The Cambrian

LOCAL FIXTURES OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS. CFor Parti, mlars see Advertisement Columns.) Excursions per G.W.R. FRIDAY. Oct. 8. Mv Girl." at the Grand Theatre, and on Saturday evening. SATURDAY, Oct. 9. Gospel Mission at Mount Pleasant and St. Andrew's Churches to Oct. 17th. SUNDAY, Oct. 10. Special sermons at Swansea Churches, on behalf of the Church Missionary Seeiety. Harvest Thanksgiving Sei vices at York-place Baptist Cnapel: and at Wesley Chapel, College- street. ices at St. Davi(i' (R.C.) Church, in calibration 01 the Jubilee of the Church. Sermons by the Bishop of Newport and Canon Richards (late of Swansea). MoNPAY. Oct. 11. "Jim the Penman," at the Grand Theatre, and curing the week. THURSDAY, Oct. 14. Swansea Choral Society's Special Gnnd Concert. at the Albert Hall.—Mendelssohn s Hymn of Praise," A-. TUESDAY, Oct. 19. Olamoreanshire (Quarter Sessions, at Swansea. THURSDAY, Oct. 21.. Mr. Geo. Grossmith's Humorous and jlusicai Keettai, at the Albert Hall. Swansea. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 27- Meister Glee Sinjers at the Albert Hall. THCRSDA Y. Nov. 11. Miss Marion Evans' Grand Evelliz Concert, at the Albert Hall.

