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THE AGRICULTURAL SIGN IN G…
THE AGRICULTURAL SIGN IN G i E,T B IT A IN. OFFICIAL IFQUniY AT N&WPOrLT. On Wtclrescay at the King's Head Hot New- port, Mr. A. Doyle (xstistant- commissi HH'r) ui-jta number oi cm l,) .inu^bh ehire Chamber of Agriculture tor t ■« pu'^osa o investigating and o'otvnir.g evid^nc^ b-fiug the prevaÜiLg 8o(lrjcnitJ.bl ot tald district. At a lueeti" of thy .Vi >i> a ja.hoaire Chamber of Agrieuliu-y on trie 17un ult it Was arranged that i committee, oai.Mi?ti>;g of 22 gentlemen, should oolleot evidence tad Aaaiac the Commissioner in every poebiola •vay to elicit information in regard tj the past and present condition of agriculture. For this purpose a series of questions had been printed and circulated amongst the farmers of the county beat qualified to give information, with a request that these quesiijns should be answered and forwarded to the secretaries of the ohamoer for the use of the Commissioner. Laid Tredegar occupied the chair, arid there were present r. B. Stratton (the president of the chamber), Col. Byrde, Messrs. W. S. Cart wright. Morgan, Daniel Baker, Charles D. ,PttlPB\ HLanry Williams, W. Jones, D. Bees iLlanvatwn), ba^rge Thomas (Ely), J. S. Stone, yalent.iHe^t'd.raoQa, J. K. Stone, Charles SeyB, — i Frost, -Wordell, W. Eeee, E. C. Datfteld, &o. The first question was What was tne rateable value ct the parish in which yoa reside in 1859. and what is the rateable value ill 187 t ? Give a total of tho rates for all purposes ia ti1 pist year. To this a very numerous hat of replies bad been Bent in and the general expression of opinion was that the rateable value considerably increased during the past 20 years. The second question was as to the coat of manual labour per acre for the 1878 9, as contrasted with the years 1858 9. Biiaaoing up the result of the replica eent In there waa shown to be a clear increase of 25 per cent. The third question was—Are the hr!J18 in your district aa well cultivated now as 20 yeire ? Has the produce of the laid increasei or decreased during that period r Caa you eupy> t your opinion by reference to accounts ? the o.jiaioas expressed in the reuses wer* extremely varied, but in the majority of esses it was the oeuef that farms were better cultivated now tbau before, and that the produce was gredotHr except in instances where tho fertility of tue land bai baea exhausted by tho injudicious use of artificial manures.. < The fourih question was—Has the aba-noe ot freedom of cultivation and cropping had aa un- favourable influence for farmers? (hr replies were to the effect that where freedom QL1 not exist it has had an unfavourable ioflienoe. Limiting the tenants' action ia of cropping was corn-id ere d to have produced an udavonrable effect npon >isVX'ik..re. In reply to tha fifth quest-ion; as to whether the Agricultural Holdings Act &h'uUi be more geuo* rally adopted, it was centrally aouimod taat this county was not groat J y affect d llY it, because tenants generally did not plase theui-telyea uader it. The next question was—To ex"n^ dor0 the new Highways Act prejudicially afluoi yuaf Jn general terms it was cocaid* reil that 1.1 iligh- ways Act operated to tbe grett disAivanme of the farmer. A far larger expense ehouid oe thrown upon the union. Mr. Doyle remarked that this was the answer he got almost everywhere. Mr. Stratton stated that an opinion prevailed that people in towna paid ratea to wtiioa people iu the country were nou liable, aud Ifft it to ba assumed tbat this was the reason why tba main- tenance of the highways should fall more heavily on the country parishes. Bat the argute »t aid not hold good. If tow:;f-peoplo wat- e or gis rates, they got an excellent equivalent for tieir money, whilst in country Ritcao they had to sink wells, put up pumps, and keep tJem in rø. pair. Mr. Doyle: But you get the benefit of their gaa when you go into town Lord Tredegar And they get the benefit of the loads when they come out of the town. The seventh question was as to the preservation of game, and this gave ride to a broader disc us- aion. The question was—Has ths over preser va- tion of game, especially ground game, bee i a source of serious loss to you, or do you know of any such cases ? Many replies had been received, to tha effect that farmers had not experienced any personal lOlls. Mr. Daniel Baker remarked thtt in a strict sense Monmouthshire was not a (jain .preserving county. But there werariiBtriataia wiiijti ground game did a great deal of mischicf. Winged ga.r.19 did very little mischief. As for rabbits they were not game but vermin. Mr. Stratton Babbita;ehould be made vermin and foxes game. Mr. Baker also believed that keepers ware just as obnoxious aa game. Mr. Stratton believed it itr>possible to get pheasants without keepers to look after and teed them. Mr. Baker said partridges and pheasants did good to the land. The Commiefiioser stated that recently he had teen reading a contrast between some parts of the country 20 years ago, and now really he could scarcely think it was the same country. Lord Tredegar observed that in Birmingham and some Midland districts rabbits were nude a source of profit. The numbers sold were somewhat erormons. Mr. W. Jones believed people would rather buy beef than rabbits. The general belief was that ground game was prejudicial to the farmer, whilst winged gime was advantageous. The eighth question was as to the abolition or the Mais Tax. The replies eeut in wer9 favourable to the abolition of the milt tax, and of its imposi- tion on beer. Mr. Baker said barley wis t'ae most lruporDane article for the farmer* of this cournry Ki re- cently took a sample of barley to Br.H.,1 market. H3 showed It to one or two bra .Vi1r fiod neither would buy. They said they could not bay, for this reason. Maltetera had to pay a o^rt&in duty on all the barley that they malfce i, and it did not answer the purpose to pay th? sams duty 011 barley not so good in quality and condition' M UTrenoh b&rley. Now if he, as a consumer, had been allowed to malt his own barley, he C-JOM have made it answer his purpose. If he could have converted it into malt, he beiievedit wiald be found to be the best possible feading stuff for cattle. But a farmer dared not do it; he ooald not sellhia barley and was act allowed to matt it, and yet he had to pay .£50 a year for malt for purposes of the farm. Mr. Doyle; How labourers had you on yonr farm. Mr. Buker About 10 men aa a rule some- times 20 in harvest, and 30 if you can get them, and harvest time is the time for the consumption of beer. Mr. Stratton also believed malt to be an excel- lent focd for cattle. If grains were so valuable, ■what must the malt ba. It was the g-eateat restorative in the world for sick animal-). Mr. said in Worcestershire and in that district the principal cirick was cider. Mr. Baker added that he believed that if the tax pon malt was abolished, and placed upon beer, it would be advantageous, and would tend con- siderably to diminish drunkenness. Mr. H. Williams objeoted on the ground that whilet farmers suffered from the low price of \he1' had to pay tithes above the average, iion w t the diecussion of the eighth ques- in a'fair »», Jv*le^tier the tithe averages are taken rnncedpdfk a.aH8*aotory manner. It was generally SSSSSSMFCFCR'TO'10 bushel of wheat, «. «S £ eta°da'd feifht peP *t:ibs. Then no af«y 6 £ lba-» and of barley say «ntnai prices. T^°nlfcy w°*ld arise as to the fefltly unjust. Present systam was maui- There wero 17 replies sent. tbe tenth dSSkaes in etookB of an k^00.^ contagioas had much about the'preK depressed state of aP^^re ? The5 gene?Il fm. preeeion was tha^ it h nd even now where the rinderpest had been ar ^^ere fQot acd mouth ° The' Commissioner said i[1Je;6*^0u1d Sjve him the names of gentle J^'th the chamber he would address to• them^e question as to whether the appointment of such au er Would be approved b7 them. noints of evi flc?aYirig elicited.al!tbe x?lp0rtAd Lord Tredegar ^nce the Commissioner thanked ble infor. *nd the gentlemen present for the ▼ u„m. wa Ration the ohamber had afforded to com- should be happy, in framing his repo*l> J l>ly With their wishes on the various poifl" > Would take an opportunity of submitting P to them. Mr. Stratton said that in no connty in Ea?lan^ bad there been a betler feeling between landlord and tenants than in this county. (Hear, hear.) He had felt very acutely that the farmers ought to be exempted from the pressure of local taxa- tion. They ought to obtain relief under this liead. Mr. Morgan mentioned a matter which he thought required rerious looking into. The Uak »nd Monmouth Railway was leased to the Great Western Company for JE10.500 annually, and vet it was only rated at JE1,900. After some further dieous ion on inoidental topina, a cordial vot.c of tha.ks was passed to «>rd Tredegar fcr presiding; and his Lordship having acknowledged, the corrpliment, the pro- ^eedinga terminated.
THE BUESCOUGH COLLISION.
THE BUESCOUGH COLLISION. fT^Ho^enera^ Hutchinson re-opened the Board railway coffiS ^t0 oause of the recent Monday afteXnae" J,1v,nc«0^ oa Station. Mr. Bnrscough Kailway tendent of the C0»Hfl passenger superm. Ba*A « alrptch of riP and Yorkshire Railway, SSt such as ^^noea of the accU Major Hutchinson lfter wh^3h witnesses. The £ £ e0d*d Mamm0 chit fly wlth 'eferenoe fuVen «»d dispatch of th^ tfhe. ar"T°i Jas the cause of the John Spercer, the poin >man Who wl« i- j another pointsmar. aamed Melia said £ ? W Jl^led the points over to allow th'e train +«' d right road before giving Up Oharee OF JFHA J?bzf- He could not remember seeing MelU nnt »^ ever back again. Witness w»g only aiLth diL* accordin? to the evidence of Franoia Chanock' ^Jot superintendent, had only had a week or 10 »ys training as Bignalman, but previous! •> hao" jja B,ght watchman in the cabin, when he would levet an °PP°rtvinity of learning the use of t! inaniL8nd of the telegraph instruments. The Th Was a^ionmed shie die. ti-jf9 Pw'nteman, ]y«li», was charged at Orms. oa Morday morninar, with af^'lvl'gh''3r» but w'* ■• romanced for a week, until the adjourned i.uet.
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^on2?'l 1 a? b^en summoned *") take J).B f"' o official Jesidt^co of t it; Fre.jiiyr, "Jg street, London, to-morrow (Satarday).
