The Cambrian

IS SWANSEA POLICE COURT. THURSDAY. [Before M<"ss~s. James Rogers (the Mayor), James Hall, Vye Parminter, and the Stipendiary ] CHARGE OF INDECENT ASSAULT AGUN3T A PUBLICAN. This was a remarkable Cise, between a Swansea public in and his servant, who was committed for trial on Moud 'y last for stealing lis. 7d. It created a g a> deal or interest, the Rev. Canon Richards having gone bail for the girl. Willi-tin Jones, landlord of the New Recruit Inn, Orchard-street, Swansea, was summoned for committing an indecent assault on Sunday morning last on Mary Trevolt in her at his house. Mr. Ulascodine appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. W. Smith for the defence. Numerous wirnes;es were ordered out of Court. Mr. Glascodine in opening the Court, impress-d upon the Bench the desirability of taking this case as a separate one, and not in the nature of a ooivae,- cnarge. Jones is a widower, and his household consisted of himself, two sons and a daughter. Prosecutor was the only servant and she went there in July las1, taking with her "characters" from her last two places. On Sunday morning last complainant slept in the attic, and there were besides sleeping in the house the defendant, his children, and a Mrs. Gilbert,. At early morning, com- plainant felt her bed struck, which awoke her. He would not state what occurred. She got away from defendant, hid herself awhile, and then went away from the house to her aunts Mrs. Foran's house, to whom she lmule a sti ement. She went to the Roman Catholic Church (St. Joseph's) with her uncle. In the meanwhile a constable called at the house, and was told what the aunt had heard. When the girl came out of Church, the con- table took her into custody, charging her with stealing a sum of 13s. Now if what the girl said was true. no more devilish action could be taken than was adopted by the defendant in this case. Mr. Smith This is too bad, your worships, on the part of a gentleman who is prosecuting. I have prosecuted many times, but God forbid that I should use such language. Mr. Glascodine God forbid that I should shrink from stating what I believe to be my duty to the community at large and to my client. Mr. Smith But by what you say you are prejudicing the case. The Stipendiary said it might be in the discretion of counsel to make any observations if the case should be sent for trial the duty of the advocate in a preliminary hearing such as this is not to try to influence our minds, but simply to lay before us such facts as will raise a probable presumption of guilt iu the defendant. Mr. Glascodine was proceeding to enlarge upon the offence charged ag,Ünst, defendant, when The Mayor said We are quite sufficiently impressed with that; give us the facts. Mr. Glascodine said, it must be remembered that his client was committed for trial, and by reason of prece- dence of time it might appear, but only appear, that this was in the nature of a counter charge. He then pro- ceeded to call evidence. Mary Trevolt sworn 'said I am a single woman, "nd up to last Sunday morning I was in the employ of defen- dant who kept the New Recruit, Orchard-street. On Saturday night last there slept in the house Mr. Jones, William and Sidney the sons, Anne Jones the daughter, and Mrs. Gilbert, and myself. I slept iu the attic-no one but myself slept there. Mrs. Gilbert and Annie slept in the front bed room the three males slept in the back bedroom. There is a middle bedroom, but no one slept there. The attic is over the middle bedroom. I went to bed about 12 o'clock. At three o'clock on Sunday morning, Mr. Jones came into my bedroom. I was not awake when he came in. He hit up against the bed, and I awoke and heard the clock strike three. His hitting against the bedroom was what awoke me. His hand went on the bed, and I screamed. He says, "Mary I want to sleep with you." I screamed and he came towards me in the bed, and put his hand on my mouth, and threateued me, by his God, he would choke me. I jumped out of bed, the other side to where he was. He knelt bis knee on the bed and tried to catch me. I tried to squeeze myself through between the table and the bed and he caught hold of me. There is a door at the bottom of the attic stairs, but it does not fasten. There is no door at the top of the stairs on the level of the room. There is a little bannister in the room by the edge of the stairs. The room is about square, and the bed is in the middle of the room. The head of the bed is against the wall facing the stairs. On the left hand side of the bed are two chairs and a dressing table. There was also an old pianoforte on the right hand side of the room. I jumped out on the right side of the room. De- fendant got on the bed, and got hold of my arm, and squeezed me, and jumped off the bed. He got out by the foot of the bed, which is level with the bed. The bed- stead is of wood. He caught me around my neck with the right arm. He said he would choke me if I at- tempted to make an alarm, and that he would sleep with me when I would not be aware of myself. I could not scream because his hand was on my mouth; that was the left hand. I was pushing him, and pulling myself away from him. I was standing then at the foot of the bed Defendant was dragging me away, and I had hold of the top of the bannister. He tried to put his foot against my heel and trip mo on the floor. I had only my night- dress ou at the time. It was not light enough to°see what he had on, but I know he had only his shirt on, because my hand touched his skin. I believe he was in my room half an hour struggling with me. Part of the time I bad hold of the bannisters, but he pulled me away, and tried to take me to the bed, but I got back to the bannisters. I tried to bit him, and did it in the face once. During the whole of the time I did not laugh with him at all; I was crying. He wanted me to go to sleep with him. At last I gave him a push and ran down stairs. When I pushed him he said, Don't push me over the stairs." I could not pull myself away be- fore I did I tried to do so. When I got downstairs I hid where the dirty clothes are kept. I ran to Mrs Gil- bert's bedroom, but the door was fast, and defendant was coming downstairs at the time. I then hid in with the dirty clothes, in a cupboard by Miss Jones's bedroom. I heard him stand on the landing for two or three minutes. Then he went into his bedroom and fastened his door. I was in the cupboard about ten