The Cambrian

SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT. BESULTS OF GOVERNMENT ART EXAMINATIONS IN SOUTH WALES FOR 1878. 2nd gr. Advanced oo ex'm'd. examination 3rd grade oo ~—:— — 8 1> 2 » 2 S 0 "8 .1 M I lil l IIs §* !i ■3 3 I o O, i cL "2 S 1878. 3 5 g g -a v_• To- J.2 £ „• § § C8 m 9 4) S *T3 S 3 M U S CO School of Art. a I JJ SI O I Sia g g § 3 g. tjf -2 00 sf n 8 A £ '« Z = ° ,~i a o o 0 0 o & 5 O Pi fc Cardiff 1808 136 5516 8 70 702 70 Newport 1876 70 2711 2 39 1490 39 Swansea ..1869128 4924 #| 2 1 96 1011 96 N&Monat.—No prizes or medals were awarded.

NEATH. ORGAN RECITAL.—An Organ Recital was given on Monday evening last in St. David's Church, Neath, by the hon. organist, Mr. A. LI. Struve, on the re-opening the organ, which has recently been restored. Mr. Struve is an amateur of very fair capacity; indeed, we doubt whether it would be easy to discover many professors in the provinces with a deeper knowledge of classical music, as far as the art of phrasing-manner of expression, is concerned. Some, no doubt, in the profession, would show more manipulative skill, but in high-class music a great deal more than manual dexterity is requisite before a performer can claim proficiency in organ-playing. Mr. Strove shows the capacity, however, to become perfect also in the matter of mechanical skill. In the pro- gramme, which we append below, the stirring prelude and fugue by Hesse, ano the pathetic adagio from Bee- thoven's Grand Septette perhaps outshone the other pieces both in interest and execution: but the final movement of Mendelssohn's Reformation Symphony must also claim a place in the list as exceptionally enjoy- able to the listeners The performaBce was pleasantly broken by a song given by Mr. Roland Mackworth. This gentleman possesses a baritone voice of unusual power and excellence. The song, which was composed by Mr. Strove, was rendered, with! considerable ability *°d ex- pression. The following is the programme :— Prelude and Fugue, Â. Hesse; Andante con moto, Archer; Offertoire in B.Flat, E. M. Lott; Adagio, Grand Septette, L. V. Beethoven Song, Hills of Heaven,' Struve, by R. Mackworth, Esq.; Andante, Baptiste; Allegro Vivace, Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony."—At the close of the performance the sum of £ 2 15s. was collected from the congregation, numbering some 150, collected in the body of the churoh. We understand that this is the first of a series of organ recitals, the next performances being fixed for the 3rd, 10th, and 17th of March.

A vain and proud man, piqued by the mortification received from one lady, falls the easier prey to the arts which allure his suit to another. Bulwer Lytton. It is reported by a contemporary that a certain musican, disgusted with the chattering that usually takes the place of listening during a musical performance arranged with his violin, his violoncello, and the rest that the music should suddenly stop in the midst of the loudeet passage in the piece. It ^done and clear and distinct above all the loud talkers voices, these word, were heard—" We always fry ours in l»rd t THE SOUTH WALES COALOWNERS AND THE TAn YALE RAILWAY COMPANY.—A large and influential meeting of South Wales coalowners was held on Wedoesday, at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, under the presidency of Mr. Thomas Joseph, when, in consequence of the Taff Vale Railway Company going to Parliament for a new bill to charge differential freightage, instead of as at present, fixed sum per mile, it was- resolved to petition Parliament, in view of the depression in the coal trade, and the high divi- dends declared by the Taff Vale Railway Company, to fix allies it to those dividends and give freighters the benefit of a reduction in rates, to compensate for the losses sus- tained by them. THE ALLEGED LIBEL ON A CLERGYMAN. —The case of Chamberlaine v. Barnwell, which has been before the Queen's Bench Division for several days, was concluded on Wednesday morning. It was an action for libel brought by one clergyman against another clergyman, who was also his nephew. The libels complained of were let- ters written by defendant stating that plaintiff had been guilty of gross immortality towards young persons of both sexes in his parish. The defendant denied the charges.- After the Lord Chief Justice had summed up on Wednes- day, the jury retired, and after being absent an hour and five minutes returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff, and awarding £50 as damages. His Lordship signed judgment for the amount, and also certified for a special jury. PRINCE Louis NAPOLEON.—Prince Louis Napoleon has written a letter to M. Rouher stating that he intends start- ing for the seat of war in South Africa. The Prince says -For the last eight years I have been the guest of Eng- land. My education has been completed in an English military school, and I have strengthened my ties of friend- ship in the English Army by taking part in its annual manoeuvres. The war at the Cape having assumed a more serious character, I have wished to follow the campaign, and shall embark in two days. I could not remain aloof and not share the dangers and fatigues ef the troops among whom I have so «any friends. Moreover, the time spent in witnessing this struggle of civilisation against barbarism will no* for me be wasted.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—WBDNHSDAT. Being Ash-Wednesday the House of Commons did not meet until 2 o'clock, and the afternoon was again spent in a discussion of the Burials question. There were four Bills on the paper, the first of which was the Consecration of Churchyards (1867) Act Amendment Bill, and Mr. Monk, in moving the second reading, described it as an extension of Bishop Wilberforces Act of 1867, and explained that its effect would be to permit the addition of pbrtions of unconsecrated ground to exist- ing churchyards. It was introduced, he said, solely as a measure of practical relief pending the passing of Mr. O. Morgan's Bill, of which he declared himself a sup- porter, and as the principal had given satisfaction to the large towns, so he believed it would be received with approval in the rural parishes. Mr. E. Noel moved the rejection of the Bill, which he regarded as obnoxious to Churchmen and Noncon- formist alike. Nonconformists objected to consecration solely because it prevented them being buried with their own services, but to offer them the privilege of being buried in a "parish ground" was an insult. Mr. Forsyth warmly supported the Bill, which be thought would do full justice to the claims of the Non- conformists Mr. O. Morgan, in opposing the "Bill as a miserable and pitiful stoppage and makeshift, vehemently con- demned the cemetary system, and defended himself against the imputation that he had prevented a compro- mise. Mr. Walter, who also spoke against the Bill, objected to the distinction drawn between consecrated and un- consented ground. The ceremony meant no more than that the ground was to be used for the purposes of burial undisturbed. Mr. Ashley, Mr. Hibbert, and Mr. Richard opposed the Bill as a humilia'ion to the Dissenters while Mr. Gregory and Mr. Newdegate supported the Bill, and Mr. Hope twitted the other side with opposing the Bill because it would deprive them ot their sole grievance. Mr. Hubbard admitted that the Bill would not settle the question, which, in reality, was Disestablishment; but it would give a considerable relief to those who felt a grievance. The concession of the churchyard, he urared, involved the concession of the church and the Bill, he contented, from recent Liberal speeches, was the first step towards Disestablishment. Mr. W. E. Forster advised the withdrawal of the Bill, which could not be accepted as a settlement, be- cause it proceeded on the principle of recognizing the exclusive right of the Church to the parish graveyards, and it failed altogether to meet the grievance of feel- ing. After the vote of the House of Lords, there could be no doubt that the question would be settled in a very short time, but not in the manner proposed bv the Rill. Mr. Cross, commenting on the point of consecration, pointed out that those who objected to it must face the difficulty that to prohibit it would be an act of ecclesi- astical tyranny on those who believed in it. The real grievance was that there was no law to compel anybody to provide a burial ground; and the question to be satisfactorily dealt with must be approached from that point. Personally he should be content if the law of Scotland, so often appealed to by Mr. Morgan's friends, prevailed in this part of the kingdom; but the first amendment of the law must be to compel local bodies to provide burial grounds. The effect of passing Mr. Morgan's Bill would bethatthe Church of England, which had hitherto provided for the whole country, would be the only religious body incapable of possessing burial grounds reserved for its own denomination. Although the Bill did not deal with what he believed to be the grievance, he supported it because it was permissive, and could do no harm. Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen and Mr. Marten having spoken against and for the Bill, Mr. Monk asked per- mission to withdraw the Bill, but this was refused by the Ministerial side and on the division the Bill was thrown out by 160 to 129. The result was received with much cheering from the Opposition benches. The Poor Law Amendment Act (1876) Amendment Bill was read a second time. Tne House then adjourned.

