The Cambrian

♦ THE EVE BEFORE THE WEDDING. She sits l1pon her little bed, And muses ny the musing mo'>n Er* this to-morrow she'll he wed Ere this? ere tl.i,,? How str.1ngely soon An obvious hlank of igunrance Lies full across hrr forward way. Arid shadows, cast from unknown chance. Make strange and dim the comin" day. She mn«t not muse to•> much Vague fear O'er films her apprehensive eye And she may swoon. with II" one near, And haply so. unmarried dip. Her faithless orea,1 she now discards Awl now remorseful memory fl'ngs Its glory round the last regarrls Of home and old accustom'd things. W .ien first within her bosom l"Ve Took hh th, ano heat his bhssfu. wmgs, It seemed to lift her mmlt above All care for other eal uh Iy thmgs; But, oh, too lklltly did she vow To leave for aye her happy nest; And dreadful is the thought that now Assanlts her weak and shaken hreast Ah. should her lover's love abate, Awl shnuld she, I"isemhle, lose All dear rerardp of maiden state, Dissolved by time au,1 marriage dues Onee more forebodings va:;ne alloy Her golden hope with nameless hlame But dread, she trusts, will tn. n tn joy, Like sombre smoke to sudden flame. P AT)[oRE.

13;TRICTTC £ V =&C. Ma1Tie'l1ife often begins with rosewood and mahogany, and enels with pine. A mau nearly fifty who is not always quite weH is seldom ardently hopeful he is aware that this i-a world in which merit is often overlooked. ]'lonstro11s !-There is a married gentlen1:1n resirling in the 1 :cinity of the Royal O ik, Hayswater, who complains that his better half gives him no q 11,\1 ter. "Yes," he cried, p'lssioult..1y, "I love you so true, Sll trlle-" Xever minrl. darling," said she, artlessly, I'll bave my trollssean ordered at once." Pious nld la,ly-" Just think. It >se, only five missionaries to 30,000 cannibals Kind-he trfed n:ece-" Goodness the poor Cannibals wIll starve to death at that rate." Con.Vhy is a ton of c,};tllike a popular actor who delays appearing before an impatient audience of two thousand per- JOns? Becanse it makes twenty hundred weiaht. Pride in a woman rlestroys all symmetry a d ft.uce," says proverb. If this be true, there's lots of symmel.y ami grace demolished every time a new bonnet comes up a chrrch aisle. At the Orera.-Adolph11S, speaking for the third time- "Why so quiet, Lucindi?" Lncinda-" I am perfectly intoxi- cated with the music, Adolphus A d,)lphus-" Oh, 1 see; you're air-ti j;ht Considerate mother to governess—" )1iss Smith. don't let A''red and Jame sit down on the damp gra^s, fnr fear they should catch cold. When they are t;"ed you can sit dow.1 and bke them on your lap." Ample Justification.—Maoist-ate—"You are chirged with having emptied a basin of water over the plaintiff." Irish- wnmal1-" Shure, ypr honner, ye must forgive me-in the dark I took the gentleman for my hu:s1'a'1d An Irish reporter, itl describing a case of what he called Attempted suicide," sairl "The poor wretch put a ball th1"ou:h his breast, hut failed in his suicidal pu-pose, al- tbough his w01lld prove 1 mortal next morninor." Then He Was Beside Himself,-I- was Col Marshall, of Ken- tucky, who once askell Senator Benton whv he talked so milch to himse,f. The answer was, 1 can tell you veiy truly and eai .lestly why I talk to myself. I love to talk to a great man, and 1 love to hear a great man talk." Quite Accounting fnr It.— Mrs. How din vewr mamma like that hutter I sold her, Miss Lucy ?, Miss Lncy- The butter w 's nnt g'-od ::tt all, )[r3. Scrogins amI it was all sous of di/ferent colours." JIrs. Scro,z\!ins-" That ain't nl1ffin', If yew wa3 to see my cows, yew'd find them main soight more speckelder than the hl1H r." Incentives to Matrimony.—" You ought to mar.-y." Xever." I know the very g;rl Let InP alone." "She is young." "Then she is slv." "Beautiful." "The m'lre dangerous" Of goo,1 family." "Then sh" is proud Tender-hearted." Then she is je,\lnl1S." She has talent." "Then s'le is con- ceited." nd a fortune "I will take her." fhe Grfcian ladies counted their aies. not Irom tbeir births but from their marriages. Here would be a charming custom to introduce. It would at once obviate aU tho, e petty jealousie ■ and white fibs :lQsoci ited with feminine longevity. Fancy a recently-wedded lady sayin to an ¡ther, "Dear me, I am ex- actly s'> weeks old to-day. How old are you, dear? Isn't it th ••ee months ?" I Matrimony is proverhially a seiious unnertaking. Like an overweening predilection for hrandy-and-water, it is a misfor- tune into whic i man easily falls, and from which he finds it remarkably difficult to extricate himself. It is of no use tell- "ng a man who is timorous on these prints that it is hut one plunge and all is over. They sav the same thing at the O1d Bailey, and the unfortunate victims derive as much comfoit om the assurance in the one case as in the other. They sai,1 clever things some twenty years a*o, and a chro- Jliclcr of the t'mes of Palmerston Idvf's a fair ilJsLmce in the foI1o.dns bon mot :-Lord Palmerston. in a moment of exces- live admiration, exclaimed, with nndiplnmatic reserve, to the Duchess of "Your Grace, your beauty really kills time." Hot so," sighed the Duchess, after a thnughlul p,1use; on the contr:1fY, time kills hut he wlil he at least power- less to mow do", n the record of a handsome compliment." A well-known amateur filshionaole author was hardly treated the other day. He has a fondness for the companionship of Uterary Bohemians, though not quite unnaturally he objects to be seen with them in those spots where society most does oon"regate. Ha\ in? he en stare,1 at with blank amazement by the occllPants of a dratr, he turned round on his frien,1 a11l1 sjid, I cannot understand whv men of letters should think it neceW-y to dress badly." Wait ti'l you are one," w,ts the rnVn 1 respinse. 11r. Spurgeon tens the fall 0\\ :ng stoiy, which may be COUl- mended to lovers of Grpgorian muiic A Hinh-C'hurchman once askerl a Presbyterian minister who had been to a Church aei vice whether he didn't admire the anthem. The Presby- terian replied in the negative. I am very so; you (lid not," laid the Churchman, "for it was in nse in the early Chrrch j'1 fact it was originally sung hy Da" ;d." "Ah! said the other, Then that exnlains Scripture. I can understand now, it avid sang it in that tune, why Saul threw the javelin at b''11. His Funny Way.—The other evening, when she had company, IInd her s"year-old snn rr ade himself disagreeably con ,piCIlOUS, she gave him a threatening look, and silently warned him to leave the room. Instea,1 of obeying, he walked up to one nf the ladies, and ir quired, "Misses, can't yon stay here all Why. what do you me n ?"' she asked in a tone of guprise. If you'll sby, mother won't dare to lie <" me if you don't she'll make me hop." It was affecting to see his mother lift him to her knee, kiss him repeatedly, and blandly inform the ladies that it was only his funny way. "Sold' while Sellinr.