The Cambrian

THE TICHBORNE CASE. The trial was resumed on Wednesday, and Mr. Keneal* continued his address to the jury, urgtng the view of the case which l,e had sugge-ted-tbat his client was hardly responsible for his words or acts; and to this cause he ascribed all the strange statements of the defendant, as, for example, that hehad"danced tYve can-can in 1647 before a lot of ladies and gentlemen in the library at Burton Constable." Such statements, Mr. Kenealy said, were so ..bsurd that "no sane man" could ever have imagined they would be believed or that they could answer any useful purpose. Being invited upon this by the Lord Chief Justice to say whether these things were to be taken as untrue, Mr. Kenetly answered as he had answered bet :>re the adjournment—that they were too absurd to require to be considered seriously. He went on to notice a number of other statements by the defendant— as his denial of his letter- to Orton's sisters, and his fending them the portrait f'f his own wife as that of Orion all which he explained in the same way as u absurditiesand he appeared to be under the impres- sion that if these answers were given with no other e than to evade the difficulties of examination they were not perjuries punishable by law, an impres- sion, ho.vever, which the Court corrected, the Lord Chief Justice emphatically declaring, with the entire approval of his brethren, and as the unanimous judg- ment of the Court, that any answers upon oath wilfully- that is, knowingly—false and made for any indirect purpose, as to avoid a difficulty which might arise from giving a true or a direct answer, would undoubtedly be per jury.

VOLUNTARYISM IN LARUE TOWNS.— Fur some time past a controversy has been going on in the Noncon- for,ist relativa to the adequacy of Voluntaryism to supply the spiritual needs of our large town populations. In a concluding article on the subject, our contemporary, 7 protecting against any mere comparison between the work of Church and DUsent as a false issue, takes by way of illustration the twelve largest towns of the king- dorn, and shows from the tables recently published in the Statistical Supplements of the Nonconformist that for .s population of 3,460,069 there was provided at the close of l,i.-t, year 2,224 places of worship with or 'o at .he rate of 39 per cent. for the aggregate population. AuJtber table founded on the revised returns of Jan- »iary 8rh, indicates that since 1851 there has been an Kt&regate increase of 81-5 places of worship, and 463,327 sittings in tiiese 20 places, being at the rate of 46 per i" whereas the population has increased in the ratio iW only 43.5 per cent. T'uis includes the provision ni.vt-5 both bv the Established Church and other religious bodies, all being the product of pure Voluntaryism, without any assistance from public sources. The in- of religious accomodation in these several twenty cities and boroughs is stated to be as follows:—Liverpool, 44. per cent.; Manchester, 32; Birmingham, 60.1 Sheffield, 82: Hull, 37; Brighton, 79'J Leeds, 40.3 Newcastle, 67; Portsmouth, 47.4; Bradford, 70.1; Bristol. 32.9; Salford. 77.7; Stoke-on-Trent, 33.6; "W.iverhampton, 06.5: Sunderland, 50.9: Merthyr Tydfil, 100.9; Leicester, 52.2; Nottingham, 50.8; Preston, 50.2; Blackburn, 63 0. As this remarkable increase in the means of public worship is the growth of only twenty-one years, it is inferred that Voluntaryism, as the common instrumentality in which the zeal of all Christian churches had during that period found ex- pru-slon, is quite capable of coping with the religious destitution of our large towns, and overtaking the rapid increase of their dense populations. In the statistics referred to, various supplementary agencies, such as town missions, theatre services, cottage services and our-door preaching, are not taken into account. A few months ago it was recorded that Messrs. John snd Herry Gwynne, of the Hammersmith Iron Works, Hammersmith, had commenced the construction of by 16r 'he largest set of centrifugal pumping machinery yet undertaken, this machinery being intended for employ- ment on the reclamation of the Ferrara Narshes, in Northern Italy. The tract to be reclaimed extends over an area of nearly 200 square miles, and the work to be d-ID I by the pumps consists in ra sing a little over 2,0)0 on water per minme. The first pair of th<se pumps will; iheir engines have just been completed. Quite ajaart from their exceptionally large size, these engines siid pumps are, as respects design and workmanship, perfect models of their class, and some particulars of '.hem will therefore be regarded with interest by numbers of our readers. It is a very simple matter to state that certain pumps have to raise 2,000 tons of water per minute, but it is more difficult to appreciate what such a performance really means; and we propose to state a few facts which will enable our readers to obtain a clear idea of the work to be done. 2,000 tons or 4.56,000 gallons per minute equals 656,640,000 gallons ptr day of 24 hours. According to the latest return, the total quantity of water supplied by the whole of the London water works is a little under 110,000,000 gallons per diem, so that it will be seen that the quantity of water to be dealt with by the Ferrara pumping machinery amounts to six times the whole metropolitan water Ripply- Again, 456,000 gallons, or 72,960 cubict feet per minute, would supply a stream over 103ft. wide and wt. deep running at a speed of two miles per hour, or I76l't. per minute, while the delivery for a single day would also suffice to till a reservoir a mile square to a Septh of about Oft. 9in. TUN PEACE SOCIETY, AND MR. HEXRY RICHARD, 31.P.—At a recent meeting of the Committee of the Peace Society, Dr. Ellis in the chair, the following .-ssolution was unanimously adopted :—The Committee af the Peace Society desires to offer their cordial congratu- lations to Mr. Henry Hicbard, M.P., on the gratifying success which attended his recent motion in the House »f Commons in favour of International Arbitration Ihe committee feels assured that the result oftbedivision, jo largely owing to the very able manner in which the j abject was brought before the House, cannot fail to txercise a most important influence on the progress of the question, not only in this country, but also in the ifarious legislatures of Europe and America. LLANDAFF WELSH CHORAL FESTIVAL.—Every three years a festival of the Welsh choirs connected wth the diocese is held in the Cathedral at Llandaff. The object is to bring all the choirs in the diocese to take part in the service. In consequence of the bi-lingual difficulty no one occasion can the whole of the choirs be brought Sogether to take part in one service, some of them speak- in™ only Welsh, and others only English. The festival an Wednesday embraced only about one-third of the number of choirs in the diocese, which were chiefly Uken from the hill districts, some of them forming portions of the South Wales Choral Union. The atten- dance of the choirs numbered only about 700 voices, the usual number being from 1200 to 1-500. The congre- gation in the sacred edifice consisted principally of the Welsh-speaking population about the northern part of the district. The building was filled, but not so crowded xs st times when the English choirs hold their festivals in the same building, not more than 1000 persons being present besides the choirs. The Rev. W. Phillips intoned the service, which was a full choral one. The singing of the choirs was everything that could be desired, the Welsh fire being at times evident in the enthusiasm which seemed to animate the choristers. The Vonite, Benedictus, and Jubilate, by Woodward, were well given but the greatest enthusiasm was evinced in the anthem, which was by Owen Alaw, from the 147th Psalm, a common-place anthem, but extremely well sung. The jermon was preached by the Rev. Canon Jenkins, late of Dowlais, and again gave evidence of the strong emotions which an eloquent preacher in the Welsh language is able to arouse in bis hearers. The text was taken from 1st cbnpter of Romans, verse 16; and the 14th chap. Corinthians, verse 15, the whole discussion bearing on the last and highest form of Divine worship, being praise. The following choirs took part in the service: Rhymney, Pontlottyn, Gelligaer, Pengam, Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Dowlais, Pendarren, Cyfartha, Merthyr Tydvil. Cwm- tTon, Maesteg, Bargoed, Derri, Ystrad, and Treherbert. After the service luncheon was provided for them in St. Joh n's schoolroom. "CATHOLIC "AND "PROTESTANT."—The Rev. Hugh M'Sorley, of St. Paul's Vicarage, Tottenham, writes to the Boei on July 11, as follows:—"By last week's Rock I ebeerve that a fierce newspaper warfare was being carried am at Brighton about the word Protestant,' and one writer » particular was •very anxious to know who ever before Ijather's time had been called Protestant.' If the gentle- would only take the trouble of looking at the Latin LtrZ>P' hook which corresponds to our second book tL.»«r°IU(T^8' and at chapter 24, verse 19, he will find an «orthv'f>f v, • pr9pkets the Old Testament were thought ISman i, g >nolred by this epithet! The inspired wiine.ss against thfpJSjfc a^Yto0^8 ^ad bee? to far the follv finat 7t 40 remonstrate with them A* .hey (Vv {Kf lying against error ls no moan honour rT.tt /?■ Mlowers only did what the prophets 0f (iod i^Yo £ elon| CHEAP COALS.—Probably coals will be from 5s. to 7s. per ton cheapei before the winter sets in. The river Thames all the way up is crowded with barges full of coals, and on nearly all the railways thousands of trucks are filled with the precious "black diamonds," for which no purchasers can be found at the present high prices. Loss OF A VESSEL IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. — In- telligence has been received of the total loss of the trow James and Mary, in the Bristol Channel, while conveying a cargo of timber for the Government Dockyard at Milford Haven. Thomas Guy, master of trow James and Mary, of Bristol, from Bristol to Pembroke Dock. with 90 tons of elm timber, reports that he left Bristol on Tuesday, the 29th July, and got down Channel as far as the Scare- weather Lightship. About three p.m. on the 30th July, when two miles N.W. of the Lightship, with strong westerly winds, the vessel was compelled to bear up for Penarth Roads. After running for an hour, he found the vessel made water and gained on the pumps. When off the West Nash buoy, found three feet of water in the hold. Still running, and when within a mile of the Nash, the vessel became completely unmanageable and water- logged, broached-to in the trough of the sea, and fell over on the port side, with her head southward. The crew escaped in the boat, and landed at Abertliaw, where they arrived at nine p.m., and received every assistance from Mr. Richard Johns, of the Leys. On Thursday, the 31st, at daylight, examined the coast, and found a small portion of timber washed ashore, but no trace of vessel except a small portion of her quarter-deck, jigger- mast, and mainboom. When the crew landed at Aber- thaw, Mr. Johns and his men immediately pulled off in Channel in hopes of seeing the vessel, but they could see nothing of her or her cargo. Immediately on the loss being known, several of the Coastguard were placed on duty for the purpose of watching the shore for any portion of the wreck or cargo.

