Weekly Mail

BEsnLVEN. A. fearful storm broke over the Eaaolven Valley OB Wednesday night, aoaompanied oy almost con- tinuous lightning and thunier. The fall of rain Was of the most alarming kind, the water which descended, apparently in sheets, ohokiag the Culverts, and rapidly filling the rivsr to over- flowing. The stream by the Vaaghan Arms became so rapidly full that it barn away the Wall, and found an ou'lei over the Vale of Neath embankment, bring ins? tlowu thousands of tons of soil aad bish. Had the water not forced this outlet, the village would have been in same parts com- pletely washed away. Traffic on the Tale of ^sath line was entirely suspended until middiy on Thursday. The destruction of pre party was immense; garden orops are completely rained, And tons of hay have been washed away; and every conceivable portion of loose material in the ^ray of the sweeping streams has been carried bodily to the river. Fortunately no oasualty to any of the inhabitants, besides the loss of their property, is reported.

LLANDOVERY. On Wednesday afternoon and early on Thurs- day morning, Llandovery and district was visited by a storm of thunder, lightning, and rain. The hes of lightning were frequent and 'Vivid, and thunder heavy, while the lain oame down in torrents. The rivers Bran and Gwydderig overflowed their banks, and im. XQense tracts of land are inundated. Muoh. damage has been done to hay orops, and a quantity of teown hay, belonging to Mr Featheretone, Blaok lion, and Mr James, Llwynjack, has been swept A suckling oolt, the property of Mfs Owen, Castle Hotel, found dead on the field, is Jttpposcd to have been atruok by the eleetrio fluid.

ABERYSTWITH. .On Wednesday afternoon AberyBtwith was ^isited by a storm of unusual violenoe. Distant *hnnder had been heard during the forenoon, and towards evening a perfect torrent of raia fell, eooompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, alter. nated with the rumbling of the thunder. Matters ^Xproved somewhat, and for a few hours there a cessation of the storm. As morning drew Jear, however, it broke out again with redoubled *ary, and did not abate till about six or seven JJOlcok. A pleasant change was experienced on -Lnnrsday, which was exceptionally bright.

LLANDRINDOD WELLS. Avery severe thunderstorm visited this place on Thursday morning, and the rain poured down m torrents.

NORTHAMPTON. On Thursday afternoon, whilst a ooal haulier waa taking two paaaengera through the Haoelat the St. James's end of the town towards Dallington, his horse stumbled over a partly demolished wall was thrown into deep water. The two pas- sengers and the horse were drowned. The driver was waahed some distance, but esoaped by seizing a tree, where, at the last aooount, he was lodged, nuble to get away.

ANNUAL MEETING OF FREE- MASONS AT NEWPORT. The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Monmouthshire was held on Thursday at the Royal Albert Hall, Stow Hill, under the burner of the Silurian Lodge, No. 471. Among the officers of the Grand Lodge present were Eros. S. G. Somfray, D.P.G M: Frederick Smokes, P.M.. seo. girls' sohool j H. J. Gratte, I\S.G.W.; R. Bond, P.J.G.W.; J. Middleton, ^•P.S.G. W. Piokford, P.S.G.W. and P.G T.; Orawshay Bailey, P.M., 818; Charles Rowe, *.G.S.; J. W. Oswan, P.P.G.C.: R. B. Evans, ^.P.S.G.W.: B. Lawrenoe, P.P.G.S.W.; Thomas Harrhy, P.M., 818; W. WiHiams. P.P.G.S^W.; Thomas Bees! P G., tyler; G. Golding, P.C., wcganist; C. H. Oliver, jurnor, P G.S.B.; Joseph Coates, P G S.B.; R- J> Chambers, P.P.G.J.W. The names of the officers o the Silurian Lodge, under whose banner the meeting Jas held, are subjoined s—Bros. A. Maomahon, ^V.M. C H. Oliver, j an., P.M.;C. P. Evans, S.W. Re?/ E. Davies, J.W.; R. B. Evans, secretary; G. S. Llewellyn, 8.D.; G. Beavis. H.J. Groves, organist; Joseph Jones, G. Balding, librarian; E. C. Baker, steward D. Thomas, steward; W- S» Sseveus, steward; J^nry Fletcher, tyler; Henry Taylor, P.P.M. There were also among the fraternity Brothers B. £ Paynter; T. H. Howell; E. W. Luder; J. S. Stone; A. A. Williams Benjamin Powell; Charles Rows; Benjamin Lawrence J> Horner 5 Isaao XJewellyn; W. Hopton C. E. Parsons u. ?i<SaV1|8; W. Herbert; J. Dredge, 1.429 j E. J. Sinclair, 1,423; H. Woolf, 471; W. J. Dix, 1,429; laaao Thomas, J.W} James xlunt; Jamea Sanders P At • W. H. Morgan 1,428 { JohnStemp" E. W.' Grove I,562 John CampMl, P.M.. 'Efcv D> Bowen; Chaplain, 4/1, Thomaa Daries, 1,329 Heniy Evans, 1,429. a Urge number of visitors pat vx an appearanoe, including Bros. C. Widdowwin, W.M., 8t. George, 1,098 Joseph North, 5 GilesGoldmg, S.G., 1,098 i Eenrv Cromwell. Albert Edward; Georgre Hazell. Paul Faust, 1,356; CIhw bs ^683; George Benry Thomas, 1.4=29 J. F. Crulon, 215 Henry Richards, J.P.M. 1' W'J llQfc. fIbert Edward, 1,429 Joh* ia5»°a683?'T^d S'&mbi.W i 0- 'JTcis"h 1 StE- f' £ j h "sin 1 ssr S not muster in strong force, by reasoa of the sad calamity that °cctt" meeting, distriot on the morning of the oom. The report of the Provincial Grand L g mittee, held last month, stated that the if- • presented his charity report, whioh f m Bum of JG199 had this year been Bubson^ this province. The Silurian Lodge qualified he Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Jun1r Warden, and seoretary with a life governorship lor the sohool by a payment of 40 guineas. The province is indebted to Bro. Cra»shay Bailey for a donation of 100 guineaa, to be divided amongst Masonio ohaiities. A boy purchased into the boya* school by the St. George's lodge Tredegar, 1,098, took first class honours at the Cambridge local examination. The report "Went on to allude to the death of Bro. Alfred Jacob, who was for five years and a quarter a Subscribing member of the Silurian Lodge, 471, and whose widow ie left in depressed oiraum- atanoes with four children. An application had been made to plaoehis daughter, aped e'ght years, on the list for election into the girl*' sciool; but the qualification must be a subscription of sevea years, the child was not eligible. 'eomnmendations were made by the com- At «L *^8 *eferenoe to the eleotion of offioers. SmedA of the meeting a procession was SfflSe]he Eoyal Albert Hall, whenoe the a sermon^? NP TO 8T- WOOIIOB Church, where ^Prwwhed by the Provincial Grand °°*lection taken. There was a TOndJ^tato™ 'witnessing the prooea- Bion as it wended itB g. Many through the town before attendmg serjioa. The service waa intoned by the R,y. E Jone vioat x>t Tredegar, P. |- ChaP The &rg{. l0B8on waa read by ev* 5- Davi»B nhan 471: the second by the Canon Hawkins vioar of Bt.|Woollos, «tod ^e :Bowen, P.G. Chap, lam, preached. Groyes presided at the organ both at St. Woollos and at the Royal Albert- hall. The singing by an effiaient choir. Mr Wilhams. of sang the ait hem. The colleotioa realised £ 7129 2d. whioh iB to be Jianded over to the Rev Canon Hawkias to d. e pose of. On the conclusion et Divine Service the brGoeeeion was :re.forn::ed, and returned to the BoyaJ, Aibert-hall. The lodge was closed in ample orm.

The Orknny boats have now finished the ood fiBhing, and are P epzr^ ES for the bemrg taVJrg. So n. h*▼« r,»ir fbrte of trcm four t0 n PTa 1 V p«^' t large quantities of on ihs eo»st. wat,u fp^akewell for a tood On Thursday Mr "II.r \1) t! terutart, tr.ørlp an wo -fit fn) t'.c \1 x"j. *ar^ wi'h -l V" his plan for reaohing the Noith Polfl. 11i E R 4) B IJ H Y WIT VI. LhNOB AT BBISIOL. IXTRAOKPIN < KY fc'OEJtE IN cotn-r. TEE prUtOYEho .r-D T;.iE P1..0"H. C\H!{iX. il-e Bristol poi; e-eourK o, OARDDFT. a OJUU abou- ^-M-RYAOL' egb, vfifca charged, he be"Jio( a u vaoudj wl.b beu g \WI80 >A f(¡U f= s:sd n a ooit*ia ouop foc THE PURPOSE of commitl-v-g & feksny, wiia atlrlJotliG fajU Martha Digger, it h Dialioiousi^ OAAIA^I rxg a ricor, and alsi) with assaulti aad betillll WllIJam Ph^pper. The prisocar ha.d a very atrsrige appearai ce. He froyu^otiy izitari-upfiad dnrirg the proceedings, \1;1d cjrtaiuly cocduc^d hur.p.1- 86 If he were r Martha Dilgee wa* the wife of Tgtatisc D igcc, w* o w.«.v •» silrccm'.th cir-yins? ov briBir.KSf at 13, tie Batch, St Philip'o. Oa \Vedne8dey &ft*:ru.:>on, between fo and thrae o'clock, efce was in the room babied the ship when b" heard a t-lap at the door. Directly after the prisoner came into the room and cdaght hold of her by the neck. Prisoner: It's a wonder he didn't twist your Beck. He ought to. Witness: Prieoner then said, "I will kill you." He next reached cut his hand and took a knife from the table. Prisoner: TeU what ia true, you are putting it agakst somebody or other. The Clerk Keep him quiet, someone. Prisoner 1 shall epoak ia oiy ow^nVieience. I ve got a right to speak. I'm not going fO be hung for you. Let her tell the truth or say nothing A man must be mad to do snclu, thing. You am t gcitg to hacg me without giving ma a ChtOrUOB to liiplalt I'll have my say without yoa sow my mouth. You can do that if you like. (P-jrroc, the usher of the court, at last succeeded in qrietitf? the prieoref.) Witneps s&1.1 the prisoner held her by taa bar d, and he had the knife is hia othe? hand. Prisoner; a pity he didn't kill you. SarA —.— German b1 the oounSry, whilt others are walkirg about starving, G.) hoaae to own country, sarue as I've got to do. (Pecrot ei dfiavoured to quieten the priaonsr, but did not; succeed.) I shall speak: sow, while I'va got the cbanoe. Mr Edwards Bat by what you are saying now you are cot doing yourself any good. Your words are being taken down. Prisoner: I can't help that. I must pTtt up with the consequences. The Queen has had the best of my days, and ehe must have the remainder —that's all I've got to say. They have nd tha beet of me in India, All I wast is the truth, and as lotg as I get that I •won't say aught against it. Witi epe (continuing) sQid tho pn&oaof did not take anything. Prisoner Just say that over again I didn't hear it. The Clerk You did not take anything. Prisoner A very good boy, fihen. Police oonstable V sey eaid ha arrested tae prisoner, and told him he fihcmld taxs him iato custody for etabbit>g a woman on the Bitch. Prisoner replied, I suppose I'm collared now." He also said, I wish I had dona for her," Prisoner Did I say I wished I had dona for her. or that he had done for her ? Witness replied that the word was I. Prisoner said," I meant to have had the goid." Prisoner: And I don't blame the poor follow either if he had the chance. Polios constable Yeaey, continuing bis6-vidance, eaid the prisoner was taken to the etatioa-hoaae, but Mrs Dilger was not able to attend for several hours, ehe was so frightened. Prisoner: Enough to make the poor woman. There ought to have been a good man there. Police constable Yesey said when Mra Dilger cama to the station-house prisoner turned to her, and said, I would as soon taken your life as not; I —— well intended to do 80. I'm —— sorry I didn't do it." Prisoner was sober. Prisoner: Sober' I was Bober enough when the slops had me. I hadn't money even to get tommy." Prisoner here asked to be allowed to sit down, as he had recently broken his leg, and it was not properly repaired. He was accommodated with a chair in the dock. William Phippen, a painter, said he was walking along the Batch, and heard a woman crying Murder." A minute or so afterwards he saw the prisoner run out of Mr Dilger's shop, without any hat on. He ran after him. The prisoner jumped into a trap and drove off. A hat was prodnced, and it was stated to be the {iriBoner's. There were spots of blood on the ining. The prisoner became very exoited on seeing it, continually denied that it was his, and at last snatched the hat from the hands of the constable and threw it acrosB the oourt. flfcDetective Heal aid he saw the prisoner in the morning on RedolifE hill. He was then wearing a hat similar to the one produced. He had been several times previously convioted, and he behaved in the same curious way the last time he was brought up. Prisoner had been a soldier in India, and had had a seizure there. His father was a most respeotable man, but he coold not do any. thing with the prisoner. Prisoner: Hang the poor —— at onoe. Give a dog a bad name and hang him. Detective Heal said he did not believe prisoner was insane. Prisoner: Insane No. I'm not insane. The prisoner was then cautioned, and in reply to the clerk he said: I wish to have my trial before my countrymen, and not before the gentle- men present, so that I may have a fair trial, for I'm not guilty," The prisoner was then committed for trial to the assizes.

BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY AT OABDIFF. A MASTER'S OBSTIFIOATE SUSPENDED. A Board of Trade inquiry was held at the Cardiff Town-hall on Thursday, with respect to the abandonment and loss of the British sailing ship Jesse Boyle, of Plymouth. The magistrate waa Mr R. o. Jones, and the nautical assessors Captain Robert F. Clarke and Captain Absalom Anderson. Mr Waldron appeared on behalf of the solicitor to ther Board of Trade, and Mr Yachell for the oaptain of the lost vessel. Mr Waldron explained that this was an inquiry into the oircumstanoes attending the loss of the Jese Boyle, which was a wooden barque built at St. John's, New Brunswick, in 1854, and registered at Plymouth. Her registered tonnage, after deducting 28*78 for crew space, was 719 15 tons. She was owned by Philip Rowlands, Cardiff, aad others. She left Newport on Maroh 26 last, with a crew of 17 hands, and carried 800 tons of railway iron, and was bound for Pensacola. At the time she appeared to have been well found and in good condition. She prooeeded safely on the 11th of May, and when 35 miles east of Cape St. Antonio, Cuba, the weather was oalm, but the master stated that there was no sun visible, and it was impossible to make an observation. Shortly afterwards, on the 12ch of May, the vessel weat icland, and after having bumped on the rooks she filled with water. The crew remained on deck till dajl'ght, and then the mate and some of the men took a boat and pulled 20 miles towards land, and returned with a fishing boat and took off their comrades. The vessel was left and became a totfolloes. Harry Toms, Silver street,^said he had been the master of the vessel for 12 years. She waa 719 tons net register, and 749 gross. He had taken out 1,000 tons of coal in her, and mare recently 900 tons. John Angel Toms, ohief ma„e and eon of the last witness, also gave evidence. He was followed by Charles Wilson, second mate, who said nothing waa done ^,hdte^e Jjgj and any attempt to do so, irorid hate ISeen dargeroua. There were no ;anb„e0rnocka sho £ > when the ship struck, "jj The ohief mate and five men v hands wera The deep-sea °°flay whether the vessel on deok. He oould The swell of the Bea kept her course well or not. X wftg nQ was right on her pot mvn vessel waB going wind, when they saw land. The ve s at about two knots an hour. Thfl v her beam ends, and hor decks were open to the ffi toTSimnTSS: »»a ai'ded thut h'fA^ould not Bit »>">t 'j! cause of the loss of the vessel, unless the land was mi&taken for a "northerner," whioh witness explained waa a strong Bquall, thatjooked like land in the distance Witness had tt8aa"y !^onntered a northerner in the waters where haPPe«ed. A squall of this descnp not 'S?84 efficient to capsize a vessel. Did not think the ehiD waa rmf of its oourse, aad m^ukeaeWtehif- 0ftptam have before made a Jon?s Mr vfnhAn^1011- In a*8*61 to M* 2' fuTST afterwards of the ship "Li i £ tettei-Mmed oalli,, omrt, to after a lergthy consultation, deoldn^ the master's certificate for two mwk» 1S the stranding was due to hls° fj wrong .course, and because he took n! means of ascertaining why the St. Antonio light was not visible when he expected8^ it. The magistrates also wished to aav that the court waa a very serious matter, and what weighed with them in inflicting suoh a light sentence waa the testimony given in hiB favour by hia[employers. If he had been a younger man, with all the advan. taeeB of more recent education, he had no doubt it would have been the duty of the court to Pass a severer sentence. The oourt also reprimanded the mate, and Baid it was 'ortunate for him that he had not been charged with default. He had had a recent education, and ought to have given WB fatCsr more careful assistance. No order waa made as to costs.

ANOTHER NONCONFORMIST GRIEYANOE. As to how Mr Bradlaugh comports bimee1'^ the Bouse an hon. member thus describe situation He sits all alone, no one goas ne him, and he is even more ahunned thaaKene y was He tries to Bpeak upon everything, ana is everlastingly jumping up, though he fails the Speaker's eye. My belief is that the House has had rather too muoh of Mr Bradlaugh.

HAVERFORDWEST AND ST. DAVID'S RAILWAY BILL. On Thursday, IN the HQUBO of Lords, this Bill oame before Mr Examiner iwbi:u; poRitiori, and eouipUed with the fur ordeta of Parliament.

At TT'xoocl eevAral boildia.^s hr liffh-ji-ny, the ;V'I" on a.-ranged, aid immense data»gv< uona bS tl r fl c(H? K of Ltru g U bt-bvy then^owtorm on W«dwes.iay fl -tr<f>g extinguish*d .before muoii 'ia'as^e waB dene.