minutes. When I got out, I went up to my room and brought my clothes down, and dressed myself downstairs by the back door. I lit a candle downstairs, and placed it on the settle to shade the light from going upstairs. After dressing, I put out the candle, and went up to my bed- room and fetched my other clothes down. Then the clock struck four. I then went to the back kitchen and wasnedmy face and combed my hair, and left the house at about six o'clock. I took no money which did not belong to me. All the money I had with me was 5Jd. On the way home some man said to me, I think you are loaded, Miss. did not speak to him. I went to my aunt s, my mother's sister, in Lion-street, Waunwen. I got there about seven o'clock. I had to rest on the road, I was so fatigued. My aunt was down. I told her what had occurred. My uncle was not down. He came down a few minutes afterwards. I did not tell him. My aunt took him into another room and told him. My sister came down shortly afterwards, and I told her my- self in the kitchen. I went to church with my uncle about half-past ten. The church is not five minutes' walk from the house. After dinner, Detective Smith came to the house. My aunt had told me he had been there before. I told him the reason why I left the Re- cruit. My sister walked with us to the police-station. There were three police officers at the station. Jones, the defendant, came in a quarter of an hour afterwards. I made a statement in his presence. I was charged with stealing money. I said then Jones had come into my bedroom. I said to Jones" I'll come down in the morn- ing and settle with you." I thought he was coming after me for running away before my month was out. Is this the first time Jones has been in your bedroom in the night ?—No, sir. Mr. Smith objected it did not affect this case. The Stipendiary: No previous matter can be put on the depositions. Cross-examined by Mr. Smith: Jones's daughter was ill. but getting better when I left. About quarter past 10 Saturday night I went up to her room. The gas was burning then, The examination was gone into at considerable length, «»d in the course of it complainant stated: I knew it was Jones was in the room, though there was no light to know him by, because he bad been there before. There is a small window of 6 small panes. The attic is rather dark. I did not rap at Miss Jones's door as I went up- stairs to fetch my clothes. In coming down the first time I rushed at it hard, but it was fastened. I got into the dirty clothes closet, and pulled the door after me. I don't know whether the bar was open or not. I don't go there at all. From four to six o'clock, I was engaged in settling my clothes and preparing to go away. I did not sit down at all. I went out by the back door, which opens into a yard. Then I lifted the bar of the big doors of the yard, and got out to Richard's place. I was not under notice to leave. When we were struggling in the room. I never got my mouth free once, so as to scream. I did not scratch him. I tried all I could to make an alarm, but no one slept underneath. I knocked at the attic wall also, but there being no attic next door, I could make nobody hear. I did all I could. Several witnesses were called, including complainant's sister, Margaret Trevolt, Edward Foren, her uncle, and Detective Thomas Smith, all of whom gave evidence which were corroborative of the complainant's story. It appeared that Mrs. Foren, the aunt, who is a material ) witness, was too ill to attend. The Bench thereupon adjourned the case for a fort- night, stipulating that if it be necessary in the mean- while the woman's depositions should be taken at her house. Mr. W. R. Smith said he appeared on behalf of the de- fendant, Mr. Jones, not simply to get an acquittal, but to clear his character thoroughly as a respectable and truth- speaking man, and this he should be able to do. With that view, he would not place any difficulty in the way of the prosecution. THE DEMOLinos OF REGENT COURT. RIOTOUSNESS AND WILFUL DAMAGE. Margaret Griffiths, a prosti me, was summoaedifor breaking three panes of glass, of a d^llr>g-house in Regent Court, the property of Jam J ^r" ^ay deposed that on Friday last the defendant broke the windows with stones, the windows ot the property he had purchased for demolition. There were several persons engaged in the damage, some ""detoe houses and some out De- fendant was 1°pan^e" w»s a crowd there and a riot. Ka had to barricade the pi tee in ac- cordance with the l luctions received from the authori- ties after the sale, He saw 8everal persons throwing, but this defendant was the worst. Defendant said she had only jus prison, and had been nowhere since; hfd walked the streets all one night. The Bench considered the case proved. It was a g eat public benefit to have these dens pulled down, and the Sti- penndiary did not know w h"Il he had felt more delighted than to hear that thedemotition was begun. Defendant mnst go to gaot f01 10 uays, Thos. Jones, described as a brewer, residing a ^ellevue-streetli was then summoned for a similar o en namely, breaking panes of glass of the windows ot thepeasant Inn, Back-street, on Friday last, the g_ass bei;n the Property of Mr. James May, con- tractor. It PI V- defendant is the son or re- lative of the la^ |f"dlaay of The Pheasant. Mr. May ant two otVK eP°sed that defendant threw a stone whic» e window. The damage was assessed at os. e endant was convicted, and fined £ 1 and costs and the rlamage,

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HOSPITAL SUNDAY. TO THE EDITOR OF". THE CAMBRIAN." Sir,— ? 5? V w 11,6 to call the attention of the Rev. Edward Hlgglllson, and your readers generally, to the following copy of a. Rule in reference to Hospital Sunday made in 1817, viz. That the Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Swansea, the several clergrmen in the neighbourhood, and the minis- ters of the different meeting houses for Religious Wor- ship, be several y requested to pi-each a sermon, or use the best endeavouis in their respective places of worship on the Sunday prcce-nvj the Annual Meeting to promote collections for the benefit of the Institution:" The object ot the committee in 1872 was simply to concentrate ana lender more uniform a system that had already been in lorco for upwards of half a century I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, i. c< JNO. W. MORRIS, Secretary. 23, Gower-street, Swansea, Sept. 25, 1879.