'r- We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions and sentiments expressed by our Correspondents.

SANITARY CONFERENCE AT MERTHYR. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBEIAX." SIR,—In your report of the proceedings at the recent Sanitary Conference at Merthyr, it is stated that the Deputation from the Bridgend Rural Authority was in- structed to vote against the aùoption of Mr. Doyle's scheme. As presiding Chairman of the Bridgend Com- mittee, when deputies to attend the Conference were appointed, I am able to assert that no such instruction was given In consequence of the alteration of the day originally fixed for the Conference, only one deputy from Bridgend was able to be present there, and any opinion which he thee expressed, though it may have been in accordance with that of some other members of our Com- mittee, must not be held to have been authorized by any instruction from us, Yours, faithfully, JOHN C. NICHOLL. Merthyrmawr, Aug. 5th, 1S73.

THE BOOT AND SHOE CONTRACTOR TO THE SWANSEA UNION. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN.(L SIR,-If you will kindly grant me space for thc follow- ing few lines in your next number I shall feel thankful. Being the contractor for supplying the in-door paupers with boots and shoes during the present quarter, and ohsprving it rémdrked among the reports in the Weekly Mail of the 2Gth of July last that my contract was defective, and being conscious of having done my duty in this matter, 1 waited on the guardians the next board day, viz.: Thursday last at the Union house to enquire of them the reason that such a slur should have been cast upon me, when I was assured by the guardians unanimously that I had merited their utmost satisfaction, and they expressed their regret that this false report should have heen raised against me. Xow, Mr. Editor, rather than remain undcr sllch an unjust stigma. I respectfully rcquest througl1 your medium that whoever has been instrumental to this false repurt shuuld come forward and admit being the author, and his grounds for making such an assertion. S«rry to trouble you, I am, Mr. Editor, Your humble servant, 14, College-street, B. BENNETT. Swansea, Aug. 5th, 1873.

SWANSEA HOSPITAL-CRICKET MATCH AND ATHLETIC SPORTS. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN. SIR,—On reading your last week's Cambrian I was astonished to find that five gentlemen of the Hospital Committee had passed on Thursday last, at their boaid, a resolution that in future no unauthorised efforts should be made to aid the funds of that noble institution without their consent. Let 1118 pause for a reply to the resolu- tion Referring to your publication of the 25th ult., I find names of "President and Patrons," as also that of the "Executive Committee," who are also members uf the Committee of the Hospital, together with the names of the "medical g-entlerl<cn" of thIs town as patrons, who so kindly and gratuitously render their services at all hours for the benefit of the Hospital, which the president, patrons, and Executive Committee were only too anxious to aid in a monetary point of view. Doubtless, had the weather been fine, the Executive Committee would have been enabled to add to the funds of the Hospital at lea;*t £100; however, I believe a surplus still remains in their hands but after the resolution passed, they tcarcely know what to do with it. but I trust that the committee will not forget that there i¡,; in Swansea a Deaf and Dumb Institution, Blind Asylum, Orph ins'Home, &c. In conclusion, I would ask the members of the Hospital Committee whether the Rev. G. P. Evans, in his hard and good working cause in the penny readings, Mr. George Melville, of the Theatre, and others applied to them first to know if they might be allowed to get a purse of money, lartre or small (weather permitting) for Swansea Hospital. Yours respectfully, A SUBSCRIBER.

