The Merthyr Telegraph and General Advertiser for the Iron Districts of South Wales

ABERDARE POLICE COURT. TUESDAY.—(Before J C. Fnwlcv. Jamcx Levis, Ilopkin Lhy?, and D. E. Williams, Esqrs.) A X ASSAULT CONDONED.—John Phillips was summoned for assaulting Benjamin Morgan, an enyineman. From the evidence it appeared that both parties were in the Royal Exchange on the 18th nit., when some altercation arose about quitting a house belonging to defendant. Warm pro. ceedings followed, during which PIJllhps threw complainant on the fire, which inflicted several burns on his hands. Complainant was subsequently thrown on the floor, when a severe blow was administered on the eye. (Witness here exposed the damaged organ, which was in a. most unsightly condition.)—A person named Jenkin Jones, corroborated this testimony, after which defendant stated that com- plainant had already accepted fl (3s. in settlement of the matter, and it was unfair to come here afterwards—Morgan was recalled, and examined upon this point, and it was clear from the replies elicited that a sum had been fixed upon and accepted by complaillant.-0al"c dismissed. A PRISONER'S PLEA VERIFIED.—Martha Jenkins, whose case had been twice adjourned, was again brought up charged with stealing a turnover, the property of Mr Evans, butcher. It will be remembered that whilst Mrs Evans, the prosecutrix, strongly urged that the turnover was her property, the prisoner stoutly contended that such was a mistake, adding that the chief warder of the Swansea prison could corroborate her. — Airs E!eanor Davies, chief warder in the female department at the Swansea prison, was noiv called, and proved beyond doubt that the turnover was one which the prisoner had when last in Swansea gaol. -After such conclusive testimony the prisoner was dis- missed. COAL STEALING.— Sarah Ann Lapling and Rachel Smith were summoned for this offence. Both were juveniles, but as the offence was the first Oil the part oi Lapling she was discharged but Smith, who had been previously cautioned by the police, was ordered to pay os. .+- PONTYPRIDD INTELLIGENCE. LAX COLLIERY —The proprietors of this colliery granted the 2,1. advance to the men on Monday, therefore the men did not bring their tools out on that day, as intended. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT TREFOREST.—TWO yming men were ■' playimr on Sunday about the tin works oue of them, named William Morgan, IS, pot too near the iron door of one of the furnaces. It fell upon hirn, breaking both bones of his leg. He waj promptly attended by Dr Hunter. MOUNTAIN ASH. HOW AN OLD MAN, 80 V7.AU3 OF AGE, WAS DECEIVED BT A BUXOM WIDOW OF 48.—The following story has been the theme of conversation in the town for the last few days, for the truthfulness of which several respectable people Vare vouched to us. The story runs thus About two years ago a highly respected old miner, who had been working under- ground for upwards of 00 years, and who had just then been deprived of his wife, was asked by well-to-do relatives of his, in business in Glyn lo-'ath, to accept of their hospi- tality for tho remainder of his days, which he thankfully acoepted, he bcit g then too feeblo and decrepit to tarn a livelihood for himself. But no sooner had he settled down comfortably in his new abode than the truth of the old axiom suggested itself forcibly to his mind, that "it is not good for man to be alone." e therefore at once sought for an object worthy of his love at last he succeeded in finding one, who appeared to him to reciprocate his atten- tions—a buxom widow, 48 j'ears of aye, and the mother of six children. After the intimacy had culminated to the proper pitch, he made overtures to her with the view of mairying her. Sue at first resented the offer, but after- wards accepted it. Everything seemed to have gone on for months as merry as a marriage bell. The hero of our tale being then dt-pendent on others for his maintenance, re- solved that nothing should debar him from attaining his object, left his comfortable lionn; :,t Gl-yn Neath for Moun- tain Ash, where he Was shortly afterwards see'4 walking about with the agility of a young man, his staff having been cast aside by him. He made up his mind, failing to earn a living for himself and intended wife no other way, to re- enter the mine once more. Oil Monday last he left Moun- tain Ash for Glyn Neath, calling by his fair spouse, from whence both went totrethwr to Neatli, to arrange when the wedding day should be. and to purchase the ring, and other necessaries for the weddiug, which was to have come off on Thursday last. But now cornea the sequel to our tale. Who should appear in the old man's lodgings on Wednesday, the bearer of a. letter breaking off the engagement (iu which was enclosed the ring, with which the happy couple were to be tied on the morrow in holy wedlock), but his intended wife's eldest son. The chagrin and disappointment, felt by the old man at having his hopes blighted in his old days by one in whom he had placed implicit confidence can be better imagined than expressed. Another instance that true love docs not run smoothly. But nothing daunted, it is said that he 011 the morrow morning went to see his unfaithful spouse, to dissuade her from carrying out her intentions. GOOD MEWS.—It is tcurreutly reported in the town that an influential company (of which Air Glasbrook, of Llan- gafelauh, hear ttv/ansfea, is a member), have just purchased the coal lying under the Peurhiwceibir, and other adjoining farms, distant about a tnile-and-a-half from Mountain Ash (between that and the Basin'1), for the purpose of sink- ing a large coal-pit on the Penrhiwceibir Farm, the property of Mr Vaughan Lee, Kh«ola. These farms, which belong to different owners, are the only land^n which a new com- pany can possibly have a footing in' the neighbourhood of Mountain Ash, as all the surrounding land has bee n already secured by those two enterprising companies—Messrs. Nixon and Co. and the Powell's Duflfryn Co., who have been the njeans by their enterprising spirit of opening and successfully conducting the collieries belonging to them, and of swelling in the course of 18 years' time the number of the inhabitants from a few individuals to seven thousand and a half. Though the benefit waich will accrue from opening this new source of industry <v'|l be but small for some years to come, yet in time it will tejl on the place fur good. -» yRQED yRHlw. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT DUEFRIN WORI>S.~ An inquest was htdd at the B' jue, Troedyrhiw, before Mr Overton, on view of the body of Thomas Lloyd, contractor and sinker, who resided at Dunryn, and who died on Sun- day last from injuries received in Norih DufFryn Pit-, Wm. James, sinker, said he worked with deceased at the time of the accident on Saturday lll8t. The pit belonged to the Plymouth Iron Comp my. Deceased was "picking'' with witness and William Smith in the flue of the pit. \Ve ex- amined it as we went down, and got down 40 yards. Then found plankinj^ras wanted to stop the water. Signal was made that we might get up for planks. The chains of the stage were attached'to a rope, and whilst we were 011 the stage it descehded very rapidly, and shook as if we were falling, but we could stand when we got to the bottom. Tho crab got out of gear, and deceased was found under the rope, a.H of which fell on him. He spoke to us after that, hut died next day from paralysis.- W. H. James said Six men worked the crab or drum. He was one, and saw the cogs had slipped, and the rope fell down the flue after it came off the drum.