COKSECBATION OF LLA.N-DDEWI…
COKSECBATION OF LLA.N- DDEWI QKERRID CHURCH, SERMON BY THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF. On THURSDAY the psr;>H ohuroh of Llanddewi SFEPRRID was re-opened ard coEseorated, after hsvirg undergone a complete restoration. The ,A erL- has been carried out by the desire AND at the cost of Mr, Crawahay Bailey, whose munifi- cence has become almost proverbial, and the restored edifice is in every eenee a neat, handsome, and comfortable place of worship. Everything is NEW but the tower, and the style of architecture adopted is Etrictly Gothic, the intention being to rogke it almost a fac simile of the Llanfoist Church, which was restored some time ago by N r. Bailey. The church is built of native stone with Forest stone dressings, and measures 62ft. by 25ft. in the clear. It consists of nave and chancel, with an organ chamber on the north, a poroh on the south, and a vestry. The chancel presents aivelegant and dignified appearance. The arch has been carved ar-d moulded from a neat design, the Communion Table and reredos are chaste and handsome, the ohoir stalls are commodious and ornamental, and the east window forms a high class specimen of ecclesiastical art. The latter is in memoriam of MR. Valentine O'Brien, Horsford, to whom there is an appropriate inscription. The window represents the Nativity and baptism of our Lord between two bullions, and the text, I am the Good Shepherd." The ceiling, which is circular, is encased in stained woodwork, and the pews, &c are constructed of red pine. The Dulpit and font are of stone, sup- ported on granite peceetals, and the lectern is of brass. The aisles ARA laid in tiles of aa artistic pattern, the chandeliers are elaborate in ap- pearance, and the windows are of cathedral stained glass. The general effect produced is one of grace and dignity, and the parishioaers may well feel proud of their restored church. We may here mention that they ave expressed their thanks to Mr. Bailey for his unceasing munificence by causing to be erected in the church a brass tablet bearing an appropriate inscription. The contrac- tors for the church were Mr. Rawlins, carpenter, Abergavenny, and Mr. Prioe, mason, Aber- gavenny. Their joint contracts amounted to .;LI,500, but the cost to Mr. Bailey will be about JL2.500, as extra expense has been incurred in the purchase of various necessary articles, such as furniture, heating apparatus, organ, &O. The organ has been built by Mr. Vowles, of Bristol, at a cost of .£300, but it has not yet bean fixed in petition, and on Thursday a harmonium was need. The atteadaEce at the SPivice of consecration VFFCB very numerous and influential. It was PRE- ceded by the formal induction of the new rector (the Eev J. Walter Jcaes), who was appointed to the beiieflee-the value of which is £ 255 par annum—by Mrs M, A. Collins, the daughter of the late Rev. M. H. Jones, D.D., of Monmoutb. The clergy robed at the Llanddewi Court, the residence of Mr Joseph Partridge, and walked in procession from tbence to the church. There were present: The Archdeacon of Llandaff the RAV, J. Lloyd, rural dean; the Hev. J. Walter Jones, A the Eev. Theophilus Rees, the Rev. J. H. Tarqnhar, the Rev. Canon Capel, M.A., the Rev. J. R. Jenkins, M-A., the Rev. W. Pianey, the Rsv. J. W. Osman, the Rev. J. Pugh; the Rev. Hughes, Ebbw Vale the Rev. — Jordan, Ebbw Vale the Rev. E. Jones, M A., Trcdt gar the Rev. J. Morgan, Nantyglo the Rev. G. M. Thomas, Abergavenny Mr. Joaeph Partridge, churchwarden Mr. Rees, the chapter derk Mr. Dunning, the registrar of the diooase; Mr. J. E. Ollivant, the chancellor of the diocese; and the Bishop of Llandaff. At the i conclusion of the coremony of induction, the service of consecration was proceeded with. The prayers were read by the Rev. Walter Jones, assisted by the Rev. Theophilus Rees. The first leseon was read by the Archdeacon of Dandsff. and the second lesson was read BY the Rural Dean. Mrs. JOB. Part. ridge presided at the harmonium, and conducted ibe choir. The sermon was Pleached by the bishop, who selected as his text tbe 24th and 25th verses of the 17th chapter of the Acta. His lord- Bhip dwelt upon the end and intention of public worship. He said there was no nation which had not some method of worship in which they expressed their self-dependence upon their Maker, God and in proportion to the piety of the people in all ages had been the delight which they took in the services of religion. Individually and nationally, they too frequently lived without God in the world. In the business of life there was little recognition of Him who was the disposer of all the gifts which they enjoyed. They regarded not the work of the Lord, nor the operation of Hia hand. When SUCCESS attended their efforts their inward feeling was, This hath mine own wisdom devised; this is n ine own handiwork." They had great cause to BE thankful because they lived in a land in WHITH religion was not wholly dependent upon voluntary support-ixl which it was nationally established and made part of the law of the land, provision having been nmde by past ages for keep- ing it before their eyes, and the very Constitution cf the country calling upon them at onse to fear God and honour the Queen. In every parish there was a church, so that all might worship their God, and be guided in the vvay to everlasting life. The very rev. prelate then proceeded to give reasons for the necessity of public worship, and in con- clusion spoke of the decease of the late rector, and the munificence of Mr. Crawshay Br-iiey, at whose expense the church had been restored. At the ccnclusion of the service luncheon was served in an adjacent building. Mr. Crawshay Bailey occupied the ohair, and the attendance was numerous, most of the clergy kemg present, The Chairman gave the Ertit tciet, l'ho Qaeen and the Church," in PEOPLING "The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocete," the Chairman expressed his pleasure at the piesence on that occasion of the Bishop of Llan<.i £ He (the chairman) waa cot a man of MANY wcrds, but ha hoped hie actions ware rvfiicieat to teatify to the warm feeling which he EN curtained towards all connected with the Church. (Applause.) He hoped that the Churoh and State wcnld never be separated. (Applause.) The Bishop of Llandaff, in response, said he sincerely hoped that by the grace of God the clergy of the diocese might be enabled li do their duty in their Ii-zpective positions. Tho chairman had confided the secret to him that thcro were only to be two toiuns; he thought they would be failing in their duty if THEY did not propose a third, (Applause.) OAR Lord had set before fbemtwol-,ceoepV. The ILTOT was that when thay gave their alms, or gave away their money, their ripht hand should not know what their left hand doeth. The second was that they should let their light so shine before men that they might see their good works and glorify their Father who was in heaven. (Applause.) He thought they were sotretimea guilty cf a mistake by drawing in. ferences from a single passage of Scripture; they ought to take ail the passages bearing on the one subjact, and then decide as to the meaning which they were intended to convey. If they put the two passages he had quoted together they would see what their duty with regard to alms giving was. From both they would learn that they were to do all to the glory of God. Although there were occasions in which their right hand should not know what their left hand did, still there ought to be occasions when they should let their light shine before men. Having those texts in view he thought they could not but be thankful to the Author of all good gifis that He had put it into the heart of Mr. Bailey to let his light phine before men. He believed Mr. Bailey did it, not for vain glory, but that men might see his. JROOD works and glorify their Father 1D Heaven. He was quite sure there was no diocese in this country in which they req nired in a greater degree that that kind of light should BE exhibited before man. There was not a diocese that had more practical difficulties to contend with; one of their difficulties was that their population had overgrown the churohea which had been estab- lished, and they wanted the owners of property to consider that property had its duties as well as its rights its duties not only towards man but towards God, in the extension of the means of religious instruction, In conclusion the Bishop proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Crawshay Bailev, which was accorded with enthusiasm. The Chairman,in response, said he could not express his feelings. All he could say was that he wished to devote his life to the one end—the benefit of his fellow creatures, and he would never forget the promise which he made to his father on his deathbed. Mr. Thomas Farr acknowledged, on behalf of the parishioners, the munifioence of the chairman, and the new rector, the Rev. J» Walter he would like also to say a few w;ords. ANNOIW J I^AT ,ho felt himself privileged in being to do HI! V ^8 IN the diocese, and he hoped placed in the position in whioh he was now had be'en»! FDT the kindness with which he be found TO IFLT » AND he trusted he would net committed TO°V^LLLW0R^Y °F it, or of .the oharge This CONCLNDE1D'VI/APPIAU8E-) afternoon the VOINR,^8 PROCEEDINGS, During the music, and a ealute « 4, PLAYED selections of battery. FIFED from the adjacent =
BRISTOL SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION.
BRISTOL SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. The ^"l^ThSday^Tw^ the «<*ooI board took place 0jj for the 15 seata"^0 oa^datea Dr. Caldicot")! hesa O'ster of the ]Bristol Grammar tionalist), MESSRS. ^-SRIS," Alfred Bail, Sparke and G. F. Jones (carpenter, 5 T:?AN(*'DAFCE), them right being nenm»«ecI by tha :Libaral Four Hundred; the Kev. T. C. Price, Messrs. G. W. « W^MAYOC of the City), W. E. George, and J^GWARD, all Conservatives and Churchmen, the Conservative Association; THO KE L^UA Witherby (Church of Engl&™)» A°A R. Richardson, nominated BY 'J V perance party; William Keassey, NOMINATE Y Working Men's Conservative Association, Inekip, nominated by the Orangemen; Canon Clarke, nominated NY Roman CatholicsEdmund Ball, nominated BY licensed victuallers, but repudiated by them as body; and William Count, boot rivetter; BI°HAR Hunt, president of the Coopers' Society; AN(J George Powell, printer, nominated by DIFFERENT sections of Liberal working men. The result oi the ballot is not expected to be made known until Saturday. The whole proceedings on'Thursday were very tame, and it is thought that a groat many ICES voters than usual went to the poll. With such a cross contest, the result of the count- ing will probably be a Burprise.
THE BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES…
THE BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES WAGGON COMPANY. The directors of the Bristol and South W^LEF The directors of ths Bristol and South W^LEF WAJRPTM Company (Limited) intend to r< COMMEND a divd'iid at the rate of 10 per csut. per aunum fcr the past half-year.