THE HOSPITAL COMMITTEE AND THE LATE CRICKET MATCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—On Thursday, the 24th of July, a Cricket Match took place between certain Tradesmen of Swansea and Commercial Men travelling in South Wales. There were certaiu charges to be made at the gate for admission, and it was advertised that the profits, if any, were to go to the Swansea Hospital Fund. The result was a failure. On Thursday, 31st July, the Hospital Committee passed a resolution, which simply amounts to this— that for the future no persons shall collect or attempt to gain money by concerts, theatrical performances, athletic sports, &c. for Swansea Hospital without first going to the committee, cap in hand, and asking permission. One announcement quickly followed the other, and two or three questions naturally arise, which would be well for the committee and the Swansea people to consider :— 1st. Whether the committee of a charitable institution, supported by voluntary contributions, have a right to refuse collections made for the benefit of the charity by persons not authorised to do so. 2nd. Whether the Hospital Committee would have come to such a resolution if the Cricket Match had been a success, financially speaking, and there remained a goodly sum to hand over to the Hospital. 3rd. Why the committee did not come to the reso- lution when the match was advertised and before it could be known whether it would be a success or not. I will endeavour to get one set of answers to the questions I have suggested :— 1st. A committee, such as I allude to, is only em- powered to look after the internal arrangements of the institution and to lay out to the best advantage the monies charitably subscribed—not to decide as to who shall and who shall not give money. If the committee of the Cricket Match are at all curious to know whether money collected without authority would be accepted by other hospitals, just let them send any balance they may have to the London Hospital, and I think they will find the amount, however small, thankfully accepted. About the second question I hardly think there can be two opinions. The spirit may be willing but the flesh is weak. Human nature, or as much as there is in a com- mittee man, cannot look severe at a collection or donation of £ 50, even though it is collected by unauthorised people. I have little doubt that if the executive of the Cricket Match had handed over such a sum, the Hospital Com- mittee would have seen things in a different light and refrained from passing such a resolution—at all events until such times when an unauthorised attempt to make money for the charity would prove a failure. To the third question, I can only say I hope that the committee will prove satisfactorily that the reason of their waiting was not to see whether the match would turn out a success or not. I fear I have trespassed too long already, but before concluding I would say a few words about the failure. Well, the rain did it—there can be no doubt about that. If it had been a fine day I believe there would have been four or five thousand people to see the match, there would have been a good round sum for the Swansea Hospital, the com- mittee would have received it kindly, the author of the resolution would have quietly put the manuscript in the fire, and I would not have bored you with this letter—but the rain came on and spoilt all. Yours, &c., Swansea, Aug. 7, 1873. A WELL-WISHER.

GAS. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—There is just a whisper in town which I hasten to communicate to you in the hope that if not correct it will be officially denied without delay. It is to the effect that the Gas Company are about to apply to Parliament for the necessary power to enable them to raise the present maxi- mum price for gas. "VVe are now paying such an enormous amount for the commodity supplied, situate as we are in the midst of the coal district, that any increase cannot be submitted to fer an instant. I hope our Corporation will narrowly watch the future movements of the Gas Com- pany" or we shall be again hood-winked. Why our Cor- poration has not long since taken steps either to purchase thepresent works or to erect new ones, and thus become their own manufacturers, is to me a mystery. I a.m con- vinced that economy and good management would soon reduce the price to 3s., or even 2a. 6d. per 1,000 cubic feet, and then leave a good profit, which should go to the relief of the rates. The whisper in town that the Gas Company contemplate making another application to Parliament is of such importance that I hope it will be officially contradicted, if not correct. Silence will signify tnat the rumour is true, and if so, the public must be prepared to give the most strenuous opposition. Yours, &c., BAT-WING.

THE GAS QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—As a large consumer of Gas, I am obliged to you for having again brought its present high price under the notice of the public. I have lived in other towns where an infinitely better article has been supplied at a much lower rate, but there the Gas was in the hands of the Corporation; and, in my opinion, our Council but ill discharge their duty so long as they delay taking the necessary steps to manufacture their own Gas, and supply the public at more moderate prices. If we look at the most lavish expenditure which has been thrown away in the external and internal decorations of the present Gas- works—at the princely manner in which everything con- nected with the present management is conducted—and if we consider that, notwithstanding these things, the highest dividends allowable by law are still yearly paid and a goodly balance carried over to the reserve fund, surely we have a right to infer that there must be enor- mous profits. These profits ought to be appropriated to the public gocd, either in reduction of rates or supplying Gas at the lowest possible figure to consumers. All the special pleading of Mr. W. H. Michael, the Chairman of the Gas Directors, will not convince me, and also a large number of other consumers, that should our Local Board take this matter up and erect other works of their own, at least a shilling per 1,000 cubic feet would be saved, and this, when from 150 to 200 thousand feet are consumed, means a saving of from £7 to £8 a-year, or more than a shilling rate in the pound. The Corporation have a most eligible site upon which to erect works, and I, for one, hope that our present worthy Mayor will not leave his office before taking the- necessary initiatory steps to obtain an Act of Parliament for power to become our own Gas consumers. Mr. Alderman Jenkins and other members of our Council will lend ready and valu- able assistance and the matter once earnestly taken up by the Council, would be carried to a successful issue, to the immense benefit of consumers and all classos of the public. Yours obediently, CONSUMER. Swansea, August 5th, 1873.