THE ZULU WAR. The Union Steamship Company's mf.i1 steamer Asiatic, Captain R. A. Leigh, R.N.R., which Mfc Cape Town on January 29, at 10 p.m. St, Helena, February 5, at 1 15 p.rn. Ascension, February 8, at 8 25 a.m. and Madeira, February 20. at 7 15 a.m., arrived off Plymouth yester- day at 6 20 p.m. The length of the passage between Cape Town and Plymouth was 27 days 20 hours, includ- ing 12 hours 5 minutes total stoppages at St. Helena, As- cemioo, and Madeira. She signalled the steamer Ger- man, of the same company, on the 19 inst., from South- ampton for Crlpe Town, in lat. 30 9 N., and long. 17 W. The Asiatic brought 22 passangers, 31 bags of mails, a full general cargo, and after landing at Plymouth mails and passengers proceeded for Southampton. From the Cape papers brought by this mail we obtain fresh details of recent events in Zululand. The Cape Argus, in a supplement dated January 28, gives theifol- lowing from its special correspondent .— PIETERMARITZBURG, 5 30 p.m., Jan.—Lord Chelmsford had been raising and organizing his forces since the middle of August, and when the further enforcement of the High Commissioner's demands was placed in his hands on the 6th of January, he had in command a total of 17,929 officers and men, comprising 85 staff and depart- mental officers, 263 men of the Royal Artillery, and 5.128 regular infantry, including the 3d, 4th, 13th, 24th (both battalions). BOth, 90th, and 99th Regiments. The cavalry, numbering 1,193, was composed of mounted infantry, armed and mounted police, and local volunteers. The native auxiliaries numbered 315 horse and 9,035 infantry, besides which there were 1,910 men engaged in the trans- port service, with 133 horses, three waggons, and 56 carts. The Artillery comprised 20 field-pieces, two rocket tubes, and eight troughs. The entire force was disposed along the borders of Zululand in five columns, under Colonels Pearson, Durnford, Glyn, Evelyn-Wood, and Rowlands, the latter being specially employed, however, in keeping in check the Bapedi chief, Secocoeni, whose reserve lies some distance away from Cetywayo's country, in the north-east of the Transvaal. Colonel Evelyn-Wood commenced the invasion on the 7th by crossing the Blood river. Encountering no opposition, the three columns facing Zululand on the Natal side were de- layed some days by the flooded state of the Tucela but the work of crossing commenced at Rorke's Drift, where the left column crossed on the 11th. A pont was employed at this point, as also at the drift, five miles from the mouth, where Colonel Pearson was in command. The column in the centre was composed almost entirely of natives, and these failed to make the passage of the river at the place where they were posted. A portion of this division was left to assist in the defence of the border, and Colonel Durnford moved up the remainder to Rorke's Drift, where they crossed in thi rear of the General, who personally accompanied Colonel Glyn's colnmn. This division was the first to encounter the enemy, who suffered a slight reverse on the 6rst day after that upon which the troops crossed. The roads being bad and the rains continuing, the force, which had established communication with Colonel Wood, who was operating on its left, remained stationary 'for some days. Meanwhile Col. Pearson's column had been in course of transporta- tion at the lower drifts, where the river is nearly 400 yards wide. The construction and working of the pont was intrusted to the Naval Brigade from the Active and Tenedos, and in six days the work was so far for- ward that the flying column set out on the 18th in the direction of Ekowe, a mission station 35 miles inland, where it was intended to establish an entrenched post. On the succeeding day Colonel Pearson was followed by his rearward division, escorting a great number of wag- gons The commissariat reserve followed some days later under an escort not particularly strong. The road just before Ekowe is r«"hed^ passe."through abroken tract of countty. On the 22nd the Zulus attacked the flying column some miles on this side of the Ekowe. They were beaten off after an action lasting an hour and a half, leaving 300 dead, our casualties being 10 Euro- peans killed, 10 wounded, and three natives wounded. Colonel Pearson resumed his march, and when last heard of had reached Ekowe safely, where he had entrenched himself, and formed a permanent post. The fort in his rear on the Zalu side of the river was unsuccessfully at- tacked on Saturday night, a loss of seven or eight men being inflicted on the enemy. On the same day that Colonel Pearson was attacked a disaster befel our army unprecedented in the annals of colonial warfare. On Monday, the 20th, Lord Chelmsford moved forward his camp to the Isandula, about nine miles from Rorke's Drift. On the succeeding morning a force consisting of 16 companies of Native foot, supported by troops of cavalry, was sent out to scour Matyana's location. The patrol found it necessary to bivouac, and on the fol- lowing morning Lord Chelmsford, having heard of the enemy being in force in front, proceeded to its support, taking with him the whole remainder of his forces, with the exception of five companies of the 1st Bat- talion of the 24th, two guns, and a small detach- ment of mounted police and volunteers, Colonel pnlleine being left in command of the camp Colonel Durnford was ordered back from Rorke s Drift with his natives, numbering 150, and a number of horse* with rocket battery. When these reinforcements arrived large bodies of the enemy hovered near, especially towards the front. Colonel Durnford engaged the enemy at a dis- tance of about two miles from the camp, which appeared to have been practically deserted, the regulars being ordered out in support of his movement. The attack of the enemy rapidly developed, taking the form of a horse- shoe. At length, when the out-skirmishers were driven in upon the camp, they found it in possession of the enemy, with whom a short but desperate hand-to-hand conflict ensued. The soldiers were overwhelmed by mere numbers. The greater portion died in the ranks, but those who sought safety in flight were assegaied during the pursuit, which was carried as far as the river, where many of the fugitives were drowned. The entire camp fell into the hands of the enemy, who remained in possession until Lord Chelmsford's return at the close of the day, when they cleared off with the spoil of the waggons, having previously destroyed everything they could not carry away. The General made his bivouac on Wednesday night on the battle-field, and proceeded next morning to Rorke's Drift, at which place a company of the 24th Regiment had resisted the attack of a vastly superior body of Zulus through the entire night, killing 370 of them, with the loss to us of 12 men. The troops are now concentrated at Rorke's Drift and Helpmakaar." A special supplement of the Cape Timu, printed just previous to the departure of the Asiatic, contains the following intelligence from Colonel Wood's column:— Tuesday evening.