—Mr W* Smith, coal manager, said I arranged the work to be done in the pit, and had just left the place. I was from home, and when I returned heard of ^a the accident. I went there two hours after, and found the drum had run wild and the rope off, which was a new one. 1 he same crab had been in use many years, and I considered it perfectly safe. The pit was I6tf yards deep.—W. Phillips, carpenter, said he fixed the crab, which they had used many years, and at the time they were very busy keeping the water out of the pit. Verdict, "Accident death THE FATAL HAILWAY ACCIDENT AT PEXTRHUCH.— Mr Overton held an inquest Qn W ednesday at the Belle Vue, Troedyrhiw, on view of the body of John Angrove, aged 14, employed at the Plymouth Works, who was killed on the railway of the above cumpany on Monday last. Wm. Philtips said I was standing by the shop door, when the locomotive No. 2 was moving very slowly. The boy was on bis return after delivering the rivets to the men for the boiler. He had to cross the rails, and whilst so doing was knocked down by the buffer of the engine. The whistle was sounde a short time previously, about a minute before. The engine had gone fourteen yards from the starting place when it struck the boy, who w as close by it when he crossed the line, but we did not sec him then, the engine was stopped immediately the accident was known. No blame was attached to anyone. Verdict, "Accidental death." RHYMNEY INTELLIGENCE. LECTURE.—A lecture was delivered on Thursday even- ing, the 25th ulfc., at Nazareth Independent chapel, Pontlottyn, by the liev. T. M. Thomas, missionary. The attendance was fair. The dnties of the chair were acquitted by the Rev J. Griffiths, Fochrhiw. Mr Thomas, during the course of his lecture, described the physical features, &c. of the country in which he labored in Africa, together with the moral and social state of the population, and his enter- prises amongst them. The lecture was able and highly interesting. At the end of the lecture the Rev G. Owens proposed, and thg Rev W. G. Williams seconded a vote of thanks to the lecturer. It was supported by the Rev. W. Griffiths, and passed unanimously by the audience. The meeting was terminated by prayer offered up by the Rev W. Griffiths. MORIAH CnAPEL.-On Sunday evening last, the Rev R. Hughes, Independent minister, Beaufort, delivered a sermon touching the life and labours of the late Rev E. C. Jenkins, pastor of the above church. Mr Hughes selected his text from the lbth verse of the 6th chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews- He made some touching allusions to the late Mr Jenkins. The xermon was listened to attentively by a very large congregation, the chapel being filled. B L A I N A GOOD NEWS.—On Saturday last, notices were placed in various parts of the works announcing that on and after the 1st March an advance of 10 per cent will take place in the wages paid to all employed ir: the works at Blaina and Nantyglo. This is indeed good news, and, taken in con- nection with the nine-hour system recently conceded, indicate an advance equivalent to 15 per cent at least. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR LL. WILLTAMS. — This gentle- man, whose fame as a harpist is too widespread to need any comment at this juncture, is so seriously ixdisposed that his medical advisers have given up all hopes of hi, recovery. JIuch sympathy is felt for the family, -=.-

TREDEGAR INTELLIGENCE. SAXITART.—Small-pcx continues to carry off its victims. On Tuesday the funeral of "Kitty," nurse at the Cambrian Inn. took place, death resulting from the before-named malady. Mr Walten, cashier at the bank, is now sufft-r ug from the same disease. During the past few days one or two sndden deaths have happened in the town. An dd huxter, named Kayne, expired at her house in Church- strret, on Sunday and on the same d^v William Hogf,n, secretary to a club At the Miners' Arms, died quite snddenly at his dwell r.g in High-street. On Friday night news reached Tredegar ..f the demise of Mr Reynolds, of the Bntch^ra' Arms Ina, Blackwood. In this case death pro- ceeded from an injury to the foot, caused by treading on a knife while engaged is the slaughter-house. Mr Reynolds was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He was a reenlar John Bull, straight-forward and honest in all his dealings, And a genial, warm-hearted member of society. ,\1 tlc}¡ sympathy is expressed for Mrs Richards and her family.

TREDEGAR POLICE COURT. TUESDAY. — {Before Dr. Coatcs, J. P.) A Tun THE nA TTI.E, -A broken down son of Mars named Michael Do Iilitiiitr was charged by Police-sergeant Milkins Tith vagrancy. — Mieha»l had been in Tredegar before, and told a very plausible tula of his experience in the army, the din of war w familiar to bis ear, and he had passed throuch the Indian mutiny, and had a disabled arm and a (TAckitt the skull which gave ivinn Alcoh-d a high eleva- tion whenever an orrr dose ofi er was admitted into the system. —He bad also pretend-d to be dumb, but like a celebrated liticant IpHl foigofrn the mute business, and spoke In one jilace and became dumb when it suited him.— Dr Co.ttes Th* vagrancy ;g bad enough, but the deception of beine dumb is far worse. -D,,fendaiit I only did it for a lark with the |«.llfe.—Dr Coates: Such larks have got many into the house of correction.—Defendant Please to forgive nie and I'll never trouble you again you see I'm a cripple.—Dr Coates I am sorry to see it, I will let you off this time, leave the town and find a more respectable place.—Defendant Thank you, sir, I'll go at once. A (ritToUS COUPLE. — Winston v. Williams.—This was one ef those interesting cases iT- which complainant sought to fix the pllttrJIityof her child.—Defendant was asked hi* opinion on the subject, and he said he was guilty, hut i was willing to take her and the baby.—Clerk to complain- ant: What do you say to that ?— Comp ainr.nt 1 blushing deeply) I'm willing too. (Much laughter greeted her reply.)—Dr Coates A veiy sensible conclusion, if all in the P-aine position were as v% i,c it would save a deal of troupe.—A!)owe<! to settle. ASHAELTI.™ A Ct.EKK AT TRY-DEGAR OFFICE. —Catherine Evans was charged by Robert Campbell with assault.—Mr C. K. Harris prosecuted.—As the case required a second magistrate, an adjournment took place. THF CASE SF PERJURY.—John Williams, farm labourer, Penpsm, was arraigned on the above charge, preferred by David Matthews, who prostcufed. — Mr C. R. Harris ap- |»^areil for prosecutor and MrBradgate for defendant The chsr/e arose of an a*sault case, heard OIl the previous Tuesday, between Matthews and Griffiths, when Williams save evidenco for Griffiths.—Mr E. J. C. Davies, sworn, •'epo»ed to taking the evidence in the assault case—retnein- btr. d Williams faying he had been at thu shop of Matthews on Thursday morning before eight o'clock on 2Sth Decem- ber. Williams also swore Giffiths ùid not raise his fist and threaten to kit.,ck Matthews's b-y head off.—Mr C. R. Harris, jun., deposed taking notes of the evidence on which the present charge was founded (Xutes produced.)—David Matthews, the prosecutor, deposed he was not down stairs on th* morning ef the UJSth Dec. until nearly nine o'clock, and a* he was going to chapel he did not go into the shop at all remembered" Griffiths coming there at three o'clock, and threatening to knock his b-y head off, and holding up his fist at him. 8. *hep|«ard, the journeyman saddler, was in tit" shop and could bear all that passed illiams also must have lizard everything. — J<din Sheppard and Mrs Matthews corroborated the evidence of Matthews, and pri- soner being duly eautioned, stjid I did not see Griffiths rai-e his fist I am not guilty.—Mr Bradgate then ably addresstd the Nnck for defendant, and the Bench ci^innit- ted the prisoner for trial at Monmouth assizes. Bail w accepttd. r A FKW CAsru wete adjourned fto Blackwood and Tredegar.

