The Cambrian

CASTLE WARD ELECTION. CAPT. SINCLAIR A CANDIDATE. The municipal elections will soon be upon us. ordei-K'at*<1 ah'eady *lutLilig their houses in de« and cultivating fascinating „miles and pleasant manners. Thera are indications that the contests this year will be many and keen In the Castle Ward the retiring member Mr Rosser Rosser, will, should he seek re-election" be oppose 1 by Capf. Sinclair. It is doubtful whether Mr. Ros-er will again pl. ce his services at the disposal of his constituents. His attendances at the Council Chamber of late have been very few and far between, indeed. Captain Sinclair has already secured promises of support from many of the most influential voters in the ward. He would make a nust desirable and u-eful member. It. is only n a. onable to assume that within the next few years Swansea, will follow in the wake of most towns and adopt some scheme of electric lighting. As an electrical engineer of considerable experience and ability, Capt. Sinclair would prove of invaluable service in the promotion of any such scheme. It is hoped, therefore, that his friends in the Castle Ward will make every effort to secu e his return to the Council.

THE MUMBLES LIGHTHOUSE. IS IT IN DANGER? The average Mumbles fisherman is a ^reat au bority upon all matters nautical. He knows the strength of the waters cf the bay and the Bristol Channel. He can, met iphoric.illy speaking, put his finger on all the currents that lex the amateur. He will tell you that were a,e great .to™ visited », L«t winter two pcil more to the w <■» »,o.e ot the • «. HT i IA, railway would ha-ve been extended Mumbles ran nut, Yes the average completely washed • Mumbles fisherman is very kiiowmg-in h.s own estimation, writes a correspondent Qu«s ion him about Bob's Cave and the Lighthouse and he will shake his head anl do the dock walk for inspiration. Then scratching his head and pocketing a. herculean and much masticated lump of twist," he will say, Well, wot I thinks is this 'eere. The lighthouse won't last much longer. 'Cos why ? 'Cos Bob's Cave is a fallin' ■y inches, and will not stand up against many more breakers tf +„ ± e j-i vas upon hearing a st ite- ment of this kind tl,u+ H 1-i no-r. 1 tlle writer a little while ago instituted an OMinin-, Of fv TT enquiry- He found that the ojjinio i of the Mumbles fi by them alone. It is stated fT?" T Wolfe, the sailors' chaplain at Sw t & f' A to declare about two month, on which the lighthouse rests r°Ck stond much firm* of 2 "0'"d »°* "ith- opinion, it is fur!her assene.1, 'h 'h'i.i keeper of the lighthouse. Bob's' p-iv ° much la.ger than it was yea. r run y storms of the winter invariably brin» ° e ■ rin»? down some portions of the inside; indeed, ao effective have been the bombardments of the breakers of late that Bob's Cave now runs underneath the light- house. The cave is exposed to the full force of the Bristol Channel, and may at any moment fall in. This is not written in any alarmist mood. It is a simple, plain statement, which should be immediately followed by a thorough investigation. It would be a serious thing were the cave to fall in. Not only would the lighthouse be destroyed, but also several precious lives. The local authorities interested would do well to make an effort to secure an inquiry.

SWANSEA THROUGH CAMBRIAN SPECTACLES. (BY HISTORICUS JUNIOR.) [ARTICLE XXXVIII.] SEVENTY YEARS AGO. I am afraid the citizens of Swansea were not so law-abiding, or so clean in regard to their streets, as might have been expected in a fashion- able health-resort. To judge by some corre- spondence in the year 1827, things had become thoroughly bad, and the good people treated the law with utter contempt. Fie upon your law. There is no force in the dec.ee? of them," declared the indignant correspondent. The town was happy in the possession of magistrates, ad lib, and a Portreeve; commissioners (as thick as hops in a year, of scarcity), who ought to superintend these matters a surveyor, with a salary sufficient to remunerate his services, if duty rendered, and most important of all, a scavenger. The good scavenger was not, perhaps, an energetic man, and he allowed rubbish to accumulate all over the town. Heaps of ashes covered the various footpaths. Rutland-street, cleaned two or three times in as many years, was blocked with gravel. The World's End (I am not quite sure where that desirable place was; but our correspondent says it is aptly named) was evi- dentlythe receptacle for the worthy scavenger's collections, and he tipped the mud there and allowed it to remain there. Hence the World's Knd was said to be impassable (without ■ danger)"—a lact which Swansea people did not seem to appreciate at its proper value. By way of variation, in the day time the little pavements were al o decked with sun iry tradesmen's utensils, from a grocer's weighing machine to a butcher's block, and if the pedestrian were not careful he walked in great danger of falling down tho open flaps into the cellars of these tradesmen. Tne nuisance of rubbish heaps was further aggravated by u ele-s dogs innumerable. Unowned and unfed the miserable cu s pi. ked their food from the ash- heaps, and crunched fieir bones on the pave- ments, so that the timid passer-by would leave the footpath and step into an unknown depth of mud in the roadway. There ve e many lit'le things like this that made life worth the living, and no doubt the Marquis of Dalmatia (eldest son of Marshal Soult), who visited Swansea during the year, ostensibly for the purpose of seei .g the Cjpp.T- sine ting industry, carried away a high opinion. Rome WFS not built in a day," reflected the correspondent, and he did not expect this Augean Stable to be clean-ed in a day. He referred to just en ugh nui ances t) occupy the surveyor and scaveugt-r during tne summer months This Her -ules-needing state of affairs notwith- standing, the inhabitants had no lick of interesting visitors to entertain. Two of them were genuine natives of New Zealand," ani one of them, Fidre by name, a Chief of con-iderable importance in his o vn country." Fidre was magnificently tattooed and was said to have fought seventeen batties so thLt everyone gave him a wide birth, and even the hungry our 1 allowed him lull control o ei- the lootp.th, although, unfortunately, I believe, this sover- eign y over t ;e pavement, precipiiated him, upon one occ.t^ion, into tne midst of a stoek-in-t.a le. The younger man, bearing the distinguished name of Haidic Haitur, did ot se, m to haie anything in Swan ea. He had not arrived at the district.on Ot the tattoo, but simply painted the upper part of his face when he assumed his native costuaie as a warrior. The brave warriors left New Zealand hurriedly to get away trom Shungi, a chief who wa" committinsr atr,.eiou- outrages and they spent a happy time in Swansea, amongst the best local people, returning compliments with native song and dance. The Vivians' dance was one of the greatest soci tl functions of olden Swans a sja^o.is. as, Uiitii recently, it lias b -en in present times. The old mansion, Ma ino, was then standing on the si eot Singleton, and it was here that Mr. John Henry Vivian entertained the county families with that hospitality so conspicuous in his family. The dance of 1827 was ve.y enjoyable. The happiness of the young people, who were the more especial objects of the well-concerted arrangements for a children's ball," says the account, could only be equalled by the gratification Of the relatives whJ had the debg t of witne.