—A despatch has arrived from Colonel Wood to the Deputy Adjutant-General, dated Fort Fints, January 26, 9 a.m., to the following effect:— The Impi that were sent against his column seem to have fled on the 24th. He reckoned it at from 3.000 to 4,000 men, under the command of Ninche. He was aware of what happened to No. 3 Column and of General Chelms- ford's intentions. He had heard that the force attacking No. 3 Column was composed of the Umbonanchi, Temcitim, Undi, Ndwinga, and Nkoamdkosi tribes, com- manded by Mdabulamanzi Umbergwana, and not Jing- waYG. Colonel Wood intended moving on the following day to Ngaba, Konegha. and Kawane, in the kloofs of which he hoped to meet Wood (?), and be in a position to cover Utrecht, and also move, if neccessary, towards Bagslusine." o "Pietermairtzburg, January 28, 1879.—News has been received from Low^r Tugela that a large convoy of wag- gons belonging to Colonel Pearson's column has returned in safety, under the escort of two companies of the Buffs and 2d. Battalion 99th Regiment. Pearson is intrenched at Ekowe. All is quiet at Lower Tugela and along the border." a A > Official.—Colonial Secretary s_ Office, Cape Town, January 28, 1 p.m.—On the 25th inst. Colonel Evelyn Wood attacked a Zulu army of about 3,000 men sent against him, and totally defeated them, the enemy flying in all directions. No casualties on our side." Tha Cape Argus, reviewing the disaster at Rorko's Drift, says :— That there will be criticism is to be expected, and that-tbere will be a full and. searching inquiry is to be hoped into the conduct of the operations which permitted a surprise of such a nature, and which seems to have ex- posed a weak and straggling convoy to an overwhelming attack; but criticism and inquiry in the future will neither undo the past nor will they obviate the stern necessity which self-defence imposes upon us of a bloody and complete lesson to the savage victor. Words cannot express the] great and terrible anxiety which for the next few weeks will hang over South Africa. It is no exaggeration to say that in every native kraal this Zulu victory will give a new colour and complexion to nativa politics and native thought. Within 12 months two British columns have been driven to retreat before the natives, and the significance of such an exhibition it is impossible to forecast. Within our own colony and on our borders, it is worse than folly to conceal that a growing feeling of unrest and irritation exists even among those who were formerly not hostilely inclined. Unwise talk rather, perhaps, than unwise action has contributed to rouse this feeling but it is beyond controversy that the idea, however mistaken, has so taken hold of thenative mind that in future they will have to combine. Our true safety lies in looking the danger in the face, and we believe that now, as on former occasions, the courage and self-reliance of the colonists will be equal to the strain. We hear of large reinforce- ments being asked from England, and we have little doubt that before many months defeat and disaster will be amply avenged. Tihere can be no question now as to the rights or wrongs of the quarrel. The supremacy of race, nay, our very existence, demands a prompt and effectual reprisal; but we may hope that with that re- prisal we shall hear the last of wars of aggression and of armies of invasion, and that in the future, as in past times, British rule and British policy in South Africa will rest on the foundation of truth, justice, and moderation." The Times of yesterday says We now are in posses- sion, not only of certain details of the disaster at Isan- dula, but also of the plan of campaign as sketched by Lord Chelmsford. The mystery which enshrouded the movements of Col. Durnford's column has been cleared away, and we learn that it was the intention of the General commanding for No. 2 column to act on the de- fensive until the advance into Zululand bad been made and the other columns had established a firm footing there. It was more than probable that Cetywayo would attempt a counter-move, and, profiting by the absence of the British troops, break across the Tugela and raid into Natal. For the purpose of checking this, Colonel Durnford was directed to move one battalion of his column from Fort Buckingham to the junction of the Buffalo and Tugela rivers, while the other two, crossing the latter stream opposite Kranz Kop, were to remain stationary until No. 1 Column, under Colonel Pearson, had reached Ekowe. The rocket battery and mounted corps, under Colonel Durnford's personal command, were to join Lord Chelmsford's troops at Rorke's Drift. Thus when ours troops crossed the Zulu border the in- vading columns were reduced to three—namely, those at Fort Williamson, at Rorke's Drift, and at Bemba's Kop, about 25 miles south-east of Utrecht. The frontier-line was being guarded by detachments all along the right bank of the Tugela and Blood Rivers; in rear again of these fortified posts the towns of Helpmakaar, Grey Town, Pietermaritzbarg, Durban, and Stanger, were oc- cupied by Imperial troops, so that the defences of the colony were by no means neglected, while every pro- caution was taken to insure the success of offensive movements, Advancing into the enemy's country, the resources of which were comparatively unknown, Lord Chelmsford determined to make no forward movement until he was in possession of 15 days' supplies with each column, and 30 days' further rations stored at the bases on the right bank of the river—namely, Rorke's