THE SWANSEA GAS LIGHT COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—The fact that on Saturday night last the town was in a moment submerged in total darkness has caused universal comment and complaint. Fortunately, the disaster occurred late in the evening, otherwise the event would have been excessively annoying and inconvenient, and serious and irreparable disasters might have hap- pened. As the town has been subjected to similar escupades on prior occasions, the universally bitter com- plaints are better understood and the cry of Very dear gas, sir Had quality gas, sir and "No gas at all, sir fully appreciated. I cannot help thinking, in common with a host of gas grumblers, that there are grounds to believe that much improvement could be carried on at the works in the making of gas, and that the intere-ts of the town are pooh-poohed entirely, and with a very high hand. Now, we all know what enor- mous powers and privileges the Act of Parliament, and the Swansea Corporation in particular, delivered up into the hands of the Gas Company—to wit, the lease of the ground on which the Gas Company's buildings stand for a nominal sum, the power to tunnel and break up the roads in every direction, at any time, and without paying any rent for the same, besides the folJ monopoly of making gas and felling it at high prices, and many other privileges. Surely it is high time for gas consumers to watch very narrowly the question of the management of the gas work". It need hardly be stated that in propor- tion to the economy exercised by the management and the executive of the Gas Company will the ratepayers and gas consumers he benefited, and vice versa, in propor- tion a^ the management becomes extravagant, in that very proportion will the public purse suffer, and the just expectations of the Corporation and the ratepayers perish. It is all very well for a small coterie of people calling themselves gas directors, or for those who hold ga* shares to lest and he satisfied," and cry hush, don't say a word but the public demand that the spirit of the bargain entered into at the formation of the company between themselves and the Gas Company shall be main- tained, otherwise they will make their own gas and leave the pre, ent company to do the best they can. The arrangement stipulated that after 10 per cent, had been paid to the shareholders the balance of the profits should go in reduction of gas rates. Was ever such a thing done? Have not the surplus profits been squandered in external and internal dec rations of offices, useless applications to Parliament, &c. Swansea at the mouth of the coal be 's, has been shewn over and over again to be no better off than Exeter or Plymouth, which towns are hundreds of miles removed from the coal deposits. At the Hanwell Asylum gas of very gcod quality is made for 2s. to 2s. 6d. per 1,000 feet, and if a similar economy bad been observed in our own borough we should have saved enormously, and not have been the laughing stock of other towns. And why is it that in proportion as the demand for pas increases, the price increases? Were the po wet's and privileges conferred on the present Gas Company conferred for the purpose of merely enriching a small private knot of men who care not whether the puolic convenience is met or suffers, whether the public shall ever profit and benefit by the reduction of the r.T.to?, or whether they are raised to the highest po sible prices. It has boon whispered that the Gas Company intend shortly to ask Parliament for powers to enable them to raise the pIice of gas f;om the present maximum amount of 4s. per 1,000 to 6s. 6d. per 1,000. Will the gas consumers consent to this: Will they tamely submit to such folly—a rate of charge superior to that of any other company in the kingdom? We must have a new company, and nothing else but that will ever bring the present Swansea Gas Company to their senses. Yours, respectfully, No MONOPOLIST. ♦-

GAS TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—The Chairman of the Swansea Gas Light Co. inflates to the occasion. He says the charge for gas in Swansea will compare favourably with that of any other town under similar circumstances. If so, will he explain why certain towns, not in a coal district, supply brilliant gas at a very much lower rate ? 2. Whether it is not more difficult and more expensive to produce good 11-candle gas than 14-candle gas; and therefore whether the eleven minimum, as inserted in the Company's Gas Act, was not intended as a "blind?" 3 and 4. What he understands by impurities," so called by him, and why the burners (oft and oft renewed) have been found blocked up with accumulations of muck ? 5. Whether the "vitiated air" referred to by him in the fifth paragraph of his letter as being the product of combustion," is air that is in any way vitiated by the access of the gas from the Swansea Gas-works ? 6. Whether the gas examiner he speaks of (upright and honest in the occupation as he undoubtedly is) is the middle-man (unconnected with the Company) contem- plated by the Gas Act ? And, lastly—Perhaps Mr. Michael will state whether it is or not the intention of the Gas Company to apply to Parliament shortly for power to increase their pre- sent extortionate maximum charge of 4s. per 1,000 cubic feet of gas ? I recommend all my fellow-burgesses, very few of whom, I fear, have been able to break through the bar- riers and secure shares in the Swansea Gas-light Com- pany, to adopt the practice I and several of my friends do, and that is, burn in chandeliers or lamps, the mineral oils now so pure, so cheap, and so safe. They would very soon find themselves in possession of double the illuminating power, and an infinitely purer and better light, sanitarily and otherwise, than that of the Swansea Gas-light Company, and would discover themselves, at the year's end, with a large surplus in their pocket—the saving of 75 per cent. of their gas bills and doctor's bills. As regards the public lamps, all of which, by the inca- pacity of the Gas Company, went out at eleven o'clock on Saturday night last, and remained out all night—I should recommend the Corporation, in the forthcoming winter, to direct that every other lamp in the streets and roads, should remain unlit; and I should much like to see what remedy the Swansea Gas-light Company would have for such a course. I trust, Sir, we shall shortly see the Corporation moving in the matter of providing their own gas, for, whether the price of iron pipes be low or whether it be high, we cannot pay more than we do at present for a dirty commodity. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Swansea., Aug. 7th, 1873. Lux.