—A We^t End jeweller the other day endeavoured to tempt a gentle-nan to hny a piece of very. old f?"hinlied silvf>r and declared that It had heen discovered m a pahicular field near a certain town. Will you certify that in asked the gentleman "Certainly, sir, replIcd the tradesman. "Do so and I will take the flagon." The trades- man winte out and han,1ed to him the required certificate, wherel1pon the customer pocketed certificate and flagon to- gether. saying, Thank yOIl. I am lord of that manor. I am lord of that manor. I am glarl to receive my dues. A good stn1 v is told of the new school of parsons, who was recently preaching in a strange church in a village. Fearin1 lvs hair was nnt properly paired in the middle, or that he ha,1 a smudrre on his no; e, he quietly and insignificantly said to the beadle (there bein-* no mirror in the vestry)-" Jo'-n could you. get me a glass?" John disappeare,1. and after a few minutes returned with a parcel underneath his coat, which. to the astonishment of the parson, he produced in the form of a lemonaoe hottle and a gill of whisky, s ijing, Ye mounnr let on aboot it, minister for I got it as a great favour, and I widna bae got it ava if I hadna said it was for you." From the following account of the mode in which a South African chief defeated an attempt to force a bad gun on him, extracted from Sir A. Cunjnghame's hook, entitled My Com- mand 1D South AfriCrI." it would seem that the so-called savagoes are wanting neither in intelligence nor in practical knowledge of other countries. A trader sought to deceive blm m some guns, and, showing him two, asked his opinion of them. Oh, he said, "This one is a Friday gun, that one is a Monday gun When asked to explain, he said, Do 1 not It now that all your artisans work well from Tuesday to Friday, and then they all get drunk, and their Monday's work is worth nothing? Never shew me a Monday gun again." How to Win a Wife. A radiant young fellow, whom I had known on the other side of the Atlantic, met ire In Regent- street last week, an,1 as he shook my haml he ejacl11ated, in Tolcanic words, "Congratulate me, Jonathan congratulate me; I'm the happiest coon thIs side of the ElysIan Fields." Why is it ?" I remarked "won a lott ry purse, or been nominated for the next Presidency." -vill £ n, 1 ve married the preWest girl in Kenucky, and have brought her along to lee Europe. She refused me seven times. 1 woned her and, became great at my profession and laid my honours at her feet, but she would have none of them. Then I thought once of a dodge, that cairie me out victor I hired myself to her father as coachman, and she being fashionable, grabbed me up. and here I am a married man." There was a certain Parson Winterton. He was rector and vicar of several parishes. When uoon his death bed he was visited and prepared for dying by a neighhouring clergyman. What acconnt C1'!I1 you render for the talen's committed to your charge ? what use have you made of them ?'' asked the visitor. I'se of Tny talents ?' repeated the d>ing man and then thrusting his hands out from. under the bed-clothes, he laid, "I came into thIs dIOcese with nothing, and now"-he began to cileck off the names on -he Angers of the right haud I am rector of Ho]]acom he. woith £ 80 rector of Msrham Church. worth £ i50 rector of Pyworthy worth £ 560; vicar of Bridgerule, worth .£3'10; and rector of Holsworthy, worth £ 100*T. If that is t ot making n. e of one 9 taient, I don't know what is. I think I can die in peace. A Remarkahle Dream.-A farmer dreamed that he was feed- iflg his cows the other night, and th,1t suddenly one of them reached over and whispered in his ear, "I am going to set fire to this shed." He says that he looked at the cow wIth as- tonishment, bnt she kept on repeating the same words. over and over again until he awoke. and his dream was so VlvHlly before his mind's eye that he went out to the barn to see the cow that told him she would set the ham on fire. He went cautiously into the stall of the would-he incendiary, and, straige to say, he discovered a hlaze of light in the manger. He still thonght he was r!reamill< and pinched himself, but It was useless he was wide and there was fire. He rushed for a pail of water that stood by the door. and won had the fire out. N,B.-YOl\ need not <10 more than half believe it. According to the Fashion.-She wore a round hat on the back of her head like the aureole of a saint, to whom her sweet lace gave her an appearance of kindred. Her bodice was close fitting-indeed, drawn tight abol1t the waist, like the bark of a tree. Her scant skirt, pulled tight in front so as to show her form, and" tied back," terminated behind in a short fan-like train, like the tail of a mermaid. She was mounted on shoes seven sizes too small for her feet-indeed only her toes ap- peared to have accommodation in them and the high heels coming under the instep tilted her forward, and completed the grace of her carriage. When she walked she put down one little foot after the other as if each leg were as elastic as an Iron rod. It was a great pleasure to see her pegging along, like one of the drawinp of some mythological biped by one of Ibeold

sJori; AVho teaches often leArns Coar,¡" wortls mint V:' e ;> -t.feM)- The conquered is rarolv ca lled v. or the conqueror rash. Seldom is a life morally wreck 1, but the grand cause iies iu some internal nial-airanaement—some want, less of good fortune than of good guidance.—Carlyle. The L ird God is most exact in judgment; He is right; >m in all His ways, though His ways are past finding out. He proceeds by the evidence of the law as well as by the. fact, and is as ready to acquit the innocent as h condemn the guilty.

CARE OF THE YOUNG. — The care of the young is A subject of perennial importance, and one of which the health reformer should never weary, because they are in a very practical sense, the root of the national prosperity. Physically, mentally, and morally, the child-state is the foreshadowing, and the growing and determining condi- tion. of the adult atate the child character is the out- lin of the mature character and the child-life is the harbinger and—more, the constructive and formulating phase, of the life of the adult. To some extent this is recognised and finds expression in the policy of national education. We doubt if it has even begun to receive equally clear recognition in medical science as in social economics. With the exception of a few general customs —some, perhaps, more honoured in the breach than in the observance for example, sending children from home to schools in "healthy localities"—little or nothing is systematically done or ordained for the promotion of health among the infant population. When a particularly gross^ case of neglect or cruelty comes to light, an edifying display of righteous ii.dignation occurs. When an epidemic is traced to a school, doubtless special and temporary measures are taken to arrest it, and censure is for the moment freely and, for the most part impartially, distributed among the innocent and the guilty, the responsible and those who have bad neither opportunity nor power in the matter of prevention, with equal intelligence. When there is a complaint that the food supplied to children in schools is deficient in quantity or quality, there is an outcry. Apart from these episodes, however, nothing occurs to disturb the even current of official and personal routine. Children live their little lives tolerated or spoiled by their parents and natural protectors. The" doctor" is duly consulted when any- thing ails them, but there is no continuous and earnest endeavour to prevent or repair the mischief hereditary disease has already done in the organism, or to cheek the occult evils which are preparing the way for future sorrow. If only for the sake of the individual as distin- guished from that of the race, the utmost science can do to blight the germs uf disease 111 the young is demanded and would be requited in later years. Something more than the mere treatment of ailments" and children's diseases is needed to give full and adequate expression to the laws of health as already formulated, and more would be learned about the prevention of disease if the phase the development to which we allude were scienti- fically .studied and practically cared for. It is in the interests oi health, mental and physical, with a view to the future of the individual life, the practitioner needs to concern himself, hut while earnestly labouring within the boundaries of this limited purpose, he may contri- bute no mean share of help to the greatest human policy —the moral and physical improvement of the race.