E1RLY CLOSING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." am well aware that two early closing associa- tions have been rormed, but am not aware that, further than the name, there is anything of the kind in existence at present. I therefore concur with "A. B." that an association started at the present time would, with the least energy, prove a glorious success but the assistants must themselves prove that they really apprpciate the movement by doing all they can towards its propagation. I have been informed upon the very best authority that some of the tradesmen are only too willing to give the matter their support; and as for the general public, their sympathies are wholly with the poor hard-worked shop assistant. True, there are a few who, with true pharisaic feeling, raise up their eres and say, Who are they that we should interest ourselves on their behalf they are not worthy of our notice." I feel thankful, sir, that, like black sheep, although prominently con- spicuous, they are so few in number. Now that the matter is mooted and gaining interest, I should like to see the assistants strike the iron while it is hot, nor again allow it to get cool until they have suc- ceeded in their efforts, and thus will be gratified the desire, not only of the assistants themselves, but of all Yours respectfully. „ ABERTAWE. Swansea, Sept. 25, 1879.

ABSENT IN THE BODY, PRESENT IN THE SPIRIT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." SIK, Precious reminiscences of Swansea prompt me, in the piospect of future events, to address a few lines to your readers, many of whom I trust, I may regard as old and valued tilends in Christ. So, my friends, you are to have the honour of entertaining the Church Congress next month, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop o mehester, as presidents of separate as- semblies, in consequence of the want of a building large enough to contain all the members If this Congress were one of Christians, as such, with- out respect to sect or denomination, it would be a glorious maniiestation of Godliness and brotherly love but because it is the assembly of a dominant sect of pro- fessing Christians, whose intolerance of liberty of con- science ana nonconformity to their forms and ceremonies in others, is lecoided in the history of our country, and deeply impiesse upon the hearts of many sufferers for the truth's sa e, oes not appear to me to be a favour- able sign of the times, particularly as the so-called Church of s now rery Popish and ritualistic in her practices. xnat there are good men and earnest Christians m nercommumon ig uudoubted but their continuing,1^1 .i state-edifice, is their fault, not their vir weakness, not their strength, and they would do welLto obey the call, « Come out of her, my people, t a- y partakers of her sins, and that ye receive no For her sins have reached unto heaven a ath remembered her iniquities."— 41 faithful servant, DAVID M'CONEIX REED, M.D.. Late Physician to the Swansea and South Wales Homoeopathic 13 gt. Thomas-st^et WeyTouth?' September 22nd, 1879.

REFORMATORY FOR SW ANSEA. T° THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—I °n ^;arv anri nf e Police-court on Monday last the Stipend ry he Mayor made some pertinent remarks from the in reference to the necessity of the establishinen '^aWy for fallen and friend- less women.. must have the countenance, and should have 1P c'uniary support, of all right- thinking persons, lmofc hut think if the previous Home was resuscita p n a broader Christian basis it would succeed. Tha g t want exists for the establish- ment of such a Home must I think be patent to all, for unfortunately 0 own contains a very large number of poor m -be pitied creatures, some of whom at least, one .vun .are anxious to amend their lives should oppo y exist and facilities granted. It is in no mere spirit o uit-finding when I say that in my opinion one *7^ *'le previous Institution failed in the accomplishment of its great mission, was the too exclusive character of its committee of management. I am quite willing to acc r to its promoters the desire to avoid anything and probably the committee was cons tit n the hope to secure cordial co-operation hut the ac can scarcely be denied that in this committee, Dissen ers were almost overlooked, and consequently but few donations were received from the various Dissenting congregations in the town. Should another Society be formed upon a more enlarged and un- sectarian foundation, 1 sincerely hope that every section of Christians will be asked to unite. The reclamation of the vicious and fallen is a grand, noble, Christian work, in which all should cordially unite, and with such an object every section or phuantrophist should meet. All true honest men and women are seeking the same great object, and no mere torms or doctrines should stand in the wav of the common aim. I believe a Society based upon this foundation would succeed in Swansea, for all sects and denominations would then feel an interest in its welfare, and cheerfully contribute the funds necessary for its support and successful prosecution. Hoping you will give insertion to these few crude remarks, and that the observations of the Mayor and Stipendiary will be the means of arousing to activity the philantrophist of all classes, am yours &c., R HUMANITAS.

