The Cardiff Times

SUICIDE AT ABERGAVENNY. An inquest was held on Monday touching the death of William Bath, aged 46, who had for several years been in business as a painter and house decorator. The evidence of Mrs Bath was to the effect that the deceased, who was her bnsband, often suffered from depression of spirits, and had at times threatened to do something to himself, but did not say what. Oa Monday morning Mrs Bath went down stairs at seven e'eiock, and left the deceased partly dressed. He said be would go to work, and she got everything ready for him. Then be said he would, not go to work. but would do something to himself. He had said that sort of thing so often that no notice was taken of it.—William Smart, tinman* eaid that at the request of Mrs Bath he forced the door of a small room upstairs. He found a piece of rope hanging over the top of the door. He called upon Mr Bath to open the door, but gettiap no answer, forced it open. He did not hear any sound of a fall, bat found deceased on his face and knees on the floor, and thftfope round hiu neck. He was quite dead.- The jury returned .a verdict of Suicide while in fin unsound state of .mind."

HEAVY SHIPMENTS AT PENARTH. The shipments at Penarth Dock last week were 85,286 tons. This is the largest quantity shipped hitherto in one week.

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A Talk About Tunnelling JHE NEW LINE TO SWANSEA. i [BT A SPECIAL COBBRSPONDEST.] In the course of my inquiries on Wednesday into the circumstances attending the fall of the roof of the tunnel connecting the Avon and Rhondda Valleys, by which two navvies were crushed to death, I met the courteous contractor, Mr William Jones, of Neath. As the completion of that tunnel is the one real engineering diffi- eqltyto be got over—all the rest of the work being comparatively commonplace until the iron road terminates at the Prince of Wales Dock-I remarked that I thought the public would like to know how it fared with a scheme the commercial effects of which, especially on the South Wales coal trade, mast eventually, if not immediately, be materially felt. The tunnel itself will be finished in the early part of March, and probably autumn will see the opening ot the entire line to Swansea, replied Mr Jones. The tunnel is two miles long, and there is only about a hundred yards to be pierced. We commence simultaneously at both ends. Three quartern of a mile is already bricked up, and we are getting on rapidly with the rest. We have 1,000 men altogether at work—navvies, masons, and miners. I mean by miners those who work with the drill." "And I believe you have had very few accidents. I do not remember bearing of any all the time you have been at that tunnel." Very few. There was only one other fatal accident the whole time. We used a great deal of dynamite in blowing up the rock, and one day when the men were working the drill it came into contact with some of that highly-explosive fluid which had escaped among the crevices of the rocks. The men were careful, but accidents will happen, Jon see, when you are dealing with such » dangerous but necessary sub- stance. Then there was that accident which occurred yesterday, by which the two lives were lost. The men know, and freely acknowlege, that the roof of a tnnnel is by its very nature treacherous, and that no amount of precaution can ensure safety. They, to some extent, carry their lives in their hands, and they are compensated for the risk as far as possible by good wages." "Do you find that tho improvement of trade has absorbed the unskilled labour in this part of the country ? Is it easy to find unskilled labourers ?" Oh, yes but our miners are in a measure skilled workers. Ordinary labourers would net suit our purpose. They would be rather in the way than otherwise. We want really good men who know from experience how to go about the work. We pay our miners from 353 to 36s a week. Ordinary navvies are paid from £1 to £1 4s a week." I understand that good labourers can be had for I4s a week," I observed. No doubt," he replied, but a stroner navvy accustomed to the work is worth more. We don't pay less than jBl a week. If he is not worth that we don't want him at all." "The company had some little difficulty at the start in financing the company ?" I pursued. Yes, that is true, but they have issued preference stock, and since then there has been no lack of funds. I have received my payments regularly. When that difficulty was ex- perienced trade was, very flat everywhere, and nobody was inclined to speculate even in really promising"undertakings. But the directors have worked the affair admirably in spite of preliminary discouragements. I do not know that there are many lines of railway which pay a dividend from the very start before it is finished. This line has already paid a dividend, though it has not yet roached its terminus—Swansea. "And ali out of profits ?" All out of profits. After paying all working expenses, Parliamentary expenses, allowing for the proportionate cost of the line and for depreciation, thera has been a balance l«ft for dividend." Then you believe in the future prosperity of the line ?" 1\ Cert3.inly. A line that commences to pay a dividend before it is actually completed is likely to pay a bigger dividend when its full resources are utilised. But, I can tell you, the 'piercing of that tunnel was a tough job. It cost a lot of time and money, because the rock was one of the hardest I have ever met with elsewhere. It is Pennant stone. Some of it was hard enough to cut glass like a diamond. SJ you see we bad to get the best men we could obtain to work it. We bad to use such a quantity of explosives that I am often surprised that so few accidents have occurred in a work of such magnitude. In that respect, at any rate, I consider myself, or rather my men, as exceedingly fortunate." The construction of both tunnel and railway is rather a big undertaking for a firm in the com- paratively small town of Neath," I suggested. "Ah, but you see we had the advantage of -being nearly on the spot. Neath is in a con- venient position for superintending and sending up material—more so than Swansea or Cardiff, or other larger bat more distant centres."

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION LECTURES. NAt Haverfordwest on Friday evening last a meeting of gentlemen interested in the above movement was held. There were present Mr W. Da vies, M.P,, Dr Phillips. Revs J. Michael, R. O. Johns, T. Witton Davies, MaMn John Lewis, David and Isaac Roberts, W. WUliams, and others. It was resolved to accept the offer of Professor Da vies, of Aberystwyth, to 'WHWse of lectures on Geoiogy." The first will pe delivered on Friday evening next. Mr Rees,.Bam.street Schools, and Mr John Lewis are tb, local secretaries.