— The Lancet: RKMKMBRANCES OF DiCKRNS. — IN THE Illustrated Household. Magazine, Mr. J. H. Siddons writes of Dickens, whom he knew from boyhood, and whosp companion he used to be-Jobn Dickens, father of Charles, was in the Admiralty Office, and once a quarter came down on (luty to Chatham Navy-yard, where Mr. Siddons's uncle held a similar clerkship. Siddons was eighteen and Dickens nine, but the diiference, the former says, was more than made up by Charles's bright intelligence. The scenes of their youthful walks were used by Dicke.is in his Pickwick," of which he sent Siddons a presentations copy. John Dickens lost his appointment in the Navy department through malversation of office-at all events, the administration desired his dismissal for irregulari- ties. At this point. Mr. Forstev, Dickens's biographer, has been discreetly silent. Being without a pension, John Dickens had to seek his bread as a reporter in a Police- court, for which he got three guineas a week. His family at the time consisted of five or six persons, and as the lodgings (two small rooms) poorly accommodated them, Charles went out every day with his father to the borough police. In the hall of justice he acquired much of his knowledge of low life. It was in that neighbourhood he saw the Boots" who furnished him with the character of SamWeller, and iu Lant-street he fixed the lodgings of Bob Sawyer and Allan. Subsequently promoted owiug to his dexterity as a stenographer, John Dickens was sent to the higher courts, always accompanied by Charles and in the Queen's Bench presided Judge Enzelee, who sat for the picture of Justice Stareleigh; and there, too, practised S.'rjeant Bumpus, the original of Buzfuz. All this I had from Dickens's own lips. on a furlough. I returned to India for a couple of years, and then went back to England for good; and as I moved much about the country, it happened that I found myself one night, very late—in fact it was three in the morning —at the railway station, near Norwich, in Cheshire. Here I had to stop. Scarcely had I set foot on the platform, when 1 was accosted by a tall young man of the yeoman type, who bttd come to fetch the letter-bag. Do you wish for a bed, sir ? asked he. ov are you going on ? I told him that I was bound for Northwich two miles off. You cannot get, there, sir, till later in the morning. I will drive you there, as I go with the mail- cart at eight o'clock." Accordingly, I concluded to accept a bed, and a supper if possible, at the hostelry close at hand. I entered the kitchen, where a bright fire was burning, and sat myself before it. There was a kettle on the hob, singing a duet with a chirping cricket. A large wiry terrier came and crouched at my feet. There was nothing strange in this. But presently I heard" clock, clock." behind me. and turning round I beheld Tilly Slowboy, in a pair of wooden clogs! The idea dawned upon me that I was among some of the dramatis pcrsonce of the Cricket on the Hearth." Supposition soon grew into conviction, for in a few minutes a pretty, little, round woman came in and informed me that my supper was ready in an adjoining parlour. "Dot, my love!" I more than muttered. I ate my supper and went to bed My host roused me at half-past seven, gave me a cup of coffee, and bore me off in his little chaise to Norwich. On the way we passed a fine old-fashioned house. Who lives there?" I asked. That, sir," was John Peery- bingle's reply, belongs to Mr. Hogarth, a. musical gentleman. "Hogarth! Why he must be Mr. Dickens's father-in-law." He is, sir, and Mr. Dickens do often come down here; and he has been and took off me and all my family and put us into a Christmas story, which he do call' The Cricket on the Hearth but it ain't all true. for there's no blind toy-maker in these parts, and Dot and me never had a dispute about her brother." WASHING AT HOME. — I am astonished to hear that the Jltekson's wash at home." What bad management there must be in that house! I thought the washing at home system was entirely exploded, except in farm- houses or, of course, in families where there is a proper laundry quite distinct from the bouse, and a laundrymaid or maids kept. In the latter case the washing at home does not affect the comfort of the family iu the slightest degi-ee but when, in a small house, women come in to do the washing," the case alters materially. I do not wonder at Mr. Jackson getting cross on washing days," or that he likes to run over to Fair Lawn on such occasions. Poor man I pity him as I did another man whose house I used to stay at when I was a girl. They "washed" once a fortnight at Berry Grange the women came early on the Monday morning, and if their hands kept time with their tongues they must have done a great amount of work before the family were out of their beds. I slept in a room over the kitchen, so had the full benefit of their conversation, They kept up an everlasting chatter with the maids, and consequently the morning- room was unswept, and the ham half broiled, the eggs as hard as stones, and cream forgotten the excuse being from Mrs. Jones, My dear, it is our washing day." At lunch and dinner Mr. Jones was invariably put out," as his better-half termed it. Good reason for it, thought I. for he was decidedly put off with cold meat, without his favourite salad, and a very badly cooked dinner, under the plea that cook really could not do much cooking, as it was washing day." Girl as I was, I then made up my mind that when I married I never would have a washing day." If I do marry a poor man, thought I, and have to economise, I will save in other matters, not at the cost of comfort; for Mrs. Jones, when her husband complained, always said, Yes, my love, all you say is true, but it is such a saving to wash at home." I am now certain she could not have found it a saving plan, for she used to tells us that she could not imagine where her soap went to (I had my suspicions that the bulged out pockets or turned-up frocks of little Jacky Stairs and half daft Sue Wilkins might, if examined as they left the Grange on a washing morning have thrown some light on this problem), or "how the beer had given eut so soon" at such periods but I also think that she in her heart liked the little tit-bits of village scandal and gossip that found their way through Hetty (her favourite maid) to her ears after washing day." Washing day" was fol- lowed by two ironing days," nearly as dreadfully un- comfortable in their effects. The house was pervaded by smells of singed flannel and red-hot iron on the latter black-letter days, whilst the detestable odour of soap-suds and steam were in the ascendant on the first day. I carried my resolution into practice when I married— I had a laundry-maid but, alaa the laundry was under the same roof as the kitchen offices, and the house servants were constantly gOIllg into it. Indeed, ma'am, I should be quite ashamed for you to see the towels if I didn't give just a look to the boiling of them myself" was my cook's reply when I meekly remonstrated with her on the subject; and my housemaid said they could not possibly wear their white aprons after Sally's ironing." So Sally departed, the laundry was turned into adairy (a model dairy, I will describe it some day to you), and our gardener's wife contracted to do all our washing for a pound a week. Our household was a considerable one; white shirts were always worn in those days, and I sent 14 a week to the wash, so the terms were moderate enough. But you will say" All people living in the country have not gardeners whose wives can wash and get up fine linen." I grant this but you will always meet with a laundress in or near a country village who is quite willing to take a family's washing at so much per dozen, large things as well as small, included. I know of some places where the charge is per quarter or per month, not by the dozen at all. Have you ever noticed old Molly's mode of expressing herself when she speaks of the families she used to do laundry work for ? I remember her telling me when first I went to see her, I washed Mr.Waldron. ma'rm, for 20 years I was young and lusty then, and I did work and scrub." I trust he W88 clean by the end of the time," uttered my incorrigible friend, Matty, in an undertone, which set me off laughing, and offended Molly dreadfully.—Land, and, Water.

