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= Glamorganshire General Agri- cultural Society. ^HE ANNUAL GENERAL HOTEL! COW- JL Society will be heldat the BEAR H jANtTABY J&IDGE, on TUESDAY the 29th toy transactlng at 12 o'clock at noon, for the purpos he General Business ^V HUNTLEY, Secretary. Welsh St. Donatts, 5362 Cowbridge, Jan. 7th, 1889. ——— Christmas Presents. J. H, GOLDIE Has arranged to PORTRAITS, •^ECIALLY CHEAP LlNfc Suitable for PRESENTS FOR XMAS AND THE NEW YEAR. n T rvi -tta' Size"of Frame, 23 by 19. ». -'isr23 br 19- n+her Prices as usuai. n V +«,» dozen, 18s., 2 positions. Cabinets, per u" „ R U 10 k, ra Cartes de Yisite, 3, 2a., 6, 3s., U, bs. bd. T TT T> T o—T BMPLE STREET. 5014 WANTED^ To Timber Merchants. TENDERS are invited for the purchase of about six acres of oak, &c., suitable for pitwood and copper- Poles, growing on Cefneithyn Farm, near Cly • particulars to be had of MR. D. DAVIBS, Gelhonen Gjuio. plydach, who will receive tenders by post, which sent in on or before the 25th inst. — \VTANTEdTLADIES WHO CAN KNIT. I>° .y\ EMBROIDERY, CREWELS, jj £ J Mills their Name and Address to the Gratis, Spinning Co., Bradford, when they will r -p-^Qjjg and Post Free, a splendid set of Patterns of (3d. ?ILKS, and particulars showing the i-n„ Direct Hi the Shilling, in some cases more) oy [375 ^ith the Spinners.—Mention this paP I- TO LET. rrio LET on Ground I J x xf s fllo'ster-place, Swansea.—Apply Floor &i No. nhimbfirs TKQQI to M. JONKS & LTftTTT qy,^ Commodious OFFICES to Let, at The Cambrian Offi°e> 58' Wind-street, Swansea, with separate entrance »nd J°°fh*P £ r(Th-. Suitable f.or Solicitor, Accountant, or other Profession.—Apply by letter to H W. WII-,JIAMS AND Co., on the premises. T3083 TO LET. A LARGE well ventilated SCHOOLROOM, adjoin- cV. ing St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. For Particulars apply to C. HENNINGS, 22, Wind-street. [5302 TO LET, MARINO," BRYN-ROAD, containing 9 rooms, bath room (with hot and cold water), gas throughout. Permanent view of Bay over Cricket ?ield Drainage perfect.-Apply at 1, BRYN VILLAS, Sryn-road.-AIso TO LET, the HOUSE adjoining; [5111 Manascin Villa, Breconshire- ro BE LET WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, (Furnished,) the ABOVE DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, situate in the parish of Penkelly, within tniles of the town of Brecon, and within 3 miles of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway Station at the village of Falybont —For further particulars apply to CRAWSHAY iRos., Cyfarthfa, Merthyr Tydvil. [4093 FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD. HEATHFIELD HOUSE, SWANSEA.-Apply ° ti G. S. RICHARDSON, EsQ., Offices, 14, rgOOS itreet. [2005 SWANSEA. Freehold Family Residence. to BE A possession, aUJbplCTON VILLA, situate in W^pkce.^wlnsea, with coach-house and stable, &c., lug. ihweto betonginR. premise8) and for further Jt°icular8; to CHAS. NORTON, ESQ., Solicitor, Swansea, 533.9 SWANSEA; Freehold Family Residence BE SOLD, OR LET, with immediate posses- sion, all that Freehold Detached Family Residence, t" :.I;Il as PICTON VILLA, situate in Picton-place, ^'ffan&ea, with the yard, coach-house and stables thereto belonging. To view, and for further particulars, apply to CHAS. NORTON, ESQ., Solicitor, Swansea. [5332 SWANSEA. To Marine Engineers and Others, TO BE SOLD, OR LET, with immediate posses- sion, all those Warehouses, Workshops, Offices, Buildings and Premises situate on the Strand, Swansea, ate in the occupation of Mr. Geo. Beckwith. The premises are held under a Lease from the Corporation for the residue of a term of 31 years, from 29th September, L861, at the yearly rent of £80. For further particulars, apply to CHAS. NORTON, ESQ., Solicitor, Swansea. [5333 THE MOST SENSIBLE MAN in this district WILL CLEAR HIS NEXT WEEK'S EXPENSES. PUT B5 BANK OF ENGLAND NOTE IN HIS POCKET, Mtd assist any charitable object which may be at the moment appealing to his generous instincts. See WEDNESDAY'S "TRADE, FINANCE and RECREA- TION," a Weekly Newspaper for Everybody.—All News- agents and Railway Bookstalls, Id., or post-free lid. 55 Mark Lane, London, B.C. [5313 The J. ^atfcins Land Mortgage Company CAPITAL, ^5°,000; 8400,470; ISSUE OK FIVE ^^Debentures. "TNTEREST payable half-yearly in London by Coupon8 TheSecSfty for tbe ^enture, CoDsista Qf l'MA^D€p0S1fnT1the same Company of Mortgages, forjn property valu.!i the Debentures issued, on Freehold 7 Valu«d at 2J times the amount of the MortgagJ 2.—The above named W SarPlus of the ThSfSb. seen tbe* Venture. ~Th"coa»p«., i, d» prepared t» ■>«<>«"« 6 w. American Farm Mortgages. For Full particulars apply to S. P. WILLS, am1iVrr, SWANSEA. 30, WIND StbEE'X. Or to J. E. STEPHENS, SWANSEA. CASTLE BUILDINGS, WIND StbEE > Or H. G. CHALKLEY, London Manager, 14, BISHOPSGATE STRBET WITHOUT, LONDON, ^l -== SALES BY AUCTION. MESSRS. J. M- LEEDER & SON. Household Furniture, at Swansea Jan. 24 Flowers, &c., at Swansea Jan. 26 MR. RICHARD E. HUGHES. Plant & Machinery, at Swansea jan 22 Leasehold Property, at Swansea jan 29 MR. CHARLES HUGHES. Leasehold Property, at Sketty Jan. 31 MR. CHARGES P. WHITELEY. Landore Steel Works, at London Feb. 13 1 LITERARY TREAT. On THURSDAY Evening, J\_ JAN. 31st, a LECTURE will be given in the SHADING ROOK of the Y. M. C. A., by Mr. ERNEST RHYS, Editor of the Camelot Classics." Subject— "THE MODERN NOVEL." Chair to be taken at 8 p.*0- by E. SIIDNEY HARTLAND, ESQ. ADMISSION — One Shilling. A few numbered reserved seats, 2s. 5352
SWANSEA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18,…