GKKAT \1EETIX«S AT MANCHESTER AKD LEKJIS. OX -IN- TERNATIOXAL ARBITFTATION. -Last week a very influential and enthusiastic Conference on the subject of international arbitration was held In the Manchester Town Hall, the May of (Mr Alderman Booth) in the chair. There tv as a numerous attendance, including Mr Henry Richard, M.P., Mr Jacob Bright, M.P., Mr P. Rylands, M.P., Mr Buckley, M.r Air Whitwwrth, M.P., &c. A letter apologising for non-attendance was read from Lord Derby, lis lordship. who was detained by business in London, said he would read with i>terest the proceedings of the Conference. :\1t Peter Rylands, M.P., moved the first resolution, That in view of the innumerable and immeasuieable evils, religious, social, moral, and commercial, which war 111 tails on nations, this Conference expresses its deep regret that no effectual means have been made to prevent its recurrence by estab- lishing some form of international jurisdiction for the settle- ment of differ-oncee between States by appeals to justice instead of the s word." He asserted that the religious bodies in this country were not doing what they ought to do, 01 there could be no disposition on our part to go .0 war. The Hev Thomas Green (Ashton) seconded the motion, and advocated the reduction of our armaments, bt lieving that our example in that rexpect would be followed by the rest of the civilised world. The resolution was suppoited by Mt Elijah Dixon, and adopted unanimously. Mr Jacob Bright, M, P., moved the next resolution, This Conference rejoices that several serious international disputes have been satis- factorily settled by amicable reference to neutral powers, to international conferences, or to special commissions of arbitration, and that the beneficial application of interna- tional arbitration has been nobly iilustrateii by tbe Treaty of Washington, and that the efforts of the friends of peace should now be directed to 8ecure the application of this principle to all .international disputes." Mr fienry Richard, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was adopted. The Conference algo decided to pall upon government to adopt the principte of international arbitration, and to support the motion on the subject, to be brought forward by Llli Kichard, in the next session of parliament. It was also concluded to form a local association and raise a guarantee fund of £10.000 to assist in carrying out the objects of the English Peace Society. — In the evening a second large meetikg (o|>en to the public) was held in Manchester, Mr II ugh Mason, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the chair, when a numbor of able and interesting addresses were delivered. A few days afterwards, two other large and influential meetings en the same question were tiekl at Leeds, and addressed by Mr Edward Baines, M. P., Mr Richard. M.P., Mr Pease, M P., Mr Carter, M.P., and other well-known speakers. )

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THE MEG.TRA COMMISSION. The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending the fitting out, and loss of the Megsera met. for the 22nd time, on Saturday, at No. 11 Committee Room of the House of Commons, Lord Lawrence in the chair. The Right Hon. H. E. Childers, M.P., examined by Lord Lawrence, said I was First Lord of the Admiralty from the 22nd of December, 13GS, to the 12th of March, 1S71, but from two or three days after Christmas, 1870, I was incapacitated by illness from discharging the duties of my office. Lord Lawrence What was your duty with regard to the selection and arrangement of ships?—Mr. Childers It would be difficult to give a precise answer to that question, as the word ships include vessels of very different character. If, however, your question applies specially to the Megaera, I can give you all that I know about h.?r, audi can answer the question geoer^lly afterwards. The first I heard of the Megcera was the receipt, a few* days b-fore I took office, and after it was known that I was to be head of the Admiralty, from Sir John Hay, then j Junior Lord of the Admiralty, of a note enclosing a list of troop ships and of store ships. The I note was a private and not an official one. The list of store ships commenced with the Megaera and ended with the Supply. It stated, wiih respect to these vessels, whether they were in want of repairs, &c.; and with regard to the Megsera, there was a note stating that she had gone to Rio on the 4th of September, and that she was cxpoctcd home soon. I am not certain as to I the exact day on which I received this letter, but it was 1 just before I took office; and on the day I took charge I handed it over to Sir J. Hay's successor, Lord John .Hay, who, I presume, dealt with it. The next occasion on which I knew anything about the Megtera was a few days afterwards, 01; the 14th of January, ISGi), when Sir Sucncer Robinson and Sir Sydney Dacres thought it not satisfactory that an accident should have happened to her and 110 information be sent to the Admiralty respecting it. I approved of a communica- tion being sent to Woolwich which would involve a censure on the officials, but as their reply was satisfactory, no censure was given. I heard nothing more of the Megrera except from the ordinary printed papers, until some time in March or April, 1S70, when a question was asked in the House of Commons as to some coal which had been snpplierl to her. I asked for facts, and answered the question in Parliament. The question related to some coal having got heated on board, and I was asked what coal it was. My answer, I presume, is to be found in Hansard." The next occasion was in August of the same year when Sir Sidney Dacres brought under my notice a paper relating to her, and reported to me that in his opinion she was an extravagant i vessel, and had better be paid off. That is the whole of the information I have to give with respect to the Megara. Lord Lawrence You approved of her being paid off, and I suppose it was not you who thought she would not be required again. Mr. Childers No such question was put to me, but I ap- proved of herbeingpaid off in theordinary course. The ques- tion whether at some future time she would be employed or not was not submitted to me at the time, but simply that she should be put out of commission. She was then employed as a storeship. I concurred, after reading the papers which were placed before me. that she was an ex- travagant vessel, but I know nothing of her beyond this. In the multiplicity of business which came before me, I can only speak to the best of my memory. I was not consulted in any way as to the employment of the Mcga?ra for her Australian voyage. I was taken ill a few days after Christmas, 1>70, and the question of em- ploying her came up some time afterwards. Had I not been ill, I think that a matter of such importance would have come before me. Probably Sir Sydney Dacres would have informed me. Lord Lawrence It has been stated that you made certain changes in the organisation of the Admiralty in 18G9, which affected the working of the various depart- ments. Mr. Childers I will explain with the permission of the Commission the nature of those changes. Perhaps I ought to apologise if I in so doing detain you at some length, as I am anxious to be as clear as possible. I will not say what was the state of things with regard to the organisation of the Admiralty at the time I took office. The mpst salient point in the organisation was the extraordinarily scattered condition of the depart- ments. The lords and secretaries were in the centre de- partment, and transacted their duties in the square at Whitehall. The Controller transacted his business in an entirely separate house at the corner of the square. One of the sub-divisions of the Controller's Department was at New-street, Spring Gardens, and another im- portant branch-that of naval stores-was at Somerset House. The Works Department was also at Somerset House. The whole of the accounts were managed there also, excepting certain small branches of an unim- portant character, which were connected with the Controller's Department. The Transport Service was also at Somerset House hut with respect to the first I "an, reserve, or what is generally known as the Transport Service, this was aJJuinistered hy a small Board of Admiralty of itself. The Transport Store?, the Coast Guard, the Victualling Department, and the Medical Department were also at Somerset House. In such de- partments there was also a large and separate staff; each had its own organisation, and the divi- sion of each correspondence was carried on by each department, and an independent record kept. The supreme government of the Admiralty was in the hands of the Board. Formerly, under the Administration of Sir James Graham, the Lords of the Admiralty had not separate rooms, the First Sea Lord and the First Lord alone having that convenience. Sir James had expressed an opinion against the affair being con- duc-tedby a Board. The system was altered before I took office, having been found to be unworkable, and by degrees the different lords had their own rooms to transact their work in, and they minuted their own business, meeting toge- ther only at the board meetings, which were held nearly every day. The general system at work was most com- i plicated. With respect to the manufacture of stores and the custody of stores, the store-keeper- general was an officer of the highest dosition. equal in rank and responsibility to the Controller he fre- quently sent