to say, can scarcely have been within the contemplation of the draftsman of the Act. Upon the marriage of the testator, a settlement had been exe- cuted by which, in default of a joint appointment by him and his intended wife, the funds settled were to be held upon trust for the benefit of their children or issue, or any other person or persons as the testator should by his will expressly referring to this power or the subject thereof appoint, and, in default of such appointment, for the children equally. The testator, by his will, gave the residue of his property to trustees for the benefit of a daughter and her children, but made no reference to the power in his settlement, or the subject thereof. Mr. Justice North held. notwithstanding some observations to the contrary effect in Lord St. Leonards' work on Powers, that Sec. 27 of the Wills Act made it impossible to look outside the will itself, and there being no contrary inten- tion expressed therein, that the general bequest must operate as an appointment of the settled funds, although there were words in the settlement requiring an express offence to the power or the subject of it. The section UDO Act isexplicit, and, both upon its words and it .hority, the decision would seem to be correct, but words'has tbe effect of completely nullifying The moral I power which was held to have been exercised. Riven, word* that'- *.f a general power of appointment is less, and wHire<lui"ng .a Terence to the power are use- general beani„no* avftii to prevent the operation of a Law Times. upon tbe subject-matter of the power.— EPPS'S COCOA thorough Vnowledi? COMFORTING. By a operations of digestion «n7?e 'awrs which crovern the tion of the fine properties nu^^ion, and by a careful applica- provided our brealcfa8t tahlL^!HSELECTED COCOA, Mr. Epps has age which may save ug man^ a delicately flavoured bever- the judicious use of such art^.T^Iy.d,octors' b«»s. It is by ue gradually built up until 1 a constitution may tendency to disease. Hundreds of to resist every «round us ready to attack wherever ?* a<Ues are floating S escape many a fatal weak point. We fortified With pure Wood and a pror^riv f °nrse'ves well rSnZ Strtice Gautte.—Made simply withOU £ !!i0d frame-"— •nr Sold only in peckete, by arocere. lalSioS0 <n5 water or KomiopatWc Ch,mi.ts. 71. Jamf^Eppa %,$& Chocolate Bneace, aon* SO xn^en, of

load INTTILIGCNCE. DEATH OF A Win CENTENARIAN.- The newspapers record the death of ^aer n.amed Evans, residing at Porth, Rhondda Valley Who, iJA!, h'\d the remarkable age of one hundred JeM*- Until within a short time of his deat he was in possession of all his faculties and took a short w.^k daily. THB POSTXASTHR GENERAL lk" suspended the Cricciath, North "Wales, postmaster, pending the result of the County Council EUction after which his case will be finally considered. It fa alfeged that i).<t attended a meeting of Mr. Ellis Naney'g supporters afttlr he had been warned not to do so. TITHE WAR IN WALES.—The tithe war has been Ie- sumed in Flintshire by Mr. Stevens, agent for the Eccle. siastical Commissioner. A computation has been made that the arrears of tithes in Flintshire, Denbighshire, Carnarvonshire, and Anglesea to the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners and the Clergy amount to over £20»00 and that the sum is steadily increasing. A CARDIFF "CLUB" PRISONER DISCHARGED1,—A divisional court of Queen's Bench Monday granted a writ of habeas corpus for the immediate discharge from prison of Abraham Tuthers, proprietor of the Ellesmere Club, Cardiff, who had been sentenced to three months' im: prisonment in default of paying a fine of B100 for selling intoxicating iiquor in the club without a license. PRIZE FIGHTERS FINED IN WALES.—At the Rhondda Valley Police-court, on Monday, Jehn Northey and William Davies were charged with being the principals in a prize fight, at which 42 rounds were fought. Northey was ordered to forfeit a sum of £20, on which he was bound over to keep the peace in October last, or go to gaol for three months. Davies was discharged. Sir M. Hicks-Beach, addressing his constituents at West Bristol, on Monday, rejoiced—as one of the county squires—that that class were holding their own in meet- ing the altered state of things under the Local Govern- ment Act, the electors being sensible enough to prefer men of ability and experience to the bumptious busy- bodies who had neither leisure nor knowledge for county administration. POOR CHILDREN'S BREAKFASTS IN SWANSEA.