SWANSEA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1889. OUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS. THE monthly meeting of the Swansea Towi Council on Wednesday was one of the shortest or record, the whole of the business,-in spite of ar agenda-paper of the average volume-being tran sacted between 11 and 12.40 o'clock, so that ther< was quite &niauVais quart d'hrnrc between the con- elusion of Council affairs and the commencemenl of the usual Mayor s luncheon. This despatch was largely due to tie celerity with which the Mayoi put the propositions and amendments to the meet ing, and due also to the most unusual abstinence fo] speech of the more intemperate talkers among tht members. But there are two sides to everything and, though speech may be reckoned as silvern an( silence as golden in some senses, yet in otlier senses and especially in To -n Council matters, tota abstinence would be as bad as over-indulgence --=- Intemperate talk awakens passion and raises false issues; total oilence may lead to the adoption of erroneous notions and hurtful action. What seems to be most desirable in this, as in so many other matters, is moderation in length and in temper of utterance. Free discussion is always instructive and often leads to most unexpectedly good results. So that, while on the one hand it is thedutyo the Press to deprecate talkingf ortalking's sake,yet o other hand, it is equally important to point outing the Aldermen and Councillors should no themselves to drift over to the <Wosj j-y over Some little temper was shown on We foree j8 the question whether the Swansea p ag we or is not a well-conducted body 01 -t ^ere. refer to that elsewhere, we need got cillor Monger Under the head of Property, Councii had re- expressed satisfaction that tfhe nce to the buying jected a proposition with re awakened some up of short leaseholds, and by outsiders, when interest, which will be 3^.aon for an inquiry into he promised to move ia £ treasonably large what he considers to for a^quiring SQme price paid by cXfneW reservoir on the Upper land necessary o Aether thp Corporation TJ. o-bt not, to enter upon a speculation as ought, or owners of tenement flats for the builders accommodation of the poorer por- propersan ajy^tion, was raised by Mr. Rocke's proposition to utilise the site of the old Slaughter- f £ or the purpose. Several speeches were made Jro and con. Some members feared it would not ray; others averred it would. Some said it would bring back to its old locality the moral and physi- cal filth which the town had paid so much to re- move; while others held that flats are much more frequently taken advantage of by the most reputable of the poorer classes who appre- ciate good sanitary arrangements and proper privacy. Incidentally the question of cottage land- lordism was touched upon. On the one hand it was argued that the poor of Swansea are most unhealthily housed; that large numbers of houses have little or no decent accomodations; that, con- sequently. the inhabitants are reduced to the most demoralising intimacy in their domestic relations; and that this deplorable state of things is due to the fact that the small landlords of the town are people who take upon themselves the privileges without being able to fulfil the responsibilities of property owners. On the other hand, while the pre- valence of bad conditions was not attempted to be denied, it was stated that the worst cottage property in the town belongs, not to the small landlords, but to the large landlords, who employ agents and and rent collectors as go-betweens, and who thus have no personal cognizance of the wretched state of either their property or their tenants. By way of finale, it was asserted, and not refuted, that trie Corporation itself, as a landlord, sets a very example in the neglect of its property, and therefore, members of the Corporation are not tne proper men to cast the first stone. It se! perfectly clear from these various statementsthat the matter of the better housing o population demands investigation, Urban Sanitary Authority ought to .mtertato at once. The returns which are t0 thrtvCof°JaterSored in our various reservoirs quantrty of wat«^stored de(jrea3e on the first f r„fthae New S there being a drop of no less Sn nteteen SSiin gallons. This naturally <ive rise to some questioning. One member Karlv suggested that this enormous draw upon the water resources of the Borough was due to the titv of whisky which was consumed on the New Year's Day! The real explanation appears to be that the capacity of our great storage reservoirs has never until now been properly tested. The figures of quantity seem to have been based from the first on the "estimated" capacity of the new reservoirs; and, now that they have been carefully measured, they are found to be con- siderably smaller than was beleived. This naturally Leads up to the question of the enormous waste of good water which takes place every day in the Borough. Not only does waste occur through leaving house taps open, and from defective taps, but also—and this is no doubt the greater part— by leakage into the soil from the loosened joints of our mains. This subject is now to be investigated by the use of water meters, in conjunction with the isolation of the various districts where the greatest waste is supposed to be going on. It is to be hoped that careful inspection will lead to detection and to a stoppage of the greater leaks; and we would strongly counsel all ratepayers to stop waste as far as" possible on their own premises, so as to pre- vent any further increase of the rates by unnecessarily heavy expenditure on water works to supply the deficit caused by wilful and thoughtless waste. Swansea has embarked on a great number of schemes which must, unless the greatest care and caution are exercised, lead to an enormous increase of our local fiscal burdens, and consequently to more taxa- tion. There are to be new bridges across the Tawe, the Bridge Tolls and Town Dues are to be abolished, the town is to be experimentally illuminated by the electric light, the boundaries are to be widely extended, and large new districts, like the Mumbles, are to be brought within our County Borough. In most if not all of this programme of propositions we heartily agree. We believe that, if carefully and economically carried out, they will be for the eventual benefit of everybody But we cannot hide from ourselves thefactthat, if the experiences of our adoption of the Artizans Dwellings and Town Improvements Act are to be in any sensei repeated, then the present programme means disaster of a very serious kind for Swansea. It is well that we should go forward to meet the future with laro-e expectations and hopes, but wise generalship always takes care to provide for a re- treat as well as for all advance.
——♦I NOTES AND COMMENTS. !
