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AMERICA AND CANADIAN IMPORTS. A Reuter's telegram from Victoria (British Columbia) on Thursday says —Mr. Clifford Lif- ton, Dominion Minister of the Interior, has tele- graphed to the Board of Trade, stating that arrangements have been made at Wasihingtcn whereby Canadian goods will pass over Alaskan territory without paying Customs charges. This is an important concession in favour OJ: the Cana- than outfitting trade.

L.G,B. RE-ORGANISATION, Mr. Chaplin, M.P., visited Lincoln on Friday. Speaking at a. mass meetinc at night, he stated that steps were being taken for the re-organisa- tion of the Local Government Department. The staff, which consisted of 467. would in future number 572, at an increased expenditure of about £18.000 a year. By the new arrange- ments they hoped to keep pace with the increas- ing work. -'•SCANDALOUS DELAY" OF THE If. €r. B; COMPLAINT AT BARRY. Alderman J. C. Meggitt on Friday evening drew the attention of the Barry District Council to the deplorable condition of a number of un- made streets in the town. These streets were thickly populated, so that they were practically impassable. The delay on the part of the Local Government Board in granting the necessary permission to obtain loans for the private im- provements wa* in his opinion scandalous, and further delay should not be allowed.—It was resolved that steps be taken to carry out the private improvement works in aH cases possible.

ADYENTU ROUS BARRY LAD. ■ A dispatch received by the last mail from our Baltimore, U.S.A.. correspondent states:- Albert Blakie, fourteen years old. was held up on December 27 on the Tyne steamer Dart- moor, which arrived from Barry, Wales. A few months ago Blakie arrived on the same steamer, and deserted here, and was captured. He was sent by the Immigration Department back to England on the steamer Maryland, and his returning yesterday put him under surveil- lance. He will be sent back in the ship.

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ALBERT YAUGHAN EYANS CONVICTED, At Northampton Borough Quarter Sessions on Friday Albert Vaughan Evans, 35, auctioneer, was sent to penal servitude for seven years for obtaining goods under false pretences. Wit- nesses were present to prove similar frauds by prisoner at a number of oiher places, including Newport.

BRECON STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE, RAW POLICE RECRUITS AT BRYNMAWR. The quarterly meeting of the Brecon Stand- ing Joint Committee was held on Friday at Brecon, Councillor R. D. Cleasby presiding.- The committee granted the use of the Llan- wrtyd magistrates-room to the inhabitants for a lending library.-A resolution passed at a • torrner meeting in favour of local tendering for police clothing was rescinded.—A communica- tion was read from the clerk to the Brynmawr justices complaining that Brynmawr was made t.he dumping ground for raw recruits to the police toree.—The Chief-constable stated that he had to send these men somewhere, and lie thought Brynmawr was the best place for them to obtain experience, there being always stationed at that town a sergeant and three senior hands.—-The committee considered the chief-constable's explanation a satisfactory one.

ALLOTMENTS AT BARR Y. At the monthly meeting of the Barry District Council on Friday Alderman J. C. Meggitt said it was probable that bef<fre the next meeting the per- mission of Mr. Robert Forrest would have been obtained, on behalf of the Wenvoe Castle Estate authorities, for additional land for allotment purposes near Beggar's Well, and it was resolved that the allotments committee be' empowered to parcel out the ground to applicants.

COUNTY FOOTBALL. A meeting of the executive of the Glamorgan County F.C. was held on Thursday uight. There was a full attendance, Mr. G. Bowen. Swansea. presiding. It was unanimously resolved to ask the Cardiff F.C. to join the couAty club.