CALYIMSTI'I METII ^BT A^KMIJLY. MKKTiiNG^ aT e \RDIFI41. Thh 1>1 s uil njtelii of vjih Assembly of Cuhu.:i» to iViethooirto are he'd i(i Oatikff-itm g 1.i.t pe-Himei fe. Coanr.uteos mot oa rnead*y (,> una ttftfTD.Ajn at-d ia the eveuin^ & c < httucf vÇ heid at Pembr >be torr.o-i Ottajyi, ■ft. P-vF-eU Ptitubroke; the ssccstirioa, Rees J"nl1 1.éY;)a. Carmarthen, ai.d T. J. WheHon, B.A., Fc'Stinicg Keva J. Thomas, D. Thsaiaa, Liverpool; R Lumley, Liverpool; Dr Edvard*, Bala; Wits. Williams, Swansea; Keea Jonas, Port Cicorwic; W Joha, Pembroke; Griffith lJavie8, London; Griffith Parry, Aberyatwish a W ilJiwais, Builth N. Cyohifai Jones, LiUnidloe^; Mathews,Cardiff; Dmni3 LU^^efai; Messrs R Dsviee, M P., Aug keea P. Williams, L-.ror- pool; R. Rowlands, Fotfiaiag Edward Grfflchs, Dtlgei'y; D J. Jei kin, Aboryatwith, and others. The mhetiug commanoed wit.h the singing of a WelEoh hymn, and prayer by the Rov, J. Taomas, Carno. The Secretary tbn proceeded to call over the tames of the delegates. Various committees to carry out the work of the association for the year weie then appointed. The Deference then proceeded to eleat a secre- tary in H'e place of the Rev J. Lewis, Carcaarthen, who retires. Tbe moderator explained when the ballot papers were being distributed that the gentleman to be elected muat be from South Wales. There are two seoeetaries, one chosen from the north and the other from the Boath, hold- irgcfSeofor two years, and roaring alternately when the association meets in North Walea, as it does once in two years, a North Waliaa is there chooolJ, and when ia tha south a native of the half of the Principality is ahated. The tellers were the Rev. D. O,vea Thomaa, Liverpool and the retiring secretary, the RQT. J. Lewis. It waB announced that nine had beea roeiii ated, the highest obtaining 40 votes and the ffcond 14. This rendered it necessity that the* two named should be put to the meeting again as 4 foined a majority" Alderman Phillips (Swansea) proposed that the highest be elected, this led to soma conversation, the Rev. W. WilliiJicB (Swansea) and others contending that the lule should be adhered to. The papers wera then redistributed, and the Rev. J. Morgan Joaes was duly elected. The Rev. Josiah Thomas, B. A. (L iverpool), then pr-ipoasd that the name of Mr Biebard Davics, M.P., Anglesea, be added to the committee appointed to meet Mr M'Coll and the deputation from other assemblies shia morn- irg. The retiring moderator, the Rov W. POWELL, of Pembi'cke, tb&n proceeded to dslivor an address jn Welch. He saw ha was exce-di agly happy tu be pmeut en this occasion, and to fee tha ciase with whioh thty were all cormeotod in fso fl juriah kg a state. He had m&.ay reasons to love the Methodiet Coi nexron, and to rejoice in ita pros perity. It was in ita Sanday Schocia that he re chived his education, in its Church mea irga be was drawn nearer to hia God bi-d* under its ministry that he had rq ceived the bread to feed his spiritual life As a denomination they had had their origin ia Wales, and had one enwards drasriag towards themselves as a Connexion the attention of the whole country. They could not claim descr«it from a high and long hue of ancestry, bat thsy could okiin that the Connexion had received its birth from the graoo of God ia the hearts of God's people. Thay had been persecuted, and they had seen tribulation, and, perhaps, it was through these things, under tha biesgixig of Almighty God, that Methodism gone onward and prospered. To-day Methodism had a history in the oonntry-a history written by the ficgei of God—a history that would be read with infinite pleasure in eternity. It waB not too much to sp-y that it was now a body of inportatice, morally and spiritually, to the country and the age in which we live. A body so numerous working in the cause of religion and morality must neoessarily make its influenoe felt, and everything must be done in order to maintain its position and to attain this end. Three things were! absolutely necessary, viz 1, unity 2, discipline; and 3, the presence of ChriBt. ChangeB would take plaoe and were necessary, but amid all changes the three things mentioned must be maintained. One of the great objects of the teaching of the Word of God, and the effects of true religion, was the bringing about of the idea that all who believed in Jesus Christ mnst be one. The Lord Jesns Christ in His own words spoke of all who rested in Him as one, and in the Trinity they had a portraiture of the unity of the Church, and they as a Connexion were in duty bound to practice that doctrine, and to con. eider that they were one body of Methodists. There were some things in their midst which tended to lessen, if they did not threaten to destroy, that unity which to a great extent existed, and whioh ought to exist among them as a body. North and south had different ideas about some things, county differed from county in others, and they must make all these minor differences of opinion subject to the unity of the denomination. North and south were two, it waa true, in some respects. but they were only the two eyes of the same body; as the two ears, or the two arms or legs, hands or feet. they cherished the same dootrines and believed in the samo creed. There must be unity of sympathy and unity of purpose, or oo- operation. There were small Churches to be looked after and assisted, not as they would dole out oharity, but helped forward in the work with a feeling of sympathy, and with the idea that they were oo-operating in the great work of spreading the cause of Chriat. They might put their sympathy into various forms. In many plaoes at the present day there was a call from English brethren for the assist, ance and co operation of, the Welsh, and it was, as they were ready and willing to give help, that spiritual success would, attend their efforts in spreading the cause of Christ in our own and foreign countries, and if they were to succeed the whole denomination must move together. Riches were not what they wanted, but the faithful con- tributions of all their members, and if they only gave a tithe of what they oaght to give, the coffers of the Church would be overflowing. Then as to discipline. As the vinsgrower trained and cleansed the vine in order that it might bring forth good frait, so must they observe cleanliness in the Church in order that Christ might be glorified. Offioers and members should remember and ponder over the fact that aocording to their purity and spirituality would they succeed, and so far as thty observed discipline and good order, so far would they be the light of the world and so far would they shine among men. Where should they begin ? In the family, for it was there that the heart very often got oorrupted, and if the fountain were kept clean the stream would be olearand bright. But it must. allSo be observed in the Churoh, and aocording to the justice of its administration would the Church succeed. The discipline should be tender. The objeot of discipline was not to kill, or to break bones, but to cure- to probe the wound, and to take oare of life. The discipline must bo Scriptural, the questions involved always being decided acaording to what the Bible said. The last point was tha presence of Christ. He was the centre of the utity re eired to, and His example and teaohing must form the basis of everything done. Unity without Christ would be useless. Discipline without Christ, the life of all, would simply be galvanism. On the presence of Christ in their miaat their safety, their suoeess, and their life depended. There were among them learned ministers who could plant, and eloquent preachers who could water, but the inoroasa depended entirely upon God. Let them all work Bteadily and prayerfully, and keep Christ alwaya in their midst—always in their hearts. Chriat should be foremost in their Churches, at their Com- munion Table, in the Sunday School, in their assemblies, and everywhere else. Elias, of Fon, once said, Mae'r teulu'n rhy faoh i'r Oaa"—the family is too small for the Lamb. The family was too small, and there was plenty of room to increase it. Let preaohers, officers, members and teaohers remember it and do their best to increase tbe Lord's family. Dr. Hughes, of Liverpool, then took the chair as moderator for the ensuing year. The Rev J. THOMAS, Carno, proposed a vote of thanks to the retiring moderator for his address. The Rev W. WILLIAMS, Swansea, seoondsd the proposition, and the motion waa then put and oariied. The Rev Dr. EDWARDS moved a vote of thanks to the retiring secretary (Rev J. Lewif). This was seconded by the Rev E. MATTHEWS, Several other addresses were delivered, aad the meeting closed with prayer. SECOND DAY. The second conference of this Assembly was held on Wednesday morning at Pembroke terrace Chapel, Cardiff, when the ohair waa oooapied by the Rev. Dr. Hughes, Liverpool. There were a large number of ministers and delegates present. The conference having been opened with prayer, the Rev. D. Edwards, of Newport, was elected moderator for next year. The Rev. Dr. Steele, the senior moderator of the Presbyterian Synod cf New South WaleB, was introduced by ffce Rev. W. Williams, Swanaoa. Dr. Steele paid be was. very happy to have the privilege (vrnreeeicg the interest tbey in Sydney Church in Wales. The Presbyterians £ New Boath Wales had established a .college +v.« University of Sydney, and in that withm the farg6r number of resident college Episcopal and Roman Catholic Ihw •took 7 iat""i (-Lurch PUT TOG HED BEEN IN various placas, and in mieBions. « Hebrides, doing what he fitted out by tbe Sunday 8: V « fha Preahvfcariana ■nd in New Zealand, aBe?^^ by the Presbyterians of Canada, the States, aad Scotland. The Rev W. WILLIAKS and Dr EDWARDS (Bala) eecondd, A N'td ol thanaa to Dr Steele. Q The annual report of the Foreign Missionary Society stated that the work proceeded wy satis- factorily on the whole. Toe a&res-l of the cause u any >ad been undo? ncfea several times, and it was Btated that in l'OnefcS alone 11 ad alt had been converted. The mission m India was m a flourishing condition. There with 458 wr 54 plai:es of worship, as compared with 45 last year; 09 ohurcheB, as against 23 5 communicants, 400. an i^-aaeof 79; candidates ^mher^afl8^' ia ohuroh membership 5SSH& School., 2.693, 0? Carmarthen, a can- oidate for the Indian Xm-ior, V^ld, waB iatro- duced by M.r d..Lloyd, of L^vei-poi,' Mr gTEPHENs brH.11, ttddre^od the conferance, BTid be was una^mou: iy appiaired of ft mi, eionary for cassia. The CONFERENCE expressed ita approval of the ccwittct of MR J. J<^roan JODSS, ^i88ionary in RRCIX,, AND its thar.WN»UEH8 to TH»T .trcrjth had to Ubmt ihn hiudoJs m he oid tianug the pJeTa. | T ,.p f c,*>< „ „ \D for « mn4,nary .c. Ue Vv eji k of tb" r-oU rv aao the people aonu* i r(f*w<d <° ,h9 ooinmutee of tue OK irg to the diftoulty whioh exists ia getting all TIE ttjifai iary oollfo'ions as at pre-oo", "rlu ged I. tu th.. ha.n<1l'1of tbe ijeue a I tre..arar ID t)(be, it was reoomacecded th t tbe AL >s* of tae tiufci oi»l j, a< t e fiitfl Ou vhfc Slue of A »ici in«te*d of {t,e 31,.r Droetnoer, 88 at present, 0»fried. At H t i uru of tb fvr in nii.iti oun of It e (.t L(DJ)IJt10!J exoteded the RHO ipfs, it *44 RESNHTD 1.0 N e of urohis fur fand-i, an 1 •lot IT e BJOII LIL/ ae^TITI^a be asked to takj tstej»a iu 100 maner LIAS U^ENIIDOUBLV allrMd to. AHER FEEVETNL other matters had been disposed of, THE conference was aojonrned. 1 he CONFERENCE again met at two in the after. norm, Dr. Hnghea presiding. Mr PETER KOBKKTS, of tit. Asaph's, proposed that the names of subscribers to tha Missionary Society be emitted from the annual report, the rsmes of the places, and the amount eent only be ineert.ed and that the varioaa monthly meet- ings issue detailed reports of their own. Rihe Rev W. WILLIAMS, of Swansea, proposed that the matter be >«ferred to the comiaitcae to report at the ntxt Aseeaibly. lhe ILruelídmect was agreed to. hlr RIOLARD Daviea, M P., introducad the following gentlemen, who had been sent as depu- tations from the English and Irish Presbyterian Churches The Rev B. M'Coll, minister of Kensington Churoh, London, the Rev Dr. Knox, of Btilfast, and Dr. Robb, of Galway. Mr M'Coll, in the oourse of an able address, urged the desirability of bringing about a closer rela- tionship between the Presbyterian and the Caivinistio Metnodista. The principal difficulty, perhaps, would be the language, but the same thing had been met with and disposed of in Scotland, and now the Lowlanders and High- landers met together in the same Assembly^ The way would be for the Euglish portion to learn Welsb, or that the WeIgh should make use of the Englith which they understood. The Rav Dr. Knox said he bronght to them the warm and hearty ealntations of the Presbyterian Church 111 lrdatd. He did not believe there was afy cifference between the Caivinistio Methodist Churoh and the English Pres- byterian Church, except the language. Oil8 of the great ideas of his life had been the union of tbe whole Presbyterian Churoh. He gave a brief history of the Irish Presbyterian Cauroh, and said they now numbered 600 ministers, 37 presbyteries, and five synods and now they had ESTABLISHED a General Assembly. Dr Robb echoed In Kiwox's request that they ehould send delegates trcm this Assembly to the Presbyterian Assembly in Ireland next year, and said the Irish Presby- terians would look to Wales for aasiatanoe in fighting the political battle in connection with education in Ireland. Dr Thonias, in propoaing a vote of thanka to the deppcation, said they had appointed two gentlemen to attend the Assembly in Ireland. (Applause) BHV W. Powell, of Pembroke, E.EELIDED, and it was agreed to. Rev T. Levi, of Swansea, then introduced the deputation from America, Revs T. C. Davies, and J. P. Morgan, of Ohio, who afterwards delivered addresses. MISSIONARY MKETIN«. There WM a ipuoho meeting in the evening at Pembroke terra00 Chapel, when the ohair was tfeieo by Mr R. Davies, M.P. The attendance Wd not large. The proceedings were opened with PREFER. The hon. secretary, Rev Josiah Thomas, then read extracts from the sooiety's report, showing the work the six missionaries Rent out by the sooibty are doing. The treasurer, Mr Peter Williams, read the society's financial statement, PHEFTH g that they had received from collections and suosoriptioris £2992 16s; through wills.and BEQTITTSTS, £469 19S; interest on money invested £.149 1918 6d; property disposed of at Sylaet, .{27 18 3 4d; from the reserve fund, .£900; towards the poor Christians in Cassia, £14. 3S; towards the services oonducted by the Rav. T. Jerman Jones, .£55, &0., the total receipts beitg .£5,263 94 4d. The expenditure exoeeded the receipts by .£633 3s 9id, but £900 of the reserve fund had been used. The Chair- man urged the claims of the society upon the denomination, and pointed out that it would be very desirable that the reoeipts from bequests ahonld be added to the reserve fund. The Rev. Dr. Edwards (Bala), Rev. T. Levi (Aberystwith), Rev. R. Ellis (Ysgoldy, Carnarvon), Rev. D. Saunders (Swansea), Rev. Dr. Owen Thomaa (Liverpool), and othera also spoke. At Wood street Congregational Chapel on Wed. nesday the Rev. T. C. Edwards, M.A., Principal of the University College of Wales, preached to A largo corgregatiom THIRD DAY. The fourth conference in connection with the annual meetinga of the Welsh Caivinistio Metho- dists was held at Pembroke terrace Chapel, Cardiff, on Thursday morning. Dr. Hughes pre- siding. The proceedings having been opened in the usual way, the minutes of the previous day's business were read and confirmed. The Sunday Sobool oommittee presented a report dealing with the Centenary celebration question. With respeot to the proposal to celebrate the Cen. tenary of the establishment of Sunday Schools, the association was glad to learn that some of the sohools of the denomination had joined the demonstrations held this year, but they oon- Bidered that it would be better for them as Methodists to celebrate the establishment of Sunday Schools in Wales at the end of the 100 years from the origin of the movement by Mr CharleB, of Bala. The Assembly, therefore, appointed a oommittee, of whioh the Rev. T. Levi is the oonvener, to arrange the mode of oelebration, &0. The statistics of the monthly meetings of the various counties showed the number of Churches at present to be 1,115, an increase of three over last year the number of places of worship 1,319, an increase of 13; number of ministers, 591, an inorease of 12; preaohers, 329, increase, 11; oom- munieants, 118,036, aa inorease of 1,650 children in the Churches, 57,035 received into oommunion, 8,722; expelled, 1,634; died, 2,665. The Sunday Sohoois of the denomination have in thtm 155,159 children and 21,605 teachers. With regard to the mission in Brittany, whioh it had been intended to give up, a resolution was passed to curry it on, the mode of doing it and the details to be left to the oounty associations. The Bev. Dr. Thomas stated that the North Wales Aesooiation, at its last meeting, had recommended to the notioe of this Assembly a matter whioh he would now mention. They were in many places unable to obtain land for building ohapels, and it was suggested that they should try to get an Act of Parliament passed to enable them to obtain oom- pulsorily such land as they might require by valuation in the same way as sohool boards and railway companies had them. He might mention that in many places in North Wales they had great difficulty in getting land. In one oounty the gentleman who owned most of the oounty chenshed a feeling of hostility towards the Methodists. A great many of the ohapels were on his land, and they did not know what would become of them. Now, what he wanted was to get a committee to meet committees appointed by other denominations to oonsult ON this matter, and he proposed that they appoint one- Mr. J. Watkins, Gorwydd, seconded the motion, and it was agreed to. Yotea of thanks were accorded to the Cardiff friends for their KINDNESS to the ministers and delegates, and the ccnference closed with prayer. There was a prayer meeting in the afternoon. In the evening sermons were preached by various MINISTERS who had attended the oonferenoe.