— — ♦ NOTES AND COMMENTS. THE BOROUGH MAGISTRACY. THE question which was asked by Dr. Rawlings at the Town Council meeting as to the preparation of a list of names for submission to the Lord- Lieutenant, and by him to the Lord Chancellor, for addition to the Commission of the Peace for the Borough, raises a most important issue, and one upon which the voice of the thoughtful sec- j tion of the public ought to be heard. The Mayor replied that he had not as yet prepared any such list; and so it would appear that no harm has thus far been done. But doubtless there is something in the wind," and we shall soon hear that "something has been done." In such a. matter as this all personality should be most carefully avoided. Once names are mentioned, likes and dislikes are arrayed against each other, and much more harm than good is done. Appointments to the magistracy should be made with the utmost care—care for the reputation of the persons to be dominated and care for the honour of the office The past has been prolific in mistakes. have been mistakes of commission and raise*?1f8 omission. Some gentlemen have been off, a:d the Bench who might well have been left to have b some have been left off who ought to arise f^eri on. Tho greatest danger seems and party the operation of party predilections supposed aei4J-U Political party services, or reprehensible responsible for much that is seriously derog^that is, in the long run, magisterial bodV tlie. status of the release everybody, T, COUrse, it is impossible to ?hpv were allowed likes and dislikes, if aralvse Public ao+; re sway> would P\hc esteem and public Yi?n the otlier hand' p VoT1ed with, if the meil *lklng must always be reckonea q{ the chosen are to win the full CO fulfil, as they without which no man can magigtracy uarht to be fulfilled, the duties of derations are allo^1 ¥1C' rather than private .c0? nce. however, we hav to have their proper influence, e baVe no feai of the result. -+-
TEE CHAKACTEKeOFoTHE SWANSEA
TEE CHAKACTEKeOFoTHE SWANSEA IT is always dangerous to r of any body of men. The SwanseazeaUnd .^e to time been over-praised f ancj c*eney by inconsiderate public speaker we i the natural revulsion m the or tho who take upon themselves „ t T1 J between n. The truth is, most likely, to be f°un hese two extremes. The question racter of the police force has latterly on„nv t prominently bfi?re -3e Pu^lic< itJee charges of 1 tbe meetings of the Watch Committee, ,d t inebriety and other misconduct are in dgfines L against individual members of the force, and are imposed commensurate with the nature > offences. At the Town Council meeting on nesday, one such charge was openly discussed, ai b the most opposite statements were made as to the 3 character for sobriety of the constables w r do duty in this town. On the one hana, it was said that the force would bear comparison r with any other body of men in the Kingdom; 011 3 the other hand, Alderman Freeman averred that ht had once seen a policeman hopelessly drunk, in thE 1 custody of a brother officer. It is a pity that th< worthy Alderman did not mention this case at th< 1 time, so that enquiries might have been instituted and the truth ascertained; but be that as it may it would be obviously unjust to tax the whole of the force with the peccadilloes of a few individual members. The guardians of the public peace I should, of course, be above suspicion, as loyal in their obedience to the law as they are diligent in the detection of offences. If, by ehanoe, they offend- -and it would be a thing to be wondered at if one or two members of a large body, which does not claim to be immaculate, did not err now and then-justice should deal with them just as it would deal with ordinary offenders. All such cases against the police, which it is well the public should know, are of extremely rare occurrence, are promptly and properly dealt with by the Watch Committee. As mistakes will occur in the best regulated establish- ment, so a member or two of the most perfectly regulated police force may at times commit them- selves, and be deserving of censure. That is surely the experience of every police force, and our local force is no exception to the general rule. It is to be feared that the discussion at Wednesday's Council meeting may create a false impression as to the character of the police force as a whole. Sweeping assertions are to be deprecated as casting an undeserved stigma upon the many because of the delinquencies of the few. The mutual good feeling that has always existed, and, we believe, continues to exist between the local police and public should rather suggest mutual assistance, and, in weighing the conduct of the police, it must always be remembered that they have to perform arduous duties sometimes under the most trying circumstances. By a spirit of conciliation public respect for the police, which is of the first neces- sary for the proper discharge of their duties, will be maintained, and public confidence, which need not be at all shaken by recent revelations, will continue unimpaired.
ELECTRICITY VERSUS GAS.
ELECTRICITY VERSUS GAS. In reference to the proposal to light the Swansea Docks by electricity, we noticed in a local paper which dealt with this subject the extraordinary statement, That on lighting the docks in an inadequate way by gas, JE950 was spent by the Harbour lrustees, and now they find that they can bv electricity do the work efficiently for £ 460 a year, &c., f Being doubtful as to the correctness of theae figures as to the annual cost of gas, as and being desirous that all questions ol providing light, water, and sanitary matters shoiild b'1 fairly stated, we took the trouble to wait on the Oria Usmpany to ask the information required, and alter beIng courteously welcomed, we were informed by the manager that the total cost for gas supplied to the Harbour Trust for the year ending December 31st, 1888, was as follows For the Harbour Offices, Pilot Houses, Workshops Engine Houses Sheds, Bridges, tidal lights, k220 4s. 3d. per annum. For 41 public gas lamps placed round the docks, in- cluding all labour, repairs, etc., kl20 12s. 4d. per annum. One year's total cost of ga.s for the whole Harbour, £ 340 16s. 7d. With these figures before us, which we have verified, we cannot account for our contemporary a statement, especially as he says" I am in possession of some ngures which may have the effect of opening the eyes of the few croakers in the town" as to the cost of electricity and gas. Surely the same prominence that has been given to this mis-statement on the Part of our contemporary, should be generously afforded the Company in stating the actual cos Of gas, which is 35 per cent. less than electricity.
LOCAL FIXTURES OF FORTHCOMINGI…
LOCAL FIXTURES OF FORTHCOMING I EVENTS FRIDAY, JAN. 18. I Last Nitfht of Poole's Myriorama at the Albert Ha,, Grand Christmas Pantomime, miie Heard, at the New Theatre, and to-morrow mgnt. SATURDAY, JAN. 19. Popular Concert at the Drill Hall Singleton-street. Football Match—Swansea v. Aoeraare at St. Helen's Field. SUNDAY & MONDAY, JANUARY 20 & 2l. Opening of New ^A"' 21 UTch' High-street. The Alleyn-Bernard Shakespearwn Comedy Crttj)piny( aUhe New Theatre, Wind-street, and dunng the week Entertainment at the Albert HaU, in aid 0f th(J L.o_e Distress Fund, by the pupils of t anse t Higher Grade Schod. ,MONDAY, JAN. 24. Opening of the New Y.W.C.A. Meeting at the Albert Minor HftU" FRIDAY, JAN. 25. Second Conversazione and Soiree at the Royal Institution of South Wales. T. OQ MONDAY, JAN 28. Election of Proprietary Trustee, in the place of the late Mr. Charles Bath. „ Swansea Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet at the Mackworth Arms Hotel. Lecture at the Royal Institution of South Wales by Mr C Polyblank, on Incandescent Electric Lighting,' with experi- ments, TUESDAY, JAN. -9. Annual General Meeting of the Glamorganshire Agricultural Society, at Cowbridge. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, JAN. 30 & 3. .Fancy Fair at fche Albert Hall in aid of necessary repairs to Holy Trinity Church. THURSDAY, JAN. 31. Lecture at the Y.M.C. A. Reading-room, by Mr. Ernest Rhva on "The Modern Novel." THURSDAY, FEB. 7. Dramatic Performance at the Dnn _tiau, Singiet01ust t by the Temple Glee and Dramatic Soci ty, for the benefit of the Swansea and South Wales Institute for the Blind. THURSDAY, FEB. 14. Grand Evening Concert at the Albert nail, Swanst^