EXTRAORDINARY SUCCESS. Extension of the Movement. [BY A SPECIAL CONTBIBOTOB.] The Wesleyan Chapel. Roath-road, Cardiff, is the centre of a work which bids fair to add another stirring chapter to the great story of home missions and revivalistic work in Wales. There twice every week-day—in the early morning and each evening—large assemblages are to be seen massed together for the one simple purpose of acquiring religions knowledge and fellowship. This attitude of what may be termed "recep- tivity on the part of various classes and con- ditions of men and women in the very heart of a busy, restless, teeming popu- lation cannot fail to arrest attention. The fact itself is indisputable, and few would care to question its inspiration. As the outward features of the movement are scanned, memory irresistibly harks back to the days when Noncon- formity was in its giant youth, and the pulses of old and young beat double in the intensity of devotional enthusiasm. Then, as now-the difference is only one of degreee-large communi- ties appeared to see suddenly and simultaneously and clearly into the great symbolic meaning of Christian parable and sacrament. The strife of sect was hushed, the divinity of controversial dogma was superseded by a diviner force. In unexpected places, under unforeseen and (sometimes) unpropitious conditions, the hearts of men were set on fire and, despite the sneers of the dull and irreverent, it was long ere the active zeal of Christian professors and converts spent its traceable power. A permanent impulse was given to Christian organization. The germinating influence of the Roath mission is to be sought for in the week of special prayer "for the spread of the gospel which was beld at Cardiff this year, as in previous years, under the auspices of the United Kingdom Evangelical Alliance, The Nonconformist ministers had gathered in conferencp last December to arrange for the coming service", and the meetings were well attended. At Roath Wesleyan Chapel they were, however, accompanied by strange rushes of feeling. Those who conducted the services do not appear to have exhibited any exceptional eloquence There was no extravagance of rhetoric, no tearing of passion by the toots." But their speech was stamped with overpowering earnest- ness. The same congregations came back to the chapel night after night. Fresh faces thronged into the building. It was necessary to enlarge the scope of the movement if it was to have full outlet. At this inceptive stage there was a morn- ing prayer meeting at the Wesleyan Chapel, an afternoon service at Longcross-street Chapel, and a separate evening service at the other Roath Nonconformist chapels. Theselast places of worship shared the success. Crowds left the various places of worship with quickened sensi bil i ties- possessad by purer and stronger aims and desires. There was an increasing fusion of Noncon- formist effort; Baptists, Calvinistic Methodists, United Methodists, Primitive Methodists, Con- gregationahsts, Wesleyans, and Scotch Presby- terians joined hands, and by a process of natural development the united evangelistic servicegrew into a popular evangelical mission, which spread its roots and rapidly compassed the whole of Roath. Working men came to the seven o'clock morning service. The unity of Nonconformist operation was-and the circumstance will bear accentuating—a considerable auxiliary factor in the prosperity of the widening Christian move- ment. The Established Church of England alone (and the writer makes the statement subject to correction and explanation) stood aloof from the missionary crusade. The Roath chapels were over thronged at night —scores—hundreds—had to go away owing to the lack of room. So the Nonconformist ministers again met, and decided-first, that the mission should be continued and next, that as Roath- road Wesleyan Chapel was the largest edifice of the kind in Roath (it will accommodate 2,000 persons) and also the most conveniently situated, the evening mission services as well as the morning services should be held there. Bible readings were fixed to be held elsewhere. Such has been the order of procedure which has since been followed. The lapse of days has attested the wisdom of the arrangement. The R >ath Wesleyan Mission is now in its fourth week. There has been no decline in the influxes of its prosperity. Its prosperity has outrun calculation and exceeded all probability. The two services conducted at the chapel and in the adjoining building are crowded every night. The labouring and artiznn and commercial classes come there almost straight from their vocations. The Revs A. Tiny, J. Pugh, G. Hack, J. L. Williams, F. C. Spnrr, J. Leach (the two secretaries of the mission committee), J. D. Stevens, and W. T. Ennor have been amongst the evening speakers, and their ranks are forti- fied by the leading Nonconformist laymen of Cardiff. The uo-cbapel and no-church folk edge their way into the building. Ono bearer had not been to a religious service for over twenty years. He expressed a wish at the close of one of the meetings (occasionally prolonged till ten o'clock at night) to join a Christian church. This is a typical case, all is that of the disciple of the American arch-infidel Ingersoll, who also, at another service, yielded to the omnipotent sway of Christian truth. At the morning prayer meetings the congregation has numbered no fewer than seven hundred persons. The afternoon Bible class meetings at Longcross-street Cbapel vestry have commanded corresponding appreciation. Eight mission bands of vocalists go out into the thoroughfares before evening service. They sing mission tunes, and help to make the meetings more publicly known. Cathays has now started an evangelical mission. The Docks district is also likely to reduplicate the activities of Roath. From Canton enquiry has reached the central movement with a view to branch organisation. In the town of Cardiff united evangelisticserv ice, were commenced this week. The Revs W. E. Wink". J. Williamson, E. Dodds, J. D. Watterf, and George Hargreaves are chiefly identified with this departure. There is a prayer meeting every morning at seven D'ctock at the Friends' Meeting House, Charles-street, and a Bible-reading meet- ing every day at three o'clock in the Congregational Chapel, Charles-street. Evan- gelistic services are held at night successively in the Nonconformist chapels of the 'town. The Christian women of Roath have had a special service. Before the series cf mission services is formally closed, there will, it is anticipated, be a vast central mission meeting for the whole of the town and suburbs of Cardiff at the Park Hall or other roomy Duilding. The missions are self- supporting. The promoters of this remarkable work are rich in hope. They do not care-nor do they need to forecast arithmetical Church member- ship results. It is something to have created as these missions have done, amid the jars and din of every day existence, a hunger in the populous heart for spiritual truth; to have kindled in the intellect and hearts of men the perception that there are supremer sanctities in life than those of gold and silver; to have created or revived in the livas of uncounted throngs that God- consciousness which many of us would not be ashamed to more explicitly define as Christ-consciousness. Whether the Cardiff Mission will do more; whether it will bring the church laity of Cardiff to take helpful thought for the swarms of uncared-for outcasts whom they pray for on Sundays and week-days whether it will have a reflex action on the Nonconformist ministers of Cardiff, and will stimulate them to pioneer the work of labour among the degraded poor, even at the expense of jeopardising their literary and social leisure-these, of course, are matters which may well be left for the future,

CARDIFF AND THE PARNELL INDEMNITY FUND. At a meeting in St David's Boys' School on the 27th instant, the following report of the local committee of the above fund was unanimously adopted:— In response to the manifesto of the Dublin Execu. tive Committee of the above fund, a local committee waa. appointed at a public meeting: held in St David's Boys' bchool in October last, who issued an appeal to their fellow-countrymen in Cardiff That appeal was fairly responded to; but in view of the inordinate length of the trial, and consequent enormous expense entailed, it is deemed advisable to make one more final attempt to make the contribution to the fund from Cardiff worthy of the Welsh Metropolis. It is, therefore, hoped that Cardiff Irishmen wiil unite in one grand effort and assist, as far as it lays in their power, in the defeat of the fell project of the "Forger and its allies in the Government. The committee would also appeal to the local liberals, who, having accepted an alliance with their Celtic brethren, must. therefore, bear the consequences of defeat equally with the Iri-b race, should the trial unfortunately collapse through want of funds, and the ends of justice be thereby defeated. Our battle is yours, and the victory or defeat must also be shared in by you. We, therefore, look to you for support. Appended is a list of subscriptions already promised. Signed on behalf of the cctomittee, JAMES MDLLIN, M.A., M.D., JOHN STACK P. W. CAREY (Alderman), THOMAS COLLINS, T. COUGHLIN, JOHN SPIHANE JOHN FITZPATRICK, JOHN MCALISTER. Among the subscriptions announced are- Dr Mullin E5 5 0 Alderman Carey 5 5 0 Councillor Qibbs 5 5 0 ObuncillorHamsdale 5 0 0 MrJohn Stack J.1 4 0 0 Councillor Shackeli — 220 Alderman l.ewis 1 1 0 Mr M. Gallivan 1 1 0 Councillor Vaughan 110 Mr T. Coughlin, san — 1 0 0 with smaller sums, the total reacting the amount "f

A BRECON RECTOR'S OPINION OF PARISHIONERS. An irate rector, alluding in his sermon On Sunday evening to the recent county council election, in which Sir Joseph Bailey gained » majority of four votes over his Liberal opponent, declared that there were 50 liars in his parish.

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ENGLISH NONCONFORMITY AND ITS HISTORY. Lecture at Cardiff. The first of a series of five lectures on the "History of Nonconformity in England, its Heroes, Sufferings, and Triumphs," was given in the Cbarles-street Congregational Chapel, Cardiff, on Friday evening by the Rev J. Williamson, M.A. The lectures have been prepared for the Congregational Union of England and Wales,and are illustrated by a large number of interesting and striking lantern slides. The Mayor of Cardiff (Mr D. Jones) presided at this introductory lecture; there was a large attendance. Mr Williamson, in the first part of his address, dealt witb the ecclesiastical state of England before the time of Elizabeth. He gave an account of John W yckliffe, the chief of the Reformers before the Reformation. The lantern also exhibited a beautiful portrait of Wyckliffe. A description was next given of the Lollards, of Sir John Oldcaftle, and William Tyndall, the translator of the New Testament, who died at Brussels with the prayer on bis lips, Lord, open the King of England's eyes." The martyrdom of Hooper, who was burnt at Smithiield, was referred to; so were Latimer and Ridley, who were burnt at the stake. Afterwards came a glimpse of the time of Elizabeth, whose accession was the occasion of joy to Protestants. As she passed through the City ot London she was presented with a Bible having the inscription, "The Word of Truth." On receiving it she raised it to her breast, and said she would often read therein. Her reign, however, falsified this profession. Tbe Act of Uniformity was passed, enacting that every person should resort to his parish church or be fined twelve pence for each Sabbath. "The rigorous pressing of this Act," according to Neal, was the occasion of all tbe mischief that befei the church for upwards of eighty years." Mathew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, strove for sixteen years to carry out the Queen's purpose with haughty and cruel rigour towards Noncon- formists. Two hundred clergymon were deprived." The name of Puritan" came into use in 1664, and was at first a nick name, like the terms Brownist and Methodist." The chief objection of the Puritans was to wearing vestments, which were supposed to represent sacerdotal doctrines. John Knox, Miles Coverdale, John Fox, and the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew were graphically sketched by Mr Williamson and a full descrip- tion was given of Robert Browne, the founder of the Independents. Browne taaght, in all fulness, the principles now accepted by Congregationalism, and was entitled, as Dexter say, to the proud pre-eminence of having been the first writer clearly to define with the English tongue the true and now accepted doctrine of the relation of the magistrate to the Church. It was resolved by the Queen, who was now aided by Dr Whitgift, to stamp out Puritanism. One third of the ministers of England were. under suspicion. There were only two thousand proachers to serve ten thousand parish churches. Turning to the most notable event of the reign, Mr Williamson referred to the invincible Armada, which sailed for England in 1587, and was dispersed by the fireships of Drake and the bravery of British seamen aided by the winds of heaven. An account followed of John Peury, the fervent Welshman, who laboured as an evangelist among his own countrymen, and subsequently went to Scotland to avoid arrest. He joined the small church over which Greenwood and Johnson presided. But they were all arrested, and thrown into prison on December 15th, 1592. Over twenty persons whose names are preserved were allowed to parish like rotten sheep in Newgate and other prisons. Barrowe and Greenwood stood firm and "witnessed a Rood confession." They were tried and condemned for citing books to cry down the Church of England and to lessen the Queen's prerogative. At last they were taken suadenly and bung at Tyburn. A few weeks afterwards Penry was condemned for expressions found in his private diary. Whitgift was the first to put his name to the warrant for his execution. Penry was led forth from bis prison in Soutbwark on May 29th, and hung. He was not suffered to utter a word, but he had written just before, "I do from my heart forgive all those that seek my life." The lecture closed with a statement of the chief lessons suggested by the conflict that bad been described. Altogether 36 viewsWöre exhibited by means of the lauteru, including William Tyndall, John Hooper burnt at Sinithfield, Latimer and Ridley at the stake, a portrait of Elizabeth, the Star chamber, Kuox and Mary, Knox's house, Bride' well Prison, Mary, Queeu of Scota,tbe fireships of Drake, Barrowe and Greenwood in prison, the hanging of John Penry, and Sir Walter Raleigh,