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE CARLISLE SHOW. < The opening of the Royal Agricultural Society's arnnal show at Carlisle on Monday morning was favoured with the best of weather, and everything gave promite of a large influx of visitors. Before an hour had elapsed, however, the rain descended, bnt the shower soon closed, and a considerable number of visitors in oonsequenoe passed the turnstiles up to noon. For nearly three hours the weather was all that oould be desired, but after that interval' came a drenching downpour, whioh left numerous pools of water on the show ground, and drove those who were able to effect a Bpeetfy exit away altogether. By 11.30 a.m. the attendance showed an inorease of upwardB of 2,000 on the corresponding day at the Kilburn Show, but two hours later thb comparison showed a decrease on the Metropolitan exhibition of marly 4,000, while at 3 p.m. the falling off was more than 12,000. Taken in conjunction with other exhibitions of the sooiety, this year's atten- dance shows a marked diminution on that of past years so far at least as regards the opening day. The judging rings wete punctually occupied by the judges at 9 a.m., aad the work waa energetically pursued till dosing time. The various cÎasses of live stock present no new feature worthy of record, and when it ia stated that the shorthorns were somewhat above the average and pigs remarkably good, there is hardly any farther rcom for general criticism. The leading exhibitors at this show were fairly represented, but, taking the classes as a whole, very few commendations were added to the prize winners by the judges. Amongst the more prominent exhibitors were her Majesty, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Duke of Buccleach, Viscount Falmouth, the Earl ot Ellesmere, the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, Colonel Loyd Lindsay, the Duke of Northumber- land, Earl Spencer, &0. Muoh interest was felt in the result of the field trials at Haraby, which were initiated for the purpose of testing the capabilities of perfectly new invantiois in the direction of steam cultivation, but eo far 80S is known at present not one of the competitors have come up to the required standard, tha reault being that the eooiety's gold medal for this class of implement will not be awarded this year. The Prince of Wales seonred the first and second prizes for the best Southdown Bhearling rams. The prizes amonnt to nearly £6,000 in all, and they range from.£5 to .£40.

INSTRUCTION IN AGRICUL- TURE. í The Lords of the Committee of Counoil on Education announce that in order to facilitate the formation of classes for instruction in agrioulture, they will be prepared to consider an application from any committee, formed in aooor- dance with Seotion 10 of the „ Science Directory, to grant a temporary qualifi- cation to any person selected by it as fitted to teach, and, if such application be found katis- fectorv will permit tbe teacher to earn payments on the results of the Examination M May 1881, on the condition that this PROVISIONAL qualification shall then determine, and that the only teaohers who can after that date be recognised aa q nalified to earn payments on the results of their teaohing in this subject will be such as have complied with ♦W. ordinary rules. In making theaoplioation the commHtee MN^T .how that there is no technically M-islified teacher in the LOCALITY wno could be RTTMLOJFD to instruct the cla*s, and also state the ROUTES on which the PROPOSED teat5h«r U oon- fo be really capable of GMOG IU?truoti ,A i' FCPRHNIURE, LY bi«> KU<-W»W <;F AUD J;

O < IR#' to N>N.» DKT- rban00 of THS EVIL/* •■ohMisi i'p, a hi hU iflat-w fl ou'' l}".t A7/Tf.P, l.c-'iiT St, G'. or^fr*B l:L.XLD( A £ 3 ia about 18.000 eqattre yards.

>Vi3JBLhDi>M HlFLt) M £ ij.Tl .NG. PUMBPSS commanoed » unctnally at nine o'clook <*M ITIY »it,u th* FUN,# OF the U-U*! three IJUUS una the boietu gof the drain or th<? fiijat»ff o*er o tar. Ihe chief events of tta day were tbe Hltrtd and all corner*' matoh at theehorsest raage for 118 prizes of .£4\10 aggregate v*lae, and a Djatch at long rangee witu aay rifla, between lliur members of Oxford University and foarof Cambridge. These were the only 00 en petitions concluded on the opening day, though upwards of a eoore of othera were opened under various condi- tions. The sbcotitg in the Alfred has proved of a less meritorious character than that of last year, for the highest possible haa not on the present ocoaBsoa been reached, while laat year four men made the full score. There were, however, eight scores of 34 points, of which Private T. Whitelaw, 1st Lanark, made the beet possible, his first ahot being the only one that fi.iiei to bring oat the white disc. He wins .£20 as a first prize. The Inter University Matoh, which takes its place for the first time as a regular fixture at the Wimbledon meeting, resulted in an easy victory for Cambridge. brought about by annnaooountable and sudden collapse of Sergeant Tod, who up to his fifth shot in the second range had done very well, but who at that point broke down, and Bcored an uninterrupted series of 20 misses. The totals made were—Cambridge, 248 at 800 yards, 226 at 900 yards, and 202 at the 1,000 yards; their grand total being 676. Oxford 222 at 800, 185 at 900, and 156 at 1,000; total, 564. Majority for Cam- bridge, 112 points. BEST LOCAL SCORES. In ur finished competition (tinider Association Cup). Lieutenant Fitzmaurioe. 1st Glamorgan, 32. Winners In the Alfred competition. Sergeant Powell, 2nd Glamorgan, £2, with 31 points; Private Major, 1st Glamorgan, £2, with 31 points; Colour sergeant Edwards, 3rd Hereford, £ with 32 points. In the Trial Stakes (200 yards, for Martiri Henry), Corporal Jones, 4th Monmouth, wins .£2 as third priz?, 34 points I Sergeant Roberts, 1st Monmouth, wins .£2 with 33, WIMBLEDON, TUBSDAY. The proceedings of the first day closed with the new competition christened the Trial Stakes, but the name appears somewhat a misnomer, for the competition was fixed to taka plaoe on the evening of a day already well filled with engage- ments, when the sighting or trial shots obtained in it could not be utilised for any other competition. The Trial Stakes was a double competition, t ffering prizes both for Martini and Snider men, the sum of £25 beicg allotted in 11 prizes toeaoh aim. The local winners were :£2, Cor- JOJJes. 4th Monmouth, 31 points; ..£2. Sergeant Roberts, lat Monmouth, 33 points. The gieat prize of the meeting (the Qaeen's) opened, as usual, on the second day of the meet. ing, with the shooting at 200 yards, and at the tame time another popular competition (the Daily Telegraph) commenced at the same rUle. The two are now made quite diatinot by being contested with different rifles, and their arrangement affords a good means cf measuring the advantage of the more modern weapon over the older arm which tbe volunteers aie told to be contented with for a long time to come. Under conditions as Bimilar as possible in all mpects, cxcept in the rifle used, the results of the Daily Telegraph Snider competition, and thosa of the opeting range of the Qaeea's, show a significant difference. While in the farmer there ia no highast possible soore, in the latter there are four, and a oon- Biderable number of Boores of 31 points. The following are the nine men who tie at 3i points, and are to shoot off this evening for the Daily Telegraph Cup Lieutenant M'Ausbane, 1st Dumbarton; Corporal M'Kereth.2nd West York; Lieutenant Woolley, 6th Cheshire Private Jamieson, 15th Middlesex; Colour, sergeant SymoBa, 1st Guernsey Militia; Private Holdaway, the Hants; Lieut. Lovibond, 3rd Kent; Private Harrison, let Westmoreland, and Cor- poral Munro, lBt Glamorgan. After deoiding the tie, the eight remaining competitors will take precedence for prizes in the order given, the first three being equal in merit, the fourth and fifth equal, and the eighth and ninth again equal. The other prizes are taken the soore of 33, none J being counted Qt. LOCAL SCORES. t yneen a Competition at 200 Gla- morgan: Captain Charles, 33; Captain Jones, 26; Lieutenant Fitzmaurioe, 27; Sergeant Smith, 29; Corporal Munro, 33; Private Jones, 31; £ «vateGUes, 29; Private Hopkin, 29; Private Smith, 31; Private Morgan, 19. 2nd Glamorgan: Colour-sergeant Shannon, 29; Sergt. Griffiths, 25 Sergt. Evans, 27 Sergt. Powell, 30; Corporal Roberta and Private Hardage, 28 let MODIIloutb I Qr. Master-Sergt. Gravenor, 21 Col.-Sergi;. Taylor, 27; Sergeant Hodge, 31; Sergeant Roberts, 31; Coporal Judd, 16. 2nd Monmouth: Colour- sergeant Adams, 23; Sergeant Biown, 31: Sergeant Roberta, 26. 3rd Monmouth: Corporal Davies, 28; Corporal Jones, 34; Private Davis, 26; Private Greenway. 26. 4th Monmouth: Colour-sergeant Williams, 28; Sergeant Harrhy, 29; Private James, 31. 5th Carmarthen: Surgeon Thomas, 28. let Breoon Sergeant Beavia, 26; Private Kemp, 28 Private Morris, 31. WIMBLEDON, WEDNESDAY. Throughout the day on the Common from the opening at gunfire the middle range of the Queen's, the Windmill, at the same range, and the Glen Albyn were the most popular on the score of ocmpetitions proceeding. The best aggre- gates at the two ranges for the Qaeen's are Bergt. Shaw and Corporal Soott, 3rd Cheshire, both 68. The tie for the Daily Telegraph Cup, the last event, excited an extraordinary amount of interest, drawing away the company from the garden party until before the roped enolosure a com- pact of humanity, seven or eight rows deep, was gathered. For tbe C8», M Auslane, of Dumbarton; Jamieson, of the London Soottish; and Colour-Sergt. Symona, 1st Guernsey Militia, eaoh made fourteen. against twelves and thirteens made by the six others competing. In the second rouaa Serjeant Symoca fired first and scored a bull. Jamieson then let fly after muoh hesitation, and got only an inner; and, lastly, Lieutenant M'Auslane fired from the old prone position, but hia shot was not a steady one, and wal only valued at four. Instantly a great oheer arose from the waiting crowd, and the enclosure was invaded, a large number of people being anxious to shake tbe old militia man by the hand, for his grey baire, perhaps, as much as a desire to eacourage a neglected branoh of the service. LOCAL SCORES. QUEEN'S (total of ranges).—1st Glamorgan: Captain Charles, 56; Captain Jones, 54; Lieu- tenant Fitzmaurioe, 56; Sergeant Smith, 57; Corporal Munro, 59; Private Jonea, 57; Private Giles, 56; Private Hopkins, 56; Private Smith. 53 Private Morgan, 37. 2nd Glamorgan: Colour sergeant Shannon, 54; Colour sergeant Griffiths, 45; Sergeant Evans, 52; Sergeant Powell, 52; Sergeant Hardage, 54; Corporal Roberts, 56. let Monmouth; Quartermaster-sergeant Gravenor, 42; Colour sergeant Taylor, 54 Sergeant Hodge, 60; Sergeant Roberts, 50; Corporal Judd, 44. 2ud Monmouth: Colonr eergeant Adams, 43; Sergeant Brown, 54; Sergeant Roberta, 53. 3rd Monmouth: Corporal Davis, 60; Corporal Jonas, 59; Private Davis, 53; Private Green way, 50. 4th Monmouth: Colour sergeant Williams. 49; Sergeant Harrhy, 57; Private James, 61. let Brecon: Sergeant Beavis, 46; Private Lewis, 47; Private Powell, 58. Corporal Munro, of Neath, who in firing the tie in the Daily Telegraph falls back to ninth place, has proved himself a thoroughly good shot. In the four shots, three with the Snider and one with the Martini) he he scored the possible aggregate total less five points. His ecores were as folbw Glen Albyn, 24; DaÛy Telegraph. 34 Wills, 31; Qaeen's, (200), 33. WIMBLEDON, THURSDAY1 The contest for the silver modal in the Qaeen's competition of 1880 will long remain famoaB. every stage it haa been more replete with interest, surprise, aad vicissitude. Nothing is niore common than for the men who stana' at the very top of the list at the olosa|of the cl 8 B"P»ting to find themselves shut out of the 60, and occasionally out of the 360. ?v18 r?uear. however, by way of a change, the Cheshire men who took the lead fonnd consolidated at the top of the list on the second day, and again stood nearly shoulder to shoulder in the third position. It mnst be admitted that fortune haa favoured the ICheøhire men. The weather on Thor sday was as if expressly made for tbem. They were squadded to fire at ten on Tuesday, and the morning was beautifully clear, though there was a moderately strong wind, which required close watching. On Wednesday tbey,were squadded an hour later, and they had as good a part of the day as any. and 8o. muoh better time than those squadded late in the afternoon, whioh, as a rule, is the best time of the day. The last day of the competition opened with a wretched promiae for those appointed to fire early. There was a haze, and the ohasoea of Lanark and other Scottish corps, who had to ahoot in the morning, were thought to be enhanced by the oiroumstanoe., but the clerk of the weather everdid it, and made it too thick for even a Scotchman, and instead of a Sootoh mist" be sent one of the h3»vicst rainstorms that has ever visited Wimbladon. Had there been a possibility the contest might perhaps have been stopped, but the boldest executive would never dare to think of such a thing. So the combatants lay patiently down to v x bull's-eye if possible, and, if not, to take what they oould get and be thankful. But the Cheshire men were out cf the storm for their time, for the finalehot WBe three o'clock, when the day was at its best. After them came the Deven men but the haze came on worse than ever. Strangely enough, when all was over, the evening broke out beautifully fine. But it would be invidious to deny to the three leading men- Corporal Scott and Sergeant Shaw, of the 13th Cheshire, and Sergeant Woodoook, of the 7th Stafford—the praise due to their splendid ex- hibition of skill. The first and third competi- tors on the list of the 60 belong to the same town, Stookport, and the same company. Scott made the full score of 35 in the first range, 33 in the aeoond, and the best jposeible 34 in hie last range. His com- rade's performance except the last shot waa still more wonderful; coming up from the 500 yards' range with 68, the same figure as Soott, he made Bix bull's eyea in his first six shots; another bull would have made him unapproachable at 104 points; but he missed his last shot, although in his 20 previous ones he bad made 18 bulls and two very near bull's eyes.