many instructions direct to the dockyards. In this way the want of system or responsibility at the dockyards became very evident. There was a want of responsibility, for there was nobody there who could be called the manager of the yard. At the head of the yard was the Admiral or Captain-Superintendent, and reports were made to him and by him but there were joint reports made by civilians who had charge of different branches of work, and it was very difficult therefore to fix the responsibility on any one of those. Coming back to the Controller's office, there was a most extraordinary division. The gunnery business-that is all that is connected with guns—was placed in a certain sense in the hands of an officer who, when he took office, had such undefined notions of his functions that he was only called the Acting Director of Ordnance. In the Secretary s office, in the opinion of the experienced gen- tleman who then managed that department, the system I was admirable. At the present time I am not here to question that opinion, but it had one defect patent to almost every man of position. In the first place there was no registration of papers inwards, such registration not taking place until a long time afterwards. There was a very cumbrous system of copying, copying machines ap- parently not being known at Whitehall. I may give as an illustration of what has already come before the Commission, that there seemed to me to be a great absence of foresight in all matters relating to dockyard business. All this time there were a large number of ships, old wooden ships, in the service which were obsolete, and there was a practical difficulty in getting rid of them. These difficulties were remedied by an Act. Tins practical result was brought about, through the recommendation of Mr. Seeley's Committee of 1868. The Commission recommended that the administration should be carried out by responsible heads. The evidence brought before the committee pointed out in a special manner the failure of a large amount of Admiralty admi- nistration. In 18G4 I pointed out to the Duke of Somerset that under the then system there was very little finan- cial control over the operations of the Admiralty, and at the instance of the Duke of Somerset I undertook the duty to which I have been alluding, but shortly after- wards f was appointed to the office of Secretary to the Treasury. The Commission was adjourned until Monday. The Royal Commissioners met again on Monday, Lord Lawrence in the chair. Mr. Bernard Way mouth, one of the chief surveyors of Lloyd's British and foreign vessels, said he had a large experience of iron ships, and of the effects of corrosion on iron. In his opinion, notwithstanding the frame of the Megaera was closer than was usual in such vessels, her plates were in a defective condition and she was not fit to take any voyage away from the coast of England, If ordered to survey her he should not have passed her. The fact of her plates being thin at the water line would have led him to think that the ship was in a dangerous condition, and this would have induced him to make a very searching examination of her. The plates below the water line at the bottom of the vessel would wear away much quicker than those at the water line but if the bottom plates were properly protected with cement, they would last much longer than the side plates. No amount of tapping a ship from the outside would enable a surveyor to judge of the thickness of her plates. In fact no experienced surveyor would trust to such a method. It was also fallacious to suppose that boring would answer a similar purpose. With regard to cement he believed that there was nothing to equal Portland cement, which if it was properly put on and mixed with sand would last for fifty years. The action of bilge water on the bottom plates of an iron vessel would be most injurious. Thought that the leak and corrosion in the plates of the Megaera were caused partly from the action ot coal dust or something of that sort washing about in the bilge water, and to a slight extent they might have been caused by gal- vanic action. The witness was then examined relative to the different qualities of cement used in iron ship building, and ex- pressed an opinion strongly in favour of Portland to any other description. By Mr. Brewster He thought under no circumstances oucdit the Mega?ra to have gone to sea without first having undergone a thorough survey. By Sir F. Barrow He considered that the survey system at present used by the Admiralty was very faulty. Dr. Odling, professor of chemistry at the Royal Insti- tution, said he was of opinion that the corrosion of the iron was caused by the contact of the bilge water on the exposed iron plates, and that t-ubstantially the leak arose from that cause. Dr. Franklyn was of opinion that the corrosion arose almost exclusively from chemical action. Judging from a piece of the material, produced he should think the corro- sion had existed for years. Lord Lawrence then announced that, as far as evidence was concerned, the Commission adjourned sine die. j

The Duke of Argyll. Secretary for India, has offered the post of Lieutenant-Governor of Madras to the Right Hon. the Earl of At the Court of Common Picas a short time ago All action was by Mr. Henwood, a naval architect, against Messrs. Harrison, the Queen's printers, for an alleged libel contained in an Admiralty minute published by Mr. Childers, in consequence of the loss of the Captain. The plaintiff was non-suited, on the ground that the communi- cation was privileged. The question has again been raised in an application for a new trial, for which a rule had been granted. Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., strongly argued against, and Mr. Matthews supported the rule, but the judges having to assemble in the Court of Appeal, judgment on [ the point has been postponed,

SEWS FROM SIR SAMUEL BAKER. Letters have been received at Alexandria from Sir Samuel Baker, dated October 20, 1871. Sir Samuel has sent back 300 of his troops as useless and unreliable. One letter, dated Ismailia, Gondokora, N. lat. 4 55. October 8, Nothing is smooth in Africa. Lpon arrival here, as I expected, we were quickly plunged into wtr with the Bari tribes, who have been for years leagued with the slave-traders, and they naturaliy refuse to acknowledge the Viceroy's Government. I trust to reduce them to subjection shortly, and then to proceed fiuth but I hope that no intrigues in the Soudan an I Egypt will interfere with the arrival of my expected rein- forcement of 800 men. I have now 1,035 troops, including ten £ ims. This is too small a force to divide among distant stations." Dr. Gedge has been lo-t. but Lady Baker and Sir Samuel are stated to be in excellent health.

THE LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION. A large and influential meeting was held at the Man- j sion House on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor in the chair, for tire purpose of enlisting public sympathy with the desicrn to recover or gain tidings of the celebrated traveller. Dr. Livingstone.—Tbe Lord Mayor spoke strongly of the manner in which the promoters of the expedition had been treated by the Government, and expressed a hope th»t public sympathy would make good the defect.- Sir H. Rawlinson, in moving the first resolution, said he wished to do away with the idea that there was any luke-i i warmness on the part of the Government, and read a com- munication from the Foreign Office, giving instructions to the English Consul at Zanzibar to afford every possible aid, not only in moral aid, but in a pecuniary way to render aid according to the funds in hand. He also read a letter from Florence Nightingale, enclosing her mite, and oljserving that if it cost the English Govern- ment £ 10,000 for a pair of boots for Dr. Livingstone they ought to send it. She regretted that Dr. Livingstone's case was one of the kind that too often happened when English- men were encouraged to jro out at tne peril of their lives, and were left alone to die. He concluded by moving » resolution in favour of public sympathy to obtain the desired object.

THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD AND THE GUTTER-CHILDREN." On Tuesday afternoon a deputation from the London School Board waited on the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, at the Horne Office, with reference to the refusal of the Home office to grant certificates for new industrial schools. Lord Lawrence, in introducing the deputation, ex- §lained to the Home Secretary the means adopted by the chool Board under the operation of the Industri»i Schools^ Act for bringing the gutter children into industrial schools, ana added that now a difficulty has arisen, inasmuch as there was no more room in Lon- don for receiving any more of the children so redeemed from the gutter. The Board had dealt hitherto with something like 400 children, ? and must give up the work unless additional accommodation was four.d. The Board desired an extension of the i accommodation by certificating new schools established either by the Board or by private individuals, or by an en- largement of the existing schools. The Government In- spector, however (the Rev. Sydney Turner) had declined to look at any new accommodation for three months at least. 1 A long conversation ensued, at the conclusion of which the Home Secretary agreed to a proposal to scrutinize the cases sent by the London Board before decreasing the Government allowance.