THE CHURCH CONGRESS. THE CHURCH CONGRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR We fear the appeal you kindly inserted for us last week has not been clearly understood. In answer to it we have received several notices of apartments to let. It was not for those we asked, as our List of Lodgings is fairly good. What we are anxious to know is, whether there are any of our fellow-townsmen who can offer hospitality to some of our visitors free of charge. There are many writing to say that their coming to the Congress depends upon this, as the expense of board and lodging for the week, in addition to travelling fares, is to some a serious consideration. We thought that very probably there must be some whom we have overlooked in sending out our first applications simply from lack of a reliable irectory, jjt will be a very great hel to us, if only bed and breakfast can he provi ie-i, nd we shall be most grateful for any such offt-r. Al ow us to express a hone that Swansea will not be behind other town- where the Congress has been held, in its reputation for hospitality. We are, Sir, yours faithfully, (For the Secretaries), J. G. GAUNTLETT, CH S. BATH, R. GLASCODINE. L P.S.-It will help greatly to lighten the work of the secretaries, if those intending to purchase tickets will do so as early as possible, instead of leaving it to the last moment. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN. SIR,-I presume Congress means to the Established Church what the annual Association does to the Baptists —a gathering together to receive the reports of the va- rious churches, and for their mutual encouragement and the wider dissemination of their religious views. But what a contrast there is in the preparation for the re- ception of the two sects. An advertisement is inserted in the local papers of the district, that the annual Asso- ciation is to be held in such a locality on such a day, and forthwith one and all, both members and friends, unite in their endeavours to welcome their guests houses are thrown open, and the supply of bed and board for man and beast is always equal to the occasion,—and this, be it remembered, without money and without price. On the other hand, when Congress is about to meet, an- nouncements are issued calling upon the friends of the Church to communicate with the committee as to the number of visitors they can accommodate with board and bdfi Ig, at the cheipest rate consistent with cotuiorr. In further contrast to the open-air public meetings of the Association, it is also stated that admission to the meetings of Congress will be by ticket, at the moderate charge of 6s. each (for the series I suppose). This price is doubtless put on so as to be beyond the pockets of the rag-tag-and-bobtail, fearing they should hob-nob and rub their greasy moleskins against the oroadcloth of the State-paid princely-salaried dignitaries, in their eager- ness to get a peep at a real live lord or bishop. Tiie command of Him who purged the temple was to Feed my lambs"; but the Goughs and tha Talmages of the present day, aye, and even the very shepherds of the Church itself, take good care to put the fodder so high that the lambs cannot reach it. Whence comes this in- novation of high charges for spiritual food ? The ex- ample is not copied from the meek and lowly One, who gave his large audiences both food for the body and the mind. I should like to hear the Rev. John Griffiths, of Merthyr, open Congress with that admirable discourse he delivered on the occasion of the opening of Morriston church bells. I believe that for once the command to go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that my house might be filled," would if the invitation were honestly given-stand a chance of bcjing practically complied with. Perhaps the rev. gentleman would oblige the committee if he were asked; at least there would be no harm in trying. Yours respectfully, FUSTIAN. Sept. 25, 1879.

A LANDORE COMPLAINT, TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRL\N." SIR,—Kicdly allow ire a small spies in your valuable journal for a few further remarks on this grave com- plaint. Anyone unacquiinted with the n iture and character of our Municipal Board, would have been taken by surprise by i's extreme coolness and inactivity in the face of facts of the gravi st character respecting the Mensydd-road at Landore. Brynfal, in a most explicit and straightforward manner, pointed out the grievance and its apparent results, and in this he has been fol- lowed in a more elaborate and possibly lucid epistles by Edmunds and Fairfield hence I conclude that sufficient data has been given in order that the problem may be solved,—nevertheless, it must be borne in mind th, t there are none so blind as those who do not wish to see- After all that has been said, there is one fact remain- ing to be rung in the ears of those whom ie. may concern, -that the deplorable state of Mensydd-road reflects a stain upon the character of whomsoever it belongs to get it repaired and, indeed, to be silent respecting the sti- pulations of our sanitary board is a disgrace in the ex- treme to a locality possessing the lowest degree of civi- ^The other day I had the curiosity, through reading in The Cambrian what has been stated respecting this road, of seeing and going over it, and surely had I done so on foot, I would have been up to my ankles in all kind of filth, organic matter, &c., that must of necessity be most d«n<»er<His to the health of the immediate inhabitants of the road. I can well endorse the opinion of Brynfab in attributing the cause of the severity of fever on this spot to the organic matter arising to the atmosphere from the surface of the road. I have no further interest in this grievance than what is inspired by a philanthropic feel- ing kindled by witnessing my fellowmen, on the one hand, being pressed to comply strictly with the Board of Health rules and stipulations respecting the arrange- ments of their own premises, and in handing over to the Board of Health collector his demands; whilst on the other hand they are utterly neglected in that part that nc the Board has to execute. Allow me to say that I shall most gladly assist and bring my influence to bear in removing this -vil and to commence I strongly advise the Urban Sanitary inspec- tor to at once report to the proper quarter the state of this road. Should it be out of place for the road com- mittee to put it in order, it need not be told how to pro- ceed in order to have it done. I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, SEUBEN MONTAGUE. 23rd September, 1879. [The correspondence upon this subject must now cease,-ED. C.]