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The vecent cholera epidemic M J -pan attacked 156,04 persons, of whom 69,702 suocambad,
CARMARTHENSHIRE WINTiciK Ai-SL…
CARMARTHENSHIRE WINTiciK Ai-SL ZE i. ..r AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. 'On Thursday, at the assizes, CARMARTH^. BEFORE the Hon. Sir Nathaniel Lindley, an (X T" oroirary DISPUTE was commenced. Th is William Ritchings Jenkins, gt-itlemln farmer, of P^ntyphi.Uip, Pembrokeshire, and the dcf( ndant David Morris, farmer aud auctioneer, now residing at Newton West, in the same county. '1 he counsel taking part, in tho case were Mr. B. T. Williams, Q C., Mr. Henry Allen, and Mr. Clement (of the Chancery Bar), instructed by Messrs. Davies and Co., Haverfordwest, for the plaintiff; and for the defendant Mr. W. Bowen Bowlands and Mr. Abel Thoma.s, instructed by Messrs. J. and E. Eaton Evans, Haverfordwest. Mr. B. T. Williams addressed the court, and said the aotion was brought to set aside a lease made in 1871 by a gentleman possessed of Rome considerable property, real and personal, in Pembrokeshire, of the name of Thomas Price, The aotion to set aside the lease was on the ground that the lessor (Thomas Price), when he executed it, was not of sound mind. The aotion in which this important issue is in. volved is now in the Court of Chancery before Vice-Chancellor Hall, who had sent down one issue for the decision of the court, and that was the question of insanity. There were various issues raised in the case, and the Vioe. Chancellor had come to the conclusion to reserve the issues .for a subsequent inquiry before himself in Lor. don AND the only issue for the consideration of the court was whether, at the date of the ex- ecution of this lease, the lessor was a person of sound mind and capable of managing his own affairs. In 1866, Thomas Price lived with his father at the farm in question, called Newton West, Pembrokeshire. I be history of this man's insanity dated from 1866, and it was necessary for him (Mr. B. T. Williams) to trace with accuracy the story of his alleged insanity, which existed from 1866 till his death in 1875. The subject had already been before the Court of Probate, before Sir R. Philli- more, and the question then raised waa whether in April, 1874, when Thomas Price revoked a will and codicil which had been made in 18 J2, he was then of sound mind and no continued till his death. After a long inquiry the jury, with the full approval of the judge, came to the conclusion that at the time of his revocation he was of unsound mind, and conse- quently the will and codicil made in 1862 was duly admitted to probate. He (Mr. Williams) ould be able to show that dutipg the whole of 1871 the insanity of this man was in its most pronounced form. Up to 1866 there was no evi. dence of srF special mark of insanity, but in that 5 CAR Mr. Thomas Price evinced EIGNS of delusions vlieb continued to poasess him uutil Lis death, lib • Its,-or seemed to be impressed with the delu- sion that everything he came in contact with was permeated with sulphur, and that evil BpiritB had taken up their abode in his premises. The evidence which he should adduce in support of that pol-iti(lu was of great length. He would beg, Í3 conclu- ion, to remind the court that Mr. Mathias, u solicitor, was actually engaged iil the preparation of four codicils at the tioas of the lessor's death. He then called Jewes Wm. Browne, DOCTOR of medioino, Bavcrfordwest, who said he saw Price iu March, 1871. Dr. Edward Philipps, of Haverfordwest, also saw him. They found him labouring under an impression that the place was full of sulphur. He was then at a plaoe called; Cleyne. The house was VEI^Y dirty. The doors and windows were all open, and Price was wandering about in search of the sulphur. He did not seem willing that witness kbould see him. A proposition was made to feel his pulse, but he objected. He said his health was good and the house was full of evil spirits passing upon and down the chimney. His method for removing the spirits was breaking windows. He was continually taking castor oil and salts and senna to disperse the sulphur. Price appeared to be in good health. His clothes were in a filthy state. There were no signs of drunken. ness. Witness did not think he was sane. He advieed that Price should be taken care of, and not allowed to perambulate about. Mr Philippa and witness were in the house more than half an hour. He was not able to transact business. Cross-examined by Mr. Rowlands: I had attended him before, but not for any signs of insanity. At the time he gave no symptoms of suffering from these delusions. I only attended him once for hia insanity. When I previously met him he was perfectly rational and capable of transacting any business. The (leltlson under which Price was labouring with regard to dtitk was an exaggeration of a correot fact. It is possible for a man to have a delusion respecting one subject, and in other respects to be perfectly sane. An abiding delusion co-existent with panity in other respects should temporarily assume an exaggerated form and afterwarda subside. Although there was no symptom of delirium tremens at this time, too much drink or any disturbance of the brain might be CEO of the exciting causes that would produce this exaggerated development of the delusion. I have known delusions quite aa ridiculous as this of sulphur" existing along with general sanity. Edward Picton Philipps, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, said he knew Price very well. Witness thought he was of rather a suspicious dis- position Witness received a letter in March, 1871, asking him to go to Cleyne to see him in company with Dr. Browne. The letter was written by the deceased man himself. The bouse was in a very filthy condition, and on entering Prire immediately receded to a distant part of the room. W hen witness saw him he was not capable of transacting the ordinary business of life. Wit- ness never went with Mr. Mathias to see him. Crot'S-examined I had known Price for a con- siderable time and had visited him many times previously. He was capable of managing his own affairs when I first knew him, and up to the time of my last visit, John Owen, doctor of medicine, Fishpuard, paid he knew the deceased man very well. In March, 1871, witness saw him and he would not let him ccme near him because of the prevalence of sulphur. Witness never saw him drunk. Cross-examined I saw him again in April, and be appeared to be very much better. My father was treating with him as a man OAPABTE of managing his own affairs. Re-examined by Mr. B. T. Williams My father did not complete the purchase of Newton West. David Davies said he knew the late Mr. Thomas Prioe. In April, 1871, witness was asked to go and look after him by Messra. Jenkins (the plaintiff) and Mr. Mathias. Witness found the servants sitting down in the dark, and Price in a i- very miserable state and very wild. The letter was read to him, whioh directed me to visit him. Price then said it was time for witness to go. # After going up to his bed. room witness ordered him to go to bed. There was some white sugar on the floor, which the deceased man said was put to keep out sulphur. The hd was in a filthy state. He refused to go to bed, but remained up till nearly daylight. In the morning Price had gruel for breakfast, and poured seven or eight ounces of castor oil into the basin. On going one there was a large shell on the window sill, which Price took up and threw in through the window. He said it was to let the Bulphur out of the parlour. He then ran into the parlour, picked up the shell, and threw it through another pare. Mr. J. Wellington, J.P., and some other wit- nesses having given evidence, His Lordship promised to sit early and late. on Friday, and would make no limit as to adjourn- ment. _———————
IMPORTANT PROSECUTION BY THE
IMPORTANT PROSECUTION BY THE BOARD OF TRADE AT BRI STOL, j A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. On Tuesday, before the Bristol magistrates, Hemy Vowles, the engineer of the steam ferry Morning Star, was charged with having, on the 10th of December, increased the pressure on the safety valve of the boiler of the vessel beyond the limit granted by the Board of Trade when the vessel's passenger certificate was granted. Mr. Vachell, of Cardiff, appeared for the Board of Trade, and Mr. Carter for the de- fendant. From Mr. Vachell'a opening statement it appeared that under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, the boilers of all passenger steamships are tested by the Board of Trade surveyors, and when a certifi- cate is granted the surveyor fixes the limit of the amount of pressure to be put on the boiler, and then the saffty valve is regulated to blow off at this limit. The safety valve has a look and key attached to it, and when this is looked, the pres- sure of steam on the boiler cannot be increased. It was explained that the greater the amount of pressure the faster the engines would work, the danger of a boiler explosion of course all the time increasing. The Morning Staris one of a number of ferry boats plying on the Float at Bristol, and' THE defendant unlocked the safety valve and wedged it down with pieces of wood, so that the boiler was altogether closed and there was no escape for steam through the safety-valve. Mr. Vaohell went on to state that very fortunately indeed this act did not result in IOSB of life, but he v.as prepared with scientific evidence to prove the great strain the boilers had received. He then went on to say that the Board of Trade had reason to believe that the act they had detected waa very commonly practised on board steam ferries and steam tugs to increase the speed of the boats beyond the proper limita; that it was meet difficult to detect the offenders, au the padlocks were not they believed unlocked until after the VESSELS had been got under steam, but that as it waa A practice attended with groat risk to the public the board were determined to put a stop to it, Evidence being about to be called, Mr. Carter, on behalf of his client, pleaded guilty, and addressed the oourt at some length in mitigation of ,the offence. Mr. vachell stated that as this waa the first proaeca- OF kind in the district, the Board of JEIOO W0T^D not wish the full penalty of in flint «?* M°Nths' imprisonment, to be OFSNOT °AE0T but still it was so serious an a NOMINCTI must ask for something more than RASA .Pnniahment, and that in any future Bench, IN^F would be pressed for. The the OFFENO^LVJ?8 Judgment, Baid they considered ?EPSE \ss "S"K D MNU existed and were not result in loss of life, IT TYINNTJIB' I*J •A of WG25 and costs, or three montb8 im e The defendant t SEDTOO £ <O%?TH" »» «>■.»
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On in course of construction at Hollo way, London, fell into the road with a loud eraah. Nobody was hurt. Tbe Right H-T. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., arrived by Thure-LFTY F R AIL from the Continent in London. he right, hrv.. peutleman was received by a few fnmdf. Ð(; awoared to be in very good health. At Pi TORN JUiard, Edunion, some carefully EFT-LED ii. < £ gunpowder atd dynamite, in the office c, t 3*. IV rdeiie, port and railway MIRROR, hÜ\e FIOLODFL through unknown circumsfancaB, killing lour pe; r,cue and injuring fiveoihera.
VY IIX.'I NR ASSIZES.
VY IIX.'I NR ASSIZES. CARDIGANSHIRE. Kr Justice Lindley AND a. speci U jury, of WHOA Mr. LI. A Svptu-N-, St. Mary eti-oet, was fora- NAN, st-t a'; the Sniro-ha.il, Cardigan, for eouij time, AL TER dusk on Friday week, for tao trial of one John Lewis, a d, RTSYEARAOIU looking man, en a charge cf NUL CI/MIYLY setting tire t,.I a building at Ltunon. Mr. AUel Thomas appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. B. Francis Williams for the prisoner. A CONSIDERABLE portion of the evidence was gone into, but it beiniz nvident that the case wuuld occupy SOME time in ITS entire hearing, the COURT adjourned at 6.30 until Satur- day morning, when nia lordship again took liia seat in court at half-past 10 o'olock, being accom. panied on the bench by the high sheriff (Mr. T.- Parry Horeman) and the Rev. O. T. H. Phillips, of Lawrenny (the assize chaplain). The hall was again densely crowded. The evidence by the prosecution as to identity being somewhat weak, and other circumstances in connection therewith proving favourable to the prisoner, the jury brought in a verdict of "Not guilty," and the accused was acquitted.
CARMARTHENSHIRE.
CARMARTHENSHIRE. The winter assizes for the county of Car- maithen were opened on Monday at the Shire- hall, Carmarthen. The Honourable Sir Nathaniel Lindley arrived from Cardigan at mid. day, and proceeded to the court about 330 p. M. He was accompanied by Mr. E. Sohaw Protheroe, big:" sheriff for the county, in uniform the Under-sheriff for Car. marthenshire, Mr. W. Morgan Griffiths and Mr. A. Llewellyn, sheriff for the town of Carmarthen. After the usual formal opening, tha court adjourned. Tie assize court was opened at 10.30 on Tues- day morning. '1 he grand jury sworn for the county were- Viscount Emlyn, M.P., foreman; r. J. Evans, Cljnderwen; J. Lewis Philipps, Bolahaul; W. Lewis Philipps, Cljugwyn; 1< Goring Thomas, Llhnon; Grismond Phiiipps, Cwmgwilly; Llewelljn Lloyd Lkyd, Glangwiily; E. M. Daviaa, Uplands John Bagnall Evaua, Nautyreglwys W. E. B. Gwyn, Plas Covrt Hir Edward Jones, Velindre; D. E. Jones; Morgan Jones, Llanmiloe; W. P. L. Lewes, Waungron; H. 8. Morgan, Teg- fynydd G. G Philiips, Wauniago; John Beynon, Trewera and John Peel, Llangadook. For the borough the following grand jury were sworn in Benjamin Davies, Guildhall square (foreman); Morgan Jones, Man. cheater Houte; Howell Howells; David Davies, Guildhall square John Lewis, Guildhall square; Thomas Charles trving, Mill Bank; James Isaacs, Lammas street; J. D. White, Guildhall square; John Thomas, Mangel street Thomas Davies, King street; Thomas Davies, Lower Market street; Charles Mr.ch, Nott equare; T. E, Brigetocke, St. Pater street; Jaaies Evans, Tievaugban; Thomas Francis, Nott square John Johns, Lammas street; C. 'E. Woodaian, Parade; Evan Morgan. Guildhall square Thomas Evans, Chapel street; J. W. Davies, Magazine row. ALLEGED PERJURY. Benjamin Phillips, servant in tre employ of Li ADFCNIE Salomon, > Whitland Abbey, sur- rendered to his bail on this charge. Mr. Abel Thomas prosecuted and Mr. bo wen htowlande, with Mr. Arthur Lewia, defended the prieoner. The jury returning a verdict of not guilty, the defendant was discharged. ALLEGED ARSON AT LLANELLI. Stephen Davies, cabinet maker, Llauelly, our- rendered to his bail cn a charge of unlawfully setting fire to his shop on tha 24th of Augaat last. Mr. H. J. Allen (instructed by Mr. Stead, LJanelly, for the insurance company) pro- eecuted, and Mr. Bowen Rowlands de- fended the prisoner. The jury returned a verdiot of "Not guilty," and the prisoner was discharged. UNLAWFULLY WOUNDING. Nvilliam Gumacons, 17, a carpenter, was con. victed of unlawiully and maliciously wounding one William Evans, also a carpenter, at the Joint Counties Lunatic Asylum, on the 21st of October last. The counsel engaged were Mr. Abel Thomas for the prosecution (instructed by Mr. Thomas Walters, Carmarthen). and Mr. Bowen Bowlands (instructed by Mr. G. W. Wil- liams, Haverfordwest), for the defence. He was sonielood to three calendar months' hard labour. The civil causes, numbering 10, the largeatever remembered at these assizes, were then proceeded with. Two oases, one a family dispute of little ir:terest, and the other a disputed claim for work done, were settled out cf court, tho former by the counsel engaged, and the latter by an arbitrator in the person of Mr. Arthur Williams, barrister, BUILDING DISPUTE AT LLANELLY. In tha case of David Davies, buildor, &c,, Llanelly, v. Thos. Thomas, tin worker, Llanelly, an agreement was made between the parties, plaintiff taking jE55 to satisfy the olaim. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ALLEGED LIBEL. David Edward Jones, Velindre, Llandovery v. Charles Bishop, jun., solicitor, Llandovery. The plaintiff is a colonel in her Majesty's Reserve Forces, and the defendant son of the Clerk of the Peace for Carmarthenshire. The counsel engaged were Mr. J. B. Bowen, Q.C., and Mr. B. Francis Williams for the plaintiff, and Mr. B. T. Williams, Q.O., M.P., and Mr. W. Bowen Rowlands for the defence. All the oouneel were of opinion that a minute inquiry and trial of the case would be painful to many of the friends of the parties. The judge offered to assist them in a settlement with- out trial. Mr. B. T. Williams said that plaintiff never intended to charge Col. Jones with forgery. Mr. Bowen then related the facta of the case. Col. Jones is a member of the board of guardians at Llandovery. On the election taking place there, it is alleged by defendant that Col. Jones initiated voting papers, after being signed, whioh was an offence against the law. He had thus committed forgery. Mr. Bowen then asked that the case might be prooeeded with. His lordship again offered to arbitrate. Mr. B. T. Williams said they could not withdraw ary charge, as they had not made one. It would be a great pity, however, if some under. etandii g could not be come to. Hia client, how- ever, refused to pay the coat of. plaintiff. Mr. Bowen would Booner have the case tried by the jury than thatthe plaintiff should paybisowncoata. After some consultation the oounael agreed to submit it to bis lordship, who retired to a private room for the purpose. On his return Mr. B. T. Williams read the following public apology:— The defendant states that he never intended to charge Colonel Jones with any act reflecting upon his honour or integrity aa a magistrate and gentleman. If he ueed any words which gave Colonel Jones that impression, he regrets very much using them." The case as regards oosta will be further examined by the jndgQ.