REMARKABLE CASE OF ALLEGED LIBEL IN A NOVEL. 't- In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Tuesday,^Serjejuil Parry appeared on the part of Mr. Alfred Bate Richarde, a barrister, and the editor of the Morning Advertiser, and asked for the discharge of a rule obtained last term by Sit J. B. Karslake, on behalf of Mr. Irwin,* an attorney, for a criminal information on account of 6 an „ alleged libel contained in a novel s entitled I*'So Very Human," published in October last, by Chapman and Hall. It appeared that the defendant was the son of the late Mr. John Richards, y hop merchant, of South- wark, who died in 1847, lea/ing estates to the defendant, with the proviso of making the devise void on his becom- ing insolvent, and also o'/ier estates to be sold to pay off a mortgage. The applicant's firm acted as his solicitor down to J 84!i. and they had no further intercourse with him until 1S71. when they filed a bill against him on thepartof another son for alleged breach of trust in the administration of hit father's estate. The novel in question appeared to repre- sent that the defendant, as the hero of the story, had in various ways been the victim of a scheming attorney (Girwin), who was described as of the firm of Girwin and Naylor, of Virulence-buildings, and afterwards of Bav'g Inn-square; but whom the applicant believed was meant to represent himself, he being the surviving partner of the firm of Irwin and Taylor, of Verulam buildings, and afterwards of Gray's Inn Square. One great head of the supposed fraud consisted in the alleged compromise of felonious em- bezzlement by a confidential clerk, betraying his client, and sharing the spoil with the criminal. The passagee chiefly complained of occurred in the first volume ot the novel, the first being in a chapter in which a conver- sation is held between a husband and his wife relative to the murder of an unscrupulous attor* ney. Nforkllv speaking," says the husband, "it was justifiable homicide, and that, in my opinion, should have been the verdict. Only, what attorney would be safeI know of one or two in this country whom I believe capable of anything, and uot unlike the man who was murdered—I mean punished—in so terrible a manner. If T recollect aright, it was found alter his death that he had defrauded everyone, speculated in all moneys entrusted to him. and drawn up sham mortgages. I am not sure that the act of vengeance on the attorney was not a praiseworthy deed—a species of martyrdom— I should not be sorry if half of the whole army of lawyers were shot or hanged to-morrow, or the whole of them let me see, about sixteen thousand of them struck off the rolls of mortality in a heap. By-the* bye, dear, I remember that I have to go and see my lawyers I mean Girwin and Kavlor—to-morrow. There is something they want to see me about, and I rather think it is of an unpleasant nature. I have heard my father say that no one should employ a friend as a lawyer or make a lawyer a friend." After some further conversation, the author proceeded to Arthur tried to elicit his wife's, opinion of Mr. Girwin, the senior partner, but in vain. 'Come,* he said, 'I should think that he would fairly take to hIs heels at the sight of a petticoat approaching his dingy chandlers.' It was a slight mistake. Mr. Girwin seduced more young girls in his spider-like way than haJf the young bloods who make the Haymarket hideous by night. He had an establishment at Hoxton, presided over by a black-haired beauty, who fought with him occasionally when she indulged in an extra glass of gin. He had contested three affiliation cases, and had been mulcted in two, in spite of suborned evidence and fa' e swearing." Again he said: "Mr. Girwin was an excellent lawyer and a practised rogue. To him the law was what, it is to too manj-, a study of malevolence, avarice, trickery, and legalised fraud." Then there came a chapter headed "The Spider in his Den," com- mencing thus:—"Mr. Aubrey was not .long In reaching irulence Buildings. Messrs. Girwin and Naylor had their names painted in large white letters over a black door. This was, doubtlessa, a necessity, but rather a contradiction, since their namea were, or ought to have been, blackcr than any door, whether it led to Chancery or the infernal regions. One naturally thought of the business of the place, to turn black into white, and the reverse by all the arts of false- hood." And again-" Then there is a large and safe choice of mode villains in every profession and walk of life, whence one may pick out examples without persona- lity or peril of running the pleasant penalties of libel, true or false. One does not impeach all professions in brand- ing the professional villanies of a Girwin and a Naylor. The learned Serjeant stated that the defendant was » journalist of some twenty or thirty years standing, and had written several works of fiction. The applicant was a solicitor of considerable mark in his profession and of un- blemished character. The characters and incidents in the novel were purely fictitious, and although prima facic, it might be thought that Mr. Irwin and his proceedings were pointedly alluded to, Mr. Richards most solemnly disclaimed any intention to impugn his honour, or to do anything calculated either to annoy or injure him. He had therefore embodied this statement in an ample apology, and had consented, in Rd- i dition, to withdraw all the remaining copies of the work, pay all the costs of the application, and give a donation of JE50 to some charitable institution, terms which Mr. Irwin was rcalh- to accept. The Lord Chief Justice said it must not be supposed that where criminal informations had been granted the parties withdrew themselves from the application of the criminal law by making terms with their adversaries. The libel in question wes evidently a very bad one, but as the prosecutor was satisfied with the terms which had been proposed, the court, under the circumstances, would not interfere to prevent the discharge of the rule, although he hoped this precedent would not lead jleople to believe that they could always escape the consequences of offending the law by making an apology. The rule for a. criminal information was, therefore, dis- charged.

A special Court of Aldermen was held on Tues- day, at the Guildhall, London, to consider the necessary arrangements in reference to the approaching visit of her Majesty to St. Paul's Cathedral. Mr. Rupert Kettle and Mr. A. S. Hill, M.P., have, with Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., and Mr. N. War- dell, one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Ooal Mines, been i selected as the judges of the merits of the essays trpon how best to secure safety in 1he working of collieries, for which prizes have been offered by Mr. Edward Hermon, M.P. The competitors are to be colliery workers,iand the premiums are and respectively. Recently Mr. C. W. Jarvis, of Walthamstow, was fined £ 5 at the Ilford Petty Sessions for what was described as the illegal use of armorial bearings, be having borrowed an envelope with a crest upon it. The defendant appealed to the Board of Inland Revenue for the remis- sion of this penalty. It now appears that the liotkrd has remitted not only the tine, but also the vosto incurred in the prosecution. THE ALLEGED MTKDEE ON LONDON BjMDOE.— At the Old Bailey on Tuesday, James Pettingell, charged with the wilful murder of his wife by throwing her under a dray on London Bridge, was placed at the bar. On the application of Mr. Poland, the trial was postponed until next session, on the ground that the drayman was unable to attend through illness. Sergeant C. Lowe, of the 48th Regiment, has been found guilty, by court-martial at Chatham, of deser- tion and fraudulent re-enlistment, and sentenced to reduc- tion to the ranks and 1GS days' imprisonment.. TIIE SPANISH MINISTRY.—The POSITIONED the Ministry is "actively discussed at Madrid. Some papers deny all statements of Cabinet changes, but others think there will be considerable modifications before the elections. According to the Corresportdcncia MalcampowillgotoCuba, Topete will take the Marine, and Robledo the Colonies. Zavala or Serrano Bedoja will go to the War Office. The Diorio EspaTiol says also that Topete will take the Marine, but it sends Malcampu to the War Office; L" Politica attributes the whole story to the desire of the Radicals to damage the Government, and gives especial contradiction to Mftlcampo's transfer to Cuba.