-si >g the buoyant joyfulness of youth, exhibited in such a pleasing display of acquire- ments in aneloquent branch of education, as di 1 ampin justice to the talents and assiuuity of their III aster". Tile children wcre in fanoy dee-s Of golde and sylke, and satin slieene Of roseat pink and green Of pretty tis ue tapestrie, Of cunnyng, cratte and imagrie. and the pretty dancers, whirling ,.™ A beautifully- ie orated room, kept it up wit^o- t spirit, as :he chronicler s tys, to as l«.tu as was compa ible with the health of t ie v Ur party, who partook, in the course of the evenuf/ of a handsome supper, and departed hi^hfv pleased with the kind and liberal hospitality of their worthy host, by whom and his 1 tdy, it is s nierfluous to add, every attention was exerted to render tnis recep io.i of their friends as agreeable a%vEbindignmt people lived at Neath in the ,007 According to The Cambrian :>t Sep- tember 28th "the .-ubscribers to ^eso^^ed^ Koom held a meeting and nnammpWy resoi*,ea That the Standard newspaper be k eked out and burnt, and its as cs tiansmittec Elitor, to mark the detestation in which tins meeting h.Ids his beas ly propen ity to disturb tne ashes of tho illustrious dead—neither discr.nu- tating between royalty, talent, nor virtue, a id that the seer, tary carry the above resolution into effect, paying the p >-tage." Poor sfcretary ie paper would not m nd it so much, but the Kicking and c.emation and collection ceremonies must have been worth witn ssing. Probably fees ful ne'S^ eS°Cr ,°f the pa'n- in,, S Paving-tne pust g. a sea public mind w,is early aroused ia co ineciion wi-h tu-nnikv ,nQ.t a + T«;iio *■ i> l- "P1KV ma-teis. Amongst tne A>iils sont to ircirliu.nipn i.» 1007 rp ,1.^ i^n 4.1 v.* 1,1 was a lurnpike enabling tho 0 lv 11 ■> 4. x f A1Uhcei.s, among- other things, tj f!r( £ .f 1br!igr° "verothe riv^ Tawe, at or !1 e r Fox lole. he Bill seems to cover the improvement of all the ro ids in Glamoi-andm-e. a d amcjngst it. provisions appear several bridges across the lawc, as weli as a tunnel under it There appears, howev-r, to Inve been no provi- sion f..r a bridge near the centre of the iO'n and the Swan-ea Commercial Society inaugurated an opposition to the Bill. The objec' of a bridge at Foxhole is d fticult to perceive. But to Swansea people it appea: ed a ruinous proposal. There would be 110 diroct communication between the chief part of 111) town and the Kast side. In the course ota few years, a new town would, they thought, spring up cm that 81,1, totally un ion- nets ed with Swansea, having its own market, its own shops, and doing business ex lusively. Swmisea would also lose caste as a post ng to^n and fashi nable resort, for it would no longer be on the high r. nd From the financial p int of fufi7 -Fo^ol <o.-idge was foreseen to be a Harbonr^r tlje AL>i* '<aal:5 »' money which the con t u"LU ,ee« have to expend in its as to make future'^ blmlJO™rish their treasury ead.v impossii.le. arbour improvements pr tcti- the.centreyof,lheK0own1\va-afteCtnd th° brid"C in gation of the river • and apParently, tiie navi- ihat eternal flotation' of thp*1^^011 with tllis' always sailing bubble-like on f.lver ,1'awe cr pped up. Kumour had it H.« /r+T,Iltvi,albly Trustees were afraid of a bri v.. Harbour on account of the navigation Th«ross tlle river in vain to float the harbour.' Howefer^fK Ur5ed passed wit the original clause in it aud people had to trust to the welfare' of tho^868, being consulted by all parties. T^e ^11^^ have been something of an enigma, and verv few persons un ierstood it. For instance, it was difficult to know why the county shoul i suffer a loss of nearly £500 a year by an alteration in the rate of tolls; why cattle should be reduced from Is 8d per score to 8d. and sheep and calves remain at lOd. A supporter of the Act sug- cested that it was due to the depression in t ie vaiue of the stock in question. Then the appor- tionment t'f tolls was a qudnt arrangement. Tiiose who lived near a colliery had to pay only half what those who lived some way off were called upon to contribute—wear and tear being greater in long dista ic- s. The poor inhabitants of Swansea were threatened with the deprival of an ancient king's highway by not being allowed to ford the l iver within three mil-js of a bridge while the wealthy could ferry over within any ^Such*5were a few of the imperfections with which this precious road-bill was passed. The older naturalists thougnt that £ he bear brings forth a lump of flesh, which is afterwards licked into shape by the tongue ot its fond mother. And that, apparently, was to be the ca.-e with this road-bill. Another Act was required t) amend and explain," and generally lick" it into shape. Its enigmatical nature was probably due to the plurality of parents, for the child whom many parents share, hath seldom known a parent's care." Some important improvements to the port oj Swansea were also contemplate! in 1827: but this cry of improvement, without, apparently, anything substantial being done has so often cropped up in the course of my researches that one is naturally inclined to appr ach it cautiously. Large sums of money had b en spent in procuring eminent opinions." but the practical result had been 7iil. Now, the scheme of 1827 wns declared to be the plan at last. It was submitted by Henry Hahbsily Price, Esq., of Neath Abbey. He advised the deepening of the main channel of the river, by the removal of the inner ba and all obstructions from the entrance of the port, and carrying up an increased depth of four to five feet, as far as the Couper Works. This was admirable inasmuch as it would enable ships of 200 tons and upwards to go up the river a id discharge at the works during neap-tides saving the expense of barging and of delays. To carry out this project would take three or four years and only £5,000, and the improvement, moreover, could be effected without laying any additional tax on shipping. The Harbour Trust con.idered it favourably but we must leave it for the present, until their deliberations come to a head— an indefinite pe iod, of eour.-e, for the meeting was a full one, and to resolve so many heads into one takes a long time. One more little note on our social existence. Quite an elevating incident occurred between the Swansea deputy-postmaster (John Davies) and another Jonn Davi-s, an attorney bv profession and the case for assault was tried in the Nisi Prius court of the Hereford Assizes. The Rex took the part of his servant and conducted the prosecutions. "Fmd my letters you —— scoundrel," roarei the attorney through the hole late one night. I'm not bound to deliver letters at this un'arthly hour," was the gentle response"- and indeed he was not, though, as a matter of civility and favour, he often did. Through the hole, intended for the delivery of letters only, came the attorney's fi-ts, and the postmaster suffered in consequence. How dare you strike me, you scoundrel 2" he shouted. You have struck me twice aud you must be a coward to do so. Did you call me a blackguard F" asked the attorney after a pause. I did—and you deserved it. You may strike me again if you wish —and following out the best of Christian rules this exemplary official put his face to the window to invite tile blow. But the attorney was satisfied, and went about town boasting he had nearly screwed the post- master's nose off This was in the Swansea of seventy ye irs ago

