The South Wales Daily Post

NO RESPITE THE HOME SECRETARY'S DECISION. A. Our Carmarthen correspondent telegraphs e°iiimunicaiion has been received from the Office at Carmarthen stating that the Secretary, having considered the Potion for the reprieve of Thomas tiichards, aentenced to death for ti;e murder or his titter-in-law at Borth) sees no grounds for Anting a release. The execution will, cou- teqUently, take place to-morrow (XLarsdav) "sorniug.

'1:IlE alleged fight IN A GO WEE CHURCH. SETTLED OUT OF COURT. 0\11' readers will remember that a few days 180 we published a few facts relative to a f^er disgraceful incident which occurred tiower place of worship on the previous today, and which culminated in the issuing h 8Ul!jlliOn8es. The case was to have been 6ard at Ponsa&en Petty Sessions yesterday '•Tuesday), but when the case was called on it stated that the affair had been settled out 8f court.

the alleged indecent ASSAULT AT GOWERTON. YOUNG GffiVS ADMISSION. « •the Swansea Poliee-court this (Wednes- j. y) morning, William Jarnian, a rollerman, i v!ng at Cowerton, stood chargcd with Qecentlv assaulting good-lookine little da °* naUi6^ Rachel Ann Richards, '^estic servant, in the employ of Mr. Edwin ",no, Gowe ton. Mr. Lawrence '"•rds defended. The evidence of girl was, that last Saturday at at about 7.45 she was sent to the coai- at the ba:;k of the house to fetch coal. e>Gndant came into the yard Cloud entering e coai-house asked her several questions, „ °*"wards extinguishing the lighted anl which she held. Defend- v then caueht hold of her *nds and committed an assault. Hermiatrees this point called, and defendant weut j *■}'• bhe did not scream nor cry. Mr. ^fl>yrence Richards, in cross-examining, jj *°lted the fact that complainant had hoid mistress and defendant's wife that ^fcndaut had done nothing to her, and that | 6 .^as sorry she said Anything about it. ,n8Pectoi-Gill said that when he was arrest-' «, S defendant complainant's mother said Of»' go. I forgive him for the sake 8:j 8 wife and children."—The Bench C'cn- there was no case and discharged the

1'IlE CRISIS IN THE TIN- PLATE TRADE, Manufacturers AT SWANSEA. 1 It was anticipated that a meeting of tin- manufacturers would have been held Tuesday afternoon after the usua-; on the Swansea Exchange. Such a lbe t' b had not been formally convened. \1t had been suggest d amonc certain ""Ptoyars, and in tome charters it was 1derskod that the fathering would be held. Wj*b, however, allowed to drop through by ^•ooraj content late in the afternoon, the 41rc being not to complicate the situation. the WESTERN millmen, A llanelly. I Meeting of the r/iillmeii of the Western was held on Monday afternoon. and •y deeidod to accept. per cent, reduction. A QgNERAL MEETING. -.tA general meeting of tin-platers waa held (¡\' the Town-hall, Llanelly, on Tuesday ^.etfVig, to receive reports of the delegates j xv ^-ms worii!?. It was reported that every r"y in Llaneil/ were prepared to grant l'°<iuction. No definite resolution was arr'Ved llt AsHBURNIIAM "FORKS, BCRRY W PORT. V) e are given to umlerstand that the Asfc- !tior'lh*m Works, Burry -*ort, resumed opera- te Ds. to-day (Wednesday) to work 40 boxes, 16 "bringing the 36-bcrrule. N' s'eps ilaTc yet been taken towards bold- It. JOInt conference between masters and oqel&,

GLAMORGAN ASSIZES. <3- WEDNESDAY. A^JOKGA.y BANKING '.•iipany (Limited") I I v. Owbn ano Anoiiijsr. 11 'his caxe piniutiSs claimed £ 1,000 under ^Va*ran'ee, while ;i charge of alleged fraud (>.8 *^0 invoiced. The plaintiffs were the 5Rs°fgan B.-t^iking Company, while the Yy.e.ndaQts were M-asre. Isaac Owen and RjebarcJtf collier3, of Ponclawdd. jjj r~ ^hel Thoinai-, M. f\. and Mr. Evans, ALP. (in*' tuctod by Mr. W. Llaneilv), w*r>? for the plaintiff. |k»Mr. Terrell (instructed by Messrs. aud Edwards) for ti:e defendants. The jjj e ^'as opened last nigNt. From the state- it apjiear^that the defendants a guarantee to ei^ble Maisn. Lew it, Ct., recently colliery owners, to iila^' i l''ui'i-hcr over-draughts from the iao.n'y Branch t>f t!te Glamorgansbire Bank- fc-j?' This dtvumeut was alleged to be Jj in the presence of Mr. D. E. Williams, —Delendiiiit, urged that they never Ul,ed any .Mjaj antee, and ovan if it were ijv^d, »t w:ts only done by fraud. j Win10 ^r8ti witness eailvd was Mr. I). R. | "an;s, of Llaneilv. who dented that th. iv j n an.v fraud. 8q. J'eril!; Witoebs bad become per- V v liable to T'leasrs. Lewis. Ridley, and ccrtahi Ijilis of ae^pt<*nce, an J i>s Ui.v 'iers in diflica'.ties they took a«it:on iCi- £ i;C0'J, with the result liiat y*rd\et, went aiaitnt: him, though l:% had <j,?P the pt esoni, paid any of the money, ease v. as renntnert ix)-d:»y. wit^n dr. S*»VlS' <>? Lev. it, Ridley, and Co., gy/J eyide«et« to the eJTedt that, when the exa-flnteo waô feigned, t.ho defendants knew I "y what t.hsy v.ere doing. of ^r" ^'chavd Kecs. of the Llanelly branch CompR:i)', us.id that when the i«>8u«*<I, Alossi'f. Lewis, Ridley, aud wcro indebted to tt;o tonnk to the ~l/.00 o:. aecftunt, and £ 500 on dip- ft > I tliQ T.ril' Defendant l-aa repudia'.cd .it ^Uai'*ir'i.c within a short time of signing j If;ven gave evidence for the d jfeoce. "11.1(.. liiai he was v.orbing ccllicr x^roceediiii:.

^9^ jDra Ik's OF GO'werton. At n m0r, Oiamorgan Assises on Tuesday Mr..iusuce Lawrance resnmed Mie ^Jri, 'nS or the ease of Day v. tho LlatKdiy I j, liuivl Sanitary Authority. VyA.j V^er evideaee waa MIVCIl by Colonel wi U,H* ^r" at the conclusion d°ju#. •0M counsel addrsseed the jury at! At:ei'able icngth With rsferen- « co the l°° snhnutted to t'lon: as to whether a the an<!° had been etv.ved, and,»(' such v. ere ii'esnua'"e' .vvlle £ ':sr (hutr nnifcft'jc-e was the ° £ ta;pure waier ruing through the "•'eUr .°W leading from the .plaiutiff's "\L JJ, After his Lordship Had summed up j 'e"gth, the jury retired to consider I iitjjg Vet"diel-. They we.-c absent for some! tt.c. °"1 returning iau> #i»urt found fo r n^j- j ur^50 r. nd coats.

EATIiKT DiSLO VEUV. niackictoshes required. Suitat uverco,ll< :<ad vests, can now be j ■tns. few all-weol Wo tor proofed Cloth, 2'nii *reo at Aiabastejr Co., The Citv 0r«> ( 'astie-str<set.

the fog on Moad*y t goods [ ^8*«r *■'<*»'ided near Sp>-iugy«rn, .Gi&yffiy. | we.'O overtui-ucd a;idra<^l»^rf i Li !c ^loekedi tif f ho-ira. [

SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION MEETINGS, I MR, GLASCODINE EXPOSES WIRE-PULLING. GRAVE ALLEGATIONS. I THE RECENT DISCHARGE OF A SERVANT. I A well-attended meeting, to further the candidature of Messrs. C. lI. Glaacodme and R. J. Dangerfield, was held on Tuesday even- ing at the National Higher tirade School. Alderman Albert Mason presided, and he was supported bv the two candidates, the liev. J. Pollock, Canon Smith; Messrs. Bill, and I otheis. The Chairman waa followed by the Rev. J. Poliock, who in tarn gave place to the candidates. Mr. C. H. Glascodine, in his open- ing remarks referred to the dis- charging o £ the inspector, Mr. Cole, who, he said, did Ins work honestly and well. The action of the board in doing this was characterised bv the speaker as 1111- businesslike in the extreme, but the reason of it all was that Mr. Cole was a Churchman. (Shame, shame.) Proceeding, the speaker referred to the way in which the board bad, duriugthe past few years done all they couid to give preference to the Noaconformist candidates, aiid claimed that while they, the Church party, went to board to see justice done to Church candidates they also meant to see that the Nonconformist candidates for positions under the board were fairly treated. (Cheers.) Referring to a letter and list of questions thnt he had received from the NatiouR" Unioi; of Teachers, the speaker said I that he had not felt that it would be proper to reply, for his first duty was to the ratepayers, and not to the servants of the board. He might say in passing. however, that be did not think that the head teachers were by any meftns overpaid. teachers were by any meftns overpaid. It was reported (continued the speaker, lay- ina special emphasis on bin words), and he had reason to believe it true, that a great | battic would be fought at the next soiiool board, not ever a Churchman, but over a Nonconformist. There was a character among men that was very fond of having influence and of having people indebted to them. That was the character of those whu loved to fet on public boaras and disliked anything being done on those boards without receiving tkeir patronage. Now, there were such persons on the Swansea School Beard, and the present cleric to the school board had I been appointed in spite of seme of these men who had been members of the bo:u'd. lie (the speaker; was told, and he believed it to be true. that the tiat had gone forth that the present chirk to the board was to go. Now, he (the speaker) was not a Nonconformist and the clerk to the bosrd was not a Churchman. ) It was true thst he (the speaker) bad not voted for him as the clerk to the board when e (Mr, Halden'i was appointed to the office for certain thiugs that he (the speaker,) had heard, but since Mr. Haiden bad been their clerk ha had done his duty we!) and, h3 believed, efficiently and assiduously, and had proved himself an honest, hard-working servant of the public. (Cheers.) If the fiat had gone forth, they night rest assured that tho Church members who were returned to the School Board would take care tkat according to the best of their power, Injustice should not be done. (Loud cheers. The tale was already tokl, who.was to be the new clerk, and that the trgum^t was going to be brought forward that tbo present clerk was not an educationalist, that be wanted some- body in the nature of inspector, but that what was wanted was an inspector and clerli in one. F] -1 bad iua. d moreover that the gentleman that pullol and. pulied and made the puppets jump--(laughter)--would be iu the I new position ot ia*paetor and clerk. He (the speaker) made that statement distinctly and emphatically, and if those facts reached any fairminded Nonconformist he would ask him to i ako careful notice of them. In con- clusion, the speaker urged all prescnt to over- look ail personal like and dislikes in regards the candid alts, and to divide their votes equally between Mr. Dangarneldandhiaaself. (Cheers ) Mr. H. J. Dancsr.field, in the course of I his speech, denied that, lie had any personal wish to go upon the School Board. He had no ends to serve except those of the public. He was a. Churchman by convic- tion. and, in spite of his rearing in a Noncon- formist house, he bad seen the good in the Church, and had become a convert to the Anglican faith. (Cheers.) With regard to the appointment of teachers, the speaker contended that they must, have those that were best qualified, setting the question of their creed on one side. As for the present clerk of the board, he (the speaker) believed that he was the right man iu the rigkt place, and he for one, it returned, would say that he would be only too glad to support Mr. Glascodine in preventing what must appear to tham all to be tin injustice to a man who had done them faithful service. (Cheers.) They had seen in the past only too much of that wire-pulling, and it was because of that that Mr. Cole, the inspector, bad left. Revert- ing to the statement that the Chureli people only contributed £ 11 6". towards the main- tcnanec of the National Higher Grade School, the speaker declared that over £170 was con- tributed by the Church people towards the national schools in the town. Iu conclusion, the speaker urged that iu stuffing their schools thev must do L efficiently, with a. due regard to economy, and always see that tliey were likelv to get the bast possible return for the outlay. (Ciie rj.)—On the motion of Mr. Bill, seconded by Mr. Down, a vote of confi- dence in the candidates was carried with acclamation.—In propolSiug II. vote of thanks to the chairman, Cation Smith bore hitth testimony to the qualifications of the two can- didates. They were, he said, on the eve of an important struggh. and it behoved them all io work hard during the next two days. It the, Jet the opportunity slip by they were neglecting a very solemn dnty, If they allowed the election to slip by without putting forward :1,;1 their efturts, they would be un- i worthy members of the dear old Church to which thev bsionged, and which they loved so well. Alderman Mas ox, m acknowledging voto oi rfs-or I ed to the fact that ahno&t everv »art ot the country in whic. elections had been held, the Church party had gained, -iiiiaol)o thought the omen one that would encourage them to throw more energy into their work. the .National Anthem. The ptoceedmgs e'.oced with the singing of THE REV. A. A. MATHEWS IN THE OPEN AIR. A largo and enthusiastic meeting of the supporters of (he Kev. A. A. Mathews's can diuature was held in the open air in Vv auiin- street. Mr. Joseph Evans, who presided, ttpjko of Mr. Mathews all n tried a id trusty friend of the working classes, and one who j liad proved hi* right to Lo so called by duftds as well as word. (Hear, hear.) Dur-ng his whole life Mr. Mathews had Leer, loyal and true to the best inteie is ( of tho working a>an. (Hear, bear.) He reminded theinof l-lie prominent part Air. Mathews had played in tho movement for t c betu x housing of the working classes at, at! tiioir Ma-day mass meetings—^hswr, hear) aiso of wiu.t, in conjunction with the Kov. Oscar SneLing and other iriends, Mr. j Mathews had clone to keep r.way the wolf from many doors during the recent depression j in trade. (Hear, htai.i For these and manv I L n other reasons lie Lad every eonlidcuee inJ recommending them to place Mr. 1 Mathers in a prominent po'iiticn on ti«s day of the poll. (Applause.)—! The Candidate, who was received with ht artyj cheers, in tho tou.se of a practical and straightforward" speach, spoke (>r t>.e j warkiagmeu as being friends and neighbours an;Ougs5 whom he had lived all his" life at Swansea. (Hear, hear.) ia referring to tile question or rohgion which ho remarked that he ieit that it aliected in avo.-y material way the building lip of that character oi. which Britishers were so proud—(chears.i — a charac.er which mads them respected amongst! aij the world ( Applause.) Th^y I boasted of kcljnging to Christian England and l.ib!lovi»g Wales, uud they had reason' rorsc doing, because it wn their common j Christianity whictt biid gene 0 make their cotin try ii. great aii inipoitaijt one amongst j the powers of the world tbea; he^r^ As he jjadeie'.ood education, it was not tiie j tion pf facts but the building up of character Una wne wjiriteu (liocv, hear;, and what was thero that tended so mucn to buiid up the character of their childron more J than those Bible truihs which he desired to propa lite amongst the joang?, (Appiauvc.) ii;; also (ouchcd upoa tho ijues- li»n of h rving properly qnalifled teaohers in I'ue+vUo&lli Jrrjspective of cr«»d. Until the j I Beard adopted that principle they would never reach that standard of teaching which they ouyrht to possess. It was proverbial that uudfir tiie late Board, nc C lurchmen need apply and he protested strongly against this. (Applause.) In conclusion he mentioned a few minor but useful improvement whieh he had been instrumental in introducing to the schools and asked them in confidence to placo him in that position he desired to be I p-iaccd. After a hearty vote of confidence j in the reverand gentleman's candidature the meeting dispersed with three cheers for the candidate. THE HEV. JOHN POLLOCK IN ST. HELEN'S. A well-attended meeting or eltctors was held at St. Gabriel's Miasian-hatl, St, Heien's-aveuue, on Tuesday evening in sup- j port of the liev. J. Pollock, Colonei Morgan, n.E.. presided. The Kav. A. A. M » thews, viao received a splendid reception, expressed the pleasure it afforded him to support the candidature of their mutual friend. Mr. pollock, who, if e-ected to the board, would hot brmg dis- credit to that district, but add lustra to it. (Applause.) He was thankful to be able to say that tfie Church candidates, who bad appeared before the electors, had not gone in for Billingsgate at the expense of others, but they bad tried fairly and squarely to lay their views before the electorate in a. frank and epen manner. It was urged by their opponents that if the v got on the Beard it would be to protect voluntary schools He had in his hand a copy of the last triennial report of the school board. It gave the sum of 15s. ltd. as the cost per nead to the ratepayers of the children in the school board of Swansea. If they would turn to table 21a of the same report they would see that it gave the average attendance at the voluntary sehoois as 5,007. If those voluntary were all taken over by the school board it would rnenn an additional cost to the rate- payers per annum of £ 3,791 15s. Zkd. (Hear, hear. In protecting voluntary schools they were doing their best to save the ratepayers enormous sums of money. Working men xated at £13 a year would have to pay 311, 2d. asore every year for the maintenance of those schools, and they also had to remember the additional cost which would be incurred in taking over the school buildings. Those were very strong and tangible reasows why they shouid support Churen candidates at the ensuing election. (Applause.) Then again education did not consist cbieny in the acquisition of facts, but in the building upot character. What was it that would tenu to build up a good character than the study of God's world, Tliey did not want sectanau God's world, They did not waut sectanau education they »anted the points Ssrought out in the Bibio upon which they were all agreed. They did not want to introduce the Church catechism or any distinct formulary in their schools. 'I he law absolutely forbade doing EO; their opponents kmew that, and it was dishonourable to throw dust iu the eyes of the ratepayers in that way. (Applause.) The Church candidates, if elected, would always select those applicants for appoint- ment who were best qualified, irrespective of sect or party. He had been Oil the Board for two years, and it had been proverbial that no Churchmen need apply so far as tbeir opponents were concerned. Church candi- dates were thrust aside at once. ("Shame.") Ho told them what was true. He asried them to verify his statements j from the local papers which they i had had the privilege of reading time after time, Lettbemuoto the officials and inquire whether what he said was not true. The rt-.v, gentleman instanced the case of AJiss Bryaut. who happened to be a member of the choir of Holy Trinity whose applica- tion for a po ition under tho board was cast aside because the applicant happened to be a Churchwoman. He asked t'iem to enable the Church candidates to go en the board to see that fair play was giveu to. everybody. (Applause ) :>ir. Riger Beck having briefly addressed the meeting, The Uev. J. Pollock, who bad just arrived from another election meeting, was received with the utmost cordialltv. It had been asked, he said, why Church- men should have representatives on the School Board at all. Tho only answer he couid give was that Churchmen paid rates. They muatrttacni her that there was a time ¡ when there were no achool boards or board schools at all (hear, hear). It had been a leading principle among many Nonconfor- mists t hat the state should have nothing what- ever to do with education. When anyone said that the Cliurch has not done roueli for education in the past he would like to point out the fact tiiat the Church had paid in .voluntary subscriptions exclusive of all rates and tuxes at the rate of £ 10,000 every week for the last 80 years tor elementary education. (Laud applause.) The church candidates if returned would go in for tIlreu tblDgs :-1, tba best education; 2, the beht education by the best teachers ana 3, the best education by the best teachers upon a reliaious basis and foundation. (Applause.) I Rising salaries for the teacheis would not mean rising rates. Where true economy camc in was with regard to the erection of those large school buildings. (Hear, hear.) He J Contended that the Church candidates were contending for religious freedom. it was the inalienable right vi a British parent to have bis child taught that religion which he himself believed. (Hear, I hear.) It the Cardiff School UOaLrJ (which he believed had a iNonconfonnist majority) had a syttabns of religious instruc- tion was it, impossible for the Swanse Beard to have one't (Applaute.) Surely it was possible to oraw out some schemu without wrangling about it—at all events in three vears time so that they could bring it before the ratepayers to decide whether the) ap- proved o it CL-Hot. (Applause). I Mr. }i" S. Bishop and others having spoken, I the meeting concluded with the usual votes ofconcdence and thanks. THE REV. W ATKINS EDWARDS TACKLES THE CADLE DIVING. 