Inlrland. Ho never liked t lie opportunity to pass without exprosbing hi-s cordial gratitude to the Government for three thin. they H<1 ih>uc darini thep-. st yosr. First of all, f r '.h"tr s'^ 'uist adhesion to the piincip'e <>f neutmlity sni'l non-'ii.te,v?nt'n in Urn c.t=o of that- <1 >*e:ifn1 and desolating wur which h.'d ravaged the conrinn-.fc of Euroi)Ic o he h-d the ] lea.-nre of nu*«. ting them I-, re he had been rwtly on the M ac!; <>f war-had viVitjii unfortunate Franco, :1.1"I.j had *ecn the terrible desolation which was occasioned, and had lisfoiied t,o t,l e pififnl t.les of the domestic afilicMons and the Hi!'or an^n'sh endured by those krriLle confict, 'li:'1. WOL-" than all, the I! ■! IIf that war—the !»if*c r and exn»pcrai"d passions it had given rise to in 'he he-srfa of the population of Finnc-: aw!, while witnessing these effect*, he could not help feeling that they ought to Air and Lord r the firmness with which ti,cy re- sifted all the provocation to induce the-n t«» allow this country !,<> take a share in that terrible -rug;e. (<'h.n.) He al-o ftlr, gr.- teful for the pacific sdnion of what, was called the Eastern diflicul y, which arose in the course of the vc-vr. Toe Ktnprror of Kus-sia lud signi- fied his intention to withdraw from one of the stipulation* of the Treaty of Pari* of lSofi, and there were people in this countrv who asserted that it -vas the dufy of Lindand instantly to declare war against Russi-i. After alluding to the terms of that treaty and its provision as to quiet, yenceabl-arbitratior. in case of «r.y dispute which miydit arise, instead of appealing to the sword and shedding human blood, the hon. gentleman said the third point to which he wculd advert was the apiiointment of the Joint JJ't-di Commission for fettling the di-putes between this country and the United States of America, for really the idea of a war between this country and America was enough to fill with apprehension and terror the miuds of every rational and Christian man, yet until within three or four years ago this seemed a not improbable result of the state of feeling which prevailed .11110113 our brethren across the Atlantic. By Ibis Joint High Commission they had agreed to con-d-Pute what he called a high court of justice, con- sisting of five peisons one nominated by the Queer, of thiK country, one by the President of tbe United States of America, one by the Swiss Confederation, one by the King of Portugal, and one by the Emperor of Brnzi). Before this court would be produced the requisite evidence; counsel would be employed in fact, it would he similar to :t court of assize in this country and notwithstanding the ditliculfies that had arisen, and notwitlis'anding the extra- vagant claims that America had put. forth, he doubted not that this court would find means to solve the dispute in a manner that would leave them at rest once and for ever. In reeia-.ving tiie last session of Parliament, he did not. think that the Leni.slat.ure could lie charged with the want of diligence, so far a' least as the am»mit of time was concerned. Mr Graves, the member for Liverpool, had lately stated that the House had sat 12'J days and 1,104 hour's hut the question arose, what h.vd come of it? He ventured in sneaking Welsh last night at Dowlais, to em- ploy a so:newhat homely comparison. Those fami!i;¡r wi:h rural life would know that sometimes an old hen would sit on her nest for a Humher o- days there the old creaturc remained, and whenever they passed Hy i* lifted its head and chuckled with an air of infinite self-complacency, yet it unfortunately happened that a great Buny of the eggs l*»?runc addled, and very few live chickens came out. of the ■ergs. (L-.v^htcr.) lie was very much afraid that such had been w; o.is" wiih the sitting in the House of Commons during the last session. (Laughter.) A g, o I many of their I-g;; became addled, and piodueed nothing, but he WW bound to say, however, that this was not he iv altogether the fault of the Government. The Govern- ment nt tlif commencement of tin: session brought in nioJiy important, if not very well digested, measures, but they brought in too many, and attempted to do too much. They neglected the wise counsel of Mr John Bright—-(hear, hear, and cbcers) who on a forma- occasion, the Government not to try and drive several eoachcj at one time through Temple Bar. (Laughter.) Amongst others that were introduced were the Licensing Bill, Local Taxation Kill, Wines' Regulation Bill, Scotch Education Bill, University Tests Bill and Trades' Union Mill. Only the two last of these passed into law. The University Ti-,tt,- Bill did pa*s into iaw,and an-excellent meisurc it was, but even it was somewhat impaired by the retention of the clerical fellowships and other objectionable provisions, which he doubted not would be speedily removed. Mr Fawcett had given notice of his intention to move that that part of the restrictions so objectionable to Nonconformists >;ith respect to the privileges of the universiy, should be cancelled, rl lie Trades'' Union Bill was a good Bill, bur. the Criminal Amendment Act introduced into it some clause* which were most obnoxious to the working classes of the country, and which must, and he doubted not, would be abrogated early in the next session of Parliament. (Cheers.) There were two other measures especially which consumed A!ar.,e parr of their time, namely, the Auriy Regulation Bill "and llie Ballot Bill. "With regard to the former, be confessed that he did not feel so de^p an interest as many members on the Liberal tide of ti e House. The abolition of purchase in the army was a light thing. He had nut the smallest doubt the principle was wholly indefen- sible. Le' them only imagine the same principle applied to any other department of the State,. Conceive of men having the power to lmv an office for themselves in the Customs, in the Excise, or in the Home Office, or in the Eduction Department. (A Voice: Or in the Church.) Mr Simons sain, Or the Church." Unfortunately they did buy in the Church but imagine a, person having the power to buy an oitice in any of the other departments he had mentioned, so that the right of promotion depended not upon qualification, on the part t-f an individual, but upon the length of his purse—so that any man might ùuy prom«iion over the most meritorious and well- tried public servant—such would be felt to be preposterous and intolerable. (Cheers.) Well, notwith- standing the thing seemed so plain to common sense, the whole military party set themselves resolutely at work to oppose, this change, so the consequence was that £ »ey had •b id to a great extent what might Ite called a military ion. It was a carnival of the colonels —(laughter) -and fighting qualities they might possess-and he <lonbted nc->t that should an occasion arise, which God forbid, they would show that they did possess admirable fighting qualiti'S—(hear, hen,r)-- but whatever fighting qualities tiiey possessed, they proved during tlie whole < f last session that they could beat even the lawyers them- selves, who were the most loquacious and long-winded animals in creation. (Loud laughter.) They pioved they xwuld beat even the lawyers themselves in the faculty of interminable talk, and the burden of their speeches could not be better described th:.n in the words of a distinguished member of ti e Conservatives, w'10, leav- ing the Mouse one night, met a friend coming in. 41 \Vhat, iisked the fiijnd, "is going on in the House? Olr," was the reply, the old thing-tMe colonels asking forbore." (Laughter.) They might be sallaot, patriotic, chivalrous men, and these were the epitl e s that were con- Tentionaily applied to all military men but one thing was very certain, that they had rn ut commonly keen idea. of, 0l'e. and a. very lively regard tor, mi inter one (ban-liter ) If the apostolic testimony could be taken that the man who did not take care of himself and his own household was worse than an infidel, they might be quitd sure that i the colonels were hot infidels, ( Hear, hear ) ¡ dwelling upon the apparent in justice involved in t he system of regulation and over-regulation pi ices, the hon. ge Vieman assured those present that, although they unhappily obtained what they required, he was one of those, at least, who resisted and voteel airainst it. But the Army Regulation Bill, in spite of the colonels, was carried through the House of Commons, although it was subsequently re- jected by the House of Lords and thus Mr Gl: dstone thought it right, by an exercise of the Royal prerogative, which he had a right to call into exercise, to piss the Bill into law, and give it the authority of the law without, the consent, of the House of Lords. (Cheers.) The Mouse of Lords passed an angry lesolution condemning the Government, but he could not find that it did anybody any great harm. It was a sort of cursing ths •ir enemies, as the old people used to say, by bell, book, and caudle." (Loud laughter.) The boo. gen- tleman then referred to the fate of the Ballot Bdl, and the amount of the time which was consumed in discussing it inconsequence of the fixed determination of certain gentlenieu 011 the other side of the House to talk the measure out. And they