Drift, Fort Buck- ingham, and Fort Pearson. The badness of the roads and the inefficiency of the transport service delayed the arrival of these necessary stores; so that although Lord Chelmsford crossed the frontier on t1vo- 11th of January, ten days later he was only ten mtfjit beyond the river. The 'decision Dot to move forward until 45 days' supplies had been collected was undoubtedly a judicious one. Doubtless at this distance from the scene of hostilities it is impossible to realize the diffi- cultis which stood in the way of the preparations being expediciously completed. It is easy to criticize what might and should have been done. Allowances must be made for heavy floods, always more frequent ill, Natal at this season of the year; for impassable roads, mortality among cattle, and unbridged riveri. It is perhaps hard to say, taking Lord Chelmsford scanty resources into consideration, that more might have been done. Had Lord Chelmsford been in a position to follow up his success on the 12th by a prompt simultaneous ad- vance of all three columns on Undini, it is more than probable that the Zulus, surprised by the suddenness of the onslaught, would have fallen an easy prey to our forces. As it was, the enforced delay from the llth to the 20th enabled them to collect their forces, inspired them with a courage they certainly did not show in the defence of Sirayo s krrl, Jet them to think our halt waa a Bign of indecision, and induced them to attack us. Both Lord Chelmsford and Colonel Wood have had a wide experience of war. ney nave Been service in Europe, Asia, and Africa, ana are well known, not merely for their strategical abili y at autumn manoeuvres, but for a tactical skill in presence of an enemy. Had it been possible for a swift *o have been made from Rorke's Drift and Bemba s Kop, we may be sure there would have been no delay; as it is, we can only deplore, with Lord Chelmsford, that the Commissariat and Trans- port Deparments were not strengthened during the period 0fIPtri8Pc^that ^eZuJu-have failed to profit by their victory obtained on JT 22. The brilliant defence of Rorke's Drift and th *Pul»es inflicted on them by Colonels Pearson and a have for a time, at any rate, obviated all chance of a u u InTaaion of Natal. They doubtless suffered verylffi7.10S8eS in all four engage- ments, and Cety^ajo i nnd it necessary to recruit his forces before underta l g ^offensive campaign. The position in Natal is "J1* We by no means share in the belief that it is cntlcal. Volunteers at Cape Town and Xing William's Town come forward, so that the wing of the 4 n King s and the whole of the 88th have been "leased for duties at the front. The arrival of Her Majesty s ship Boadicea, of 16 guns and 350 men, in Table Bay further strengthens the High Commissioner s hands. a Chelmsford has a battalion of the 4th King's, three companies of the 1st Battalion 24th, seven companies of the 2nd Battalion 24th, the whole of the 88th Foot, beside, about 1,400 white Volunteers and Yeomanry for the defence of the border. Although Colonel successful engagement with the enemy on the 25th, judged it advisable to fall back for the purpose of covering Utrecht, he still stands ready to act on the defensive, and any advance of Zullls into the colony would be rapidly met by a flank attack from the seasoned soldiers who now are intrenched in the neighbourhood of Bemba s Kop. Colonel Pearson's situation necessarily mUllt cause Lord Chelmsford some anxiety, but if there is truth in the re- port that the force at Ekowe is entrenched, in possession of an ample store of ammunition, and provided with two months' provisions, there is no cause for alarm. His com- munication* to a certain extent are kept open by the post under Captain Campbell, R.N., which has been established on the Inyoni Biver; and, although we must anticipate repeated and heavy attacks on both these positions, there ought not for one moment to be any doubt as to the re- sult of such a system of warfare. It is with a sense of relief we learn that the native contingent* have been dis- banded. In the skIrmish on the 12th Januai-y at Sirayo's kraal, it was found that they not only wanted a great deal of leading, but were averse from closing on the enemy, except in company WIth white soldiers. Colonel Pearson doubtless felt that in the siege to which he in m11 probability would be exposed at Ekowe the pre- sence of 1,000 only hamper and clog his movements. R1^ .J?l ?re °f provisions would be ample to last the British garrision until reinforcements ceuld arrive, and it must have been with a sense of re- lief that he saw Major Grave s Native Battalion set out for Fort Stranger. Remembering what our men have done at Jellalabad, Lucknow, and Arrah, we have every right to express confidence that Colonel Pearson, with 1,400 men and six guns in an entrenched position, will be able not | merely to hold his own, but also to mfiict very aerious loa* on the Zulus, should they be rash enough to attack him. It should be an impossibility for these savages, gallant though they be, to carry earthworJcs defended by Gattlings and Henry-Martinis. » Taking into consideration the fact that all attacks by the Zulus, with the exception of that on the 22nd of January, have been beaten off w^h comparative ease, it is manifest that when well handled our men have nothing to fear from them in the open, or that behind entrenchments a very small body of Englishmen is suf- ficient to hold thousands of Cetywayo's warriors at bay. We are justified, therefore, in assuming that the troops at present massed in the Transvaal and Natal are amply sufficient for the defence of the colony; indeed, the fact that confidence is already restored shows that the colo- nists themselves are aware that thf¡ danger of invasion was but a temporary one, checked at the outset by the gallant fight at Rorke's Drift.

No Englishman can pronounce Cetywayo's name as Cetywayo himself pronounces it. By South African colonists and in the Lobby he is called Ketch—wah—oh, with the accent on the penultimate. The eh" in the first syllable is the neareet that a white man can hope to get to the clich of the Zulu. j

(ftotrcgpotiftettce. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions and sentiments expressed by our Correspondents.