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f0ai -< SWANSEA'S VITAL STATISTICS.—"Week ending Jan. 12 :-Births registered, 49 ANNUAL 1,000, 33-4. Deaths registered, 33, annual rate Der 1 000 22'5.—EBEN. DAVIES Medical Officer of Health WESLETAN FOREIGN MISSIONS. ™ support of these missions was held on Monday evefinlr at Wesley Chapel. Sir John Jones Jenkins presided and speeches were delivered by the Revs. JP Barrow Clough, W. E. Shaw, Geo Hargreaves, and others ROYAL INSTITUTION OF SOUTH WALES.* We would remind our readers that the second coursp of free lectures to be delivered in the theatre of the?HNW Institution, will commence on Monday January 28th and not the 21st, as stated in our last issue THO lecturer will be Mr. Charles Polyblank, and THE SUWPR+ "Incandescent Electric Lighting," with EXNORFM!? + Mr. Polyblank is well-known in Swansea teresting lecture is promised. For the r'pm.;n^ c the^lectureswe refer our reader* to our advertising THE DISTRESS AT LANDOBE.-Sonie time ago the scholars of the Higher Grade Board Schools gave an entertainment in aid of the Landore Distress Fund and we understand that a very substantial sum was realised. Our readers will be glad to learn that this excellent method of alleviating the distress at Landore &c., is to be again tried, when an entertainment will be given at the Albert Hall on Monday next, January 21 by the scholars of the Higher Grade Board Schools' The object is one which should be supported by the whole town, and we feel sure that the Albert Hall will be crowded on Monday night.—See Advt, THE TEMPLE GLEE AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY —On Thursday, February 7th, a grand performance of the celebrated comedy-drama by Watt Phillips Esq entitled "Paul's Return," will be given in the Drill Hall, Swansea, by the Temple Dramatic Society. The Swansea public have before had an opportunity of witnessing the performances of the Temple Society, and were then thoroughlypleased with it. The society is an I excellent one, and performs its various pieces with great success. The fact that the proceeds are to be devoted to the funds of the Swansea and South Wales Institution for the Blind, will alone draw a full house. We would advise our readers to at once purchase tickets. See Advt. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—On Tuesday night, a largely attended meeting of the mem- bers of the above Association was held for the purpose of welcoming in new members and associates. Mr. W. D. Jones occupied the chair, and distributed member- ship cards to the new members and associates. The proceedings were commenced by Mr. J. Hill giving an excellent reading on Christmas in a Belfry," after which the chairman called upon Mr. A. E. Green to give a short account of the young men's meeting held at the Association on Monday. Mr. Green, in reply, was very pleased to say that he enjoyed much happiness through attending those meetings, and recommended all young men, whether members or not, to join them. He knew many members were ashamed, or too shy, to come, but he assured them there was no ground for this timidity, as the meeting was conducted solely by young men, and he would be pleased to see many more giving their hearts to God's holy service. Mr. W. M. Hill was next called upon, and said that about three months ago Mr. Nichols, the secretary, con- templated holding a meeting for boys, and asked him (Mr. Hill) and some others to help in the work. They readily consented, and the first meeting was held at the Association rooms, with a large attendance of boys. Mr. Hill said he had now about 80 on his register, and the average attendance up till last Monday was 40, when the meeting was transferred to Herbert-place, and then upwards of 60 attended. He said the object of the movement was to instill into the boys' minds the knowledge of God's word, and to make them lead holy, pure, and manly lives, and for that purpose they had singing, reading a portion of Scripture, and then an address. He earnestly entreated the prayers of the members for the furtherance of this noble work, and ALSO to strengthen the workers in their arduous task. H. Hill, brother of the previous speaker, next CLASW6 A !E.W WORDS concerning the Friday night Bible BISHON1!*1' HE SAID' WAS PRESIDENT'S» MR- F. S. meeting' class—and the Sunday early morning prayer account f +1' N^c^°'8 (secretary) followed with an showed how •+v. genera^ work of the Association, and young man HAD been the means of helping many a young man nres fon^le- .He would wish that every member, and so Wou^ induce a friend to become a which were nhToi«5?AP .tlle benefits of the Association, Rev. A. A. Mathews W!FI<LETUA1' „and spiritual. The portion of the 6th r»iio« JT,EN CA"ED upon, and read a which he urged tho^n^' Book of Daniel, after length, to follow the ex^Seint »n an address of some The rev. gentleman CWJT u- Danie1'8 consistency. 1 During the evening Mr ret?arks, Wlth Player. CRYMNAETIE display. The r J^d and party gave a 5 B+H various scriptural mottL tastely decorated 1 and enaravinoJi'• nd some handsome PH?TOFQFTP A most en XKIKMDLY .LENT BY Mr. G. Roberts.^ ■'t( Jya'ble evening was spent, terminating with a stand-up supper, presided over by Mrs. B. Lewis, Mrs. W. Nichols, and Miss Green T FOR THJt UEAJT AND CAMBRIAN INSTITU t^half of the committee, DUMB.—The principa thanks, £ 1 for a treat for desire to acknowledge, Westcross, and 2s. 6d. the children, from M the same purpose. from Miss Eleanor Th COMMERCE.—The annual SWANSEA Chamb^b Chamber will take place banquet in connec'Hotel, on Monday, January at the Mackworth A :on9 the banquet will not 28th. As on previous Chamber, but will be be confined to memb trade of the port.—See open to all interested in Advt. D,,mrfRT. Mr. Thomas Jones, the HIGH-STREET Br o^est established brewery in proprietor of this, uu an advertisement in another Swansea, as will be see the timea by adding to his column, is keeping pace conCern all the latest previously weU ,ar„ra,/ales, stouts, &e., of the finest ;sStaT:Mr-"po- enterprise. bT._THUBSDAY.—[Before J. SWANSEA POLICE C yye-Parminter, and A C. Fowler (Stipen^arf),m^Thomag( Charles-street! Mason, E8^ra-l7h a+paHn? a quantity of coal, value was charged with ste G]a9brook, from the canal 4d.. the property of M ,VorkSj on the 16th inst. P.C. basin, near the lottery and prisoner was sent t Kingdom proved the caw, prison for six February GRAND EVENING Con will be glven at tlie Albert 14th, a grand ever?^ rtistes engaged are Miss Carlotta Hall Swansea. The art Her)ry Percy, Mr. David EUiot, Miss ^rapr'af Curt Schutz all well-known Hughes, Herr and irau musicai world. Mr. W. F large audience. « ls { T the occasion beinc mn«t one, the artistes |^»fkdn(Jn in musical circled They accompUshed, and well-know d include the Misses Flor „r ^er Rendall will also o-ive W. Mr. W. F. HMJ™ Lra"Cdwm Sin attend wiU render a choice selection of music. tN SWANSEA.