POPULAR SUNDAY SERVICES AT CARDIFF. The series of popular Sunday afternoon services recently inaugurated at the Park Hall, Cardiff, was continued on Sunday with marked success. For the first time the balcony was utilized, but the additional space thus provided did act suffice to accommodate th3 largo numbers who crowded to the service. Mr Robert Bird presided, and the Rev J. Williamson, of Charles-street Chapel, conducted the service. An eloquent sermon was preached by the Rev David Young, who delivered a discourse well calculated to reach the hearts of the people. The musical feature of.the meeting was very pronounced and interesting. The choir, conducted by Mr [Jacob Davies, added much to the impressive nature of the proceedings. Mr Dyfed Lewis saug a solo recit. and air from Elijah,, and a lady member of the choir rendered the solo, "Behold me standing at the door." Mr Sydney Fifoot presided at the organ.

DR STEPHENSON'S HOME FOR BOYS AND GIBLS. A mnsical entertainment by a choir of boys and girls from the above homes was ghen on Saturday evening in Andrews' large bnll, Penarth, before a large and appreciative audience. Mr T. Morel was in the chair. The entertainment consisted of chorus, solos, duatts, and trios, and the playing of instruments such as the xylophone and dulcimer, and ringing of handbells, &c. The boys and girls performed their allotted tasks with highly creditable skill, and on many occasions were rewarded with an encore. Dr Stephenson's address was descriptive of the way the homes were mauaged. At the present time 800 children of both sexes are under his care.

DEATH OF A NONCONFORMIST MINISTER.— It is with regret we have to record the death of the Rev Daniel James, of The Hollies, Newport, which occurred on Thursday, at his residence. The deceased gentleman, who was in his 80th year, was greatly beloved by all classes of the community. He had been connected with the Baptist denomination over half a century, and at the time of hia decease was treasurer aud deacon in connection with the Baptist Temple Church, Newport, having held office for 45 years. Previous to his advent to Newport he lived at Pontypool. MINISTERIAL.—The Rev T. Evans, of Tany- groes, Cardiganshire, has received and accepted an invitation to the pastorate of the Calvinistic Methodist Church at North Risca. Mr Evans will enter upon his ministerial duties the second Sunday in February. BETHESDA, PENRHIWCErBER. The ordination services in connection with the settlement of Mr D. S. Davies, student of Pontypool College, were held 011 Sunday and Monday. The Rev J. M. Davis, B.A. (classical tutor), Pontypool, preached morning and evening at Bethesda, and in the afternoon at Jerusalem Chapel (kindly lent for the occasion), the pastor elect delivering a Welsh sermon. On Monday afternoon the charge to the young minister was delivered by President Edwards, B.A., Ponty- pool College the charge to the church by the Rev R E. Williams, Ynyslwyd, Aberdare. Rev J. Howells, of Mountain Ash, offered the ordination prayer for" Divine blessing ou the union now formed. In the evening an interesting meeting was held, when shoit, pithy, and humorous addresses were given by the following eentlemen Revs B. Davies, New Tredegar J. Howell, Mountain Ash R. Thomas (C), Penrhiwceiber; J. Jones (B), Penrhjwceiber. Miss Emily Price, on behalf of Calvary Baptist Church, Aberdare, presented Mr Davies with Principal Edwards's Commentary on 1st Corinthians."

NEWPORTAND COUNTY 1 INFIRMARY. The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends to the above valuable institution was held at the Town-hall, Newport, on Tuesday evening. Mr H. TI. Davis, chairman of the directors, was voted to the chair, and there was a numerous attendance. The secretary read the annual report, which referred to the successful opening of the Victoria children's ward, and to the number of cots which had been endowed for various periods, and expressing their belief that the ward would be permanently maintained. The income of the institution had been well main- tained, and-the total, £2.218. was in excess of the sum received in the preceding year. The expenditure was £2.199. or a trifle less than in 1887. A sum of jBtOO had been paid to the contractor on account of the new kitchen, and probably JE307 further would be needed for improvements to tbe drainage, and for meeting the deficiency on the children's ward building fund. The total sum received on accnunt of the ward fund was £ 1,284 18s 9d, and the contract price was jBl.425, which might probably be exceeded. During the year the trustees' account had been augmented by £1,000, half paid by Dr WooHett's executors, and the other moiety by the Newport Waterworks Company. Two other small bums had also been received. The report then referred to the more discriminating use of notes, and invited the attention of the subscribers to the matter, who alone could remedy the evil. Patients on leaving the infirmary, it was pointed out, needed aid in various ways, and tbe directors sug- gested the need of a convalescent home.—The Chairman moved the adoption of tbe report, and Mr T. Kessick seconded it. Mr H. R. Jordan thought a scheme should be launched for a convalescent home, and expressed his opinion that no more beneficent effort conld be made. (Hear, hear.)—Dr Marsh and others spoke in favour of children and others being sent to convalescsnt homes, such as those at Bourne* mouth, Weston-super-Mare, &c.; and the report was afterwards adopted. The directors were re elected; the treasurer (Mr Webber) was reappointed and votes were tendered to the directors, to tbe boost committw* to the niftiicsti .tal. AC

GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST A MASTER, LEAVING A SHiFAT PENARTH. At Bristol Marine Board on Tuesday, George Simons, an elderly man, was charged with miscon-* duct in signing- articles as master of the ship Mary P. Kitchen on a voyage from Penarth to Monte Video, and leaving .the ship at Penarth without having a certificated master to take charge. Mr J. Instnp acted as legal assessor to the board. Mr Henderson, prosecuting for the Board of Trade, said the accused signed articles as master of the ship Mary P. Kitchenat Penarth in April, 1888, and James Ryan signed as super- cargo at Is a month. His case was that Captain Simons started on the voyage with the intention of leaving the ship in charge of the supercargo, Ryan, who held no certificate, and that he received a bribe of £20 from Ryan to clear the ship of the port and then leave her to Ryan's charge.—Jamae Darlington, steward of the ship, said he saw the defendant on board of the ship for some time before signing articles. Tho defendant told him be was not going ont in the ship, and on one occasion defendant told him he had received B20 for doing the ship's writing. The ship started from Penarth, and defendant was aboard but between Penarth and Barry he went ashore in ttpdot boat. Witness did not notice anything the matter with the defendant, who ate a. hearty, breakfast. He saw Ryan handing the defendant some notes—be believed, £5 notes. f-Mrs Darlington, stewardess, said she spoke to the defendant about the stoves, and he told her he would have them moved if be was going the voyage,, but he was not. In reply to the defendant, she said she did not hear defendant say he wished bis legs were cut off and new ones put on. Benjamin Phillips, sergeant of the Glamorgan- shire Constabulary, produced a register of convictions at Penarth police-court. James Ryan appeared there us having been convicted of navigating a ship without a certificate. Mr Inskip pointed out that this oould not be evidence against the defendant. In answer to Mr Inskip, the defendant said he did not say thtl-t Ryan had a certificate. Ryan was the owner. There wa&, however, a certificated man on board when he (defendant) left. No further evidence was offered for the prosecution, and the defendant made a statement, which he afterwards repeated on oath. He said Ryan and bis agent engaged him when the ship was at Southampton, and he agreed to bring her round to Penarth, and to take her from there to Monte Video, where he wanted to go. He brought her round accordingly, gaw to her loadiug at Penarth, the shipment of a crew and of stores, and on Sunday morning, about the 15th of April, *he left Penarth. He had been suffering from sciatica, and was then seized with English cholera. Ryan, who was a rough-mannered American, told him if he was always going to be sick ne had better get out of that. He went ashore in the pilot boat, drove into Cardiff, took train to London, and went to his house in East London, where he remained in bed for six days. Hersubaequently paid for a passage to Monte Video, costing him £37, which he said he should have saved bad he gone on the Mafy P. Kitchen. He was over £60 out of pocket there- fore, not being paid the j353 he would have received for going out as master of Ryan's vessel. He had since obtained the JE35 from the agents of the vessel m London. Ho left the vessel in charge of the chief officer, who, he believed, held a master's certificate. The owner, Ryan, used to dictate to him (defendant) while hewasinher. Ryan was a saiior. He (defendant) had had a. master's certificate sines May, 1855. After private consultation, the .defendant was agaip questioned, and said the Mary P. Kitchen was a Cardiff vessel, and Ryan was a Philadet- pbian, and had not changed her flag. He (de- fendant) was attended by a doctor in London, and he could give a certificato. He had, however, no certificate with him, and no correspondence or papers to show he went to Monte VIdeo. He could easily prove that. Tho court was again cleared, and subsequently Mr Inskip asked the defendant which he preferred, the board settling the case now or tho matter beiog adjourned for him (defendant) to bring witnesses to corroborate what he had said. The defendant decided to have it settled now. It was pointed out that it was an important matter for hinn, but he said he would prefer the case being dealt with as. it was. He was found guilty of gross misconduct, and his j certificate was suspended for twelve months. He applied for a mate's certificate, but that was left to the Board of Trade to be dealt with.