THE PROTESTANT LECTURES. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—As A Protestant" has not yet finished what he, I suppose, considers a reply to my letter, I shall wait for the completion of his statements before noticing those contained in the last number of the Cambrian. I shall, however, with your kind permission, briefly notice some of your other Correspondents who have com- mented upon my last communication in your valuable Paper. "Stefano" begins by stating that with reference to my historical investigations and deductions, Exception might be taken to many of them." Now this is merely assertion, and we all know assertions are easily made. Why did not Stefana take the exceptions he says he could so readily make, instead of carping at my style, and making blunders even in that ? For instance, ne says, speaking of the Protestant Church—"Her earliest Bishops, Cranmer, Ridley, Latimer, and the rest, are by our Censor branded scoundrels, apostates, traitors, per- jurers, robbers, and persecutors—rascals capable of any profanity." Now, if your readers will take the trouble to turn to my letter, they will find that the "expletives referred to above were never used by me at all, but k by the Church News" and Union Review "Wicked Cruelties—are there good Cruelties?" Certainly there are. It is good to slaughter animals for human food, but it is always cruel to take the life of any creature. I Your other Correspondent, Aluria," asserts, also, that I have made a "few" historical mistakes, and that the British had been Christians centuries before baint Austin was sent to convert the Anglo-Saxons. 1 am sure I have never said they neither is there one word in my letter about British Christianity nor bt. Augustine. What, then, is the good man talking about? —and will he be kind enough to inform your readers how anyone can make historical mistakes when be has not said one word on the subject upon which he is accused of being inaccurate. The story about Caractacus and his father the Emperor Claudius, and all that, is very won- derful, but it won't do. There is nothing more histori- cally certain than that the British Church was Catholic and in communion with Rome. Just hear what one of the greatest and latest authorities, Montalembert, says on the subject :—" No country in the world has received the Christian faith more directly from the Church of Rome or more exclusively by the ministration of monks." Monks of the West, vol. 3, p. 8. Again, p. 16, he says At present it is enough to state that the most attentive study of authentic documents reveals no doctrinal strife, no diversity of belief, between the British bishops and the Bishop of bishops at Rome." So much for the British bishops repudiating the dogmas of St. Augustine." With regard to Father Kavanagh, —I do mean to assert that he was the only one who attended to the poor when they were attacked by cholera in 1849. If, however, I have made a mistake, and ''Aluria" will point out the error by giving me the name of any Church of England Clergyman, or of any Dissenting Minister, who acted during that sad time with the good priest, I shall be most happy to acknowledge the correction. "Protest- ants do not presume to bestow the title of Saint—it is one of the errors they protest against." Then if Pro- testants cannot produce Saints of their own, why do they take ours? Just turn to the Book of Common Prayer, and you will see in a calendar prefixed to it the names of certain holy men and women, and their names are put there in order that their anniversaries may be religiously attended to by the people. Now who are those holy persons ? Some Protestant Saint, to be sure? Not one. What !—not Saint Luther, nor Saint Cranmer, nor Saint Edward the VI., nor the Virgin Saint Elizabeth. Not a soul of them—but a whole list of popes, Catholic bishops and Catholic holy persons, female as well as male; several virgins, but not the Virgin Queen, nor any one of the Protestant race. I am, Sir, yours, very tiuly, HISTORICUS. Swansea, August 6th, 1873. P.S.—I have just read through, for the second time, the letter of "A Protestant," and find there is not the slightest attempt made by him to answer mine of the 25th ult. All my arguments remain untouched, and to write again in reply to such a man would be only to notice abuse and worn-out vulgarisms, of which educated Protestants and Catholics are now heartily ashamed.—H. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—Referring to my letter of last week, which you were good enough to insert in your valued paper, I utterly disclaim any intention to wound the feelings of a single human being. I would not take up my pen to write one word against any man's creed I have no right to do so. Most willingly do I concede to all men that which I claim for myself—perfect liberty to think for oneself on all subjects, bowing alone to the one great Supreme Will, to which only, as regards our in- ward life, are we all accountable. And as to creeds gene- rally, they are about the most human things I know. Indeed, it seems to me that every branch of the Christian Church, with but very rare exceptions, has gone mad in theology. Oh, what a departure from the beautiful sim- plicity of the Great Teacher I am very anxious, there- fore, not to be charged with an attack on the Roman Catholic creed, whatever that may mean. No, my quarrel is with Popery, as a gigantic priestly conspiracy to crush liberty and to tyranize over the consciences of men. And here let me own that this increasingly domineering spirit is not altogether confined to Popery let the laity of all Churches see to this. I should have thought, therefore, that your shrewd correspondent "Stefano" would have better understood the matter on which he wrote. True, the correspondence on this subject has been bitterly acrimonious —that I quite admit; but I feel it impossible to write smooth things when assailing Popery. The blight of this wicked system is so devastating, I have seen so much of it, that I cannot but state what I know to the facts concerning it, and that in the strongest way possible. I do not know Mr. Peter Lewis, nor have I any desire to detract from the memory of his predecessor, to whom "Historicus" referred. Nay, it gives me very great pleasure to notice how such men as these, far removed from the personal influence of the worst types of Papists, such as arc seen at Rome, are moulded, in spite of them- selves, into passable respectability by the genial influence of Protestantism, with which they almost daily come in contact. But candidly I always" look upon such men with sadness, for, after all, they are the merest ciphers. Mr. Lewis may talk loudly and write boldly, but he knows perfectly well that he is a veritable Popish machine. I do not say this to insult him he knows it perfectly well, and probably, like good old O'Krefe, is made really to feel it, and that often. It will be admitted, then, that it is not a question as to what kind of a man any par- ticular priest may be, but what are the merits or de- merits of the organization into which he is made to fit, and in accordance with whose laws he is bound to move. I am going to state a terrible fact, for it must be stated. If Rome could be satisfied she had the power to-day, and were to decree a second St. Bartholomew massacre, but on a universal scale, every priest in the Catholic Church would be bound to carry out her behests, just as every Papist was called upon, under threats of the most awful curses, to subscribe to the blasphemous dogma of the Pope's infallibility. These may not be palatable truths for blustering Historicus" and his brethren, but they are truths nevertheless. This being the case, I cannot listen even to Mr. Peter Lewi?, however sincere he may be as an individual. He is simply a speaking trumpet, which may even to-morrow be commanded to convey a very different sound. Unfortunately, too, for Mr. Lewis, he is linked to a system on every page of whose history "Treachery "is written in letters of blood. I want Historicus" to note this. Will he kindly—not with Jesuit hands, but honestly—turn over the pages of the history of the Catholic Church ? He will there see the bloody record of St. Bartholomew's day, and if all sense of shame be not crushed out of him he will turn crimson at the frightful spectacle—70,000 inoffensive, confiding, brave Protestants butchered in one day He will also read that when intelligence of the massacre reached Rome the then Pope proclaimed a grand jubilee, and caused a medal to be struck to commemorate the glorious event!! How many of his "Saints" does Historicus" take from this batch of murderers? He will find, too, that the Catholic Church was so busy during one period of her glorious history" that in the space of forty years she is estimated to have caused the death, directly or indirectly, of not less than half-a- million of human beings I am willing, however, to believe that this may be an exaggeration but putting it at half that number even, "Historicus" has just cause to rejoice over her achievements. I am free to own that by way of retaliation Protestant hands have not, alas been unstained with blood. Shame upon us that in any respect we should ever have followed so bad an example A leading feature in Popery had always been an in- tolerance of opposition; nay, her arrogant and cruel priesthood have sanctioned and employed every kind of means to prevent rivalry of any description, however worthy it may have been and to effect their base pur- poses the very scriptural doctrine (?) "the end justifies the means" has been their justification for the most in- famous of deeds. On what other ground can one account for the wholesale extermination of brave men and helpless women and children? The Jesuits do the dirty work, now plotting against Governments, now ingratiating themselves with men in authority, here busy in our seminaries of learning, leading the minds of our youths astray, and all this done in the most systematic way. Hence our corrupted Oxfords and our consequent ritualis- tic abominations. This crafty Church finds it useless to appeal to intellects and age, so it looks after the young, and finds its most pliable 0 materials amongst the feebler minds of our too effeminate aristocracy. Meanwhile the sleek and cunning ordinary priests are busy in praise of the Catholic Church, are wonderfully attentive to the sick and poor, strong in their zeal for liberty All true patriots these! Good men Queen and country first (?). The Pope and the Catholic Church" next! (Ask Arch- bishop Manning how he puts it.) Pure-minded, amiable, generous priests Oh, how kind and good they seem Yes, they have appeared to be all this during the ages past, and under that foul hypocrisy have succeeded in leading captive silly women," and filling their own coffers with the wealth of their dupes. They were all this in the Netherlands but at the same time were daily burning the "heretics;" all this and more, while they deliberately burnt our brave ancestors Scotland knows it; England has not forgotten it. The emissaries of Rome are still more dangerous to-day, for they arb not playing an open game. As the Cardinals and the Arch- bishops strut about amongst us I would ask them how they can have the effrontery to speak of loyalty to our country, when they perfectly well know their first allegiance is to the Pope ? Base duplicity If grave questions touching the Papacy arose to-morrow in Eng- land we should see all this detestable crew take up pre- cisely the same position they now occupy in Germany and Italy. The "howling bigots" at the Vatican would hurl the same imprecations at us that have so warmly and frequently of late been showered on those Governments. The same, the very same, spirit animates the Papists in England. It is quite a mistake to suppose these gentle- men can differ from Rome. They dare not. But the circumstances are too unfavourable for the persecuting policy here. The guile of the serpent is the right thing to adopt, and right well do these traitors accommodate themselves to the existing state of things. I have for a number of years mixed with the various peoples who for centuries have groaned beneath the terrible curse. The howling priests, with the horde of nondescript mendicant scoundrels of the several brotherhoods," are too familiar to me. I know the brutalising system in most of its details, hence my strong aversion to it, and my fear, too, lest my countrymen should be beguiled into sympathy with it. "What has the Catholic Church to fear from history ? Has Historicus" visited the prisons of the Inquisition ? Has he ever inspected the instruments of torture in- vented and used by this Church during nearly the whole of her history ? I have, if he has not. I have tried the thumb-screw and have sat in the Inquisitorial chair. 