FISHERY INQUIRY AT CARDIGAN.
FISHERY INQUIRY AT CARDIGAN. On Wednerday V, r. Spencer Walpole, one of the InspeotorB of Fisheries, attended at the Shire. hall, Cardigan, in compliance with nameroua petitions, to hear the grievances of those in. terested in the fishery of the river Tivy, aa im. posed upon them recently by means of certain 0 adopted by the Tivy and Ayron Board ■ ILERVA-ORA' if not appealedagainat with the view of revocation, would aeriouaiy interfere with the means of livelihood of the greater portion of the inhabitants of St. J Cilgerran, Llechryd, and Canarth, U *!?OA WAS REPRESENTED at the enquiry by Mr. R. Lascelles, barrister-at-law, in- structed by Mr. H. W. Howell, solicitor, Aber. ayron, the clerk of the board. and Messrs. J. R. Howell, Noyadd-Trefawr; W. A. Brigatocke. I Parkygorme Pugh Price, Bwlohbyohan and W. Evans, Cenarth (members of the same) were also present. Mr W. Picton Evans, solicitor, Cardi. Igon, watched the proceedings in the interesta of the St, Dogmael'A fishermen, of whom there was a large atiteber present, the GGURT being crowded. A considerable amount of evidence was given, the inquiry occupying about four hours. The prin- cipal protest was against the condemnation of the shot faivr, a large net used for salmon fishing across the mouth of the Cardigan bar, which, THE board argued, prevented the fish CODING up the river Tivy, and, consequently, depriving the inhabitants of Cilgerran, Cenarth, &c., of the same, and it was admitted in evidence that some years ago no less than 170 salmon were captured at one haul by means of this net by the fishermen of St. Dogmael's, but Mr. Evans, on behalf of the latter, pleaded thit the fish were netted in their downward g urse to the sea, and only for six hours per day ot 24 hours, so that the inhabitants of the upper villages were not in any way affected. Ulti- mately it was decided to arrive at a compromise, subject to the approval of the,board above and the, Secretary of State, that the shot fawr be discontinued, and that seine nets be substituted for the same, with permission to use the same for increased distances from the perch or month of the bar than hitherto, the present line being 716 yards. The number of families at St. Dogmael's reported to be dependent upon the salmon fishery was 459, and the average total earnings during the last three years £ 1,450. The board also adopted bye-laws, which received the sanotion of the Home Secretary, enabling them to raise the price of licences of coracle nets to X2 5o each, which, considering the great decrease of late years in the number of fish in the river, was oharaoteriBed by the petitioners as quite unreason. able, and called for reconsideration. In giving evidence in this matter a witness stated the entire quantity of salmon caught at Cenarth last season scarcely realised the unprecedented low J'T T 'EE °' WAS A'SJ recently imposed tor fresh water trout fishing, with tho view to their preservation, a fish termed by Mr. W. Evans, Cenarth, AS a "cannibal," and one which ravages salmon peel to an alarming extent, and that gentleman considered, in the interest of the salmon, it would be more advantageous to offer a reward for their destruction, especially the species known as "bull trouts," which was known to devour fish even of its own kind. Several fishermen gave evidence in harmony with the above remarks, and the result of the inquiry is anxiously expected by most of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, as the re- strictions laid by the Board of Conservators in the matter were generally considered an im. position. t
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The Prince of Wales and a select company wil leave early in February on a cruise in the Prince a yacht Formosa. His Royal Highness and party will proceed to Nice for the regatta there, whioh takes place in March, and will probably be absent from England for about a month or six weaks. The will of the leviathan bookmaker, the late Mr. E. Davies, better known as "The Leviathan," recently left to the Brighton Corporation prcparty in tailway khares of the estimated value of JE60.000, subject to payment of certain annuities. Alto. Davies gave notice to dispute the Will, but, RUDER an amicable compromise, to which the Brighton Town Council agreed, tho annual incama of £ 2.4Q0 TVill be distributed AS follows: In annuitks, .£jjf5 to Lira, Vvie8; £ 707 10/I upon the TFRMINIITII'E of the ANRUITIDI and at the DECEASE tit'MIA.*Davies tho whole PROPERTY will revert to the corporation, and will be AO th-ir •; absolute citpnsal F'^R pis'lie and philanthropic » PURINES oocngctcd v.-iih Brighton, 1
' MR. MAIS BRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM.…
MR. MAIS BRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM. •48!- The Junior liberal Association h id ita SESOND ANNUA) e'bizee r.n 'TIIFCRADAY E»E*IN»G IN the I'o.vn beli, when there was is v< ry lartj attendance of leoies and geiuR-men. Mr, John Bright, M.P., accompanied by AJr. Arthur Chamberlain, EX^SRED tie hall shortly after eight o'clock, and was cordially received by the company, the baud plajing "Auld Lang Syne. Mr. BRIGHT in the ccmrse of an address which he waB called upon to deliver said the reasons which he gave on Tuesday night, so far as they were good reasons in favour of young men joining the Birmingham Liberel Club, held good in favour of those who had become members of the Junior Liberal Association or Club. (Hear, hear). In his mind the young men would be more indebted to an association of this kind than those who were older, if they would join it and partake of its labour whilst they were still young. (Hear, hear). Young men were but entering upon, or had recently entered upon, some occupation, employment, or business by which they proposed to earn for themselves an inde. pendent livelihood, or in some years distant earn a competence for themselves and the families with which they were connected. At the same time he held that it was very wise for them to devote themselves, to some prudent extent, to the politics of their town and the politios of the country of which they were citizens. (Hear, hear.) He had known persons who had injured themselves in their business and industry by a too entire disposition of their time to political objects, and he urged only that young men should give their time to this purpose prudently and wisely—give their time without affecting the business to the service of what he might terc, the POlitiB of his town and country. He bad been, but it was a good long time ago, amongst these who were not now to be addressed as young men, and he knew a good deal of what were the temptations by whioh they were beset. They were beset by temptations to idleness and pleasures, and it must be a great advantage to a young man if he could occupy his spare time for the benefit of the population amongst which he lived, and to act for the welfare of tha town in which he was living, and the country of whose citizens he was one. (Cheers.) And whilst he was thus devoting himself in some degree to the public service he was associating with other men who were engaged in a like ssr- vice, and with them Le entered into consultation and discussion; with them he had fears of failure and hopes of success with them he looked forward to great results from proposals which he eupported, and from measures of legis- lation which, after certain periods of discussion and agitation, might be carried into effect, and in ttat Le must gain very much. There were great numbers of young men who brought upon them- selves discredit suffering, and loss-and some- times slmost ruin to their families-because they had not taken up any question or matter to ocoupy their spare time and to lead them to devote whatever capacity they had and their active energies to some end and useful purpose. (Cheers.) He supposed that the object of this club is to bring together young men, particularly, that they might oombine in the service of the great Liberal party in this kingdom to promote the just and wise objects of that party. (Oheere.) He should not suggest to any man entering this club that ha should resign his own individual •judgment lElirely, but that he Bhould examine carefully, intelligently, and conscientiously all the great public questions that come before the public from day to day and year to year, and that he should endeavour to form a wise decision upon them, and, BO far as he ceuld, help in bringing tbemjinto prominence, and bringing them into success. He believed that a country which waa popularly governed Buffered greatly from the particular fanlt that men did not bring public questions to any well known and true moral standard by which they might aEoertain what was the right and what waa the wrong in respect to public questions. If they did there would be greater unanimity in favour of what was gocd and leas of failure by our some. times pursuing what was evil. (ifear, hear.) As an example, he took the question of the county franchise, which, he said, waa likeiy to be one of the earliest and most important measures which would be introduced by a Liberal Government when it came into power. The county people, the be people who lived in th; country outside the Parliamentary boroughs, and the borough people were very much alike. Except tha borough was, in comparison with the rents in town, nearly equal to X20 per annum, and unless some good reason could be given for tho existing discrepancies, there was au injustice being done in special cases, you did not know one from the other, when you met two men, one bsur in the town and the other in the country. That the Legislature ought to consider the one class of people just as favourably and as liberally as the other seemed to accord with the standard of rectitude and of morality which recommends itself to all understandings. At the present moment the actual franchise outside the limits of to a great portion of the population outside the boroughs which ought to be at once remedied. In the counties there was a trepidity which was painful to pee. There was amongst the vaa t majority of them a positive state of dumbness, for there was no voice in favour of anything liberal or free. (Hear, hear.) He spoke of their representation, and in reg&rd to a great number of them there was an absolute dearth of political feeling and political expression. The representatives of the counties had often excited themselves to resist every Liberal pro- position in which the constituencies of tha towns were in any degree interested and if, by an alteration of the law, we could enlarge the consti- tuencies in the counties-even if we did not change the representatives, we should change them in their character and conduct (Hear, bear.) Weil, i' they had this change, they would find that the county population and town population, the ccnetitnents of tha one and of the other, would ba brought more into harmony, and the great volume of Liberal progress, from which BO much had proceeded, which had fertilised so much of the country, and had benefited our people so muci, that great voiume would not be narrowed to a mere rivulet, as it was now, but they would find it growing greater and greater, and constantly from year to year it would become more and more satisfactory to the millions who formed the popu. lation of the United Kingdom. (Cheers.) It was said the farm labourers were an igaorant class, and very much dependent upon the landowner, or, perhaps, the clergyman of the parish, or somebody else—(laughter)—that they were not independent, and that there waa no use in gmng^nem the franchise, flEi ihey were ?ié reoluuum. But at this moment thsre was a growth of education and experience amongst the people, which at every general election would diminish the amount of that which had been called the resi- duum, and would increase the amount of that which was intelligent, sober, and judicious, so that it mieht wisely exercise the franchise. (Cheers.) It was not the poorer claefses of the country who were always the only dangerous class. (Hear, hear.) If they would ex. amine the history of every country they would find that the upper class had been in many cases quite as dapgeroup as what was called the lower class. The upper ciiiss was more combined and more powerful, and if it was wrong and ucwisejita effect to do evil waagreater. Education would very much improve the character of our constituencies; it would affect the ignorant poor from day to day. As they grew up they would have more Belf- respect and act more independently, and! he had not the least doubt that every ten years that passed over would find the constituencies of the country more intelligent, and, in a truer sense, more wise and patriotic than now. He rejoiced very often to see boys and girls coming to and from their sshools. It was a Bight which 0 or 40 yearsso one would have gone