'I "he Kev. Watkins Edwards addressed tMt meeting of supporters ut bt. Mark's Hall on Tuesday evening. There! 7, -'■> ^nt 100 electors present and the chair i •• n .-4ea by the Kev. J. G, Mathias, who I meeting with a strong appeal to i to stand by the candid ate on T» e said tkat he could not uiidpr- T» e said tkat he could not uiidpr- .sba.t o calif-d themselves minis- ters -ii gospel refusing truttis to the tion that they preach from their pu Rev. Watkins Edwards, who was My received, said that he thought, beginning to realise that this wa for men but for principles. Ii. bused awfully, but l.u was not shatt -as, in fact.readv for more, bcc.i, reatm- nt ^oj, jhiui a :ot of W, he.ll" Last. night the side bad j attacked iiiin persor even his wife, a very hareiiea»Jl«t.v e School! Board was concerned. ( They bud kis grnv-K > able father-in-law, who had bt •* -«ec j of st century in the scrri e o, ,n Swansea. When they Liu v were gett^nj; on to !f.)tt H was only a question ot tkeir children should or shou receive half an hour's simple reiiv.: teaching each day. 'ibe Loudon Sc., ,.¡ Board election' had teen greatly misund., c stood. They tthe Church party) said to-da; that Lendoo was the greatest victory 00. A" Why ? Because every man who bad ba< returned had given a pledge to bis co slituents to go in for instruction. One million the hund. thousand votes had been reeor, in favour of lohgious e-Jucati and less than £ 100,COO against H. All tl tLe pal-iy fur in Swansea v being given ui the Carndf Board Sciioob-. bad written to the clerk of the Cardiff Sch Board in regard to this matter and he lud coivt d a reply stating that the Lo. d'.j ru is said ill sebaols tt.cre morning evening, and th.? first half hour of day i^ spent in Bible re.,ding I,. explanations. Tu;.t. was uhat. they v A-iltilig for in Svvaases. and that wi,s v they tueant to have iu bwausex (Applai An-hij beginning of that tdoClIoucenng c t aign, he (ilr. lid wards) bad ihrown c k a o: a ahallenge »o a < ertain gentium:. piu.o a ceruiin statement, and u he coul to he woui: ba.nd ever £10 to the ftiiii!- liiG Swansea Hospital. Nerer a word r: iro.ii tiiat gptitlemaii in repj-y <o the chat; it was reported that t!¡g Ji^v. John had tried to answer that challenge thrguf = muc.iuni ot a newspaper, I.ul. that tluit- V. paper did not publish his ans.vcr, Edward a) went down to ti:at new<ipapor o2i»: [this dees b t refer to tho DuUj Fus- and saw the aufciiig ed ior, Wh^ji v I about it he replied, "How can the man say eneh a thing. Netbi>g of the sort has ever come to this effice." (Cheers.) The Rer. John L'ayies had said tuat he h id not £ 1C to throw away. He (the speaker) could understand now whj- thb Nonconformist contributions to the bospitai were small it itti ministers beiieved it was throwing the money away. Inconelusion Mr. Evansaeclineu to say-any thing personal about the Rev. John Dnvlcs on bis father-iu-Jaw (Cheers). The usual vote of confidence brought the meeting to a close, DR. MORGAN'S MEETING. i PRINCIPAL SALMON ON SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYES. CHARGE OF GROSS INCOMPETENCY, A mass meeting in support of the Candida- ture of Dr. William Morgan was held at the Temparanee-haii, Swansea, last (Tuesday) evening. There was a fairly large attendance, made up mostly of Tradea Unionists, one of whom, Mr. E. J. Clarke 'ex-president of the Trades Council) was voted to the chair. In opening the meeting, the Chairman remarked that the working classes j are not. concerned with creeds. (Hear, hesr.) j J-his question of creed and dogma is, he con- tinued, so much balderdash thrown in tho eyes of the public in order to hide the short- coinings of the late board. (Applause.)-The Rev. Evan Jenkins contended that thosa who preach sectarianism only want to cripple our elementary system ot education and make it as inefficient as they possibly can. The Trades Council, heaft-erwardsobserved, have adopted a candidate, but it is being urged in tówn that the bulk of the working men will not vote for that candidate. Their system of combination is thus at stake, and if they allow that im- pression te remain it will recoil upon labour in ways its representatives do not now fore- see. (Cheers,)—Mr. Abraham Francis, the next speaker, enumerated the candidate's many claims to pub!ic recognition, and urged the electors to make a strong effort to rogucp him at the head of the toiL-Principal Salmon, iu the most interesting speech of the evei. n^, advised his hearers to *tep in and get what they want while the Churcbmea and Nonconformists are fighting over their religious difficulties. What the working men wani, he explained, is not the keeping down of the rates, bulltlie guaranteed efficiency of our scboolft. (Applause.) We in Swansea are deplorably behind in this matter of school efficiency, as shown by last July's letter from the Education Department. enumerating the schools which need enlargement, erection, and re-buildiny. Our assistant teachers are paid £ Z0 a year less than those under any other Beard of the same size in the country. W e ha\e 45 hea.d teachers, but of the assistants in the service of the Board only 49 have been to collate and onlv 9 more are certificated assistants. £ 0 that all the rest must be badly equipped, or else young must be badly equipped, or else young teachers. (Hear, hear.) There arc 117 ex- pupi! teaehers employed as assistants, where- as in London and other places they will not take ex-pupil teachers into their permanent service. Again,the Board employs 15 mistresses who have no qussliti- cation on earth except that they are over 18 years of age and are women. (Laughter.) Too many pupil teachers are employed,—the larger number of them duffers (Applause and laughter.) The Swansea School Board sent 35 pupil teachers to the Queen's Scholar- ship Examination held last July, <.nd out of that number no less than 17 failed. This is due he thought to the mistai-e:i kindness of school managers who failed to point out in proper season the unfitness of the tutorial asp:ranl. (Hear, hear,) In conclusion, Principal Salmon advised the candidate to wake up certain of our town officials, and get intermediate sehoois in Swansea.—Dr. Morgan assured the gathering of his desire to see technical instruction extended m Swansea, and promised to do his best to forward their interests if le-elected to the Board.—Tho Chairman asked what >vo-Jd be ti e effect if the School Board do not go on wilh. tho new sehoois and the needed alieratic-ru.— Principal Salmon, as whose busi) ess it is to know these things, replied that the Government will, in such a case, send the board about their bnsinrss and appoint a board of its own 10 do the work.—The usual resolution of conlidenee was moved by Mr. Crocker, seconded by Mr. Wignall, and supported by Mr. Hum by. It was carried unanimously" and the meeting concluded in the usual way. l MR. CHRISTOPHER JAMES'S CANDIDATURE. At the Carmarthen-road Congregational Chapel on Tuesday evening Mr. Christopher Jamas addressed a meeting of the burgesses. Mr. Abram Francis presided, and, in intro- ducing the candidate, complained of Lli-2 L, c")n) present system of running a School Board election on denominational lines, since it was impossible to alter the Education Act which the Board had to administer. Ho longed to see the day when the people of Swnnsea. would lie sensible enough to abandon their present nar ow system and adept a broader one. He recommended Mr. James because he \YM independent, had worked hard during the time ho served on the board, and was a thorough educationalist. He was the very man required to represent the people. He had not crept into his present position on any side issues, but had climbed by vi; tue of his own efforts from the position of a working boy. V.r. Jamet., tlicrefcre: underst.iod the Jeeda of the people, and would cnde&vour to bring within the reach of the poor man s child an education beyond that of' the seventh stand- ard.—Mr. Christopher James said he had often been asked the reason why he wished to go oil the School Board. Hi-; reply was that he thought they a Swansea had neg- lected their duties and opportunities in regard to the Technical Education A-t, bv which advantages might have Gn. given lo the bo.f- of t->waiisea to become competent Vvorkmon and not aicre me-batiical me el-Jut 3, He w.s!;Qd to see them Letter educated in tiheir paitieuv.v hr c L- of work so that, as they grew, tliey might fcc-i come intelligent workmen and inventors. thereby benefitting their town and their I country at large. He regiett. d that his j friend Mr. Glascodine hud thought fit to criticise his reasons. lie wished hiacf iiie wai a metallurgist- or something move in his oun line, so that he might srgcewiLh him but Mr. GlascGauie was a lawyer, and, as such, knew nothing whatever about matters ednca- tional. The reason wby Belgium v.&s their keenest competitor in the iron and atcut industries was that there they had their technical colleges where boys and wurninon were taught. He had come forward as an independent can- didate, so Ullit he might be free from tiie tram me is of creed and tarty. No influence ought to put aside the best credentials in she matter of appointing teachers. To them v/a* entrusted tiie moulding of the child's fui are character. A uno might have lud suffcic-ni col egiato education ti gain ali tne I.-tters oi the alphabet ailer his nsme and, fel. be not a j fit teacher, who m addition to being well-educated nuiet love the child re i'JioUt an eficienfc Board, there irmt. be mismanagement ami ineffectual ter c ing. He wished them to spare him as irip.nv votes as Tjossinle. (Cheers.)—Alter a few questions-, 1 tbe motion of Air. Jonee, seconded toy Mi. j inti supported by Messr. Isaac, s, and William l-io.\el!s, a resoiut on ung confidence in II! James, was "11;1.} passed. 4 REV. J. DA VIES (CADLE.) | Re?- J. Dav:<H (Cad:e) nddrcssed no .g of his supporters io the Sidpov- Chapel, Dr,ubyfl'yd Inst night, under t>re.i eeucy of Mr. Gcorgti ^;st tiiose present the tier..John! ps, Councillors Hh\s Jones end \V. <ms, Messrs. William Wtilia.i s ( A ern), Mn liussey, P, Davie" (I'wmbwrfR),! ''Us (4ig!ill-eel), U.¡¡.1 D, .<{. Lewi* regatienal candidate, Laudore. Ivi. i% these spo:;e previous h) m. c-^h o' the candidate. oauh ••• leveling i'ttreks, mild a; d otl r I aga n.^t the Church and its dignitari.. W.iuit; of the pi'oer-edings were ear. ieJ in the vernacular. j he Uc- John lips referred to tho present light a battle between Church an Chap. I. contended th-tit would be au everlasting ;race to A'Oiicoal'orniity it )hw Church i didates v.ere returned, (Applause.; i ilinn with a lomark re. entiv made at the t. Watkin Edwards's meettng, tl its s; eauer i J the t liurch Candidates would find that v.banal people wore not ,l)ut t.ztd 1 oty of backbone. (Loud appl 11* .) lie ussertcxl that an attempt wus being niiidc tne i'tiupeb 1.0 intred-uee the eate. hism iu».o e bcftrd spLgjftla ho p and etyi?vvberr.-— The >ev. J. Davicf. foifpwed yvSih & leti&thv i.ddress. in whiffet tl.e ttt- Oto edii^KUional i 14 £$tKas ware luade subseriiptnt. deuiro to keep the audience in a humourous mood Be drew carrieatures of the Church candi- dates, and ridiculed their coudnct. The sympathies of the audience went out to the candidate when he re:naiked that if it weie not for the escort he had that. night, he would nave been afraid to v. alk through the dark1 streets of Brynbyfrydd to that meeting, there being so many dangerous Churchmen about. He expressed sorrow to Sua that the Kev. Watiii.vs Edwards possessed the gambling j spirit, and said he would like to know where that gentleman got the money with which to throw out challenges. (Laughter and applause.) In reply to the Rer. Watkins Edwards's remark that ha, (the Bpeaker\ j sometimes lost his head, he said lie could stnncl up against the Vicar of St. Mark s without a head. (Loud laughter.; Referring to the recent demand made by the church- wardens of St Mary's to the School Beard for a subscription of JL509 towards the restoration of the Parish Church—money received from the pocr — the speaker said he would go to gaol rather than vote such a sum. (Loud chcers.)—Mr. Morgan Hussey proposed the vote of confi- denoe, and Mr- Phillip Daiiss seconded. Other members having supported it, the resolution was carried ucsmimously. A correspondent points eut that in the triennial report of the School Board which has just been issued, Table 21 B. gives 15s. lfd. as the cost per head of the scholars in the Board Sehoois of Swansea to the rate- payers. Table 21 A. gives the average attendance at the Voluntary Schools in I Swansea as 5,0D7. If then the Voluntary Schools were all taken over by the Board, it wouid mean an additional cost to the ratepayers of 5,007 times 15s. l^d. or £ 3,791 15s. This would mean an addition of 316 to the School Board rate. Church members are sometimes accused of | ?i;ting or> tho School Bo .rd and protecting 1 the interests of Voluntary Schools, only in protecting the interests of the Voluntary Schools they a.re doing their best to save additional cast to the ratepayers, as shown above. Take the casa of a working man whose house is assessed at £ 12 a year, Le would have to pay 3s. 2d. a year more in school board rates than lie now does for the maintenance of the schools. But beyond this, there would be the additional cost of taking over the school buildings, On this ground alone Church candidates have strong claims upon the ratepayers.