THE PHEASANT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN. SIR,—Many of your readers will have seen a new and capacious building, after the style of a public house, which has lately started into being in Dyvatty-streat, as if at the stroke of the magician's wand. It is the new establish- ment of the present occupier of The Pheasant," of Re- gent's Court. It seems that the Corporation of Swansea, in virtue of powers under the Artizans' Dwellings' Act, bought the property in Regent's-court, and have compen- sated the lessee partly in cash, and partly by grant of a lease in Dyvatty-street, by which arrangement the Cor- poration have saved a hundred or two pounds in the bargain, but have permitted the erection of a public- house on the property, and, as there is sufficient evidence to show, have undertaken to promote the transfer of the license to the new premises. I have no personal acquaintance with the applicant in question. A worthy Alderman, himself a magistrate, and a member of the Licensing Committee, informs me that she is a most philanthropic person, and with rare delicacy assures me, a clergyman, that she has done more to reclaim young girls than any five clergymen in Swan- sea adding the consolatory assurance that I should find her an excellent neighbour. On further inqrry I find that this apostle of female virtue, of Sve-^lcr-^men power, has been, till the purchase aforesaid, the lessee of what the Bench calli" dens of prostitution" in Regent's- J court, and that her peculiar mode of reclaiming young girls has been to let to them by self or deputy these "dens" at a highly remunerative rent charge, whilst providing needful refreshment at the Pheasant. I further hear that she has iugratiated herself with the authorities by her usefulness as the police- man's detective," from which I gather that she must have been often cognisant of a great deal of naugh. tin ess he evil surroundings of the place having doubt- less created much of the iniquity she detected. Sir, the transfer of license in question involves, there- fore, far more than the opening of a new public house; it means the transfer also to Dyvatty-street of the per- itonei of the Court, of the old customers of the old quar- ters. Persons of a most intimate knowledge and ex- perience of the regions now undergoing destruction, assure me that without a shadow of doubt disreputable characters will follow the fortunes of the Pheasant to the new establishment. Thejmportant question is, will the magistrates grant. pp ication about to be made? The responsibility rests with them, and a more grave responsibility could A+T'^ -any i)0dy 0f me"- The-V have publicly ex- i611 u that these dens are to be destroyed, '"■V ^na.t t!l0 occupants of them, the very vilest of the papulation being dispersed, their audacity would be diminished. Will they, by granting this license, be consenting to a measure which will surely lead to the creation of new « dens » in this locality, the home of the artizan and of the poor ? I cannot believe they will. especially after the explicit utterances of his j Worship the Mayor and the Stipendiary. As to the work of the Corporation, it is too late to undo that. Had not financial considerations taken pre- cedence of moral, they might have done much to I stamp an evil out. But for a few paltry hundreds saved they have promoted the op ning of a new licensed house' in a district already demoralised by their frequency, and this, in the interests of their townspeople, and of the artizan class in particular. Why not have given the proprietor of 'The Pheasant" a new licensed house at the West end ? It would have shocked your respectability, and have imperilled your seats had you done so. And then the virtue of your tons and daughters must be safeguarded. But, happy thought! transfer it to Greenhill, amidst the teeming population of Welsh and Irish poor. Anything is trood enough for such a district and such people. If there are sixteen public houses within a stone's throw of the spot, add a seventeenth. If drunkenness hiith hitterto abounded, let it still more abound. If with many temptations, such as the poor and the toil-worn only know, this people have hitherto been spared one curse, ad I this one more to all the rest, and with increased faci- lities of diunkenness combine the new dangers f prosti- tution. If increased temptation lead to increased crime, what ma'ter? Have we not policeme 1 to detect and magistrates to fine and imprison ? And thu.> the chosen spot for the new license is Dyvatty-street, the main thoroughfare, by which our poor pass to the" house" and our girls and boys to the new schools to be built hard by. Burgesses and ratepayers of this upper town mark the care your representatives hive of you. As to. the Magisterial Bench they bear her Majesty's V inVS!>1»n not to endorse the property arrangernen's of 1,11 .lv,L U'^|Si01. corPorJtions, but to consult the moral and socnu welldoing of the people entrusted by her Majestv to tueir charge. I cannot bolieve that they will force this new license on a district that is unanimous in its protest against it. They rejected but recently an appli- cation for a licence for premises close by. How then can th. y grant this? And though members of the Corporatioa are on the Licensing Committee, I hold that the cause of judicial impartiality and independence should make them retire 1 during the decision of this case, to the favouring of which I they are committed as members of the Council. No in.-in is rightly a ju"ge in his own cause, whether as an indi- vidual or member of a body corporate. The magistrate is rightly suspected of bias, whether he sentence a poacher of his own game, or licenses a tenement to enhance the value of his own property But if these gentlemen take part in the decision of this case, let them bear in mind what is due to Her Majesty who has honoured them with her Commission, and to her people in whose sole interest they have been entrusted therewith. To arrant a license ou the strength of an extra-judicial arrangement would be to lower the dignity, to sully the integrity of the Bench, and to trail her Majesty's Commission in the mire. If the magistrates base their decision on the broad merits of the;ca«e, viz., whether consideiing known an- tecedents of place and person, it is for the well- being of this neighbourhood that this transfer should be made, I have confidence in the issue But if the granting or refusing of license is IDa le to hinge on narrow legal technicalities and rigidly legal evidence, putting out of count the great moral and so: ial bearings of the case, and facts known to all the world except the policeman then I have grave fears that in yielding to a claim of narrow legal right, the Bench will inflict a great and cruel wrong upon this neighbourhood. But even so, this good will be done it will hasten the coming of a time when the people, resenting the intrusion in their midst by an alien and irresponsible authority, of agencies dest.ruc'ive of their peace and ruinous to their prosperity, will rise in their majesty and declare, No longer will we bear the badge of sufferance in this matter; henceforth, WE, the people, shall be our own 4 Licensing Committee." Swansea has already spoken 2 in this cause with a voice that cannot be ignored and J with a warning that ou^ht not to be disregarded. j Bearing in mind the responsible position I hold as pastor of some thousands of souls in this district, as in- trusted by the votes of the town's people with the interest)) of education and the guardianship of the poor, I should have felt myself untrue to my trust, if I did not raise my feeble voice in protest against a threatened measure, full of peril to every cause I hold sacred and dear. I remain, Sir, yours faithfully, J. W. CANON RICHARDS. St. Joseph's Presbytery, Sept. 25th, 1879.