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News Gleanings A SUMMARY OF GENERAL ITEMS. Telegraphic and Otherwise, Obtained from a Variety of Sources. Between £240 and JE250 was realised at the Sb. Peter's Christmas Tree, Carmarthen, on Thursday. *•■*••• Thos. Price, retired farmer, Llancarvan, and James Williams were each fined 10s. and costs at Barry Police-court on Friday for cruelty to their horses. At a meeting of the Cowbriage Town Council held on Thursday last, it was resolved that the press be not admitted to committee meetings of t!ie council.. » rians for the extension of Barry Intermediate School were passed by the District Council on Friday evening, and the •work will be proceeded with at once. • t • • • At the Neath County Police-court on Friday, Margaret Thomas, of the Corner beerhouse, Giynneath, was fined £1 and costs for selling beer after hours, and permitting drunkenness. > • • « Mr. E. B. Reece, coroner, held the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Emil Hippler, at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Friday evening. Hippler, it will be remembered, died a few days ago from injuries received by a fall down the hold of the steamship Pomeron. After hear- ing the evidence the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." Less than a week ago Mr. David Davies, grocer and baker, Barry-road, Cadoxton, was out attending to his business as usual, but on Sunday he had a violent attack of inflammation of the bowels, and he succumbed on Thursday afternoon, at the age or about 50. • • David Bowen, 68 years of age, an ostler, of Tvcoch, Bryncoch, was found lying at the bottom of a flight of steps at the rear of the Foresters' Arms, Neath, on Thursday. He was taken home in a cab, but he died shortly after eight o'clock on Thursday night. < < < At Blaina Police-court on Friday Arthur Dob- bins, collier, Nantyglo, was fined £2, including costs, for travelling from Abertillery to Nartv- glo en December 1 without paying his fare, and with intent to avoid the payment thereof. Mr. Daniel Evans represented defendant, while Mr. Phillips represented the company. » • • The creditors of Mr. D. R. Stephens, coal shipper, Swansea, held a first meeting on Fri- day, when the gross liabilities were reported at £4.079 12s. 2d., expected to rank JE:1,377 13s. 3d., and assets £342 Os. 10d., leaving a deficiency of £1,035 12s. 5d. The Grea; Western Railway Company have arranged for the preparation of a list of farm- house, seaside, and country lodgings to let in the vicinity of Great Western stations, and it is intended to also include hotels and boarding- hcuses in the pamphlet. The station-masters at the Great Western stations are collecting the necessary information. *•*••• Dr. Daniel Evans, partner with Dr. John Evans, Swansea, was thrown out of his trap in Carmarthen-road, Swansea, on Friday morn- ing, owing to the horse slipping in the roadway. He sustained a nasty wound over the forehead, which had to be stitched up under the influence of chloroform. The injury is not regarded as serious. • i • • Two engines came into collision at the junction ontside Victoria Station, Manchester, on Friday morning, and one of the locomotives was over- turned. The drivers were shaken, and one of the stokers, named Edward Rotherham, was badly bruised. Two lines were blocked for a considerable length of time. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway officials attribute the accident to failure in the working of the signals. Brecon School Board election is fixed for the 26th of January. • » • The half-yearly rent audit of the Cefu Mably Estate was held at the Angel Hotel on Thurs- day and Friday, and, in consideration of the prevailing agricultural depression, the majority of the tenants had an allowance made them of 10 per cent. At the dinner, which was numerously attended, the healths of Mr. and Mrs. Kemeys-Tynte were drunk with great enthusiasm, as were also the healths of Mr. Clement Upperton and the local agent, Mr. S. Rooney. Mr. W. Thomas presided over a meeting of the parks committee of the Barry District Council, held on Thursday evening at the gas and water offices, wheu the surveyor was in- structed to prepara plans showing Cadoxton Common enclosed in, excepting public highways, and the road near the Wesleyan Chapel altered. —It was decided to make a road aroiind Romilly Park before the same had been laid out, the surveyor to adv«"-tise for tenders as soon as the sanction of the Locsl Government Board had been obtained to borrow money for the same. • < The members of the Cardiff Inanimate and Live Bird Shooting Club held a starling shoot at Wenvoe, near Cardiff, on Wednesday after- noon, which had been arranged by the secre- tary, Mr. William Chambers, and Mr. Biss, gamekeeper, of Wenvoe. In spite of the rain which poured down during the whole afternoon, there was a good number of guns, and some very good shooting was witnessed. Sweepstakes were the chief events during the day. One hundred and forty-eight bir~3 were trapped, and some of them were very tricky in their flight, and wanted a deal of stopping. » • • Cardiff Merciful Society was instituted in 1826 for visiting and relieving the sick poor, and to-morrow (Sunday) the anniversary sermons will be preached at Wesley Chapel, Charles-street— in the morning by the Rev. T. S. Knowlson and in the evening by the Rev. W. T. Lee. During the past year 642 visits have been made, and the sum of JE67 7s. 6d. ins been distributed, without any distinction of sect or party. The funds are at present very low, but it is hoped that the public will liberally support an institu- tion that has relieved so many distressed persons in their afflictions. • Mr. W. Bircham, Local Government Board inspector, attended Whitland District Council on Friday, and expressed the opinion that it would be better for the council to adopt a thoroughly good drainage and water scheme instead of treating the matter sectionally. If they did this, they could borrow money for the purpose on the 30 years' re-payment system.— After some discussion the council decided to ask the engineer, Mr. Beesley, if his scheme could be modified in such a way that the council could apply to the Local Government Board for a loan. < < In connection with the 6th Cardiff Company of the Boys Brigade a most successful concert was held on Wednesday evening at Clare-road Hall, Cardiff, when the following artistes took part: — Instrumentalists: Miss Freeman, of the Royal Alexandra Handbell Ringers, Mrs. T. Ogilvie Pouison, I.S.M., Mr. G. Pearoe, Mr. Herbert Kemp; soloists. Miss Freeman, Miss Brown, Miss Connie Pyle, Miss Maud Charles, Mr. E. Collev, Mr. Tom Harris; recitals: Miss Maggie Rogers and Mr. Edward Coiley. In the interval Corporal Francis, aided by members of the company, successfully carried out a presenta- tion to the officers as a token of their apprecia- tion of the interest they had taken in the work since the formation of the company in Februarv 1894. The presentation eorusted of handsomely- framed illuminated address. The recipients, —Messrs. E. L. Coombs, G. E. Peck, and C. R. Lee—acknowledged the gifts in suitable terms. The annual meeting of the Penarth and Car- diff District of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds, A. u., was held at the Pride of Leckwith Lod^e. Canton Hotel, Llandaff-road. Bro. Thompson, P.C.S., presided, and there was a large number of delegates.—-Bro. D. Lewis gave a resume of the year's work of the society, which was very encouraging in every respect. There was a gain in each of the funds, the total gain in the year being £ 133 16s. 8d., as against £ 124 10s. 9d. the previous year. The total funds of the district amounted to £2,493 lis. 2^d.— JB715 of whioh was in tts funeral fund and £1,630 12s. 6id. in the widow and orphans fund. The number of members—978—showed a con- siderable increase in the j ear.—It was decided to hold a fete and gala, as usual, on Easter Monday, also to take steos \to open a Shep- herdesses' lodge.—I was raided not to ask the A.M.C. to Cardiff in 1833, -1 as not to clash with t4t2 High Court meetings of the Foresters.