THE RETURN OF THE JEWS TO PALESTINE. [BY REV. PHILIP WOLFERS, SWANSEA.; It is a matter of common knowledge that last week a huge question replete with political interests was di cussed in Basle, Switzerland Rerorts of the proceedings have been inserted in all the newspapers, and hence a matter full of significance his been brought into general notice. The Basle Congress, which concluded its deliberations at the beginning of the present month, had for its avowed objects th" wholesale return of the Jews to Palestine, the purchase of that country from the Turk, and the formation therein of a free and independent Jewish State. Such a scheme suddenly sprung upon the notice of the world at the latter end of the nineteenth century must appear "a large order," and a few words on the subject to the gener d reader may not prove amiss. The prima mover in the scheme is Dr. Theodor Herzl. A year ago, he astonished the Jewish world by usuing a pamphlet dealing fully with the subject and its possbilitie". A large section of the Jewish community hailed the scheme with delight, and Dr. Herzl was invited to explain is vie^ws kefore large representative gatherings in England and elsewhere. The plan is of course not a new one. The philanthropy of the late Baron Hirsh and of Baron Edmund de Rothschild, of Paris, is widely known. The devoting by them of many millions of francs to the colonization of Palestine is within the recollection of everybody, aiid afew yearg Jewish society, having for its object 8imilar'lines was formed, and is now accoinnl; i,- ± otnpi^hing important and satisfactory work. Dr. Herzl's scheme., however, has not met with universal approbation among the Jews, and the speeches at the. Conference were mainly d.voted to a refutation of the arguments brought forward by its! opponents. la endeavouring to show how full of; difficulties is the present aspect, I have no desire to include my-elt among its enemies. I wish 1 simply to give the general reader a view of both si :es uf a troublesome question and j would further show that we have not suddenly imbibed i a disl ke for all countries and for all peoples nor that our only prospects ot future happiness consist in living under our own jurisdiction in the land of our fathers. It cannot be denied that Jews have ever lookel with longing eyes and yearning heuns towards, the land whiCa Uod La 1 promised them as their everlasting possession, the l.u,d -flowing with milk and honey," tie home of their wor"hip, which had witnemod all their greatness, and which must ever be a precious sp ,t on the earth to every truj Israelite. Englisnman, Frenchman German, American, in any portion or the globe, the hearts of the Jew ever turns towards the land in which The Temple of God was erected. There is pity unutterable for indigent Jewish inhabitants of Jerusalem, and vear by year t le K°!d of the W(J8ter„ to Palestine to aid the .iok, t. reli-v^ t nr and to ulleviate all kinds of suff -rin^ -r a yen- tha orihodox Jew sal>.tP= f-' neighbour with the word-- \r s orthodo* in Jerusal ni! Manv nf '^extyea1- have purchase 1, perhaps f ull°f enthusiasm small bag of mould brou^ht°f a rgh price' n that when our span of lif £ m Jerusalem, e° may lie on the earth of 'as, Pa~sed, our head0 buried in Europe. At each t"ou8'11 we the synagogue, n >t only au hotne ?r !f- are turned to th latld of 0^e^rts but fa^.= Herz.an l his fellow-wor'^ P°sse-si .n. p1' give tangible expression t ?]endeavoured to proposition to found a ^° &U thlH' in 5 P self-same spot where Israel'^1'i?alit-v' on I'd declined, and to invite one n 1'°^ tile therein once again. Now « PS itself on the mind of every thbll queTstlon induces him to express his^nk'D-Jew- u land which was tue cradle ior 3 the spot of all his brightest g;eatn<e love due to religu us id^ en.10 ^s r I- £ love ? Hi- yearnings are caused f D i dcre that here God revealed u y iie T commands. Here He Lv?T'lfT /nd its mission, its g eatn ss. Ca th Un,ilv be satisfied by setting u„ 'se yearn,n.'S oui country, inhabited by Jel! a ^ed according to Mos dc Lv /T gf fU question, thus p!a -ed 1 elore Iho T f ,very country, has 'made them n °WS i I au inevitable result, the view^( 1alU-? ss have met with so much (^te i Ition that it will not prove an P mined °PP them into effect. Even y ,rnatter 10 that the restoration is us' w ° firmly bell it does occ.ir, it will be onl» VS8i rt interpositi. n of Go i, tlmt if l, ,nira?u tris own good time, under His dir ^f ° y 0CjCUir f^ucb an attempt a, has been LtffT i' contrary tr' ^opiietic utterances, and henS prove abortn e. Imm- diately after the the prphl -l t £ fMth "^Stinl tbo schema, enthub asm ;ose to a great height, 4 lit was confine 1 to ce.tain quarters. In the thickly populated Jewish neighbourhood (wbefe a large numb r ot Jews consist of Russian reIU¡!ce"¡, the prospect was hailed with acclamation, for It open?d up freedom from per-ecution, and consequently a peaceful existence. To the p<?,r overworked tailor and shoemaker it disclose" vista of the grandest possibilities, and Dr. gerz was invited to express his views and to come again. But the middle and upper elates bave not lost their heads, and a great number of th0.86 have calmly thought ov,:r the matter in bearings, and they have condud-d that the tiM has not yet arrived, if it is ever to arrive, f^r s sweeping a resolution as is here contempt ,e nnHif'ir8rl?rnents of tiese antagonists the matfy *ound«d o» the common sense vie* ° against th^' if Perhaps the stronge-t contentioif. "T* 'j »»« J^ngnsli J ,w for example. He ciearlv lo^es the land of his adoption. He is so to spe^k, acclimatize.I. He is quite content to abide by EnsLsh laws and institutions and he is liaPPy m doing so. He has acquired 'a tas e for western lite and wes'ern habits H Lr,dnn t'ese entirely and to return 'to a life° which is to b»m only a tradition, is a di-tast-ful idea and apPT*ar* to him on the face of it absurd He is still a JeW' but he is as much an Englishman. He moves -n English society, and he is surrounded by fingb«h nineteenth century comforts He is asked to give these up, to retu.n to a country that was ertile plea<a„t, salubrious when his f»tbers lived there, more than two thousand years ago and tie refuses to entertain the application I'omt blank. It is all very well in the abstract. It 1" very soothing and comfortin"- to know tuat somewhere on the surface of this little sphere there is a corner which was granted to him as an everlasting possession," and so he goe, on interchanging wishes with his neighbours about being next year in Jerusalem, and he continues [ in his daily devotions to pray for the earh re-toration of his race to that -pot. But deep down in his heirt he has acquired a love for thf blessed little island that has received him with open arms, that has placed him upon an equal footing in all respects with his fellow-Christian citizen. And this love has taken such strocg root that he fears he is wanting in gratitude in giving a second serious thought to the Basle Congress and its purposes,