a long way without seeiag. If the example of the exiled Puritans 250 years ago had been followed, we should have had eight generations of educated Englishmen instead of eight g6nefations of Fe°Pje edaoation was soandaloualy ESJWcted. Education did nothing in politic il mattfS fcr the rich; he had no hope from past experience that the educated classes would be. come more intelligent or more liberal than in the past.The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge are places where Liberal opinions received but little ad- mittance and leEB welcome, and if the Government of this country had been confided to men ohiefly connected with those universities there would be very little to look back upon in our past that would meet with either admiration or satisfaction. He now came to another question, and that was the habit which the people cf this country had had for a long time past, and especially just lately, of entering into savage and cruel wars. He believed all wara were savage and oruel, but he meant harsh and cruel wara on uncivilised or half civilised men. When he read of transactions of that kind something always put to him this ques. tion, what wa it that made, if anything made, this needless and terrible slaughter diffe- rent in its nature from those transactions which we called murder ? (Cheers.) We called one set of TRANSACTIONS war, while we called others murder; and we did not appear to inquire, when thousands were guilty, what was it that brought it on, and why it was that we should inflict that terrible slaughter, whilst we were all excited to the last degree if some individuals by tho vindictive act of somebody I else, was put to death, an act which was called murder. Take the wars with the Zalus and the Afghans. Ho (knew they had had excuses made for them, and excuses which were not justified by the facts-(cheers)- excuses that the Zulus attacked Natal, which was absolutely, and notoriously, and entirely false. (Cheers.) They had heard statements with regard to the Afghans very much of the same character that; they were going to throw in their influence with a Northern Power, and that they insulted outrageously (the Envoy sent to negotiate with them-all of which he believed there was not a particle of foundation for. Cheers.) These were excuses offered by persons who committed crimes in order that they might say these acts were not crimes, but necessary Seth of statemanship. Well, at most, with regard to either of these Powers, the case was one of suspicion, but oases of suspicion in which the most experienced persona said there was no ground for suspicion, ¡ and he asked whether it was right, upon mere suspicion, that a country like this ehouid seud in the one oase 20,000, and in the other 40,000 troops to invade territories and to put to death no less than 20,000 men engaged in the defence of their own country. All this had been done on the bare suspicion whioh, both in the oase of Natal and of India, was a sus- pioion deolared to be wholly groundless by those most competent to judge. (Cheera.) The Governor of Natal, and that eminent, and, in his conduct, most Christian bishop, Bishop Colenso —(cheers)—condemned the proceedings and, as regarded India, recent Governor Generals were unbelieving of tbpso groundsof suspicion, and yet the people of England, throng" their rulsrs, clad beeD sending sw(rdard fire and rapine through countries which were governed in their CSVN WAY sstiMaotory to themselves, and "'ho had ro stirred one einglo etep to disturb any eingla INTERACT of this kingdom. (Cries of "Shame.") Pe I u c- e, with dread upon VR'NAT had rtcentlj bten taking place, and what even xiuv was not ended, AND mibt net for a krg time be ended. Tbps foreign QUESTIONS Ffeircd to bm to prrF8 M re upon the hearts of all the pi-ol le cf this country. We wtre so tree from war M borne we lived in this island, ear, ronnced ty tbe free ocea- and no one NCLEVTED IIE we t>08pt(.;¡ of our freedom; we BF.ASTRD cf our instruction; cf our EXAMPLE of freedom and justice to an admiring world; and yet all the worid rowlocked oviiud saw the trans- actions of the last ty. c, YEAR*, and all good men, he believed, with astonishment and regret. (Cheers.) Sacred and prorane history showed that retribu- ticn, though slow, was sure to fall on Empires who Eacrificed the blood of their people in the pursuit of unnecessary and ur,justifiable wars. They might be quite sure that in some shape, if the people of England tolerated the bloody and sanguinary crimes which were committed in their country's name, they should have no acquittal at the tribunal by which theactione,not of individuals only, but of nations and people would be finally jrdged. (Loud cheers.) It was not possible to too strongly condemn a policy by which the hard earned treasure of the people was wasted, by which the blood of men, and those whom we called their foes, was shed. (Cheers.) That day was the anniversary of the battle of Ieandula, were 1,500 Uvea were lost on the British Bide, and he knew not how many of the Zulus. Could any man shaw the justification for the action then taken, or the compensation we had received for the enormous and incalculable loss of life R In Afghanistan our troops were engaged in E laugh termg and hanging the natives at the villages, and the women and cnildren were turned cut into the frost and enow of this inclement seafen, and thia was done at the command of a Government professing to be wiser and more Christian and more humane than those with whom our troops were contending. (Cheers.) Be eaid let us abandon our pretension, let us claim nc longer to be Christians, let us go back to the heathen times whilbt we adhere to the heathen precticee. Let them take down the Ten Com- m P, t d m- c nts inside the churches and say no longer they believed in or read the Sar-mon on the Monnt. (Cheers ) They should abandon their Christian pretentions, or else tbeir faavage and heathen practices. (Lcud cheers.) The right hon. gentleman eat do-a amidst loud cheers, havidg spoken for 50 minutes.
IMPORTS! TO SHIPOWNERS.
IMPORTS! TO SHIP- OWNERS. A cape of great importance to the shipping in terest has been decided in the Falmouth County- Court, in which Mr. Hugh Woodburn, of Newport, was the defendant. The particulars of tha case may be gathered from the remarks of his Honour, VHO said these were two actions brought by tradesmen of Falmouih against HUGH Woodsurc, managing owner of tho C. P. Knight. The veasel arrived at Falmouth on the 0 h of August, and remained in the harbour for some tim3. During that time various goods were svptHed to the ve? F*.L on the orcer of tbe captain BY Warren, who fcupplied meat, atd by M^ERS. Daeble and Sons, who supplied other tLiuge uecessarv. The question he (the judge) HTD to deter- mine was whether Mr. Woodburn was liable ior tbe goods so supplied. Now, prsvioua to the arrival of the ship Mr. Woodburn COMMUNICATED with Messrs. Fox, agents for the company, ald. gave tbem an express order not to ADVANCE any money to the captain. TBFI vesael was a ion? tirae in transit, and when the arrived in this part she was cut of necessary eupplies, and an order was at once given to trr. Deeble, who boarded the vessel outeide th harbour, to supply csrtain tbings necssE&ry for the vessel and crew. No W, there was no question at all aa to the liability for the geers and proviaions-Bupplied on the first day and the only question he had to consider was whether he was liable for goods subsequently supplied to-the vessel whilst in harbour. The rule in these matter* was clear. It was th at in an Englifh port amaeter had no power to pledge the CWNER'S credit, even for necessaries, if of OOURSEJ eatycommunication could bo-made with the owners. Betides the means of communication he had men- tioned in this case, there was the direct order from the agents not to supply the with money. When Mr. Deeble was in the box, he aFked-him whether he would have supplied the ship had be known such an order HAD been given, a,ud-'Le sEi(T no. And, ve;, Mr. Peebb could not take the trouble to walk 100 yard? aia shop to STEESRS. Fox's office, to M^KE arv iaquirj -a to the poeition of the C. P. Knight, i:e h«id come to the conclusion that the (;;ptin could not pledge the credit of the own"'r. and that in Warren's case there must be judgment againat the owners for the debt incurred for mpat on the first day; and in Mr. Dseble'A case judgment for what he supplied the first day, and certain other' THINGS sup. plied to the captain for which the owners had cvedit. The X 11 4s 4d claimed by WARDEN was, therefore, reducad to £ 3 10a and in Daabla'a cage from £ 19 7S 9d to ^13 15A lid. PI'aiatiff^ were allowed costs, were allowed coets,
THE LATEST YANKEE INTENTION.
THE LATEST YANKEE IN- TENTION. A Chicago journal, the Factory and Farm, giveEo an account of the largest plough that was ever known to be made, recently turned out by an Illinois firm cf agricultural machinery makers, for use on TH<I St, Louis, Iron Mountain, AND Southern Kailway. It is oalculated to cut a ditdi Sfcin. wide and 2FT. deep, and is worked by attach- ) ing it to a platform car of a construction ir iia by means of timbers framed and extending cut, so that the plough cuts its ditch a sufficient distance Item the tracK. It CATS a furrow 8in. deep eaoh time, requiring three of them to rea-oh the proper depth, and it will make one I dle of ditch 2ft. deep and 3ft. wide every four hours, thus doing the worfe of about 1,000 men. Tise beam is made of swamp oak, and is 8in. by 14in., the land side Leing made of bar iron Sin. wide and Hin. thick, which bad to be forged eroressly for the purpose. The total weight is 1,7001b. The use of this plough will MARH an era in all ditohing work, especially in connection with railways, and will go far to supersede the navvy,
GELLIGAER SCHOOL BOARD. !
GELLIGAER SCHOOL BOARD. The monthly meeting or this board was BEUI aft rontlot yn on Thursday afternoon, the MEMOERLS present being— T £ IE Beve. Aaron Davies (caair- ^AN), T, Theophilus, and J. P. Williams, and MEEER^, W- Bedaoe and David Davies.—Oa the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. David Davies, it was resolved that Miss A. Jonea ba appointed mistress of the gills' and boys' school, Pontlottyn, at a salary ot -670 per aunum-One of the subjects plaoed upon the agenda p.-per waa the moving of A resolution by the Rev. A. Davies fer the appointment of A committee to arrarge for the reading of the BIBIA ia the I schoci hours. The subject waa, how. ever, deferred,-A communication was received from the Education Department with respect to a greater 4umber of children being admitted to the Tirphil Board School than was allowed, and the clerk was instructed to inform the department that in future the attendance would be kept down to 102, the number sanctioned. A deputation, consisting of four gentlemen, waited upon the board respecting the school accommodation at Cwrafelin, and a letter with respect to the same matter was also read from the Education Depart- ment. The complaint of the deputation was that the accommodation was not so defioient as the education given therein was inefficient. After the matter bad been freely ventilated, it was resolved that the clerk should write a reply to the Education Department to the effect that, taking in+.t) consideration the accommodation of the NATISA&L School only, there is a deficiency of seoomaodationat Cwmfelm; and that a deputation bad waited upon THE board and stated that a school was required at I^AT place, and strongly complained of the insufficiency of 1 .ë. existing schools thereat. The attendance V,"5CER WFTB M: Btruoted to furnish the clerk with a 0JN8UAF I Cwmfelin, in order that the same might be :r. warded with the above resolution,—A further com- » munieation from the Education Board waa reoeived I upon the subject of a site for the new school at Penybank, the clerk being ordered to reply to the department, stating that the board had failed to obtain a site, as recommended by her Majesty's inspector, at a reasonable price, but that a site had already been selected on satisfactory terms and agreed upon, which WJS only 100 yards lower down. near where the lower coal measures would before long be worked, aid, therefore, the moat convenient site for th school.-On the motion of the Rev. T. Theophilus, seconded by Mr. D. Davies, the temporary master of the Newtown school, Mr. John Lewis, was appointed the permanent master at a salary of .£1(;0 per annam. It was deoided to give the drawing grant at the Pontlottyn Sohool to Mr. J. Jones, the master, in recognition of his servicas in that respect.—Permission was given to the returning officer to use the sohoolrooms for the purposes of the forthcoming school board election in February next.-Other business of an uuka- portant nature having been transacted, the board adjourned after a lengthened sitting.