A GRIEVANCE. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SlB,—I am a constant traveller by the tramcars be. tween Morriston and Swansea, and therefore presume I may be regarded as some authority on the working of that line. As "E. D." appeals to the public to assist him in remedying what he is pleased to designate a public grievance," and condemn the Tramway Company, I venture to suggest that before he arrogates to himself the championship of an existing evil (if any really does exist), he will abandon his non de plume and shew him- self to the light so that we may know who he is. I should also advise him to leave grievances of this nature in the hands of the manager, who is unquestionably better qualified to remedy them than he is. In justice to the officials connected with this company, I may say that every courtesy is accorded me when travelling on their trams; and, although I sometimes experience a slight inconvenience, to the extent of a minute or so delay, and no one can be so thin-skinned as not to submit to an ac- cidental mishap once in a way, I lose sight of the incon- venience in my appreciation of the comfort and accom. modation afforded by these trams. I fail entirely to see the justice or fairness of "E. D's." complaint. Yours truly, Feb. 27, 1879. VIATOR. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIB,—I have read a letter signed E. D." in yeur im- pression of last week, under the above heading, and, although I make it a rule to take no notice of anonimous productions, arising no matter from what source, 1 am disposed, from personal allusions introduced by your nameless correspondent, to say a word or two in reply. In the first place, I most emphatically deny that the "delays," which are held up as a "public grinance," ever take place, inasmuch as the cars do not stop at the Hafod, but at the Half-way!Siding, during the early morning, consequently it is impossible that" E. D." should "frequently" suffer the inconvenience of a 15 minutes" delay. It is moreover a strange fact that although this line has been in active work something like ten months, I have never received as much as a single complaint of this nature and I am sure, Sir, it is the first occasion that anything of this kind has found its way into the columns of The Cambrian. It is simply absurd to sup- pose, where so many cars are constantly running, that a delay from some unforeseen cause, for which the Com- pany or its officers cannot be held responsible, may not arise; but every effort is immediately made to remedy this, and I am sure I am only too glad to make it my personal duty to afford comfort and satisfaction to all passengers travelling on each section of our system. As to E. D.'s" reference to my strength of purpose, I can only say that if he entertained as high a regard for truth as I do for the redemption of bona fide promises (of which I am rather cautious and select) he would perhaps find himself as unconcerned about a stab in the dark as Yours truly, E. EVERIXGHAM, Manager, Swansea Improvements and Tramways Company. St. Helen's Depôt, 26th February, 1879. TO THB EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIB.—What a pestilent knave your grievance monger" of modern times is Is it a morbid bias in his mind, is it dyspepsia, or is it personal hatred and spite It may be one or all of these motive influences, but the! result is the same. The grievance monger shouts his Eureka" when he pounces on any poor little thing that looks like a grievance, rushes into print, drags it into the light of day, and, curiously enough, before he concludes [ his epistle to Mr. Editor, he manages to hold up some public personage to ridicule or contempt; while he (the writer) ensconces himself in the most comfortable—and cowardly—manner behind the shelter of the anonymous. These, Sir, are the acts of your grievance-monger, as they have appeared to one who has watched the trickery of the species for many years. And, by the way, was not he a grievous-hunter who, in The Cambrian of last week, told his doleful tale of having been kept waiting for a quarter of an hour on a Tramway siding at Hafod Behold how he proceeds. He says—what everyone will agree with,—that it is both inconvenient and undesirable both for the sake of the public and the Company, that those admirable conveyances, the tram-cars should not be delayed on the route; but why tack on to the tail of this truism a reference to the natal place and the good faith of the manager of the Tramway Company? Did the manager know,of this stoppage at the Hafod siding? Did he promise ana then neglect to remedy it ? The truth very likely IS that this grievance-hunter travelled once on the line when there happened a couple of minutes' delay > ^at his fervid imagination assumed the delay to be frequent, and that hereupon he wrote to the news- paper, and hinted that the manager of the Tramways "was born in a land where promises are made not to be fulfilled." If such be not the genesis of the letter of E. D. if he thinks he has a grievance, why not write direct to the manager, giving full particulars of hour and place, so that the delay might be inquired into I con- fess to being the more irritated at hearing such trivial and personal reflections upon the working of these Tram- ways when I reflect that they are a god-send to the town I and district, that the benighted town of Swansea never enjoyed anything like facility for cheap locomotion until the advent of the Tramway Company, and that what has been accomplished by the Company has been done in the face of almost every obstacle which an obstinate red- rag-excited" Corporation could put in the way. And as to the conduct of the affairs of the Company by the local manager, the public generally echo the words of Mr. B Evans as reported in the The Cambrian of last week, namely, that the management i» uniformly and highly business-like and courteous. But your grumbler is to the limbo of grievance-mongers. sip myself. Sir, Yours indignantly, A FRKQTJBNT TRAVELLER BY TRAMWAY. Swansea, Feb. 22,1879.

GOVERNMENT OFFICES. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." gm jEolus/' in a contemporary, under this head, say., Those who remember 30 years ago, knew where the busin..s of the Customs, Post-office, and Excise ofticeswere situated, and comparing them with the pro- jected offices now in contemplation, will wonder." No one can gainsay the strides Swansea has made these last 30 years; but as for its being of more importance in the way of Government offices now than then, it is not. Thirty or forty years ago we had the Customs in Wind- street, Post-office in Wind-street, and Excise offices in Bath-lane, and a branch of the Bank of England in what is now called Temple-street, but then I don't think there was any name to it. Since then the Excise busi- ness was removed and returned, the branch of the Bank of England gone, perhaps never to return. It is true at present we have the Telegraphs, Board of Trade, Mercantile Marine, and others, in addition; but these branches were not in existence then, all of which, it appears the Government intends centralizing into one building. JSolus" says we should note with interest that the Government has offered £10,000 for a site in Adelaide-place. Is this correct ? I read the report as though it was the Town Council offered this site for £ 10 600 which is quite another thing; but I may be wrong. Everyone would be pleased to see their offices placed in the best position, and most convenient for the business of the port and town, and no doubt they will. Tn vour last week's paper I suggested Mr. Forester's vard as the best site, and still think so. It gives a _-Urnid» convenience and a Custom-house quay, which is indispensable in a large port like this. As for the p \-office and Telegraphs, there are so many branch _:]iar offices of that department, it does not matter where the principal is. When we look to the f^ire contemplating the East Docks finished, which 11 doubtless increase the hamlet of St. Thomas to ten T es the extent it is at present, indeed it will be the only See in'the neighbourhood where an eligible site for any works can be procured. The surface of it, in the course of a few years, between Swansea and Briton Ferry, will be only fit for building houses, works, and factories, and being so adjacent to docks, cannot but increase; with this in yiew, and if ever the improvements in Castle-street and Island House are made, and High- street, Castle-street, and Wind-street made the main artery of the town, coming to the bottom of Wind- street, you must branch off to either the left or right, east or west. Alas for the once beautiful south; that's a thing of the past. Yet, doubtless, it will maintain its commercial position. There cannot be a more central site, or so good for all branches of the Revenue Tou„ trnlji JAMBS HAZBL. ♦