-Another Attempted BURGLA ftt s thig burglary has been a™? Benson, fishmonger, of 94 upon the premises of Mr whQ ^^0 w Brynymor-road. ihe a house, was awakened ma bedroom at the ba apgetting of a washstand; about three o,clocK oy i her room bv the win- and seeing a manabou whicfcbr0Ught out Mr. Benson, dow, she gave an alartn 8Caling the wall The man immediately d ff3Cted hlg esc ^eter't0 take w?th him articles from the house. SlNGIiETON. The annual SERVANTS BALL a:n2l«ton Abbey, was held on ball of the servants' at Sm^f gir Hussey and Lad? Tuesday night by ^fdiai^-room of the mansion Vivian, in the spacious t gir Hussey leading off Dancing commenced »tl»^ the butl da m Stfn 23 S»ne through. 0F GUARDIANS.—The usual SWANSEA BOAR be;d on Thursday morning meeting of this boar wjre present Mr. J. T D at the Workhouse. T^e Mr ph^ p 3 Llewelyn (°ha™]; Messrs. Jos. Herbert! (vice-chairman). Aide The master stated that T. Jones, and Edw. inmates as compared with there was in the last year. Admitted 353 m correspon g Q discharged 23, dead 2, during the week 24, week 12 men, imbeciles vagrants relieved dur&ri the week 2,444 persons in workhouse 11- _ei;ef it a total cost of £ 198 8a 8deCeMr t! Jones repor'tei that he had visited the There was no pubhc busine^ A.R.A.M.—At the MR. F of Natonal Musicians, held at ^Pencerdd Gwalia), spoke in very flattering Thomas (Pencertta uwa j, Thomaa went on to tfvZl Mr. Fred? Gnffiths iB already fit to hold his own Si the flautists of Euiope. Mr. Griffiths has left Swansea for London to fulil his engagements which tn the end of April, whan he goes to Paris again for £ £ Amo^st W.' Gr.ffith, forthcoming en- eaeements the most interesting will be his appear- ance at the Saturday afternoon concerts of the Crystal Palace under the baton of the renowned conductor Manns The debut of our young townsman is ™ted to come off some time in February when he will perform a solo with the great orchestra of the CrCpoPsALCCTO ERECT A TEMPERANCE HALL. Tte fact that the Committee of the Gospel Temperance Union has latterly been unable to obtain a sifitaMe place of meeting, has led to a proposal being made for the erection in the town of a permanent x „„„Q v,aii The movement has been actively temperance geems ^ely that a warm interest will continue'to be taken in it Rev. James Owen referring to the suggestion, remarked that as the union had a name whv should not it also have a habitation? The rent now paid for the Albert hall would almost pay interest on the money necessary to erect a temperance- hall, and if money could be found for The Devil's House," why not for such an object as this? Were there not 2,000 temperance people in Swansea who would be willing to take the shares in a project like this P Not content with this, he would like to see a temperance club, where young men could in the evenings go and read the papers, books, and periodicals, or even smoke a pipe. "BLUE BEARD- —fhe pantomime at the New Theatre has now well nigh run its mirthful career, to- night and to-morrow night being the last two occasions of its performance at Swansea. It has been, on the whole very well received, and has turned out one of the finest'exhibitions of recent years. All the artistes unerased have give* much satisfaction by the excellent manner in which the spirit of the authors' ideas have been carried out, both artistes and scenery contribut- ine to the enjoyment of aU who have watched the development of the plot, and have made an altogether favourable impression upon Swansea. playgoers. The tiamftq of the principals, who have made themselves fa vmirites here, have already appeared, and there is now little to be done save to express the hope that on a future a,:nn the acquaintance might be renewed, and that occasion the wiH continue all round. Those who8 Weg not yet visited the New Theatre since the A Iwis been on, have now but two more chances, will hardly let slip, should they have any which they W gQch exhibitions as a thorough-going appreciation A clever acrobatic performance SbS'-Sdri to the vsriety programme, and smart GEORGE PHILLIPS.—It is DEATH OF egTCt that we announce the death of with feelings ot reg^ journaliat in Pembrokeshire l >■ G^rge Phillips, newspaper m Mevrick-street, Pembroke Dock, (a brother Pf M^ T e'wis Messrs. Lewis and Son, grocers, Walter- °f Ts'wanTea) Mr. Phillips was an ex-Mayor of that roa-d, avai Borough, and whilst presiding over Iwf^Ssterial bench brought kindly and thoughtful -/Uratrnn to bear in his decisions, thereby endearing ^IplfTo aUdasses. Mr. Phillips was also a prominent ^^mason being a Past Master of the Neyland Branch, rnhpr nf the Loyal Welsh, and an hon. member of r -1. ai-onrl Warden for the Western Division of aUn+ £ u ales It is also pleasing to note that the Craft • f>,nt beautiful virtue of brotherly love in a manner by attending the funeral (which was.a marked numbers as to extend over a mile m public o ) ,-jjty and gentry of the surrounding length. T evinced their respect and sympathy by neighbourhood evin The aervioe at the was sending toeir carriaK^nic honours by the Provincial conducted with tuu ch golemnity. The deceased Grand Chaplain wtJ nd respected amongst the brother vas well Knowu Craft in Swansea. rnMPANT._For six nights com- Misa ALLEYNS Swansea playgoers will have mencmg on M°naay their appreciation of an an opportunrty 0 ar0 to be produced at the CSitreet, by the Alleyn-Bernard New ioeatre, g repertoire consists in sue! Company. ■ „ the Shrew, "Lady of Lyons,' itejns a^Juliet, "School for Scandal' "As You Like it." ,"Kin|. ^e^e's Daughter," &c ivrtg AUeyn as an actress displays much ability anc ftrce and is supported by a strong and powerfu 'any whilst the plays are placed before the audienc< cOlIlpany, whilst the plays are placed before the audienc< a most complete manner, for which popular applausi has been lavishly bestowed at the towns at which th< ° mnsnT has appeared. She has a made a special anc Staging study, of "Katherine," Rosalind/ Pi Juliet," Pauline," Ac., and if the criticisms whicl have appeared is to be taken as a guide, has been ai successful as could be desired. It therefore goes almos without saying that Swansea will not be behindhand i] the matter of patronage to witness the fine performance which are in store and will be submitted next week. I is gome years now since Katherine and Petruchio' displayed their temperaments on the Swansea boards, s that interest in the fortunes of so noted a couple o Shakespeare's creations is certain to be felt by ol< stagers and lovers of the legitimate." THE FORTHCOMING FANCY FAIR IN SWANSEA.- We direct special attention to the fancy fair to be hel< in the Albert Hall Wednesday and Thursday the 30t and 3lst, and to the detailed particulars with regard t it in another column. The primary difficulty in con nection with an affair of this kind, must be to introduc new features and original entertainment. The pre motors of this fancy fair in the arrangements theyhav made, seem to have overcome that difficulty, and there fore the venture they have in hand will be unusual1: attractive, and is at the same time calculated to arou public curiosity, also to an unusual extent the sue the undertaking, and it may fairly be assured wu as unmistakably pronounced. The varied in character, several being for special P th< e.g., grand china, household articles, basset, ,Ljugtria children's stall be especially attractive. It is exhibition promises to be extremely mwr 0f tin to be a bona-fide exhibition, not of the an(jpiayfu Fine Arts Exhibitions, sometimes a tear tableau: deception of the visitor at bazaars. allegorica vivanU represent historical scenes^ anu^ pr0fes30 subjects, and the entertainment to »e g ag s"kiIful an, Tustram, may be looked forwara m proposal t, amusing. Another new departure hagerSj as { employ several lads as meseng v;sitors to have t u, often a great enc^rMCe ^jht. The prepara carry or send for what they hoped be rewarde tions tha+have been made, will, it th(? to Holy Trinity Church. „°J?TBAI<L.