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE…
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE CABMARTRR?? BOROUGHS. Mr. John Jones Jenkins proasoate; his political CARSYASB with unabated VIGOUR, and gome of hia friends are working hard ir> his behalf. WHEN next Mr. Jenkins calls a publio meatiug of tho eleotors it is to be hooou that he will not bring such advocates for his cause as Mr. Robinson Smith, of Swansea, one who, by his speech, and the exceedingly intemperate language he used to his opponents at Mr. Jenkins's meeing, will always be remembered by those who lovt I airplay,, and even Mr. Jenkins's supporters agree -t Mr. Smith made a great mistake. On Tuesday Mr. JeDkinr, accompanied by Mr. John Griffiths, Lloyd street, AUD Captain John Williams, New Dock, HFTD PCRMITTI >n to enter Messrs. Buckley's brewery, and ADDRU*S the workpeople. The meet- ing WAS held in THE malthouse, and Mr. Jenkins spoke on Disestablishment (on diseadawment he did MAKFI but few remarks, stating ho was UNACCIIIAINWD with the subject); the Burials Bill he ako touched upon, at-ii the tin-plate trade of Llanelly and district. A series of neationa VERO put in by eome of the most intelligent of the worktnon, questions which were answered. Before kavii$, Mr. Jenkins asked the men to pass a reeoiut»on in his favour; this the men did not feel inclined to do, a*nd on the suggestion of Captain John Williams, Mr, Jenkins did not press the question, and the meeting terminated.—In regard to Mr. B. T. Williams, it is surmieed that there will shortly be held a great meetinc in his favour. And it is well known th;:o two eminent representatives of the Liberal party have promised to ccjae down to lend their aid M L)A cao«_e—although, at the same time tha n-S-]cnty cf his party do l't see the n-.c,ssi v of rtmi G B1 rangers, as they A-Q confident of return- lit* ihtir mtn egain&t DL odda. Bat t'ie t-CO HIVO been mentioned a-e Sir henry Jemes, Q C., M:P,, andMr,Henry Hi;hard, M.P., Merthyr.
TRADE S.,
TRADE S. fyRCM OUR OWN REPORTERS, TRADE CORBE. FCPO--CENTS, THE PI.HSR ASSOCIATION," THE CENTRAL NEWS," AND OTHEB SCUP.ES.] IMPE NDING SALE OF LLYN VI AND TONDU IRONWORKS. We are informed on good authority that a new company is being formed in London which will shortly take over the ironworks and oollieriee situate at Maesteg, Tondu, and Ogmore Yailey. The promoters will hold a meeting in London next week, when it is expected the necessary arrange. ments will be brought to a close, and the vaat undertakings in question started on a new basis. eIr: The circumstance is regarded as a happy omen for the future prosperity of the valley. PROBABLE RE. OPENING OF GELLIGROES COLLIERY.- Oar Ystrad Mynaoh correspondent writes It is rumoured in this locality that the Geiliprces new pits which were partly sunk five years ago to the steam ooal veins and then stoppid, are to be restarted very shortly. Both shafts are of full size and walled, and are quite model pits. They paM through the Mynydd. islwyn seam of house coal. THE TRADE REVIVAL AT SWANSEA.—For a considerable time past rumoura have been in circulation respecting several important steps likely to improve the trade of Swansea. The reo starting of the old Warlich Patent Fuel Works at St. Thomas's, was announced a short time Eiree, and it is now certain that a beginning will shortly be made. Anotb. r important move on tte e,*lõt side is also in contemplation. The Great Western Railway Company, in view of the very largely increased traffic which will be the natural result of the trading with the new East Dock, have in projection the erection of a station at St. Thomas's. We are informed upon good authority that tie Gloucester Waggon Company have re- ceived notice to give up the site now occupied by them and it is upon this site-which is in close proximity to the Eist Dock—that the new station for goods and passenger traffio will be erected. The Briton Ferry Tramway scheme, which hag been to lorg in abeyance, is also said to be taken up by gentlemen who are likely to practically carry it cut. SWANSEA CoAL AND IRON TRADE.-As regards the steam coal branch of our trade, the hopeful prospects held out in our last report have not yet bef r; realised. With the exception of a few trucks sold here and there to oomplete the loading of steameie, nc advance in price whatever has taken piace Coal certainly is scarce, but this is attri. butable to the arrival of many over due steamers and sailing ships. All are anxiously waiting to see what result the reoeut arrangement between the masters and men will bring forth, and at the moment it is im- possible to say what course will be adopted by thr. masters. It is generally supposed that eome aCvar&e in prices must ere long take place, but olliy of a trifling nature, Many of the old str»|2rrp are cf opinion that, inasmuch as the recent advance at Cardiff arose only from a suodm influx of steamers, it caanot be lIbinte.intd, Others e&y that until the heavy con- tracts made by colliery proprietors at times when the price of coal was at ita minimum are worked off, it is scarcely possible that any important advance in the rate of wsges, beyond the first advance of 5 per cent., can be brought about for some time. The men, left to themselves, are not, he a class, unreason- able in their demands. They begin to find oat that their interests and the interests of the col- liery pxopiietors are identical. It is to the advantage cf bcth alike that they should be left as much as possible to themselves in the adjust- ment of differences which may from time to time ariie between them. Coke ic. much inquired after, at !idv&r«d pricoe. The tin-plate trade continues very ac.ive, all the local works being fuily esrplojed. Iron is still in the ascendant, at inotoved prices. All interested in the traoe, from the collector of old iron to the importer of iron ore, are busily engaged in "making hay while the sun Eludes." Ac vices from the North show that ship plateB are getting daily dearer and difficult to ob. tain. Few large ironworks can take orders for this class of iron, most of the works are full of con. tracts over the next eix months. This ia a great efceck on orders for iron steamer?, and is locally felt by those who bare given orders for new boa". Considerable quantities of iron ore have been recently iirported, but captains of Eteamers biittrlj conipiain of the baia^oranoiation given by the, reiJ^ay companies, in providing em^t* trucks for carrying their cargoes away. 'ftIs is a matter ihat has been referred to or tie before, and it would be iaaeB tip by those interested in the welfare of the port. pblesB good despatch is given to t'e&Rifefs, owners will certainly avoid the port. Steam freights remain unaltered, but have a tendency to drop, owing to boats being more plentiful. The following rates are ourrent Dieppe and Havre, 8s 6d; Copenhagen, 8J Gibr altar, 9s 3d to 9e 6d Marseilles, 16 franoa; Civi: A Vecohia, 13s 6d to 14a; Naples, 14a Areola, 14s 6d Brindisi, 13s 6d to 14a; Odessa, 34s 6-i; Port Said, 15s Alexandria, 14s Caen, 8a 6d to 9s Amsterdam, 7B Bergen, 8a; La Kochelle, S franoa. OLD LODGE IRON WORKS, LLANELLY.— The above v. orip, which were lately purchased by Meters. David Morris and Co., ot the Llangenneoh Tin-plate Works, and Gower Tin plate Works, Pencla* dd, made a re-start on Monday, three fmnaees being lit, rp, and on Tuesday a few pieces of iron were aert throngh the rolls. It ia interded ebortiy to erect a bl,.ck plate miil at the Since works, which will give employment to 50 extra hands. TEEDEGAR WORKS,—The puddling furaacea at these works have not* been so busy for many years past, and the coal and ooke trades are as brisk as in the palmiest days. The wages, how. ever, are not anything like the ifirure reached in 1672, PAEROW-IN-FUENESS IRON J.J 3TEEL TRADE. —Oar Barrow correspondedi, telegraphing oa Monday, says:-Tbe betas rt* mar set is fcgaic rt ported firmer, aDd m-wf rs e only doing butinese for forward delivery. Tho demand ie Wtll maintained, but makers have aire&dy sold forward a great proportion of ihi., output of their furnaces for the > var. Both Bessemer atid forge Eac pies are in b.isk request, and it is obaervable that pricee little by little are creeping up. Beat Bessemer is quoted this morniag at from 130a ts 140s per ton at the works, according to quality atd delivery steei rails £ 9 10s and iron ore 32a to 35s at the mines. There is every indication of a further increase in the value of iron, steel, and iron org. Ccke is again dearer to buy, 158 to 68 per ton at the ovens being the quotation. !8R" TEE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SLIDING SCALE.—A meeting of the council of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association was held on Monday at Barneley, when a resolution was passed that the batie for the eliding scale should be 5s 3d, or 5s 7d for the Erst advance of 21 per cent.; and if owners were not willing to conoede this to refer the matter to arbitration. MINERS' WAGES IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.— A largely att c-nded delegate meeting of the North Staffordshire Amalgamated Miners' Union was held at Stone on Monday night, when it waa decided to pi re notice for a further advance in wages of 12 £ per cent. THE NORTHERN IRON TRADE,—Our Darlington correspondent telegraphs :—A return made up to Mcnday shows an extraordinary upward move. ment in the shares ct iron companies in the North of England. In the case of Bolokow, Vaughan and Company, the Coneett Iron Company, and the ConEett Spanish Ore Company, a rise of more than 50 per cert, has taken plaoe since the end of last fcummer. Shares considered almost valueless, ar-ch as the Darlington Iron Company's, which were sold at £ 1 per share, advanced to £ G at the caJ the year, and eince to ^11, £ 10, or £ 12, THE goTrtft. YORKSHIRE COLLIEES.—A mags meeting cf miners employed at several of the larges t collieries in the FLIAW10*' was held at Hoy. land, South Yorkshire, on Thorny night. When a resolution waa passed to the ell that the assooiation was eufiioiant, both looaLIy and GENE, rally, to protect tho fnterasts of its members. Mr. Frith, secretary of the association, addressed the meeting in favour of tbe restriction scheme. THE PROSPECTS OF IRON.wiu it lastP" Such is the question propounded the president- elect of the Leeds Chamber cf Coa-nerce in con- nection with the present recovery in the iron trade. Himself a very large MANUFACTURER of iron he can epeak with some authority on the subject, and it is, therefore, pleasant to find hie tone distinctly optimist. Nor is this confidence msreiy based on theory. Mr. Kitson gives tlis grounds on which hia faith rests. The United States, he finds, have projected between 9,000 and 10,000 miles of railway to be completed within the year, besides having to make good accumulated deficiencies on the 81,000 miles already in exis. tence. During the last four years many of the American railways have been •' starved" in the matter of repairs and renewals, but with the return of prosperity, enhanced profits have provided fnnds ice putting thee: in good order. Germany, which it bad beet' prophesied would oease to be a customer of ours AS soon as her new duty on FOVFLIGN iron CAME into operation, itse ag.-ee. abiy diearpointeo expectations by continuing to br.V IN cur markets. At Loire, THE deaianc is steadily increasing, especially in coojie> tion with shipbuilding. The great yards on the Clyde, for instance, now have 208 OoJ tons of iron shipping in course of completion, against less than half the quantity at this time last year. India and our colonies also promise to be considerable purchasers of rails and other railway applianoes during the courae of the year, there already being WE orders M the markets frffln these Not lege satisfactory IA IT TO the Americana have cleared away our entbre stock £ °LHNUAP 9°N AT-FAIRIY REMunerative prioas on S JWI JL°BME M.ONTH8 A»° THIS description of material waa a drug in the market at £ 2 10s per t-Jn, while Bome recent bargaina were effected AW AO per ton, proof that the supply must be about exhausted. Mr. Kitson utters a note or warning IN connection with the R^P. M prices for all Borts or iron that has occurred since last Midsummer. He strongly cautions outside people against gembarg in this class of merchandise. If they have the money to pay for what they luy, well and good; by holding on TR EY will be likely to get it back again, perhaps with Eome increase. Bnt time bargains in pig IRON warrants and bn&inesa of that sort should only be attempted by experts. There is also danger AHESBD in the prssibility that the improved prospect will ever, stimulate production, with TAG CERTAIN r^aiilt cf again surfeiting the market. If THE^A *DICF*US be avoided, the great iron industry of VHIACDUATR^ ought toNattain a fair level of P!)a\>ri;¡y bafore Midfinturner, with HIGHER profits aocruiag both to masters and men.— Globe