BURGLARS IN SOUTH- WALES. Houses Rifled in Cardiff, Swansea, and Newport.. During the past week tho minds of the Glamorganshire County Constabulary, and the horough forces of Cardiff, Swansea, and Newport, have been greatly exercised by the depredations committed by a gang of burglars. These gentry, from the systematic nature of their operations, and the skilfulnsss with which their various coups are planned and executed, are evidently not a provincial product. They have graduated in one or other of the schools of villainy to be found in the metropolis or the big cities of tbe kingdom. Their primary object is coin of the realm in its natural guise, wherein it cannot be identified. They first visited the neighbourhood of Swansea, and carefully ransacked several houses, rifling cabin^s and escritoires in the hope of finding money. Any other article, no matter how valu- able, watches, ornaments, etc., they left untouched. From the scientific manner in which they proceed to work, it is obvious that they are supplied with all the instruments of their nefarious traffic, the antiquated locks and bolts prevalent in country districts being of little avail against their chisals, augers, and crowbars. In some cases a window was opened, in others a lock forced, whilst ventilators for larders were frequently found to be easy methods of ingress and exit. Thair number is unknown to the police indeed, all that the latter know of them is the meagre evidence furnished by rooms left disorderly by their rummaging, and cuts and fractures in window paues, doors, and drawers. From Svransea they came towards Cowbridge, and ransacked the house of Mr Huntley at Welsh St. Donatt's. They obtained an entrance into his library, and thoroughly searched the place in quest of money. In the morning, when the inmates examined the room, they found cheques, drafts ^kiid valuable documents lying aboat the floor, but as there did not happen to be any coiu of tho realm in the apartment, the thieves dpcamped empty handed. Thence they proceeded to Cardiff, and broke into several houses in the vicinity of Ely, where they pursued the same systematic quest, being success- ful in some cases. At one house they took an old coat and bat, but this was obviously for the purpose of changing a disguise. Residents in Cardiff will feel relieved to hear that the burglars have for the time being left them, as the gang was next heard of in Newport, where on Thursday they broke into a number of dwellings. So far they have been extraordinarily daring in their actions, whilst the cool skill with which their work ia conducted forms one of the most baffling features in the way of tbe police. However, the latter are actively engaged in setrching for the malefactors, an active enquiry being maintained in all parts of the district. Possibly the pitcher will go to the well too often, and the cracksmen may realize the truth of the old rhyme, He that takes what isn't his'n, When he's cotched he goea to prison."

AN "ARTFUL DODGER" ARRESTED. _j The man who was captured at Cardiff on Friday by Detective-Inspector Jones, of the Newport borough police, and P.S. Pask, of the Newport county police, is the individual who his been causing no end of uneasiness to the custo- dians of the law in the Newport district. It ap pears that in August last John Cromwell, the man indicated, was lilJerated on ticket-of-leave from a penal establishment. His relatives reside at Newport, aud to this town he returned. Before loug he began to schema with the view of trans- ferring other people's property to bis own custody and use. Capital "business" was the trick of finding out the residences of dock labourers and other workmen, and going with a great atJsuIllption of haste and importance to the house selected anti declaring to the wife that her husband had just fallen into the water, had been rescued, and wanted a day suit of clothes offhand. He generally succeeded in obtaining the clothing, which, of course, he confiscated to his own use or pledged. He is known to have practised the dodge three times, onlv once failure attending it. After the railway collision at Newport a month ago be represented himself to be a railway engineer sent down to perform important duties in connection therewith. He obtained a coat from a house in William-str^t, pillgwenlly a cornet from a house in Baroardtowa, where he had taken lodgings with the-idea of pilfering as the oppor- tunity arose; three coats from the locomotive shed at the Great Western Railway; and two woats from a house near the Handposts Inn, Stow Park. Cromwell, of course, had any num- ber of aliases, and had successfully attempted the fallen iuto the dock trick at Cardiff oó Friday, when Inspector Jones and Sergeant Pask, who happened to be at the Welsh metropolis, got wind of the matter, and at once, aud huppilyi jumped to the con- clusion that he was tbe gentleman whose vagaries at Newport caused so much uneasiness. Within an hour of prisoner's apprehension be had obtained two iuits of clothing from Cardiff residents. Th6 ^prisoner will be brought up at Newport, on M/S^daV, but will be remanded. In all probability he will be relegated to the unfinished penal punishment from wbich he was let out on leave,

MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A GAMEKEEPER. I, On Monday otorping news reached Marlborough ot a murderouy«tt*ck upon a gamekeeper, in the employ of the Marfliis of Ailesbury, in Savernake Forest, duri0»^Jne night. The gamekeeper, Watkins, is j.0portod to have come upon gang of poachers, 15 in number, between three and four^a.m. So was set upon and brutally beaten about the head with bludgeons, but, notwithstanding terrible injuries, managed to crawl homeL >i?bere be was found insensible. Tbe victim was removed to Savernake hospital, where he lieatUj an nnconscions condition, very slight hopes bfei,# entertained of bis recovery. Tbe police belief* they have information which will lead to the apprehension of the perpetrators of the outrage.

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CARDIFF SCIENCE AND ART SCHOOLS. Annual Prize Distribution. The annual distribution of prizes to the students attending the Cardiff Science and Art Schools washeld at the assembly-roem, Town-hall, on Tuesday evening, the distribution being made by the Rev J. M. Wilson, M.A., bead master of Clifton College. The Mayor presided. The body of the spacious room was crowded = by students of both sexes and their friends. The MAYOR introduced the Rev J. M. Wilson to tbe meeting, and in so doing spoke in complimentary terms of the educational work accomplished by that gentleman at Clifton and Bristol. The Rev J. M. WILSON afterwards delivered an address. It was, he said, with very great pleasure be received an invitation to come and give away the prizes on that occasion. They in Bristol heard a good deal about Cardiff— (laughter)—they were just a little afraid of it— (renewed laughter)—and so he liked to come down and see what this stirring young neighbour of Bristol was doing. He must heartily congratulate the committee of the free library and science and art schools on the very marked success .of the schools connected with the free library, and on the success of the teach- ing 10 those schools. It was sufficient to look round that room to be able to see with their own eyes what had been done in the art school. (Applause.) Cardiff must be con- gratulated on having taken a very enlightened step. He understood there were but three towns in the neigbbourbood-Carditf, Swansea, and Newport—which h\d availed themselves of the free library act in order to establish schools in connection with the free library—schools devoted to the purposes of science and art. In fact, they had solved for themselves thei question of imparting technical instruction wmle others had been talking about it. (Applause.) That was a very great feather in the cap of Cardiff, and a very great debt was due to those enlightened citizens of the town who, about 25 years ago, availed themselves of the Free Libraries Act. (Hear, hear.) He was glad to hear that the corporation had expressed their willingness to spend B10.000 upon the extension of the existing school buildings. He would ad vise them, while they were about it, to build something that would be worthy not only of Cardiff in the present, but of Cardiff in the future. The population was growing rapidly, and by the end of the century must roach 200,000. The present was the time to prepare for the future. There were two things wanting in the educational system at Cardiff. They had excellent elementary schools for their boys aud girls, but what became of them after they lefc school ? What steps were taken to cArryon their educa- tion ? In Switzerland children left school at 14, but were of necessity continuing their education up to the age of 16 in recreative evening schools. In England tins idea was aimost new, but, nevertheless, in some towns voluntary evening classes were doing a good work. The speaker then went on to express the opinion that a good grammar school, in touch with the University College, was required in the town, and in conclusion counselled the students M to the spirit in wnich they should pursue their studies. The distribution of the prizes followed, the recipients of the principal ones being loudly applauded as they stepped up to the platform. Below we give the names of the prize winners, but it should be stated that the list does not include those who obtained certificates :— SCHOOL OF ART (2ND GRADE) —Authony JiJ. Roberts, Fdgar Karrell, Ernest Cope, Thomas Jones Evans, Albert Edward Harris, Harold Ernest Houston, Richard L, Reece, Cecil Locke Wilson, Harry Durnell, Thomas Williams, Arthur C. Badcoe, Henry Haddon. Wm. Dawson Baker, Charles Kussell Peacock, and Philip J. Price. THIRD GRADE,—Herbert Hampton, Joseph M. Stauiforth, and It. Eo J. Bush, SOUTH KKKSINGTON EXAMINATION (Advanced Scales).—Richard Lloyd, Joseph M. Stauiforth, Joseph H. D. Wakeford, George H. Grocock, .Herbert Hamp- ton, Thomas Powell, Herbert 'JL\ Dobbs, and Reginald E. J. Bush. LOCAL PRIZES FOR ART.—Lilian L. Baker, R. E. J. Rush, S. K. Cox, Kosetta A. Davies, H. Gregory, H. Hampton, T. Kewhau, T. Powell. J. M, Staniforth, and F. Thurston. TOWN MEDALS FOR ART.—H. Hampton, bronze; J. M. Stamfortb. silver aud R. E. J. Busb, gold. LOCAL EXHIBITION FOR ART.—Value j350 and free tuition at the National Art Training School—R. E. J. Bush. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE.—David J. Evans, James Prince, Thomas Williams, Joseph H. Bant, William R. Wilkes. Richard Lloyd, Anthony K. Roberts, and Mortun Ware. LOCAL SCIENCE PRIZES.—H. T. Dobbs, R. Lloyd, Thomas Hiscock, R. L. Reece, Anthony E. Roberts, W. R. Wilkes, F.J. T. Stock, H. Lucas, R. H. Seel, M, Ware, C. Cawley. and R. Davies, TOWN MEDVLS FOR SCIENCE. — Richard Lloyd, bronze A. K. Roberts, silver and M. Ware, gold. LOCAL EXHIBITIONS FOR SCIENCE.—Value :J:.5Q and free tuition at the Royal School of Mines, and Normal School of Science.—H. D. Griffiths and W. W. F Pullen, 2nd year. TECHNOLOGICAL EXAMINATION (held by the City and Guilds of Loudon IlIstitute).-Frank Lane, plumber's work. Dr TATLOR proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Wiison, which was seconded by Mr PETER DAVIES, and carried by acclamatiou.

COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS. Cardiff Centre. The Christmas examination of pupils by the College of Preceptors was held for the Cardiff centre at the Presbyterian Schoolroom; Windsor- place, under the superintendence of the Rev E. Morgan, B.A. There were 66 candidates—22 boys and 44 girls. Two entered for the first class, neither of whom passed 28 for the second class, of whom 6 passed and 36 for the third class, of whom 27 passed while 13 obtained 5ertificates of a lower class than that for which they entered. Thus, of the 66 candidates examined, 46 passed, or 70 per cent. The number of candidates entered for tbe Christmas examina- tion throughout the country was 9,437, and the total number of candidates examined tor certifi- cates by the College of Preceptors during the year ending Christmas, 1888, was 15,290. The following is a list of the candidates at the Cardiff centre who obtained certificates:— BOYS. SECOND CLASS.—Stccnd Division T. Williams, Lewis' Endowed School, Gelligaer (Mr R. W, Jones). Third Division—3. Phillips, St. Clears Grammar School (Rev J. Evans); M. P. Gabe, Advanced Ele- mentary School, Merthyr Tydfil (Mr A. Potter). THIRD CLASS.—First Division-M. Williams, Ponty- pridd Grammar School (Mr J. F. McClune); 14. Powell, St. Mary's Hall (Mr A. Low). Second Division —P. J. Powell St. Mary's Hall (Mr A. Low); S. J. Griffiths, Pontypridd Grammar Scnool (Mr J. F. McClune) G. Atkinson, St. Mary's Uall (Mr A. Low) N. Wilde, St. Mary's Hall (Mr A. Low); W. Jones, St. Mary's Hall (Mr A. Low). Thitd Division-T. m. Jones, Advanced Elementary Schdbl, Merthyr Tydfil [Mr A. Potter); G. X. Davies. private tuition G. Aitken and J. Murray, St. Mary's Hall (Mr A. Low). GIRLS. SECOND CLASS,-Slcond Division.—E. M. Cullen, Kensington House (Miss Harvey); G. Thomas, Harrow House High School (Misses Marks); A. M. Pritchard, St. Catherine's School (Miss Tullis): Third Division— V/Kdwards, Higher Grade Girls' School (Mrs Rogers'. THIRD Ci ASS.—First Division—M. E. Howell and E. M. Jones. St. Catherine's School (Miss Tullis); E. DaYid, Harrow House High School (Misses Marks) A. G. Davies, Varteg House. Penarth (Misses Jones); Ellen Gavey, A. V. Jones, and A. WaJkey, St. Catherine's School (Miss Tullis); G. Jones and E. William". Harrow House High School (Misses Marks). Second Division.—IS. G. Williams and S, J. Edwards, St. Catherine's SchoolJ(Miss Tullis) F. Lewis, Henley House, Penarth (Miss Fisher) J. M. Woosey.St. Catherine's School (Miss Tullis) M. Evans, Harrow House High School (Misses Marks) A. John, Varteg House, Penarth (Misses Jones); B. Cule, Harrow House High School (Misses Marks) K. E. Hunter, St. Catherine's School (Misi Tuhis) B. Eidmann, Hanley House, Pemrth (Miss Fisher); Edith Gavey, St. Catherine's School (Miss Tullis) A. Hughes, Harrow House (Misses Marks). Third Division.— S, J. Krieger, St. Catherine's School (Miss Tullis); T. Davies, Varteg House, Penarth (Misses Jones); A. Hansen, St. Andrew's, Penarth (Miss Frost) M. B. Price, Summerfield House. Maesy- cwmmer (Mrs Nicholls); J. Kidd, HenH' House, Penarth (Miss Fisher); W. Neale, Varteg House, Penarth (Misses Jones) L. M. Baker, Girl's Collegiate School fMiss Baker); G. Elias, Harrow House High School (Misses Marks).

MERTHYR AND THE PUBlIO LIBRARIES ACT. A Generous Offer froTij Middlesbrough, The following letter has been received by Mr Davis, secretary to the Mertbyr Library Linthorpe Iron Works, Middlesboroujfh, January bth, 1889. DEAR SIR,—Your letters dated 10th inst., and reo ferring to the Merthyr Library have been duly received by my brother, Mr Illtyd Williams, and myself this morning. Enclosed you will find a cheque for £ 5, which please enter as a subscription to the B50 fuud you are raising from the "representatives of the late .Edward Williams." These include my brothers and sisters and myself. We trust you will be very suc- cessful in replenishing your shelves, and giving the insti- tution a new start. We quite agree with you as to the desirability of a place like Merthyr adopting the Public Libraries' Acts, and I mav take this opportunity of saying privately to the members of your committee that if such a. step were being taken, we would be inclined to help it in tbe following way. We have a house in Merthyr, No. 4, Wellington-street, which was my grandfather's, and which my father contemplated devoting to some public purpose. This is ours, subject to a ground rent of £6 118 7d. per annum for tbe remainder of a term of 99 years from 12th May. 1842, and we should be inclined to make over our interest in it if it could be established as a free library, this, of course, subject to everything being- arranged in such a manner as seemed to us to give a prospect of success. The question of competition between your library and the public library would, of coune, arise, and I do not know what your committee would be willing to do under the circum- stances. We do not. of course, wish to push the matter 1 but¡ onll that some few of those people interested in the matter 10 Merthyr shonld know our position, and pernaps bear it in mind in view of the question one day becoming a practical one. The house, which is used as an armoury, is, we think, in position and construc- tion well suited for a public library. I am, dear sir. yours truly. ANEURIN WILLIAMS. "av's< Esq., Hon. Sec., Merthyr Library. Merthyr.