— SWANSEA HARBOUR. FACTS WORTH KNOWING. ——— THE LINES OF STEAMERS THAT TRADE WITH SWANSEA. Lpon the occasion of the visit to Swansea last Saturday of some of the delegates attending the Cardiff Conference of the Institute of Journalists' Mr. W. Law, Superintendent to the Swansea Harbour Trust, compiled a little volume which contains much useful and valuable information. Swansea, which is the nearest coal port to the Atlantic, and has an advantage over Liverpool in being nearer the American Continent by twelve hours-a saving of twenty-four hours p.-r voyage, has long been kno.vn as the metallurgical centre of the world, and is the best bunker.ng port in the Bristol Channel. There are no fewer than 140 works witnin a radius of four miles of the town. GENERAL TRADE. The manufacture of tinplates within twelve miies of the port is estimatei as being three- fourths of the whole manufacture of Great Britain, The shipments in 1896 amounted to 199,942 tons, and the fir.-t halt of this year shows a very large ncrea se upon the corresponding period of 1896. While tne shipments to the United States decline, the shipments to uther countries iucrea-e enor- mously. An entirely new market is being opened out with the Far East, and cons.derable quanti- ties are now being- sent to Singapore, Hong Kong, | Shanghai, and other places. I The imports into Swansea in 1896 included the following, viz. T Tons. J?011 ore 143,817 Copper anu silver ores, 127,897 liron and castings.. 76,313 bulphur ore, pyriies, &o 33,428 VV neat, barley, 84,494 General merchandise 94,000 — B^uris deluded upwards of 2,000,000 tons of coal, coke, and patent fuel. During the first half 0f the current year the imports have increased 20 per cent., and the ex- ports 10 per cent. compared with the same period of last year. There are numerous lines of steamers trading to the porto: Swansea, affording merchants frequent opportunities of sh pplug large 0, small cuns gnments Particulars ot these lines are giveu below. The Trustee, own a cou- s.derable area of spare land, which they are pre- pared to let on lease at low rentals, for the erection of blast furnaces, petroleum tanks creosote works, and for other commercial pur- poses. THE DOCKS. There are three wet docks-Prince of Wales North Dock, and South Dock—with a total area of about 60 acres. There are eigut dry do iks—the Alb on and the Globe, owned by the Swansea Dry Docks and Engineering Company, Ltd. Cambrian, two owned by Harris Bros.; Ocean and Phoenix' Ocean D.y Docks and Enginee.i.,g Company, Ltd.; Jersey, Mr. John Lewis: and tne Villiers. G. B. Meager and Co. HOW THE PORT IS BEING DEVELOPED. We have recently commented upon the new policy of the Harbour Trust, a policy which is already bearing good fruit. Perhtps no b. tter evidence of the real character of that policy could be forthcoming than the following statement of nev works, &c., on the Harbour Trust Estate :— Extension of Prince of Wal-s Dock estimated outlay, £ 80,000 nearly completed. New dry dock, 450ft. in leugtti, capable of ac- commodat.ttg two large vessels sioe by side esti- mated uutiay, £ 50,000 in actual progress. New swing bridge over River Tawe esuimated outlay. £ 27,000 nearly completed. i iSieA ueep entrance to North Duck; estimated outlay, £ 60,000; iu actual progress. New deep entrance to South Dock estimated outUy, £ 9Q5000 contemp ated. New Ware!lOU-e on Victoria Wharf; estimated outlay, *2,000; already authorised. Silos, an l Prnender Mill, on outlay, >!ew -kuel Works, Prince of Wales Dock • esti- mated outlay, £ 7,000 • iUsf m V New Approach Jetty prl°™P 'i: n estimated outlay, £ 5>u05. ot al sDo/k; lhe whole estimated n'nt.o actu^l piogress. £ 343,000. utiay making a total of WAREHOUSE ACCOMODATION Capacious warehouses are built on + "r property for the storage of gram, oil, anfgeiieral merchandise. The area of existing warehouse amounts to upwards of 180j600 Square f There are extensive bonded and free warehou- adjacent to the Dock quays for the reception and manipulation of every description of vaiuable merchandise, including tubacco and cig-ars, and there are large vaults for wines and spirits under tile ware h j uses also sheds approved by H.M. Cust jms for cargoes in transit. APPLIANCES FOR LOADING AND DISCHARGING Tne dock appliances for loading and discharg- ing cargoes are by nj means small or few. although there is room for improvement. In the North Dock there are seven coal-tips and 18 cranes, hydraulic and steam in the South Dock. 10 coal-tips, 16 cranes, hydraulic and steam, and one shears, capacity up to 30 tons Prince Of ales Dock, six coal-tips, 23 cranes, hydraulic and steam, and one hydraulic crane to lift ten tons. RAILWAY FACILITIES. The harbour is surrounded with 20 miles of railway, the property ot' the Trustees, connecting the various docks with all the railways of the Kingdom, the London and No th Wes tern, Great Western, Midland, and Rhondda and Swansea Bay Companies having direct physical connection Bay COUlV therewith. AN COAL. Swansea has practically a monopoly of the an- thracite coal trade, which is assuming large dimensions. Some of the largest sailing vessels in the world are now coming to the port to load this description of coal for San Francisco and elsewhere. During the first half of the current year the following vessels amongst many others have loaded in the Prince of Wales Dock Vessel s JSiet Kegistr d Cargo— Name. 1n'ftnge- Tons- Australian 1 980 3,3h0 Bertha 2,98d 4;020 Cawdor 2.355 3^20 Dominion 2,328 3^50 Jfillisland 2,3oo 3;500 Kelburn 2,499 4,020 Morven 1-997 3,400 Muskosa 2,2O9 3)600 Royal Forth. 2,9x9 4,680 Wilbelm Tell 2,932 4)720 The principal shippers ot anthracite coal are :— ABERPEKGWM COLLIERY Co, CORY BROTHERS AND CO. KMLTS COLLIERY CO. GWAUN CAE GURWEN COLLIERY CO. RICHARD HODGENS. T. T. PASCOE. GRIFFITH THOMAS. PATENT FUEL. There are more Patent Fuel Works at Swansea than at any other port in the kingdom, the prin- cipal shippers bein& THE ATLANTIC FUEL CO. GRAIGOLA MERTHYR Co. PACIFIC FUEL CO. VIVIAN AND SONS. I ANTHRACITE FUEL SYNDICATE, LIMITED. FLOUR AND OTHER MILLS. The most extensive are the Flour Mills of the enterprising firm of Messrs. Weaver and Co., Limited, they are situated on the Duke of Beau- furt's property, adjoining the North Dock. These mills are turning out 3,500 sacks of flour per week. Last year Messrs. Weaver and Co.'s im- ports of wheat, maize, barley, AC., into Swansea alone amounted to 263,678 quarters. Mr. John Dyer also carries on a large trade at the North aud Prince of Wales Docks, in maize, barley, oats, &c. LINES OF STEAMERS TRADING BETWEEN SWANSEA AND THE UNDERMENTIONED PORTS ,I AN CONA.—Cuiard Line agents. Messrs. T. R | W. Mason and Co.-Royal Hungarian Sea Navi- gati.M Co.. "Adria," Ltd., Line: agent, Mr. G. Lennard. ADRIATIC PORTS. — Leyland Line agents, Messrs. Burgess and Co., Ltd. Adria" Line: A^EIIT, Mr. G. Lennard. BRINDISI and BARI.—Cunard and "Adria" Lines. BORDEAUX.—J.& P. Hutchini-on Line: agents, Messrs. Burgess and Co., Ltd. BATOUM. Agents, Mes.ors. Burgess and Co., Limited. BALTIMORE.—Atlantic Transport Line; agents, Messrs. Williams, Torr -y and Feild, Ltd. BELFAST.-W. Sloan and Co. Line: agents. Mes-r". M. Jones and Bro. BRISTOL. Pockett s Line agenh, Messrs. Pockett's Bri=t >1 Channel Steam Packet Co., Ltd. CATANIA.-Cunard Line. CHARENTE.—"Charen:e" Line: agent, Mr. G. Lennard. CORFU.—Cunard Line. CADIZ —TurnPr, Edwards' Line agents Messrs. Williams, Torrey A ID Feild, Lt L DANTZIC.—J. and P. Hut -hinson Line. FIUME -Cunard ad Adrit" Lines. GIBRALTAR.-Cunard Line. GEXOA,-Cunarl. B co., and Leyland Lines: agent- for Bacon Lin-, Messrs. J. Bacon, Ltd. GLASGOW. W. Sloan an i Co.'s Line. HAMBURG.—Palgrave Murphy and Co.'s Line agents, Mes rs. Bur/ess and Co Ltd. HONG KOXG and HIOGO.—Caina Mutual: agents. Me-srs. William-. Torrey and Feild, Ltd. ILFRAcoMBE,-Puck"tt' Line. LEGHORN.—Cunard. Bacon, and Leyland Litres, LIVERPOOL.—Bacon Line. LISBON.—Turner. Edwa ds Line. MANCHESTER -Ag-, nt, Mr. H. Knill. MESSINA and NAPLES.—Cunard Line. Nxw YoRK.—Bri-tol City Line agents, Messrs Burgess an i Co.. Ltd.-—Manhanset Line agents, Messrs. Williams. Tor.ey and Feild, Ltd. NEW OKLEANs.-We.-t India Line: agents. Messrs. Williams, Toney and Feild. Ltd. NOGASAKI.—China Mutud Line. NANTES.—J. and P. Hutchinson Line. ODESSA. Agents, Messrs. Burgess and Co., Ltd. OPORTO.—Turner. Edwards Line. PALERMO and PATRAS.-Cunard Line. PHILADELPHIA.—Atlantic Transport Line.— Johnston Line agents, Messrs. T. R. W. Mason and Co. PENANG.—China Mutual Line. REVAL.—J. & P. Hutchinson Line. ROUEN.—Anglo-French Transit CO.'8 Line agents, Messrs. M. Jones and Bro. ST. PETERSBURG. — J. and P. Hutchinson Line. SINGAPORE and SHANGHAI.-Cni-a. Mutual Line. TRIESTE-Cunard and "Adria" Lines. TREPORT.—Harrison Line: a^ent, Mr. John Ha- rison. VENICE.—Cunard and Adria" Lines. YOKOHAMA.—China Mutual Line.