—The sum of one guinea has been received from the Working Men's Club, on behalf of the fund for the provision of poor children's breakfasts, which are given in Swansea during the winter months. At the breakfast given on Wednesday morning, upwards of 500 children were present and partook of a most substantial meal. CASTLE. STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. A children's service was held at the above place of worship on Sunday evening last, when an appropriate and interesting discourse was delivered by the pastor, the Rev. Wallace Duthie, who urged upon the young to be living epistles of Jesus Christ, and to let their lives be always pure and holy. Hymns suitable to the occasion were sung by the choir and Sunday School children, under the leadership of Mr. Wm. Jones, with Mr. Horatio Watkins at the organ. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF WALES, ABERYSTWITH. —Mr. W. R. Bower, Associate of the Royal School of Mines, and science master at the Birmingham Technical School, his been selected from a number of candidates as demonstrator in physics at this college. Mr. Bower has studied at the Normal School of Science, South Kensington, and was formerly assistant demonstrator in the physicial laboratory, there. He was strongly recommended by Professor Rucker, F.R.S., and Mr. C. Vernon Boys, E.R.S. FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE OF MR. KEMEYS-TYNTE.—A marriage has been arranged, it is said, and will shortly take place between Mr. Edward Plantagenet Kemeys. Tynte, youngest son of the late Colonel Kemeys-Tynte, J.P., D.L., of Halswell, Somerset, and Cefn Mabley, Glamorganshire, formerly M.P. for West Somerset and Bridgewater, and Beatrice Mary, eldest daughter of Lansdowne Daubeney, of Norton Malreward Court, Pensford, and Shockerwith, near Bath. THE PROPOSAL TO MAKE CARDIFF A CITY.—The Cardiff Town Council, at their meeting Monday, decided to eliminate the paragraph in the minutes of the Par- liamentary Committee proposing that a petition should be presented to her Majesty praying that Cardiff should be made a city. Mr. Sanders, who proposed the reso- lution, said he had a strong objection to any step being taken by Cardiff which should give undue and improper precedence to any religious sect. Mr. J. H. Jones, in seconding the proposal, protested, as a Welsh Noncon- formist, against the attempt to introduce into the me- tropolis of Nonconformist Wales an episcopal ascendancy. FIRE AT LLANELLY CHURCH, BRYNMAWR.—On Saturday night flames of fire were noticed issuing through the roof of Llanelly Church by some young lads. They gave intimation of the same to Mr. Phillips. Bells' Inn, who immediately rushed into the belfry (the bellringers being at practice there), and with their assistance was enabled to quench the fire, and prevent its spreading. Fire was lit in the stove early in the evening for the purpose of heating the church, and the pipes becoming overheated, ignited the roofing of the building. Services were held on Sunday in the National Schoolroom. A WELSH DIOCESE WITHOUT A BISHOP OR A DEAN.— The Rev. Herbert A. James has ceased to be the Dean of St. Asaph, and this week enters on the duties of Head Master of Cheltenham College. This practically leaves the diocese of St. Asaph without a Bishop or a Dean. The Bishop still continues utterly helpless at Crieff, too incapacitated even to resign. The ecclesiastical deadlock is all the greater, inasmuch as in this and the other Welsh dioceses the appointment of Dean rests with the Bishop. It is understood that the Archbishop of Canterbury and the law officers of the Crown are in com- munication on the matter. THE LATE MR. CHARLES BATH, J.P.