Hocal fiUflltgenre. NEW AMERICAN CONSUL FOR SWANSEA.— The L<,vdon- Gazette on Tuesday contained the follow in sr:—" Foreign Office, September 22. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Griffiths W Prees as Consul of United States at Swan- S?'VHS GRAMMAR SCHOOL COMMUNION VESSELS. -The Holv Commira:on vessels and altar cloth, t ir, 1^73 bv the late Rev. C. T. Heartley present t. Nicholson, of the Swansea .h?ad1^; School Chapel, have been handed over v'-The Governing Bodv of the Intermediate School to A'e Vicar of Swansea. They are now in use at St. jide4 Church. Mount Pleasant. The Diplome d' Honneur, which is one grade h,'Zh er than the Gold Medal, has been a warded to Yinolia Soap for Toilet purposes at the International Exhibition at Brussels. It will oe recollected that it was to "Vmolia" Soap that +i.e Samtarv Institute awarded their medal, which is probably the highest scientific award in the world ever given to Soaps. THE PRICE OF COAL.—The Government coal returns just published show a falhlg" off in the prices of coal last year throughout the Unite t KiIwJom. For instance. at English pits it was 5s 9"89d.. as compared with 5s. ll'38d. for the preceding year; Scotch prices. 5s. l'48d. as com- pared with 5s. 3^. Irish, 7s.21"49d as compared with SiI. 5*1. and Welsh, 6s. 8"86d., as compared with 7s. l'91d. THE INCUMBEN' Y OF A SWANSEA ICAR. -On Mondav afternoon the Lord Bishop of Llandaff pubHcly instituted the Rev Alfred Augustus Eathews, late cf Holy Trinity, Swansea, to the incumbency of BJaena^n-cum-Capel-.Newydd. and the Rev. C. T. E. Griffith, M.A., rural dean, Trevethin (a. former vicar), inducted the rev. gentleman. In the evening the ne .vly- ippointed vicar nreached an eloquent sermon at the mother chur di to a 'arge congregation. PBOMDR.NCE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL, BISHOPS-TONE.—The harvest thanksgiving get-- vice was held on Tuesday evening last. The se-mon was preached by the Rev. W. Ivor Jones, the able pastor cf St. Paul s, Swansea. Thesa-red buih'.in^ was filled t> its utmo t capacity with a highly appreciative audience. The rev. gentleman took for hi." text I. sam. 6 13. and deliveied a Mr.Tilarl/ appropriate discourse. The chapel was fully decorated for the occasion. THF GRAND THIS VTRB.—" J«n the Peamati," +h 'i which Mr Tapping brings to Swansea ™xt Moiulav, is so welt-known that it needs no snecial recommendation here but we may remark in nassino- *h»t it should prove particularly hwi- natincr to those interested in tragic criminal problems, as also to that large circle of readers who followed the fortunes of Mr. Con*n Doyle's vivid creation—the late Sherlock Holmes. Mr. Tapa'nw brings with him. ail experienced com- recruited entirely from the London stage. P CIZET^E NEWS.Bankruptcy Acts, 1383 and 18Q0— Receiving orders Evan Jones, trading as the Gadlys Model Bakery Company. badiys-i-oa. t. Aberdare. baker and confectioner: Herbert Liwis. High-street. Osrmore Vale, innkeeper Thos~ Martin. Main-street. Cadoxton-juxta-Earry, Glamorganshire. draper: John Williams. Mount- street, Wrexham, innkeeper Tobias Shepherd, of Wern. Ystaivt'era. ironmonger and general fur- nisher: Henry Hayieri, of Pentyla. Abcravon, and Port Talbot, hay and corn merchant. EVILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.—Last weeks traffic returns of the local railways show the following results —Great Western Railway, an increase" of £ 6.390, making an aggregate in- crease for 13 weeks of the half-year of £ 128p90 as compared with the corresponding period last year.- -London and North Western Railway. an increase of £ 9.297. nggregate increase for 13 weeks, £ 72.725.-Taff Vale Railway, a decrease of £875. a^re^ate decrease for 14 weeks. £305. — Brecon and Merthyr Railway, an increase of £ 37. aggregate increase for 14 weeks, £ 427. Rarrv Railway, an increase of £ 288, aggregate increase for 14 weeks. £ 12.575. increase for 14 weeks. £ 12.575. DSVTH OF Miss ELIZABETH BARWICK.—The death took place at Femcilff Terrace-road, on Mondav morning of Miss Elizabeth Barwick. a^ed 31, the daughter of the late Mr. John Barwick. The death of her father seems to have deeply affected Miss Barwick. Her disease necessitated constant medical attendance, and epixte recently she consulted a Bn-tol speci-tlist and underwent an operation. Her death is -widely regretted, and much sympathy is felt for the widowed mother and the other members of the family in their bereavement. Y.M.C'A. DEBATING SOCIETY.—On Wednes- day the members of the Ltterarv and Debating Society of the Young Men's Christian Association held their first meeting for the coming season, when a most enjoyable evening was spent. Impromptu speeches were made by the members present. The society, which was inaugurated in the winter of 1896. has been very successful during the past season, a fact upon, which the committee must be congratulated. On Wednesday next. the 13th inst., at 3.30 p.m.. a debate will take place (in No. 3 room of the Y.M.C'.A.) on Socialism between Mr. S. B. Cozens and Mr. S. A. Meager. A hearty invitation is extended to those who would like to attend. NEW SWANSEA SHIPPI^O COMPANY.—The Savemake Company (Limitedî was registered 011 September 23, with a capital of £ 6.000 in £1 shares, to acquire, own and work the barque or vessel called the Savernake. The subscribers are B. Hodgena. 12, St. Jamas'-gardens. Swan- sea, colliery proprietor: Mrs.M. A. Hodgens, 12, St. James -gardens, Swansea; J1. Hodgeas, 87, Gorse-lane, Swansea master mariner Mrs. A. J. ufod^ii- 87. Gorse-lane, Swansea w Hoddens, n Carlton-ferrace, Swansea, ^^eer J. Hodgens. Cambr.an-cha^ Swan^^ mer. v. Jl T Owen. 21, Brjnsiti-terrace. K Hodgens is the managing ship s husband and manager remuneration, ^50 per annum. ON-ABY SOCIETY.—The Swansea, rll be held next Saturday and\ anmver.-ary ,ivertisement). There will be Monday (-ee annual meeting on Monday special interest n Archdeacon Wolfe who evening when tue years in China will has laboured tor ove ^oj^e for a short be the chief speakei. reTnember his former furlough and several home on a former visit to Swansea when dj9trj0t: in the occasion. He has charge < j which those province ot iuh-Kien m lW" „ a<rQ Jast painful massacres occurred tno ve. August, when several devoted on -u.-i+h a r"-nel but glorious martyr at111- old friends will gladly ^tdcome Dr. Horjan o will preach at the parish church harvest next Sunday evening. next Sunday evening. HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES were NEI'1 Sot St. Thomas' Church on Thursday evening in last week when the Rev. D. Bankes-Williams, Cwmavon. preached an admirable sermon to a large congregation. The interior of the church was tastefully decorated and garnished for the occasion with a plentiful supply of fruit, vegetables, flowers, corn and bread. The service was hearty and enjoyable throughout. Special anthems were rendered by the choir, the soloists yiss E. Blew, Mrs. Adams. Messrs. LI. Walters, W. H. Andrews, and W. Davies—giving a wood account of themselves. The services were continued on Sunday, when the Rev. T. P. Lewis Penllergaer, preached two excellent and stirring sermons, that in the evening, Paul before Felix" eliciting unstinted commendation. The anthems were The Earth is the Lord's (Smith), The H^ens are Tellin*- (Haydn), and Hallelujah rRaotkivon) Mr. F..J. Walters presided at the organ at all the services, whilst Mr. D. Davies conduct* tllz choral "ieee. I GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.— Particulars may be obtained in our advertising columns of some cheap and convenient excursions to be run bv this railway. | YORK PLACE BAPTIST C'HAPEL.—Harvest | thanksgiving services in connection with this chapel will be held on Sunday next, when the j Rev. D. Burwyn Davies will preach special. sermons. FREE LECTURES.—The Rev. Father Phillipson will deliver the first of the autimn free lectures at the Free Library on Saturday evening. His subject is Anuradhapura the Magnificent." It 1 will be illustrated with lantern views. The subject is one little, if at all, known, and the audience should be large. RAPHAEL'S ALMANAC FOR 1898.—This Almanac is claimed to be the best in the market, at any rate it gives plenty of variety. Not only are there tables innumerable, but it touches on theosophv, vivisection, superstition, and even goes so far as to mentiou a cure for hydrophobia. We believe it has an enormous sale amongst middle-class folk. „ CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR UNION. — YUR advertisement columns contain particulars ot a gospel mission in connection with the Swansea and District Societv of Christian Endeavour to be held at Mount'Pleasant and St Andrews Churches. Swansea, on October 9th to 17th inclusive, when the Rev. F. C. Spurr will be the ruissioner. Special hymns, solos, &c.. will be sung by a special choir. FIRE AT THE SWANSEA DOCKS.—On v\ edne«- day eyening- a fire broke out at the Xew Cut Saw Mills, Swansea. It was not discovered until it had obtained a fair hold on a part of the premises and one building collapsed. The fire brigade, how- ever. prevented the spread of the fire, though considerable damage was done. The proprietor of the mills is ex-Councillor Riiys Edwards, and the property is insured in the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company. DUTCH BULBS AND FLOWER ROOTS.—Messrs. Edward Parsons and Company, the wen-known seedsmen of Swansea and Bristol, have a fine collection of Dutch bulbs and flower roots, imported from the best farms in Holland, whioh they are offering at very reasonable prices. Messrs. Edward Parsons and Company have made for themselves the reputatior. of being among the most successful seedsmen in Great Britain. In addition to Dutch bulbs and flower roots they have a very choice collection of cut. flowers, bouquets, wreaths, and crosses. Their illustrated catalogues are now ready, and should be in the hands of all interested in floriculture and horticulture. DRUMTOCHTY, OR A NIGHT. WITH lAN MXCLAREN." —This forms the subject of the Rev. W. E. Shaw's new Scotch lecture, delivered for the first time hst (Thurs- day) evening at the Albert Hall to a large and appreciative audience. Himself a Scotchman, and well acquainted with Scotland and Scotch local life, Mr. Shaw was able to deal with his subject as few others could have done. and was throughout interesting and instructive. His estimate of the works "of Ian Maciaren was a high one. and he drew particular I attention to his characters. The lecture was illustrated by a magnificent series of limelight views of Drumtochty characters taken from life. I and full as it is of amusing anecdotes, should become very popular. A fine selection of Scot :h songs was given during the evening by members of the St. Andrew's Choir. At the close a cordial vote of thanks was accorded the lecturer. LCOAL COM MISSIONS.—The London Gazette of Tuesday night contains the following :— Volunteer Artillery 2nd Glamorganshire, Lieut. W. Lewis to be captain dated 6th inst.— Volunteer Rifles 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment, Lieutenant W. S. J- Bray to be captain, and be granted the honorary rank of major, V. Captain H. W. Vivian, wLo is seconded, whilst aide-de-camp to Colonel A. P. Vivian, command- ing SoatR Wales Volunteer Infantry Brigade. The undermentioned second lieutenants to be lieutenants H. J. Randall, A.. R. Thomas, the Hon. O. R. G. Vivian, R. Osbourn, J. Bowen, and W. F Brook: dated 6th inst. 3rd Volunteer Battalion Welsh Regiment. Captain and Honorary Major C. B. Fowler resigns appointment as instructor of musketry, under provisions of paragraph 59 of volunteer regulations. 1S96 dated 6th inst. 3rd Glamorgan, the under- mentioned -ecoud-lieutenants to be lieutenants D. H. L. Thomas and C. B. Jellkins; dated 6th inst. WINE GROWING IN WALES.—Wine-growing experiments in Wales are (says the Daihj Tc/fjr"ph) still actively carried on by the Marquess of Bute, and this year there is azain a good crop of the vinous fruit both at Castell Coch and at Swanbridge. In the former vineyard unfortunately, tue grapes are still suffering from the effects ot mildew, but those at Swanbridge arc free from the afflction, are coloatingweU, will ready to gather in a few clays. The vines at C'astell Coch were planted in 1875. and the first attempt to manufacture wine from the grapes grown was in 1877 but it was not until 1881 that a really good crop was obtained, when the whole of the vintage, with the exception of a few dozens kept for use at the castle, was sold at 60s. per dozen, a large proportion of it being subse- quently resold by public auction at 115s. per dozen. The wine is described by connoisseurs as resembling a first-cla-s still champagne. In 1837 ten hogsheads of wine were obtained, and by that time Lord Bute was so satisfied with the results I of his experiment that be antiiori-ed Mr. Pet:i- grew. F.R.H.:3.. his horticultural adviser, to plant a new vineyard at Swanbridge. a somewhat more favourable site, about seven miles from Cardiff. In 1893 both vineyards yielded an enormous quantity of grapes, from which were pressed 40 hog-she Ids of wine. The whole of it was sold by the Marquess under a licence held in his own name for an aggregate sum of 1:3,000. that one season's results recouping all the expenditure iucurred upon the experiments up to that date. PARISH CHURCH HARVEST FPSTIV^ r.—The 1 first harvest th:J.nk,;g-i v1.n17 service in the new Parish Church took place last (Thursday) even- 1 c?'t sacred edifice, consisting, as vet only of the nave, was prettily decorated with" flowers fruit, vegetables and evergreen, by the following ladies Miss Smith (the Vicarage). Mrs. D. M Glasbrook, and t e Misses Phillips, Mrs. Hensler the Misses Palmer, Mr«. M. Morgan, Miss Cope' Miss Williams, Mrs. Gwyn, M ss Jeanetta Daniel, Mrs. Radcliffe. Mrs. Thompson and Miss Thomp- son (Brondeg), Miss Pugslev, Miss Roberts, Mrs. Legg. Mrs. J. W. Lloyd, Miss Samuel. Mrs. T. Morris. Miss Smith, Miss Pickwick, Mrs. Healy, Miss Jones. Miss Perkins, Miss Davies. Miss Anderson, and a band of girl-helpers from the Orphan Home. A large quantity of fruit and flowers was sent hy kind friends, and the deco- rators were as-isted by Mr. Evans (vicarage gar- dener) Mr. Jones (parish clerk), Mr. J. W. Lloyd I Churchwardenl, Mr. Rees, a'd the clergy, the Revs. E. J. Davies and T. Morris. Ine pulpit was occupied last evening by the Res. Pnncip u G. W. Gent, of St. David s College, Lampeter, who preached a scholarly and eloquent sermon from the text: Master we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing.' (St. Luke v.. 51: Two anthems "While the Earth remaineth (Maunder) and" 0 give thanks unto the Lord (Sydenham), were beautifully sung by the choir, Mr. Radcliffe presiding at the organ. The offertory was for the chancel re-building fund. Next Sunday the offertories will be for the Church Missionary Society. The preachers will be:—morning: Rev. F. Swain-on (missionary from N.W. CaDada afternoon To the young evening Yen. Archdeacon Warren (missionary from Japan). WESLEY CHAPEL, SWANSEA.—The harvest festival in connection with Weslev Chapel began last (Thursday) evening with a full choml service. The interior of the edifice had been suitably decorated for the occasion by the following ladies, under the supervision of the stewards of the chapel :—Mrs. Chapman, Miss Golds worthy, Miss Tamlyn. the Misses Phelps. Miss Eddershaw, Miss Puntan. Miss Macfarley. Miss Foy, Mi s Edmunds. Miss Pengelly. and Miss Rowe. Tne service was largely attended, and an admirable programme of music was gone through. It was opened with an organ voluntary by Mr. J. W. Watson. Between the lessons the choir rendered U. Sing unto the Lord (Lb>jirf). the solo beino- exquisitely sung by Miss Ada Foy and Miss Phelps gave "The Sanctua.ry" with taste and intdiigenc". Miss Newbury was entrusted with the so:o in the anthem "I will magnify thee" Wp,1.,), and by her pleasing interpretation ?INmced the beauty of the rendering. Tnis was touoved by Miss Tu-pi i's fine treatment of The V i.sioaof t'j,e (jroas_ a delightful composition by ractsw^^ Xho other vocali-ts were Mr. f ° 'ns' gave Sullivan's Refrain thy voice atK* J- H. Rees, who sang T F Kawlin»e-" During the evening the Rev. the words Liffave an aPProPli:lte address cn fields, for thevarip?!i,ir^yea1and,lo'jk on the he that reapeth ree bIte already tll harvest: and fruit unto life eternal ft!1 WRg-es, and gathereth and he that reapeth roav ^oth he that soweth iv.. 35-39). After the Beni?.,ce. tog-ether. (John brought to close with the &°tjontheservice was March in D (Smart.) The £ ? sol°' Festive tinned on Sunday next, when \icey 1 be.con. above music will be repeated..portIOn ot the

TREBOETH. Nyx On Fridav morning last. Mr. Dan Jenkitu, his brother-in-law. Mr. T. John, left Landore^ Southampton, for Johannesburg. South Afri^ They were sent for by the:r brothers Tom an^ I Dan Jenkins, the former being tlie chlef «nganeer in a mine in Johannesburg. The} sailed on the s.s. G*>coi?ne on Saturday morning. We regret to announce fcliP ueatn or Mr. Morgan llathias, Treboeth, which took place last Saturday night after a short ill ess. Deceased ?vas for a great number of years a deacon at the Mynyddbach Congregational Chapel. The funeral, which took place on Wednesday, was attended by a large number of ministers and the people of t he neighbourhood. iV-eased leaves a widow ^rywn-jp eiii; >en to mourn their loss.