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Romance of Coal and Iron. HOW THE GUESTS SETTLED IN WALES. SMALL BEGINNINGS OF A FIVE MILLION CONCERN. COAL SOLD AT A PENNY A SACK, It is said that Lord Wiruborne's Welsh col- lieries and steelworks are now worth five millions sterling His father held ihe estate for a ground rent of £100 a year, and the story of the rise of this property is one of the most interesting of all our industrial romances. We ara indebted to Mr Charles Wilkins's excellent "History of Merthyr" for the following, and our readers will find it especially interesting at the present juncture, when it is stated that this valuable property is about to become the pos- session of an American syndicate. • The existence of the iron and coal wealth of Dowlais was known in the year 1747, when the great mir,eral district was leased ty the Dowager Lady Windsor to Mr. Thomas Morgan, of Machen Place, one of the direct line of the pre- sent Tredegar family. The lease was for a term of 99 years, subject to an annual payment of £26 sterling, and embraced an area of 2,000 acres of mineral property, extending from the northern part of Dowlais to the centre of the widely-spread parish of Gelligaer. It was free from any restrictions as to sub-letting and royalty, and empowered the lessee to work coal, iron ore, limestone, sandstone, and fireclay for the period named over the whole estate, which at that period, with one small exception, was in the ownership of Lady Windsor. Old authorities relate that when in the possession of Morgan a Mr. Lewis, of Dowlais, sub-leasecl the tract for £100 per annum, and, going home to his wife, told Un astonished lady of his remarkable speculation. Instead of rejoicing, she was grieved to the heart; ruin was staring them in the face, and so wildly did she complain that, like a devoted husband, he hurried back and induced the agent to cancel the agreement. The wife reigned master of the situation, and was triumphant, but they both lived long enough to see what a wretched mistake had been made. Morgan, strangely enough, was either so rich as to be apathetic, or knew too little of the pro- perty to be stimulated into exertion, for he neither worked the iron veins nor the coal measures. Such was the condition of things at Dowlais when Guest made his appearance, in 1760. In the early part of the eighteenth century there lived at the White Horse, in Broseley, Stafford, a man named John Guest, a small freeholder, who carried on the combined trades and pur- suits of a hfrewer, farmer, and coal dealer. His wife's name was Wilmot; he had several chil- dren, and he was a. middle-aged, striving, struggling man. Over the porch of his humble dwelling there was a large initial G, for this was the old homestead of the Guests, a family located in Broseley for upwards of 200 years, and noticeable as well-conducted, energetic people. When Sir John Guest, in the hey-day of his fame, sought to learn the ancestry of the Guests, he found fliat the name was one of the oldest institutions of the parish. It was a good old Saxon family, and there generation had succeeded generation, like the elms of the hedge- rows and the beech of the woodland. John Guest flourished at the time when dabbling in iron making became common in iron districts. There are remains to this day at Broseley of an old furnace known as Guest's, where he attempted, with what success is not known, to make iron. This fact becoming known to Lewis, of Dowlais, who had acquired the lease for JE28 per annum, led to his engagement as manager of the small furnace here, and about the year 1760 he started for Wales. The.road was rugged and mountainous, difficulties and dangers were to he apprehended, but his plain habits and strong constitution enabled him to treat these trifles as of little account. He had a companion in his travels—an old and faithful servant of the family named Ben Guest, who rode on a grey aiare; and when they set out to seek their fortunes the master rode and the man walked behind. But there was not the distance then that now exists be- tween master and man. And po it foil out that honest Guest cO-Jld not ride in comfort while his old friend and servant trudged in the mire. So Ben was persuaded, very much agaiiut his wish, to mount the grey marc behind his master, and in this homely fashion they jogged ai'ing in the direction of the distant, unknown 1."nd of Wales. It was in this guise they were seen in the falling shades of an *utu*r>.nal evening to enter the obscure namlet of Merthyr and, being directed by a villager, the travellers stopped at length opposite the cosy-looking and inviting hostelry now known as the Three Sal- mons. Such was the entry on the field of John Guest, the energetic worker out uf his own fortunes, the andfcstor of Oyl" who in later times amassed immense wealth, and linked his name in honourable association with the old nobility of the empire. Guest built himself a house by the side of Morlais, and took the furnace of Lewis into his special keeping, and there he lived and worked, quietly moulding his fortunes. He has been described as a plain, homely man, tall, finely bnilt, with eccentric habits, but much loved by his workmen. He had but few men, and, as he applied himself to the study of the language with his usual energy of application, he was soon able to converse with them in their own tongue. Mr. Guest's labours were at first attended with considerable difficulty. Success dawned but slowly. He found that Mf. Lewis had tried various methods: so he had the benefit of his forerunner's experience, with only a moiety of the misfortunes. Almost, simultaneously with the arrival of Guest came a Mr. Wilkinson, the father of the eminent ironmaster of that name. This gentle- man also came from Broseley, so the news of the venture ill Wales was beginning to spread. Wil- kinson built a furnace in Dowlais, the ruins of which can still be seen behind the old Vulcan steps. At a considerable distance from this there was a water-wheel, which acted as the motive power to a large bellows, supplying the furnace with blast. This blast was in turn conveyed through a. clay pipe, so long and frail that it was no wonder the whole scheme fell to pieces, and all Mr. Wilkinson did was to blast his own fortune and return to Broseley a disappointed man. After a lapse of thiee years John Guest was steadily gaining ground, and rows of cottages were beginning to appear at Dowlais. The coal measures in the district were first developed by Mr. John Guest in-a very small way, and more for the use of the faimers and the villagers than for his furnace. The farmers of Vaynor were in 4he habit of taking a sack of lime to Mr. Guest, and for one half-penny they received a sack of coal in exchange, but in the lapse of a. few years Mr. Guest began to discover that coal was of more value than he had at first supposed, and the price went up to a penny a sack, whereat the farmers looked and expressed their indignation. At this time (1765) the old chronicles of. Vaynor state that all the inhabitants of the district came to Mr. Guest for his coal, as none could be had anywhere else in the Valley. Years rolled on, and Mr. John Guest was quietly plodding onward at Dowlais, selling his coal and working the solitary furnace. His yield of iron increased from .600 tons annually to 1,500, but never exceeded this. His efforts in getting mine, and even coal, were primitive in the extreme. The mountain streams would be dammed up to a considerable height at such places as Twyncarno, and then suddenly cleared away, scouring out the mine from the sides, which by its great weight wou)d Mnk to the bottom of the brook or stream and be collected afterwards. This process was called scouring, and was adopted at Cyfarthfa as well as at Dowluis. In 1785 Thomas Guest, the son, was publicly announced as taking the direction of affairs, and also receiving his ap- pointment as one of the firm, which from that time became known as tbe Dowlais Iron Com- pany, The company consisted of Guest, Lewis, and a Mr. Tait, who had been a traveller for the firm. Guest held two-sixteenths, Tait eight-silcteenths, and Iewis six-sixteenths. In 1790 the Dowlais Works were assessed to the poor at £ 2,000 only, yet they were on a large scale for the time. In the year 1795 steam power was first introduced to the district, and this was at Dowlais. In 1807, after a life of energy and usefulness, Mr. Guest died, and was buried at St. Tydfil's Church. The disposition of the works at his death was as follows: —Mr. J. J. Guest, nine- sixteenths; Mr. Thomas Revel Guest, one-six- teenth; and Mr. Lewis, six-sixteenths, Mr. Tait retiring. During Mr. Thomas Guest's management the works had increased remarkably. By the beginning of 1800 three furnaces were at work, and the annual product was about 3,000 tons. Dowlais forge had been erected and achieved wonders. The first bar of finished iron at Dow- lais was three inches by a half in size. Josiah John Guest (afterwards a baronet) was born on the 2nd of February, 1785, nine months before the death of his grandfather, the first Guest, whom lie so much resembled in sturdy independence of thought and energy of action, and on the death of his father, in 1807, he was appointed joint-manager, and sole manager of the works in 1813. In 1815 the number of furnaces at Dowlais had increased to five, making nearly 15,600 tons of iron, and in 1822 the number had been doubled. In 1825 Mr. Guest was elected Conservative member of Parliament for Honiton, but on Merthyr beuig enfranchised in 1832 he was elected the first member for the borough. At the coronation of Queen Victoria he was elevated to the rank of a baronet. He was the first chairman of the Taff Vale Railway, in which he held £100,000 worth of shares. In 1845 the Dowlais Works em- ployed 7,300 men, women, and children, and covered an area of 40 acres. The consumption of coal was 1,200 tons weekly, and the annual produce of iron was 74,880 tons, and m 1852 it was computed that no less than 10,500 people were dependent on these works for subsistence. The com- pany had prospered beyond all conception, and the Marquess of Bute was knalh to be resolved on getting a rental more adequate to the worth of the estate. The Dowlais Company paid but JS100 a year, whereas from the Peny- darrcn Company alone the Bute family received £ 10,000. At first it was thought that the lease would not be renewed, but eventually it was granted for £ 30,000. Towards the close of his life Sir John Guest became very anxious to see the people trained and educated, and the splendid schools for which Dowlais became celebrated were as much the expression of his dearest wish as they were his inemoriam. At Sir John's death the entire management fell to the care of Mr. John Evans, and it was then that they paid better than at any other time. Sir John left behind him immense wealth. Dowlais was his, and he also held large estates, the chief of which was Canford Manor, now the principal seat of his son, Lord Wimborne. The present Lord Wimborne is the eldest son of Sir Josiah Guest; he was created a baron in 1880. His lordship's second name, Bertie (Ivor Bertio Guest), is taken from that of his mother, Lady Charlotte Bertie, daughter of the Earl of Lindsey, and his father's second wife. All Welshmen feel grateful to Lady Charlotte, and hold her name in reverence for the kind inte- rest she took in their folk-lore literature and the useful work she did on these lines. She translated the Welsh "Mabinogion."