EPISODES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN 1789-95. —(Continued.) [By F. F. BBNVBNCTI, Professor of Languages.] I CHAPTER VI. I JACOBINS AND GIRONDISTS.—PROMINENT CHARCTBRS. Sic transit Gloria mundi. We have now arrived at that peilod of the French Revolution when France, bereft of legal government, rule and reason, is transformed into a Battle Field where two powerful factions meet face to face in open contest, each to obtain the superioiity over the other, and fight until their forces are exhausted, and their extermination is complete. Like two fierce lions pressed by hunger, both of equal strength and animosity, with fiery eyes and foaming mouths, roar, struggle, bite and tear one another to pieces to obtain the prey of their covetousness, so two party-men carried away by blind ambition and madness, plunge themselves and their mothercountry into the abyss of their ruin. These two politICal powers are the Jacobins and the Girondins that the spirit of demagogy and ter- rorism this the incarnation of democracy and moderation, both aiming at the same object from two different poiuts of view, and one forced by the other into a torrent of cruelties and blood, from which the reader will be sur- prised to see springing the greatest generals that honour military genius and the annals of the history of a nation. The Jacobins and the Girondists were two clubs which derived their names, the former from an old convent that the white friars of the order of Saint Dominique had in the rue Saint-Jacques at Paris, in which they held their sittings, the other from the deputies of the Gironde, a department of France, who were distinguished for their brilliant oratory. The chief leaders of the Jacobin club were at its origin such men as the two brothers Lameth, B irnave, Duport, Sieyes, Chapeher, &c., but it soon lost its primitive character under the abominable sway of Danton, Marat, Robespierre, Couthon, B.rrere, Collot- D'Herbois and other sanguinary terrorists. The leaders of the Girondins were Brissot, Condorcet, Vergniaud, Guadet, Isnard, Roland, Barbaroux, &c., who, although passionate and ardent democrats, were nevertheless mode- rate in their views, and it is an accepted opinion that. if they had obtained the supreme power, the Revolution would have been accomplished without the horrors that stamped it with infamy, and the Republic established on basis that ambitious successors could not have easily pilfered for their own benefit. The French Republic is at the present moment exposed to the same dangers. With the Socialists on one side, and the liberalj Con- servatives on the other, both imbued with extreme views and principles, jealous one of the^other, it is not unlikely that bsfore lom the Opportunists who, are watching their movements and plot in the dark, will pounce upon the power which Gaiubett•• L'>nis.BianC) and Victor Hugo, in opposition to Grevy, Waddington, Ferry, and Jules Simon, are aiming at; and what will the! conse- quence of such a confhct be, it is not difficult to^guess another commune, and the revolution will be over. A government, in France cannot have a long existence there are too manywolves clothed in sheep'sskins prowling • bout the fold, and with so many cravings in pursuit of the same object, it is not possible to arrive at any fixed arrangement. The writer's country is France, and this is a sufficient proot otbis national s-'ntimems, but is he to be unjust because or HIS attachment and devotion to her? France is certainly a delightful and'rich country, but let us not hesitate to say that as long as she is courted by so many suitors her happiness and. repose will always be disturbed. IMPEACHMENT AND EXECUTION OF THE GIRONDINS. As already said above the war waged between the tw.) extreme factions, the Jac,.»oi^s and the Girondins, in whose hands the destinies of France were now placed, assumed a magnitude which presaged terrible calamities both to them and the nation. The enactment of the law respecting the inviolability of the Deputies had just been repealed by the sovereign committee of Public Safety, and that arbitrary deliberation was the omi- nous signal that determined the explosion of the violent feeling which the two enerpy factions entertained one against the other. The odium, so long hatched in the dark on both sides in the expectation of some opportunity to justify the blow aimed at, showed itself at last un- masked and the accusation of Marat before the Re- volutionary Tribunal by the Girondins, served as a pretext for the battle in which both parties will find a grave. The Jacobins who were now at the head of the Commune of Paris made use of their tyrannical power against their opponents with a barbarity unequalled in the annals of History. On the 2nd of June, 1793, they impeached the Girondins en masse, and.on the 16th of October, out of thirty-one tliat had been proscribed, twenty-one were sentenced to death. these were Brissot, Fonfrele, Valaze, Yerirniaud, Lasource, Gensonne, Gardien, Ducos, Duchatel, Mainvielle, yarra, Beanvais, Lacase, Duprat, Boileau, Attiboul, Vigee, billeiy Lehardy, Fauchet, and Duperret.. We shall speak of them hereafter. The courage and calmness of mind displayed by these illustrious victims of inhumanity during their trial are a glorious memorial which ^dl be handed down from pos- terity to posterity. On the sentence of death passed on them, Valaze, who, having foreseen the issue of the terrible position in which they were placed, stabbed at his heart with a poniard that he had concealed under his garment, and sunk covered with blood at the feet of the gendarmes who surrounded him and his unhappy friends. When they lifted him up, he threw a last and contemptible look at his sacrificers, fetched a deep sigh and expired without uttering a word. "The court ordered that the bloody corpse of the suicide Valaze should be borne on a cart to the place of execution, aud beheaded with the other prisoners." Lasource got up, and with a firm and clear voice, said to the Judges: "Je metivs au momeat où Ie peuple a perdu ses sens, vous mouvreai loraqu'il les retrouvera." (" I die at a moment when the people have lost their senses, you will die when they recover them.) Salles, Guadet et Barbaroux succeeded iu making their escape before being arrested, but they were discovered some little time after in a grotto near Bordeaux and executed in 1794. Whilst the fearless Girondins were taken to the place of execu- tion to be immolated to the Jacobinic Gods of destruction, bound in carts and insulted, spat upon by the lawless rabble of the commune, they, indifferent to their outrages, and with a Spartan courage worthy of a better fate, to the great astonishmentof their vile tormentors, struck up all at the same time the Marseillaise, which they had adapted to their lamentable ease :— Allons enfants de la Patrie, Entendez-vous1'Yla"Conventiori, Le Jour de gloue est arrive; Les ennemis de la France Contre nous de la tyrarme, voter haine et vengeance, La couteau sanglant est leve.. contre lesenfants de la Nation. Courage, Girondins, Mourons Mourotis I Que notre sang pur Ensanglante leurs fronts 1 ° Rouget de l'Isle, you, who, in a moment of patriotic inspiration, composed jour immortal National Hymn against Tyranny, what did you think or say when your sublime ode to Liberty was echoed as a dead-march by the best citizens of the Republic On arriving at the toot of the guillotine, all those Stoics of modern n tImes got up, embraced one another, and shouted in a Drm and loud voice: Vive la Repub- lique!" twenty-five minutes after the ghastly work was accomplished, and twen y-one of the noblest Patriots of France had been launched into Eternity! Out of the most eminent members of the Girondist party, very few had the good luck to escape the igno- minious death of the gni lotine. Pethion and Buzot were found dead in a devoured by wild animals; Condorcet poisoned. nimseit, and Roland was found dead against a tree P10ic.e ™ 'he heart by a sword-cane. Lanjuinais,Lesage, -Henri a Keviere, Louvet, Lareveillere- Lepeux and Kervelegan survived in concealment to wit- ness the tragical end o EK LMAgogues of the Revolu- tionary Tribunal rername a solute masters of the posi- tion. We shall see how those shadows of human infamy will vanish before the Spectroscope of Reason. MADAME ROLAXD. Although a woman, this talented Lady may, without any derogation from the general course of political rule, be ranked amongst the prominent characters of the French Revolution. education, genius, and social position entitle her to the high rank that Circumstances and History have assigned, to her. Very few women in- deed have risen to eminence m the estimation of the world, and played a part on the stage of social vicissi- tudes more worthy of admiiation and sympathy than the distinguished Marie Jeanne Phlipon Roland. Born at Paris in 1754 of respectable parents who spared neither expense nor care to give her a good education, she evinced at an early age ose personal qualities and resoluteness which charac enze great minds, and mark out the path that nature has traced for them. In 1780, at the age of 26, after close studies and profound medita- tions, she married M. Roland de la Platiere, one of Louis XIV.'s Ministers, and to nun she devoted all her affec- tion, talent and energy. Although 26 years younger than her husband, she idolized him, aud surrounded him with the solicitude of a mother, the attachment of a sister, and.the love of a devoted wIfe: Very few women un- derstand the duties of conjugal life better than that ex- cellent woman did. She was the idealism of hymeneal bonds. Proud of her husband s elevation, attentive and thoughtful, she helped him most diligently; with a skill unparalleled amongst the tair;sex, in all his literary pur- suits and ministerial occupations. She was the spirit of his mind, the light of bis intelligence, and such was her initiative in the discharge ot his official duty that often the wife was called the Minister, and the husband the Secretary. The same SP* essence animated the two existences, the same thoughts guided their will, the same desires prompted their actions, and one lived for After the death of the King, Madame Roland f0i ■es«eing that the decline of the Girondins was impending and their destruction imminant, advised and even favoured her husband's flight from Paris, in order that he might be in safety from the Revolutionary Tempest which was gathering and would soon bursttorth with the violence of an exterminating deluge. Go, said the courageous wife to her husband, "flee trom this den of merciless tyrants, where at every step there is a snare, in every corner a spy, in every house a hangman, on every public square a guillotine—Go, I shall watch carefully the course of events, and observe attentively the secret practices of the bloody conspirators at the head of this fiendish govern- ment. However cruel they are, they will not venture to plunge their criminal hands in the blood of an innocent woman. I have killed neither Marat nor Danton, nor am I desirous to kill any of these agitators, though all de- serve a violent death but the time is not far distant when they will all be rewarded in accordance with their criminal actions !