A marble tablet, placed inside the old Cathedral of Brechin, Scotland, to the memory of the Rev David Blair, one of the parish clergymen, reoords that—" About the year 1760 he instituted a Sabbath evening school in Breohin, tbe first, it is believed, that was opened in Scotland." Blair died in 1/69, and the monument was erected shortly after hie r^eatb. At Derby, cn Tuesday, Henry Fisher, an old wilier, was charged «*ith drnnkenneis. He sail b' Vnd a prtiBtrr-iie while ferving in Afrioa aid wh«ri*v*r hp got any drink it affeoted hii b>J.lQ. lit- wit-i eo tl ft un-girtrwonll poMMon Sir I Hsutiurt, whowa- riiuiu.d for D^rL,y to f, pvblie hnci-pt- he «ra« tujrfi Sir W Hi if would »ii;r £ if W-lfrus Bill. (L*ttsb63*.) j The Benoh discharged prisoner. I

BhlSluL CHANNEL FI LOT AG 8 (03 bDJFF) BILL. THE PREAMB PASSED, THKiE SElPJWNVhS AND TWO PILOTS TO BE ADMITTED ON THE BuaED. This Bill csme on for hearing ox Wednesday befote a Select Committee of the House of Lorde, under the preeidetcy of the Earl of The other peers present were the Duke of Leineter, Lord Clanwilliam, Lord Hatherton, and Lord Haldon. Mr Littler, Q.C., in opening th case for the promoters, said the Pilotage Board for Cardiff waa constituted under the Act of 1 SOL, and it then consisted of 10 members, three Veirg elected by the ccrpora'isa, and threa by the Marquees cf Bute. The APPOINTMENTS by the corporation gave great dissatisfaction to the ship- owners, because the gentlemen appointed we:e not connected with the shipping interest. Tae pilots of Cardiff also suffered from several grievances, Thus, for the last 18 years 5 per cent. had been deducted from their earninga for the purpose of forming a superannuation fund and other purposes, but during all these years no superan- nuation fund whatever had been carried out, and it was not till 1878 that the small sum of .£!8 was distributed, while last year £21 i was distributed, but no real scheme had been established. It was not suggested that the money had been stolen, but it had been improperly dealt with einoe it had not been applied for the purpose for which it waa intended. They had a further grievance, because one of the members of the pilotage boaxd was the Bute Dock master, because the Bute Dock master made complaints against them in that capacity, and afterwards sat in judgment on tbem as a member of the pilotage board. Tais was okarly an improper capacity for hioi to OCCUPY. In one instance a pilot bad refused to pilot a vessel outside Cardiff because he considered a certain shcal there to be cf a dangerous charao- ter. There was a dispute between tha Bute Trustees and the corporation as to whose duty it was to keep that shoal clear, and, in the course the dispute, they allowed it to silt up, and it was during that state of things that that pilot was brought up before the pilotage board and sentenced to a eevere penalty of 12 months' EuepenEion. One of the objects of the present Bill was that three representative pilots shollld be placed upon the board, and,* though the other Bouse had reduced that number to one, he should ASK their lordships to re instate that number AS they bad the power to do. Lord Bute's locus standi was allowed by the committee. Mr Watson, a member of a firm of shipowners in Cardiff, was the first witness called. He stated that in 1878, when he was president of tha Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, a deputation waited upoa tbe mayor and corporation of Cardiff, and asked that their nomination on the pilotage board should be tbe president for the time being of the Cardiff Shipowners' Association. They refused to comply with their request, and suggested that they should go for a BilL It would bo to the interests of the port that the pilotage board shoali ba reconstructed. The shipowners, whose OFFICES were at the DookB, would be more likely to attend regularly than the members of the CORPORATION, who had other public BUSINESS to engage their attention, and it would increase the technical knowledge and efficiency of the board if they had a pilot on it. It would certainly be a great improvement in the constitution of the board and it was of the utmost importance that the pilots should be rcpre. eented. Mr Stallybraea, a ehipowrer of Cardiff, also gave evidence in favour of the Bill, after which the committee adjourned. The consideration of this Bill was resumed on Thursday (before the Select Committee of the House of Lords), the Earl of Camperdown pre. sidmg. Mr Littler, Q.C., and Mr O'Hara were for the promoters and Mr Clerk, Q.C., and Mr Bidder, Q.C., were for the Bate l'nltes, who opposed the Bill. Amosg the witnesses oalled late on Wednesday afternoon was Mr Jonas Watson, of the firm of Watson and Co., timber merchants, Cardiff. He stated that in 1878 the corporation were asked by the ehamber of commerce, who have the right to nominate three members of the pilotage board, to allow that the president for the time being of the Shipowners' Association ahould always be one of the persons so nominated, but the oorporation refosed. In hia opinion the pilotage board AUGHT to be reconstructed, and the ship- owning interest represented. The presenoe of a pilot on the board would also be a valuable addition. He would bring increased technical knowledge to bear on the deliberations, and not only in the interest of the pilots, but in the interest of the public it was of the first impor. tanee that at least one practical pilot ahould be on the pilotage board: Mr Charles Ellah Stallybraaa, shipowner, of Cardiff, gave similar testimony, adding that the general feeling of the town was in favour of both shipowners and pilots being represented. Alderman Joseph Elliott, also a shipowner, and a member of the corporation, stated that when he was Mayor of Cardiff a question arose between the Marquess of Bute's Trustees and the oorpora- tion as to whoBe duty it was to clear the Cefn-y- Wraoh Shoal, and the work was ultimately done by the Bute Trustees. He waa quite in favour of the Bate Dockmssters, Captain Fraaer and Capt. Beddowea, and the Penarth Dcckmaster, Captain Pengelley, continuing to be members of the board, although it scmetimes happened that having themselves preferred complaints against pilots they sat in judgment at the board on the pilots cf whom they oomplained. He oould not regard that aa satisfactory. The oorporation as a whole were in favour of the BilL In 1878 the oorpora- tion paeeed two reaolationaoondemning the aotion of the pilotage board in suspending two pilota named Howe and Satnnela for refusing to pilot vessels out oft the port, on the ground that it would not be safe to pass the Cefn-y. Wrach Shoal, recom- mending a reconsideration of the DANIAIONI and requesting that the two pilots ahould be rein. stated. < On Thursday morning, when the committee re- assembled, Alderman Elliott was cross-examined by Mr Clerk, and stated that when he was mayor he was an ex officio member of the pilotage board. The dockmastera sat at the beard in oases where they had themselves preferred complaints against pilots, but he could not remember an inBtanoe within his experience of a differenoe of opinion or division in coming to a deoision. He considered the gentlemen at present nominated by the cor- poration to be most competent men. Mr Edward Hall Capper was the next witness. He said that he was formerly a shipmaster, and was now a shipowner, his firm carrying on busi- ness in Cardiff and London. ITii firm always employed pilcts with their vessels. The view of shipowners generally was that the representation aekfd f CT by this Bill would be a great advantage to the shipowners; it was also thought that the pilots should be represented, as their presence would add to the practical utility of the board. In 1878 there was maoh discussion as to the possibility in certain oasea of taking vessels over the Cefn-y-Wrach Shoal. The pilctB said there was not enough water the Bate Dock-master said there was. By agreement witn the pilots themselves witness had for some time been watching for a test case, and on the 12th of March, 1878, fcia vessel, the Royal Minstrel, being then ready for sea, be called upon John Howe, a pilot, to pilot her out of the port. Howe refused, as did two other pilots. Be made a formal com- plaint against Howe, and the pilotage board eentenced him to 12 months' suspension. His opinion was that Howo wae perfectly justified in refusing, and that it would have been dangerous to attempt to pasa the shoal. In reply to a question by the Chairman, some discusBion arose among the learned oounBel as to whose duty it was to dredge the Cefn-y-Wraoh Shoal. Mr Clerk said that in 1858 the ohannel through Cefn-y-Wraoh was "voluntarily" cut by the Bute Trustees, and it was their interest to keep the channel open, but tLere was no legal obligation. Mr Littler, on the other hand, contended that the legal obligation did lay on Lord Bate's Trus- tees to-keep the channel open. Colonel Hill, whose firm carry on business as shipowners and shipbuilders at Cardiff and Bristol, testified that the general opinion in Cardiff was that both shipowners and pilots should be represented on the pilotage board. Mr Stevenson. M.P. for Shields, chairman of he Tyne Pilotage Board, and AIr Jfuleatan, M.P. fcr Dsvocport, also gave evidenoe. Mr Gourley, M P for Sunderland, said that the pilotage board of that port included five ehip ownera and two pilota, and the system worked exceedingly well. He thought it highly important that both shipowners and pilots should be repre- sented. Mr Willoughby Hawkins, secretary to the Cardiff Shipowners' Association, said that four- fiiths of the shipowners of Cardiff were in favour of the Bill, and that the association had passed a series of resolutions in its support. A similar step had been taken by the chamber of commerce. Eighty-five pilotS and 39 shipowners hai subscribed the expenses of pasaing thia Bill through Parliament. Three. fourths of the income of the pilotage board was obtained from the pilots' earnings, the remaining fourth being derived from the invest- ment of that money aud the fees of the examina- tion. Be therefore thought the pilots were entitled to a fair representation on the board. Mr Littler was about to call other witnesses, including a number of pilots, when the chairman intimated that it was-not necessary, and that the committee would rather hear what the opposition had to say. Mr John Boyle, one of the truateea to the Marquess of Bute, stated that so far as he knew there bad not been a single complaint aa to the constitution of the Cardiff Pilotage Board or aa to their administration. Their impartiality had never been questioned, and they worked efficiently and without any material, hitch for 19 yeara. Be thought the proposed change waa not only not required, but would be productive of great mis- chief by introducing disturbance and hostility. Lord Bute had certain jurisdiction over pilota through his dock master, and if a pilot were on the pilotage beard there might, in the event of a oom- plaint by the dockmaeter, be muoh unpleasant discussion, although the dookmaster would be doing EO more than his duty. The Chairman If Lord Bute haa that jurisdic- tion under an Act of Parliament dlsoussion cannot take it away.—Witness: No, but it might make it unpleasant to exercise it. You do not wish to produce absolute silence?— We have never attempted that. Mr John M'Connochie, Mayor of Cardiff and Lord Bute's engineor.for the docka, Baid that he was now an ex-officio member of the pilotage board, and waa formerly an ordinary member. They oonduoted deUoera. tiona fairly and impartially. When Captain Fraser. dookmaster, preferred a oim plaint be eiwply stated his case and lefr the rist to the bonrd to deed*. Vbat h*d trnea !n- vericble rme eiroe he bad been a member of -he o&r". He nd Jot think the ad'ition o» plit. would be any rdTa-e^, It WOTJM I if OLe piM we** ti bo oonaerned >u 1" t fJ) t mMhohm anot cr p>.)ot MI Littler: W hat great misfortune would happen r Lrrd Pute if the sb-'powrers had thrae rspre- O'a nte 01. tbe P lo age B jmrd ? T\ IRIETS: It KONLD be ro T jary o thim if tks RTSBTRBIHIS NOB-II-EES were increased in pro- piriou. FTSI B cvt lares, a trember of the CARDIFF TAVA CFUICLEIC cf 1t, Pi'ota«e Board, said THA»_TAJ ITTSCTT kk)tyd WOIKEA EFFICIENTLY, TU.d he had LUSARD d 10 OCA PLAINTS. Tie CB»IRNRAN irticat<=<? that whea th" OJ- m't'ee came to 10 i' th.y Phaul. i .-re? lofu, TH*Y ctrtairly KOOID not allow AN> of the PILOTAGE tunc to be used in TIE T-J.I, of electiors Mr Littkr paid the promoters WOULD b? glad to ague to any plan by wbich that could be avoided. William Ailer, a Cardiff pilot, said he did not thick it was pol-sible for the affairs of the pilotage beard to be mar aged better. Mr Littlfr Have ycu SUBSCRIBE to THE fund fcr payirc- the expenses of this B.-?—Witness Not as I kpow of. ]Vr Well, we've gr-t yoTiT foversiga arrbow. {LAUGHTER )— Witr-.es !t.id he had sub- scribed a sovereign fjr something else, bat not to this. Mr Bidder TheD it waa a misappropriation of trust fund. Mr Boeeer, another Cardiff pilot, WAS called, and Mr Clerk addressed the committee oa behalf of the petitioners. Their lordships passed the PREAMBLE of the Bill. On the contideration ot the clauses, Mr M'(hu- nocbie was recalled, and in answer to the chair- man stated that the corporation, who cp>oead the Bill in the House of Commons, had WITHDRAWN their opposition because they werd EATBS- d vritit the number cf pilot represeatativea bEÚg- ie3uned to one. Their opposition was directed so that point. ("Oh, oh.") Mr Littlfr I am very sorry to contradict Mr M'CoDEcobie, but that i; not tha fast. The Chairman We do CCTI wish to hca- ANY- tbing further. We arc going to put TWO PILOTS i-a. VsrioHB alterations were MADE in the iiai, ee, aod the Bill bavirg PASSED through committee their lordships ADJOU^ED.