'-7 MR. ALFRED THOMAS, M.P. THE WELSH CHAIRMANSHIP, There would be a certain fitness in electing the hon. member for East Glamorganshire to succeed the late Sir George Osborne Morgan as Chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Party. Mr. Alfred Thomas has long coveted, the position. Though one of the legislative products of the Radical Election of 1835, the hon. gentleman has been much longer than tsvelve years before the public of the Princi- pality. lie is widely and favourably known in Cardiff, of which town he is "a merchant of credit and renown," and he has passed its chair as Mayor. He has all the virtues to be looked for out of the Nonconformist Conscience, as well as from a Radical who has adopted every point in the charter of his party. Mr. Thomas looks dissent upon every creed, religious and political. He is a Baptist, and has been President of the Baptist Union. He is an advocate of the Eight-hours Day, and has a seat on the j couucil of the South Wales Mining College. J When the Newcastle Programme was given to a Dissentient Party, Mr. Alfred Thomas swallowed it without a murmur, and has never since required or accepted a corrective. i He is in favour naturally of Welsh Disestab- lishment, as well as of the nationalisation of the Welsh land, of the centralisation of the Principality for Home Rule. Likewise he is enamoured of the compulsory teaching of Welsh in all schools, eleuientary, and mining, and the closing of the W eish County Courts to all but Welsh-speaking judges, and the exclusion from the Welsh Assize Circuits of all but Welsh-speaking counsel. He favours a bag and baggage policy tor clericals of the Dr. Edwards type, and for employers of labour of the Lord Pt-nrhyn order. He vould make tlie rich keep the poor, and the property of the Church educate the children of the masses. He would gridiron the land with schemes of higher education, conceived on the broadest of Nationalist lines. He would raise a democracy one-idead and one-eyed, would have Sunday Closing every day in the week, and make everyone moral, wise, rich, and exemplary by Act of Parlia- ment. Mr. Alfred Thomas personally and to the sight idealises his own ideals. He embodies in his solid frame, his immutable smile, and his regulation attire of broadcloth all the home virtues. He distils an atmos- phere of respectability as he walks. He stands aloof from the frivolity of Parliament. He does not consort with gossips or feather. heads. In the Lobby he is seldom seen. To him it is a passage from the Roaring Forties to the peace of the Library. For him the frou-frou of the Terrace in the high tea and strawberry season is as the music of the Gehenna of all unrighteousness. With Mr. John Burns's simile of the Terrace as the Chapel of Ease to the Burlington Arcade Mr. Alfred Thomas does not disagree. In his public addressess Mr. Alfred 'lhomas is brief and sententious. With the fire of a Lloyd George, the casuistry of a Sam Evans, the prophetic soul of a Herbert Roberts, or the "historic conscience" of a Pritchard Morgan, Mr. Alfred Thomas has little in common. For all which virtues of mind and wardrobe, taste and habits, capacity of programme, eating and digestion, Mr. Alfred Thomas thinks himself and is thought fit to keep alive the traditions of the Chairmanship of the Welsh Parliamen- tary Party—traditions which are sanctified by a Henry Richard, inspirited by a Dillwyn, revived in a Hussey Vivian, ennobled by H Stuart Rendal, and graced by an "borne Morgan. To be chairman of the Welsh Radicals is to preside over a round of dis- cordant elements; but as President of the Baptist ITuion Mr. Thomas should have qualified for any crisis to which the party J corporate way be liable. His storage of force ought to be considerable if the hon. gentle- man's reserve of manners pass for anything. No one of the party can get so much dignity out of five feet four-no one, that is to say, of the Welsh Parliamentary Party. And that five feet four should keep order between North and South Wales. Although Mr. Alfred Thomas has not taken a very active. OT »*> UH4>. a. noiay, part in politics, he is credited with all the thotightfulnesa ascribed to the Dutchman's bird of rare intellectual gifts. Mr. Thomas says little. b!lt thinks a good ueal. He looks thought. He has his own ideas about Mr. David Thomas, and about a good many other things. His name has been on the back of all or most of the big Welsh Bills, and he has been in the centre of more than one Welsh corner. He is a silent force which it i3 always thought prudent to calculate with, and, in short, it would be the easiest thing to make Mr. Alfred Thomas into a very great man by the simple deduction of what he is not and of what he does not say or do. Analogies by a process of negation are interesting, easily convincing, even if a little illusory.—The London Echo.

SWANSEA POLICE COURT. THURSDAY. Before the Stipendiary (Mr. J. U. Fowler), Allerman Bradtord, Dr. E. B. Evans. suid Mr. W. SVatkins. ASSAULT ON A POLICKMAN.—Oeorge Henry Hill, a labourer, Vincent Cottage, was charged with assaulting P.C. Jenkins. Fined 5s. and costs, or in default a week's imprisonment- THEFT OF GARDEN TOOLS. -Mathew Nettle, labourer, Morriston, was charged with stealing a quantity of g«rdet» tools from Glan'rafon, Mori iston, the property j of Mr Xaysmitli.—Ue was convicted and sent down for one calendar month's hard labour. PUBLICAN FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS.—Herbert E. Grlover, landlord of the Bay View Hotel, was charged with being drunk on his licensed premises P O Williams stated the case, and defendant was fined 2J8. and costs. THE Muzzling ORDER.—^William Fender, 2>, Orchard- street, was lined 2s. 6d.; Richard Smale, 14, Herbert- place, 3s. (id. F. B. Last, 7S, ilansel-street, ^s. 6J.; and James Lovell, Lundore, 2s. (id., for disobeying the muzzlih,, order. BRKACHKS OF THE FACTORY ACT.—The Omlelin Steel allll T'.nplate Company were summoned for com- njittins a breach of the Factory Act. Mr. Augustus Lewis, Her Majesty's Inspector of Factories prosecuted, and stated that the charge against the defendants was of employing a boy named James Hughes, under the ?xSC t k ^'l'loutobtau>ing a certilicate of litness from L>r. Jabez lhomas, the works medical officer. I'he lad was taken on on Jane 6, and on Septemher 16th the lad met with an accMent. Upon making enquiries with regard to this it was fonud that the boy had not been certified.—Mr.. r. omitU appeared for the rnmminv and admitted the offence. Oliver .rones, foreman of the Tin house, state., that he had received instructions from Mr Thomas, the manager, to get the lads employed cer- tified, I in i as there weiea number of Uughe?, the one mentioned had been overlooked The magistrates said that Mr Thomas had been anxious to comply with the Act but as he was responsible for his subordinate he was'liable and was fined 20s. mcludingcosts.— The com- pany were' then charged with committing a further breach of the Factory Act by not having the cogs of the mill-gearing properly fenced, by which the lad bad met with the accident. After hearing the evidence the magis- trates found that the company had not properly guarded the cogs, but in view of there being contributory negligence by the boy, the bench would only inflict the mitigated penalty of slid costs. All. Lewis asked the Bench to express an opinion which he might send to the Secretary of State in order. H possible, that the money should be applied to the beuelit ot the injured lad. This was agreed to.

COMMERCIAL FAI LURES. According to Stubbs' Weekly Gazette, the number of failures in England and Wales gazetted during the week ending Oct. 2, was 130. The number in the correspond- ing week of last year was 126, showing au increase of 4. The failures were distributed, amongst the following trades, and for comparison we give the number in each in the corresponding weeks of 189(3 and 1895. l8'->7. 1890. Builders, Building Materials 14 16 18 Chemists and Drysalters 2 4 1 China, Glass, Earthenware 1 1 1 Confectionery, Toys, b'aocy Goods 2 4 8 Corn, coals. Minerals 8 6 7 Drapery. Clothing Textures 15 15 25 Farmers 3 12 10 Ifurniture, Upholstery 6 6 8 Horses. Vehicles 12 3 Jewellery, Watches. 6 1 2 Leather 7 11 7 Metals 7 4 10 Paper, Printing, «c 4 2 4 Provisions — 21) 19 32 Wines, Spirits, Beer. Tobaccos 17 10 j$ Miscellaneous 10 15 23 133 126 165 The number of bills ot sale in England and Wales registered at the Queen's Lench for the week ending O t. 2, was 147. The number in the correspondu,g week of venr WHS 174.

J DARKEN THE HAIR -¡ when turning grrey, with iCondy's Fluid 4 "I recommend Condy's Fluid | I hair stain." ) £ —The Lady 1 Pictori*l. J So'* •ttrywhere, 8oz.l' 20OZ.2 1 CONDY'S FLUID.