—The matches to be played on the Foot- k v Vroun<^ at St. Helens, to-morrow (Saturday), will be between Aberdare team and the Swansea 2nd fifteen, and Swansea first team and the Carmarthen footballers, the kick off of the first match will be at 2 o'clock, and the second at three o'clock. FATAL COACH ACCIDENT. — On Wednesday evening the mail coach which runs between Barnstaple and Lynton in connexion with the London and South-Western Railway upset after it had covered about six miles of the journey. Mr. Lowe, of the firm of Taylor, Lowe, and Co., timber merchants, Bristol, was killed on the spot. The accident is supposed to have been due to a fog which prevailed, Y.M C.A.—In order to fittingly commemorate the opening of the Y.M.C.A. premises in Walter-road, Swansea, a public meeting will be held in the Albert Minor Hall, on Thursday, January 24th when the chair will be taken by Mr. F. S. Bishop. Addresses will be delivered by a few gentlemen, and the members will sing several songs during the evening. THE FIRST SWANSEA TEETOTALLERS.-In a para- graph in our issue of last week with reference to the recovery of Mr. W. Rosser from his severe illness, we incidentally mentioned that he was the oldest tee- totaller in the district. We find that in exactness we should have said that Mr. Rosser was one of the oldest, inasmuch as Mr. Philip Rogers, of Delabeche-street, is the premier teetotaller, he having been the first to sign the teetotal pledge in Swansea. In Mr. Rogers and Mr. Rosser, therefore, we have at the same time two of the oldest and most respected townsmen of Swansea, and two of the earliest teetotallers in the country. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—The Leamington Town Council have resolved to give the Midland Electric Light Com- pany 12 months' notice to determine the contract for lighting the streets of Leamington by electricity. Mr. Fell, iu moving the resolution, said the light had proved a miserable failure. Mr. Bright said that when he sup- ported the introduction of the electric light, he thought they would have a light superior to gas, but instead they had received a light which was much inferior. Several 0 her members spoke, all agreeing that the electric light had proved a complete failure as a street illuminant, and the resolution was adopted unanimously.—The Timts, 16th January 1889. UNITARIAN CHURCH, SWANSEA.—In our last week's issue we published an interesting description of the new organ which has, during the past week, been fixed in the Unitarian Church, High-street, Swansea. Our readers will be glad to learn that the opening of the new organ will take place on Sunday next January 20th. Mr. Wm. Tate, of London, a most accomplished musician and organist, will perform the ceremony, and will render the anthems Lift up your heads and Z. We praise Thee 0 God." There will be an offertory, both morning and evening, in aid of the new organ fund. On Monday, the 21st inst, there will be an organ recital, with soprano, contralto, tenor, and base solos.—See Advt, ROYAL INSTITUTION OF SOUTH WALES SOIREES. —We would remind our readers that the next con- versazione and soiree in connection with the above Institution will be held on Friday, January 25th. Elaborate arrangements are being made for the com- plete success of the soiree, and the programme pro- vided for the occasion is bound to commend itself to everyone. Mr. Roger Beck will gave a recitation, Mr. Ferrill will deliver an address, and Mr. Jesse Howard will give an interesting description, with illustrations, of the graphophone. The whole building will be decorated for the occasion, and as there is already a I great demand for tickets, we advise our readers to see at once about obtaining one, or else it will be too late. —See Advt. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES. — At Wed- nesday's annual meeting of the council, held at Bangoi, Colonel the Hon. William E. Sackville West was unani- mously re-elected president, oa the motion of Mr. Rathbone, M.P. For the professorship of modern languages, vacant through the resignation of Professor Rechmann, who has accepted an appointment at Sydney University, Australia, there were 40 candidates. Mr. F. Spencer, B.A., of Cambridge, was elected. For the Welsh lectureship, which has just been founded, the only candidate was Mr. John Morris Jones, B.A., Jesus College. Oxford, who was elected, and has been intrusted by Mr. Ritchie with the Welsh translation of the County Government Act. BRISTOL AND WEST OF ENGLAND BANK.—The report of the directors for the year ended December 31st, 1888, has just been issued, It states After payment of all charges and expenses, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net profit for the year is JE18,603 7s. 9d.; out of which an interim dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, amounting to £6,000, was declared in July last, leaving for present disposal £12,603 7s. 9d. The directors recommend that from this sum £7,500 should be appropriated to the payment of a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, free of income tax, and that the balance of £5,103 7s. 9d. should be carried to the reserve fund, which will then be £50,321 13s. 5d. LECTURE AT THE Y.M.C.A.—A literary treat is in store for all who can attend the lecture to be given on the 31st inst., by Mr. Ernest Rhys, on the subject of "The Modern Novel," details of which appear in our advertising columns. Mr. Rhys is not only a Welshman, but a most promising young countryman, and we cannot too strongly recommend the Swansea public to embrace this opportunity of hearing one so well informed in current literature. The subject of the lecture, The Modern Novel," should be sufficient inducement of itself. Mr Rhys, besides having obtained considerable success in his literary work, notably as Editor of the Camelot Series has lectured extensively in this country and in America. Last November 12 months he sailed for New York, and lectured on various literary topics in New York (twice), Philadelphia, Boston (5 or 6 times) (he is now London Correspondent of the> Boston Maim script;) Harvard University (twice); (he received the warmest reception of all from Harvard Students;) Concord (twice). (Emerson's Hawtlwrnes Concord ) The Boston Transcript says Mr, Rhys speaks with a certain Celtic enthusiasm, rather in contrast with the British impassiveness to which we are sufficiently accustomed here." Sir John Lubbock quotes him in his Pleasures of Life," and foretells great works to come. Mr. Rhys is quite a young man, and all who have read his Camelot Classics will give him credit of possessing a deep insight mtoEnghsh, Italian, Greek, and German literature, and will share Sir John Lubbock's great expectations. We cannot lay too much stress upon his "Camelot" work, for having brought before the British reading public, m a marvellously cheap form, such authors as Landor, Malory, Thorean, Mazzini, Marcus Aurelius besides his own particular work on Byron, Shelley and Dekker," in the Mermaid Series"—and in the Canterbury Poets-Geo. Herbert, Herrick &c. Already the salutary influence of these cheap editions is being felt, and no doubt has had a great deal to do with the new younger school of critic- ism All who take even the most casual interest in literature, especially of our own day, should not lose this opportunity of hearing Mr. Rhys. THE TIMES AND ITS OWNERS.