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CARDIFF NAUTICAL ACADEMY,47, ST. MARY-ST. The Cardiff Nautical Academy, 47, St. Mary- street, was opened on January 1, 1897, by Cap- tain James Netherclift Jutsum (late instructor at the Fenchurch Nautical Academy, London), with the view of providing the Bristol Channel ports, Wales, and the West of England generally with a first-class nautical school, where candi- dates eould be expeditiously prepared on the most advanced lines for all Board of Trade examinations, from second mate to extra master. The following list of successes, which represents the result of the first year's work, speaks for itself, and it is almost unnecessary to add that it establishes a record that has never been approached by any nautical school in the United Kingdom during the same period of its existence. The most notable feature in connection with the year's work is that all candidates for extra- master's certificates (the highest obtainable) have been suceessful at the first attempt, after an average attendance at the school of only 31 days. Captain Jutsum is the eldest son of the Rev. Humphrey Jutsum, whom many of the older residents of Cardiff will remember as a Weil- leyan minister in Penarth thirty years ago. EXTRA MASTERS. LAST SHIP. Mr. David Owen s.s. Orsino A??n_,R^ Wllliams s.s. Monte Rosa mi.'red Freer s.s. Drayton • Hitchings s.s. Ellorio All were successful at the first attempt. COMPASS SYLLABUS. Mr. J. Thompson Aikman g.g. Bretwalda ORDINARY MASTERS. Mr. David Owen a.s. Orsino t" ?i" Loveluck Atlantic Transport Co. V." t ^ones ship Springburn „ B. J. Evans a.s. Shelley » Sosf. Newby s.s. Melrose Abbey David Jones .s.s. Ariadne Alexandra ■^cP1iarm S-3- Castanos £ :• barque Rockhurst David Williams s.s. North Flint „ G. F. Robinson.s.s. Ariadne Alexandra »??nJEJan8 8- Sidra wfr?rd £ ree-r s.s. Lrajton — H. Davies s.s. liomney ihos. Hitchmgs s.s. Elorrio Y* Oreenway s.s. Karoon J. H. Burden.s.s. Gwentland „ Wm. E. Williamson s.s. Ethelburga. H. L. Da.vies .a.s. Norton FIRST MATES. Mr. J. H. Williams barqne Birdston J. H. Lightfoot.s.s. Lyndhurst H. Lloyd.barque Emilie Dingle » ^.r s.s. Tredegar a -.Pr?'}ce s*3- Cadoxton & *rield ;• ». Oakland# M. T. Jones barque Trowbridge C. H. Oatway.s.s. Elm Branch P~ S-3- Restormel „ E. G. Badcock s.s. Jersey S. C. Bartlett barque Ocean Chief J. N. Grithths. s.s. James Tucker P* barque Bianca „ A. L. Edwards s.s. Charles T. Jones 5' „°^?n R.M.S. Bakana „ E. S. "Vincent s.s. Raglan „ David Lewis s.s. Hesperides SECOND MATES. Mr. W. Lewis.s.B. Glantivy „ M. Weaver s.s. Ranza „ W. E. Fowler barque Ecclefechan „ E. Norman s.s. Trevean „ E. Williams s.s. Glantivy „ W. Thompson s.s. Florence „ E. E. Scott s.s. Kingsland D. O. Jones s.s. Northgate „ J. D. IV ewham s.s. Oronsay „ J. M. Parker.ship Marion Ballantyne „ H. C. Grimth.s.s. Cambrian Monarch W. Hughes s.s. Palestine „ R. H. Southwell s.s. Rutherglen „ J. E. Palmer s.s. Dunbar „ G. Bailev barque Isle of Erin T. Griffith? s.s. Dunsley „ D. M. Davies s.s. Dunsley „ R. Williams s.s. North Gwalia T. H. Davies s.s. Dunsley Forty-three of the above were successful at the first attempt.

TRANSFERRING THE EAST- BROOK LICENCE. At Barry Police-court on Friday Mr. R. O. Jenkins, solicitor, Barry, applied, on behalf of Mr. John Alexander Davies, for the temporary transfer of the licence of the Swan Inn, East- brook, but Mr. David (Stevens and David, soli- citors, Cardiff) said he represented Mr. J. J. Biggs, the mortgagee, and his friend had no locus standi.—Mr. J. H. Jones, who stated lie represented various interests, told the bench that he was in possession at the present time.— The applicant said he was the owner, and had received the rent from Mr. S. Blake quarterly. He had bought the hotel for the residue of a term of 99 years.—The magistrates granted the application.

SIR T. ROBINSON'S WILL. The personal estate has been valued for pro- bate at £ 35,321 3s. Id. of Sir Thomas Robinson, of Maisemore Park, Gloucester, formerly a corn merchant, a director of the Sharpness New Docks, and of the Gloucester and Birmingham Negation Company, mayor of Gloucester 1865- 66, 1872, and 1874, and M.P. for Gloucester from 1885 to 1892.