THE GLAMORGANSHIRE AGRI- CULTUBAL SOCIETY. FORTHCOMING MEETING AT CAIADIFF. The annual meeting of the Glamorgan shire General Agricultural Society will TAKE PUCA, a! has already been anncnnoed, on the Taes- day, Wednesday, and Thursday of tha last week in July, in the recreation ground just laid out by Lord Bute to the north of and adjoining the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. This show PREMISES to be the most important one ever heid by tbe society. Tbe entries are more numerouG in every daes of exhibits than in any previouA year. The following Btatement shows how they compare in the principal classes with LIST year's exhibits :— ]F79, Opto? lis" J.29* Sheep. — 45, 235 Pins 26 Horses. 181 242 iLiluiitcrs. of luplcmeLts 42 £ 3 In consequence of the amalgamation of the Cardiff Poultry Society with the Glamorganshire Agricul- tural Society for the purposes of thiB show, there will be an unusually large exhibition of poultry, the entries numbering upwards of 700, in lieu of about 100, which is the usual number. The ground, which, owing to the liberality of the Marquess of Bate, has been placed at the disposal of the society, is eminently suitable for the pur- poses of an agricultural show. It is encloaed by high walls, thus eaving the society gAat expense for fencing, and is bounded on the east by the river Taff. Under the intelligent and unwearied supervision of Mr T. V. Huntley, the secretary, it has been laid out in -a most convenient manner. Some idea of the magnitude of his task may be gathered from the hot that he has had to provide upwards of 15,000 feet of shedding, in addition to Bpeoial tenta for the peultry show, refreshment booths, &z. On entering the ground the visitor will find a broad avenue stretching from end to end of the ground, terminating at the northern extremity with the spacious horse ring and grand stand. Right and left of this avenue are ranged the sheds for the horses, cattle, aheop. pigs, implements, &c. Almost in the centre of the ground ia the stand for the band, and near to it a very spacious refreshment tent, To the extreme left on entering the ground will be the poultry tent and accommodation for the butter and cheese exhibits. The Bociety's offioes are situated close to the entrance, and in every respect the comfort and convenience both of the exhibitors and the public have been sedulously studied. The growing importance of this society is evidenced by the faot that its income has risen since Mr Huntley became the secretary from .£300 per annum to £ 2,030 or thereabouts, which is the present scale of its receipts. If the show be favoured with fine weather we believe it will prove the most success- ful event in the. history of the society.

POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANK. A LOCAL EXPERIMENT. We understand that the Postmaeter- General is about to try the experiment of sending an officer of the Department once a week to places where no postal savings bank already exists, aud where it is probable that advantage might be taken of such an arrangement. With this view it has baen determined to send an officer from .the Newport office to Aberbeeg every Saturday, commencing with the 17th inet. until the 30th of October next. Aberbeeg is selected as fairly representing an industrial centre having no savings bank within easy access. Notwithstanding the large number of existing savings banks in connection with the post office, it has been urged that if facilities were afforded at places such as Aberbeeg advantage would be taken of them. If the experiment should be successful no doubt an extension of the arrangement to other places would follow and the plan would become permanent.

THE TRIALS OF ELECTION PETITIONS; GLOUCESTER.—The Select Committee of the Ecnae of Commons which has inquired into the eubj?ct of the judges' report on the Gloucester election petition, held a meeting in private to. day, and after several hours' consideration agreed to thfir report. It is understood that the report vindicates the oorduot of Mr. Monk, the sitting member, ana that it will be read at the table of the House. WIGTOWN Bupc;-ar,This petition terminate! rather abruptly on Wednesday morning. The counEel for Mr. Mark Stewart (C ), respondent, admitted that a case of bribery on the part of one of Mr. Stewart's agents had been proved the day previously. The judges thereupon declared the election void. Tbe Chester election petition trial commenced on Tuesday, before Justices Lush and Manis y. Mr Matthews, in opening the oase against the sitting members, Messrs Dodson and Lawley (Liberals) said his instructions imputed every kind of illegal practice, although the personal imputa- tions orginally made were withdrawn. The charges included treating openly at 16 public houees, circulars offering out voters payments of expanses and day'a wages, and actual payment of sums considerably exoeeding these amounts; systematic rioting directed against the Conserva- tive committee rooms undue influence exercised by Alderman Littler, agent for the Grosvenor property, and at Messrs Hoods' Anchor Works, Saltney colourable employment of voters, their eons, and relatives as bill stickers, &c. Several witnesses were examined, and the court adjourned.

COUNTY COURTS. ACTION FOR EXCESSIVE DISTRAINT. On Wednesday, Judge Falooner had before him at the Aberdare County Court, a case in which John Lewis sought to obtain damages from William JODes IIond John Morgan for an excessive diatraint levied by them upon his goods. Mr Kenehole (of the firm of Lmton and Kenshole) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Thomas Phillips for the de- fendants, the amount claimed being X5. On behalf of the plaintiff it was stated that on the 9th of June a distraint was made upon hia goods for a sum of 47, which was due on the let of May previous. The whole of the plaintiff's furniture was seized upon by Jones, acting on behalf of John Morgan, the landlord, and arrangements made for a sale of the same. Lewis, however, paid the money, whereupon another levy waa made upon the goods in respect to another oase, whereupon they were sold, and realised, exclusive of the bedding, over .£11. It was contended by the plaintiff that the bailiff had taken away goods double the value of the debt, and his Honour holding that there had been an excessive distraint: awarded plaintiff 30a, and the cost of witnesses in addition, THE CWMBACH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.—An action was likewise brought at the Aberdare County Court by a painter named William Morris against the Cwmbach Co-operative Society and Messrs James and Powell t° ..0fl f 8< the amount aHeged to be due to him for the painting of the name of the society over their shop. Mr Kenshole for the plaintiff and Mr Phillips for the defendant. It waB Btated tnat the society selected the kind of lettering and gave instructions for the work to MeBBjB JameB and Powell. It was alleged by the society that thefie two men had contracted to do the work. The plaintiff contended that he had done the work, which should be paid for either by the society or the other two defendants. His Honour gave judgment for the plaintiff against Meters James and Powell, with oosts.