—In the course of his examination in Edinburgh, Mr. Walter stated his own interest in the Times to amount to one-sixteenth and half of a sixteenth, he having given over half a sixteenth to his son Arthur Fraser Walter, /he bu.ldings of the Times and the appliances f°r pr°ducmg p pe Mr. John Walter's property the other^prop ing him for printing and documents ments as to this do no tfae proprietors with We give underneatn ^335. Three-sixteenths of their respective s varioU8 shares by the following the property a Henry Carnegie Carden Carden, ?ar"ina: Georgiana English, Fredk. Walter Carden, Fredk. Brodie and Ada Blanche Brodie, his wife, in her right; Septimus Wm. Silbey and Ctara. Fanny Selbey, his wife, in her right; Edward Auriel Aurelius Adams and Alice Emily Adams, his wife, in her right; Edith Georgiana Carden. One-sixteenth is held in various shares by Isabella Wyld Winsloe, Richard Wm. Chas. Winsloe, Alfred Winsloe, Philip George Winsloe, Walter Winsloe, Edward Winsloe, Arthur Winsloe, Frederick Winsloe, Theodor von Arnim and Catherine Hall von Arnim, his wife, in her right; Baron Constantin von Rothbury and Eliza. Matilda von Rothbury, his wife, in her right; Richard Winsloe, Emma Tennant; one-sixteenth is 1 owned by Matilda Plltton; two-sixteenths in various shares are held by Sophia Martha Knox, Henry I Gordon, Stonhewer, Parker Fielman, Thomas Iqrn, He *7 I Schuback Hood, Walter James Hood eight-sixteen Anna two-sixteenths in various shares be^long ng Bmma Brodie Hill, Wilhelmina Hall, Cecilia 'Erociie, Grach Maria Brodie, Lydia BrodIe, Shares is held 1 Frederick Brodie; one-sixteen^Walter; one- I by Henry Fraser Walter and Ed". a half of sixteenth belongs to George Matthew by Helena Sarah 3 one-sixteenth is held jn e^nal j, Arthur Thomas e Scott, William Edward Morriso A(Jamary Rough, Henry I Rough, Caroline Harriet R°"8 be]d in equal shares by Rough; a half of Kdebalz, Caroline Powell, 1 Margaret Ayrton, Elizabe Catherine Frances 3 Sarah Joanna, Ricnar p Alsager. Eleven-twelfths t Plumtree, Ann Wmdso vari0U8 shares by Lilian a of one-sixteenth are gterling, Alexander Johnstone s Bertha Sterling, i?ra Ung> John Burton Sterling, t Ross, Julia One-fifteenth is held in various Hester IsabeUa gjjzabeth Bacon, Clarissa Milburn 0 shares by Edward Agar (Ose Bromley), f Agar, Cbari punda3 Watt, Henry Agar, Lieu- 1 George Dean^ (of Sandhurst), Thomas Hole, ^nr^riet: his wife in her right, Edward and IS1e *jome, Emma Home, Charles Augustus 1 Eliza Cornwallis Wright, Julia Lydia b Vicenza Wright, Julian Wright, John 0 waters and Emily Frances Walters, his wife, in her L- Henry Esson Murray and Julia Lydia Murray, e wife, in her right; Alfred Lawson Wright, James Barge08 Hall and Louisa Charlotte Hall, bis wife, in her 8 right; James Henry Innes, Alfred Shildrick and Alice Henrietta Shildrick, his wife, in her right; Fanny P Stewart Innes, Mary Lawson Innes, Henry Mortimer Innes, Jeannie Mayhew Innes, Ella Clarke Innes. A t half of one-sixteenth has been assigned to Arthur Fraser Walter, and finally one-sixteenth and a half of a sixteenth belong to John Walter the third. Among the J number of trustees of legal personal representatives bold- 1 ing shares under settlements, wills, or intestacies there 3 are Angus William Hall and W. E. Morrison Rough, a 3 half of a sixteenth John Barton Sterling, two-sixths of 1 a sixteenth; Sir Robert W. Carden, four-fifths of a r sixteenth John Barton Sterling, Charles Campbell Ross, 1 Samuel A. T. Yates, and C. A. V. Conybeare^ one- r twelfth of a sixteenth Henry John Hood and Bar j Gr eve Hull, one-ninth of two-sixteenths; Uariss „ Milburn Agar, one forty-ninth of a sixteenth ■, t C. Winsloe, Alfred Winsloe, and Phihp Gto»rge 0 five-sixths of a sixteenth; Frederick Br f a 1 Brodie, and John Barton Sterling, one-s^ d sixteenth; Eliza Cordeha Agar, Edward Ag Clarissa Milburn Agar, one-forty-ninth of a s ° Chas. Augustus Wright, out-seventh of fifteen i eighths of a sixteenth.
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LATEST NEWS. MONEY MARKET, THURSDAY.— The directors of the Bank of England have decided to make no alteration in their discount rate, which remains at 4 per cent. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.—The boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities is fixed to take place on the 30th of March. CHINA IN THE MONEY MARKET.—The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank has coLtracted to issue a loan of £ 500,000 for the Chinese Government. This is intended to form part of the capital required to build the rail- way from Tientsin to Pekin, which will cost altogether some £2,500,000, Tbe POSITION AT SDAKIM.—SNAKIM, January 16th.— During last night a party of the enemy approached the outer well, and fired five rounds on the temporary zareba. The men in No. 1 zareba replied, and the enemy there- upon retired. A number of the enemy were seen at a distance in front of Fort Handoub, and shell was fired at them from the fort. Deserters from Osman Digna's forces continue to come in. FIRING AT SUAKIM — SUAKIM, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, —Last night the garrison of the advanced zareba discharged their Gardener gun on a party of Dervishes who had ventured within 500 yards of the fort, and the enemy then retired. Our vedettes also fired to-day on their patrols. Deserters continue to arrive. MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES.—The Times of Thurs- day publishes a telegram from Zanzibar, which says that the German Mission station at Tuga, fifteen miles west of Dar-es-Salaam, where a majority of the slaves captured by the German war-ship Leipzig last month ave been lodged by order of the German Consul- Oreneral, was attacked and utterly destroyed by the raos on Sunday last. The station, which was entirely witnout protection, contained, besides the slaves, nine German missionaries, male and female. Of the latter, one is reported to have escaped, but the other eight are believed to nave been massacred. The bodies of two men and of one woman (Bavarians) were found barbar- ously mutilated with knives. All the slaves and the mission servants were carried away. THE PA,&NJCLL COMMISSION resumed yesterday. when Patrick Deianey, the Invincible, was re-called and cross-examined by Mr Reid. He was certain that Boytongave Brady, who was executed, an older in the summer of 1882, Boyton pointing Mr. Burke out to Brady, saying, That isthaman." Mr. Davitt next questioned witness as to his (Mr. Davitt's) own move- ments. Witness said soon after Mr. Davitt's release, in 1880, he attended a secret meeting of Invincibles. Witness never kept dates, and added, I never thought of being in the position I am now." On Mr. Davitt's arrest he was sure he saw a revolver in his hand. He never knew Mr. Davitt being attacked for leaving the Fenian organisation. Mr. Davitt, with some warmth, said, "You are speaking of matters which, if you are believed, may compromise me before this court." Witness further stated that he had seen Mr. Davitt with Dan Curley in Dublin in 1881. Witness recog- dised the photograph of the man called No. 1, put in by the Attorney-General. The president ordered wit- ness to be detained in London. Other evidence was taken, and the court again adjourned.