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GLAMORGAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, The Annual Meeting, The annual general business meeting waa held on Tuesday at the Bear Hotel, Cowbridge, under the presidency of Mr J. S. Gibbon, of Newton House. There were also present Sir J. 1!1. Spear- man, Colonel T. B. Tyler, Mr R. T. Bassett, Mr F. Matthews, Mr John Garsed, Mr William Thomas (Sully), Mr John Spencer, Mr G. Lewis, Mr T. Payne, Mr D. J. Jenkins, Mr S. T. Alexander, Mr Henry Thomas. Mr D. Spencer, jun., Mr J. E. Spencer, Mr William Jones, Mr Rees Thomas. Mr T. Thomas, and Mr Huntley (secretary). ANNUAL REPORT. Mr GARSED read the annual report of the committee to the above society. The committee con- gratulated the society upon the continuousimprove- ment in the show-yard receipts as compared with the previous year, wbile regretting that the list ot annual subscribers showed but a small increase. The corcmittee strongly recommended the appointment of local districts for each district in the county for the purpose of obtaining annual subscriptions, and otherwise advancing the intarests of the society. The annual show last year at Swansea was held on a beautiful site at Victoria Park, and though thunderstorms affected the receipts on the first day, the attendance on the succeeding day exceeded any previous day in the society's career. The admissions were at Cardiff 3 in 1886 — 5,319; Aberdare, 1887-8,727; Swansea, 1888-10,076. The receipts were-Cardiff, J3226 9s lOd Aberdare, jM60 15s 3d Swansea, J6584 Os 9d these figures being exclusive of admission to the grand stand. The stock show at Swansea was a fair average, and included many prize-winning celebrities throughout the kingdom. Some local classes filled well, but the committee regret that the tenant farmer class did not take better. Imple- ments did not increase, though fees were materially reduced. The total number of entries in tbe various classes in the periods above named were-Cardiff, 555 Aberdare, 616 Swansea, 612. A new departure, by the holding of the Swansea Dog Show on the ground, proved a decided hit, there being as many as 416 exhibits. Owing to want of funds, the committee were unable to carry out the working dairy. They, however, trust it will become an annual feature in the show. The town of Swansea gave a warm welcome to the society, and formed an influential committee which rendered able assistance in bringing the meeting to a successful issue. A sum of £294 10s had been paid to the funds of the society by the committee, out of which JE196 wero given as special prizes a further donation is expected when the local fund is complete. The total receipts from all sources for the year (exclusive of treasurer's balances), was J31,802 Os 31, and the total expenditure (including the JB250 to reduce the balance), amounted to £1)819 63 9d. The committee congratulated the society on its improved financial condition, but urged upon the members the necessity of collecting arrears, which hampered the operations of the society. The report concluded by tendering thanks to Mr J. T. U. Llewelyn, the president of the show, to the donors of prizes and stewards, and to the secretary (Mr Huntley) for the skill and ability with which he had performed bis duties. The report and aecounts were duly passed. NEXT TEAR'S SHOW. A large and influential deputation was then introduced, inviting the society to hold their next year's exhibition at Treorky, Rhondda. Valley. The spokesmen were the Kev W. Lewis (vicar of Ystrad), Mabon, M.P., Messrs William Morgan (Tynewydd), Evan Evans (Cardiff), and D. W. David, J.P. Mr D. T. ALEXANDER moved, and Mr D. SPENCER, jun., seconded, that the invitation be accepted.

COWBRIDGE FARMERS' CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general meesing of this club was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the Bear Hotel Assembly-room, when Colonel T. B. Tyler, of Llantrithyd (president) occupied the chair.- There were also present Sir Joseph Spearman, Bart., Colonel Hobart Tyler (St. Hilary), Messrs H. O. Jones (Fonmon), Rees Thomas, William Thomas, J. E. Spencer, William Thomas (Llantwit), T. Jones, D. Spencer, junr.. J. Usher, D. J. Jenkins, J. S. Gibbon, and T. Payne, and the .Rev E. Jenkins. COMMITTEES REPORT. The committee reported that the funds of the club were still in a most flourishing condition. They regretted the amount of arrears and the difficulty in getting members to read papers. The Christmas Fat Stock Show had again proved a great success. The committee referred to the desirability of charging an entrance fee, to be returned to exhibitors, as at the last show a large number of entered cattle were not brought into the ring. On the 8th of May, 1887, the following resolution was passed at a general meeting ot the club:— The action of Lewis v. Lewis has been brought to the knowledge of this club, and the discussion thereon ap. pearing to be based to some extent on Mr Owen's pam. phlet upon the Glamorganshire custom, this club is of opinion that the same pamphlet is not in all respects a correct exposition of this custom and that the matter be referred to a committee of this club for further con. sideration. The committee appointed to enquire into the matter bad made several attempts to grapple with it, but owing to various causes, they were unable to present a report on the subject.—The Chairman moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Sir J. E. Spearman, and agreed to. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Mr D. J. Jenkins proposed, and Sir J. E. Spearman seconded. the selection of Mr 0. H. Jones, of Fonmon Castle, as president for the year.—Sir J. E. Spearman proposed, and Mr T. Jonos seconded, the election of Mr D. Spencer, junior, as vice-president. The following were ejected as committee men to fill up vacancies :— Sir J. E. Spearman, Colonel Hobart Tyler, Mr Rees Thomas, and Mr Thomas Jones, Mr Gibbon and Mr Garsed were elected auditors. THE GLAMORGANSHIRE CUSTOM. CoJ. TYLER, in returning thanks for the vote passed for his services aspresidentinthe past year, referred to the resolution embodied in the report as to the Glamorganshire custom. It had been proposed that the club should take seme action to make this custom more clear, but it was felt to be a difficult question, and one requiring more consideration than the club had in the past year been able to devote to it. He was of opinion that it. should not be lost sight of by competent persons.— Mr O. H. Jones said that if anything^faad to be written or set out by the club, it could only be done by getting evidence and opinions from members of the club and agriculturists competent to give it. If they could get sucb opinion, it would be perhaps possible to make a digest of it which would be a tolerably correct statement of the custom as it exists. The real difficulty seemed to have been hitherto in obtaining that evidence. If they got this some service might be done, but unless it was thoroughly done it would be worse than useless. (Applause.) Any effort in obtaining a clear exposition of the custom did not reflect upon the gentleman who had written upon the subject, for Mr Owen's pamphlet mainly dealt with the question of tenant right, and the custom of the county only occupied part of that pamphlet. But they wanted something fuller. Tbp meeting then terminated.

ROBBERIES AT ABERCARNE AND NANTYGLO. Henry Jarrett, aged 21, a collier, who has been several times previously convicted. Was brought up in custody charged with stealing a watch, the property of Mary White, a single woman, living with her parents at Abercarne, and a gold stud and other articles, the property of John Norris, at Naotyglo, on the 17th and Slat. On the 16th Instant the prisoner obtained lodgings at Miss White's parents' bouse, and left on the 17th and on the 19th the watch was missing. Prisoner went to Garnvach and called upon Edwin Gillard, with whom he had formerly lodged. The prisoner informed Gillard that he bad been bought out of the army by his. wife for £21, and that he was the owner of two large shops in London. He also llmted Gillard to go and spend a month with hitn in London. He slept at the house of Gillard that night, and the following day they went to the Firemen's Arms, where they had a drink. There the prisoner offered the watch foe sale to Gillard, who told him that he would buy it at 8s, and would pay for it when the prisoner settled up for his lodgings. The watch was handed over to Gillard. The prisoner stayed at Gillard's until the Monday, and attempted to get a shilling off Mrs Gillard. About midday he disappeared, and the same evening the watch waa handed to a police-constable from Abercarne. Then the stud and other articles were found to be missing from the house of Gillard. Prisoner was arrested by P.C. Craig at Cwmsiviog, New Tredegar, on the 22ad, where be gave the name of Henry Thomas Jones. — The prisoner was committed for trial. •

DEATH OF A MASTER MARINER AT NEWPORT. An inquest was held at the Talbot Hotel. New. Port, on Tuesday evening, before Mr Martin Edwards, coroner, on the body of Michael Fitz- £ 55 years of age, master of the brigantina ■Ellen, of Youghal, who died somewhat suddenly on board ship on Friday last. The vessel had been lyinK at the Penmaen Wharf, USlt side. Deceased had been ailing for some time. Oa Friday,* the mate went to tbe broker's offices, and obtained a dispensing note for the attendance of one of the infirmary and dispensary medical DIeD. This was delivered to the surgeon by the broker's clerk, but was not acted upon, and the deceased died shortly afterwards,-—The Coroner expressed surprise that a doctor paid to attend Patients upon out-door notes should have neglected such a case, and promised the jury to Place himself in communication with the directors ot the infirmary on the matter.—A verdict was returned of "Death from natural causes."