-4 A UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR SWANSEA. DR. STEPHENS MAKES A PERTINENT SUGGESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,-It mayseem absurd and out of place to speak of a university college for Swansea, but as the result of conversations and correspondence during the past few months, I venture to put forward the following suggestion :— Aberystwyth Col'egi' suffers from the lack of a good technical department owing to is situation out of a manufacturing district but this lack m'ght be made Swansea's opportunity. There is no rea-on why we in Swansea cannot supplement the already-existing elementary technical classes held in t'.e town by more ad vanned courses for students of the standing of those attending university colleges. If such were done, and held even in temporary premi es, as at Cardiff, the-e technical courses might, on application to the authorities of Aberystwyth College, be recognised as courses in the Swansea branch of that college. This would confer many advantages, and at little cost to the residents of this t wn, for those students who now h,¡ve to comply with the rules of the Welsh University, and put in residence at a collegiate town, might do so then in Swan-ea. and save the extra expanse of residence away from home. Alsc. it would enable many, who now cannot entertain the idea of a collegiate course, to pro- ceed to a degree at the Welsh University. There is a precedent for such a course in the case of the Durham University, which has its medical school at Newcastle-up m-Tyne. and students at the latter plaje are counted as resident students of Durham. Swansea hs all the advantages which Abery-t- wyth lacks; it has at present classs for cooking, laundry, dressmaking, analytical chemistry, etc., an i many of the students attending these would rea iily proceed to mor.' advanced work, while the engineering facilities of all sorts in the district nvght be utilised for college work. If at present we could only obtain the sanction of Aberystwyth authorities for a science degree (B.Sc.) course, it is worth gutting. Associated with such a branch college we might have the training college, both beiug mutually benefited. If Swansea is willing t3 put up with a branch instead of a whole university college, the educa- tional system would be excellent, and the ele- mentary and intermediate schools would have a fitting finish. I have reason for thinking that the Ab'ryst- 1 wyth authorities w, uld n >t lend a deaf ear, while, on the other hand, Cardiff College has been looking with longing eyes on Swanr-ea for this very purpose. The union of Aberystwyth and Swansea would be beueficiaj to both, and 'o the whole of SA\ Wales, but if wiih Cardiff then Swansea would surely suffer. Yours truly. G. ARBOUR STEPHENS, M.D., B.Sc.

AS ITHERS SEE US." THE DEVELOPMEMT OF SWANSEA AND MUMBLES. FEMALE DRUNKENNESS AND THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC-HOUSES VIEWS OF A CUMBERLAND M.E. AND J.P. Mr. W. W. Thomas, M.E., J.P., Working n, Cumberland, has been staying at Langland. Mumbles, with his family during the past few weeks He is well-acquainted with Swansea and nuny local people, as he spent several years iu South Wales as a mining engineer. Mr. Thomas occup.es an important position in Workington, were he is much-respected. He is actively interested in the social and public life of the place. A representative of The Cambrian met Mr. Thomas the other day, when the conversation chiefly turned upon the development of Swansea aud district. He thinks Swansea's future is assured. "You have splendid facilities," he remarked. Utilise them judiciously and strongly and you are bound to come to the front. Your resources, especially those of the alj icent coal-fields, are illimitabie. I am somewhat surprised that the lower seams have not yet been properly worked. They contain excellent cjal—a coal for which there would speedily be a great demand. Your anthracite trade is full of promise. Swansea at present monopolise it. Continue to do that. You have no serious rival. See that none grows. The Great Western Railway Company might eto much for you, with a ivantage to both. Wnat is it that has annoyed t e gieat octopus, as you were so fon" of describing the Great Western Railway a few years ago r Ah I remember. The Wind- street station agitation. What must the men who took part in that think to-day r How foolish how short-sigiited th.y were. Th,.y did what Swansea has ever since regretted, what she always will regret until put on the main line. Why do you not etmeavour to secure a fast service of trains- especially during tne summer—between Swansea and S irewi-bury and Cardiff r Tne results would be more benetiicial. Having got that service advertise it well, and thousands of pleasure and health seekers would flock into the town. At prese t it is a 1 mg and ted ous journey from the north to Swansea—mm h too long." What do you think of Mumbles?" Mr. Thonnswasaske). Mumbles: Why. it's a charming place—a veritable arcadia. Why on earth don't you advert.s- it r It is really a sin to keep ucn a place all to yourselves. It would be a good plan were small map drawn up an i distributed, how- ing the locality, the distances aud the loads. An that rem nds me. Roads Is t iat what you caii tho.-e i 1-kept open spaces at Mumbles. Have they no brushes, no t-hovels, no horses, no carts, no scavengers r They haver Weli what on earth do they do? Ask you another? But why do nut t.ie ratepayers make au alteration and insist upon the place being kept sweet and clean? The conversation then drifted into other matters, when Mi. Thomas said he was painfully surprised at the prevalence of female drunkenness in b.\ans-a. "It is really ",]¡o'kiJlQ" he ;aid. It is a bad «iga it d-notes a dege"eratinff population. The soonerthe-e wome" are 1 e-cned. and the ti ie of drunkennpss amontr them turn.-d back, the better for the in Just iAI classes of the town. When the womanhood of a town allows it elt to be demoralised bv -troig drink, the rising generation stan i a poor chance of liol 'ing- its own in the great battle of life. What are vour i. ',iisters doing ? With reference to the number of lic-nsed houses in Swansea, Mr. Thomas expressed his surprise at some of the figures which appeared in last week's Cambrian. It appears to me," he remarked, '• that you have far t >0 many of these houses. There is no doubt that they are one of the indirect causes of female drunkenness. It is within the power of the li easing magistrates to limit t ie number very considerably. There is an impression abroad that no li-ence can be aboli-hed unless the holder of it has been coi.vie-ed. Now that is a mistake. The mifiistrates havepow-r to refuse the renewal of a license if they think it is not wanted. We will say there are twentv public-h'uses in the immediate neighbourhood of the Market. If your magistral-think fift"(-n would be ample, they have the power to aboii-h, I five. Swansea s unique advantages, ani great. I resources, will, if properly utilised, place her j well to the front in the next 6veyeirsorso. There is room, however, for much improvement." or