1 have walked beneath the perforated ceiling through which boiling oil was accustomed to be poured on the heads ot the unoffending victims 1 The secret letter-boxes, so characteristic of these arrant rogues, the dreadful dun- geons, the horrible dens—all these things, blessed by the several Popes and carefully cherished by the Catholic Church," are familiar to me. If Historicus" is ignorant of these matters let him be silent; if not ignorant, shame upon his traitorous head if he pen one more word in favour of so diabolical a system. I have wandered over many a spot where innocent women, aged men, and helpless children have suffered the most indescribable tortures, under the immediate sanc- tion, nay more, by the direct command of the Catholic Church. Europe is still vocal with the cries of the countless slain. I know what the wily Papist's reply to this will be. Things have changed." The old cry, say they I say Popery has not changed, except for the worse. No one who has watched the proceedings of the Vatican during the last few years will doubt this The prisons are still there, but cannot be used for their original purposes. The old Pope curses the people through the windows of the Vatican a.s vigorously as aforetime; but Heaven's pure air carries his imprecations over the heads of the brave Italians, and so they heed them not. He sighs for a return of the good old times when but a word from the Papal chair was the signal for ten thousand cruel deaths but they come not again. He curses the nations of Europe; but, like the curses of even a better man than he, they are graciously turned into national blessings. We see a grand united Protestant Empire in Germany a free and united Italy; a progressive France, for her defeat by Prussia broke the power of the Papacy in her— a thousand defeats were cheap to obtain such a result; a struggling Spain, hastening to be free. True, she is en- feebled by long bondage but she, too, will shake off the dire incubus which for centuries has weighed her down. The struggle with Ultramontanism is everywhere vigor- ously carried on. Popery is aware of the seriousness of the conflict and the issues that are impending. The best men in Europe—all the resolutely good have put on the armour, and will not put it off until the nations are freed from Papal tyrranny. In England alone is the hated thing encouraged. Shame upon our statesmen who betray the best interests of Englishmen in giving en- couragement to so unrighteous a cause. I am a Liberal" in politics, but I confess my alarm for the safety of my country while its interests are confided to our present leaders. Mr. Gladstone's attempt to blot out history, in his Education scheme, is calculated to create the worst fears as to what he really is. By that Act, with others, in connection with the Education question as a whole he has for ever forfeited the confidence of all sound Pro- testants. I will say nothing as to our Bishops and ritualistic traitors. I leave them in the hands of the Rev. J. Griffiths, of Merthyr, who will deal with them far more ably than I could hope to do. Historicus" had the insolence to speak of our great Religious Reformers and Martyrs in terms which only too truly discover the vicious disposition of a true Papist. I assure him, however, that not a word will I employ to defend the memory of these noble men. It were an in- sult to their worth to attempt it. I will simply remind him that long after the last Infallible" Pope shall have passed away, and when the lying hypocrisy of the "Catholic Church," with all her countless abominations, shall be things of the past, these names of the grand old Protestant heroes—all honour to their memory—will strike a chord of responsive sympathy in the hearts of a grateful universe. I thank you, Mr. Editor, for kindly allowing me space in your valuable columns to defend what is right and to denounce what is false and abominable. I am, Sir, yours truly, PROTESTANT. TO THE EDrrOR OF '-THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—The Rev. Mr. Lewis, in his letter in The Cambrian of last Friday, remarks, "There are Protestant lecturers whose aim is to vilify and blacken to the best of their ability everything [Roman] Catholic." This is a common and a favourite allegation with Romish priests, but it has no solid foundation to rest upon. No doubt mistakes may be made through want of care, but there is no ground whatever for alleging that Protestant lecturers are peculiarly chargeable with this offence, or that Popery has been peculiarly exposed to this injustice. Whenever any Protestant lecturer is really guilty of misrepresenting Popery, or of ascribling to Papists doctrines and practices which their church does not authorise, let him receive the censure which he merits. But let no regard be paid to the common priestly allega- tion that Protestant lecturers in general are in the habit of misrepresenting Popery. The Romish Church has her standard books, and Protestant have access to these books, and are just as able to understand their meaning as Papists are. For myself I am most careful to draw my representations of Popery from the standard books of the Romish Church, from thc writings of her most ap- proved authors, of unrloubted aifthority, and from per- sonal observation of the workings of Popery in Popish countries, and in Rome itself. The facts contained in the published relwrts of the Jate lectürcs at Swansea have as yet remained unanswered and, if my statements were strong, it was the strength of truth, and not of "abuse and scurrility." While, however, it is not true that Protestant lecturers are in the habit of misrepreseiting Popery, it is true that Romish priests are in the habit, of glossing over, and explaining away their pernicious superstitions for the purpose of milking them acceptable and palatable to Protestants. With great art and Je=uitic.-il cunning they adapt their teaching to the state of things around fhem; they expand or contr3ct, expose 01' reserve, their principles before Protestants as they think will be toler- ated and thus many are misled and deceived. It thus becomes a duty to remove the tawdry drapery of plausi- bility with which Popery is constantly invested by its advocates, to strip that iniquitous system of the disguise in which it is presented to the public, to tear off the mask which covers its features, and draw aside the veil which conceals its deformities, that men may perceive how far removed it is from the pure religion of Christ and His Apostles. I am not surprised at the consternation into which the priest and his allies have been thrown by the late expo- sures of the Confessional. I did, however, but lift up a corner of the pall which covers thl festering corruptions of that instituticn which Mr. Lewis so dexterously at- attempts to whitewash. The guilt of Popery, in this re-pect, is too deep to be fathomed, too dark to be ex- plored, too terrible to be revealed, too incredible to be believed. Romish priests dare not come before the tribu- nal of public judgment to meet the facts of the case conscious of the hideous interrogatories addressed, ac- cording to their own books, to females in the C jnfessiona], they shrink with the imtinctive terror of a guilty con- science from the light. It is all very fine to deprecate Protestant lectures, and to desire Protestants who know the workings of the foulest Mystery of Iniquity the world ever saw, to hold their tongues and allow men to be deceived. But shall the emissaries of the Pope delude our countrymen ? shall they be permitted to foist their immoral and debasing Confessional system in our towns, and shall those who know the monstrous evils insepa- rably connected with it be silent ? Conscience and duty demand that this system of espionage upon the secrets of families, this encroachment of priestcraft upon the natural rights and liberties of mankind, this blasphemous usurpation of Divine power and authority, this intoler- able instrument of social and political tyranny, be ex- hibited in the light of day. Mr. Lewis says, A sincere lover of truth may at little cost of time, trouble, or expense, acquire a know- ledge of [Roman] Catholic doctrines, principles, and practices from [Roman] Catholic books." For a few pence the following mentioned Popish books, bearing the Imprimatur of the ecclesiastical authorities, may be purchased through any local bookseller. To acquire a knowiedge" how Popish Priests hover like vultures over death-beds, and use ghostly appliances to extort money from their dying dupes, I would recommend the little work entitled, Devotions for the Souls in Purgatory," by the Romish Archdeacon Boudon. Price, fourpence. (Richardson, Paternoster-row.) To acquire a knowledge" of the Celestial Post Office, Letter Boxes which Romish Priests have now sec up in some of their churches in England, by which Romanists may correspond by letter with the Virgin Mary, it would be well to invest one penny in the Com- plete Rosary Book," bearing the Imprimatur of the late Cardinal Wiseman. (Richardson, Paternoster-row.) The priests act as postmen between the Virgin Mary and her worshippers, and keep this singular correspondence to themselves. At stated times the Letter Boxes are opened by the priests, who pretend not to read the letters. No doubt, however, they are read by those inquisitorial Confessors who thul seek to pry into the innermost re- cesses of female hearts and the only practical result of this unscrupulous imposture is to put into the hands of unmarried priests such confessions as females would not venture to make even in the Confessional. To acquire a knowledge" of some of Rome's sor- ceries and incantations, and the Pope's Indulgences in connection with Scapulars. Medals, and Rosaries, in- formation may be obtained at a cost of sixpence from the work entitled, Manual of Instructions concerning Scapulars, &c., by Father Raphael. (Richardson, Pater- ncster-row.) To "acquire a knowledge" of the manner how Popery becomes the fruitful parent of crime, and elaborately trains up the rising generation of Romanists in vice, and gives full explanations as to the extent to which lying, thieving, drunkenness, and other sins may be practised without incurring the guilt of "mortal" sin, purchase (price one halfpenny), What every Christian must Know and do," bearing the Imprimatur of Archbishop Cullen, the Pope's legate in Ireland and, "Instructions on the Commandments and Sacraments," by "St." Liguori. (Duffy, Paternoster-row. Price one shilling.) For "information" relating to the soul-destroying Idolatry of the Church of Rome, I would refer your readers to The Glories of Mary," bearing the sanction of Archbishop Manning. (Ouffy, Paternoster-row. Price one shilling and and sixpence.) I will not give the titles of the Popish Manuals on the Confessional now published in English and Welsh, as I have no wish to promote the sale of obscene books. I may be permitted, however, to quote two or three ques- tions from a Popish Catechism, published "By Lawful Authority" and intended for young children "What is Fornication ?" What is Incest?" What is Adul- try ?" Elaborate answers are given to these and similar questions, and they must be committed to memory The pamphlets I have named, which are sanctioned by the Romish ecclesiastical authorities, will, I think, enable c' sincere lovers of truth, at little cost of time, trouble or expense," to see clearly that Popery is as far removed from the religion of Christ as light is from darkness, mammon from God, heaven from hell; that, in truth, it is the Great Foretold and Foredoomed Apostacy, upon whose forehead is written, "Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots, and abominations of the earth, drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." Mr. Lewis writes, with reference to the recent sucesses of Popery, The [Roman] Catholic Church marches on in her stately course to victory." No intelligent Pro- testant will be deluded by the confident language of this priest. No one instructed in Scriptural truth will imagine that that the Papal cause, though pursued with some outward appearance of success, must be gooo. Remember the parallel-Babylon. It was at the time when its streets echoed with music, and resounded with revelry, that the fingers of a man's hand came forth from the wall and wrote, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Up- harsin"—and Babylon fell! So Romish Priests are now infatuated with their successes in this Protestant king- dom; they are exultant with joy; .they are flushed with hope they are elated with triumph they are boastful of the perverts they havemade but the doom of their anti-Chnstian and Apostate Church-the Mys- tical Babylon ia certainly sealed and the judgments of God seem even now to be f alling upon her. In the defec- tion of Italy and other Romish countries, and the marvellous results of the late France-German war we may see the harbingers of the tremendous downfall and everlasting disgrace of the Mystical Babylon. The thun- derbolts of the Divine wrath shall soon smite down this gigantic system of superstition, idolatry and cruelty, and may God hasten the day. Yours, &c., T. G. OWENS. [The controversy upon this subject mut end with the present letter. All parties have had their say, and further discussion would not be productive of good.]