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National Bank of Wales. THE CASE AT THE CENTRAL COURT. DATE OF THE HEARING. The National Bank of Wales case will pro, bably come on for hearing at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday next. The Crown will be represented by Sir Richard Webster, Q.C., M.P., Attorney-General, Mr. Charles Matthews, and Mr. Horace Avory; the defendant Cory by Mr. Carson,. Q.C., M.P.; Colonel Howell by Sir E. Clarke, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Bodkin; and Collins by Mr. Fraser and a leading counsel, whose name cannot at present be ascertained. The trial will probably last two days. CASE AGAINST MR. JOHN CORY. The liquidator of the National Bank of Wales, Mr. C. F. Dovey, having filed his evidence in reply, the case against Mr. John Cory is now ready for hearing. It is expected to come on in about six ori- eight weeks, and to last about a fortnight. The evidence is of the most voluminous character, extending as it does over many hundred pages of printed matter. It is said that there will be a large array of gentlemen of the long robe-Sir tt. Reid, Q.C M.P., Mr. WTarmington, Q C., Sir E. Clarke, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Ingpen, the well-known Chancery barrister, and Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., being retained on one side or the other. It is whispered that the leading counsel on each side will have fees of at least 500 guineas on their briefs. The final result of the liquidation to shareholders will chiefly depend on the result of this litigation, which is, naturally, awaited with the deepest interest throughout the Principality. No pains or ex- pense have been spared by either side in pre- paring for I he trial, and it is anticipated that the contest will be a keen one, full of interest and knotty legal problems. The winding-up of this unfortunate concern bids fair to estab- lish it as a leading case in more than one respect.

MYSTERY OF THE OCEAN BELLE, NO TRACE OF THE MISSING MAN. The police inquiries respecting the fate of Auguste Bjorn, cook of the brig Ocean Belle, have proved abortive. It will be remembered that Bjorn mysteriously disappeared from his ship in the Bute West Dock at Cardiff, on the morn- ing of the 19th of December, and, as a pool of blood was subsequently found in the forepeak of the vessel, the assumption was that he had first cut his throat and afterwards jumped over- board. The following day the Ocean Belle left Cardiff for Gravcserd, after a fruitless attempt had been made to recover the body by dragging the dock. A couple of days later the Cardiff police authorities took the matter up. The Gravesend police were communicated with, and a careful examination of the vessel and cargo was made at that port, without result, and the vessel was accordingly auowed to proceed to her destination. Since then Detective-inspec- tor Scott has discovered that Auguste Bjorn had lodged at the German Sailors' Home in Bute-road, Cardiff, from September 24 to October 27. He was a native of Copenhagen, where his wife and family reside, and the morning before he left the home at Cardiff he received a letter from his wife, in which she stated that his eldest son had successfully passed as second engineer. The German friends of Bjorn ?n Cardiff state that he was a well-con- ducted, sober man, and was generally liked by his shipmates. Inspector Scott on Friday night, having obtained the address of Mrs. Bjorn in Copenhagen, sent her full par- ticulars of the mysterious disappearance of her husband and the result of subsequent inquiries.

A PRESSMAN'S SCARE" AT BARRY. At a meeting of the Barry District Council on Friday evening Mr. E. W. Waite, the water engineer, drew attention to certain unfounded statements published in our contemporary with regard to the alleged defective condition of water hydrants in the district, and pointed out that what was described as a defective hydrant was not a hydrant at all. (Laughter.)—The Clerk (Mr. J. A. Hughes) observed that Police- superintendent Giddings, who had charge of the fire extinguishing appliances in the town, said that the precautions taken at Barry to deal with outbreaks of fire were equal to those of ether towns of its size.—Mr. W. Saunders: A bit of iron with a hole in it seems to be enough for the pressman to write up a scare with. —immrnm——

NEURALGIA PATIENT COM- MITS SUICIDE, At an inquest held on Thursday afternoon at Swansea, on the body of Robert Bradford, ship's engineer, who hung himself on board the steam- ship Fender, in Swansea Docks, evidence was given showing that deceased had been suffering terribly from neuralgia, and had tried various means io assuage the pains. Nothing else was known of that could affect his mind.—The jury retutned a verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane."

GLAMORGAN HUNT BALL The annual Glamorgan Hunt Ball was held at the Cardiff Town-hall on Friday evening. The vestibule, the assembly-room, the council chamber, and the corridors leading thereto had been magnificently decorated by Messrs. Howell and Co. The assembly-room was tastefully embellished with hangings, glasses, and some beautiful and costly worked Indian panels. The glasses, platform, &c., were set off with flowers and palms, and the various oil paintings already upon the walls completed the effect. The central corridor leading to the council chamber was cosily arranged for sitting out. Wicker alcoves, delicately draped, were constructed on either hand. whilst upon the centre were placed a row of tall palms. The council chamber was turned mto a refreshment-room, and here, too, the decorations were quite in keeping with those of the assembly-room and corridor. The staircase was carpeted, and the niches in the walls were filled with palms and flowers. The vestibule itself was utilised for the purposes of supper, and here a sumptuous repast was laid by Mr. Stevens, of Queen-street. The wines were by Idle, Chapman, and Co., High- street. The arrangements for the ball were carried out under the superinten- dence of the master of the hunt, The Mackintosh of Mackintosh, by the energetic secretary, Mr. W. H. Lewis. The guests began to arrive about nine o'clock, and by eleven there were considerably over 250 present. The dancing was to the strains of Mr. F. G. Roberts's band. The scene under the full blaze of the electric light was exceedingly effective.

LOCAL WEDDING, WILLIAMS—WALPOLE, An interesting wedding took place in London on Tuesday, the parties being Dr. W. E. Wil- liams, J.P., Abertillery, and Miss Adeline Mary Walpole. third daughter of Mr. Frederick Gou- burn Walpole, of Hans-place, S.W., grand- daughter of the Honourable Robert Walpole, and great grand-daughter of Sir Robert Wal- pole. Dr. and Mrs. Williams left for Bath, where the honeymoon will be spent; after which, we understand, they will take up their residence in Carmarthenshire. A movement is on foot in Abertillery and district to present Dr. Williams with a testimonial on the occasion of his mar- riage and the resignation of his practice after 30 years.