SWANSEA HOSPITAL. An Abstract of the Resident Medical Officer's Report to the Weekly Board, from September 18, 1879, to September 25, 1879. IN-DOOR PATIENTS. Remained by lastrpport. 46 Admitted SInce 8—54 Discharged, cured, and relieved. 4 Died. 1— 5 Renlaining 49 OUT-DOOR PATIENTS. Remained by last report 313 Admitted siune 34- 347 Discharged, cured, and relieved 39 Died. 0- 39 Remaining. 308 MEDICAL OFFICERS FOR THE WEEK. Physician Dr. Mowat. Surgeon Mr. Jabez Thomas. A. O. Phillips, L.R.C.P., &c., Lond., Resident Medical Officer. Committee who attended: -Messrs. S. S. Horman- Fisher, F. J. C. Scott, John Lewis, W. M. Jones. Sunday religious services conducted by the Rev. Hugh Hughes and Mr. Parnell. —In the Week, Revs. E. J. Wolfe and John Thomas. N .B.-Parcel" of old linen, toys, & other useful articles, will be thankfully received by the Matron. JOHN W. MORRIS. Secretary. HIGH WATER IN SWANSEA HAEROUR FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. HIGH WATFCH. HKIOBTN N.Dock IS. Dock Week Days. Greenwich Hf-tide Hf.-tide Hafod Mean Time. Basin Basin jWorks. SILL. SILL. T "EPT. Mom. Even. F. I. P. I. f. I. | VIonday 1 6 17 6 34 25 6 24 0 15 0 VIonday 1 6 17 6 34 25 6 24 0 15 0 L'uesday 2 6 51 7 8 25 11 24 5 15 5 Wednesday. 3 7 25 7 41 25 9 24 3 115 a rhursday 4 7 57 8 11 24 10 23 4 14 4 Friday 5 8 26 8 41 28 7 22 1 13 1 Saturday 6 8 56 9 13 22 3 20 9 j 11 9 Sunday 7 9 30 9.9 20 8 19 2 10 2 VIonday 8 10 9 10 32 18 9 17 3 8 3 ruesday 9 10 58 U 27 17 1 i5 7 6 7 Wednesday. 10 0 2 16 1 14 7 5 7 rhursday 11 0 48 1 37 16 8 15 2 I 6 2 Friday 12 2 20 2 58 18 8 17 2 8 2 Saturday 13 330 3 56 21 4 19 10 10 IG Sunday 14 4 20 4 43 23 9 22 3 13 3 VIonday 15 5 5 5 27 25 9 21 3 15 8 l'uesday 16 5 48 6 8 26 1 24 7 15 7 nVednesday. 17 6 27 6 46 27 5 25 11 16 11 rhursday 18 7 7 7 28 28 1 26 7 17 7 Friday 19 7 49 8 10 27 7 26 1 17 I Saturday 21 8 3L 8 53 26 3 24 9 j 16 9 Sunday 21 9 17 9 41 24 4 22 10! 13 10 Homlay 22 10 6 10 32 22 0 2) 6 11 6 ruesday 23 11 3 11 37 19 8 18 2 9 J iVednesday. 24 0 18 18 3 16 9 7 9 rhursday 25 1 7 1 1 53 18 11 17 6 j 8 5 ?rid>iy 26 2 33 i 3 9 20 9 19 3! 10 a Saturday 27 3 40 4 6 22 9 21 3 j 12 3 Sunday 2-1 4 31 4 52 24 5 22 10 13 10 Honday 29 5 12 5 31 25 4 23 10 14 10 ruesday 30 5 48 6 6 25 2 23 8 ¡ U 8 MOON'S CHANGES.-Fllll Mo n, 30th, 9h. 17m. 1i.ID.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. AND DEATHS. tggp All announcements of Births, Marriages, an Deaths are now charged for as follows:— Births and Mariages, Is. 6d. each; Deaths, Is. The announcement must be prepaid by Post- Office Order or Postage Stamps, and must, in every case, be authenticated by the signature and address of the sender. BIRTHS. On the 31st ult., at 5, Priory-street, Cheltenham, the "wile of A. Lloyd-Williams, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 14th just., at Christ Church, Swansea (by license), by the Rev. Eli Clarke, the Rev. J. Thomas, of Esh, Durham, to Harriet Annie, only daughter of Mrs. Thomas, Terminus Hotel, Swansea. On the 1 th inst., at Hoath Church, near Canterbury, by the Rev. R. H. Blakey, Vicar, Parry Ralph, youngest son of the late Richard Dixon, Cambrian Cottage Llandovery, to Eliza (Lizzie), only daughter of Richard and Harriot Larkin, of Maypole, near Canter ury. DEATHS. On the 23rd inst., at the Bank. Heathfleld-street, Swansea, Violet Mary Emily, daughter of Edward J. Morris, aged 9 years. On the 18th inst., at No. 2, W Iter Terrace, Swansea, Mary. widow of the late Henry Penry, Government Inspector of School, aged 67 years. Printed by Steam Power, and Published by BOWEl. WALTERS WILLIAMS, at the CAMBRIAN OFFICE, No. 58, Wind-street, Swansea, in the County of GlanrortraD.—FBIDAT, SEPTEMBER 26, 1879.

THE LICENSING SYSTEM. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,-I am fully aware that the Cambrian, in its editor- ial character, is not favourable to the increase of licensed public-houses, but has, on the contrary, always steadily set its face against any attempt made to add to the number of such houses. I fully agree, in the abstract, that an increased number of public-houses, especially in the town proper (where they are as thick as blackberries) is to be deprecated; but every rule has exceptions, and I trust to your sense of fair-play to give insertion to a few remarks in favour of the license of a house in a district where one is absolutely required as a public neces- sity and convenience. The district, Sir, te which I refer is the Bryumill, near to the Brynmill Reservoir, which is now the resort of large numbers of visitors and pleasure-seekers. It is a considerable distance from the town, and throughout the whole locality there is not a single house where refreshments of any kind can be obtained. There is a capital house just erected at Brynmill, having all the ne- cessary conveniences, and in near proximity to the reser- voir park but for some reason, which I altogether fail to understand, a license was refused last year. I can assure you, Sir, that I have no personal motive in thus writing to you in favour of this house more than the knowledge of a common want, and the absolute necessity for some place for procuring refreshment after so long a walk from the town. We should endeavour to make our parks and public walks as attractive as possible, and a well-conducted refreshment house at the end of such a distance from the town, would be acceptable to large numbers of respectable persons, who do not, and can not, endorse the teetotal theory. In reference to the house in question, I do not know the owner even by name, and have never seen him or any of his relatives or friends, nor do I know whether he is again an applicant for a license; but I do think if public-houses are any use at all, it is in such districts as Brynmill. A good house, which would be well conducted, would be the means of inducing large numbers of persons who now saunter about the town drinking in public-houses taking health-giving walks and enjoying the beautiful scenery of the district. I am informed that the owner of the house in question has converted it into a Working Men's Club, which, in my opinion does not meet the requirements of the public, or parties visiting the neighbourhood, whilst it has all the objectionable elements of the public-house, without, however, being subject to the police supervision; this will not answer the convenience of the public, as only members can obtain refreshments. I hope, there- fore, that the Licensing Magistrates will be able to see their way clear to the granting of the license to a house in the district, as conferring a benefit upon the public and proving an accommodation to very large numbers. Very truly, REST AND BE THANKFUL. Swansea, Sept. 22, 1879.