—Under the pre- sidency of the Rev. Eli Clarke (vicar of Christ Church) a meeting was held on Tuesday evening, in the vestry of Christ Church, to consider the best means of perpetuating the memory of the late Mr. Charles Bath. A long dis- cussion took place, and various suggestions were offered and considered. Eventaally, the meeting was adjourned until Wednesday evening, the 23rd inst., after the evening service to give those present an opportunity of thinking carefully over the matter, and conferring with others, and to afford means by which others, who were not present at Wednesday's meeting, may also attend, and assist in the deliberations. ABERTAWE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.—This Society was started in a very unpretentious manner about 12 months ago, the first place of business being in Calvert- street. A few months since, however, it was found necessary, owing to the increase of the business, to remove to Waterloo-street, where the business is now carried on. The society now numbers over 100 mem- bers, with an energetic committee, of which Mr. J. R. Leaver is chairman. The object of the society is to encourage thrift among the working classes, and one of the means to make the society successful seems to be the fact that pleasure is combined with business, for we find that the second ot a series of social gatherings was held in the Albert Minor Hall recently, when about 100 members and friends sat down to an excellent meat tea. An entertainment was afterwards given, Mr. Wm. Morris presiding, and pianoforte solos, songs, recita- tions, &c., being contributed by members and others. Mr. J. W. Lee (a member of the committee) briefly ad- dressed the meeting, giving a short history of the society. The remainder of the programme was of a varied character, which was much enjoyed by those present. THE SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—The weather being more favourable, there was a larger attendance at this entertainment on Saturday night. Although there was a well-selected programme, the vocalisation was meagre, the artistes being only Mr. ia Miss Adela Bona, of Carmarthen. exquisite taste an <<The Romany Lass" with much gu^M During the evening he also sang a very pleasing K^ii^pntitled "Mona," which was much appreciated. Miss Adela Bona made her dehut before a Swansea audience. She possesses a rich and well-cultivated con- tralto voice full of promise, and although her lower notes are not yet fully developed, she quite captivated the audience in two pathetic scenas, "Alone on the Raft and "The Soldier's Dream," both of which elicited'a warm encore. We hope to hear her fine sympathetic voice again dunng the present series of concerts. The band played a magnificent selection, amongst which was the overture to "Zampa," Boccacio," and Haydn's "Surprise." We would remind our readers, that although the attendances are apparently large, it is necessary they should be crowded to meet the expenses. We hope, therefore, that the committee will be liberally supported during the remainder of the season. On the other hand, the entertainment should be a little varied and made as popular as possible. ODDFELLOWS' HALL, MUMBLES.—The usual weekly Presbyterian service was held in the Oddfellows Hall, Mumbles, on Sunday afternoon last, when t^re large and appreciative audience. The Rev. T>. Douglas Reid. M.A., occupied the pulpit, and preacheda powertul sermon, based on the words found in the 12th Luke, 1st to 6th verses. Having prefaced his ,t ■ rative of the story of Zaccheus, the 8 ffl that it had been suggested, that jV y people came to hear to ch^h preacher) wished to God tnBT f j For curiosity sake; ^oaTiSx^cSirfind was very probable that tbey w q{ na Christ and true salv«tmn. diffioal^eg grounding an one which 8rh.°^,dcohX ^overcome, and it commended approach to Christ com I congequence0fthe Hall beinc itself to all seeking Himj« by the Christadelphian^ services also in tervening, but it » some arrangements will be made to remove th« difficulty m the course of a feiv weeks. SJ-ARIVSKI SANITARY AUTHORITY.—On Monday 'afteTiJS the usual fortnightly meeting of the above authority was held m the offices, Fisher-street, under the Presidency of Mr. H. de la Beche Dillwyn. The other members present were Messrs. J. T.D.Llewelyn, F. S. SOP. »W. Thomas (Lan), John Powell, John Davies, W J. Bees, Felix Webber, and L. LI. Dillwyn, M.P.