~TONIC SOL-FA CONFERENCE 4T CAERSALEM. LETTER FROM MR. ROBERT GRIFFITHS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—Your report of the conference of Tonic Sol-faists at Caersalem on Saturday, Sept. 25th, is a very good epitome of the proceedings. One mistake occurs, which may have been my fault. You report me as saying that there are now 1,600 teachers of Sol-fa. I may, by error, have said 1,600, but what I intended to say was that 16.000 would now be nearer the mark. The meeting was one of the most enthusiastic that I have attended, and great credit is due to Mr. W. T. Samuel and Mr. John Edwards for the success of the evening. Mr. Samuel proved himself a teacher of whom Wales should be proud, and he and Mr. Edwards showed the possession of good organising powers by gather- ing together such a large assembly.- Yours very truly R GRIFFITHS. October 5ch, 1897.

— —. REV. J. C. DAVIES (NEWTON) AND HIS FLOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." 81R,-I have often wondered at the little progress made in Christianity, considering that we are surrounded on every side by chuicues and chapels, the latter preponderating to a marked degree. I know there are pastors and pastors, sermons and sermons, and am afraid that the and pastors and the audj sermons outnumber the others very considerably. No doubt there are many causes to which the lack of christian progress may be ascribed. It may be that commercialism, that pitiless spirit which craves for supremacy in this world, has eaten deep into the hearts of the people—and the s-hepherds, also. I do not want to take up too much of your space, sir, but I desire to lay before you one living, practical cause of our non-progress in Christianity. At Newton. Mumbles, stands a little old chapel—Paraclete, wherein have worshipped the robust, red-faced, slow villagers —I mean slow intellectually—for the past fifty or sixty years. For thirty years their spiritual welfare has been attended to by the Rev. J. C. Davies, who has grown old and feeble in the service of his Master. It would be idle to deny that the rev. gentleman's pastorate has been successful. An eloquent, thoughtful Welshman, who created a highly favourable impression while in charge ot Capel Seion, High-street, he grasped the weaknesses of his sheep and worked accordingly. And he was successful, exceedingly so. Attached to Paraclete is Castietou Congregational Chapel, more pretentious and modern tban its mother in Newton. Up to about twelve years ago the Rev. J. C. Davies had charge of the two places of worhip-a task he fulfilled honestly and zealously. But unlike Tennyson's brook he could not go on thus for ever, and the time came for him to select an assistant. What more natural than that the choice should fall upon his son-in-law, the Rev. S. C. Pinch. It would be also idle to deny that Mr. Pinch has been successful—certainly at Castlcton. But to the fossilised Newtonians he is not, and never was, acceptable. One member of Paraclete, a man who has grown old and very, very important in assisting at the little chapel, was heard to declare a few years ago, No look ye eere fellah, it Mister Devees a/weeshes os to tak Pinch when e laves us, we'el kick, and a' meeghty hard, too. We ken do wlout the likes o' "e." Old tha jaw, Joan Joanes. (I say it is John Jones to make the narrative more intebigible.) Thee'st thinks thee'st mighty sineert but Davees knows ant a thing or two to ask us to tak that theere Pinch." And yet Mr. Pinch is a sociable,kindly, practical preacher, and how he managed to secure the dislike of the Newtonians is a mystery to me, even in face of the fact that these gentle Newtonians—who know, or fancy they know, how to practice home-rule—made it very warm for the payors before the days of the Rev. J. C. D, lfs..so warm ii. ieed, did they make it on i 01 e particular occasion that too Cbar-ty Commissioners wilh-lield the endowment — ai > on of punishment, I conclude, TIle end"w Iller., wa3 not rein.wed until some time after the appointment of the Rev. J. C. Davies. We are likely to witness a repetition of the iucid.nt Some months ago the Rev. J. C. Davie* tendered his resign ,i.ion. It will con.C into force at tlie end of the year. Naturally, an attempt wa. made to secure ths appointment :or the sou-ii> law, Rev. S. C. Pinoti. Ne\N;onians at ouce roat to arms, and not content with saying unkind things about Mr. Pinch,tbev must n->e<l< turn ami reno their own venerable and faithful pastor. .Mr,. Pinch "aw how the mnd Iny, ano verr pro^eriy refused to allow his olal'i)•( to 1m; turUw, preyed. And now comes the nib. Newtonian* j ciix.ui that the endowment is thons, and theirs aJ.one. The friends at Ca^tletrnCha^ci canter. that thr-y are entitled to half of it. and that half uf it ] i; ley will have. Without going into details 1 IIUI T mention by waj of illustrating the strained relations which exist between the people, that a. little while ago Castlcton;ans were refused admittance to a meeting at No.vto-i. Who is to decide thff dispute r Not the people t^iuselves, but the Charity Commissioners. I shoul I not be surprised were they to decide to with-hold the endowment, as they did before. Neither should I he surprised were they to decide tnat it must be equally divided between Castleton and Newton Chapels. Well might we exclaim See hov these Christians love one anoth"r,Yours, &c., A YOUNG NEWTON RESIDENT, October 4th, 1897.

-+- PRO VACCINATION—GERMAN STATISTICS, TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN." SIR,—The recent revival in the British Medical Journal and other pro-vaccination organs of the many-times-exploded Franco-German small-pox and vaccination statistics, and the misleading statements of sciolists like Dr. Drysdale and Dr. Bond, show tiie unscrupulous methods resorted to for upholding a mischevious and tottering medical delusion. Why, it may be asked, did not Mr. Ernest Abraham Hart. Lord Playfair, Lord Lister, the editor of the Lancct, Dr. Drysdale, and other brave vaccine propagand- ists submit themselves and their statistics to cross-examination before the Royal Vaccination Commission, an ordeal which, in spite cf repeated entreaties in the public Press, they one and all carefully and conspicuously avoided ? The special character of the vaccine statistics at present in circulation is an ill-concealed dislike of the application to small-pox of the methods of sanitation and municipal cleanliness which auti-vaccinators everywhere hold to be protective alike against all epidemics. Tne angry manner in which it is asserted that tiie decline of this disease in Germany since 1874 is aue to re-vaccination alone is further proof that the protective power of municipal cleanliness is felt to be a formidable rival to the empiricism of .Tenner. Pasteur, Koch" and Lister. Early in 1870, Dr. Seaton, of thej Local Government Board, declired before the' House of Commons Committee that Prus-ia wasj well-protected, and, indeed, at that period it was thought to be safe, and was held up as a pattern of the value of vaccination. To.vards the clost of that year a serious epidemic overspread thi I country, and the small-pox deaths of the follow 109 12 months rose to 69,839. The deaths i. Berlin alone in 1870 were 5,084. In those days the stench of che black and filtlf sewaae that polluted Berlin was notorious, ati the utility of vaccination having beeoni distrusted, the city magnates found it advisabJ to turn their attention to more promising method of precaution. The Berlin W.<t.;rworks are nor in operation, and M. Ernest Lavisse, who visitd the city in 1877 and in 1986. says that betweei those periods a gigantic system of sewers his been can-tructed. In consequence of these eno- mous sanitary ameliorations small-pox mortally has fallen but it pleases the arrogance of tte vaccine party to ascribe the fall solely to soue undescribed changes in the vaec nation law n 1874. They are aware that it would he fatal o their statistics to allow municipal cleanliness ad improved water supply any protective power frcW the disease. In the less cleanly districts of Germany smal- pox contmnes to re-assert from time to time is ancient prerogatives but in the face of scientic sewage arrangements and purified water smal- pox stands paralysed, like the medicev?.l witc, the carrier of epidemics, who was proverbiajy unable to cross the clear and running streai. —Y'ours faithfully, JAS. R. WII-LIAMSON. 42. Stibbmgton-street, London, N.W. 23rd September, 1897.

PONTARDAWE. Mr. John T. Davies, a pupil of Cniversjy Chambers, Pontardawe. has gained a classiil exhibition at the recent open scholarship exauu- ation at the University of Cardiff. Mr. Dav^s is the same student who headed the list _>f successful candidates at the entrance examina:Lin of Brecon Memorial College in June.

The Dean and Chapter of Chichester hae appointed the Rev. Frank Rowland Lees to a minor cannory in the cathedral, and have a<:o presented him to the United rcctoric^ of h. Martin's and St. Olave's, in the city of Chichest r. Mr. Lees has been for sime years rector of Cossington. Leicestershire. A marriage has been arranged between lV". David Balcarrt-s Lindsay, of Tetbury. Gloncest^ shire, son of Lieutenant-Colonel and the honoir- able Mrs. Henry Gore Lindsay, of Giasne'in Houpe. bounty Dublin, and Maud, daughter of the lat^ Mr. George Miller, n.nd of Mrs. Miiler of BreivL'y, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire. I