NEATH UNION AND THE CATHOLIC INMATES. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." am —I have been prevented from replying sooner to a letter'of the Master of the Neath Union, which appeared in vour columns, because I have been engaged in business with the Board concerning matters more or less mentioned in that letter. Kindly give me space for a feT fjje states he has not conversed with me half-a- dozen times in four years, and my visits have been very freauent, not averaging once in three months." I conversed with the Master for the first time on the 6th of January last, when he gave me the names of the Catholic inmates. I have spoken to him at other times without receiving any reply. The Master and Matron denied before the Board a visit of mine on the 3rd of January last, and brought the visitors' book to show the Guardians that there waa no entry of my visit on that date. Tbe Matron admitted before the Committe that I came to the Union on the 3rd of January. This shows that the porter's book is not properly kept. Until the past few months, when I remained away owing to the Master's disagreeable manner, my visits were regular, and as frequent as there was occasion for them. I have visited the Unien many times without seeing the Master, Matron, or porter, only the nurse. Moreover I have been lately informed by the Matron that there were only visits of mine entered in the visitors'book. This leave 12 visits unaccounted for by the Master. is a small matter in the eyes of a Master, who neglect to audit his weekly house accounts for six undertakes the duties of the Clerk, and gets g°od»™.r inmates against the express orders of the Boa1 only be got to obey by being made to pay ^his o 2: On 6th January, he says he fa™^ ™ names of eight adult Romanists and two boys, and when I expressed surprise at the number, he said that the numbers fluctuated, and if my visits had been more fre- quent I would have been acquainted with the fact. On the 12th of January I drove up in a cab, not at great inconvenience from Aberavon, as deliberately and falsely said, but from the chapel, and asked for him. When he arrived he found me writing in the Chaplain's journal, and I said to him, I don't want you now." He did hot state why he had come. He gave me the names of thirteen Catholics, and I expressed surprise at the num. ber, because I had only been allowed to see about four or five on the 18th of December and 3rd of January, and some of those whose Dames he lave me were in tbe house before the 18th December. I said before the Board that I drove over from the chapel (Neath) at great incon- venience, as I had to return to Aberavon for second ser- vice." It is no excuse to say that I am reported as com- ing from Aberavon he was present, and heard what I said, and the reporter has since corrected his error in your paper. When I arrived at the Union I asked one of the inmates if I could see the master, and she said he was in the chapel. She proposed to call him, but I re- quested that he should not be disturbed. I was leaving, when I saw the journal and opened it. I was beginning to write, when the master came, <nd asked why I had sent for him. I said I had not sent for turn that he and the matron had broken their promises: that the children had not been sent to church that the Catholics had been allowed to die without the rites of their church, and added, I don't want you now," as I intend to lay the matter before the Board. He said he did not care, and walked off. 3.—" He is charged by the priest, in the first instance, with preventing him from seeing O'Leary, and sub- sequently before the board he stated he came to baptise the child." Nothing of the kind was stated before the board, and I never had any intention of baptizing the child at the Union. The Master has not even a reporter's error as an excuse for this statement 4.—" It is a gross perversion of facts, and totally incre- dible, that a Roman priest should suffer uncomplain- ingly, and remain away owing to the disagreeable manner of a Workhouse master." The next baseless charge is, that he (the priest) found some little children at the Union who had not been sent to their own church, and the reader is asked to mark the priest's dissimulation, which would lead people to infer that Roman Catholic children had been in the habit of attending their own church. Two boys had been there once without permission, and their mothers had never objected to their attending Protestant service. I complained long ago to one of the guardians of the Master's conduct in remaining within hearing distance of the bed side of a sick person while I was hearing his con- fession. What is there in having found a few Catholic children at the Union to make any one believe that children had been in the habit of attending mass and what ground is there for the charge of dissimulation ?" The children here alluded to were the first seven found at the Union, and I wrote to the Chairman to have them Bent to their own church on Sundays. Then the Master admits that the law, so far as it respects the conscien- tious convictions of paupers, has not been observed in the Neath Union. There have been scores of Catholic children admitted as inmates during the time I have been attending the workhouse, and he asks me to tell the public how many of these have been baptized and instructed by me ? He says not one during his period of office. Nor did I ever make enquiry respecting the children, and this new born zeal, he assures us, arises from anxiety to obtain the school fees they would bring to the papal exchequer." From beginning to end of the Neath Creed Kegister" there is not one score of Catholic children's names—only 16 in all Two of these were born in the union, and they were the only children that required baptism, and I baptized both of them. The others were divided be- tween the cottage home and the workhouse, and some were inmates for a very short period. It is true I have not been able to instruct any of them. Hitherto I nave enjoyed the privilege of any ordinary visitor, and as the children are out at school, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock, it was quite impossible for me, living at a dis- tance of six miles from Neath, and eight miles from the homes, to have any chance of even seeing them. But this zeal is not new, for I wrote long ago to the Chairman, and requested him to have the children sent to their own church. The anxiety for a few parochial coppers to improve the papal exchequer has a good deal of private sentiment about it, and 1 pass it over. 6.—"I accused him of having promised to send for me should any one be ill; I called subsequently, and found that one of the inmates, a Catholic, had died and accused him of not having kept his promise. When he asked I could neither give the name of the informant. the name of the dead person, nor the date of its occur- rance. He could not remember. The Matron, his wife, was my informant in one case. Driscoll and a Mrs. Murray died between the 18th Dec. last and the 3rd January. Both died without the rites of their church. He could not remember" is, therefore, out of place. 7.—He gives an example of my solicitude for the sick. e. E.R. 84 years of age, who had been an inmate for many years, was taken suddenly ill, and he sent for me, and I came and stayed with the old maa some little time, and left with the promise to come again within the week to administer extreme unction; the old man died within the week, and it was six months later when Mr. Clement made his appearance, and cheerily asked the matron how poor "R" was ? Poor R was an old man called Roache. This was the first and only time, until a few days back, that the master ever sent to me. The old man was deaf and paralizcd, and the nurse asked the men who were in the ward to go to another. The Master came up shortly afterwards and asked What is the meaning of this 7" She explained, and he said, This cannot be allowed." He came and stood before the fire, with only one narrow bed between him and the sick man, during the time I was giving him the last rites 6f his church. I said Good evening" leaving, and the Master made me no reply. Long after this I gave the old man extreme unction (a second time) and told the matron that I might return within a week, but there tfas really no necessity as he was maable to recognise me, and I could do no more for him. I should remark that on. the 18th of December last, the matron, who was in a very spiritual mood, ap- peared to be most indignant that I did come and give poor Burk," another man, the last rites of his church. I merely said, I don't think you know much about it, if you will ask his wife, you will find that I did all I could for him. 8—"LSo long," he says, "as I insist that he has no right to punish any of his people for misdemeanour, and interfere with the discipline of the house, he will find me disagreeable." I shall certainly insist that no Catho- lic inmate is punished for refusing to attend a religious service that is not his own, and if the Catholic inmates interfere with the discipline of the house by coming eut on Sanday mornings to Mass, the Master must only try to bear it,—and bear it, too, without being disagreeable. 9. The matron being called into the room, and Mr. Clement being asked to re-state his accusations against her, he ignominiously withdrew his charges, and pro- tested he had made none against her." The Guardians are not of the same opinion, and the committee has, no doubt, changed Mr. Mills' way of thinking. He must not forget that there was an additional charge of having refused, a second time, to let the children out to church brought against Mrs. Mills at the committee. Mrs. Mills may have only ordered Mr. Mills to bear testimony to his lady's good memory, tact. and ready speech," and I have nothing to complain of for his 000- dience to his lady but I would remind Mr. Mills, and ask him to impress upon Mrs. Mills, that they are living on the rates of the community, and are not in a position to write that it is a principle of his church to recognise as venial what is said behind one s back, which if ut- tered in the hearing of the accused would be unpardon- able." I am, be., Feb. 25th, 1879. J. M. CLEMENT.