—Go, Roland, Providence may guide your steps Adieu!" And so they parted, but their separa- tion was to be eternal. The noble hearted woman had conceived too favourable an opinion of the infuriated Mountaineers; she judged their sentiments by her own, and she was mistaken. It did not occur to her that when wolves plunge into carnage, they spare neither the sheep nor the lamb. The disappearance of M. Roland front the scene of action soon aroused the suspicion of his enemies, and those formidable Jacobins, who played with human life as gamblers came with cards, frightened and confused, imagined that their atrocious schemes would be influenced by the Sibylline Magician, if her conjurations were al- lowed to extend to them; so they hastened to impeach her as a spy adverse to the revolutionary government, and, like another Jeanne d'Arc, she had to atone for her devotion and courage; with this exception that the heroine of Domremy was condemned to be burned alive, whereas the sublime Madame Roland perished by the guillotine. But both were sacrificed to the injustice of men, both died with courage and resignation, and their martyrdom is the greatest monument raised to their memory. On the 8th of November, 1793, Madame Roland was taken to the place of sacrifice; she was dressed in white, the emblem of purity. As she arrived on the fatal spot, turning to the statue of Liberty before her, she exclaimed with a smile: 0 Liberty, what crimes are they com- mitting in thy name I" Then she ascended the scaffold with firmness and dignity, looked on the clamorous rabble below, raised her eyes to heaven, and, bending her head under the executioner's knife, still stained with the blood of the Girondins, one second after Marie Roland had passed from an unjust world to Immortality ROLAND, Husband of the illustrious woman, whose high qualities and untimely end have been portrayed above, Jean Marie Roland de la Platiere, although of noble descent, was the incarnation of liberty. Had the Republic moulded a man to serve her cause, a more disinterested, enthusiastic and faithful model could not have been conceived. Made to be the true and unbiassed exponent of a democratic government, his liberal principles were unalterable, be- cause they wereiuherent to him—they were part of his nature. Sincerely attached to his wife, whom he loved dearly, kind to his fellow-men, simple in his manners, re- served in his social intercourse, austere in his doctrines, just and charitable. Roland wov'd have been the accom- plished agent of the ideas he represented had he possessed more knowledge of the human heart, and been a better politician. But unfortunately for him and the lovely woman that shared his political glory, occupations and disasters, he was not compliant enough to conquer the perils of party struggles, and his rigidness lost them both. Like the king he served, he would have been a good cit'zen and an excellent administrator, but he did not possess the qualities required to cope with the difficulties of his official position.. Born near Lyons in 1732, after he had finished his edu- cation, he filled successively several important charges. He travelled with his wife in Switzerland, Italy. Ger- many, and England. On his return to France, when Louis XVI.. in order to conciliate public opinion, was compelled, in March, 1792, to form a patriotic ministry, Roland was intrusted with the portfolio of Minister of the Interior but, after the execution of the king, in January, 1793, he resigned his office, and went to Lyons with his wife to settle some family matters. On his re- turn to Paris he found that the Girondins had lost their influence, and that political affairs assumed an ominous aspect; so, as already said, he run away from Paris, June, 1793. He went to Rouen at a friend's, where he remainel incognito for some time but. as the Jacobins had mercenary spies travelling from town to town to re- port on a'l persons adverse to their views, ha, therefore, for fear of exposing his benefactors, in case that he might have been discovered, left Rouen, without saying where he was going, and, for about four months, like many other Suspects, who had been compelled to desert their friends, families, and homes to avoid the persecutions of the re- lentless Jacobins, wandered in the country from forests to caves, living on fruits, roots, and whatever else he could get. Finally, on the 16th of November, 1793, after the most terrible sufferings and vicissitudes, on hearing that his wife had been executed, he pierced himself through the heart with a cane-sword, and was found dead at the foot of the tree where he had committed suicide. Thus perished M. and Madame Roland, faithful to their cause and honour; he at sixty-one, and she at thirty-nine years of age. MORAL CONSIDERATION. When man's designs are not disclosed to the public, they remain an impenetrable mystery, the sacredness of which, History has not the right to violate. Yet, al- though no stigma is attached to the name of Roland and his wife, however great our admiration for them is, we cannot refrain from thinking that their acts bordered more upon fanaticism than on reason. He, as a man, may be absolved from blame for having blindly allowed himself to be carried away by the irresistible current of a Utopia but we doubt whether, judged from a political and moral point of view, she, as a woman, had any right to assume the position of an obstinate politician. Her infatuation for fame and public admiration her vanity to be looked upon as the living genius of her husband her inconsideracy, as a married woman and a mother, in frequenting revolutionary clubs, and meddling in de- bates beyond the province of feminality, are forcible proofs of levity not altogether free from censure. "Think not when woman's transient breath is fled, That all her vanities at once are dead Succeeding vanities she still regards, And though she plays no more, o'erlooks the cards." —Pope. Had she confined herself to her matrimonial calling and maternal duty, it is very probable that her husband, having neither the pluck nor the qualities of a statesman, would never have beeu the Minister of Louis XVI., nor, do we believe, one of the leaders of the Giroudins, and thus their lives might have been saved. Let us. there- fore, say that, notwithstanding her singular qualities, Madame Roland was the indirect cause of her own un- timely end and that of her husband. Such deplorable results as those which so fatally terminated the lives of Madame Roland, Jeanne d'Arc, aud Charlotte Covday, are impressive lessolls by which the advocates of woman's rights ought to benefit. (To be continued,)

THE WELSH CHURCfl AND THE CONGRESS. fFrom Hand and Heart.) One advantage attending Church Congresses is that they concentrate public interest on the localities in which they are held. The result is, things that are lacking are pretty sure to be brought to light, and a measure of re- form and progress has in most cases followed. We cannot but think that, from this point of view, Wales will be greatly the gainer by the coming Congress. The English mind is still very ill-informed as to the past and present state of the Welsh Church and we know very little of the difficulties which the faithful Welsh pastor still has to 8urmount in ministering to his flock. The condition of the Church in Wales in years bygone was lamentable in the extreme. The dark features of the prevailing immorality, irreligion, and social disor- ganisation that prevailed throughout the Principality in Queen Elizabeth's reign, could not easily be exaggerated. Strype states that the Welsh were living in gross igno- rance sfnd superstition. The Church influence in high places was almost more injurious than helpful. A certain Bishop of St. Asaph in 1587 held sixteen rich livings in commendam; the owners of the best livings were absen- tees one man, who had two of the best livings in the diocese, lived in an alehouse: and only three preachers resided. The Reformed religion had been «& £ ablished thirty years before the Eible was translated into the lan- guage of the Welsh people. Now and then burning and shining lights "appeared. Such a one was Rees Richard, the vicar of Llandovery, whose work is sometimes called the Welshman's Candle. The singular story of his conversion is well known. He had a he-goat, which used to follow him to the alehouses, and drink the ale. One day his master made him drunk. The goat would never again touch ale nor enter an ale- house. Rees Richard was so struck by this that he re- nounced his evil habits, and dedicated himself to the work of an evangelist. Rowlands, of Llangeitho, was another devoted labourer. The churches where he preached were crowded, and the people overflowed into the churchyards. They would think nothing of coming fifty or sixty miles