all did talk, "never ending atill beginning." But the Liberals in order not to ph.y into their hands, imposed a sort of self-denying ordinance upon themseives, determining that < £ »/world not talk, aud so sat dumb, listening to their opponents' orations-not a little amused to see how angry they grew because the Liberals would not talk in reply. When they saw there was no longer any danger of its being rejected, the Liberals took an opportunity of delivering their sentiments, and he (the lion, genteman) took an opportunity of once more stating the case of Wales, and telling the House of Commons the hardships which many of his countrymen bad endured for no offence whatever except their courageous fi Ieli'y to their political convictions. In fact, he knew of no Liberal mea- sure in respect to which the argument was so completely on one side as this with regard to the Ballot. The only sem- blance of an argument adduced on the other side was this, that the Ballot was a cowardly and un-hnglish method H taking the vote, tie wished to ask wnettier toe present "tem deserved to be characterised as a noble and English ♦ od of taking votes, when they found landlords, as some me paw during the last election, marching in at. the present -r^en;lRts, leading them like sheep to the ulangh- head 01 U. )lien v% tears in their eyes ahowe<I thit. they ter. Ine po> o-gd contrary to their conviction, and yet were belli- ti aftcr another and record their votes obliged to go up l;UKJlord6, A ml so though according to tne v the promises they had >nven they might oc true to |Jt:lllie false U> their con- to him, they were consule-d t o;ri,,s,,t ^hame.) Bcience, to th ai"country, a.id to lh 1 j ,uui Yet advocates of the Ballot were .denounced -■<>» £ and sneaks but it is wonderful how cnruin^tance^ alte c.. The speaker then drew a p,ctu.*eof fanner >y J t last elections in Wales were conducted. st f nH. tlur were a numl.er of poor Welsh farm tenants-at^ll wl o no leases, aud who, in the ordinary r'oyenarit by ^,neh they occupied their holdings, had 110 secun, v w ae adequate compensation being given lor i.!»e permainnt n proveraents they made in the noil by the use of t jeir C^P and labour..Such men saw, as they had seens;nce the last elec- tion, scores of their fellows turned out. houseless and home- less, on the world—(shame)—some of them indebted to the charity of their neighbours for a beneath which to shelter their own heads and those of their children from the hard wea her of the coining winter, and others, perhaps, who despaired of finding peace and freedom at home, obliged to relinquish their place, and go forth to seek an asylum on the free, soil of America. They all saw this, and came to the Legislature and said, "For heaven's sake, give us the pioteci ion of the Ballot, that we may not be exposed, as we probably sh .11 be, to similar conseipienc.es at the nest gen- • eral elec-i-.n and yet they were branded as sneaks and cowards! ^\ow, take another case. Let his hearers go with hiin into a splendid saloon in the West-end of London, and he would introduce them to one of the-clubs there-the ■Carlton (,r Athenamm There they weie in these magnifi- .cent rooms, gorgeously furnished and brilliantly lighted, .and their, they saw something going on. What was it? The members were engaged in electing an additional mem- ber,but liitii! (AN', ic, "The P-Iot.") Yes, tthe ballot. 1 hey saw their box going round, and each man (deposited his ball in it. What did they want the ballot for? Not as a protection against their utter worldly ruin, 1 like the poor TtV.th fanner -not against the possibility of being ea«t out of their homes, and they and their children belli" made houseless wanderers upon earth —not against the in (initessimally smallest social inconvenience, but against the of man—or the pouting lip of a iretty woman. That was all they apprehended from their vote being ki'Ortn, yet they demanded the protection of the Ballot even against that.. ITe they sneaks and cowards ? Oh dear no- lfc VViiS a ,r!istiike 111 that instance. They were the l-ream of aristocratic respect,at..hty-bmvu, gallant, m miv imous gentlemanly, honourable men -« all hon- ourable men. (Laughter ) B"1 th" would be secured our..oie iiiui. o Speaking of the Mines Regulation TTH t> h n crpntl man acknowledged the able ad Vice which ™ Si, hi, «Jl«,u., Mr Richard Fpth<rgill; raid referred, in corophtpeutarj, terms, to the intelligence, dignity, and moderation with which matters in which they were vitally concerned were discussed by the men tho'n.e e'ves. In speaking o[ the motion intru- duced by Mr Miali fo<* the disee.i:ldi»5voent ami disendow- ment. of the Church of England, the ho a. g ntleman s.r'd lie took the opportunity on tli.it occasion to show i!nt one and the ame principle '.vhich gi-verned our L-gisl"me in dealimr -villi the 11 ishChurch apj lied to the Es'abli hui nt in W(•cs. In both cases it was utterly im'cf nsi'oh', ,-ml was trie Church of a small minoriry. x\ft.cr touel ing »t length upon this subject", the hon member denounced tho increased expenditure of the convtry, which has ris ai from lits ii f-,otit ^'•.Of.ifi.OOO in lood to £ 72,000,lab. t'h's year, and jocularly referred to the alarm dons of the country, who were con- vt.n; f.'y bnrkimr and agiiAting the community to no pur- pui |i >se. Now, said the hon. gentleman. "[ come to the vexed question of education. You have had a haid fi^lit down here 011 that sul j-et, which was fought gallantly mi lioth sides, and the victory went, in my opinion, on tht t The only thing that has given me any pain i i,i, -n .-nice my connection with Mert.hyr, has been the divi-ion which this matter ims occasioned between my o vn friends. L5ut now that the battle has been fought and the xicto y won, I hope that all bitfer or unpleasant, feeling* that may have arisen during the centiict will subside, ami that, we shall ( loye our ranks again. (Cheers.) I believe that we, the Nonconformists, owe in part the difficult position in which we arc p'acod to our own want of decidon at the outset. We wavered and hesitated, and could not make up our own minds. I, therefore, don't feel disposed to say one harsh word of friends who are unable at nOCl) to come to thg position which many of us have at last taken. No doubt, there are people who arc making use of this religious question as ;1 mere instrument for sectari an purposes. Hut there are others who arc actuated by the purest and most exalted motives motives with which I myself largely sym- pathise, a ICed, genuine solicitude for the religi ,UR educa- tion for the people. I simply think that tl.ey are mi taken as to the best menus of accomplishing this object. For on one point we are cordially agreed, and that is, that a religi- ous education should be given to tre children of the p' Ople. I will quarrel with n« man, however strong the language he may use to express his sense of the supreme worth and value of religion as an element in ti,e educ; t on of a human being. (Cheers.) But I do take exception to those who charge as enemies of religion all who do not concur in tlitir views as to the manner of giving this element. and the persons by whom it should be given. (Hear, hear.) I have heard with surprise, not unmixed with some scorn, consid- ering the quarter from which it comes, the accusation brought against the Nonconformists of Wales, of being Ill- different or contemptuous of the Bible. 1 should like to know who has done most to give the Bible to tile people ot Wales ? (Loud cheers ) Our Church friends, if they were wise, would do well not to stir up such questions as th se. What are the facts in reference to this very subject? Dr Llewellyn, who has written an historical account of the Welsh version of the Bible, tells us that, for upwards of 70 years from the settlement of the Reformation-by (llleen Elizabeth, for nearly one hundred years from Britain's separa- tion from the Church of Rome, there were n<> Biblesiu Wales, except for the cathedrals, parish churches, and chapels. In the year 15(13 an Act of Parliament, in the preamble of which it, is stated that, Her Majesty's most loving and obedient subjects inhabiting withi>. Her Majesty's dominion and country of Wales, are utterly destitute of Goal's holy word, and do remain in the like, or rather more, darkness and ignorance than they were in the time of Papistry." Whereupon it nas enacted that the Bible should be tran.-lated into the Welsh language, and the post of doing it was committed to tbj charge of the four Welsh Pi-bops and the Bishop of Hereford, under a pcu-ilty of A.40 e ch if it were nut [lone within two years. But notwithstanding this 2J years longer elapsed before the Bible was translated into Welsh, and then it was done, not by the Bishops, but by the piety and patriotism of a humble clergyman. KtV W :Y1 organ, the vicar of a small parish in Denbighshire, i or years longer 'here was no Bible published in AVelsh for popular use, and wdien it came out it was done not by the Church, but by two Welsh laymen, living in Londwn. For the next half century only one edition was pi b 's'iwl by Churchmen, a large folio for the ti-e of the Churches, while dutiiig the same period the persecuted NonconT fortjiists, Walter i^radock, ava.