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THE VOLUNTEER FORCE. Increased Grants Demanded. Advocacy of Compulsory Army Service. Mr Chamberlain presided on Saturday at the annual presentation of prizes to the Birmingham Rifia Volunteers, which took place in the Town- hall. Lord Wolseley presented the prizes to the successful competitors. The hall was crowded with the members of the corps and their friends. Mr CHAMBERLAIN, in opening the proceedings, said I have accepted with great pleasure the invitation of the officers of the 1st Warwickshire Battalion to preside at this very interesting ceremony, and I think I may congratulate the battalion upon being honoured by the presence of one of the most distinguished of British soldiers. (Cheers.) In this country we have enrolled something like 230,000 citizen soldiers, the ereat majority of whom are efficient, and many of whom are most excellent marksmen. How important an addition that is to the military forces of the country you can understand when 1 remind you that the whole of the regular army does not number much over 200,000 men, and that we never retain in this country in times of peace but little more than 100,000 men. What is the reason of this great popularity of the volunteer force What has maintained it in existence after the fmmediate cause of it has long passed away ? I think, in the first plane, it is the instinct of patriotism, which I am glad to think still exists in every Englishman's breast—(cheers)—I ought, from fear of offending Scotland, to say in the breast of every Briton—(renewed cheers)— and, in addition to that, there is the love of physical exercise, the interest in all outdoor pursuits which has always distinguished the Anglo-Saxon race above all other people. And I notice, and yorl also probably noticed that Lcrd Wolseley urged upon you the importance of the adoption of something like a national system of physical instruction. He spoke of it as'being a great moral as well as a physical educational force, and I think he suggested that it might be obtained by a universal military conscription. I do not think we have come to that yet. (Hear, hear. I must say that, to my mind, that is not within the region of practical politics. (Hear, hear.) But I am sure Lord Wolesley will agree with me in congratulating the country upon, at all events, the existence of a voluntary military force which offers to our young men—if they choose to avail themselves of it— opportunities for that physical discipline to which he and we alike attach so much importance. I have said that the force is popular. The fact that it is popular is proved not only by the numbers of those who take part in it, by their assiduity to drill and the time they give to,but by the fact that, under the circumstances, it involves in many cases very considerable pecuniary sacri- fices. There has uever been a time in the history of the volunteer force when the grants made by the State have been sufficient to meet its expenses. I have asked myself whether that is fair,whetber it is right that we should impose not only sacrifices of time and labour, but also sacri- fices of money,upon those who are willing to join in the defence of their country. (Hear, hear.) I suppose that the answer to the question will largely depend upon what view is taken by the country generally, and above all by the military authorities, of the value of this force. If volun- teering is only one form of amusement, if it is only a recreation like cricket or football, if it is a sort of military calisthenics, then I can understand it may be very fair that those who engage in it should enerage in it at their own expense but if the volunteer force of the country constitutes at this present time a force upon which our military authorities would confidently rely for the defence of the country in times of need, then it seems to me that the country and not the private iudiv. iduals composing this force ought to bear the whole of the expenses—(applause)—which are necessary to their efficient organisation, (Applause.) Lord WOLSELEY then addressed the men pre- vious to presenting the prizes. He expressed a hope that the time would never come when the volanteer force might be called upon to take their fair share in the defence of this empire, but he wa's quite certain if that time should ever arrive we could depend upon them, as we had always hitherto depended upon the British soldier, to maintain the honour and interests of this country should those interests ever be attacked. With regard to shooting, what was required was that the bulk of men in a corps should shoot well) that there should be a high average of shooting rather than a small number of men who could hit a bull's-eye at great distances. It was the greatest possible delusion to imagine that shooting at these long distances and being able to hit a bull's-eye at 800 or 1,000 yards was a very wonderful military feat. It was interesting from a shooting point of view, but it was no great feat from a military point of view. Military efficiency lay in having a large proportion of average shots in a regiment. I

AN ATHLETE'S SAD DEATH. A Dublin athlete named Maxwell has just died in the hospital under sad circtnnstances. Last week be was running with the Jilysian Harriers Club when he trod on some glass and cut his foot. On Wednesday he entered the hospital for treatment, but two days after lockjaw set in and he ia now dead.

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DR PARKER AND WORKING MEN There can ba no doubt as to the popularity of Dr Parker's Monday "Talks to Working Men." On Monday afternoon the school-room attached to the City Temple in Shoe-lane was closely packed with working men, who listened attentively while Dr Parker discoursed on Mistakes about Christianity." Some dinners were eaten at the back of the hall, where the frugal pipe was also indulged in. Much of Dr Parker's address was taken up with criticism of the Church Catechism and the Establishment generally; and then came the heckling. The questions put as they were by bona fide working men are intensely interesting as showing the attitude of the average working man towards Christianity. Nor are Dr Parker's answers devoid of interest. "Doctor," shouted a man at the right of the platform, doctor." There was sconce, and the man propounded his question. He desired to know how Dr Parker would reconcile the life of Christ, who had not where to lay his head," with that of certain clergymen who received £10,000 a year from two parishes. This friend ui not attacking the Son of God," exclaimed Dr Parker I am discoursing concerning mistakes, about Christianity, not about the mistakes of persons professing Christianity." Then there arose another questioner-an intelligent man whose story reads like a page from some novel by Charles Ringsley. "Seven years ago, he said, "I was a member of the Baptist vhucch. My mother, who was not a believer, died. I went to Mr Spurgeon and Mr Moody tor u' J was that ho that bdlieveth not small be damned. That was all the comfort I got. Then I elected that if my mother were damned eternally I would be damned also." Thera were sympathetic cheers from the working men around, mingled with cries of "Question," Tbe speaker went on to sav that be subsequently met the Rev Charles. V oysey, in whose doctrine he found pence and rest. He wished to know why Dr Parker in a recent sermon had described Mr Vpysey as a "duffer." Dr Parker, in reply. said he never applied such a term t» Mr Voysey. He merely quoted a doggerel rhyme, and then publicly repudiated it. With regard to the question of eternal torments, it was impossible to discuss it; but he would refer them to the all inclusive eternal life of God. Rest on that and leave all else." Spiritualism is in the world, and spreading," said a man who had taken the precaution to write down his question whence came it ?—from God, man, or the devil. I can answer for the devil," added this advocatus diuboli. 1\ I don't understand spiritualism, replied th8 doctor; but I certainly disbelieve and repudiate materialism. I would rather go in the direction of a large spiritual interpretation of things than imprison myself within the narrow bounds of a material explanation." The last question caused great laughter. It came from the back of the hall, and ran as follows Why is it that the majority of working men look upon the majority of parsons ¡ throughout the world as either quacks or knaves 7 There is a very good proverb," replied the j doctor, that says 'Evil be to him tbat evil thinks r thinks r

MR PARNELL'S ACTION AGAINST THE "TIMES." The Claim for £50,000. -The action by Mr Parnell agamst the Times for f jB50,000 damages for alleged libel was again before f the court of session at Edinburgh on Tuesday, j when counsel addressed Lord Kinnear from I behind a large pile of books and documents. Mr I J. B. Balfour addressed the court for plaintiff, holding that funds had been arrested sufficient to I found jurisdiction. The hearing lasted all day, and his lordship took the case to avizandum.

A NOTTINGHAM TRAGEDY. On Saturday evening, John Binder, a hosiery hand, aged 58, employed at Messrs Blackburn and factory, Nottingham, made a determined attempt to murder his wife, and afterwards, it m supposed, committed suicide. Returning home, and finding bis wIfe under the influence of liquor, be became exasperated, and a quarrel ensued. A crippled son the house, and his mother waS follow, when Binder, who is a German, a ew a revolver an'd fw-ed six shots at her. None I hnfr T>- iJullets' however, took effect, but Binder felled his wife by a blow mfllcted with the butt end of the weapon. Jie then ran away towards the river Trent; and aoout the same time a man, whose description corresponds with that of Binder, was seen to jump trom the parapet of a bridge over the Trent nto the water below, a distance of thirty feet. cmaer has. not been seen since, and it is supposed iv ^as,le person who committed suicide. Mrt cinder s wound is not dangerous.

PONTYPOOL TORIES CREST- FALLEN. Belfs, Bonfires, and Bands not Wanted. Elaborate arrangements, says the Star, were made by the Tories in the neighbourhood of PontYPool ia anticipation of the triumphant return of their friends in the recent ccunty council election. Blazing bonfires were to be lit and the belIs rung, and in one case the band was to play, "gee, the conquering bero comes." Upon the declaration of the poll, however, the demonstration did not take place, the Liberal candidates being returned with good majorities. v A Pontypool paper publishes the following advertisement ATTRACTIVE BALB OF ,■ POLITICAL ODDS AND EN'DS To be sold, a large number of torche!, a of tar, and the use of a brass band. The abovs were not required on the evening of the 17th, and the owners have no further need of them. Apply at the Conservative Committee Rooms, Garn- ddiffaith. Also, a second-hand cold collation, and the aat ot the bell-ringers, hooters, steam whistles, APPiy at the Drill Hall, Panteg. By Order of the Forlorn Hope,

CARDIFF JUNIOR LIBERAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the above associ>- tipn was held on Tuesday, when the Rev George ttargreayea delivered a spirited address on U Crime in Ireland—who are the Criminals!" He strongly denounced the action of the Govern- ment in imprisoning the Irish members, whose only crime was that they unflinchingly endeavoured to obtain justice for their down-trodden country- men. At the conclusion of the lecture, M* Edward Thomas (CochfarfJ observed that the object of the Government undoubtedly was tff maintain their majority in the House, seeing that they were losing ground in the country. M* Thomas then proposed the following resolution* which was seconded by Dr A. C. Parr, supported by Mr John Thomas and the Rev T. C. Williams, and carried unanimously:— That this Association views with the strongest aversion the unprecedented and .unwarrantable action of the Irish Chief Secretary in his continued persecu. tion of the people of Ireland. Believing with Mr John Morley that such actions are savage, vindictive, and atrocious, we feel justified in calling the attention of the executive committee of the South Wales Liberal Federation to the desirability of setting on foot » demonstration of the whole federated associations to protest in the most solemn and emphatic manner of this savage, Tindic. tiTe. and atrocIOUS pohey.