THE WORK OF VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS IN SWANSEA. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM MR. JOSEPH HALL. 10 THE ErilOE oy THE "SOUTH WALES DAILY POST.' Sik,—It amst, 1 am sure, be the desire of the ratepayers of Swansea to be correctly informed of the relative position of the Board ar,ti '< oiuntary Schools. The number of children educated at Board Schools in the I Swansea United School Board district is about 13,400. The amount raised by local rates for School Ho:rd purposes during the last three years was £ 46,000. equal to AL3 8 7d. per head. The number of children edu- cated at the Vclunt.iry Schools in the same Swansea district was about 6,000. 1\0 contribution from local rates is made towards the Voluntary Schools. If the children al present educated at Voluntary Schools in this district were transferred to children al present educated at Voluntary Schools in this district were transferred to the Board Schools, the cost, to ratepayers of of Swansea for three ye-rs v. ould amount to £ 20,575. This sum would be entirely inde- pendent of the cost of new buildings, which fur 6,000 children, at about £ 10 per head, would be at least £ 60.000 1 'J his needs no comment.—I am, etc., JOSEPH HALL. II Gresveuor House, i-wan t-n.

LETTER FROM DR. JOHN EVANS. TO THE KtUTOH O? TKIN SOCTH WALKS I DAILY IOST.' Sin.—Thanking ru for having given me fich a goo report, uno also t\ r the editorial "•otes. I am s rry I bave startled you by referring to Prussia as given to excessive dogmas and creed (I hope you have recovered from the shock). I Why Prussia, you say, is the most Protestaut country in Europe, and most litis Wa es or Scotland." It is new to me that I inferred it was rot, Messffciifeley and Diggle are Pro.extant if we are to believe theuu One of rny authorities con- cerning Prussia is tbe late Henry Richard, M.P. (see his biography oy Mr. Charles H. Meall, page 173). Prussia (Mr. Riehard said in tho House of 'Commons), where dogmatic religions ten chingp; evaded, was the most ii religious country in the world, while the people of the United States, where secular education was the rule, were the most religious." My other authority is a writer in in the Century Magazine. I am at this moment not able to find it. Is Russia the most t r testanfc country in Europe? and ought it to be compared to Wales or Scotland? A t nd Hcsse-Cassel, Horn burg, Frankford and Nassau have 336,000 Roman! Catholics. The picportion is more thtn one to three, la Silesia the Roman Catholics are supposed to be in the majority. Socialism is ma-.ing rapid etrides in Prussia, perhaps II ore than in any country in Europe. Has dogmatic teaching something to do with that? Certainly, Mr. Editor, you must have a calen- dar of your own where you find more Welsh names in it tlisn of others. It is my intanuon to 6poak to-night at the Tabernacle School- room, Morriston, and other places, when 1 intend to state some plain, outspoken truths concerning 3 our Commente amongst other topics. Should the sun;e cause theheartof the unbeh-vcr to rejoice" may he rejoice evermore.—Truly your.- JOHN EVANS. PngefLdd House, Wednesday morning. P.S.—Could you not induce the Re v. AirJviile Jones, vicar of Pyle, to como to Swansea to preach a tarmon on Christian charity to the Noucontormists of the Uiwn ? DR. EVANS AND THE CHURCH. TO THE ElvlTOB Of TE* SOt. fH WAI.ES DArLY TOST.' Sir,—Your comments upon the spec-ch of I Dr. John i-_vao-> in yesterday's issue were doubtless appieaiste'd by ail ri^ht-aunded people. ThOie is probably ordy one man in the district who will eoaipare with him in mhiepre.-enfuiicn, bitterness, bigo.ry, anu f intolerance. The quintessence ofaa tbat 18 I narrow and uncharitable may delude the few, but must ba repuUive to the many, and Non- conformity, sooner or ii'ter, will lmve to cry aavu us from our friends. One reads; their speeches and is reminded of Hood's i words W) lor the rarity oi Christie n charitv. I If those who listen to them would read though.'fijly 1 Cor., 13 (hap, there weald j be mamfe&iat'.or.s of dtsappro.ai instead of applai se attheir meetings, l-'aul says,though i speak with -.lis to.isiues of men and of angel* cnJ have not charily, I am Lecoa e a sounding br.iss ami a tinkl.ng cymbal." It >11 »y sua Dr. Evans and others to misrepresent the p:esent figtt as between i Church an 1 Chnpt'l b T tha Church eandi-1 ■.hues rep.id.ate any such feoiings. The real f-tis between ih.se v.hoadvo :>fc n:.J. teach 11 g wet.I y or l':e naue n -It. 1 t j s«-h«..ois ard t. ^ae who prMctiui.i. iepio. S-ec.itai ism. The. f. liurch c*t:did.iLcs b»ve 1J" I a di»tmot pled.e that to v .P vote for tbe best applicant for any post under the beard, bohu Churchman or Noucon orniist. burelv this prove? the:t tho <ight is not with Xon on- I io mi y: \Vf\.o( Dr. Evaas ever known to i-c: in ihe same iibeiftl tplrlt when he was r of It is lurch to be rc- gretteu, a > voh so ate.y point out, that occa- sion has been given to tiortb -Levers and thoso w ho are snoiffi-reut to leligion, to sav t- es how fcneso Curi.tiaas love one aw, Ac., l"Al.d. PLAY, Swiinsca.