-or 1 owell, Stephen Hughes, Thomas Gange, and David Jones, published nine editions, consisting of 30.000 copies of tho whole Bible, and above 40,000 more of the New Testament alone. (L mil cheers.) And even now who doe? most 10 continue a supply of Bibles for Wales ? Some years ago my lamented friend, Dr Phillips, of Hereford, so long the able and efficient agent of tho Bible Society for Wales—(cheers- gave me a s'atement It tue comparative amount subscribed by Churchmen aud Dissenters in Wales towards that noble institution, I don't remember the exact figures, but this I caft confidently state, that the sum raised by the subscrip- tions of all the Churchmen in Wales was utterly insigmfi. cant as compared w,tti tnat raised by the Dissenters. (Cheers ) It dtle" not lie therefore in their mouths to char-e Welsh Nonconformists witli treating the Bible as of no account. The fact is you mufti have either sectarian or secular schools. (Cheers.) For my pari I mustcandidlyconfessthatldon'tbe- lieve in what is undenominational education. I put it to myself in this way. If I were to become again a rdigi, illS tCrlch. r. H' 1 was for 25 years, I feel that thj fiist most essential condition I should claim for the discharge of such a function, would be full, absolute, unfettered freedom to give utterance, and 10 give earnest and emphatic utterance, to all my convictions on t»jat most momentous of all sub- jects that can occupy Ille àttemiol1 of nian (cheers.) But if the Bd.de \ver-> put into my liand as a book ccntaming a revelation ei God's will to the world, and I were told to teach that, but to teach it in such sort that I should not trench on the views, or offend the prejudices,of ten or a dozen different religious bodies, who njigtit differ in their inter- pretation, 1 should say, No I can't undertake to teach the Blhle under these conditions. If I can't have liberty to say what God has put into my heart to say, after (lilig, nt and praye'ful research into the contents of the book,—and if 1 can't have liberty to do that here, in this particular building—in this school-room—then in Heaven's name let me go somewhere else where I may give untrammelled ex- pression to my views (cheers ) If on the other hand you give positive di-gtnatic religious instruction it, day-schools, I eittit now trie gross injustice .of compelling everybody to pay for everybody else'* religion, and the ir jury to pu'dic morals by such a course (cheers), and I come tt another danger. I thiuk religion can be efficiently taught pnly by earnestly religious men (hear, hear.) But what security will you'have that the thousands of young pcop:e who will be turned out of the Government Norn al Schools, and who will look to teaching as a mere profession will be religious persons ? And what will be the effect of putting people to teach religion who don't believe it, or don't feel it. The effect will be as in Germany, where that system has Ion, lief n in force, to make not a Christian butílU in £ KM population. Mr Horace M.nn, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, in his Keport of an Educational LHW in Germany," says: No inconsiderable number of the teachers in the Prussian schools, gyumaiiia, and universities, are inwardly hostile to the doc'riijes they are required to retch. 1 asked one of these how he could teach what lw disbelieved and whether it did pot involve the essence of falsehood. His reply wall, It is a lie of neocjtsity. The Government compels us to do this, or it takes away our bread.' When the masses of the people are ignorant, thpy easily become the passive recipients, however false; but when the people become enlightened, their tendency is to recuil fr>m a compulsory religion, even though it be true. The enforcement of a speculative faith-or at Last in ac- 'inowledgint-nt of (me-upon minds that discard it istVtbt- less one of the principal reasons of the rapid spread of infi- delity in that country. I shall never forget the impression made upon my mind bya conversation which a. school nffi-er of great intelligence and Wgh authority the Inspector of the schools of alarge circle of territory—to whom I explained the neutrality of our school system as bejtweep different religious sects. He expressed the greatest astonishment at the fact, and thought it to be impossible that any Govern- i ment could stand which did not select some form of religion and enforce its adoption through the school and the pulpit upon the whole community. On further conversation I found him to be a thorough Pantheist., and a disbeliever in the divine authority of the Enok, whose use, and the inculcation of whose doctrines are held by the State, he was enjoining upon all the schools under his charge." The hon. member, after some further observa- tions upon this and other subjects of a les-s imp rt nt char- acter, brought his address, which occupied nearly two hours in d'divery, to a p1o-e. and resumed his seat amid the most vociferous cheer ng n I enthusiastic applause that pro- bably wa s ever h, ard at the Temperance Hall. One or iwo questions were asked of the hon. member of an unimportant character, and a lesolution wts also handed to Mr Richard, parsed by the M^rthyr Republican Club, the existence of which seemed to surprise a trood many per- sons in the hall. After these matters had been disposed of, Mr Simons, in an eloquent speech, in which he humourously referred to the abuses in the State Church, and the neces- sity for its separation from the State, proceeded to remark upon the Education question, and the gratification he felt that Mr Kichard expressed opinions upon the matter which were in harmony with the principle of religious equality. The learned gentleman also ad vet ted to the necessity for the establishment of represent ,tive County Boards, and also as a means for the proper administration of the law. without fear or favour, the. appointment 111 every district of stipen- diary magistrates, who should not be ns now fixed to par- ticular loc dithp, where they are liable to become subject to local influences, but that the county should be divided into extensive circuits, and that these should be attended by the stipendiary justices on the same principle, as far as practic- able, as govern the attend nice of judges at our courts of assize. He concluded his address by proposing a resolution expressive of grttitu(io to our hon. memb-T for his past parliamentary services and of unabated confidence in him in the future Tills WitS seconded in a Welsh speech of great force and effectiveness by Mr Mathrw John, after which it was submitted by the chairman and carried with the greatest unanimity and enthusiasm. Mr Gould then addressed the meeting in Welsh, and expressed his great pride and satisfaction that the borough wrkS sm ablv represented in Parliament by Messrs Richard and Fothergill. The members did the constituency great honour, and he hoped and believed that the honour of representing so important a constituency was also felt by their members. Some were complaining that Mr Richard was always ignoring at important meetingsjand conferences what had been done, aud was being done, by his own constituency, whilst referring with pride to what Cardigan- shire had done. He (Mr Gould) was quite sure that Mr Richard appreciated his own constituency, and if he bad not brought before the public as prominently as he might, the services in the cause of political reform, and of religious eotrditv which his own constituency had rendered, and the agitations in which they were now and again engaged, it was from no disregard to them. He hoped that Mr Richard and Mr Fothergill would represent them for many years, and that they would, by precept and example, teach {he loquacious ami obstructive members m Parliament that tbe coLtituenc.es had sent them there to do the nation s work, and not to serve their own private or class interest. Mr Richard thanked the meeting for their kind vote just passed, and his great pleasure that his 1 arliamentary services had commanded their approval, lie had one matter which he wished to bring before them before they separated, and which he considered of great importance. He referred to the Liberal daily paper which was about being started at Cardiiff. and which he npuld strongly commend to the support of the Liberal and Nonconformist party in this district. The weekly press was conducted with marked ability, and was doing good service, but remembering that the Conservatives were doing their utmost to turn the people from the error of their ways —(a laugb)-it was important that their daily organ should ¡ be met on the Liberal side by a paper which would repre- sent, day after day, measures as they affoot the principles dear to the great body of our countrymen. He hoped the new daily paper, which was promised to be conducted on decidedly Liberal principles, would have the support, in a practical form, of every true Liberal in the Piincipahty. (Cheers ) He now begged, with great cordiality, to pro- pose a vote of thanks to the chairman, which being seconded by Mr George Morgan, was carried unanimously, The Chairman acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting, after three cbeero for Mr JJi^hard, theij separated.