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On his visit to Middlesborough, on the 23rd inst., the Prince of Wales will be presented with an address from the Freemasons of the Northern Province, by # a deputation headed by the Earl of Zetland, Provincial Grand Master. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On Wednes- day night a woman named Gibson, on leaving her house, in Cross-street, Barrow, was attacked by her husband, aged seventy-two years, with a pocket-knife. She succeeded with difficulty in escaping, and on returning shortly afterwards she found her husband lying dead on the bed in the front room with hit throat cut. Latterly deceased had complained of pains in the head. According to reports which have reached Vienna from St Petersburg, the medical advisers of the Czarina are strongly of opinion that her Imperial Majesty should go to Southern Italy, change and a genial climate being, in their opinion, necessary if the impression left upon her mind by the Borki disaster is to be removed. It is stated that a residence is being sought for her Majesty in the neighbourhood of Naples. MARRYING HIS NIECE.—At Hull Police-court, on Wednesday, George Edward Kitching, commission agent, Grimsby, was committed for trial on a charge of taking a false oath, at Hull, for the purpose of procur- ing a license for the solemnisation of his marriage with his niece, Clara Maud Kitching, in November last. When he applied for the license defendant said they were not relations. Miss Kitching in the witness-box admitted asking defendant to procure the license. THE YEOBRIDGE MURDER.—The Cardiff police have just obtained important evidence against the man Reylands, who is accused Of the Yeobridge murder. The Somerset police recently brought to Cardiff an old razor found near the spot where the girl was murdered, and this has been identified by an old man with whom the accused had lodged at Cardiff as the property of the latter. Some interesting statistics as to the engine power of different railways are given by a London correspondent. For instance, the London and North-Western Railway has 2,543 engines, the Midland 1,777. the Great Western 1,600, the North-Eastern 1,506. the Great Northern, 829, the Great Eastern 710, the Caledonian, 690, the London and Soutfc-Wesfcern 533, the London, Brighton, and South Coast, and the South-Eastern 334, whilst the London, Chatham, and Dover has only 180, the Metropolitan 67, and the district 54. Ingenuity is not dead yet, even in effete Europe. A company has just been formed in London to run small one-horse omnibuses on short routes at halfpenny fares. Every second or third omnibus will be a smoking car, and these latter will be fitted with automatic delivery boxta for the supply of cigars and cigarettes. These smokirg omnibuses will also be fitted with racks of newspapers, so that a passenger may read the latest news solaced by a more or less excellent cigarette. THE SUPPOSED ARREST OF THE WHITECHAPEL MUR- DERER.—A Beater's telegram from Tunis gives the follow- ing account of the arrest of the man supposed to be "Jack the Ripper":—Tbe French police recently ar rested as a vagabond an individual named A. Gruy, who cannot give a satisfactory account of himself. His height and age, as well as his moustache and hat, corres- pond with the description given in the London papers of the Whitechapel murderer. The British Consul has informed the Foreign Office of the arrest. THE CHARTREUSE LIQUOR.—According to a telegram from Grenoble, published in the Temps, an important London house has offered the General of the Carthusian monks of the Monastery of La Grand Chartreuse the sum of 80,000,000f. for the monopoly of the famous Chartreuse liquor. A Papal Legate arrived at the monastery on the 14th inst., with the object of enjoining fS.'adS'S aS £ d«TSi 'h» London firm, and will probably refuse it, as ne nas al THE* MIAS6'MESOBIAL^T KocHESrTER.-The handsome mural tablet which has been erected by permission of the Dean and Chapter in Rochester Cathedral, to the memory of this great English tenor, was unveiled on Wednesday the third anniversary of his death. The tablet is placed in the wall of the south transept of the nave, and consists of an excellent medallion portrait, in alabaster, together with the followiug inscription" In affectionate remem- brance of Joseph Maas, who died on the 16th January, 1886, in the 39th year of his age. In the choir of this Cathedral he first learned that power of song which made him, though young in years, rich in reputation, and honouved as a great singer and musician and who, loving and beloved on earth, now rests in the hope of the time when the redeemed of the Lord shall come with singing unto Zion. This tablet is erected by his loving wife. FIRES AND GKBAT DAMAGE—At an early hour on Wednesday morning flames broke out on the premise. of (the Leeds Central Cocoa-house Company K>rkgate caused, it is supposed, by tbe overheating of a fine. In a short time tbe premises were entirely burnt down, only the bare walls remaining. The loss will amount to about £ 20,000, but it is believed it will be ]>y insurance.—-A fire, which at one time threatened the de- sfcroction of Waterloo Dock warehouses, the finest block in Liverpool, broke out at noon on Wednesday. It commenced among some bales of cotton on the quay, and spread with great rapidity, despIte, the efforts of the porters and others. When the fire brigade arrived it had caught the elevators by which the grain ilt raised into the warehouses, and ran up them rapidly. Fortunately the warehouses are of modern construction and fire-proof, and the flames had not, therefore, such scope as they would otherwise have had. The fire-brigade weie successful in confining the flaoM* to the elevators and the bales of cotton, the damage to the warehouses being but small. In two hours the danger was at an end. The damage was considerable. THE JEWISH MARRIAGE MARKET. — At the Liverpool County Court, on Wednesday, before his ^P^jlLner of Collier, an action was brought by Daniel Black, » 5, Chatham-street, Liverpool, to recover fro P Myers, of i0, Moor-street, Liwrpool a. sum being the balance of a sum of £ 4moneY x *uji was admitted, but there was a counter claim to^the full amount for 8 "towafthat both parties case in support of the'Counter chum t in £ erio/ iest TN. irSlaughtering of cattle for food, who had to look after i* Wsons in his position to and it was :^ns in the Jewish condi- ton"8 It^as also customary for parents to give their daughters, when manageable a dowry, and then to hSand ^Forlh^ser^Sewas paid, when the^ltch ItlrLIZ t?oZ*?on by the father of the bride, (1 /fnp hv the bridegroom. In June last he was andalso one y Le(m Gr09ei) o{ Lee(j8, who wished e t P J a husband for his daughter, for whom he M «JSde a dowry of £ 300 or £ 500. He at once sent for th<f plaintiff, Mr. Black, and introduced him to Mr. Prn»p and it »»s "^ged that Mr. BUck should go to r see the lady, and that if the match came off he nWvers) was to be paid £ 15 by the father and £ 15 by the Plaintiff He subsequently accompanied Black to Leeds, introduced tbe parties, and an engagement was entered into whereupon, according to the Hebrew law, he entitled to receive his commission; but as the engagemen was subsequently broken off, he did not seek 1. commission, but only some remuneration for ins Leeds, which he put at one guinea, and he for damage to a costly scarf and prayer book, had lent to the plaintiff. He admitted borrowing £4, and he paid £114s., his remuneration, and the compensati making up the balance. After several witnesses had been heard his Honour decided that the defendant was entitled to some remuneration for his services, and a guinea seemed reasonable. He also tbought t damage alleged had been proved, and found for defendant on the counter-claim. The court was pccupied by a number of Hebrews, who took intense interest m the proceedings.