AN APPEAL FOi< THE HOPELESS. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." gjj) You have from time to time been kind enough to allow me to make appeals through your columns on behalf of the fallen, and I am glad to say not without result. Since my last appeal, we have been able to send 14 to different Homes-of these, one has gone to service, and is doing well-one has been transferred to another Home—four have returned to their former life-and the rest are still in the Homes to which they were sent, and are giving every satisfaction; of the four, who re- turned, two have since begged for re-ad mission. I men- tion these facts for the sake of those who are disposed to regard all attempts of this kind as futile. I hope shortly to place in the hands of our kind friends who helped us, a full account of what has been done; but I shall be happy to supply particulars as to these cases to any one during it. I have; however, other cases besides those of fallen women, which stand greatly in need of help There are tho?e, not a few, who ;vere born and brought up in our courts and alleys in contact with the worst forms of evil, for whom some provision needs to he made before they fall. These I have ventured to call the hopeless"—and hopeless they are, unless some one comes to their rescue. They are precluded by the very character of their homes from procuring any respectable position in life. Attempts have been made to obtain for some of them situations in respectable families, where they might have an opportunity of better things, but all such attempts have failed. And the only thing before them, unless something can be done, is the same life of sin and shame as that with which they have been from their earliest days familiar. Now, I fappeal on behalf of these-several of these have come under our notice lately--young girls about 14 years of age, asking if we can send them somewhere out of their wretched surroundings. Through the kindness of the Mayor, we have sent away two, but there are still five pressing cases, for which we are unable to provide, and about which I am greatly perplexed, [ have written to Mrs. Moredith, hoping to get admission for some in her homes<; but her homes are full, and she only receives children of prisoners. I have asked Mr. Fowler, who warm interest in these cases, whether something cannot be done for them under the Industrial Schools Act,, but I find to my regret that they do not come within the scope of that Act. And now I jsk whether any one can and will help me with a suggestion as to what can be done, and the means of doing it? Would that some good man, whom God has blessed with the means, would come forward and give these ittleones the Home they need, in which their plea for help may be answered, and where they may be fitted, not only for usefulness in the life that now is, but also for the tiii ■> inent of that which is to come. Shall these little ones • perish, for whom Christ died I am, dear Sir, Yours faithfully, J. G. GAUNTLETT. P.S.—Let me add that there have been several, whom we might have rescue but of whom we have now lost sight, simply because we had no Home in which we could place them at orce. Holy Trinity Vicarage, Sept. 24ch, 1879.

THE BIBLE AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—Some time back I read in The Cambrian a report of a meeting of the Swansea Auxiliary to the Bible So- ciety, and I have been wondering since whether the cir- culation of the Holy Scripture has increased or decreased since the formation of our Board Schools. I know for a fact that prior to that time every school child had a copy of God's word put into his or her baud at least on^e a day for a half-hour's reading lesson now, however, their les- sons are taken from books styled Standard 1. 2, 3, or 4. according to classification, and treating 011 historical and other subjects, the study of which is supposed to be of more practical use to them than to be poring over the pages of the bible. It is said that in ag^s gone by it was no uncommon thing to fitlfl a copy of God's word kept chained to one spot, one person only being allowed to use it, simply on account of the scarcity of the sacred volume. It is hardly credible, however, that in this age of cheap bibles, history should be found repeating itself; yet, if my information is correct, such is the case. In the Swan- sc 1 Board schools, I am told, the master is the only one who is permitted to look into and read the sacred writ- ings, when, on opening the school in the morning he reads aloud a chapter from the Old or New Testament. If this is correct (and I have no reason to doubt my autho- rity), then I would ask my fellow-burgesses did they bar- gain for this when they sanctioned the formation of a School Board did we stipulate for such hard and fast Jines respecting the education of our children, as that their training should be solely a matter of £ s. d., to the utter exclusion of the word which is able to make them wiseuuto salvation." God forbid. Under the old Bri- tho Viif" large towns, but more especially in r? iwf Ai.d lot mo ,,t a" upwards who regrets bei °f 01 j ] yeals aml and commit to memory pS^ t?,read ff h,ms^ the lessons of his school day Hfe f ^'ii* T f °"e °f say that whatever else he had forgottJn '/n /l V'11 °"M and business of life, the portions of scripture b^M ° learnt are indelibly engrafted on I)is mind. UniB national teaching forsooth Out upon such cant" tW would forbid the bible being put into my child's hands on week days as well as on Sundays. I am a thorough Nonconformist, and ns such would not wish to see reli- gions tenets introduced into a mixed school. But, tak- ing the Old Testament as a reading lesson book, where can we find more interesting historical subjects,—sub- jects, too that, will bear explaining other than on theo- logical grounds. Then take the New Testament. Will not the beautiful words. "God is love," Come unto me all ye that are weary," fcc* &c., suit one and all. and be sufficient for the needs of all, be be Baptist, Wesleyan, or Independent, without the introduction of religious controversy. I will not go so far as the Birmingham divine, who, on the occasion of the destruction by fire of the costly library in that town, said that it was a judg- ment from God for witholding the Bible from our Board schools but this I will say, that if we do not rue it in our own day, our children and our children's children will rue the time when high-class teaching so occupied the mind of the nation as to leave no room for thoughts of an imperishable nature. The Roman Catholics, hacked by the Inquisition. left no means unt ied to prevent the Word of God bidng read by the people and now. what with all their ingenuity they failed to accomplish, it has been almost achieved through the aid of two factions of Protestant christians. Can the heads of the Roman- Catholic faith see 111 th", not far off future another period of triumph for the Church of Rome in England ? As one who will help to avert that calamity, I say givemy children denominational teaching rather than withhold the Bible from them altogether. I afn, Sir, yours truly, PATERFAMILIAS. Sept. 24th, 1879.