to hear him preach—long, difficult journies in those days across river and mountain. On Sacrament Sundays, fifteen huudred people and more would stay. He kept mainly to his own church on Sun- days; but during the week-and this for eight-and-forty years—he itinerated the country, preaching wherever he could—in church, or room, or barn, or in the open air. Unhappily, episcopal authority frowned upon such apos- tolic zeal, and Rowland's curate's licence was revoked. The breach in the Church was most serious in its conse- quences. Unhappily this was only one of many similar instances of mistaken policy on the part of the Welsh bishops. Gradually matters have improved; but even so late as 1840 a distinguished clergyman, writing to a friend, said he found at Llanberis that the service might take place almost any time between eleven and two, that the clergy- man lived sixteen miles off, and the parish was fifteen miles long! Another clergyman gives the following picture" Not many years ago there were hardly any passable roads in the remoter part of Wales parishes extended over mountains, valleys, and wide-spread cem- mons, one part divided from another by rivers and streams often swollen into torrents. Through these the clergyman would often have to dash up to his saddle girths, if he were so favoured as to be able to keep a horse-to wade or to swim if he kept neither horse nor vehicle. I am going myself to preach on Sunday after next in a parish with an acreage of 32,000, sixteen miles in length by ten in breadth, population under 800. Many Welsh parishes are properly not villages at all, but are made up of scattered farms and cottages, dotted down here and there on the sides of the mountains miles apart. The parish of Llanbadarn, Tawr, out of which the fashionable watering-place of Aberystwith is formed, was even worse than that of Cwmdanddwr, which I have just referred to; for its acreage amounted I believe, to 60,000. I very much wish that I knew Welsh. If ever you heard a true Welshman preach, or the service sung in Welsh, you would admit that it is one of the most beautiful and rhythmical languages you can imagine. Conceive, then, the state of things when clergymen were appointed to benefices who did not know one word of Welsh. It is well known that in the year 1<66, a certain Dr. Bowles was appointed by the then Bishop of Bangor to a living in Wales. In reply to the argument of the churchwardens, on bringing an action to deprive him of the benefice, his counsel alleged that Wales was a con- quered country, and, therefore, that it was a wise policy in the English Government to suppress the language.' The marked change for the better, which is now mani- festing itself throughout Wales is. we hope, the earnest of a bright future. There are many proofs of a great work being done by faithful labourers at the present time. It may be fairly said that—at least, in most of the towns—a new spirit has been infused into the minis- trations of the clergy; and reparation is being made for the mistakes and neglect of the past. We repeat our hope that the Congress may prove help- ful in many ways in furthering the development of prac- tical parochial effort throughout the Principality.

FORRST OF DBAH MINERS.—After three hours' con- ference on Saturday evening by the miners representing the 730 colliers employed in Parkend Collieries, Forest of Dean, a large majority voted to aceept the 10 per cent. reduction.

THE FORTHCOMING CONGRESS i AT SWANSEA (From a Correspondent of the Rock.) As the date thed for the meetings of th" firsr Church Congress ever held in Wales drawa rapidly nigh, c interest therein is, as miarht naturally be expected, cjntinuasly on the increase. Prom a" local noint, of vi*w, curiosity seems to be the prevailing feeling with regard to it; :ltJd when the relative proportions of the Established Church and Nonconformity throughout Wale* generally, and in Swansea as much as anywhere, are duly considered, it is not surprising thtt it should he so. With a population of some sixty or seventy thousand, Swansea provides church accommodation for less than one-tentb of that number, against some forty thousand or more places provided by the different Nonconformist bodies. It will be seen at once that a large proportion of the townspeople took upon the congress as a gathering in their midst of a society or association with which they have practically very little indeed to do. A very large proportion of the Nonconformist places of worship are conducted in the Welsh language, many of which are largely attended, whilst the interest of tbe Church in ministering to the people in their native language is represented by one solitary building, the most dilapidated of all the churches in the town, set apart for service in Welsh in accordance with the rites of the Establishment. The whole of the Welsh Nonconforming bodies and the great majority of the English hold, as may be expected, strong views on the disestablishment question, and it might hive been thought that opportunity would consequently be taken to win-g the weakness of the Established Church into greater prominence. Indifference, however, raiher than hostility appears to be the prevailing attitude; and certai- ly so far from anything like hindrance, the townspeople are anxious to promote the success of the Congress, bring satisfied that whatever effect it may have upon the best interests of the Church with which it is identified, it must certainly have the effect of bringing a greit many visitors to the town for the first time, to the present and possibly future advantage of its inhabitants. The local clergy are generally popular, their ministrations and relationship with their Nonconformist brethren being, as a rule, free from that assumption of sacerdotal superiority which has done so much mischief in mmy other parts of Wales. The townspeople have responded, on the whole, pretty well to the invitation of the committee in proffering accommodation for visitors and though the secretaries are still calling for further assi-t ,nce in this direction, yet it is understood that a rea y mos. of the leading inhabitants have shown emse ves re idy to entertain the expected visitors. The recommendations once possessed by Swansea as a seaside resort have long ago been sacrificcd to the exigencies of trade, and hence it ha8 proved no easy matter to find room for the large number of clergv and others who have expressed their readin gs to attend t suitable hospitality be forthcoming. Several hundred tickets have already been issued, and there seems every prospect of a large gathering, tnou:h it is too early yet, to prognosticate more fully. The arrangements for the authorized congress meetings are compl-te as published in the official programme, the smaller detaiis of actual preparation being in course of carrying out. It is otherwise however, with the many < xtra services and meetings which are sure to be held at such a time, and respecting which there are all sorts ot reports and rumours. High Churchmen and Ritualists of all description in Swansea are few and far between they may, however, be. depended on to make up for thelf lack of numbers by increased effort, and they are losing no opportunity of giving a turn whenever they can to any movement likely to advance their cause in ever so small a degree. The question of surplicing the choirs at the parish church and Holy Trinity (whir" tbe opening services are held simultaneously) has already given rise to discussion. At the parish church it is understood that a voluntary surpliced choir will during the congress week usurp the place of the regular one, and no doubt afford fresh scope for the choirmaster to display his well-known Ritualistic proclivities which have already brought him more than once into collision with the clergy and congregation, and led some two or three years ago to an excited vestry meeting at, which his dismissal was decided on though never carried out. At Holy Trinity the opposition to the surplices was so great tint it is generally understood to be abandoned, the matter being at all events left to the sole responsi- bility of the vicar, respecting whom there is every onfidence that he will not force an uunecessary change of this sort on an unwilling congregation. The chief security at Swansea against. any attempt by the extreme par y to force their practices upon the whole congrega- tion lies in the sound views held by the vicars of the two chief churches; and the only fear is lest from a desire of showin8 hospitality to visitors, and as fa~ as possible allowing full freedom of worship, they may be induced to make concessions which they will afterwards regret. Early celebrations will be held at all the churches daily during congress week; and it is under- stood that after the congress tuey will be continued twice a-montb at the parish church (where they have never previously obtained), and that as a set-off it is preniiri'jd evening communion will be estabiishnd at St. Jtmes's. Several attempts are bi3en made to give the parish church a more ecclesiastical appearance, and one better fitted for such a function as the opening service has b?en at former congresses. The old communion- table is to give place to one of more modern appearance, with a straight brass rail to replace the present circular wooden one, the steps being laid with tiies, &c. Special sermons will be preached on the Sunday previous at many of the churches Bishop Perry, canon of Handaff, occupying the pulpit of St. Mary's in the tnoviiing, and the Revs. Dawson Cambell and H. A. Stern in the afternoon and evening respectively. The preachers during the week include Dr. Edersh-Mm, the Dean of Bangor, Canon Griffiths, and on Saturday morning Mr. W. H. M. H. Aitken, whos' mission labours in Swansea are remembered with gratitude by many. The consecration of the new church at Llansimlet is fixed for the Monday previous to the Congress, when the Bishops of St. David's and Rochester will preach. Opening services will be continued all the week.