THE LOCAL PROPERTY MARKET. During the last few weeks Messrs. Beynon and Meager have had a series of stock sales which have proved unusually successful. They have almost invariably been attended by large numbers of buyers, and the live stock, especially cattle, have realised exceedingly high prices. They i have several others coming on, and special attention might be called to those advertised in our columns this week. Those desirous of obtaining sound, healthy stock would jo well to attend them. One result of the plentiful supply of hay general practically all over the country is the improvement m jthe prices given at present for live stock as compared with those of last uVeek cattle in a local farm fetched £ 17 whereas a twelvemonth ago cows of quite as good quality could not realise more than £15. At the Plough and Harrow Inn, Pentre Estyll, on'luesday last, Mr. David Roberts offered 162, (freehold), now let at a rental ot 1+hV nronp t ere was a large attendance, and the property Was sold for £ 15g ^ess'rs- Bevnon and Meager conducted stock sale at Ystrad Isha Farm, ?,e^ie realised f Ifc Wft8 wel1 attended. fott-T,d oS^ 0 £ a £ 2 10s- to £ 11> aQd the bay also soid for good prices. Tv-pi] a-™ ess*ul sale was conducted by thes0 ci-p+tv WlL auctioneers at Llwynmawr Farm, owelty, on Thursday. Tnl^ large a"'eudauce at the Albert Hal i 1 y' when Mr- Erank Tunbridge preside* over a successful sale of good-class carpets and hearthrugs. As the 9,a"tle Hotel on Thursday afternoon, Mr. 1. Lucas offered for sale by public auction five compact lots of leasehold property ii'o -fhere was a good attendance, but t rp .a not in any case come up Ll to the reserve prices. Mr. J. R. Kichards, sohcito^ acted as agent for the vendors. Wr-f • Lucas conducted an important 8al0?v«sil Oa rPerty at the Ki"S?'s Head Hotel, Lla" lni -an's''ire- Tuesday last. As *s uS v iaro.oes this locality the attendance was•!?,;« f!: ancJ the prices realised for horses, Cat(i Vei-(. mrin" 8tock' fumiture, and stock-in- tral,- d\st?p4 ratlsfactol'y- The sale held U £ ^al receiver !rent in concurrence with the officii y ,ln bankruptcy. ^Wh6district^ Salt'S llave takcn Placo in the at TiIvJJ?UnvnK the week" 0n Monday the Sf0<v Messrs |/yv?anweri' Onllwyn, was disposed at Talvfiri r-i Davies and David, and the st°5^, R, Parm, Coedfranc, by Messrs. th« 1 Thursday Mr. D. Morgan °,tf* .orrwl m at Cefn-y-fan Farm, Cymmer, Glj11 0 'Messrs. Lewis Bros., the stock at Tir y ■*arii, Neath and Messrs. R. M. Davies ami Davi(jf that of Tymawr Farm, Aber 6 would draw attention to the sa^3T-tisiTio-n"? these auctioneers in our ad,ertising colu1I1Ds_ Mr"'Fr^r)FrrmA Gower. yesterday (Thurs- Mr"'Fr^r)FrrmA Gower- yesterday (Thurs- da^- ■ J. Parker opened an extensive s,tcC r„rm ar°«red with excellent weather, t w-icts attenrf J ot^ers of the neighbouring C!1SV-- m-ocppri; m larse numbers, and the first 'twill ha n^s Pl'°ved highly successful. The sa n, T Inml !"uec' to-day (Friday). ,ir> for sa]8SlL ^aw Mills, Llandyssul, will be Pu' m by public auction by Mr. A. B. DaV1L^' uesday, Oct. 19th. It will be offered in s a going concern, and as the Pri'n well-built, and the mills were in fuJ °P n UP to a recent date, the sale should co""1' e attention particularly of timber nd builders. The sale is to take pl^jyg Prehuses, which may be viewed at inotr°i °^1Gr forthcoming sales will be fottul in our advertising columns.

SWANSEA HOSPITAL. TPVAT?°NrHLY MEETTNG. A hon OF COLONEL MORGAN. meeting of tho Board of M^'Vhursdav°r! le-SA'ansea tf')S»itat va* h«l.l V" °er °rii.in?- Tn the abse,iCe of Dr K^here tr StheEev- J- Presided, dsav aL Mrs. Wood, Miss vV oi'fw n188 Br°ck, Colonel Morgan, Rev. r; rfirth Rt- i"S' E- le Cronler Lancaster, «ui I u "U< D- Arthur Davies, Lucas Sards.' Me, Kp0lirtsf Jv™8' Fwd0^a libera TiL Luidley, \v. btone, S. £ ° ieJ anrf W*\?orsLth' Buckley Wilson. David Mr. I). J% Hughes rtssistani secrJ- tar} j IP *ioxfota+>>f House Committee, with the ^1^.4 ">vith h« r' «^tion of motior f f \?hlch WvI al"4! not wd tua't Stone adopted, It was s reusing hi«^n i!^n ^Ic^ve'.vn had written! exp ..toft's fo»«. to P:'Pfido at Sir S<iuire \-nr j-i. GOmi::g readinf? at the Albert u> S 1 ii. of the Hospital, and that Mr. '"U'Uey had consented to act in that cap»i-1 • BEU CLOTHINO. a resolution passed at the last' o„ ^ers had br.en received for a large f P& Sub-Coinmltt" f°r t!P aml tSle ^ac1!0 about £ 86mitt«e recommended OUCH,noui. in« Larrl ^inn "ie iast special meeting- ot the Iv"as set apart for this purpose.- On TVT Mr. H. G. Solomon, seconded by Mr. •'«„ho^er' recommendation of the La<ic!, "'Committee was adopted.-Mrs.Wood sait R„ had been divided between ti,van? and c'°- w- Edwards, D. C. jo)e9» chard Lewis, and Philip Jenkins. MONTHLY BILLS. s! AT I'UR8ES HOME- n of the architonf a"en a ,vas tlie consider- aJ' rt)e and Onera+:^rePorc re heating, Nurses said spSS? Theatre. Mr. Buckley! be ready, and £ *ins the heatlnS would f1° 1 for.—JVXr T? ^e,'s w°uld then be adver- tsChitect be reoue<iV«^i'iIjindley movod that the, ,r*t monthly meetW PrePare a report for the ,e.*0ipal cause of th" ^Si to what has bee" thp ,rl%ting theatre anV a>'lnJhe erection of the .pe tile ('OMI)Iet,oll of at the Prospects were ,s.j Mr. Wil^n the work.—The Chairman f l«st meeting ??Ve reasons of the delay at trials werenni Wilson adding that now the aatf«hould nnt band eaw reason that the votu for the nefv°Nhead- E^avations had just )egu for the new Nurses Home. fr.11^ •• XlGHT NUItSING. n alinittee w^f recornmendation of the House F°tnre n°n»rse considered That >n months ia a 0 be on night duty more than months con«„„yf.ar' and not more than ^^leddurinw^hpfi and not to be single was brou»iif r* ^ear• "~The Chairman said pssity, aiidDr r rward as a matter of net/aon for it waK •+|jan?aster explained that the Vt:a\ t- nurses T increase in the number of ni^ fjlsworth aniri to Mr. H. G. Solomon, Dr. j.0 WOrk n 1! Was advantage of the nur'plotion of Mr r,for S0 lon" a period. On Lancaster +1 S" Llndley^ seconded by Dr. j the recommendation was adoP COL. MORGAN FROM THE Chiirrn THE HOUSE G'OMMITTKE. T\ LE* (THE CHA?RMAID HE WAS SORRY TLIAT DR- 4 al?° that the MXn of board) was away, an he in London ?f Swansea was obliged t° nt at thnt and thus was unable to be P^fiong converr6^n^' He (Mr~ Pollock) had had „,jth the e J'on with the chairman and a¥? Vi be took .aifuian about tue minutes w'mc neement '3°u himself to eliminate at the coini'd see that th L thought the committee would se Y a tthey had considered the matter to be oi Vlndl^t lrn'«rtance. your permission Mr. not tret w°uld be well that this siloul ouldit bP ts'de- It is a deUeate tnatter. and ^he Prpt 111 accordance with your views to as,k no notes8 Jithe,r to withdraw or to take or what is g'om^ on .J It is a „i_ aT1(1 greatest importance to the Hosr1. 4e 18 0ne which we might just as well terests of tiie institution keep to ou £ ;ee Chairman • T • I. +1. ± 1, rC ourselve '• as ^'nn" to move that we re?° 0f this minuVn^° committee for the consider- Dr- chairm168 ^as this Board any power to e1,! it is enn!1} of the House Committee ? I tk'11,^ I do a matter for the committee itsdj* think it should be on the agenda 14 0lomon sewnded- Th" jo-jj*. 1-, (replying to Dr. Jones): Yon are quite r. Jone<, that the election of the Ch»'r -i. e House Committee devolves upon that c but the House Committee Cojnaiittee when that LKnaers his resignation If we are simply, nee the resignation of the Chair- mftn V;. fieri in i°Us? Committee, and this Board are s,a .Lavinf> matters there, the question drop8. want, to hear any reasons as to why 8f d then in the interests of the Hosp1.' atter should be discussed in cot ittee. cO Dr. Jones suggested that the matter should be SJSwc-jaj. J. Jp would be wiser to wait and see. s The Chairman I hope the matter will pass on without any discussion or friction at all. J think it will be well if we form ourselves into coa(V>*c<>9. I tlnnk that is the only course I can take Jther than entirely suppressing the reading of these minutes. ° The motion was then adopted, and tha Press were asked to retire; the reporters being told by Chairman that he would supply them with an official report of the proceedings. The matter was then discussed privately for two hours. The matter was then discussed privately for two hours. reporters were subsequently informed by ^r. follock that it was owing to a misunder- standing between the Chairman and certain members of the House Committee that the former accepted 6 res'?nation' which had been This was all the business.