THE CHANGE IN ouB WINTERS. — So recently as last Summer people who felt interested in the condition of our climate have been heard to speak in terms of admiration of the increasing geniality of our western winters. Many of them remember that when they were boys, the snow and frost, in tolerably large morsels, were their familiar acquaintances. We have not yet forgotten our own juvenile glee as we waited in triumph over the tops of apple treesi in ^orchard which had been covered by "»owdnfto, or w*,tehed explorers descending to a spring, which the flaky XSS of the North had covere<L But those seasons changed. We too have changed yet with this difference, that whereas the former be- came greener, more juvenescent, more like Spring, the latter sinks into "the sear and yellow leaf" with the paraphernalia of Winter gathering round, which no future sun-burst will be able to dissipate. But how was the change of Winter temperature to be accounted for ? The small fry of philosophers were ready with an answer. The superior cultivation of land, the felling of forests, the drainage of marshes,—all these our wiseacres thought would be sufficient to account for the reduction of our old Hyperborean winters to the Italtan mildness which in modern times they have assumed. But the present winter must have given a rude shock to their prognostications. Perhaps the system of agriculture w e than & ri.iW rigours of winter are more seve v thgey have been for the W^nVS LT whknCe°nUonw pubSh. We carefuUy abstain from Ixwesring concurrence with the deductions co^mno- rarv The spectroscope speaKs no lie. Un that ou7readers may depend. B«t the inference de- dnoible from its facts may be fairly controverted. The removal of the gaseous envelope of the sun seema naturally to produce cold instead of heat on the surface of the earth and such in fact has been the result. But the congregating of four large planets round the Sun at their nearest possible point is an event whose importance cannot be over-estimated. When these great magnates of the Solar system congregate around their Sove- reign we may fairly expect that the assemblage of such grand potentates will not be without the most material consequences and the history of the past shows that, at least in all sanatary matters, the inhabitants of this little planet should set their house in order for the interview of these grand potentates of the Solar Kingdom.

AN ALLEGORY., I Sic transit gloria mundi. With joy paternal Jove beholds his throng Of heroes striving in terrestrial deedll- In Commerce, Physic, Justice, Art, and Song— And with his beamy smile each victor speeds. The strongest, bravest, wisest, best, he decks With Honour's symbols-fitting recompense For heroes of all types-and naught he recks Of birth, or wealth, or plausive impotence. The brainless mouther, and the truckling tool, Who win attention by obsequious airs, Spurn'd by Jove's foot beseek some humbler school To gain admission by the hinder stairs. Then, from the treasury the scullions rob The honours meant for only godliest men, And, mixing with the best, the juggling mob, Deck'd in their spoil, attract the jovial kea- Fill'd with dismay the noblest heroes doff The symbols that their stalwart forms had borne, Saying, 0 Jove, thy gifts are marks to scoff- Thy vaunted laurels by the riff-raff worn Then, burning with disgust, the'god drags forth The treasur'd symbols from their wonted bed — Find me the foulest slough from south to north, That I may plunge these gewgaws in!" he said. And, forthwith, in the nose-offending stew, Where slimy and unwholesome things do thrive, The tatter'd remnants of the gauds he threw And^cried Who'd win such honours there must dive I Scrambling, the rabble fill'd the miry course — Heedless how won, if each but got a shred- Jove and his heroes laugh'd till they were hoarse, While blushing Virtue turn'd her back and fled. Now, on the waves of Being's turbid flood, Honours deserv'd and meretricious float One wearer may be Nestor wise and good- Thelnext, a toady fit to brush your coat. Nay, no surprise should fill us with dismay, Tho' draggled honours fall on tatter'd shoots, Who, on the one hand pranks with Justice play, And, on the other humbly black our boots. Ho Cadgers, Mudlarks, Boobies—all who can— Sneak for your harvest while the Fates allow And ye, 0 slave, who claim to be a Man, Before the buckram of your betters bow Ho Inky scribes and poetasters, scrawl, 8hout your bald themes as heaven-indited lays While weak-knee'd sycophants before you crawl, Or hoist their vanity on purchased praise 1 And you, 0 Saints, of self-inflated pride Blind to the stress and progress of the age- Grab at the souls that through the eons stride, And by your paltry rules their motives guage I Then shall the splendour of this rolling orb Shrink to the level of your dusky brain- The Sun his guiding force shall reabsorb, And Chaos be your blissful home again February 14, 1879. AENEAS.