HI i ON D i,«X A N I) S WAN SIS A E A Y li ii 'WAX CO Ml'ANY, E-ttftatol coiTii a'ative st-itement o I passengers and goods reoeipts I of week emiing November ii ith, 1394 :— IScKl 1S93 £ £ I Passengers Ido 13J Goods and Minerals 481 332 Tot-il for 647 470 A^ rrgnte for 21 weeks 14,2185 10,875 Jdilus pen 13 15 Increase this, week £ 17/ Increase this, week £171 Increase 21 we-k- £ 3<110 )

MR. S. P. WILLS AND THE I • POST." A SINGULAR LETTER AND A STATEMENT. 1- We have received a most singular letter from Mr. Siepbon P. Wilis. It is couched in language which suggests that it is better for the journalism which he criticises tiiat he should continue a critic rather than become a contributor. Nothing has ever appeared in the Pot4 so abusive and virulent as this is. A daily newspaper is the product et m'ny minds generally working at high pressure and no degree of vigilance can prevent a paragraph occasionally appearing which causes annoyance to se:i.eoce or another. New spaper conductors know this and no reasonable complaint is permitted to go unheeded. We readily give publicity to the letter of Mr. Stephen P. Wills since it will be read by a public capable of judging of its reasonableness in tone and substance by their own experience of the Post. W hatever defects there may be in this paper, it can at all events claim to have discarded low abuse as a weapon, and to have dealt with public questions and public men frankly, but /i without malignity or offensive per- sonalities. And yet wuder circum- I stances as trivial as they are ordinary, Mr. Stephen P. IVille- regarding whom no unkind word has ever appeared in our i columna-haa chosen fit to apply to this busi- j ness undertaking language which, if applied j to bis business undertaking, would have left him incapable of expressing his feelings. We take leave to assure Mr. Stephen P, Wills that the business ot the South Wales Daily host is conducted on lines equally as houourable as those upon which he conducts his busineas, "o.j the allusions made to him in the Post as we shall presently show, afford no warrant for hie melo-dramatic production. The letter begins witb a misrepresentation 0! an incident which happened some months' ago. One of our reporters, wishful of enforcing the point that the Empire Music Mali was getting increasingly into favour with the better class of Swansea people men- tioaed that among others present on a certain evening was Mr. Stephen P. Wills. Some time after the latter and the editor of the Post were introduced io each other by a gentleman, who remarked that JMr. Wills was annoyed that the fact should have been published that he was at the Empire, Mr. Wiils thereupon explained his views. It was not suggested by him that he was not at the Empire, but he urged, as anyone might reasonably have done, that he should be able to visit a Mustc Hail without everybody being informed of it. Th 1 Editor of the Pout said he was sorry if Mr. Wills had inadvert- antly been given cause for annoyancc, and added that such paragraphs presented diffi- culties to the person in charge of a news- paper, since l;om" people like to be j noticed while others do not. The safe rule would be to exclude them—and froa that day to this they have bsen excluded. No apology was asked for or even mentioned, and ne apology was offered in the sense suggested by his letter. The conversation was private and informal, and the implied confidence was as binding on it as on the remarks which followed respecting eertain events which were theu agitating a neighbouring town, j When Mr. Stephen P. Wills has exhausted his treatment of press ethic-s he may possibly and the nec^ssarv leisure to give a iittie thought to social ethics. The first and second paragraphs which Mr, j Stephen P. Wills considers discreditable to journaiis'n and meriting the contempt of all right-minded people appeared in yesterday's issue. Will it lie believed that the first para- graph which provoked these fierce denuncia- tions wasoneconsistihg wholly :ind solely of the statement of the fact that the Rev. C. Thomas, the famous Nonconformist, the Bev, A. A. Matbews, viear of Trinity, acd be had supped together with the oid tag added of the lion sitting down with the lamb. It may! not have been in perfect good taste but the writer doubtless thought it a fact not devoid of iaterest and acted with ne intentioa to hurt the feelings of anyone, With reference to the second paragraph" i Mr. Wills remarks, that I stated that I j cared for no stylo of religion I can only characterise it as a deliberate and malicious falsehood as any si:ch statement has never Ii ¡ been uttered or felt by me." Now the statement which Mr. Wills ascribes to us and stigmatises as a deliber- ate .and mal.cious falsehood" was never mode in the Post, '.that whieh did appear was a sentence which the reporter of appear was a sentence which the reporter of the public meeting on Monday evening ex- tracted from his shorthand report of Mr. Wills'speech. We reproduce it:— Mr. S. P. Willa takes a delight in being straightforward. He finished one of h s characteristic bursts of eloquence last night with the words I care not half a straw j I for Churchmen, Unitarians, Hungarians, or j Nothingarians." I Ca,, the above be made to carrv llie I' per .-cried statement waich Mr. Wills saddles upon us ? Aiv supporter of ur.denomiua tional candidates can without .>n>t>rcpiiety ffither the sentiment—most of them express it uijjhlly in other words when eendemnitig the introduction or sectarian influence into elementary educational work. We do not for a moment suggest that a reporter is incapable of meting R mistake. Far from ib. tnd we invari-1 ably accept correction from public spea',ers regardless of tbe fact that an orator of: en says that which he did octinTend to say. BlAt this is not what Mr. Stephen P. V, ills atlempU to do. We have no particular desire, to criticise either the public or the private utteiances of Mr. Stephen P. Wills, who appears to bo a living example or the fact that rough tongues und thil: Mtins generally go together, and v e insert his letter in the full assurance that heuceforwiird, he will have 1:0 possible- rt ason for asking tLe South Wales Hail., Pozt to publish such a Iccter as tie ollo-ing:— tO 5 HE BMTOH OF i Rsj "SOUTH WALKS ))ALLY Slfc,—'My attention has been drawn to two paragiaphs appearing in your paper lo .iav, in one «»f which you refer 10 fro) privnty and! c; editable ui&nacr to journahsm. Not content with mis-mating lb., 1 v.as at a nlace of I amusement some timo afo, which I uieu j called your attention to and which you then polesisod fcr, you ha-o a^a.n "vtu;afed th-s offence more grossly. 1 am quite pre- j pared to have my public life an 1 utterances i-rn.ici.-ed if needs be; but that 30 1 blouli j interfere in my private !'nd rocial life is It thine that can only merit the contempt of ail right-minded people. Iliad hoped vuat this] ljw stYle of jonrnal.'sm hsul been buried with Li:c SH:{(nSCa lJuy, "Ild I (-(m£idee I am IIOW entit:ed >0 a public apology. SVui, reference to the econd paragraph, that 1 stattd that I <\jre<t lor no style of religion, 1 can only j characterise it ,,8 a deliberate and suitiie.ous falsehood, at any tuvh statement lias never been uttered or felt by me. 1 trust if von still have any secae of 1 ouour or fairness lei tin you, that you will scv lit to give this! denial of mine as much publicity as vou haTo jjiven to these most offensi-.e statements.— I have the honour to be, Yours faithfully, j ST; PllliiN P. WILLS, j 30, Wind-street, Swoutea. 27 Nov., 1844. j .mi » ■■ 1