CARDINAL CULLEN AND THE QUAKER5. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,-In the course of his examination at a recent trial in Ireland, Cardinal Cullen deposed that he had received part of his education at a School of the "Society of Friends," and added that "he had never occasion to unlearn anything he had been there taught." This may sound strangely in some ears-that an eminent repre. sentative of the Romish faith should speak with such high commendation of the instruction received from a sect apparently at the opposite extreme of Christian pro- fession and practice. The fact is, however, that the Romanists have always regarded the Quakers in spite of their rejection of mere matters of ritual, as a people less removed in. spiritual things than any other class of pro- testants from the standard of Holy Church. The Quakers in their mode of worship are in harmony with the practice of meditation and contemplation in the cloister. The writings of the monk Thomas a Kempis are in high esteem among them—those writings abounding with ex- hortations to silent and solitary waiting for the teachings of the Holy Spirit. In the early days of the Society strong sympathy was manifested with them by the Papists, who, we are told by Jewell, in his "History of the Quakers," made overtures for their conversion. At page 281, Second Edition, 1725, he says, "Now many papists and jesuits began to fawn upon those called Quakers and said pub- licly that of all the sects the Quakers were the best and most self-denying people, and that it was great pity that they did not return to Holy Church, and though they might have been in hopes to have gained proselytes from the Quakers yet they were disappointed. In the mean- while they did but ill service to the Quakers thereby for this gave occasion to their enemies to divulge that there was an affinity and collusion between the Quakers and the Papists." A Quaker minister, named Francis How- gill, appears to have been tried for refusing an oath under a statute passed against Papist recusants" and to have died in prison after fours years incarceration William Penn was openly and persistently accused of being a Papist and a Jesuit; the latter charge seeming to derive a kind of support from the fact of his having received education in the schools of that order at St. Omer's. Sewell says in reference to these accusations, fol. 593, that "it was no new thing to brand the Quakers with the odious name of Jesuits for thirty years before this time, at Bristol, great endeavours were used to persuade people that they were Franciscans." In recent jears before the now general abandonment of the broad brim and straight coat some ministers of the Society of Friends engaged in a. religious visit to some part of the continent of Europe narrowly escaped rough usage through their resemblance in dress and aspect to the Jesuits. Lord Macaulay in in one of his essays says that had Elizabeth Fry been born in Roman Catholic times, she would have become "first Superioress of the Order of the Gaols. Had George Fox seen the light of common day a century or two earlier he would not have been advised by the parish priests to dissipate his religious impressions by drinking beer and dancing with the girls. His meditations would have received encouragement and direction and his name might have descended to posterity as that of the fervent and eloquent missionary of Leicestershire and the holy founder of the "order of the Leather Breeches." A late edition of the Roman Catholic organ, the "Tablet," who was a convert from Quakerism, some years ago, issued an address to the Society of Friends, inviting them to follow him into the bosom of Holy Church and pointing out to them the important particulars in which they were already in harmony with it. The complimentary acknowledgment of Cardinal Cullen at this time is perhaps not more ac- ceptable to "Friends" than the overtuies of friendship from the Romanists of days gone by. Your obedient servant, Swansea, Aug. 5,1873. Q.