A workmrn, named Alexander Caohrane, in ile service of th IA,i a* y Dock Board, wrnt to bel in bia uteai LEUL H on MONDAY eight at his h 1, bictk FI yce, BIRTE»HE»D, bllt about Ole U'CI.CK n 1 t e-(111) n or, ijdg be ro,-G. op n,-(] hi, b 1ro)m W>»RFATE JUOJPE^ to the foutwalk. TOE be fODJ BT-U g T «O t,f're," D'gh, he wp 8;. ,ou-I; Íi j H r. HI* fj"d a f. w hour* F.f ERWT,R<!G_ T." 1 pr p c,d i bxf the cuceaftd wa-» in a etata of aom- nambulitm who* he took the leap.

klCK MaLuM/S LEiTtliS TO I BIS CVLSLJ* D&NMRI. Kr | tb" n" ptrrre 111', )*ueh !I.t. tssns, D" frtn. 1 kfo ov.f IIH,¡<i,}Uq 0'.= v}J :vr tijCvi r to LB' h.: UCK'(\ item, ;tY cant oteal MU UuChorkt 0 Mal.ey, p &íI.L. DAYMOBALIZLN' | MT DARLIN' DIKNT,— That's the title of a little book a feller put in me hand yesterday evenin', an' me walkin' past the Infirmarie jiei to shake the cobwebs off me fyetim. It's a book the Dayainthere ia distri- bootin' about this daymoralized town of Cardiff. It says, "1 be coder'n dance is har'mfal." Now, I like a arrtm fall whin I d&zoe, an' always find the (attist is ayeieet, an' takes it biat— that yer slim, honey, ecraggy, ehor't haired, ankle-ehowin', F.tiiped-sicekin&:dv and Oxford-shoad gerr'l, wid a parasol over her (whin out) and a sunshade on yer eyes (whin in), that keepa a telescope in her muff, an' likes a foosha (fuchsia) in the second button-hole under her chin., is no good for a step. me expayriaaoe. If your's is differ, I'd like 10U to Bind the gerr'l to Me Caravan, Be the Eavannah Ship, Milhter Coleman lookin' CD, an' the boys hcrrair. £ I'd see whither she could Eoweat through a waltz or ah mile on a jig. Thin, the Thract says, connictid with the wali z is calcooleytid to arowse an' in- fiaj-m the annymal paahixis." Faix, I don't know the maynin' of the last two words. Bd this I'll say, the feller that wrote the Thract oalled Denein' Daymoralizinwid a quotayshun from BomaLB, chapter an' varae, mus' be a Wllshmau. He couldn't be Irish write a slandher like it' Oh, the Irish gerr'ls are beautiful as ov'ry body knows, an' they are fond of dasBin' on the heels an'on the toes I" Horr&h < An' who'll say a word agin This Thraet writer that condemns short ayse, long aYBe, waltz, polka, lunserB, kwadriiss muizurka (a Wild man from the Aieht, See Byron, Ma-cppa), our odd ring an' red, an' Sir ce Coveriy, an' hele ye go there ycu go aad the divii-care- wbere-you-go, which is moehtly dansed in a ditch. Oh the ttiaci ciethribootorWho say "It's a oosage that reg'ly tantalizes an animal. Now, who iver tantalized an animal be dansia' F Do he think we dsnce wid a monkey np a shtiekf The Irish wecmin are God'a patter'ns on earth. An' they danee. The Govermint raytur'na (tho' it is'nt to thitn, but to somethin' more they look) —the Govermint 1 ay turns prove how good the Irish weemin are—an' that same is the ti&hmoney cf an orimy. But this Cardiff Writer of the Thract, Darain' D&yiroir&lizin' pitches into c'ri Iri&h that turned her toss up on th6 village green, an' that same gerr'1 a piosur. What would he have us dor Go Bsnglin', I s'^ose. Bunglin' is rispictab'.e; d&nein' is not. Maybe, he came from Pembrokeshire, or the North of Wales. Maybe he likes courtin' in bed. Maybe he thinks that's honourable. But dansin', in the eye of light, under God's canopy, wid the green award below ye, wid the people lookin' on, wid God's birds in the eir, wid their muaic to cheer ye—dancing—wid the boy eo free, the gerr'l ao pur'ty—this may be Bungler, this Thract Writer, this Feller that come up to me be the Infir'marree- pshaw, Dinny darlin', he denounces dansin'. Look at the Shcriptur. Didn't they all dance F The grate ware of ould, that was filled wid piety? Some Rytooalist (an' I've manne frinds among 'em) fiÍDt me a Book, "No Cross, No Crows," agin dansin'. I haven't read it. If I was to, I couldn't write yoo this letther. lose the post. I'd rather lose Cross an' Crown (that's the Book) than lose the Irish mail—an' the Wilsh, Well, Dinny, the Rytooalist sint me the book, an' whin I saw the title, says I to him, It's like Song, no Supper,' that ye ahtuok up in bir'd cages in London pnblio-housea." Say. he, That's blasphemy." Says I, "Ye carried that motter thro' the town the time of yer Siu-tee-tse- tee-ee-ee-ee-nary." that the. right aClint ?) Saya I, Ye're min wid a good maynin', an 'I quarrel wid ye." But, dear knows, I laughed whin I saw yer Sin.ttee-t8e ee ee-et- nary" banner go thro' the town. No Croaa, No Crown." I loved the motter aa a motter. But why is it ye go in for only half a cross ? If ye love the cross, why not the crucifix f Terra, I'd difpootr wid you thia day till the indof jineray- ehuns. Only about the Book. Come back to the Bock," says re, Dinny. Why dy'e go on wid teeology, now r" Bekaae that sfttne book waa eint me agin dansin/ an' 1 dyin' for a fling. I. Whrjj it the chiidre sing— I erily, cheerily, rouni en Q, I Airily, alii'y, ro14 Io the eweetett music in Ireland's ground, The heart's giad laugh, an* the bagpipes' sound. An' will the man that writes Dansin' Daymoralizin' eay aDything agíD thim ohi1dre- their infant dance, hand-in-hand, in the achule jar'd P Yerra. I'd throw a kittle bf hot wather on him. Did ye iver, Dinny, hear me own varais, afther I come home wan night (wan mor'nin') an' me thinkin' of the ball I'd left, an' not findin' shoe-jack, shoe-hor'n, or Bhir't—(Terra, I'm forgettin' the caravan, and all its pomps an' abont on ov'ry aids, stands agin the blaok curve of a saucepan tiled to death, but oowld, an sooty, an'says I, "I'm dim." "Still, Mick," aaya I, ye wur yersilf to-night." He was," says my Muse (you know her)— he was Eow he fat it, Row he put it, An' he was a am of limb. Hew he tuk her, Bow he shak her, ■Eow they reeled tiH they were dim. Dim I Dim! Not dazed by alc'iclics, i>IM! Tee, toss'D by jig SM' reel. Dun bnt floored by ioe an' heel. Dim I but (till cf fun and froho&! Now let's lave the talk we have. A jig's va jig —once eignfyin' almost a baUet divertissement pometimes a fight or a weddin'. That's a jig. Dansin' begun wid jigs-at annerateas an intertaynmint for the people. That's aramatie dansin', or stage dansin,' but it's the same wid naytoor. Ye kiak up yer feet, if ye can. I think all dansin' begun wid the jig, all athletics wid fightin'. It may be a mistake of mine. I'd like to say more about the Writer of that Thraot agin Dansin'. I'm sorry fcr the man— Bet it won't wait: The Post- No more—Now—an' iver- more, Dirry dati-in' MICE: MA.LONE. To Mishter Dennis MICarthy, Co. Cork, Ireland.

TRE TIN-PLATE TRADE. (By LEWYS AFAN.) I find in the oolumna of your oca contempo- rary of Thursday's issue an epistle written by one who eignB himself An Employer," and who aims at being a Boanerges in thia trade. He seems doubtful of the men being able to carry out the resolutions adopted at our oonferenoe. I can assure Mr Employer it was no wuld be-one reither.. With regard to his suggestion to em- ployers to reduce wages, I feel obliged to him for bringing before the public what was mooted at the Birmingham meeting—a 50 per cent, reduc- tion. Go on, Mr Employer; whenever you find men failing to carry out our resolution put on your reduction, and I eay you are right but let employers generally adopt thia scheme, and they will find that they are wrong. The men, when formed into a compact union will prove to be a power against whioh the eml players cannot stand. Mr Jonea Jenkins told me that he was prepared to give security for no reduction of Wages for two years, and that might be his reason at the meeting in Baying the question was net ripe to be dealt with now; but the men at the Cwmbwila and bouth Wales Worba will have to prove the friendship cf their fellows, or it is certain an attempt will be made upon them. The Margam contractors aim at the same thing. Their men are eo weak that they would violate a cove- nanv made between themselves and their fellow- men, euch as Ciifrew men did, in doing 30 boxes: instead cf 24 boxes, on receiving a promise of 5a each from their employer. Then would I say, Go on and do what you think best "dl those men, let all bodies who live treachery keep them out from being Now I can see that the employers mean what they say, and that it is full time for me, as representative of the men, to again tender my resignation, or they must coincide with the ideae and resolutions entered lto by themselves. I have heard that Mr Fiower of The Melyn, was the proposer of tho sjaetne* and was supported by macy great guc*, Wh names I wHi eisoloee to the man ut oar next meeting. The Lydbrook case etinds ove* nntil the 16th of August. Move on r. ;>r, ?i«Thdv understand the meaning of your cr i, T £ 1.a j 1 feel glad of having the honour of~ £ flCj*iinff 1 with a good number cf them in aa?inp this trade 1 from ruin. Men, will you oppo. e by aooepting reduoed rates, or will yon stand shoulder to i Bheulder and resist, as yon d: before, any 1 attempt of the employers to reduce your wages 2 1 Merchants want either a strike or a look-out. Pome employ ere want to rule a» Nero did. Work- j irg men at all times a fair dny's war" for a 1 fair cay's work. What will yon h.ve. tù:1.- t

There sre now livirg near Bolder a family o! I five persons, named Gnswortb, whoc 3 united ages aaccunt to 368 years, tiie mother b»ijg 9^ tbe yuurgest member of the family$4. In# telrgraph office meaaeuger boys in turned out on strke on Taes- d»y efftirst a jrropora, to re^u^ tVe a mo wit of Payment ftr the dehv^y < each mee*v»e f-aai 14 to ft*. There ave upward o' eo (\f the boyg ad tv(y hare been parading the town. Ther? a- 1 ft, re of n brti tiT, aid in the th. 1 M a^d o&ce bjtS hav* takea oa; messages. li-9 i

Ift thi* colwsnr. questions on legal n-t cnstcered by ar; nxyj^ntftic* & jtroje^iru/riai genti^num. Oorntpondenti wishing jc* information or ad\ vs» art req-Msted to observe the foilovnriq rules 1. 5 he facts man oe staled fully clearly t1 questwns if more ihcun one, should o'env&nJb berec amseout-ivew 2. A ft,,1, cow musr oe sent oj any document advice is ivisheafor 3. The real nam* and address of tiie writer apconipany the questions, hut will not be lished if a "pseudonym or initials be ake sent for reference, 4. All communications must be addressed to Ir Th. Editor, Legtti Depannumt, Weekly Maii (Met. CardiS." ■