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THE COMING ELECTIONS AT LLANELLY. SELECTION OF CANDIDATES. On Tuesday night variens ward meetings 'were held in Llanelly to select candidates for the forthcoming urban councils and the guardians elections. The ratepayers of Ward No 2 met at Capel Ais Schoolroom. The Rev. T. Johns occupied the chair. Mr. R. C. Jenkins and Mr. Themas Jones gave an account of their stewardship as guardians, I and they were nominated {[together with Mr. W. B. Jones for^the electieo-—three for two seats. Only two mensbera of the Local Board were present, viz., Mr. John Hopkins and Dr. J. A Jones, and both these gentlemen addressed the meeting expounding their different views principally on the pilotage í questien, Dr. Jones advocating non-compui- sory piiotage, and Mr. Hopkins upholding the present system. The meet- ing developed in course of discussion into a very lively and disorderlv nature, not- withstanding the small number present. Mr. Thomas Hughes made some personal remarks and be had to sit dawn in preference to with- drawing the same &nd & pilot present burst forth-after Mr. Dan Williams had spoken on the non-compulsory pilotage—that he had been boiling over." What did Mr. Williams know about pilotage. The following nine candidates were nominated for six seats:- Messrs. R. D. Guest, John Hopkins, Wm. Davies, Dan Williams, Ellis Evans, C. F. Thompsen, Wrri. flagh, Gwiiytn Evans, and Dr. Jones. The three old members not nomi- riatecl are:Mesgrs. W111. Buckley Roderick, John Harries, and William Griffiths, dib- qualified

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LLANELLY POULTRY SHOW. THE PRIZE-WINNERS. The annual exhibition of poultry, birds, pigeons, cats, and rabbUs too* place at the Market-bail, Llanelly. yesterday (Tuetday). The hall bad been very neatly arranged foi. the purpose of the show, ana there was a large number of exhibits -.u ail the classed, and some line specimens of every tpocios v.ere on view. Tbe officers of the Society are:—President, Mr W. J. Buckley, M.F.H.; vice-presidents, Messrs W. Bucklcy .Roderick, S. J. lioderick, D). Williatns, ii. Trubshaw, and Major Bythway; committee, Messrs James Auckland, F. Maggs, David Morgans, T. Mor^e, Jas. Evans, Dd. Roberts, B.' Beeslon, T. J. Gregory, H. Parry, C. GrifSn, ) lucbard, and T» Williams, jun.; hon. auctioneer, Mr David Francis: hon. trea- surer, Mr John Marker; hon. auditors, Mr It. K. Ha.'id, Mr H\. Harries; secretary, Mr W. Chaasbcrs, Pwll, Lianelly I Judges of the show: Foaltry;—(Jlr F. H. Stretch, Ormskirk. Pigeons, -&o.:—Mr J. W. Ludlow,B irmingbam. poultry (openj. Dorking, cock.—1, Messrs Fordaad Sit er. Swansea; 2, Mr Bees Evans; 3, John Hariies, Carmarthen, Dorking, hen. -1 and 3, Mr W. V. H. ThotHRs, Caruiarthen, 2 John Harries, Car- marthen. Cochins, cock—1, Mr it E. Ward; 2, Mrs L. Evans, Mr Job; B. Turner, Cochins, hello-i, Dauie* Roberts 2, A. E. Ware. 3, Mr Kees, Ciatwortny. Brahmas, cock or heu.-I; Mr A. T. Ward- 2 and 3, Mr S W. 'lhonias. Game. eOLL-l. Walter Firth: 2. Mr Georre t.ossar, Neath 0: ThanMt.s hughes. Gam- hen.-—1, Mr John W. H'orton:?, Mr Walter lurth: j. Mes^rs Morgan and Hopkins. Game, cock.—1, Mr Thomas Henrv Batt 2, Hi J. Jajties Worcester; 3, Walter Firth. "am?, ben.—1, Mr Walter Firth; 2, Messrs Harrison aud Biggs 3, J. Sivelf. Black Ilaiabui gh. <-cck. — 1, xMessrs Keriootand Wood; 2, Mr. Hugh Hopkins, Llaud.lo; 3, Mr. D. Warren Lewis. Black Hamburgh, ben. — 1. Mr Harrw RitchtMs t, Messrs Kei io-t and Wood; 3, J' Mr 13av;d Li organ. > Haniburgbs, cock 0. he-n.-I, Rev. Seymour hweil; 2, Mr W. Ciiambers: 3. Mr W m. J S .tb. viuiorcaa, coell.-I, All- James Williams; I Mr W, Winter; 3, Messis lord and Slatec. Minorca s, he..—1, Messrs Ford and Slater; 2, Mr Jame* Wiiiiams; o, Mr W. Winter. Lcguorrs, eocK. — 1. Mr Walter Jones: 2, Mr H. Frost: 3, Mr-James Phillips. Le;¡:horo: he;L itr W. WKbn: 2, sir | Walter Jones and Mr Jaine; Wiliiams. i>egi.orn. cock or < on.—1 tind 2. Mr W. j <.hambers. j Kiy;noulL Ko:-k, rock. — 1. :111'" Al. hur i'boinae; 2. Mr J. F. Boc-klev, 3, Mr i1 Pinchbeck. "j .Liyn.ouih l.'ock, hen. — 1, j}t. ArtpBr Thouias, 2, Mr \V. Thomas; 3, Mr W* Buckley liodertcu, Llnnoil v. Lftiijjshan, *»Vyandctte^ or Orphington (cock;.— 1, Mr Daniel Griffiths; 2 Mr Uenj H. Davies 3, r H. G. 'Ikomas. Laugshan, ^Vyat.dottc, ci k-lien. i. Mr D. It. Joi.e.s; 2, Mr Morgan W. itichai us 3, Mr Ù&I1:el {.rifliths. Span 811, cock or he,. -1, Air James Auck> iuiid. il anii J, ?,:r Lut Hake, Bridgwater. Any other variety n >t meutiom-d, cock 1 and A, Mr S. W. Thomas; a, Mr D. Warren l^ewi?. Any other variety neL meet ecfd, heo.-i and 2, Mr S. W. Thomas; 3, Mr D. Warren Le.vis. tiiiinc Bantams, cock.—1, Mr Walter I Firth; 2, Mr Hugh HopidM. 3, Mr Win.1 Lawrence. Gamo Bantams, her.—lt nr Ceor^e Itosser, 2, .Mr W Firth 3, Mr John Evans Bantams, cock an J hen.—land 2. Mr Hu«U Hopicui 3, Mr John S. Evans. I-'rans. fca; tan s. cv»ck or iiea.—J. J|f t«cor-e li3ss!'7 • 2. >ir Hu^h Hopkius^a. Mr Williaai i Etwrei eo tcK;<!1"o class, eoc! .—1, Mr George Rosier, j Neath; Mr James Auckland 3, Mr John H lorries. j ceil.n^ elaas, bee.—1, Mr J, Stvell ■ Z. Ur. AjteUafid; M r Joha Comistf. »

LOCAL SIFTINGS. Last night the annual bail of the Llaneilv Fire BrigLue was held, and was well patronised. Dancing4jotumenced at 9.30, and was continued with vigour up to the ssaall hours of the morning. The music was supplied by the New Road Quadrille Band. On Monday evening Mrs. Be wen (of the firm of Be wen and Morris. confectioners. Llaneliv), was seized with a fit, and exp ired an bour afterwards. The deceased iaty v as strong and healthy in appearance, aDd the news of her sudden death his caused quite a shock to those wbo knew her. The Pontypridd Chamber of Trade, which has initiated the movement for arranging a through passenger service from Newport, to Swansea, Tj& Pontypridd and the Kbondda, have apsin been discussing tbe matter. Mr. J. Sprague (the secretary, reported having written to the town clerks of Swansea and Newport, who had aot yet, however, submitted the letters to the corporation committees, It was mentioned that the Rhondda and Swansea Bay company were in favour of the proposal, and that a strong feeling prevailed in Swansea that the scheme should be supported, seeing that it would shorten the route to Newport by lli miles. A copy of a resolution passed by the Newport Chamber wa» read, inviting the Pontypridd Caamber to &end representatives to a conference to be convened to consider the matter, and it was resolved that Mr. W. Seaton and Mr. Arthur t0. Evans should attend, and failing thcn, L :.Mr. W. Williams, J.P., and Mr. Jame- ;Coombs. Mr. Sprague was asked to suggest j to the Newport Chamber that the confer- enett be held at Pontypridd.