THE TIN-POT KING. In the realms of the Mountains of the Moon, Where the fountains of Folly spring, There reign'd a wight with a pot on his head, And they call'd him The Tin-Pot King He had sons and daughters by the score, And daughters and sons in law, And each, for the burthen of wearing a pot, From the National Furse did draw They came from the East, and they came from theWest, To marry these scions grand, Till tin-pots cover'd the most of the pates That swarm'd all over the land 0, blest was the lot of the Tin-Pot tribes For, mutual rights had they :— The Tin-Pots to swallow the fat of the soil And the people-to work and pay But there—'tis a known historical fact- All civilization's slow Of course such a state, in a civilized land, Could not be allow'd to grow Swansea, Aug. 5,1873, AENEAS.

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. ifgTWe cannot insert notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, unless the persons who send them attach their names and places of abode. BIRTHS. August 4th, at Stow Villa, Bath, Mrs. Frank Jolly, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at 77, Oxford-street, Swansea, the wife of Mr. William Eva, draper, &c., of a son. On the 5th inst., the wife of Capt. George Lewis, of the Somerset Hotel, Somerset Place, Swansea, of a daughter. On the 1st inst., the wife of the Rev. S. Pryce, one of H.M. Inspectors of Schools, Cambray House, Carmarthen, of a son. MARRIAGES. On the 6th inst., at All Saints' Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. F. Gutteris, assisted by the Rev. Corbett Moore, vicar, Stephen Ernest White, of Derwent Lodge, Wavertree, near Liverpool, to Harriet Georgiana, eldest daughter of John Forbes Calland, of Shirley House, Cheltenham, and Upper Forest, Glamorganshire, J.P. On the 4th inst., at Resolven Church, by the Rev. David Griffiths, vicar, Mr. John Davies, late of Abergarwed, to Miss Gwenllian Jenkins, of Ynisbiban, in the Vale of Xeath. On the 5th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Bridgwater, by the Rev. Edward Thorp, Charles Bowles, Esq member of the Stock Exchange, London, to Ellen, daughter of Mr. Robert Ford, timber merchant, Bridgwater. On the 2nd of July, at the Cathedral Spanish Town, Ja- maica, by the Rev. J. D. Hunt, Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Esq., of the Jamaica Civil Service, elder s.m of John Llewelyn, Esq., Tre-Evan, Herefordshire, to Theodora Louisa, eldest daughter of Charles Harvey, Esq., of Spanish Town, Jamaica, and Campbelltown, Argyleshire, N.B. DEATHS. On the 1st inst., at Bryn Cerrig, Swansea, Willie, the infant son of William and Lucy Hackney, aged 5 weeks. On the 23rd ult., at 52, Neath Road, Hafod. aged 84, Mrs. Jane Stephens, widow of Joseph Stephens. On the 4th inst., at the Half-way House, Llansamlet. Ben- jamin Llewellyn Wilks, son of the late Benjamin Wilks. of Glantawe, Kilvey, Swansea, aged 31 years. At Clifton, Bristol, on the 6th instant, aged 12, Heneage Freeling Waring, son of C. and L. Waring, of the Darran, near Neath, Glamorganshire. On the 31st ult., at Shepton Mallet, Samerset, John Chappel Goodall, aged 53. August 5th, at Hill Side, Egremont, Cumberland, Captain Joseph Bell, of Liverpool, aged 63 years. On the 28th ult., the Rev. James Evans (Clericus), vicar of Llanddeinol, near Aberystwith, aged 52 years. On the 26th ult., at the Vicarage, Tremain, near Cardigan, Jane, wife of the Rev. D. W. Herbert, in the 37th year of her age. Printed by Steam Power, and Published by HOWEL WALTERS WILLIAMS, at the CAMBRIAN OFFICE, No. 58, Wind-street, Swansea, in thQ County of GlamorftSOT.—rWD'AY, AVGVST 8, 1873.