DEATH OF JUDGE DAVID LEWIS. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Deep and widespread regret has been occasioned by the news of the d ath of Judge David Lewis. For many yea-rs no one in the legal world of Wales has passed away in the memory of so much achieved and the promise of so much still to be accomplished. And that is only part of the loss. He had the gift of charm and amiability to a marked degiee. Amongthemembersofthe South Wales bar no one was more courted, and fe.v more attractive. His homely grace and sympathetic courtesy will belong remembered by those who knew him best. His abi,ities were early recognised, even if the fulness of his future success was not anticipated. He threw himself with ardour into the intellectual life of Caius College, Cambridge. He had a fluent, facile pen. With a certain side of English literature he had remarkable familiarity, and evt-n when overwhelmed with prjfe-sional work he found leisure to keep up his knowledge of the classics. It was not long after he was called to the bar that he found himself in constant demaud. His lucid eloquence attracted much attention. He was not only a clever, zealous, conscientious lawyer, but a conversationalist of no mea i rank. With many of the leading men of the South Wales circuit be was linked by ties of close friendsnip, a id his retentive memory often poured out rare, rich stories, legal, ecclesiastical and academic, about men, books, and affairs. It is impo sible to speak of the late judge's judicial career—short though it proved-in unqualified terms of praise. His difficulties were great, but he overcame them. H.s ability was always undeniable, and he was generally at his best when most was expected, and his keenest critics could not dispute his aptitude for almost every species of foiensic or judicial work to which he lent his mind. From 1893 to 1896 were laborious years for the deceased judge—years in which in all probability were sown the Steds of the disease which in the end proved fatal. He was an active and valuable member of th■? Royal Institution of S tith Wales, and was always ready to assist in any local intellectual movement. Death took place y sterday (Tuursday) morning at t:ie Pump H. u-e H .tel, Llandrindoi Wi lls, in the presence of his father and brother, Aid. Walter Lewis. It appears that on Saturdiy he was seized with paralysis, and his condition became so serious that an urgent message was despatche 1 to Lis aged father. Mr. John Lewis, J.P.. at Swansea. He was atten ied by Dr. Evans, L'andi iiidod, and, in the abs nee of Dr. T. D. Griffiths, by Dr. Vachell, Cardiff. All that medical -k 31 could do was done, but without avail, and the learned Judge passed awav, without having regained 1 consciousness, in the presence of his fatli-r, brothers, an i a few close friends. The budy will be removed to Swansea, and t e funeral will take place on Saturday. The lrtte Mr. Lewis had been in ill-health for the past few vears, and lately his duties as Judge weie otten discharged by Mr. C. H. Glasco :ine. A visit to Eeypt about two years ago resulted only in a temp .rary improvement, Every summer the late Judge passed a few months at the Langland Bay Hotel. By his d"ath Swansea loses one of her most scnolaily and promi>iug sons, the bench a clever and painstaking son, and Wal- s a genu ne, 10.\ al Welshman, who-e sympathies fur his cot,niry- men were deep and strong. The keene t sympathy is felt with the bereaved family, who are well known and highly-respected throughout S,vansea and district. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS. His Honour Judge David Lewis was the son of Mr. John Lewis, J.P., and member of the S« ansea Board of Guardians. He was a native of Swansea, being born at St. Thomas in 1853 He received his early education at Llandovery College, w..eie he dist nguisned himself, and gave promise of a brilliant career. From Llai do\e.y he pi ocee ied to Caius Cohere, Camu idge: wh re Dr. Routh was Principal, and graduated in 1875. He studied for the bar, and eventually joined the South Wales Circuit, and became one of its most able members. The e-tiblishment of borough quarter sessions led to tole appointment of Mr. David Lewis as the first Rec Tder of Swansea. Hi" knowl dge of the Welsh language and people stood him in good stead in his new office, and was destined lalso to serve him well in the future, l'he national protest raise 1 again-t the appointment of Judge Beresford, an Englishman who knew nothing of the Welsh language or the Welsh people, to the Mid Wales County Court Judgeship, was recogni-ed by the (jovernment, and the English Judge was removed to the ,oit i Devon Circuit. Mr. David Lewis was at this time very popul ir throughout the circuit, and in offering the vacant Judge-hip to him a choice had bf-en made which commended itself t, ti'iive-sal approval. The offer was accepted, and lie commenced his du'ies as County Court Judge of Mid Wales ab ut four years ago. Judsre Lewis did n d confine his p >wers to the discharge of his lejal resp nsibilities, but took a deep interest in the comru^reia'. literàl y. "nd pol tical affairs of his native land. In Welsh lite ary eir,,1,6 he was for a long time a very prominent figure. He cont. ibuted papers to "The Cymmrodor," the "Ked D, agon, and al-o to the Arc'.iieologia Cauabreu-is. In collaboration with Mr. J. Coke Fowler, the Swansea Stipendiary, he wrote a work on the law of collieries-a work which is known as Fo«K-r and Lewis on Coliierie- His great seivicesin connection with thj inquiry of the Charty Commissioners into the paro -hial charities of Denbighshire is well-known. At the Swansea National Eisteddfod a pajlPr by him on "Welsh Literature was read by Mr. Marchant Williams, deputy Clerk of Arraigns. He was a vice-President of the Royal Institution of South 1 Wales. AN APPRECIATION. TBT C. H. GLASCODINE. Barrister-at-Law.~ Swansea has lost one of her distinguished sons. Judge David Lewis died at an early hour pester- day morning, after an attack of paralysis, with which he was seized on Su: day. He had been ailing for about two years his friends hoped to the last for a return ot his former healto and strength, but their hopes were not reali-ed. Judge Lewis was not horn in the purple, nor with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, but he was a favourite of Fortune none the less. He had abilities above the average, and when he dis- played these in his early years be had those about him who did not stint iiis opportunities 1 or with- hold from him every advantage of education that their means, ea.y without affluence, coull afford. These opportunities he turned to good account. and with them made himself the man he was. At school—he was at Lland ivery College in the good old davs—he did well. He was pitted agaimt hoys who afterwards took high honours at Oxford and Cambridge, and have sine- made names for themselves in the wor d, but he stood first in hi- form and in the fifth form carried away everv prize. It was indicative, too. of his disno itinn that his school fellows, not euvving, but reioicin" at his succes-, mounted him on their shoulders and bore him to the -Ution to the strains of "See th- conquering nero comes." He went to Cam- bridge, to Gonville and Cuius College, and took his degue at last with mathematical honour. Then he wen to the Bar, and for nearly twelve years be had a steady and increasing practice, and 110 man was more popular anions his colleagues than he. He Wus not a m ster of long harangues, he had not, perhaps, the gift of eloquence, but he was a persuasive sp ak r h" shewed sincerity and earnestness in what he said. and was tar better at sretting a verdict than a man of more glib utterances. When quite a young man he wrote, in conjunction with the respected Stipendiary Magistrate Of Swansea (Mr. J. Coke Fowler), a work on tne Law of C illieries. He was Assistant. Charity Com- misskTr for th. CM.tj °< made a searching investigation into all tiie ancient and modern Charities of that county wrote a report which was afterwards published b t.feChai-ttyCommi-sioner.-h.).art-for each parish. W..en a separate Court of Quarter Sessions was given to Swans-a. he became the first Recorder of his j ative town. All his fellow- townsmen approved, and he was certainly justifi- ab y proud of the honour. His practice steaiilv increased and became more lucrative uutil. four jears ago. he was rais«d to the jud.c al bench by Lord Herscnell. and made County C-ourt Judae to. the i ab's Circuit. Again his appoint- m'nt n-et with universal approval in the country, and all agreed th t the Lord Cuancellor bad maoe a very happy choc. In Jess than two years, however, an unhappy trial idy made its appear- ance, and though he went abroad once or twice and battled against it as well as he could, he was obi ged from the nrstto jjive up work more or less. and at las' to succumb t its force. But it wa- not only in his pr fessional work that In ge Lewis excelled. Though he graduated in Mathematics at Cambridge, he was essen- tially a literary man. His acquaintance with English i-Jassica] literature w-s profound, and vr ,ahis knowledge of vernacular »\el-h, he was a sta ent o: that language, and of much of its ancient historv and litera- ture. His contributions to tin- Red Drag..11 and Cymmrodor shewed the bresi 1th a id deptn of bls reading. His" Essay on toe Charters of Neath Ab jey displayed his schola ly attainments. It was ever his id a that .iusn.