SWANSEA CHORAL SOCIETY. We beg to call the attention of our readers to the society s concert which takes place at the Albert Hall on Thursday evening next, October 14th. The programme consists of Mendelssohn s lovely work, the "Hymn of Praise," and a miscellaneous second part of which the principal item is Beethoven's Violin Concerto (by Major Lloyd Harris, the well- known and clever Carmarthenshire amateur) with full orchestral accompaniment. It is i looked forward to as a great and rare treat. The principals in the first part are Mrs. J, p j Fricker, Miss M. A. Jones, and Mr. G. R. Crews, all good and well-known singers, and who, we are sure, will do justice to the beau- tiful numbers allotted to them. The chorus is in splendid condition and at the rehearsals have surpassed the perfection hitherto at- tained by the members of this old and well-known society. The public are aware that the society has not met with that pecuniary success that their efforts have deserved, and they now appeal to their sub- scribers and friends to rally round them and so enable them, not only to liquidate the amount of their present liabilities, but encourage them to face the future more courageously than they have been able to do for the last few seasons. We are sure thev deserve every encouragement and hope they will have a bumper house. It will be a shame and a pity if such a useful institution is allowed to go to the wall, and we therefore, with the society, appeal to all lovers of music and loyal citizens to come to the rescue and make this concert a grand success. Mr. Hulley will be the conductor, and his orchestra will perform.

SWANSEA GAS COMPANY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING. The seventy-third half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Swansea Gaslight and Coke Company was held at the Works on Friday. Mr. Travers Wood, chairman of the company, presided. The report for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1897. stated that the consumption of gas had increased 3J per cent. The gross profit amounted to £5,342. i and, added to the amount standing to the credit of the profit and loss account, it was £8.964, and after deducting interest on debentures there remained a sum of £ 8,085 available for dividend. The directors re- commended the usual dividends for the half- year, leaving £3.035 to be carried forward.-The Chairman considered the accounts to be very satisfactory, although the increase was slight as compared with former years. This was attri- buted to the closing of various works in the dis- trict. The expenses for the half-year were le^s than those of the previous half-year, whilst the receipts showed an increase of £ 1,237. During the year 417 new consumers had been laid on- equal to an increase of 9 per cent. The directors had in contemplation at the proper time to in- troduce coin meters, or what was generally known as penny-in-the-slot meters, and they trusted that there would be a large increase of consumers in cottage properties throughout the district. The directors looked with confidence to a continued increase in the number of gas- cooking stoves used, and they trusted by the introduction of this economical and cleanly mode of cooking by gas that all consnmers of gas would adopt gas stoves in their houses. The I directors continued to devote their earnest at- tention to the ousiiu's- of the cempany, and they trusted that an increased consumption of f gas would continue to take placa. All the manu- facturing plant was in thorough repair, and the works at this period were in a position to pro- duce and store 75 per cent. more gas than was NPiit out last year with very little expenditure, if required.The report was adopted, and the usual votes of thanks having been passed to the directors, manager, and auditor, the meeting was brought to a close

;\tY GIHI." AT THE GRAND TI^ATUE. N I With a certain amount of justice, My Girl," w hicb occupies the boards of the Grand Theatre, Swansea, this week, has been described as the best of the myriad musical comedies which have proved such financial treasures to theatre managers during the past few years. As a comedy, apart from the music, it is decidedly the best; for it has the exceptional quality of possessing a plot— at lèast, something much nearer such a thing than the average. It is too pretty a plot to be spoiled in the telling; and although mainly worked out in dialogue it admits of numberless songs and lyrics composed by J. T. Tanner and Adrian Ross, and set to the captivating music of Osmond Carr. If there is any fault to find with the music it is that in many of the songs it rushes a great deal too fast for the woids, so that the singer has sometimes to hurry up and lose points in enunciation, or lag a few bars behind. With Mr. Morrell's and Mr. Mouillot's company there is no lagging of this sort, and on the whole the talented artistes sing the pretty and tuneful numbers allotted to them with admirable skill, and most of the voices are undeniably good. The tunefulness of the music more than atones for its faults, either in composi- tion or in execution; and in such pieces as the madrigal Birds do fly in autumn hours," -it brings a refreshing reminiscence of the pretty madrigal in the Mikado "-the com- poser has followed the best traditions of the art But nothing could well be prettier in musical and in theatrical effect than the two songs Money," and Baby Bunting"—so delight- fully original—sung with exquisite taste by Miss Lyddie Edmonds, who takes the part of May," the heroine" of the piece. Mr. Charles Mills as Theo," and Miss Edmonds sing a duet" Form at a glance," in which the latest fashions in things sartorial and theatri- cal are described. For instance Well, we like a dance that's pretty, Or a song that makes us laugh, But the thing that knocks the city Is the Cinematographe! —and the singers perform a dance which, with the aid of a flickering limelight, is an exact replica of the cinematographe it is veryclever The Grenadiers" is capitally sung by Mr. Mills The funny man of the piece is the MacGregor," of the Multum in Parvo Stock Exchangea part which finds a clever exponent in Mr. Dalton Somers. MacGregor originally possessed the He- brew name of Moses, and his reasons for changing it are explained ia a good song set to music with Scotch motive. There are other character songs, and, amongst them, Sir Tom, sung by Miss Hetty Chapman (as the Mayoress of Porthampton) is always sure of a good welcome. On Monday evening Miss Chapman was several times encored for her rendition. The audience could not, ap- parently, have too much of the subtle humour contained in the song. Here is a verse I'll marry my daughters to nobody low, l'ill get them each a Matquis or Prince of Monaco, And the papers will have lists of their trou-seaux I'll give garden parties on hot afternoons, With red and yellow ices, and jam and maca- roons, And a few detectives—just to watch the sp-ons i -< The Kaffir song and dance—weird and fascinating—by John Fabee, alias King John of Bashangoland," is another taking piece. The part, by the way, is played by Mr. W. H. Downs, who performed it at the Gaiety in the original production. The pseudo prince creates roars of laughter with his Kaffir etiquette. The hornpipe by Mr. Ellis Ogilvie (as Saunders ") and Miss Amy Edmonds (as "Phcebe") is a particularly good dance, and it is followed by a duet "Yodel" by Miss Strafford as "Rehecca" and "the MacGregor." There is not a song but deserves an encore, from the dainty ¡ Baby Bunting," to the ambitions voiced by « the extremely high and mighty Lady Tom." And there is not a member m the company but deserves the highest encomium for his or or her performance. Played as it is at the Grand this week, with good singing and clever dancing, we do not wonder at" My Girl taking rank amongst the best of the j musical comedies. The enjoyment to be ) derived from it is infinit* am., ^er. 'l ay Playing of Mr. W. F. UuUc f't bund U n,, feature of the perforwan<