•* GAS REPORT.—WEBK ENDING FIB. 24, 1879. Illuminating Grains per 100 power in PresscretB Cubic feet. Standard inches. FEB. Ammonia. Sulphur. candles. Max. MiB. Tues. 18 0 00 O'O 13 68 Wed. 19 0-00 0'0 13-87 -— ——- Thur. 20 000 0 0 14 13 —— ——- Friday21 0 00 0"0 14 26 —— Sat. 22 0'00 0-0 1380 —— —- Sun. 23. Mon. 24 000 0.0 1410 —— —- Average 0 00 O'O 13"9 7 Average illuminating power—13 97 candles. Legal standard—11 candles. Sulphuretted hydrogen-None. W. MORGAN, Ph.D. Gas Testing Station, Gas Examiner. Orange-street, Swansea. -========= SWANSEA HOSPITAL. An Abstract of the Resident Medical Officer, Report to the Weekly Board, from February 20, 1879, to February 27, 1879. IK-DOOB PATIENTS. I Remained by last report 51 Admitted since 9-60 Discharged, cured, and relieved. 8 Died. 1 9 Remaining —.M OUT-DOOR PATIENTS. Remained by last report 419 Admitted since 30-449 Discharged, cured, and relieved M Died 0-35 Remaining 414 MEDICAL OFFICERS FOB THE WEEK. j Physician Dr. Mowat. Surgeon Mr. Jabez Thomas, A. 0. Phillips, L.R.C.P., &c., Lond., Rtn.dent Medical Officer. Committee who attended: -Messrs. Thomas Phillips. F. J-. C. Scott, Thomas Hall, H. W. Crowhurst. Sunday religious services conducted by Messrs. Parnell and Glover-. In the Week, Revs. Eli Clarke, E. J. Wolfe, and John Thomas. N .B.-Parcelsof old linen, toys, & other useful article*, will be thankfully received by the Matron. JOHN W. MORRIS, Secretary. HIGH WATER IN SWANSEA HARBOUR JFOK THB UONTH OF MARCH. HIGH WATER. HEJQH N.Dock S. Dock Week Days. Greenwich HI -tide Hf. -tide Hafod Mean Time. Basin Basiti Works. SILL. SILL MARCH. Morn. Even. r. I. '• I. Saturday 1 10 39 11 4 18 5 16 11 7 11 Sunday 2 11 32 16 8 15 2 6 2 Monday 3 0 7 0 58 16 0 14 6 66 Tuesday 4 1 54 2 39 17 2 15 8 6 8 Wednesday. 5 3 19 3 61 19 8 18 2 9 2 Thursday. 6 4 19 4 45 22 6 20 11 11 11 Friday 7 5 10 6 32 24 9 2S 8 ) 14 I Saturday 8 6 68 0 14 26 6 25 0 16 0 Sunday 9 6 32 0 63 28 2 26 8 17 8 Monday 10 7 14 7 34 29 1 27 T 18 J Tuesday 11 7 64 8 16 28 11 27 6 18 6 Wednesday. 12 8 86 8 66 27 7 26 1 17 1 Thursday 13 9 19 9 89 25 7 24 1 16 t Friday 14 10 2 10 27 23 2 21 8 12 8 Saturday. 15 10 54 It 21 20 2 18 8 9 a Sunday 16 11 69 17 U 18 6 7 S Monday 17 0 00 1 42 17 6 16 0 7 0 Tuesday 18 2 29 3 11 18 11 17 5 8 5 Wednesday. 19 3 46 4 12 21 0 19 6 10 ( Thursday. 20 4 £ 0 4 67 22 8 21 2 12 2 fSday 21 5 19 6 38 23 li 22 fi 18 S Saturday 22 5 55 « 10 24 11 23 5 14 5 Sunday 23 0 25 0 40 26 7 2* 1 ,16 1 Monday 24 0 55 7 9 J* i Jf n Tuesday 25 726 7 40 26 « 24 0 16 0 Wednesday. 26 7 66 8 9 24 0 23 0 14 0 Thuiiiday. 27 8 35 8 40 23 3 21 9 1J 9 Friday 2i 8 60 8 14 21 19 20 4 11 4 Saturday. 29 9 32 9 53 20 4 18 10 9 1* Sunday 30 10 15 10 41 18 7 17 18 1 Monday 31 11 9 11 42 16 10 16 4 6 4 MOON'S CHANGES.—First Quarter, 1st. 7h 58m. a.m.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 4W We cannot insert notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, unless the persons who send them attach their names and places of abode. BIRTHS. On the 21st inst., at l. Bronj^street, Swansea, the wile °Vnh°t^dd^L?^Utbe' GuildhaU, Swansea, the wife of Sergeant David Morgan, of the Swansea Borough Police, of On* the 13th inst, at Pontypool, Monmouthshire, the wife of Beverstone H. Madge, of a son. On the 22nd inst., at 5, Guildhall-square, Carmarthen, the wife of Mr. B. Davies, of a son. On the 22nd inst, at 2, Suffolk.square, Cheltenham, the wife of Tudor V. H. Thomas, of Lampeter House, Narberth, of a daughter (still-born.) On the 14th inst., at 69, Grosvenor-street, London, the Lady Kensington, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 24th inst., at the Parish Church, Swansea, by the Rev. T. J. Bowen, Mr. Ernest Montague Turner (comedian), to Miss Louisa Milliard (actress), both of this town. On the 25th inst., at the Parish Church, Swansea (oy license), by the Rev. T. J. Bowen, Mr. John Macnamara (marine en- gineer) to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. John Francis Jenkins, builder, Gorse-iane, Swansea. On the 23rd inst., atl Christ Church. Swansea, by the Rev. Eli Clarke, vicar, Benjamin Thomas, second son of Benjamin Fielder, nurseryman, Cheltenham to Mary Jane, youngest daughter of the late Owen John, of Swansea. On the 22nd inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, by tbe Rev E. Capel Cure, Rector, Robert Forrest (of Caldtrhead), St. Fagans, to Flora, youngest daughter of B. Matthews, Esq., of Glan Ely, Llandaff. On the 25th inst., at the English Wesleyan Church, Car- marthen, by the Rev. Enoch Biscombe, J. F. Morris, Esq., solicitor, Carmarthen, to Kate eldest daughter of Mr. David Jenes, 15, King-street, ia the said town. DEATHS. On the 19th inst., at 24, Dulwich-road, London, Mr. John I Hughes (late of Brooklands Villas, Swansea), in his 63rd year. [ On the 12th inst.. at -ketty, Florence Emma, third daugbtex of William C. G. Waring, aged 7 months. On the 23rd inst., at Walney House, Hereford, Henry Strick, sged 61 years. „ j On the 18th inst., at Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, Selina, wife ot Michael Smith, and youngest daughter of the late Job I Keen, of Chigwell, Essex, aged 40 years, deeplylamen,ed. On the 21st inst., at her residence, Mount Hill, near Car. marthen, in her 64th year, Anne Lewes, the beloved wife of J. A. Timmins. T On the 26th inst., Eulelia Mary, eldest daughter of R. J. Bevan Esq., of Towy Castle, near Carmarthen aged ;3 years. On the 22nd inst., at the family residence, Goitrewen, Car- marthenshire, Jane Lott, the beloved wife of Dr. John Morgan Hottkins I On the' 2lst inst., at No. 2, Queen-street, Carmarthen, Jonah Thomas, umbrella-maker, aged 84 years. On the 2lst inst., at Chandos House, London, W., In the 77th i year of his age, the Hon. George Warren Edwardes, of Noyadd- Llanarth, Cardiganshire, brother of the late, and uncle of the son present Lord Kensington, M P. On the 22nd inst. (suddenly), at the Salutation Hotel, Ha- verfordwest, Charles Vernon Hassall, Esq., late Captain 89th Regiment of Foot, aged 36 years. On the 15th inst., suddenly, at Corty Mawr Breconshire, Elizabeth, the relict of the late Morgan Watkins Harris, of Trevereg, Glamorganshire, and Bodwigead, Breconshire, J.P. for the said counties. Printed by Steam Power, and Published by HOWEL WALTEM WILLIAMS, at the CAMBRIAN OFFICE, No. 68, Wind-street, Swansea, in the County of GIamonMD.—FMDAT, FSB&UAJlT 28, 1879. I