4* SWANSEA POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. [Before Messrs. T. A. Marten, J. Trev. Jenkin, S. Padley, J. Glasbrook, &c] PETIT SESSIONS. Annie Thomas, proprietress of the Mill House, Morriston, was summoned for keepinsr her house open for the sale of intoxicating drinks during prohibited hours on Sunday, the 7th inst., and was lined Sl including costs.—William Howells, William Kirkbouse, and John Harris were summoned for being on the above-mentioned premises during prohibited hours, and were fined 15s. including costs. ADJOURNED LICENSING DAY —At the adjourned licensing day for the Hundred of Swansea on Saturday, the magistrates present being Messrs. T. A. Marten, J. Glasbrook, J. Trevillian Jenkin, and Dr. Hall. A number of renewals were allowed. 1\1r. Robinson Smith made application on behalf of Mr. Ackland for a full license for a house situate at Gorseinon, near Loughor, in support of which he produced influential memorials from the inhabitants of the district. The license was granted. DISORDERLY.—Ellen Jones, a well known and incor- rigible woman, was sent to gaol for three months for soliciting in the streets. Isabella Evans, a young woman, was proved to have been drunk and riotous in Castle street. Evidence was given by P.C. 43. A witness who was called deposed that the defendant was not fighting, but only one of the crowd looking at the fight. The Bench thought the charge was proved, and s°nt her to gaol for 21 days.——Michael Leary, an old offender, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in High-street at half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night. He said he wanted to have a good fight, as he hadn't had one for a long time. This was his 33rd ap- pearance. It was on Saturday he came out of prison for the same offence. He said if let go this time he would take the pledge. He met a couple of chaps who gave him a glass here and there. The Bench released him on condition of his saying upon his honour he would sign the pledge. John Hopkins, fitter, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Dyvatty-street. P.S. D. Johns deposed that on the midnight of Saturday, the 20th, he saw the defendant go along Ma thew-street and Dyvatty-street. Defendant expressed his regret and was fined 10s. and costs. MONDAY. [Before Messrs. James Rogers (Mayor), Cook Davies, E. R. Daniel, and the Stipendiary.] AN ABSCONDING HUSBAND.—George Howells, a mid- dle-aged mason, was in custody charged with absconding trom home, and leaving his wife and three infants chargeable to the parish fund. Relieving-officer Howells proved the case, that the family had been chargeable for eleven weeks. The case waa adjourned until Tuesday. PETTY CASES.—Two married women, Gough and Lariche, brought into court a case of abusive language, in which it appeared both were to blame, and so the Bench dismissed the summons. Ann Evans, for assaulting Lewis Edwards, was fined 6d. and costs. Hannah Morgan, for assaulting Sarah Jane Roberts, was fined 5s. and costs. Thomas Jones and Jane Griffiths were each fined Is. and costs for assaulting each ¡¡¡ther.. His 68TH APPEARANCK.—William Mabe_, senior, butcher, to-day made his 68th appearance before the Justices, and was fined 40s. and costs, for using abusive language towards William Burchall. ALLEGED INDECENCY BY A FATHER.—A labourer at the Velindra Works, named Patrick Boyle. was charged with indecently assaulting his daughter, named Catherine, a girl 16 years old. She lives with her father in Charles- street, and her statement showed that at midnight on the 25th inst. the man behaved in a most grossly im- proper manner towards her. She resisted him and screamed, after which he said, 111 make you do what I told you, or I'll be the death of you. I'll kick you to atoms." Prisoner now said that the girl had brought this charge against him because he would not let her go out at nights. He was remanded until Tuesday. NIGHT POACHING RY A SWANSEA PUBLICAN.—William Henry Bailey was charged with trespassing in search of game, at Singleton Park, the property of Mrs. Vivian. The gamekeeper spoke to seeing two men in the park at midnight, and said that they ran away upon noticing him. He succeeded, however, in catching one of them, who was the prisoner. Mr. Robinson Smith said he did not wish to press this case, as he believed the prisoner had been the dupe of another man, against whom he intended to apply for a summons. Defendant was after. war is remanded till Wednesday. Mr. Smith then ao- ,.Ii..1 for a summons against George Purchase, St. Helen's Inn. for a like offence, he being alleged to have been the of'i'-r m^n's companion on the poaching expedition. Mr. S "rh regret red to say that Purcbase was a licensed vie ualler in the town, and added that he believed this wts not the first offence of the kind which had been allegtd against him. The summons was granted. TUESDAY. [Before Messrs. James Rogers (Mayor), J. Trev. Jenkin, Cook Davies, Sylvanus Padley and the Stipendiary.] BEGGING. Nillíam Blake, a sturdy, young beggar, was charged by P.C. 15 with begging in Wind-street at 10 o clock on Monday night. Witness was in plain clothes, and prisoner stopped him and asked him for a copper. He said he came from London. Witness took him into custody. The Bench finding prisoner's hands hard, dismissed him to find work. THE WHISKERS PULLING ASSAULT.—The cross-sum- monses case between John Richards, haulier, and Morris Goldstein, money lender, was again brought up. Mr. W. Smith (instructed by Mr. Moy Evans) appeared for Goldstein and Mr. Woodward for Richards. The case had been adjourned for the production of deeds in re3- V,rC,,• e ,Blaek Cock Inn, Hi-jh-street. Griffith Williams produced his mortgage. Mr. Smith, after examining it pointed out that this deed was dated 28th May, 1879. therefore subsequent to the s} .tute for the registration of the Bills of Sale. It ought to have been registered within seven days, but was not so registered. Afrer hearing some legal argument, which seemed to have little to do with the asasult, the Stipendiary said he could not see how what had been said could justify Goldstein in pulling Kichards's beard out. P C. Hullin deposed he recollected Tuesday night the 16th. About half-past 7 when on duty in High-street his attention was called to the Black Cock. Saw Goldstein and Richards go to take in a table. Goldstein had hold of the other corner. Saw Goldstein leave go the table and take Richards with two hands by the whiskers, and pulled out a large quantity. Witness then interfered, separated them, and took a large quantity of the whiskers out of Goldstein's hands. Richards did nothing by way of assaulting Goldstein. There was about half a minute's struggle by some others about the table before Richards came to the table. Goldstein's coat was torn, but that WaS done by another man when Goldstein had hold of Richards's beard. There were no blows struck. P.C. Davies 40 corroborated the evidence of Hullin. Richards had his hand on G >ldstein's head, trying to keep him off, but he did not pull his hair. It lasted about half a minute. P.C. Cutcliffe, who was on duty at the Black Cock door, deposed that there was not much excitement; everything was done very quietly. William Butt, owner of the B1 tck Cock, deposed he was present at the tim What Hullin said was correct. Witness had not distri- buted beer to anyone, and had taken no part. There was a see-sawing about the table the Jews wanting to have it away and the Gentiles to take it in. He con- sidered the table and benches ir question to be fixture or trade utensils. Coates, a bailiff, deposed he was in possession af th> time under the direction of the moi'- ga^ee. Hullin's evidence was perfectly correct. He (witness) tried to stop these things being taken out, and when he failed he sent for Griflith Williams. After the benches had been brought back, Goldstein came into the bar, tucked up his sleeves, and wanted to fight Griffith Williams. This was the case for Richards. Mr. Smith said this was a cise not so much for settling the merits ot the assault, but to enable the mortgagee in possession to take some advantage of his position. If men wou'd wear long whiskers they surely must know that was the most vulnerable part of their person, and not easily pable of defence. In this case Richards was an interlopes. He diu not justify a man getting into a passion, but. sometimes they could not help it. He would call' evi- dence to show that there was some justification for 'io'dstein's attempt to protect the property which he held un,ler the Bill of S lIe for £185. If they were satis- fied there was a bona fii: struggle for property, which the evidence showed u» be vested in Goldstein under the bill of sale. he hoped their worships would apply the maxim — He who meld es with other people's affairs mmt take the consequences of that which follows." Marcus Goldman was then examined, a.nd said that Ricfurda got hold 01 the defendant by the hair, and the defendant being a s'naller man than he, and not being aide to get hold of his h dr, clugh r, him by the beard. Marks Goldman sai I the statement made by the l?