SOUTH WALES STOCK AND SHARE MARKET. SUPPLIED BY MESSRS. THACKERAY AND CO.. STOCK AND SHARE BROKERS. CARDIFF. w m, October 7, 1897. Kails. The local rail market has been fairly active during the week, and a good enquiry ha3 continued for Stocks of Barry. Tlie principal business has, uowever, centred in the deferred, fair parcels having changed hards, Closing price about better. Preferred scarce. and quohtion unaltered. Very little doing in the undivided. Port Talbots have proved well supported. Several transactions have taken place in the ordinary, which are fractionally better. The treference are Arm but there has been a lack of sellers for some time and* business consequently restricted. Taff Vales have im- proved slightly, closing about one-half better, and a moderate amount of stock has been deatt in. lihymneys are steady a little of the undivided and deferred have changed hands. Preferred inactive. Yale of Gla- morgans a quiet market. In fthondda and Swansea Bays, the ordinary are a shade easier, with only a few dealings to note. A fair business has taken place in the Preference, which close about one-half above last week s markings. Cardiff Preferred remains firm, but there has not been much doing in it for the past few days. RAILWAYS. paid Prices Stock Barry Undivided 100 255 290 » Do. 4 p.c. Preferred Ord. 100 127 iv>a », Do. Deferred Ordinary.. 100 KS i«n IW Cardiff i p.c. I'refd, Ordy. 160 in -d Scrip 80 93 99 in D0rt Kly. & Docks 10 <u oa B 10 Rhoudlia aud tlwausea liay 10 « 61 &t»ynmey Undivided 100 274 273*1 Do Preferred 100 125 127 Taff v° Deferred 100 151) i6l Vale Divided Stock 100 B3J 84 £ -3 PHEFKHENTIAL. Stock Barry Ry. 5 p.c. lst Pref. 100 160 m 55 « z 1 8 10 Pembroke & Teuoy 6 p.c. 40 10 Port Talbot 4 p.c. 4 10 ithoii. ifc Swan. Bay 5 p.c. 10 Stock lihymney 4 p.c. Consold. 100 Ap „ Tall V'aie i p.c. Consold 100 HAIL WAY AND OTliEtt DEBENTURES. Stock Alex. Dock & By. 4 p.c. lOll 132 jg, tt Barry ltailway 3 p.c. 100 110 112 „ Brecon X Merthyr A 4 p.c. 100 123 125 „ Do B 4 p.c. 100 ? us) „ Ca.rdifm.titwaysSp.c.luo 107 109 „ Cauiurian A 4 p.c. 100 134 135 „ Do B 4 p.c 100 lii8 loO Vo C 4 p.c. 100 12ti 128 „ Do D 4 p.c. non cum 100 107 10\\ „ Great Western 4 p.c. do 100 154 156 „ Midland a per cent. 100 117 lid „ Mid-Wales A 41 per cent. 100 laO 135 Netith and Brecon lst 100 li9 131 II A 1 100 114 im „ A 2 loo 5t 57 It Uhon. & Swan. Bay i p.c. 100 127 12\1 lUiymney 4 do 100 147 149 tt Taff Vale 3 per cent. 100 103 105 BANKS. 30 Glamorganshire 2; 6 6t 6 Wlamorganb tu re Preference t>j 10 London aud Provincial 6 21i 22i 40 Aleti-oi). (ot iiUg. & Wales) 6 13 j3a- GAS. 2o Swallsell. it per cent. 25 44 46 25 Do 7 pei cent. 25 41 43 m Alii °OAIi AND IllON. 10 Albion Steaui Colliery 10 10i 10J 10 Cambrian (Jul'ry«p.c. /ve/ 10 10 £ lOj 10 D.Davis ana 8ol^e0* l% 10 Do. 0 p.c. Cum. (red) l>,Kf in 1Q? luO Do. 5 p.c. B Dbbs. (mOS). lo0 in/ 6 Great VVesteiu Ordiuary u r 5 Do Prefer'ce X 5 «3 10 Insoles Colliery 6 p.c. I'rcf. JQ 100 Do 5 p.c. Debs. 100 10i* 5 International Coal 5 u ■,ug 10 Newport Abercarn IQ 8| 10 Do Participating Pref. 10 6| 7 5 North's Navigation Col'ry. 5 2 2 £ 5 Do 10 p.c. Cum. Pref. 5 tji 7 10 Penrikyber Colliery 10 41 5g 10 Do 5 to 73 p.c. Pref. 10 8ij bÄ luo Powell Dutlryn 6 p.c. Deu. IOU lu3 105 5 Rhymneylrou 5 24s Oil 20s 0d 5 Do New £ 2 108. Cred. 11. 10s Od lis Od 100 Do 5 p.c. Alort. Debs. 100 100 lu2 17 South Wales Colliery A 17 8 9 a Do lo per cent. B Pref. 3 4 4414 11 Tredegar Iron and Coal A 7t 2 v.! Stock Do B 100 30 32 MISCELLANEOUS. Stock Alex. Dock & Kly. ii A Frt. 100 126 128 Do 4} B Pref 100 107 109 10 Barry Graving Dock 10 191 20 1 Ben iivans aud Co. Ord'ry 1 19<16d 20s 6d 10 Bristol & 8. Wales Wgu. 3 6t 10 Bute Dry Dock 10 15i 16ixd 10 Hancock Preferred Ord. 10 la¡ 14 4 10 Do. Deferred Ord. 10 17i 17| 10 Do. 6 per cent. Prtf. 10 J5j- loi Stock Do. 4 p.c Deb. Stock 100 114 116 10 Milford Dock 10 + i 10 Mordey Carney, Limited. 9 141 1.4 100 110 4t per relit. Deb. (red. 1909, at 106) 100 104 106 50 Mountstuart Dry Dock A. 40 77 79 50 Do Do B. 30 6tS 68 10 .Frovmrm! ^'trniujo IA • i 10 Do <3 per cen' £ 10 8pillers& Bakers Ordinal lo I>o. « P.O. Pref. 10 14 £ 14.} xd Stock Swansea Corporation 3% p.c 100 128 132 Stock Swansea Harb. 4 p.c. Stock 100 114 116 100 Western Mail 4 £ Deb. 1920 100 107 109 10 do. 5 p.c. Pref. 10 104i 10j "Pref.w))en printed in it<iUca, indicates that the shares are preferential as to capital as well as dividend. Bank Rate increased from 2 to 2, 1 p.c., 23rd Sept., 1897. THMRE AliE SELLERS OF £500 Barry Deferred Stock, at 159. j:67Rbymney Ord. Stock, af 274. 30 Port Talbot Shares, at £9135, 9d. 11 Hancocks 6 p.c. Pref. Shares, at 15J. 50 Lockets Pret. Shares. 100 Rhymney Iron Old and New Shares. X350 Swansea Harbour 4 p.c. Stock, at 115l. 10 Moimtstuart Dry Dock B Shares, at 67j. £ li;0 T. Owen and Co. 5 p.c. Debs. 5 Cardiff Junction Dry Dock Shares, at 53. 10 Cambrian Colliery 6 p.c. Pref., at 10 [,-16. 100 J. Bland and Co. Shares. 25 & 9 Rhondda & Swansea Bay Pref. Shares, at 131. 22 Spillers and Bakers 6 p.c. Pref. Shares. 20 London and Provincial Bank Shares, at 22i. 10 Lloyds Bank Shares. £ 10(> Hat ty 1st 5 p.c. Pref. Stock, at 170. 10 Penrikyber Colliery Pref. Shares, at 83. .eoUO llhynmey Iron 5 p.c. Deb., at 100.J. THERE ARE BUYERS OF 20 Port Talbot Shares, at 9". 12 London and Provincial Bank, at £2115-16. 14 Spillers and Bakers Ord., at 14j. 15 Swansea and Mumbles Pref., at IO5. ±700 Cardiff 3 p.c. Stock. £ 500 Barry and Taff Pref. Stock. 20 Channel Pontoon Ord., at la j. 10 Weaver Ord. Shares. jElOO and £300 Alexandra B Pref. Stock. 20 Rhondda Brewery Pref. Shares. 12 Port Talbot Railway Pref. Shares, at 5. 20 Swansea United Brewery Ord. Shares, at 9i. 15 Mordey Carneys £10 paid Shares. A'300 Insoles Colliery Debs., at 102.

A W. Jo UN SON, STOCK AND SHARE BROKER, 10394] 57, WIND STREET, SWANSEA. Telegrams ORNATE, Swansea. Natwltal Telep/wne21 Agent for the Castle Line" to South Africa. DAVIES AND BARREEJ STOCK AND SHARE BROKERS 56, WIND-STREET, SWANSEA. Telegrams. "Discretion" Telephone No. 113. BUVKUS.-SO Glam. Bank Prefs., ut 100 do. Ord., at £ 1,000 Ben Evans Deb., quote lowest 200 do. Irets., at -z2s. oj. 10j do. Ordy., quote lowest; 25 Swansea aud Mumbles 4j p.c.; Cum. Prefs. at 10|; "20 Swansea Gits 7 or 7^ p.c. 5 Lloyd's Banks, quote lowest; Weaver aud Co., Ordy. and Prefs. 80 Anacon- das at 0 7-10. SELLKlis.—ITS Glam, Bank Ord., at C 5-16: 300 do Prefs., at 6 £ 45 Ben Evans Prefs., at 23s.; 3J Buckley's Brewery Pre-Prefs. £ 600 do. Deb. 50 Rhondda Ord., at (ij 150 Mainland Consols at par 6 Gordon Ord.; 20 and 30 Cumbrian Newspaper shares, waut ■ 100 East Murchison United. ir AMBER T'S CO., PRINCE OF WALES DOCK. SWANSLA. „ „ received and prepared Ores, Mattes, Regulus and Bars r and Iron for Market Copper, Lead, aud Warrants issued Received, Weighed, aud aTb.-u"rrants are on Accepted List of London Metal ExchanKe..eaIuer8 from America, Europe, kc. Regular lines be obtai„ed for low produce Copper Ores"[ SendjU samp'es of not less than half a pounds ",IlOW TO MAKE MONEY." Every INVESTOR & SPECULATOR should write for Pamphlet Showing how LARGE PROFITS cliti be made without hazardous Risk or Speculation Unustially favouidble teans combined with Security. Testimonials, Press Opinions &c 4:5 and upwards can be Invested, and return large Profits. Weekly Settlements. I-IOWARI), MARSHALL & CO., 4, UOl''rHALL (jHAMiJEKS, E.C. RaOMDDA AND SWANSEA BAY RAILWAY. The following are the truffle returns for the week ending Oct. 3,1897, as compared with the correspond- ing week in 1,93v ie97. 1896. No. of Miles open 25 25 a jg Passengers (Local) 382 329 Goods 4 Minerals 1.036 1,124 Total for the Week 1,463 1,455 ■< „ 14 Weeks 20,900 19.550 Increase this week. £ 15. Increase 14 weeks, £ 1,410 THE INDIAN WAR. I The evacuation of the Momand conntr?' completed on Wednesday without optf* 'V Indeed, not a shot has been fired fo' three days. The probable cost of itary operations on the frontier, to ^ove,l'n" ment is committed up to the p^sen^, is estimated tit somewhat under millions sterling. 1' ;r l-y,A' R THE WORLD. i U'I.!io'{'t'.¡': ;011. any ioreias (posi fre9;, 2S, 6d. per rt er ;p<yabit in