OUR FOOTBALL COMPETI- J TION. I LETTERS FROM COMPETITORS. Letters have reached us concerning the award of last week e prize from Messrs. Jas. Dav es, Bellevue-stree:, Swantea, J. Boulton. Tyrfran Villas anu J. Hughes, 21, Mantel- stieet, Llaneiiy. Several competitors kaye also called to claim that tbeir "tips" were better tha.n those of the three among whom the guinea was divided, Mr. J. Davies argues that the whole guinea should have been given to Mr. D. J. Lowe (who was awarded a third of it), but h;& argu- ment is btttfd on a mistake. The aggregate number of points set to the credit of the com- petition represents the total left after the points gin; to the losers have been deducted. With regard to the other complaints the) are best met by an explanation of the plan adopted by us in arriving at the award. Where only a few "tipsK give all the winners one coupon can be set against another :ind the task is comparatively easy. But this is impossible when over three I thousand give all the winners. Life is too short to undertake it. What is done is the weeding out of the inferior tips until a hundred of the best are left. It is clear that opinions wili diUer as to the relative merits of any two tips wn;ch are nearly alike. How much more so whtn a hundred are in that condition We try to hit the decision out of the influence of a personal opinion by a simple laetl.od by which tlf. decision becomes a matter 01 simple arithmetic. tt mav. in certain cases, appear to operate unfairly, but in the result substantial justice is done and that is all v. e have a right to iicpe for. Tiie tipsters 1 oaving round all the winners are invited to state the number of points bv whicn each match was won. T^at is to say the points given to the loser are deducted from those of the winner. When tins has been done the total number of points given to the £ ve win- nera (less those given to the five losers) are cast up and the Lip which comes nearest the actual number of points to the good scored by the winning team is held to be best, it is a rough and rs..dy way, and would seem to allow a tipster to piie practically all the points on ClSe or two team*. But we provide againbt that by weeo'itag out tr: "be "tips" which does not pocsess some degree of close- ness to the actual saere in the majoritv cases. It is a matter of indifference to us who takes the prize, but the plan, unsatisfactorily as it may appear to work in special cases, is the same for all alike. Mr. J. -Boulton, who is now one of the com- plainants, actually won a proportion of a guinea two or three weeks ago by it and should, therefore, not now object to it. De- spite the undoubted merits of hit best coupon iasi week he credited the winners with 51 points only to the good and vas. therefore, 11 poinu out. Mr. Huehu, on t.he other hlLDd, was one of four who ran the winners closelv. His total was 69 points, or four points to the bad. The guineas was divided among three competitors, one of whom was two points out, and the remaining couple were three points out. Mr. J. Hughes, 12. Marsh- street, forwards U8 a copy of his coupon which shows a total of 57 points, so that he was 8 points on the wrong side,

KEMPTON PARK NOVEMBER MEETING. RUN AT 1-3. Tbe VAUXHALL SELLING STEEPLE- BASE cf 100 s: vS: tr" fwur»jreai>-o!d, tj. ix, and aged,—T.»o iuile». 11 1 i Mr Hibbcri.'# Wiiiie Bbur, a j It NigLtiugaii 1 12 11 Capt Leetbam'i Spree Boy. a Mr Catnpbeil 2 It 11 Mr Evzris's Sikh, a Owner 5 j 3.1 li Mr fc Woodland's Viscount, a J Barnard 0 J Barnard, the rider of Viscount ia the Vaux- hail Steepiec-IiKse, omitted to wmgh iI., and c nt.t()Ut.nt)y Visctmat is disqualified, and Sikh was placed third, Baraard was censured by the Stewards for the omission. j Betting 11 to 4 on Willie Blair, 6 to 1 agst j Sprre Boy, 7 to 1 Viscount, 20 to 1 Sikh.—Won j bv thretj-parts of a leafrth bad third. I RUN AT 1-30. The BARrfKB CELLING hANDICAP l HURDLE RACE PLATE of lQ0 sovs.—Twu j niilvs. I I 10 30 Mr Clark's Barocmbe, 5 1 il 9 Mr Hi!)b.ir?'s CoHessie, 5.. R NigLtiajrail 'c j 12 £ Mr H yaius's Bransdr.le, 6.. A Nightiszall 3 I Also ran—The St.nt, Ambrosiue, Audaci-jT Shorelark, aad Holmlield. Betting 5 to 2 agst Bar-otnbe. i to I Oollessie and The Stint, 6 tr 1 Shorelark, 10 to 1 Br-nsd^le and others.—Won by ahead; a and a h«li lietaeen noeond and RUX AT t- The STEWARDS'biLKPLECHASE HANlú-.i CAP of 2s0 SOVS !>euaitie«.i-wo miles »nd.a i ,half. i0 6 Mr James's ST ELMO, a MrBealtv i 10 2 Mr 1mVs vVATERi-'OitD, 6 Mr 1 J {(!{. 9 j 10 E Lord Chelsea's LOED ZETLAND. I ALrreli 3 Also r .D -Lev bourne, Roman Oak, anti Benedetto. j Betting: 2 to 1 oa i.eyboarne, 7 to 1 agsk' ftoman uak, 6 to I W.-t"r.ord. 38 to 1 St Eimu and ethers — t-a hv t-htet* k-n^th* k»a«t tbirc, • BUN AT i-S' The STAINES iIA.\i/iCA:' HURDLE FACE 1 I!LAI'B ci l,'O peaalties. — Tw« r. jdes. j IZ 1 Mr EasU a's £ i. Duiistaa, a j B i j 11 12 Mr Heasman's Fri»ce Frederick, G 2 11 10 Mr Hibbtjri's Fortaineblou, a r. Nig -iuncsl! 3, netting 6 to 4 FMtsiacai-Ai, £ to 1 Prince Frederick, 5 2 St btle two lengths; 4lX lengths betwe^ second and third. RUN AT 3-0 The FTJNELRV' HUHJILE "tAt^E PLATE of 11K> sovs for three-yi;jrs.old, four. iiv0 g;r agt- penalties.—Two miles. 10 3 Mr iiuui^y's Cici.slot.e, 3 G Moiris i0 2 Mr HiLixrl's SatuSruaad, 3 10 C Mr Wslliams's Guntawaog. '6 Al*o ran—Bcldrt. Marius, Batb C Princess Helena. Macliuczor, Jtivairr. /e-a^ Cottage, and hvertcn.

ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS. Huitwa Qiibyrrs, Unionist, Bow Lees •• S.. Antkwny, Oxtur.. The Nuu, Licet" Ua»vist, Coearasd, (^arlavetMok. Oaaie.-oniao j {jb uujcii, cthcii^iy, Sikti, YKcwuat, Vrotuptrr Chip, The Skipj^er, 'fit Elme, iacUudss. Itory I (i'Morc, Athlunmey, K->ker, Blar.c ir'-l-J. j Hvenude. i'cntaiaMtu, Pnuccs- { MaC-kKwur, OiiiMstuiMs. He«th.Cottage, Evertoa ana (Jubtawang. 1 .!„! —i

Fo. 1 irat-claw OrereoaU, triad* to ^er i n l^at^t F«acv m to U* Xmihn, V^waasea, ^31^- i