MICK MALONL'S LETTERS ---
MICK MALONL'S LETTERS THE SIR ROWLAND HILL MIMORIAL AN' LARRY AN' NELL MURPHY, N(,, I they may starve us, lengh at UB, tax us, trans- port us. 'ihey may take our mountains, or valleys, aiid our bogs; pm. baalnckio them, Uiey can't sojal our blarney.—Charles O'Malley, p. ME DARLIK' DIK:t.T,- There's a right of complaint from ye regardin' me not writin' this good while, but the cause was me ehortnis of stamps, havin' guv a dale c-f money lately to the Rowland Hill Mimorial, that founded the pinny postage, an' disarves the tribute of prase from ov'ry poor man in the oounthry. Divil a dcubt, I'm the only lad in these parts that guv up the honner of writin' ye six letthers be the way he'd have the money for 'Sir Rowland Hill's Mim'ry Fund. An' if the hundridth thou. sandth part of thim as is oendin' useless letthers to wan another ood take me advice an' folly me ixample it's soon the Rowland Hill Mimorial ood be finished. For, ye'd be sarprised, Dinny darlin', to lar'n the mul- titoode of letthers that's sint thro' the post that ood betther be left widout writin'. Love letthers, be course, for'm the grate majoritee, bein' full of lies, an' dacayte, an' soft sawdher, an blarney -me duck an' me darlin', me pet an' me honey, an' the saints and fairies knows what besides Bills is another grate waste of postage shtamps. There's gintlemin as I knows that's gettin' 'em ov'ry other mornin', and be the smill of the anvilup tells the inside of it, an' bur'ns widout openin'. Begorra! there's a grate dale of money wastid this way be tradesmin-taylors more p artie'larlv, that could be put to good sarvise, an' ood be inough to build a new posht office or pinahun all the ould letther carriers in the counthry. Lev the taylors, an' shoemakers, an' the trades- people gi-rally that solicite the" patrunage of the nobilitee, clargy, an' 'jictree" (inclooiin' mifiilf) think over this, an' Bee if it oodn't be betther than fiingin' good money afther bad, to keep back all laeht year's bills, an' pay what they'd spind in sthamps to the Sir Rowland Hilj Mimorial. I've a right to shpake on this matther, bein' a man of philantropical in. i htilets. Sir Rowland Hill put it in the way of ths poor- the mother, the widdy, an' the orphan—to git noos of their friends an' reiayshuns be chape paymints. What touch'd the heart of the grate man an' put the matther of postal rayfor'm in his head was hearin a soag be an anciator of me own (an' a cousin of yer father's, be the same token, Dinny), eung ctetiide Cork manne years ago. Maybe ye bare it in mind, an' mryi)c ye don't. "Iwas c&li'd "The letther from Jack" that was a boy in the armee that wrote home to his mother-Nelly Murphy's her name, a day- Bint ould Dame, that lived in a cabin a lite widont blame, an' vtid her husband that bore the same name. The song said :— Afther breakiast wan mornin' Pat Kowian came ia, An, lie fcsys to cUld Selly, I ve oome news to W.1 ee In tbe to< tiiul citj ot Cork J have been, in' I ti ou^ht wid the graiijur I'd mver came bask." f, Ch Chritla," said Nelly, "coce out wid the news. To her sooct or bad i will never reluse Siy" Pat, •' get three hogo an' ahalf, if yoa choose- The peshtmaster of Coik have a ietUier from Jack." The chorue is Whack, fol de dol." "Oh ri tol de rol," Tooral, ooral, ol," an' so forth. A'a' thin the song tells ye how the good motner tuk the noos, how she was agitaytid, an' waroy, an' the tea" of affecehun shtartid in her eye, an" she sint her good man, Larry, to the posht. niaster. Whist, me boy, till ye hear The tecr of afecshun into her eye started, fca\ii;g, liairy, me aear, pledge an* soil all that's here; I'm v, arey cf life, an' before I've departed, 1'l hfar fri in me eorsoen, me heart's tit to crack." LBrry made up tne raorey, then set out tor town, n i hc- iourLey with ro-^urree he scratched his crown; he coni-idberea it betther to buy a new "own For.Neil-but he should have the letther from Jack. Now, ye bare in mind the chorue, an' think of the cat,LeeF, an' affecshun of the ould spark that was bint on surprisin' his wife wid tbe Filt of a new WIi. from Cc!k, An new go on He came to tbe office an' seen the Foeht-maahter, l h, Xianna irachree, you've a l9ttber for me; It came trc::c we aOIl- Lle have met suine aiaashtcr, lie wtnt to the Iaeies to skiver the blacks." "What's your name seyg the m&shter; "It's 1\1 urpby. me boney, ^All s right—here it is—threean* sis ia tbe money." '•> hi ee lit' sixpence J" says Larry, that's too much be gonny, To charge fcr tiat small scrap of paper of Jack's,'» Now, d'ye miad, the chorus, an' think of the price- three anr lix-an' see how the ould jintle- can wint on. Cnme,-ccma," says-the mashter, "you must pay the duty, That goes, do ye see, to her grate Majesty;" ShVb i-fcrry, iIce ever me son went to schoil He was in duty bound to stick to her bick; But in troth, I must say, it our own little Qaeen Cau.e a wyage to Cork, an' f there she bad seen The heeis of poor Kelly s uci: thro* her iriheerts, bhe d be grately asnamed to ask pasLtge tor Jack Now whack fol-de-rol, an' setry. "If I must pty it," says Larry, it's useless t^ I grumble. BUT I < rd b'ess yer hcnner-ye must know I'm no Fcbolrr, While I for the ha'penoe is tryin' to fumble, Juct rade me the letther, you won't be a crack." The D a&hter, to plaee him, the let:her then read. How li s ecj. shot the ii.iu_y wiiin they were dead, ■fc-v'r> word of whicii Larry kept tigbt in his head, hn hA criEd out" burroo! for me brave sowlfer Juck And this is how he trated the posht master K&pe in micd the chorus, Dinny, like a good boy. Wbt-j Larry lad heard ov'ry word that wag wrote 1 lie, rUSea up the ba j ence wi'.h bowie's an' scrai lild the L-.acbter gocd bye, an* then buttoned'"his cop t B-fore him—though some said he buttoned the buck. Wbtn Le heen Larry gcin' he !a.ped from the stool T- ith t letther t-ajs Larry, D'ye think I'm a foo! bhi re, I know all the news, tho' I ne'er wint to school— Yoa nipy go light your pipe with the letther from Jack." < oh, sing Whack fol-de-dol, sing Tooral, lol- ootal, ri tol-de-rol-lol, ye may go light your pipe with the letther from Jack Arrah, Dinny, whin the grate Sir Rowland Bill hard that sung it touch'd the heart of him' an', says he, he'd never rist till he'd git the duty tuk off the iettherB, an' a chape poeht for the poor. Ye may rade the acoount of it all where I did in the Life of Sir Rowland Hill," printed be the Ralijus Thraot Saciety Pase to the ashes of the gooi man Leave all airnist people shtop letther writin' for a while like I have, that they may have the money tc subscribe to his Mimorial, an' lev thim nivef forgit the tale cf poor Larry an' Nell Murphy, an' their sowljer boy Jack, that guv rise to the grateat Rayforms of moder'n times in that darlin' counthry that's noted for thrue, scientific, ordherly, progriaaive Rsyfpr'pi—the mild, paoeful, proodint an' in. dnethrioua Isle of the West.—So DO more now from yer thrue an' thilantropiesa cousin, Dinny, MICK MALONE. To Mishter Dennis M'Carthy, Co. Cork, Ireland. NOTE,—Si are pinnies for the Sir Rowland Hill tfimoriai wiU be thankfully rayoeeved an' acknow. lidged be mesilf or John M'Oonnoohie, Eaquare, Mayor of Cardiff, Park plaod, C!2:-a friend of me own.-NICK.
THE TAY B^JDGE DISASTER.
THE TAY B^JDGE DISASTER. The Central News correspondent ftt Dundee telegraphed on Sunday night that mnoh dia XTMt iB,felt Dundee th&t aith^gh thtw weekB have elapsed Bince the fall of the T« Bnoge only 30 bodies-little more than a third of those who lost their lives-have been revered! ra'^wav op^P°ra"10110 are con<3u°tod daily, and the the £ TV™7 Rre Bp&1tit* *° to have tho,wgrk done In a complete manner. Daring the p. at t„.rse (Says po bodiea have been got. Alone £ ?™C°?StUart,cie8 of we&ring apparel which belong to tha unfortunate passengers continue to • B^Stbening of the iron pillars supporting the girders at both ends of the nn is going on favourably, end arrangements are pro- ceeding for raising the sunken girders. ? .Press Association" Dundee corre- spondent also telegraphing on Sunday, says — Xo-day the search for the bodiee is partially y a,iew bargea are out, the £ *«ng very cold and the wind boisterous. No additional bodies have been recovered.
A VESSEL BURNT IN THE IATLANTIC.…
A VESSEL BURNT IN THE ATLANTIC. J A Licyd'<j telegram states th&t the Wid&, from uaiveatun, h; Liverpool, reports that on the let of January she saw a British barque. take fire Wid after burnmg fiercely sink. As far as ocuid be mace out the name on the bcw was MAid of Sunderland. Her cargo is supposed to have been petroleum. No attempt to save life oould be made on account of the fieroeneas of the fire Tb« VMRA! was about 500 tone burden. ine vessel
FOUR CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH.
FOUR CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH. On Wednesday night a fire broke out in the dwelling-house of James Bowler, Bridle lane, Kiploy, Derbyshire. The alarm was raised by a passer by. A ladder was procured and a plentiful Btream of water thrown upon the flames. When the fire was subdued, exploration was made [ind the bodies of fonr children who had evidently been suffocated in sleep were found in one bed Both Bowler and his wife were out at the time' Ihe cauBe of the fire is not known.
BANKRUPTS, LIQUIDATIONS, &c.I
BANKRUPTS, LIQUIDATIONS, &c. I (From Tuesday Nighra London Gamt*.) BANKRUPTS. Ralph Croft an* J..hn Dale CnlPr, Card ill, Bbipwr,ybi6 *ngdon roaa, T Lr Q»T £ DATIONS. J. BeDnett: L BCirre> Swansea,, tailor and G. Grant, U "ion rtre6T,, Merthyr Tydfil, draper.
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Jn this column questions on legal subjects art answered an eaper encea, professional gentiefn<yii. Correspondents wishmp ior information or adincs are requested observe tiot foiuowrnq ru,i,es 1. The facts must be stated. fuZZy and clexrly and tJie questions, mere thax. benuMw bered consecutively. 2. A full copy must oe serf of any document tn which advice is wished fur. 3. The real name rfttd address of the writer mutt accompany the question?, but lÜl not be pub. shed if a ''pseudonym or initials be ate* sent for reference, 4. All communications must be addressed to The Editor, Legal Department, Weekly Mail Office, Cardiff."