MR W. R, H. POWELL, M.P. T?Aw>r^3 Association telegram says Mr W. "°well, member tor West Carmarthen* «nire, is lying- in a dangerous condition at bis welsh residence. His life is despaired of.

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CLAIM AGAINST THE DOWLAIS IRON COMPANY. At the Mertbyr Tydfil police coart on Monday —before Mr W. M. North and Mr W. Smytb- WilHam Edwards, cinder filler, 42, Llewellyn- street, Dowlais, made a claim against the Dowlais Iron Company for a balance of £3 16s lid, alleged to be due to him ou a wages account.—Mr W. Beddoe appeared for complainant, and Mr j Gvvilym James (Messrs G. and C. Jamas) appearad for the defendants. Complainant had been in the company's employ eight years, five of which were spent in connection with the Bessemer steel department. On his behalf, and by himself in evidence, it was contended that his wages were by custom 7s 5d per every 100 tons which the No. 19 furnace, to which he was attached, yielded, and the amount claimed was due on the October pay as a balance, after allowing for advances, etc. There was also a clerical error in the claim which would nave the effect of reducing the amount due by an allocation for three days. On the other hand, it was urged that the rate of wages payable had varied in accordance with the class of work done at the furnace, which was re- started in January, 1883. The standard rate was "62, or 5s 2d, per 100 tons, and it was upon that basis that the company's cashier had written a letter in the course of correspondence with Mr Beddoe intimating that the complainant's wages were 3" 3 7.10d per day. For some time previously complainant had been paid at the rate of 7s 51 per 100 tons, bat this was now stated by Mr Hurst, tbe manager of the iron department, and by Mr E. H. James, pay clerk, to have been done by the latter in error and it was argued by Mr Gwilym James that this inadvertent error did not pledge the company, although the company had not asked for the money to be refunded. It was also intimated that this case affected 20 other fnrnacemen, and might be regarded as a test.—Mr Beddoe had given notice tor the production of the books showing what complainant had been paid, and how paid, during a period of about two years. These books were not now 10 court, and Mr James explained that he found it was inconve- nient for them to be produced that day, as the company, who employed thousands of men, bad them in use. The case was subsequently adjourned till .Wednesday week for the produc- tion of these books.

NEWPORT BOARD OF GUAR- DIANS. At the meeting on Saturday, Col. Lyne) pre- siding, an application for increase of salary was received from Mr Rees, rate collector and assistant overseer. The overseers had recommended as increase of JE50, and the assessment committee endorsed this, but a motion by the Rev. J. C. S. Darby,, granting the increase, was not seoonded, and it was decided to postpone the application for one mO'L'tb.-Tl1e Chairman mentioned a case which illustrated the extreme care necessary to be observed by magistrates in certify- ing persons to be of unsound mind. Au old lady who had become distraught about some arrears of rent, had been sent to the work- house as a lunatic, but the exciting cause of her distress being removed through the generosity of friends, she pjrew rapidly well, and had been dis- charged from '41k? workhouse.—The clerk reported that tbe charge per head at Bridgend Asylum had been reduced from 8j 8d to 83 per weak.

MR BRIGHT. Mr Bright passed a good night on Saturday, sleeping nearly five hours. Dr Hayle found him better on Sunday, the condition of the affected lung having improved, and his strength increased. He passed a comrortable day. He is now able to leave his bedroom and sit in an adjacent chamber a short time daily.

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BLOOD TAX FOR BRITAIN. Lord Wolseley's plea. for the blood tax at Birmingham will fall as flat as previous exhorta- tions of the same kind have done in this country. We are not going to sacrifice the chief advantage of our insular position merely because Lord Wolseley, who naturally thinks that there is nothing like-1eatber, has deluded himself into the belief that compulsory military service would be an enormous physical and moral advantage for the whole population." There is not a State in Europe that would not get rid of it to-morrow if only it had a sea frontier. There is not a com- munity in the world which dt>es not regard tbev conscription as the most frightful curse which civilisation has to suffer from the armed peace of the modern world.—PaU Mall Gazette. Lord Wolseiey is getting on. Under the august patronage of Messrs Joseph Chamberlain and Jesse Collings, he has declared himself in favour of conscription. The only hope he sees for this country in the coming struggle for existence among nations is to take every young man from his "unhealthy home" for at least two years of his life, and subject him to the invigorating moral and physical influences of the barrack-room. We must, in short, adopt the German regime, and, of course, Lord Wolseley will be our Moltke.—Star. At the afternoon conference, on Sunday, at St James's Hall, the Rev Eugh Price Hughes began a series of addresses, on "War," immediately prompted by Lord Wolseley's address at Birmingham on Friday. He took special excep- tion to the statement that a nation was built up by its soldiers and sailors. Was this so with tho United States?" exclaimed Mr Hughes. \I No. Was it so with the Puritan Fathers. Or Canada ? or Africa? or Australia?" He noted that Iiji owed its present prosperity in the first place to a Lincolnshire farmer full of the Holy Ghost-— John Hunt. The only part of our Empire to which Lord Wolseley's statement could legiti- mately refer was India—but we went there tor commerce in the first place. It is not held by military power now, but by the justice of British rule and the "Pax Britannica." Napoleon bad indeed a good deal of truth on his side when be sneered at us as a nation of shopkeepers." How much do we owe to Livingstone and Stanley, to philanthropists and missionaries 1 Emigrants were the men who founded nations. Spain was a great military nation at the time England was a small one. And to-day we are in advance of France because we have a purer faith. France to-day is a specimen of a nation eaten up by military power. What have France and Germany got from the conscription which Lord Wolseley would like to see introduced into England! Tbnl very day, while I am speaking," sal £ _Mr HugheS, a critical vote is being taken in France, and It IS to be feared that France will t^w herself at the feet of a military adventurer. Ploughshares and pruning hooks have made the empire, and the only danger is from such military longings as Lord Wolseley's. „ The address was frequently applauded. At the close the applause was thrice renewed. The subject will be renewed next Sunday. The audience was very large.

MR CHAMBERLAIN AND THE LAND 'QUESTION. The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, replying to a Welsh correspondent, who enquired if Mr Chamberlain's proposal for an extension of the Ashbourne Act to Great Britain might not be first tried as an experiment in Wales, writes:— Highbury Moor Green, Birmingham, Jan. 26, 1889. SIR,-I am directed by Mr Chamberlain to acknow. ledge the receipt of your letter of tbe 2oth instant, and, in reply, to say that his proposal is that the experiment should be made of an extension on a smaU scale of the Ashbourne Act to Great Britain. and he sees no reason why such an experiment should be confined to Wales. The farmers of England and Scotland are as much entitled as those of Wales to consideration. Mr Cham- berlain's personal opinion on the subject of disestab- lishment has already been publicly expressed. I am, yours obediently, JOHN WILSON.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Th8 Que^n held a council at Osborne, on Tuesday, for the purpose of further proroguing Parliament until February 21st, and other business of state.

MURDER BY STRIKERS. NEW YORK, Monday Night.—The Brooklyn strikers have taken to murder to emphasise their determination to win in the struggle which is now going on. On Saturday a man named Adams, from Massachusetts, applied for work, and was assigned to a task In the stables. He slept there at night to avoid the danger of passing tbestrimng fcarrnen, who kept watch on the company a quarters. In tbe early hours of the morning three men demanded admittance to the fort where Adams was sleeping. The company m guard, thinking to avoid trouble, let tbem in. 1 e trio at once found Adams, carried him half asleep to the window, and threw him heavily on Pave- ment below, and as they hurried off they shouted to the guard. Adams lived only a few hours after his removal to the hospital.

GENERAL BOULAMGER. Overwhelming Victory in Paris. A most important election took place in Pari. on Sunday, the candidates being M. Jacques, a Republican, and General Boulanger. The result was an overwhelming victory for the general, whose supporters were wild with joy. The final numbers were:- T't 'I joouianger ii44,071 Jacques 162,520 Majority 81.551 PARIS, Monday.—-The Republican journals thil morning acknowledge that the Republic suffered a serious reverse by the election of General Boulanger yesterday, but add that that is not sufficient to make it discouraging. They declare it is necessary that it should preserve its composure and draw closer the union of all Republicans against Caesarism, which is threatening. The Boulangist and Monarchist papers declare the success of the general is the condemnation of the Parliamentary Republic, and the attack is directed particularly against the Government.