— Mr Bishop presented the report of the finance committee which showed that there was a deficit of £86 6s. 9d., but the deficit due from Llansamlet was more than sufficient to meet that.—The medical officers of the district reported that there was a continuance of the outbreak of scarlet fever, but Dr. Griffiths did not think it so serious as to justify them in ordering the schools to be closed.—On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. William Thomas, it was decided to allow the Surveyor (Mr. Thomas) to take pupils.—Dr. W. Morgan sent in a report of some specimens of water from Cwmclwyd, which he received for analysis, stating that the water was. of exceptiopally good quality.—Mr. Felix Webber again called attention to the tipping of refuse on the common at Blackpill, and said that notwithrtanding the fact that Mr. Williams had undertaken to bring the matter before the Corpora- tion, nothing had yet been done to remove the refuse, and refuse had even since been tipped there. He moved that the Clerk be instructed to take proceedings against the Corporation contractor.—This was seconded an carried, and the meeting terminated, BOUNDARIES EXTENSION BILL has duly passed the ordeal of Standing Orders at Westminister, and we shall next hear of the date S ite appearance m Committee of the House THOROUGH-BRED STALLION SHOW.—^We Ca}i attention to the annpvinomat in our »drertl«i^ SSiS? 23 would femmil intending Exhibitors tllaf (lie efitfies fot toe yueen s Premiums," offered by the Royal Com- iNiaHonon Horse Breeding, and for the Premiums offered oy the Royal Agricultural Society close on the 26th inst. POlt entrtfs 2nd February. For further particulars apply to Mr. J. Herbert Taylor, 5, Great George-street, West- minster, S.W. DEPARTURE OF THE WELSH REGIMENT FROM SCAKTM. •—CAIRO, Saturday. — The remainder of the men ot the Welsh Regiment, under the command of Lteut. Colonel Smyth, who took part in the recent operations at Suakim, arrived here to-day, accompanied by Major Kekewich. The portion of the Welsh Regiment now at Assouan will probably return to Cairo at the end of this month. THE REV. JOSEPH THOMAS, CARNO.—The Rev. Joseph Thomas, of Carno, one of the oldest and most PPP™1?. Preachers connected with the Welsh Calvinistic • er^}- t^e<^ on Monday afternoon, at his residence in Montgomeryshire. He had been ailing for some time, and hia condition had lately given cause for anxiety. Deceased was ordained to the ministry so far back as 1848, and was regarded as one of the few remaining-links that connected the old school of Welsh divines with the new. Tr,!?WMAjMirArL'lie annual concert at New Bethel Ghapel was held on Thursday evening, T?j"*vq 1 tj- In? iy ,T ai'tistes on the occasion were the wiHi 1 Ik1?! Ringers. There were five performers Tho a- raa^inff the concert a very pleasant one. over-rr^ rtIas 8™ and the chapel was never so of its nrJ before, and in a monetary sense neither MRSFI sss with tte »„»< £ renTi^dS"t» S^ receES^r.ST1J?)E?T's SUCCESS.-Amongst the T eiral Fdiirafinr ^mmations held by the Council of bavinc obtainprl a +G a Welshman appears as having obtained a studentship of 100 guineas in iuris- prudence, public and private international law, and the history and principles of Roman law. We refer to Mr. Ivor Bowen of Brecon, who is a student of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, and who has pre- viously taken honours at the first LL.B. of the Univer- sity of London. WNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES.—At Wednes- day's annual meeting of the council, held at Bangor, Col- the Honourable T. Sackville West was unanimously re- elected president. For the professorship of modern languages, there were 40 candidates. Mr. F. Spencer, B.A., Cambridge University, was elected. For the Welsh lectureship, which has just been founded, the only candidate was Mr. John Morris Jones, B.A. Jesus College, Oxford, who was elected. This gentleman has been entrusted by Mr. Ritchie with the Welsh translation of the Local Government Act. THE DEMOLITION OF A WELSH VILLAGE. — The demolition of the village of Llanwddyn, the site of which is to be occupied by Lake Vyrnwy, has been completed. Most of the buildings, including the parish church, have been blown up by dynamite. Up- wards of one hundred human skulls and other remains have been removed and. reinterred in the new burial grounds. Some fine old yew trees in the churchyard have also been uprooted and removed. Lord Powis having granted leases to most of the householders ? se^u £ .the land to the Liverpool Corporation, they have received compensation for disturbance. THE GRAKTS UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT.—^The Local Government Board have issued a circular drawing the attention of Boards of Guardians to the provisions of the Local Government Act relating to new grants to be paid to them. The Board ask for the information necessary to enable them to apportion the grant this year. The sum to be distributed will be about .£574.000, and this will be divided amongst the counties of England and Wales in proportion to their certified share of the annual grants heretofore made out of the Exchequer in aid of local rates, but which will now cease. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, SWANSEA. — Special services were held at St. John's Church on Sunday last, when the Rev. D. G, Phillips, late curate of this parish, now vicar of Capel Colman, delivered two excellent sermons at 11 a.m. and 6 30 p.m. In the afternoon at 3 p.m. the service, which was principally musical, was specially attractive. The Vicar having read the first part of the evening service, a short litany was intoned by the Rev. D. G. Phillips. Between the prayers and lessons, instead of the usual Psalms and Canticles, four solos were sung, the first and third by Madame Marian Ellis, R.A.M., with that exquisite sweetness and beauty of expression, peculiarly her own, which have already distinguished her among our leading artistes; the second solo was very effectively rendered by Mr. T. D. Thomas, M.C.W., and the fourth, with his usual ability, by Mr. P. Evan Jones. An impressive sermon followed by the Rev. Canon Gauntlett, vicar of Trinity Church, on the Song of Christian life." The pleasing deviation of this after- noon service from the usual though beautiful order of the church worship seemed to be thoroughly appreciated by the crowded congregation present. If one may venture a word in the way of criticism it does seem a pity with such a choir as that of St. John and in so handsome a building the organ is not a better instru- ment. Cannot something be done in the matter? ANNUAL DINNER OF THE NEW THEATRE EM- PLOYES.—The annual dinner of the employes of the New Theatre was held at the Bank Hotel, Wind- street, Swansea, on Tuesday night. The room pre- sented a most animated appearance, the tables being laid in true artistic style, reflecting great credit upon the host, Mr. Butt. The dinner was of a recherche kind. and was thoroughly enjoyed by one and all. The chair was occupied by Mr. Otley (" Bluebeard"), who was supported by Mr. Mat. Gordon ("Mephisto- pheles"), Messrs. Byron Pedley, Alberto, E. Jones, A. Jones, and Lewis Brown. Mr. W. Jones was vice- chairman, and was supported by Mr. T. Morrison. The wants of the inner man" having been fully sup- plied, the usual loyal toasts were submitted and drank with enthusiasm. Mr. Powell proposed the toast of "The Profession." to which Mr. Byron Pedley ably replied. The chairman, in submitting the toast of The Working i>taff," spoke in eulogistic terms of the manner in which the staff at the New Theatre per- formed its work. The staff possessed excellent qualities, and he had never met with any lot of men who worked so amicably together. (Applause.) Mr. Morris then gave a whistling song in fine style, after which, Mr. W. Jones (vice-chair- man) responded to the toast. He returned his sincere thanks for the flattering manner in which the staff had been spoken of, and he could assure them that they would always endeavour to do their best. (Hear.) Mr. Morris and Mr. Alf. Jones also responded, the latter remarking that during the last twelve months some of the biggest companies on the road had been at Swansea, and the working staff had per- formed its duty without a hitch. Mr. Mat. Gordon proposed the toast of the Press, to which Mr. James Brown (The Cambrian) responded—Mr. Lewis Brown sang one of his favourite songs in excellent style, and was accorded a determined encore, when he sang Up on the mountains."