-e was IJot done to ales or the Welsh language, by the English Government or y Welshmen >h mselvcs, v t ie neglect for solon^ of i lie stores of old records relating to Wales in the R.c .r.. Office. He had himse f spent much time there deciphering the mu-ty old o. cuu.e ts. im i he hvays advocated that a systematic iny stigation shoulti be made of them. and that t o-e tm.t were found to be of value should b • t-an-crib d and published. And now he has pone and Swansea is the poorer. If he had iired a d enjoyed good health there can be no doubt but iliat his contributions to literature, English and Welsh, would have been man and valuable. In addition to the autiL-s of his jud.cial office his active mind would han-o foun i time for the iutellectuti recreation in wt.i .'h .,e v.eligut d. With a mind far ab >ve the average, Li. conversation was alwa.vs anion^ those thing's or the past, or the future which raise men e tho _■ its above the present. He was a pleasant talker, and widely appreciated for his conversational abilities. A kindly though critical mind shone out from ? s piercing eve which is now for ever closed. town has I'.sr one of its noblest ciiize.is. His 1 i nds have lost a genial aud web-loved friend. Bat all feel the deepest sympa hy with the father, to whose rostermg care it is no d m'ot due that the budding promlse of the chiid was alIowed to ma..r. into mw in no-o f?XGe:lence of t e man. and who now ni age 1S left to mourn -on cu. oh m his

"THE SIG:, OF THE CROSS AT THE GRAND THEATRE. THE PLAYWHIGHTS XIECE To APPEAR. Mr. Wilson Barrett's great play Die Sign of the Cross will be produced, fur the second time in Swansea., at th Grand The tire next « e*k. The merits of the play itself were fully recognised by Swansea people on tne occasion of it last visit. Full of the highest lessons that the sta^e cor.d inculcate, eminently cor; trover-i&i. and exquisite in tone and treatment, the Sigè. of the C is a great play. "You s-em to me tj have rendered, wrote Mr. Gladstone t> Wilson Barrett, ••whilst acting witain the I.nes of the theatre, a o-rg^t service to the best and no lest, of all causes th** cause of fa.th. Tne aua.«.nce. widch showed rea- sonable self-govtmineufc.tveu iuthe -mailerpjints, appieciated nn»^t tiighiL. t .e pit wliic;. vvers most oirectly assoc.ated wit. thE and with the fundamental idea >f the p.ece. and I rejoice to bear of the wide and warm approval wh.cli t ie piece has received, mo t of all beoau, e its be- >ker.s • ound leanings and beliefs in tne mass of tm people, and shows you acted nouly as well as boldly in placing your re iance up.m tliem. It is only ie -e-,sury to add that the company entrusted with tae proJucaon of the piece nex t we'.k is tne strongest in the provinces. Mr. Bucklaw, a weil-known name in the theatrical world, will play .MarcIl' a::d one of the moat interesting things about the produc ion will be that Miss Caroline Barrett, a niece (f the auth >r, w 11 take the ]»art of Mercia The cast is a very strong on», and as to accessories &c f ^va('d- Tner" wdil oe a matint-e J,'Tiq ,e mst.. at two o'clc>ck. Seats m°nt looked eariy to prevent dieappoiut-

INSPECTIOX OF THE THIRD G. R.Y. Tue annual inspection of the Thiid Glamc-rgar. R.fle Toiunteers took place last Saturday after- noon at the Yictoria Park. in tine weather. The head-quarter companies marched trom the Drill Hail in St. Helen's-road, under th. command cf Major Langdon, to the Park, whert the Poctar. da -N e and Gorseinon Companies and the Mumbles detachments joined them. On the field. Major Rees, the commanding officer, took comaiiid, and when the inspecting officer, Colonel McColI, C.i accompanied by his aide-de-camp, arrived 01. the field kafler inspecting heai-quari.ersj, a general salute was given. After a brief inspection of the. liues, Major Lung.tou put tae ba.iti.lion through the manual and tiring exercise-, which were satis- factorily performed. Ttie battalion was al-o put ihruug.j evulutions by Uaptaius J. E. Pnomas and D. LeAi-, and the younger officers were tested in company dri.l. The march past was iut by anv means ^ood aud it is uifficult to acoouni. lor it after the march past before the Duke of Conuaught. ou Jubilee Hill, Aldersnot. Oi t e many thousands of volunteers who tiled past his urace, the Third. after a nard moming's ithut is nine hours') work and a weary march across the Lung Valley in scattered companies, without a band, went by the b;et. Ihis year tue corps has nad little ceremonial drill, and fr.mi the practical stan.i-point, so much the better, for the time has been more usefully occupied. After the march past the inspecting officer called tne olfi-ers to t.ie front and briefly addressed them. He complimented them upline smart tun,-out of t.Je men—a compliment thoroughly aeserved- and said, however, that he was 110c pleased with tne way in whica the ofli -ers had brought up their companies. The inspection was a very short one, and the Corps subsequently marcned throug-n the principal ctree.s ol the town. I ne lollowmg officers were on para.de Major D. Rees (commanding), Ma jo. Langdon.^ Ca^it. R. Inglis Foroes (Adju.ant), Captains J. E. Ihomas, D. Lewis, Carlyie, Tr^ttord Mitchell, and E. Hall Healey. Lieutenants A. H. J.holm s. Herscbel Jones. G. A. Step.-ens. D. H. L. Ihomas J. Tnomas, C. B. Je.,kms. and Bertie Perkins (eveiistsi. Surgeon-Lieut. A. Lloyd Jone-, and Sergt.-Major Mason, col. John Crow Rictiard 011, who once commanded the Inird, and Lieut.-Loi. Mock, an .ther ex-officer iu the Corps, watched tae inspection in unitorin. There was a large i.uniuer ol spectators.

A PIER OX THE SAXD8. PROPERTY COMMITTEE DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL. A meeting of the Property Committee of the Swansea. Corporation was held on Wedne-uav when the suggestion to construct a pier on t;ie San ,s was brought up by Aid. Leeaer. Mr. Lee ier said he had spjken to the a^ent of the Alarquis ot Worcester on the subjec' and Mr. Price told him he would be del.g,.ted to ur-e any sugges ion ot a reason-tble c.,aractir Ha was sure that if they tackled the subi-ct earndlv th,j, »oald b= genero^lj recelved who Oiignt, indeed, forego his manorial 4lus if they weie to be exercised only for t»e pubbc plea-ure, and no: for trudivn. i-e puujc convinced of this A f^inrr fr,* 4- o tliey oug'ht to do some- t nnr f ^an no specific proposal miu t ul^"ar^ now, but he thoug-ht his colleagues g gnc the subject serious attention, and once wuh iraw from the parks some of the attendants who had not enough to do and give them a full day's work in supervising and beauty- iymg the S aids. (Hear, hear.; Mr. Lraham Freedman s idea was that they could beautifv the Sands by tite construction of a pier, an espauiide, and perhaps a winter garden. Towns smaber than Swansea went in tor SUC') attractions, and found them remunera- tive. and ne did not see wi)y Swansia should not ^Mr^W^H Sprin^ said it had been point d out to him over'an J over again that smaller places than 8"ansea such, for instance, as Combe- sneat an enormou- amount of moiiey in enhancing '.heir natural advantages, and he was astonished that SwuB-ea had not done more in the same ^Mr^David Davies suggested the construction of a bridge from V.ctotia Park over the railways on to the sands. Aide-man Gwilym Morga: s's iùra was that they mifiht c in-truct a win er garden in Vict oria I'ark, and make that the starting place of tne pier, running out to uw water. Aid. Tutton said the whole question was a wide one. and what they would have to consider was how they could improve tne Sands without squan- dering a lot of uioney.