THE TRADE OF THE PORT AND DISTRICT. "SSSSrF BY OUB °^N CORRESPONDENT trade of th Tw™s»^On the whole the Uivp nmf p°i'bd"rin^ ,the week has been not ab'ovp shipments of coal are of aSS^ t6v Verage- The easier conditioa for hv tll f 4-IS,respect 1S to be accounted for by the fact that so heavy were the ship- 'n previous week that the available tonnage was used up, and arrivals in the early part of the week were not large; later arrivals increased, and the prospects are in favour of a busier period next week An improvement is shown in the patent fuel trade and the general exports are satisfac- tory the shipments of tinplate for America displaying a marked increase. The import trade continues abnormally- active, the increase over the same week last year being no less than 34 per cent. The- chief items include, from France, pitwood. potatoes, and general; Spain, iron ore; Holland, general Hamburg, general; Rus- sia, grain Chili, gold, silver, and copper ores (per the Pacific Navigation Company's steamship Sorata); Port Nolloth, copper ore and regulus; Newfoundland, copper ore. Entries of shipping in ballast, 24,122 as against 28,946 tons the previous week, and 17,564 tons last year. Imports 16,880 tons, and exports foreign- 35,458 tons, compared with 12,580 tons and 45,116 tons respectively corresponding period.. The clearances of tin-plate an1 general goods comprise for France, Portugal 250 tons, Germany 300 tons, St. Petersburg 1,600 tons' Holland 152 tons, Italy 200 tons, and New York 1,374 tons. IMPORTS COASTWISE.-Pig-iron, 1,273 tons scrap steel, 713 tons; ingot moulds, 30 tons; copper ore 108 tons; lead ore, 290 tons; blende ore, 164 tons; arsenic, 214 tons; pitch. 317 tons; building material, 886 tons; grain, 783 tons; flour, 115 tons; sundries, 1,387 tons. IMPORTS POIZEIGN.- France, pitwood, 150 l°9f*n' P°^a^oes» 219 tons. Bilbao, iron ore,- Amsterdam. general, 250 tons. 2 600 trml' ^°era1' tons. Odessa, wheat, • (Weaver and Co.). Port Nolloth toQS'- "iU* 954 W Chili, gold silver and copper ores, 608 tons. Newfoundland, copper ore, 1,830 tons. New York, general cargo. EXPORTS FOREIGN.-Coal, 25,943 tons patent fuel, 5,135 tons; tin-plates and general goods, 4,380 tons. °

A marriage is announced to take place between the Hon. Ranulph Allsopp of Hadsor, Droitwich. and Margaret, daughter of Mrs. William Whitbread, of 24, Eaton Place, Loudon. The marriage of Lord Waterford and Lady Beatrix Fitztnaurice, the younger daughter of Lord and Lady Linsdowne, one of the most interesting of the year, will take placa in London, on Saturday, the 16th insl. Fifty-six fresh cases of typhoid fever wera reported at Maidstone between ten o'clock Tuesday morninsr and ten o'clock Wednesday. The total up to ten o'clock Wednesday morning was 1,429. A Constantinople telegram on Wednesday stated that Lady Cilcnesk has been decoraterl with the Chefcat Order of the Second Class, and Messrs. Fawcett and Weldon, of the Morning. Post, have received the Turkish war medal.

BIRTHS. MARRIAGES AND DEATHS BIRTHS. RowsE.-On the 28th September, at Fanwen Montrael-road, Brixton, London, the wife of Mr J. H. Rowse. formerly of Swansea, of a son. JAMES. On the 1st October, at Caswell Bay, Swansea, the wife of J. Stanley James of a daughter. TOBIAs.-On October 4th, at Coolgardie, Australia, the wife of Ernest Rhys Tobias (for- merly of Llanelly), of a sou. BUCKLEY.-On October 4th, at Penyfai, Llanelly, the wife of W. J. Buukley, of a 80n. BALL-On the 30th September, at Rabv Vale, Thornton Hough, Chaster, the wife of William A. Ball, of a sou. DOBSON-Ou the 28th September, at the Cot- tage, Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire, the wife ci." Fred. W. Dobson, of a son. ENGLISH.—On the 28 September, at Walton, Peterborough, the wife of Hampden English, of daughter. .( KKNWORTHY.—On ilia 2nd Oct.. at Twvn'ivj, Manor House, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, the ORR^O^I^T^t^l^Heltb Hon,e Bonghton, Chester, the wife of J. Raudal One «' ot a son, *» MARRIAGES. JOHNSON—BEHENNA.—On October 5th, at tho- Registry Office, Fistier-stivet, Thomas Johnson, grocer, Neath, to Pollia B Betienua, daughter of the late Thomas Behenna, Swansea. No cards MILL-COUSINs.-On October 2nd, at s". Gabriel's Church, Swansea, by the Rev. J. H. YVatkin Jones, M.A vicar of Christ Church." ™ w ii A Florence Louisa, daughter of Mr. VYiJliaiii Cousins, surveyor. WILLIAMS—POWELL.—On September 25tb at Caersalem Baptlst Chapel, Llanelly, by the Rey". D. Gwenffrwd Evans and R. B. Jones, Cornelius Williams, 4. Russell-street, to Lizzie, second daughter of Mr. David Powell, 28, Russell-atreet, both of Llanelly. WARLOW—PHILLIPS.—On October 2nd, at Moriah Chapel, Llanelly, by the Rev. T. Idwai Jones, Joseph Charles Warlow, 59, Prospect- place, to Phoebe Phillips, 3, Nelson-terrace, both of Llanelly. GORDON- LEESON-MABSHALL—On the 2,1.1 October, at Lismore Cathedral, Home Gor :un. only son of Sir Seton Gordon, Bart.. of Embo. to Edith Susan, youngest daughter of the late Richard Leeson-Alarshall. of Cailmafercy, Hill- town, Co. Kerry. PARKER—LUCIE-SMITH.—On the 27th Sept., at Limasol, CJ prus, Frederick Hardyman Parker. District Judge, only son of the late W. A. Parker,. Chief Justice, British Honduras, to Edith Aiiua. youngest daughter of the late Sir John Lucie- Smith, Kt.,C.M.G., Chief Justice ot. Jamaica. ALDRICH-itLAEB—VJQOBS.—Unthe ZathSept., at St. Peter's Church, Llanwenurth, Aberga- venny, the Rev. Frederick Hooper Aldrith- Wake, Vicar of Bishopswood, Herefordshire, to Etnily Edith, daughter of the Rev. It. W. Vigors Rector of Llanwenarth Citra. CAZALET—LYON.—On the 2nd October, at St. John's, Caterhani Valley, Grenville William C'azaiet, L.R.C.P. Lond., M.U.C.S. Eng., of Grey Friars Green, Coventry, elder son of the late Lt.-Col. P. G. Cazelet, Madras Army, and step--on of Francis T. Bond, M.D. Lond., F.R.S.E., of Gloucester, to Edith Louisa, eldenst daughter of Jeremiah Lyon, Riddinga Court, Caterhani Valley, Surrey. HOMER—HUGHES.—On the 4th Ootooer. ia cl son of 1'redei:'ol, London, Frederick, second son ot irederick A. Homer, J.P., of SedSley, Staffordslnr tc Gertrude, third d^^er ot the lare Her. -y Maria Hughes* of VVoodscttot), Staftordshire, NoApr^TT>rr0n 27th September, at 8t.-Ma*y f', ^dogan-street, London, Lewis No»d toi Carlotta Louise, daughter of the Kte lhomas iottman, ol Tainwocth. ROBINSON -BANKS.—On the 30th September, at Holy Irimty Church, Coventry, the Rev. A. Gossage Rohiuson, Rector of St. John's, Coventry, lo Lillie Jane, daughter of Joseph Edge Banks, J.P., of Coventry. DEATHS. CANTON.-On the 29th ult., at 3. Si. <T«.jr<ro'?, terrace, Swansea, Anno Jenkins Canton, ) ii^c of the late Mr. W. T. Canton, of Richmond Villas, formerly Manager of Messrs- Allsopps and Co., Swansea. NICHOLAs.-On October 4th, at 43, Upper Aberdyberthi-street, David LL Nicholas, aged 75. Funeral to-day (Friday), at 3 o'clock for Swansea. Cemetery. HOWELLS. On October 5fh, John Howells, C.E., late of Worcester Chambers. Funeral to- day (Friday) at two o'clock from 27, Hanover- street, for the Cockett Burial Ground. Men only. SIMMONS.—At Watford, Herts, in August, Margaret Lucy Simmons, and on September 30th, Margaret Simmhns, sister ard mother of Henry Simmons, of Brynmill-crecccnt, Swansea. JONES.—On October Is*, at 1|)v"ter" race, St. Paul's, Lla^Uy, Wdliam Henry, youngest son of the lat' Mr. David Jones (yellow HOWELLs.-On O.tober 1st, at Custom House-. '■D?PAS^-T,0° tte 26t'< Saptcmber, at Avenin0, Re"toTy; y'oucestershne, tne Rev. the Baron de pLlavlcllll, aged 81 years. ST. 1)ùBYN.-qn the 30th Septen.i-i. :1: M,,nd,lil e, Jamaica, the Hon. Arthur Jan.t Dud^y Stuart St. Aubyn, fourta sou of Lord and LeJy '^t. Levan, aged 30 ye»r;i- WYKE.—On the 4th October, at 23, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, the Right P -■-j. Sir- Charles LennoxWyke, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.. -ged 82. DEWES.—On the 1st October, at M¡¡. Vule, Exmouth, Charlotte Isabel Dewes, w do-.v of Edward Dewes, M.D., late of Coventry. HOUGHTON On the 29th September, at 20, Imperial Saaa!'e, Cheltenham, Isabella A -u, the wite of Mft.ior-General R. Houghton, I. in her 57th year irinted and Published by CHARLES EOWARI> WILLING for The Cambrian" Newspaper Company, Limited, at the Uiiioe. No. ot, dwd street, Swansea, in the Coun'y of Glamnrgin.— Friday, OutuberSth, lbjl.