~t witness was true. This concluded the case, and Mr. Goldstein was then called in support of a cross-summons taken out by him aga;n<t Richards for assault, The Stipendiary said that, itS far as h-^ cOl-ld understand the position of th se p irties, Mr. Goldstein was acting within his rights under the bill of sale, and this had not been rebutted nor overpowered by the other documents put in. Prima, facie a table was not a fixture, and therefore the table i, question was the property of Mr. Goldstein, and was subject to being taken into possession. With regard to the assaults, the evidence was very contradictory. ° He must dismiss the summons against Richards, and he was sorry to have to come to the conclusion that Goldstein bad committed an assault, though under veiy mitigated circumstances. He would be tined 10s. and costs. ALLEGED INDICENT ASSAULT—The case against the Irishman tor the alleged assault upon his daughter was further adjourned for the attendance of a material witness. ADJOURNED LICENSING SESSIONS FOR THE BOROUGH. The following magistrates sat on the Licensing Com- mittee:—Mr James Rogers (Mayor), S. Padley, J. T. Jenkin, Cook Davies, and the Stipendiary. The license of Mr. Hull, C istle Buildings, Wind-street, for telling wine and spirits off the premises was renewed without a a question. Mr. W. R. Smith applied on behalf of Samuel Miles for a license for a house at the bottom of Brynmill L ne. The house was a commodious one, with stables and a'l other conveniences, and near the much frequented Bryr- mill Recreation Ground. There was a good deal of traffic along the road, and there was every prospect of success as an hotel. At present there was a workmen's club existing there with a membership of 550. If that con- tinned, there would be a supply of refreshments to th e members, without much supervision, but if the licence were now granted, the Bench would have fuller cont- 01 ov. r the house, and things would be more satisfactory. Tbere had been opposition to this application on a pre- vious occasion, but to-day there was none. The Bench retired to consider the application, and on their retur the Mayor said the Bench did not consider a. house was needed there and it was refused. George Fisher, George Inn, Strand, applied ag9:n through Sir. Smith for a renewal of his license. One conviction had been registered against him, and when visited by some constables in February last he us d bad language to them. Mr. Smith urged that he had had a sufficient lesson and had behaved well since. He therefore urged that the conviction was not enough to warrant the suspension of the license. The Bench said in May last applicant was convicted of an aggravat- 1 case of supplying drink to a drunken man, and the licence was endorstd. The renewal would now be allowed and the Bench hoped the landlord would conduct his busine i better. The license of the Olive Branch beerhouse was opposed by the Head COllstlble because the yard at back was common to other premises. The Bench said that would not do, hut on applicant guaranteeing that an enclosure should be made within 14 days it was allowed. Against the license of the Greenhill Stores there was a similar objection, which had now been removed, and the licpn8e was renewed. DISPUTED OWNERSHIP.—The license of the Black Cock Inn, High-street, was objected to by the Head Constable because of a. suspicious fire, &c., &c. Mr. J. H. Williams s i id be was the landlord. The clerk said the license wàs not granted to this person but to his sor. Mr. Butt rose and said I am the owner and the tenant is Mr. Griffith Williams the man who has just spoken has nothing to do with it. J. H. Williams said he had paid £900, and 40W they wished to turn him out, and they had done so. Capt. Colquhoun said when the fire took place the person in possession was drunk. After some consideration, the Bench said they would renew the license in the name of Williams, jun., but it would be held over until some satisfactory arrangement was ar. rived at. WEDNESDAY. [Before Messrs J. T. Jenkin, S. B. Power and J. G- Hall.] SCHOOL-BOY BURGLARS.—John Hasey, William Wise, Patrick Bedley, Hugh Thomas, and William Wise, a1' small boys, were brought up in custody charged with stealing monfy and other things from the Waunwen Board School, the stolen articles being the property of Thomas Richards, the schoolmaster. Mr. Richards de- posed that this morning he missed a quantity of the school pence. He could not tell exactly how much it was he believed about 16s. Detective Sergeant Johns deposed that he took the little prisoners into custody and found upon them various small sums of money, &c. The Bench remanded them until Thursday.

Amongst the gutscs at the livery dinner of the Fish- mongers' Company on Tuesday evening were General Sir Evelyn Wood, Colonel Pearson, and other officers who had taken part in the war in Zululand. In responding to the toast of his health, which was proposed by the Prime Warden, Sir Evelyn Wood entered into a description of the services rendered duiing the war by officers and pri- vates who had been engaged in the campaign, paying a warm tribute to tbe valour which had been displayed. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—The Yfar Book for the Ger- man Army and Marine" states thar the electric light has been employed for militaiy and naval purposes—among others for lighting up the ground lying in front of a be- sieged fortrfss, for the illumination of ships at sea, and notably for carrying on work under water. A transpa- rent bell with an electric lamp has been immersed to a depth of 60 metres, while a magnetic el ctrical n ichine placed at a d'stance of 100 metres has been able to main- tain a strong, unbroken current, so that a brilliant light was maintained for a long time. The same authority states that experiments are now in course of being carri I I out for tbe purpose of testing how far the electric light I can be usefully employe^ in marine warfare, and especially as a defence against torpedo attacks. OFFENSIVE PUBLICATIONS.—The annual report of the Society for the Suppression of Vice gives the following j summary of seizures and destructions of offensive publi- [ cations effected through the instrumentality of the association since the year 1834:—380,569 obscene prints, pictures, photographs, and negatives 63,487 books and pamphlets, mostly illustrated with abominable en. gravings upwards of five tons of letterpress of the same I character, besides large quantities of infidel and blas- phemous publications 28,436 sheets of obscene songs, catalogues, handbills, &c. 6,933 cards, snuff boxes, anet other articles; 98 grossly obscene models, life size. in wax 844 engraved copper and steel plates, 430 litho. graphie stones, 174 wood blocks, 11 printing presses, with tools and apparatus 82 cwt. of type, including the stereotype of several entire works of the grossest im- morality. Mr. C. H. Collette, the secretary to he society, wiites that in addition to these results the pro- secutions of the past few months led to the seixure and destruction of 16,000 offensive periodicals, and that the proceedings thus taken have had the effect of clearing the dreetl of "ft great and growing scandal." I