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MISTAKE.—"AJphA" (Llanelly) is advised to try to arrange the matter referred to. WiuniKG-rF.—On the facts stated by Bwhgatl- (Liverpool), he is liable as a oontribatory, ana we cannot advise him to waste money in contesting the matter. COLLISIOK OF HIGHWAY.—" Driver (Merfcbyr) having been cloee to his own side of the road when the acci- dent happened can recover compensation from the other party in the county court. SALE BY CAMPLE.— Grooer" (Cardiff) was wrong iv accepting the goods if they were not according to earn; le. Having done so he cannot now return them. He ought to have returned them immediately. OBSTAUCTIXG HIGHWAY.—"J. B. J." (Cardiff; is in- formed that a preacher has no right to collejt a crowd in a public street to such an extent as to cause toot passengers to go out of the way. He should use discretion in clio- .titig hbr ground. LT)al«r"of wldSfhl' pWuiouth> most not rely on the paper oi wnicii ne W sent us a cjpy. It is not aa Egreement for a leaae; and, beicg for more than three yeax6, it is vo*a as & lease because it is not by under seal, J SECOKE KOKTGAGE -I' E. G. H." (Bridgend) must lID- meciitely give notice cf his security to the first mortgagee. The notice should be in writing, and a copy of it, with an endorsement of the d -.te of service pigned by the person serving, should be kepi by mar correspondent wi:L bib aeed. EKTAIL.—If "GBIUS" will state the facts and send his name ana address, we win adv.se him. Ia whit way is be interested in the property ? Who holds tne deeù i' Who ol:;ec s to our correspondent k..v.ug a copy ? And how are those parties respectively in- terested r; FILAUI>. — If "1.1. Ll." fWhrtcharch) cm prove actual trlud lie can get tho agreement set aside. But mere exaggeration will not suffice. He shoald have statsA the precise facts, ana wt then could n&ve advisaa au. definitely. It *»ouid no* bt eafe f jr him to eondaos tbe proceedings without tne assistance of a solicit*. DISSOLUTION O PArjsiEsmr,-In ordar to make "Eetiring Partner" (Ptmb oke; safe. the dis?olntio« should be advertised ic the London Ga.fU, and notice should be sent te every wholesale house witk which the LID has haê. ar..T dealings. Our oorrespoa- dent wiil,however, remain iistbie for debts now 4^ ana be has a right to see tha. they are disohargad. FUNERAL O PKIVATE LOAD. W. BL W." (I^EWOA&TLE Lm!yLL) -r, informed thai there ian„ ground for the belief tbat the passing of a funeral over a pr.vate roa amounts practically to s dedication of sact- roal to the public this is an old Korth Country ^uper- stiticn, vhicb has been eoncrauiated tune after SUM, Cori sni,D PEOPEUTY, — •' A Subscriber" (Ne&tn) is inforracc ti;at tbe fhet ct his haviug been adm.uled t* tl-e ("opyhOld properly fcoTjght with his C it £ ixu ttxe estate, but in q u;r A. /*C Jr.*8 futller and his representi- t.i es>. The trustees of his father's will can oaL up -a him to surrender tne proper' y, at the cost of the trust f Elate, to ity,.v person to whom they may agree tu o,ii it. Our corresponaent can only ciauii his share ol the purchase money, according to bis father's will. LIABILITY CII GCAEAXIOE.—" B." (Eoatbi signed a guarantee for payment of the rtut of C, D." some time afterwards" E. P the landlord, served upon C. D." a notice t: quit, aDd w-ote A. Binform- ing him thereof. S quettly the landlord withdraw the notice, without any fortner communication with "A. B. and C, D." remains ic possession, his ra" having- since tho expiration oi the notice tc quit fallen into arrear. Our c >rr«spoui ent is not iinbie and we advise hiil to detead any action which the landlord may bring tgeinst him. NOTICE ei L'XSHOKOUK.—It is unnecessary to givenotioe to the acoeptor of a bill ol exchange when it is dis- honoured he is always But immediate notice, should be given to ail other parties who m have incurred rt>po!l:ii!JID'Y ia rospeat of such bUt, whether f).1; crawerand mciorser, or as indorser only- From the statement of Peter," he appears to have a good dr fence to the action brought against hiai as iraoreer, to recover thR amount of a bill of exchange of the difhoour of v, I-, icb be bad no notice. It would be unfair it Uit L w were o'berwue Our c rrespon- cent tad gooce oi the acceptor iu his warehouse at the time tLe bill was returi eS, and for some days afterwards, in connection with the same transaction, and if due notice bad been tdven to him, hs would have been scfe, BECTIFTIHG MIRTA^P IN DBED,—" 2. A. W." (London) can^ b^re tbe mistake rectified by the Chancery division of the High v'ourt of Justice, unless U^re i&arer of ihe de»;d. The cours will not interfere in such a way a to prejudice a pnrshaser notice. I-, ei, her will it interfere ui, lea; satisfied that the discrepancy betweer the agreement and the deeu was occasioned by mistake. Betjieour correspondent moves in the matter be ascertain beyond the possibility of a doubt that the parties did not change their minds after thp agreement was signed, and before the execui ion of the aceC1. If this should be proved on the he. ring he would be ordered to pay the costs of all parsies, whioh would &moual. to a considerable sum.
AFSWEBS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
AFSWEBS TO CORRESPONDENTS. S. D (/berdare) — Plesae write your communication on one side of the paper only, and we will insert it. SK-ATII-C. AT !OIGHT. OIllooker" writes:-In most of our jarge towns there is not a more pleasing sight than egat Ing E y right; but peojle in Curdin from some unacocuutfe uie reason inciei on doing it like so inary bed bardits bent or a deea of biood iu uark- nes» 'iViil any skaters who m^y go ou the EU» b pena to.n'gh' (Tburidcy) each nnag a lantern? Cbii se lanternh may be oougli* for Il few pease, tad I am sure the pleasure and tneebect will amply .ep the expenciture W HTi'.i are THE POLICE -M.r, E. Davies wriieeOn I'r;cay evening or toaturday msrnicg last the pla, to tbat was attached to the raili- of my house m Brighton terrace, Koatb road, Ci rait, wa." wrenohed c ti, As this is the second time within 12 months r think I have oaust to n. 1 fenr to the police on the lasi occasion of its being oif, but they of course cc-ula not get any information as tu the person or persons who removed it 1II0w, coes it not see. strange tha^ in suet a puslic thoroughfare aft- boatfc rOad this is done without being detected't
TEE CARDIFF jyFIBMABY BALL.
TEE CARDIFF jyFIBMABY BALL. The aEEtsal ball given in a:d cf the Glamorgan- £ hire and Mo&zrxn&a&hir6 Iii^rmary w&6 toia oa ihursOay night at the Aesembiy rooms of the ?°JTv^a Cardiff. The whole of the arrangements had this year been undertaken by Alderman W. layior, honorary secretary, and, owing ohiefly to hie exertions, the ball (omitted last year oa account of the depressed state of the times) was brought to a very successful issue. There was a large number of local gentlemen who acted ae stewards in the bali-rooai. The Bale of tickets was very considerable, and in addition t* the sum that will accrue to the Infirmary the from, it may be mentioned that the honorary secretary has received epecial donations from Lady Aberdare, Lord Dynevor, Sir 1. B. Guest, Dir. A. Guest, Colonel Tynte, and Mr. E. J. Breed, C.B., M.P., who were mostly unable tit attend. Dancing commenoed at nine o'clock, and was prolonged until an early bonr thiB morning. Tne room was elegantly ornamented by Messre. Howells, with mirrors, drapery, d o., and the approach from the staircase was carpeted. The hon. secretary was of opinion that the usual supper might be dispensed with, but light refreshments were sapphed -the e&blaa by Mr. Maggs, and the champagne, winee, &a., by Mr. Fulton—in the ante-room. Messrs. Boberts and Johnson's quadrille band was in attendance, and rendered, ia an admirable manner, the danoe music. The following is a list u of those present: •— Mr ana Mrs Hurnson, Mrs J. W. VacaeU, Miesos Vachell, Dr H. F. Vachell, Al. derman and Mrs Taylor, isll Wiliianist Mire Pratt, Mr C. Evome, Mrs Paine, Etf F. Paine, Mr W., Mrs and Miss Watkins, Mr T. Vachell, Mr Bernard King. Mr fGeo. Fisher, Mrs Fisher, Mr C. H. Berkely, Mr T. D. Graves, Mr D. Watson and party, Mr and Miss Thomas, Mr H, O. Fisher, Mre Fisher, Mr T. G. Brnges, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Ware, Mr and Miss Ingledew, Mr H. E. Bradley, Dr C. and Mrs Vachell, Dr Slain- strap (Cowbridge), Mr Basaett, Mr Sorivener. Mr J. Woods, Mr A. B. Barrett, Mr F. E. G-aWshav^ Mrs and Miss 9rawsh«j5 Mr Gnetet Mr w ?' Bucknell and Miss Copley, Colonel and *M« I Car den, Miss Blaine, ¥.1 AND MRS V T A 11 »• W«, («.„ Mr Fry.'MiK -M?E' W V) ,'IU^S AND party, MT Heathoote T.jp,' MR and MRB TTECE, Mr W. Alexanoer ani Miss ALEXANU ,J- Pnchard, Mr J. Watson. Miss F. Watson, ^ATSODV Mr Peroh^ MR E. W. Thompson, Mr C- Thompson, Dr T. Evans, Mr J. H. Evans, Mr ^,W«»N<LER Morris, MRB. B. Mann, Mr Louis and Miss RW,OR. and Mies Lnard, Mr A. E. Young, Mr C. L. AI?,F', ^RB Williams, Colonel and Mrs Hill, Mr F. E. Staoey and narir Major and Mrs Woods, and Mr Hardy FOODS' SS?„ R IR8 R°MV&CHEU' LINDSAY! Captai^ .C^LODEI M^N, M,P„ Mrs, andMiss MOrgSL, ]Ruperra (Ja tIe; Mr Alexander Dunoan, Mrs Denton, Mr T. F. H. and Mrs flolden, Colonel and Mre Gould and Mr L. T. Beece.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER.
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER. rhe following foreoaet of the weather likely to prevail to-day 1 Friday) was i-ned by the Meteorological OFFIOE, London, at 2.30 p.m. yester- dsr:- England AW. and-? Light or moderate easterlr South W&iea J winds fair, c^ld. v
IIETEOEOLOGIOAL AT .CARDIFF.
IIETEOEOLOGIOAL AT CARDIFF. Barcmrfor taken at &.C a.m. tic q pm, -V/JSB1KUK S&AJT. Or*l''ICS r 1 LOT » OU.XJ.^ARV. 1888. met«re ^nriug 24 houra 9.0 R.-M' ENDLN« 8*0 a.m. Date, if ■ — T, '[tionot iSv Dry Wind. « Rulb T ^INLS. A^NU Tri 16 AE.Z64 3- FI' Temp Fall. 3C'.030 • d<'2 37.9 80.0 0 ol "FtT Sat J7 30.2*4 36 n 6"° 34-6 M.5 36.1 0.05 NK Sun 18 SO.175 OA O ,T 30.170 24,6 STO 24 5 0-00 NW filou 19 30,500 SO 9 o*» o 80.675 27,6 3S-° 2s-5 0.00 K ^es ao.no 22,6 2212 3U|2U 0.001 « ED 21 8T!666 19,7 19'8 31-8 18.0 0.00 B Thur 22 30.590 20.0 20.0 32.8 19.6 0.00 WSW morning the barometer had risen to 30.540.
ILLLB FAIRS FOR JANUABY.
ILLLB FAIRS FOR JANUABY. af'1"ar-irth. 1 Llanarth IS Liiandvssul o Aberyatwith 2 £ 3? i T*da »
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The late Mis? Martha Charters Somerville n. eied a f-w weeKfi aiLe" at Florence, has bequeath *2,500 to the Ration a' Lifeboat InstitntioB tot the purp^pp cf forr irt" and maintaining on 8. part of tbec a'tsr.f United Kingdom » life- bor.t stp-rioii i- nem,-r. of ber mot her, Mrs. Mary St mervMie, tis we i knows ecieat^i? aetkor