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Miners' Federation. THE SELECTION OF CHECK. WEIGHERS. The Miners' Federation resumed its confe- rence at Bristol on Friday morning, under the "presidency of Mr. Pickard, M.P. SELECTION OF CHECKWEIGHERS. Mr. Smellie and Mr. Torrance (representing the Scottish Federation) moved resolutions de- claring that all persons at a colliery who are paid according to the tonnage raised should be entitled to choose and be bound to pay the checkweigher. They thought" that, without waiting for the passing of the Coal Mines Regu- lation Bill, a short measure might be drafted embodying this declaration and passed unopposed through Parliament.—The President could not consent to the drafting of such a short1 Bill unless the federation failed to secure a good place for 'ts larger Bill.—The matter was ultimately left 'to the executive. ENGINEERS' GRANT INCREASED. The Chairman said they had been making grants to the engineers from time to time, and they had paid every penny which the federation had granted up to now, and a little more. The sub-committee met a little time ago, and, the treasurer having paid all that was granted, they took upon themselves the responsibility of con- tinuing a similar payment until that meeting.— On the proposition of Mr. Cowey, seconded by Mr. Whitefield, the conference approved of the grants already made. Mr. Pickard then asked the conference to de- termine whether they should continue to pay £200 or j6300 a week from the central funds, leaving I dIstricts free to pay what they liked in addition. He thought they might safely call upon their members to pay £300 a week. Mr. Harvey (Derbyshire) proposed that the federation contribute from the central fund J6300 a week towards the support of the locked-out engineers and the allied trades. Mr. Greeall (Lancashire) seconded the pro- position. Mr. Whitefield (Bristol) said he did not con- sider £300 a week was as much as they might be expected to pay in such a crisis as the present. He wished the federation could see its way to make it JE500 a week, and levy the districts to obtain it. Mr. Pickard said they ought t<) be very cau- tious what they were doing in this matter. They had not only to keep another Union intact, but they must not "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs." They wanted to do something which they could continue, and he was of opinion they could guarantee £30(} a week as long as the dispute lasted, and no doubt the districts of the federation would continue to do what they were already doing to help the engineers. Without saying anything as to the help they themselves had received, he thought they were acting very generously towards the engineers. There was only one thing they ought to lay down, and that was that the money should be sent to the engineers and to those who were fighting the battle, and not in attending conferences. Mr. Cowey (Yorkshire) said that as far as the Yorkshire miners were concerned they were doing all they could do. They had sent £20,000, and the other week they voted JE500. Mr. Harvey (Derbyshire) stated that the Der. byshire miners had made a grant of £500 in addition to the federation levy. Mr. Greenall (Lancashire) said that there had been a levy on the Lancashire miners ever since the struggle commenced to help the engineers in Lancashire, but he did not think there would be any harm in appealing to branches to do all they could. Mr. Stanley remarked that in the little district of Cannock Chase they were raising JE50 a week. Mr. Stewart (Nottingham) said the miners in that county had raised about £500 for the sup- port of the cycle workers and other engineers who were locked out. The proposition for granting £300 a week was then adopted. ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE. Mr. B. Pickard, M.P., was re-elected presi- dent; Mr. S. Woods, M.P., vice-president; Mr. T. Ashton, Manchester, secretary; and Mr. E. Edwards, Staffordshire, treasurer; and the fol- lowing were chosen on the executive committee —Messrs. E. Cowey and W. Parrott, Yorkshire; W. Johnson, Warwickshire; J. Buller, Lanca- shire; J. Haslam, Derbvshire; W. Hobbs, Cleveland W. Whitefield, Bristol; A. Stewart, Nottingham; and J. Weer, Scotland. Messrs. J. Murray (Yorkshire), T. Greenall (ancashire), E. Edwards (Staffordshire), W. E. Harvey (Derbyshire), and P: Muir (Scotland) were appointed delegates to the International Congress at Vienna; and Messrs. J. Murray (Yorkshire), B. Dean (Staffordshire), T. Glover (Lancashire), A. Stewart (Nottingham), and W. Wliitefield (Bristol) delegates to the Trades Union Congress. The conference sat for some time in private before separating finally.

HUNGARY AND AUSTRIA A Central News telegram from Bnda-Pesth on Friday evening says:—The Hungarian Diet to- day passed, by a large majority, the Bill pro- longing the provisional arrangement with Austria for the present year. An amendment was accepted by the Government setting forth that, if a definite arrangement for ten years should not be submitted to the Diet by the 1st of May next and to the Parliaments of Vienna and Buda-Pesth, Hungary would reserve to her- self the right to settle the banking question and the question of an independent Customs system.

SECONDARY EDUCATION. CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE AND ART TEACHERS. The conference of science and art teachers was held in London on Friday.—Mr. C. J. Addis- cott (president of the National Union of Teachers), who presided, complained of the attitude adopted by the science and art depart- ment in regard to science and art schools, and declared that their latest regulation classes in rural districts would be improved out of exis- tence.—Mr. Ernest Grev, M.P., expressed tne view that until the science and art department as it at present existed was entirely swept away it was utterly hopeless to expect any advance- ment in secondary education.—A resolution was carried favouring the substitution of inspection for examination, but expressing the view that the new mode of assessing the grant would result in a financial loss to most science classes and in absolute extinction of many of the smaller classes. They considered the rate of payment should be materially increased.

MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED IN BASUTOLAND. A Reuter's telegram from Cape Town on Fri- day says: Matters in Basutoland appear to be drawing to a climax. Lerothodi, the paramount chief, seems determined to support the Govern- ment, but wishes to do so without bloodshed. He was iu Maseru yesterday, and reported to the Resident Commissioner that he had sur- rounded Masapha, and destroyed Moiketsi's village. The Commissioner told him to bring Moiketsi to Maseru. The chief promised to do so, and proceeded in the afternoon to the scene of the disturbance. Lerothodi is supported by the bulk of the Basutos, and is supposed to have 10,000 men in the field.

LATE MR. EDWARD DAVIES At its last meeting the Ministerial Union of Cardiff passed a resolution expressmg apprecia- tion of the virtues of ihe late Mr. Edward Davies. J.P., of Llandinam, and tendering sym- pathy to the widow and children. The name of Mr. Vauglian Davies, M.P., chairman of the Agricultural Committee, should have been included among the Aberyscwilh renresentatives at the funeral of the iate Mr. Edward Davies.

SEAMEN IMPRISONED. At Falmouth on Friday George Hall and Thomas M'Cutchin, able seamen on the Glasgow steamer Arana, were charged with disobedience. The Arana was from Cardiff to Barcelona with coal and patent fuel. Defendants after the vessel had put into Falmouth -refused to turn to, alleging the Arana to be unseaworthy.— Each defendant was sentenced to fourteen davs' hard labour and the forfeiture of two days' pay.

CRICKET IN A UsrrRALIA. MR. STODDART'S TEAM V. EIGHTEEN OF BALLARAT. [COPYRIGHT.] A special Press Association telegram from Baliarat on Friday says:—Mr. Stoddart's team to-day began a match here against an Eighteen of Baliarat. The two Englishman who stood out on this occasion were Hayward and Hearne. The weather was warm, but: the wicket was in good condition. There was only a moderate atten- dance. Mr. David, the local captain, won the toss, and elected to bat. At the luncheon in- terval the Baliarat men had scored 70 for the loss of three wickets, Wright being not out 33. At the adjournment for tea the score was 180 for eleven wickets, Wright having made 60.