I SWANSEA ¡ SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE I SWANSEA BAY SIGNAL STATION. Mrasits Lighthouse, Nov. £ 1.—Wind II* lighfe wea-tner, hazy and one «oa, nnootti. Hir ». Swaxi«ea, received orders sor Newport I Bessie Barr s. Liverpool. reeelv<yi orders for Swims Caidstrap s, Liverpool, passed «a«t itaveuacourt, Gieenoclt, {wesad-east SWANSEA.—ARRIVALS. SOkTH DOCK, Nov 26.—Vigilant s 276, Liv-«rpool, genersh Imanuel i28. Siirfi. beaxus. John Lawitsnc^ r lu^t "■ Pi>rt TalUc.t, nil. Nov 27.—% olarit 78. Gb^^ow, pitch. Sampson 55, Bridgwater, genenl. St. Mirren c 198, Dutki, tii. Aii-hi s 56, H'.gribri<i £ (, copper ore. Honor <2, Aber- limestones. 323. Bordeaux, pitwc*od. Ilukp ot Weilin^toa 64. Bridgwater, geidbraL Kittt 22. Bamstapie. general. 6UUTH DOCK. Nov 2f.- Raœ r;&hu Ii 184, Rouen, nil. M-enantice 1935. Leith, nil. Calchf»»» n g 14f. Cork. nil. Xov2i. ^BeKsia j^trr s t68, St. Servan, nil. HzL7 Fisher e 531, Bayle, r:i*. PIeetwing 30, nil. Vt-ronica 8 i20, copoerore. J»KINCB OF WALKS DOCK. Nov 2b —Albirao e 79t. London, nil. Dc?ro < 211. Bristol, lui. Llandaff CRt" e 1197. BrMtf.L gentrab J Coihar s 2140 Loudon^ general. Annie Itr'. IJJy- m-uta, copper .1"t;r JjfT, timber. Nov 27.—Alicp Depeaax. s 5&4,iiooea, oil. Kosniixxid s 613, Havre, nil. SAiLINGS—NORTK DOCK. November 26. — CrowpiU (Luracr Biiiirwatei. "Leuora (Chiclieeter? B«i nssaple. November 27.—Solway Prince s (iloore) Eanwe* Cyproi, s Harris) Aigiur*. Mary X<outea OTicboia A oath Lizzie (NiclioLMy Kaatb. Jona Lawrtsa. tug iJones; fe-Aauiea. SOUTH DOCK. November 26.—Ric forntMtc s (Uem.6j 'Comb Marion » (Thomas) Bristoi ViJINCB OF WALES DOCK. November 27. — Katinanufete S4ai-etto (Oiwiri Buenos Ayres. IMPuRTS COASTWISE—November27." Portreath, eronioa S, i3. Sons copper ore, WHlian* roster Co. Chester, J. and M. Garrett, 162 ton pitch, order Higbbridgp, ftlyba t iC'toas niiueral, H. Jiatii & So B, ista, B i,- to, Hrid^ ater, Duke of WoUiiyrtor.. "0 tuag wTitsrai Jiriafrwater. Sumoacu. 60 tons go.^nU j^ndoii, Holka; s, 50 tons general. Mason & Cc. Aberi Lia», Honor, 74 ton* limeatoues, Suuriaii Liir Conipaiiy. Li verpool, Vigilant g, 200 toas geueM ni~^W'>V0Mir' ton* pitch, C <mpajn Barnstaple. Mirre, Li ton* g^nerai EXPORTS COASTWISE- November2u Pa*.istow, Rio lormoBo s, centre West Hi rue pool, Veronica a. 210 burnt ort Vivii and fccas Guernsey, Bessie Barr s, <*30coai, E. Hodi^ Liveitjool, \igiinat s, general. Bacon iM-^te.l» Duiiaaik, Noimaad s, 14s cot], Bvaas 4 Al-thu 8 cot carries Bros. Belfast, Catchiaen s 610 ooal, Norton Co Ballast, St.. Mirreu s, M5 c>ai, Tiviai-, Son« Pori ea h. Ti'egea. 243 coal, Ui*sbrr oi FOKKIGN AKWVALS AND M/3VBMSKT3 Of WJvL, VJBy.Sf/^s Deworops ieir Kiga^ Nesior arrived Swi.asiunde ¡'toni Swana<* 23 Jar^vion amvwd YmuidMsn ir-rjtn Swansea 2ft toyal b^ndard left Nieuv. •, C:u- of Liverpool s .eft Kieivwe Wster^ for Thracsan ? arrived Die^pe/22 ljwore s. arrived Dieppe A-wnLkneliv 2a Helgoland >left Dieppe^ Lianeliv 24 s left Havre '/r.: wanfta k4 23 Head arr'*Vr*! Fernanriipa how. Swaos. 23 Obicago.City s arrived York from Swansaaas ;-zt( (tug) b arrived LH."uty) from Swanse* f»rnve<i KicJaiiCjrlo Irom Swsldlib Kaie t ishei arrived J4ec-« from SwanetL ?Z ,>eaUX 8 arr,ved £ +aen from Swansea 23 Plan.tigeuev sarrived Cam from Swaaeee. 2: Norraund » left Legue for Swansea 23 iftnee b arrived Bordeaax from SmLnsm 23 "A jej same da,r for Dublin. Bgi-et t left Bordeaux 26 Swansea s arrived Bayonae fron, Swaasea 22 Lagom xarrivec Messicii iron. adwAi^sea 21 Cty of Bristoi b passed X-ixard 24 Nsnt Krancon b ai r:>,ed HoJvheadiK t-rossran b passed LizarC Cas»eii s arrive j Dunkiik 25 Briti so Crown arr-, i, ed davre 26 Mobean arriv.-d Havrt zt Kosslyu s* paaaea Vahanl tfi, K-aglan s passed F;ru«tor.e 25 Kheubina m arrived Htielvs 20 Lady Bertha e cleared HuelvaJD Miners a s passed Gibraltar lit Shelley P passed Gibraltar 24 MatleJfm nx s arrived Gibraltar 20 Sireii b fell Portland -.I), for IpswicO 22 City of Malago arrived iixniOur*Zi. LO'tus k cleared 'larcelent 20 Piekwick i arrive*. I^hom23 Ganges & arrived OoMstrAunople 24

to The steamer Lbuiibtwy, Uou; Goo.e iu toii, bro. her sl.afi *«d narroiviv c^caped bcin- wreckvd on the (tØOdW ca oal !'1 nmhy. 'Ihe Kmps-dowH i.'f«l)oat,\vh;t h went I to thlil » >»(iiisew} s assMfe^Qce, was out j" t1.. stowi- )

TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFtCATlON ANTLli, i gooa clean General Servara; mast" ) «"y user and underatand boPsww«* Appiy 4Q._B^k- > ue-st.re?t U6L W a Good General Servant aoc«sttKO»- Business, good references reauir? i — Injpena Hotel. P las mar I bsfit T (>in l_nioxi-street, last (Tuosday; i -S-a lelloa* Horserug.—Finder will oe rewaitLed or takiug it tc ftoal street Police-sta.tino. ♦)!>»> A YQUMi LifJy deaires Afternoon Sn^ikgetnen: — atter yhristmas, iu bwansea or ne.i^hbouraced CompaiiLon or Governess; duly fÑ t.t special or general subjacts; tala: v a^^ytrdlEH; Si requireinents. Apply by ieMor t4.I Iris," Oifee. Daily J oat, Higb-rtr>iet,. IkSSI GBLIAWOIuScfK, LLAJJOF )«fJ' Saieof CHlilSTJtAi tAT STOCK A. POWELL has been iavrou»xl wist; iracraK fpoH1 Mr- J^n Ku'iiar' s, u> SoLL £ 5 AL CTION, at the LlaneUv Kg HaHret 'wbar* t*. re>:u,v,'d the ct*Vi-U!ci u: Xnclia^A.Y, tiie d&y of ijeuuacifrer. toilowiug f CHRISTMAS FAT STOCK, Comprising 11 K:&uu 3 and 4-V48r old fat beiisere am !&tee" 1 pure short-hrra bull call. C tn ak (sire, one of the MarquU of Butt's p-,iigr,,e bc!»a) 80 very piinie lat lambs, ewe., and vncstberi and L Ulce-:)1Zh.:i porkers, Xefp wi 1! be given up to 31st Decesaiwi. WS4<'t reijuired}. Sale atl o'el i; k in the afternoon Terms 2 oinntUs' erf4it or 5 per per sucuff soroasb. jwof, PILNYBFkDt). BUEItT P"CiiT HIGHLY IM.POKTANX bALK OK YB,Ui PSI51* CHRISTMAS FAT STOCK.. MK. S. N: POWELL, in conjunction wffn WjassB*- LLOYD and THuStAS, are rostracwrt; bv W S. Marsti, tii-f, to SELL rrv AOCTlOA. at ti*- alo, i.. L named plaas, < l MOKUA1, December 10^, tft iotiowiu^r very valuable CfiRlbTMAS FAT SlOOR Comprising 10 exceedingiy prijte voa»g nUort.bam Mr cows, 20 very choice 2 an." J year id hit Wftrs, MIll 2D very prime lat steers .*1! aiee vcagbw 01\1 cross bred prune fat abeep. IOC- rery ahcico aroas-bK«d Iws* tailed fat laiulx-. 7 Oacon pigs, 14 porkers, ^uje-torec Yorkshire boar (5 niontfc:, olav 1 pure-W-«- SuffoU boar ('winner of prizes), Oie pc Jign* sb- rtbc n bui Pr.vioe Ctawsbay (wiiiaei jf i* Caraiiirtben and LlaneUy Shows. ISsi; ais." € pore bred shorthorn but! eah-os, 10 pura- ired abortiiorr tieifsr calves (from 5 10 tnoatb., ol.'i. AU tht calves are by that pe.rt itree sborth jro "prttMf L rawshay. and are a vary nice lot. Sai; after Ble\eu o'clock 'j'-e-tr^- C:>sh. Conveyances will meet ihe IQC27a a; aj. tr*ia tN 10.35 aud 12.33 noon down Vmiiis ai Biurv W>- Station. Further Particular- fern Owner or tin iocUoneera Llaneilv aiia OHrnin.j-ti* QCHOOL BOARD ELEC^IO^ O 1891. The Final COMMITTEE MEETING of MR. CHRISTOPHER JAMES AT THE LARGE TEMPERANCE HALL. Orchard-strost, Swarosea, TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY), NOT* M At 1.30 pam. pUBLIC J £ AJLL, pLtt^ACSfe rBB G W A L I A GLEF: SINGERS WILL GIVE 5 GRAND CONCERT AT THtt ALOn HaLL CJi SATURDAY NEXT, DECEN^ER Is, Admission—2tv la. OF (xi. Dooi-s Opeb at 7.30; at 8 m- THE LONDON AND SOCJTH WiLSS ARTIFICIAL TOOTH COX VAST Will iatroduoe their S PEC 1ALI Ti ES In SW A.NSEA by safttf fottiBor Kotico SINGLE TEETH Ire: £ > UPPEU or LO W ER SETE „ W ilXTRACTlOXS 1'- • QUit LDOaI Al>; 1, GLADSTONE BL ILLUNGi ALEXANDES-aOAH. SWAJTSB* tci ATcao^V