—The vice-chairman submitted "The Host," and spoke in high praise of the manner in which Mr. Butt had catered for them.—The Chairman proposed the toast of the "Orchestra" coupled with the name of Mr. Tomlinson, the leader, who, he said, was an accomplished musician. The Orchestra at the New Theatre was quite capable of accompanying any company, however large. — Mi. Griffith and Mr. McCauliffe responded, and the toast was drank with enthusiasm. — The Chairman sang a song, and was followed by Mr. Alberto, Mr. W. Jones, Mr. Alf Jones, &c. The gathering was quite a success and was much enjoyed, and speaks highly for the status of the working staff of the Theatre. Mr. Butt is to be complimented upon the able manner in which he catered, possessing, as he does, an efficient staff of waiters. GLAMORGAN HUNT BALL. — The annual Glamorgan t Hunt Ball was held on Tuesday evening in the Town-hall, Cardiff. There were about 160 present, and the occasion was marked with distinct success. The ball-room was richly decorated, and the ante-chambers were filled up with lounges. The supper was served in the vestibule of the Town-hall. Messrs Johnson and Roberts' string band attended, and rendered the programme with verve and grace ( Amongst those present were :—Hon. F. C. Morgan, M.P., Miss Morgan, Captain Walker, Sir Joseph and Lady Spearman, Col. and the Hon. Mrs. Lindsay, Miss Lindsay, and Captain Lindsay; Mr. Birt St. A. Jenner, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Watts, Captain Dash wood, Mrs. Boordand Miss Stevenson, Mr. C. F. David and Mrs. David, Mr. C. L. D. Llewelyn, Miss Llewelyn, and Mr. W. D. Llewelyn, Mr. W. K. B. Bassett, Mrs. Bassett (Beaupre), Miss Bassett, and Miss Gordon, Mr. E. J. Knight and Miss Knight (Tegroes), Mr. A. Bruce and Miss Bruce, Mr. Lake, Mr. Fothergill, Miss Elderton, Mr. G. Prendergast, Mr. P. B. Bassett, Mr. Arthur Grenf«ll, Mr. Edwin Colonel and Mrs. Nichol, Miss Nichol, and Miss D-Nicfloi, Mr. O. H. Jones, Mr. Justice Williams and Mrs. (Miskin), Mr. B. Nichol and Miss B. Nichol, Mr. itor Walker, Mr. Jonas Watson, Gen. ,^8 *.on* and Mrs. Franklen, and Mr. Hssfinw Mr. Iltyd Nichol. Mr. F. E. Hardmg, Miss Stanbrongh, Miss Ethel and Miss Du iyr; cioristnn and Mrs. Henry Lewis (Greenmeadow), Miss Olonston and Miss Violet Cloriston, Mr. G. Boltoa, Mr-C'Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan Lee and Mi» Moreton Thomas and Miss Thomas. Captain Reade, Mr. E. V.David and Mis. David, Mr. C. J. ^mUton.Mr. C. Mountain, Mr. Kirk Mountain, M»]orEadchff Miss Fanny Hannen and Miss Jennie Jannen Mr and Mrs. Phillip Dowson, Colonel J. Reade- Captain Newnham Davis, MissW^^ M'J Benson; Captain p.»nnl>!a Mr and Mrs. W. K- Kendall, and Mr. Edwin Rendall 'Miss Knight, (Tythegstone Court), Miss M. Llewellyn and Miss t. Llewellyn (Court Colman), Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lawrence. Mr and Mrs. J. B. Beynon, Miss Eva Beynon aDd Miss Amelia Beynon, Mr. Houghton, Mr G C • Mrs. Green "Wilkinson, Mi«s Wilkinson, and Miss Mabel Wilkinson, Mr. Vincent, Saulez Mr. W. E Lewis, Dr. Lewis, Mr. F. L. Davis Mr E' hor WiUiams, .Mr. J. T. Gibbon, Mr. George C. fyie Mr. W. H. Lewis, Mrs. and Miss Kemeys-Tynte, Mr. Clifford Cory, Mr. H. C. Stephen, Captain Norton and Mrs- Norton, Mr. Lawrence Williams, Miss Mabel Williams and Miss Sybil Williams, Colonel and Mrs. Gould, Mr. R. H. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Insole, Mrs. Orby Carey, and Miss Carey, Colonel and Mrs. Tyler, Miss Daisy Tyler, Miss Alina Tyler, Mr. B. B. A. Prfchard, Miss E. C. Prichard, and Mr. H C. Prichard, Mr. and Mrs. Wrigbtwick, Mrs. L. R. Cravahty, Mrs. Thurlow. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lenox, Mr. and Mrs. Burrow Hill, Miss E. Hill, and Mr. Vernon Hill, Mrs. Surtees, Mr. D. E. Boles, Mr. G. T. Bruce. Miss Ethel Bruce, and Miss Erelyn Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. William Cubitt, and Miss Jessie Rogers, Captain Aitcheeon.