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WALES DAY BY DAY When to-morrow comes twenty-six years wil have passed since Crawshav Bailey died. Mr. Rees Jones, J.P., Cardiff, is spoken of as probable successor of the late Mr. Edward Davies, J.P., on the directorate of the Barry Railway Company. Only seven days of the New Year have passed, and yet an old toper pleaded hard with rhe Cardiff magistrates to let him off yesterday as he hadn't been there before this year. A tired-looking cabman, who had evidently heard about our fhree-mile corridors, meeting a man three-parts of the way up our stairs last night, asked, "Am I on the right way to the 'Mail,' please?" With Lord Emlyn contesting a bye-election in Crickdale and his son (the Hon. Hugh Campbell) preparing to fight the bye-election in Pembroke- shire, the Radicals are huddling together, sing- ing, "The Campbells are coming." It must be an inconvenient thing to have to sit down to take your boot off whenever you want to know the time. A woman was taken by the Cardiff police on a charge of theft, and when she was searched a gold watch was iound in her boot. Man proposes, and then the engineers come afbng. Man estimated the cost of the ljlandilo one-span bridge over the Towy at £5,000; the actual figure spent was £23,000. This trans- action will never be forgotten in Carmarthen- shire as long as the structure stands. Major Jones has bulked large in the engineer- ing dispute for the past nine or ten days. He suggested in his "Shipping World" the basis for a compromise, which attracted considerable attention. It also attracted considerable talk, and that is about all that is attracted in this particular dispute—all talk and no settlement. We do not suppose the Cricklade electors want much telling about Lord Emlyn's qualifications, but if the Unionist organisers think it will any good they may put up on the walls the admir- able testimonial of Alderman Gwilym Evans, the Radical candidate for the Carmarthen Boroughs, who recently said that he believed Viscount Emlyn to ba, without exception, the ablest man in Wales in the present day." It is a trifle wicked, but there is a salutary lesson in a, brief note which "Hen Sais" sends to the "Standard," thus:—"Sir,—The party to which the new Attorney-General of the Bahamas belongs insists upon only* Welshmen being appointed to legal (and other) positions in Wales. It would, therefore, be interesting to know whether Mr. W. Rees Davies has properly qualified himself by being born in the Bahamas." Miss Ciara Butt has been telling some good stories to "Cassell's Saturday Journal." Here is one of them :—"When I was in Cardiff I had been singing an Irish song, when an Irishman came up. 'Och, shure,' he said, 'I can't help telling ye. Oim Oirish, and, bedad! ye sang that tong like an Otrish girl ye'self. I don't know who the author may be, but shure Oi am that if he could hear ye singing it, he'd get up and walk." Welsh traditions in the State of Pennsylvania appear to be well maintained. At Brynmawr, a. town about 30 miles from Philadelphia, there is a ladies' college presided over by Miss Carey Thomas, for whose sake Leipzig University defied the Prussian in 1881, and kept open its doors to women until this student had completed her course of study. The college is equipped with a corps of 43 professors and instructors, and attended by several hundred undergraduate students. The Rev. J. Davies, of Cadle, calls the Swan- sea Theatre a "low place." It is almost as low as the barrels of beer he got the guardians to refuse at Christmas, if judged by the price; for both offers were free. The beer, however, is not to be lowered by the paupers, and the theatre is apparently not to be lowered by Mr. Davies, for the management threaten him with an action. Mr. Davies had threatened to drub Mr. Bircham next time he came to Swansea, but he let that gentleman alone, and went for the theatre! We are reminded by one who knows that the political aspirations of the Hon. Ivor Guest, the Unionist candidate for Plymouth, were first centred upon the Rhondda Valleys. It is known that Mr. Guest was willing to oppose "Mabon" at the last election, but when Mr. Littlejohns interviewed him upon the matter he said that his friends had dissuaded him from con- senting to stand. It would be interesting to know whether these friends belonged to South Wales or to London. A significant hint was thrown out by Lord Wimborne himself when he asked Mr. Littlcjohns whether the stones were as hard in the Rhondda then as they were in 1874. A conflict of opinion has arisen between a Cardiff reporter and Mr. Ray, the lecturer for the South African Association. Mr. Ray went on Cardiff 'Change yesterday, and, according to the report in 4he "Evening Express," on being induced to deliver an iddress, "he rafadtftreme- htmodifif." Mr. Ray denies it in toto. "So far as I know," he says, "I have never rafadt- ftremehtmodififd ;n my life—in fact, I don't know how. So the reporter was called in, and. on leferring to his notebook, he said he wouldn't go back on his notes. "It's here," he said, "so you must have said it," and there for the present the matter rests, unless Mr. Ray chooses to take proceedings to clear himself. Mr. Ben Davies, the tenor, tells this story against himself in the "Englishwoman." He was crossing to New York, and sang at an im- promptu concert. The following day an old gentleman stopped him on the deck. "I think you sing quite well enough," he said, "to become a professional." The tenor has a knife which he prizes very much. He was leaving a hall in an American town after a concert when a shabby-looking man walked up to him with the knife in his hand. "I have just heard you sing," he said, "and—well, this is all I've got about me." And he handed it over. "Now," says the London "Star," with a wink, "did Mr. Ben Davies really grasp what the man wanted him to do with that knife?" The name of Mr. E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., of Shirenewton-tbe scene of a recent distressing and mysterious event—is widely and honourably known in scientific ciivl?s. Mr. Lowe is a veteran meteorologist and observer, and one of the few people who noted in 1861 the passage of the earth through the tail of the great comet of that year. 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Powers and the Far East ENGLAND AND THE CHINA LOAN. UNREST IN KOREA. The Press Association says —No trust- worthy information was obtainable on Friday respecting the reported decision of the British Government to guarantee a considerable British loan to China, and it is reasonably certain that, whatever stage the negotiations for the purpose of raising a loan in this country may have reached, it is at present premature to attribute to the Government such a decision as that alleged. WHEREABOUTS OF THE BRITISH FLEET. A Central News telegram from Shanghai on Friday afternoon says:—The Korean difficulty has been by no means settled yet. The country is in a state of great unrest, and the political situation is as acute as ever. Therefore, the seven British war- ships which anchored at Chemulpo imme- diately after the Russian coup de main are still there awaiting developments. Russian and British ships of war are still anchored at Port Arthur, within sight of each other. The instructions of the lphigenia and the Inimortalite are to remain at Port Arthur as long as the Russians are there or until relieved. Other Russian warships have taken up positions at Talienwan, inside the bay. The Germans at Kiao-Chau are busily engaged in settling down in their new and permanent quarters. With the arrival of the Deutschland and the Gelion and the hired transport conveying Marines the authorities estimate that they will have four thousand men to provide for before adequate supplies can be forwarded from home. Contracts have been entered into with Chefoo firms for the feeding of these four thousand men. The contracts provide for the delivery of supplies by the 1st of March next. RUSSIAN LOAN REJECTED. A Reuter's telegram from Peking on Fri- day says:—The Chinese Government has rejected the proposals for a Russian guaranteed' loan, and has ceded Kiao-Chau to Germany for fifty years. Germany had demanded a term of ninety years. The Chinese Ministers and members of the Tsung-Li-Yamen yesterday paid visits to the Foreign Legations on the occasion of the New Year.