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well how to provide. After tea an adjournment was made to the beautiful lawn, where cigars and cigarettes were provided. The journalists were loud in their praises of the thoroughness of their reception, of the courtey of their hosts, and of the idyliic beauties of Mumbles. Many of them ileclared it to be the most enjoyable day they had spent in South Wales. A copy of Mr. W. Law's little volume about the Swansea Harbour Trust was presented each visitor. It bristles with useful and significant facts and figures about the growth, present position and facilities of the port. The result of the book may not be direct or immediate. Journalists, individually, are not superior to other people, but as has so often been pointed out, they control a big machine, a machine which exercises a very powerful influence. The information supplied the journalists by Mr. Law on Saturday has by now found its way into almost all the newspaper offices in this kingdom. It will probably be placed aside for future reference, and thus by degrees the importance ot Swansea ps a port will be made known among people who entertain very queer notions about us just now. By the death of Mr. David Lewis, Swansea loses one of her mo=t successful sons, the Bar a scholarly member, and the Bench a conscientious and discriminating judge. He was nothing if not earnest in all he took in hand. Besides being an astute barrister, he was a ripe and Cultured scholar, and kindly and genial com- panion. The announcement of his death, although Hot quite unexpected, has been received with the keenest regret throughout South Wales. Had he lived the allotted span of life, he would have won a prominent position in the legal world. There is no doubt that his death was accelerated by the persistency with which he attended to his duties when he should have been at complete rest. MT' Justice Cave. who died suddenly on Tues- flav n orning. at the Manor House, Woodman- sternf. near Banstead, was born at Desborougli, jfo^bamptonshire, and was in his 66th year. He .11,1' educated at Rugby and Oxford, where he took h's B.A. degree in 1855. In 1856 he married r daughter of the late Rev. C. F. Walkins, lC';1. of Brixworth, and in 1859 was called to fie tar "r. Cave commenced his legal career on the }t\dlan, CirCUli. but he left this for the North- Circuit wi.en the latter was established, '6e \.0:; silk in 1875, and in 1877 was made a o^^siouer of Assizes for the Autumn Circuit. He w: appointed one of the Justices of the High in 1881, and received the honour of knight- along with Mr. Justice Mathew. Thirty cases of scarlet fever in a month is a bad record for Waunarlwydd, situated in .f the most healthy spots around S vansea obviously due to the gross and wilful neglect e part of the paionts which Dr. Mitchell so gly reported on, and the Council's decision osecute is the only way out of the difficulty, comes a serious question, indeed, when, in of warnings, the parents neglect to take the elementary steps to prevent infection, and in own interests the inhabitants would do well to assist t'ie authorities in finding out the offenders. A special Jubilee number of Young Wale* was Issued on Friday, in which t ie progress of Wales ^^ing the Queen's reign is discussed by several eminent Welshmen- The most interesting article ls Written by Ashton, the ex-policeman, dealing ^th Welsh literature during, the Victorian Era. ,riRcipal Robert?) -A-berystwyth College, .Ketches the growth of Welsh education, while t e Rev. j puiest0n Jones, the blind preacher, contribute au excellent article on Welsh preach- ing. The )ate sir George Osborne Morgan explains the part played by Nonconformity in evangelising Wales, and in a .racy article on Welsh journalism it is stated that 66 newspapers were "tartej un'fittg the reign, 15 of which still 5ur*iVe> 1he scheme for a military harbour at Dover whioh has been approved by a mixed committee fep'-esenting the Admiralty, the War Office, and e 0f Tiftde, propose-|to create an enclosed p^r ?Uv of 010 acres at low water. The Admiralty t' ls be extended another pier is to run out nvoni a point eagt Qf the Castle, and the two will eiidCif1thCted by a mole With openin"8 at each of the 6 Pre!,ent P^an *s ftdhered to. The works v flushed commercial harbour will sot be interfered Jt wlU lie Wlthm lhe ary at °lt| which will protect it. The cost estimated at i>3 that the work wilfh '000' will be completed in 1907-8. Ladv fr0m ^'le bedraggled appearance of ^dy Harb t ,g forty women O Oxford ln rationals on Saturday, there is o much to choosa between the knickerbocker d the skirt. The inclement weather made the ;play ridiculous. There will be few who will mpathise with the ladies in the gibes in which e Oxford crowd indulged. The speeches at e dinner were even sillier than might have been .pected. A Mr. Tenby averred, oninformat on idely collected," that ladies who wore ration il. never grew vld" and retained" th. liu'ht- ■ oar ted vigours of girlhood." Lady Herbertm as as preternaturally solemn as the gravity cf he occasion demanded. We are, it seems in the midst of a terrible social danger. This is nothing less than the possible defeat of the "rational" dress, and the triumph of the hideous, unsuit- able, dangerous skirt." Lady Harbertoirs is a ost cause, and her alarm is natural. The special report on the crops of England, Wales and Scotland contributed to the Ti mes shows a general decline during August in the t ondition of all the principal field crops, save for a fraction tl improvement in the root erops. The number 100 is taken as the standarl denoting perfect healthfulness and exemption from injury lWJ to insect or fungus pests, drought or wet, .11 or frost) The numbers above or below i' x i„„f +i,p oroos are better or idicate to what extent the crops a -orse than might reasonably have bee a lJ.t the beginning of September, quality and quantity alike being taken into cousiderat.on. The grain crops are worse, and nowhere are they orse than in Wales. Wheat comes out as follows r—Engiand, Sept. 1st, 88"2 Aug. 1st, 915 W alea, Sept. 1st, 93 2 Aug. 1st, 95'8. bcotlanci, Sept 1st Q7M A J_ Britain, « 6' • -England, Sept. ut, »5. Sl'°"" Wales, Sept. 1st, 90'6 Aug 1st" o*6 f4 Sept. lst, 96-4 Aug. ut, Ws Seat B°r Sept. l.t, 911 Aug. l.t, 94-5. And 'he f, lor oats are ,-E»Ela»d. 90 3, a, Wales, 84 4 as against 94"3 Scotland 93-0 against 95 Great Britain, 9Q-8 as against 93 3 This sacrifice of condition is shown to be general throughout the country but the drops Of ten points in the Welsh oat crop, and of six points in the barley are certainly very large, the oat crop now standing lower than any other cereal in the three countries. No figures are given for the separate counties either in Wales or in Scot- land, and possibly the drop is not general; but the weather has been, and continues, so tho- roughly bad for harvest that, with one half of t^e crops lying on the fields ready cut, and exposed to heavy rains and unseasonable coldness a still Iher drop in condition seems inevitable. C~>m- with the same periods in previous years, a-esent crops are not so bad. The wheat crop alone shows a decline on that of last year, which, in fact, was one to be encountered once in a generation. The crops of 1897, up to the pre- sent, are better than those of 1893, and far better than 1895. It was characteristic red-tapeism that replied The Local Government Board are not em- powered to give an authoritative interpretation of the Infectious Diseases Act, 1889," when a question of some importance to medical men and to the public finances was asked. Acts of Parliament are, in many cases, so inexplicit, that An interpretation department ought, perhaps, to be organised. It would be called upon to decide a nice little point raised at the Llanyfelach Rural District Council lasc Tuesday, viz. —Ought a medical man and his assistant to be piid for a notification of the same ca^e ?" The Local Government Board says that the as-istant must notify the case even though his principal has notified it before him and from the sanitary point of view, as ensuring proper precaution, that I may be right. But what of payment ? The Department soars above all sordid considerations and leaves it for the doctors and the local authorities to wrangle it out amongst them-elves. If each and every medical man has a right to receive payment for every case he notifies, verily the possibilities of profit to a doctor and a dozen assistants—in a district like Waunarlwydd—are boundless We await with interest the final decision on the question. Mr. William Watson has written some verses in the Fortnighly Review for September To the Unknown God," which are a curious mixture of elevated and trivial ideas. On the one hand Mr. Watson protests in some fine lines against the jealous and barbaric" God that man in his violent youth" begot. And, adds Mr. Watson Whate'er my d eds, I am not sure, That I can pleasure him or vex I that must use a speech so poor, It narrows the supreme with sex. This is characteristically modern." Mr.Watson feels it a slur upon the New Womanhood to have to address the Deity with a masculine pronoun. Then he rebukes Mr. Kipling — But by remembering God, say some, We'keep our high imperial lot. Fortune, I fear, hath oftenest come When we forgot—wl en we forgot! A lovplier faith their happier crown, But history laughs and we;ps it down. Mr. Kipling unaccountably "forgot" that we actually forgot" to ruin the Empire, and involve the world in war, in order to annoy Abdul the Damned And he had no excuse for forgetting. Mr. William Watson used to write verses, as often as an obliging contemporary would print them, to remind us all of our duty. A marriage will shortly take place, says the Morning Post, between Frank T. Wisden, son of Lieutenant Colonel Wisden, of the Warren, Broadwater, near Worthing, and Gwendoline Mabel Lucy, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cotton, of Redeham Hall, Burstow, Surrey, and granddaughter of the late Mr. C. R. B. Legh, of Aldington Hall, Macclesfield, Cheshire. The suggestion, which first appeared in The Cambrian, to c ,nstruct a pier on the sands, is now receiving the serious attention of the members of the Corporation. The discussion initiated by Aid. Leeder on Wednesday was altogether favour- able to the proposal, and we shall be surprised if it is not carried into effect. As we have frequently pointed out, the Swansea Sands, which are almost unequalled in the whole kingdom, have been sadly neglected. Were they made more accom- modating and superficially attractive there is no doubt the town would be favoured every season by many thousands of pleasure and health seekers There is no reason why Swansea should not became a popular pleasure re-ort. The judicious expenditure of £15,OOJ to £20,000 would be ample to secure the de-ired result. It would be money well spent, and would eventually be returned to the pockets of the ratepayers.