LiAiiur* CF BAIIWAT ( en past.—" Maria (Kew- Ll.(.gj was txureiLiig on & uul.ty and loet liar 1'jfcg ae, illct Wi:8 unuir her own care, ehe b&Ti.ug left it thf< seat cf the carriage. The railway company are not liable to compensate her for the loss. FALSI. Jxpb ;SOBMEST.— j. W." (Clifton) waQ. charged, by her employer with stealing a £ 6 note, but was (tia- ensrged by the msgistrates for want of evidence, It has since Petn d18COvered that the employer himself paid away tne note at a pub!; -house wnere he hK > een drinking from morning to night for a fortnight. He is table to an action for false imprisonment, aad a jury ought to give substantial damages. Our oor- respondent ougnt to conualt a solicitor without delay, m order to vindicate her character, if sheooea not care I1bout the damages to be recovered. MORTGAGOR ASD MORTGAGEE.—" B. E." (Roath) had a mortgage on his property, and was also indebted to the mortgagee,ca IU& úpen account. Tile n or^gajjee has sulci the property in exercise c,f hie power ot sale, fci-d retail' 6 the surplus in part pIl;)mWlt of tho tmouiit due to him on the 11.UoeCurea account. He has a right to do this. Friendly SOCIETIES ARSITEATICW.—"M, N." (l>ieBtii) is interned tbtt statutory prodigious as to arbitration relate Only tQ disputes oetween & 800iel; and axy ita; vidua! member or members thereof, and not tc ex.ch a ca&e a? he mentions, wm^li.i«a disi>at» between a society and persons who are not member* cf it, CEincrs BT EXFCCTOK.—•' Executor (&beryst,lrit;ht must omy charge lor nis excuses botuallv ani reasonably iseiurod. lie id not entitled tu lie pui for tte tims th&t he tuts gi.e¡¡ tv the e2.tiCUi,orsh:p fcuEkiess. PErSCIPAL ASD /GENT—"Kova Eslm (AbTrtVOo) should g-ive notice to every pert on with whom the 8.gbllt has had any dealings 01: Iu" benhi1. A oarsfoUr draw* advertisement mufht also be inso.r,'ed in the I&ewsaper, but no opening enouid hø g.ven tor aa tcutn tor 1, he;. TKEiPiss IOY Fon.TET.—■* Tyro (Poctardukis) must rot flioot tle tn* sue the iu tbu caaut.y ccurt for the tmount cf camage doue. TEBSPASS BT cattie stray upon hill neighbours land, and the neighbour always tllrd" them J ight. upon .he highway, II.Lhollh he kn j< that ihe cattie belong tc uur c^rrei-p inaeat. haa frcqTiertly rfcqm>gte<i him tc repair the fence. is very ur.Iltó4hb,urly cn duct, bat not Ii. loyal c flence. Can OUt correspondent plaoe hardies before the defective purts of the tesce so Eg to prevent his cattle geti;ng through ? He has no right to touch the ftnne l-imufilf a it does net tele: g to h ie. Is there anything in the deeds of his property relatiEg to the ftnye in question ? ISOiJI.90 tJmt", but not often, the ownc of a lence i8 under aa obligation to tefp it m repur for the benefit of the owner ot tLe adj-jining ltod. It there he anything of tlLb kinu in the deeds iitj may write agaia wi JE a copy. "EpsA Fur." TEAVEIXEE.—" J. W. L," is infarmel. that it bliE been decided that a who had wa k 3d three miles from home on* Sunday morning and wai'-ing to leturn by traIL, 1\a,¡ entitled as tide tro»,c.ler to be served with refreshments at a ilceaaed. pubLc house g closiog time. IliAOvistv VI IrEUa.— "L.F." (Morrieton) should instruct a sclicltor -.0 bring an action for the recovery cf the è-eds. LOAN AKD EE;:T.—"We adrise Eeicer' J'ontypool) have a delimits 1lli(i¡,rstll.ndii.g now. AL account should be maae out and signed bv both parties. It the matter should remain unsettled untn after the leader's death, it would bt. very likely to lead to costly litigation. CorifTT CorET.—"Ink" is paying a debt by instalments, pursuant to an order of the County Court. He has been served with another summons, and asks what he is to do. he can 011;1 explain hilt osition to the court, and endevOlir to get like instalments fixed as low as possible. LAKIXLOBP AND TBHA>tT.—'• J.D." (Cardiff) asks if A. hu aDy remedy against B., bis landlord, in conse- quence of the latter having neglected to d > neoeseary tepairs, whereby the former hie been deprived of the nse cf part of the hol1Se for some Dl.ontbs. Bo; there is no remedy. A. can neither deduct any portion ot his rent, nor leave the houe without notioe. ut he mjhtgive notioe of IÜa intention to quit, and then go out at the appointed time. APPOIKTMI-KT Of (Ebbw VrJe. can, if he chooses, appoint hie wife sole executrix of his will. But as the division of the property will sot take place till after her death, we think it would be more conveniet,t to appoint one of the children to set with her. When everything is given to the wita absolutely, she ought to be appointed sole exeoatrU. in order that she msy not be interfered with in her enjoyment of the property. But this reasoning doø not apply when she has only a hfe interest in the pro- oerty, and the principal part of the work has to be done after she dies. EIKEI TO OBTAIB Pateki.— Ingenious (Fenar Jay thinks he h&s hit upon a new invention whioh, if patented, will make his fortune. We are sorry to throw cold water upon his sanguine anticipations, but we have a strong impressicn that the aama thing- has beec discovered before. We have certunly read of something extremely similar. It we are right it would be thiowing money away to attempt to obtaia letters patent, t or this purpose novelty is inoia- pensable. EIGHT TO GEASS IS CHUBCHYAKII. —" A Noncon- formist" (Newport; is informed tnat the incumbent of a parish has a right to cut the grass which grows in the churchyard, end to use or cispOBe of it foe his own benefit. DIVISIOB 0. lOOB BATE.—"C. G." (Bristol) ia ii* formed that the overseers have a leg..1 right to make the pcor rate payable in two instalments. Why does he obj cct lie may pay it all at onoe if ha likes. LANDLOBU TEKA.KT.—" A B. C." (Treorky) is i.8- toimeu aiat gooOs which are in custody oi the Bherji's officer cannoL be d'.straiaed upon for rent, bt tlifc lindlord's right to be pa.id is preserved never- thelli.F. '1 he proper course i& to give notice of the anonnt of rent due to the officer in possession, who must pay it before he removes the goods. If, how- ever, more than one year's rent be due the landlord jpuf t lose the excees, and very proparjy so, for it n«t be faj; to oreditore if the landlord Blight w,c^ —■- "liaat'Ofi amount for rent when cla^m to be paid an n. ether persons could not get paio. Timbsb TKEES —" E. A." (Ulandrindod) is isfonn3!L that the technical definition of timber tMesis not rniform. I11 some localities trees are considered timber by local custom. Cak, ash, and elm are always if above 20 years old and not àeoayed so tu: as to be useless. Beech, birch, hornbsaic. and eome other trees are considered to be timber in some locali- ties bat not iD others. PtrBiiJC HEALTH ACT, 1875.—"F. fi." (Bridgend) is informed that churches and chcpols, which are by law exempt from payment of rates tor the relief (It the pocr, are not chargeable (like other propsrey) with a share of the expense of paving, fee, an 8<3joinir-g street: but the local authority may, if they think tt, undertake the requisite wcrkjaud pay for it out cf vhe ratts. SPECIAL DEFEKCES.—" J. B." (Llandaff) asks what ia meant by a special defence in county ooart practice. Ihe following ire f paciai defencesThat the defen- dant was under 21 years of age when the debt WM contracted. That she was a married woman. Th..1i the debt has become barred by tJ1 statute of limit*- tione, cr has been discharged by the bankruptcy of the defendant, or the liquidation of his afiairs. If a defendant should intend to rely upon a special defence he must give notioe to the plaintiff and the registrar at least five clear days before the day bed. for the hewing of the summons. Forms of æn be oot.6.ined at the county court office.

ANSWERS TO CORBfiSPONDEWCa. WOMHS.—inquirer" (Tredegar) should take the months to mean lunar montha of four weeks each. G- J. hi.—Yoar answer tc "F.J. H." is good from your point of view, but the lines do not sonn." PAETMR&HIP Will our correspondent send U8 his uan.e and address, and a. copy ot the partnership deeQWe will then advise him,

TEE REGULATIOK OF GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANKS. SIB,,—Ae yon are aware, a Bill is now before the Hence of <Jommons for the future regulation of Government feavinga Banks. It contains eight ciaueee, the seoond having referenoe to a reduction of rate of interest from £ f>8 to .£3. The Ccmmittee of Parliament, 1858, report :—" It is inexpedient that any existing deficiency ahould ba made the ground ot reducing the interest to the banks It is plain that if thia money were reguurly invested in Consols and Bills aa 1. accrued, little or no deficiency would now exist." And on the 8th of April, 1861. Mr Gladstone said: — The money deposited with Government by Bavinga banks has enabled successive Administra- tions to effect an economy in the management of public money transcending ten times over tue charge the State has been put to." Again, OIl the 7th of June, 1875, Sir Stafford Northcote aays :—" The Government was under oontract to allow the old tarings DanU JS3 In per cent., and there waa 1.0 rlo,,oa whatever way they should reduoe that beoauee the Government were making m interest of .£3 7s, ur a profit of 2s per cent. cUvinge banks hare Dean in operation 65 yeara, tad oaring that time have enlisted aa depoaitore vast numbers of the indus triaJ population. I recollect a young man pust^g ± T ftif CI0WX1 iL the Bw«">ea Bavinga Bank, where I wasiiiuitut actuary 45 yeara ago wao r cuudren continued the praotioe savings which had bean ao pro- dnctive of gooa results to their father. I may Eay the Eame of Cardiff, at whioh plaoe I have bdea actnary 3t years. The number of depositors at preeent cn the books is 1,515,725, and the amount tc their credit is £ 44,255,890 2s 10d. The average sum at the credit of each depositor is a > If Mr Ohditof. depositore wiJ Use £ 110,000 a year. Savings banks bave no means of checking etatemsat of alleged ossee. Tiey afia J L require only the yield of their money fau.y administered. Jair play no favour. Clause v, increasing the limits of deposits, will be acaeptabie to depositors and bonelioial to tLe btate, or king people who have more than are often tempted by delusive investments, a-d they frequently lend and ljee their money. I know a oase within my experienoe of a man who withdrew about £200 on the promise of reoeiv- I". cent, who loat his money, and oomuut ti suicide by hanging himaelf. t I strongly ad v iat?d him not to trust to the promise made to him M would not listen to me-loet hia money and bis life! I have before me a copy of the Treasury minute showing whether the trustee .&VIUIl& banks aooount in the hands of the N .tiali..J. Debt Commiasionera would, under tha present law, have paid ita way without aid from the State if there had baan no Efficiency on the 20sh of November 1844 Thia return shows that on the day above'namXi twf was a eurplus of assets (in favsmr nf I bank) of £ 333,156, And Btm^ surbers of things in general &m+ f preeent dia- larv and ininri™« *•Nutate for unnecas- rhe National Debt Comm^S^-f11^ he 20th of Nbvember 184 Whf- 8 etar^ ta^ oa rained on a sound priiciDu' j iave tl; f16 opmmiasionera would not hat JSLJ^r y' 11 mnet borne in mind S2 6 Governments have derived benefits g t!n tuaes over the charge »he noney/'L I by QBe «kTin«B JAMES EMERSON WILLIAMS. vja;:>;c Savings Bank, Duke street, Carcifl, July lQ.

A ■ uvepoe on eahesaey, an elderly Dun csir pd Muiny ws e remanded tor a week obar,.4 with oan ping tie £ eatk of hie grandson, aa infant T^elsh. }1arraY..II his wiCe were qaar- relltrg, when be in a fit of papBion hurled a at -iewrabB, wbiob, missiog her. atr a 3k thee hi Id, cauFinj? & corponnd fmetnre of the skall, The Dhild uieu in the Inhrptary.