SUICIDE IN A TRAIN, On Thursday niglit when a porter at Sunder- land Station was examining the carriages in the last train from Newcastle, he found the body of a. young man in a compartment with a wound in his head, caused by a revolver bullet. A six- chambered weapon was lying by his side, from which two shots had been fired. The name of the deceased is believed to be A. Lawson, of Hetton. In a pocket-book was written, "Roger J. Wilson committed suicide January 6th, 1898, after coming out of a pantomime."

STARTLING ACCUSATION AGAINST A FATHER. At Swansea Police-court on Friday three separate charges were brought against George Williams and his wife, Minnie, of 6, Bridge- street, Greenhill, of neglecting and exposing their children.—Inspector Pearse, of the N.S.P.C.C., said that one of the children of defendants was lying dead when he visited the house, and he found the other children in a shocking state. The husband admitted he did not work, because, said he, his wife would only spent his money in drink. The woman, in response, declared her husband guilty of the death of the child. "Not long ago," she said, "he took it out of my arms and threw it on the footpath, and cut its head open, and the child has never been well since."—The case was ad- journed till Tuesday next. ——

"THE PLAGUEOF HUMBUG." "The Plague of Humbug" is the title of a lec- ture to be delivered by the Rev. Pedr Williams, of London, at the Cory Memorial-hall, Cardiff, on Monday, the 17th inst. The novelty and piquancy of the subject, admitting, as it does, of an infinite variety of treatment, and the well-known oratorical gifts of the lecturer, will, doubtless, ensure a crowded attendance. Prin- cipal Viriamu Jones will preside, and the occa- sion is invested with special interest, owing to the lecturer being a former student of the Cardiff University College. Particulars will be found; in our advertisement columns.

BARRY HOSPITAL SCHEME. At a meeting of the Barry District Council held on Friday evening it was decided that the report of the hospital committee with reference to the proposed general hospital for Barry should be referred back for re-consideration.

DEATH OF AN EDITOR. Mr. Ernest Hart, editor of the "British Medical Journal," died at an early hour on Friday morning at Brighton, where he had been staving for some months for the benefit of his health.

NEWPORT SCHOOL BOARD. FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW BODY. The first meeting of the newly-constituted school board of Newport was held on Friday. Colonel C. D. Wallis was elected chairman for the triennial period, and the Rev. Father Bailey vice-chairman.—It was agreed that the manage- ment committee consist of the members of the whole board, the financial committee and the sites and buildings committee comprising seven and nine members respectively,

GAZETTE NEWS. BANKRUPTCY ACTS, 1883 AND 1890— RECEIVING ORDERS. John Horton. trading as J. S. Horton, Ystrad- road, Pentre. fish and fruit dealer. Annie Davies. Grove-terrace, Tyrcanol, Mor- riston, Glamorganshire, grocer. David Jenkins, High-street. Tynewydd, Gla- morganshire, tailor. John Rees. Bryncoch, near Bridgend, collier. Evan Davies, Blaenwauu, Caio, Carmarthen. shire, farmer. Elizabeth Williams, lately Gorse-lane, Swansea, now of Wellfield-road, Carmarthen, widow. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. S. Saunders. F. Edwardes Vivian Bond. and Samuel W. Carlton, trading- as Saunders. Field- ing. au 1 Carlton, at 6, BiHitpr-atreet. London, and at Cardiff, merchants and brokers; F. Edwardes Vivian Bond retires. F. S. Saunders and F. E. V. Bond. trading aa Saunders, Fielding, and Co., at Billiter-street. London, also as Sa,under3, Fielding, and Bond. at New York, and as Franklin Saunders and Co.. at Swansea and Cardiff, merchants and brokers.

FOR SAILORS' FRIENDS. FOREIGN AKRIVAliS AND MOVE. MENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. Dewsland passed Frawle Point for Middles- be rough 7th. Blue Jacket left Newport >«e\vs for United Kinedom 6th.. Starcross left Las ralmas for New Orleans Cvfai-thfa, left Bilbao for Cardiff 6th. Lesreauls left Newport for ltio de Janeiro 6tGwentlaTid arrived Pomaron 6th. Hart left St. iSazaire for Santander 7th. Rhymney lelt La Pallice for Bilbao 7th- Charing Cross arrived Elba 7th. Cosmopolitan passed Constantinople for: Algiers 6th T Kly Kise left Newport for Algiers 6th. Rochefort left Portsmouth for Barry 7th. Kmg s Crjss arrived King's Road 6th. 5agiuni a,rive(l Swansea 7th. Roatn left Genoa for Constantinople 6th. Radnor left Malaga for Huelva 6th. Radyr left Huelva. for the Mersey 5th. G clower arrived Ardrossan 7th. rreston arrived Dunkirk from Baltimore 6tii Wellfield passed Portland for London 6th. 6th -Newport News for Ipswich

LINSEED COMPOUND for Conffhs, Colllf, Afithma, and Bronchitis. Of Chemists only. e6459—6 Printed by the Proprietors, Western Mail Limited, a.nd puolished by them at their offices, St. Mary-street. Cardiff; at their offices. Castle Bailey-street, Swansea; at the shop of Mrs Wesley Williams, Bridgend—all in the county of Glamorgan; at the "Weatem Mail" Offices. Newport; at the shop of Mr. J. P. Caffrey. Monmouth, both, in the County of Monmouth; and at, the shop of Mr. D. Davie* Llanelly, in the County of Carmarthen. SATURDAY, JANUARY 8. 1838.