SWANSEA FREE LIBRARY. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—Successive visits to the Swansea. Free Libriry, for the purpose of seeing, or trying to see, the interesting and valuable works of art stored (for I cannot rightly call them exhibited) in the dismal garrets upstairs, fill me each time with amazement, as I find additional works artistically set forth in frames made on the premises, sus- pended in the dim and unfavourable light on the cramped and sordid wall space,-that the Metropolis of Wales cannot offer more hospitable and worthy entertainment to things of beauty, so calculated to refine her citizens, and which have been provided through the muc ncence of one of her own sons, without any expenditure from the town funds. This solitary attempt in our opulent and important town, to offer some little homage to Art, is one to cherish and applaud, in so far as it has been made at all. But why should not more be done in this direc ion of a less timid character than this tentative and very modest effort ? No town of its importance needs education in an Art direction more than Swansea; for, with the single exception of the beautiful open parapet of the ancient Castle, only to be seen with difficulty, she is as free from anything that can excite admiration as any town in the kingdom, and this where kind Nature has been originally beautiful. An ugly church, squalid, narrow, dangerous streets, with traps for the unwary foot everywhere, a mixture of decayed houses, as if in Chancery, and stuck up new buildings of iron and plaster, strangled in the serpent- folds of hideous railway viaducts, the effect upon the passenger in the crowded streets who has any love of the beautiful, is depressing in the extreme. Some grateful sense of relief is experienced when the foliage of the fine old trees providentially 1- ft in Northampton-place refresh the wearied eye but in the new and conspicuous parts of the town, where there was a fine field for elevated taste, 11 has been left to that benighted foe of all that is lovely and of good report, the speculative builder and he. as al- ways, has produced the usual dead level of vulgar uniform- ity,-houses in long array, as if they had all been turned out of one builder's mould rows with cornices sloping in conformity with the ground, and economy, suggestive of the whole row slipping down the steep some day not remote, and these rows interspersed at intervals, like cheap cookshop puddings with plums, in the form of ostenta- tions, sham Classic or Gothic, and commonly impecunious remples of religion. The result is a melancholy and monotonous ensemble, calculated to:make the sensitive in such matters feel poorly, especially if such persons have iny recollection of the green slopes of Heathfield thirty Jr forty years ago. Under such depressing circumstances, set off by a local taxation as extensive as it is ineffective, something more should be done for the old town in the way of Art re- sources, if paradventure it might awaken the latent jetms of the love of the beautiful in our teeming popula- tion, even in lovely Landore. a 11 4-1-—— 4.„ —u .*■ -vr i i Aril (aunt MKUUUU (IV WI1(1,\I in uciiuwmi m J.<:s,trure, ana tends to make men see and delight in what they would otherwise pass by heedlessly. Swansea has within easy access-at her very gates-landscape scenery, abbeys castles, cascades, coast scenery, and hills of a choice and abounding character. Why, may I ask, in addition to all the many other educating agencies at work, should we not try to evoke in the toiling crowds aspirations the most innocent and delightful for the better occupation of leisure ? Art tends in this amiable direction, and affords the toiler even in rough uncomely departments a recrea- tion and an object that may well share their attention with ruder pleasures. Is there no way of providing better lodgings for the beautiful things given to the town by Mr. Deffett Francis? Saloons sufficiently commodious for these fine engravings, and the equal number as yet I am told un- shown for want of wall space, where they may be properly seen with top-light, if provided, would belan encourage- ment to the public spirited to give or lend their treasures. It would also furnish space for an annual exhibition of Welsh or local talent, which Swansea has never had although Cardiff I believe has. The School of Art, now almost unheard of, would come out of obscurity and a better taste be diffused. Surely, Sir, amongst the wealthy magnates of this dis- trict, whose opulent circumstances have been achieved by the aid of the sweat of the masses-surely, there will be found those who will practically sympathise with such an object, and who will not be content to have beautiful things on the walls of their elegant mansions, but will desire for the industrious many that they also should have opportunities of deriving inspiration from the quiet art that is a refined joy to themselves. I trust, by calling attention to this very definite want in Swansea, to bring out in your discerning and patriotic pages your own powerful advocacy, as well as the suggestions of aMer pens than mine, the more so as Swansea will be pro- minently before the world for two years in succession, in connection with the Church and Social Science Con- gresses. Apologising for the length of these remarks, and enclosing my card, I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, VIATOR.