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MB. MONTAGUE JOHN GUEST, M.P. In the last number of Vanity Fadr a oharao- terietic portrait of Mr. Montague Guest, by the well known artiat Spy," is published. The following is the letterpress accompanying it, con. tributed by Jehu JuniorThe late Sir Josiah Guest was a man of great natural ability and industry. He made a very large fortune out of ironworks, sat in Parliament, was created a baronet, and left aooDsiderabla family of ohildreo Ot all thoeft children the moat popular is 1 Monty,' who is perhaps better known and better liked than any other man about town. He b, ia^d, the very type of the batter Imc of trocial darling; for he 13 haniaoaie, in. ttlijges', very umiafct. veTy kindly and tender hearted, ohteifuT, Rnd well provided with all f; Ctil i&isctt! of the score fascinating kind. He &4. .tid ppe&lt! ejrrectly. Moreover, h* ijaj isterastad »Ese)f in publio nS-ira to coace purpoaa, and having, urhhe tho rt>2t of hi- fatally, ramained a Libtral,* he eits as «uch Ívr '•VarohsMU. He iii, nuoreover, thoroughly trustworthy, aad is & good end hcncet friend. He ia 41 j-ear* of age, and rnniarned." Eligible yoang laiics can see hi j portrait in our Cardiff office window.

-t. CAUTFF KATU&AX1;T3' SOCIETY. Thf report and transactions of this society for the JC .JL* 1879 have been published in a neat pfmpblet, with paper cover, price 23 6d. In the if j.ort the committee express their regret that during the past tnelve months the sooiaty has lost a large cumber of members, in consequenca, no dcuot, of the depressed condition of the trade of the distriot. At the commencement of the ar society numbered 429 members; by I varicua Tioissitudes that nnmber is now reduced to 383-viz, subscribing members, 355; life members, twenty; and honorary members, eight. During the year 49 members resigned, nineteen ?eft the teighbourhood, and three died; 22 members joined the society. The public lectures and the meetings of the sooiety have been well attended, thus Bhowing that the loss of members has not been due to diminished interest in the objects of the sooiety, and the committee confidently believe that at the end of the next twelve montha they may have the pleasure of reporting that much has been done towards regaining their former position. The balance sheet prepared by the treasurer shows that the inoome has excte'el t':e expenditure by .£2 14s 3d, but the lecture fund again shows a loss of JE45 15s 6d. In December last, aoting under the advico of the committee, the members daoided to include the leoture fee, 2i 6 j, in the annual subscription, and by thiB means it ia expeoted that the lectures will for the future be almost self-supporting. In addition to this report, and the papers read at the variouB meatings of the society, which are full of valuable local and general information, the volume oontains a re- print of an article by Mr W. J. Sollas, M A. F R.S.E., F G.B., on "The Silurian Dla- triot of Ehymney and Penylau, Cardiff," jllustrated with eketoh maps and BeotionB.

CAEDJFF TOWN COUNCIL NOTES. The row at the Cardiff Council Board on Mon. day was very much like the storm in the teapot of whioh Sydney Smith spoke, "with plenty of spoons to stir it." The allegation of Mr "Parity" Jacobs, as he is cynically styled by his oolleagues was that certain representatives of the Corpora, tion in their evidenoe on the Pilotage Bill before the House of Commons gave out that they were opposed to the Bill altogether, whereas the Town Council had instructed them not to oppose the admission of pilots upon that board. Asked to name the councillors to whom he referred, he mentioned Mr Bees Jones and Capt. Rowlands, It was here the fiasco comaenoed. Both gentlemen deolared, at onoe and unequivooally, tkt they had not gone to London as representa- tives of the corporation, but in their individual capacities, and had given that evidenoe which, in their opinion, the state of the case warranted. The fact of their being members of the Cardiff Corporation in no. way fettered their private views; and they claimed that liberty to them- pelves which they were willing to aooord to others. The attack upon these gentlemen, however, was but part of what proved to be a oarefully planned campaign. Mr Jacobs was an advance of skir- mishers, under cover of whioh Mr Dunoan brought up his heavy artillery. We regret to have to record that he sustained as crushing a defeat, and retired as completely discomfited, as did his volunteer ally. Mr Duncan, dropping Mr Rses Jones and Captain Rowlands like two "hot potatoes," turned the attack upon the four aldermen, to wit, Alderman Jones, Alderman Winstona, Alderman David, and Alderman Alexander. Whatever Mr Rees Jones and Captain Rowlands might have done, these gentlemen certainly had gone to London as representatives of the Corporation, and two of them had given evidenoe oontrary to the instruo- noes of the CounoiL Then oommencad the battle royal. Alderman Jones, who retains all that pugnacity of youth concerning which he is wont at times to reaaiad Be, let fly into his favourite ce, Mr Dunoan, with such vigour that the worthy Scotchman was feign to cry with his countryman, Hold enough In faot he had to appeal to the ohair to proteot him from tha attacks of his opponent, who, to use an expressive vulgarism, give it him hot and hard." The other aldermen exonerated themselves quite as fully as Mr Jones, and the whole of the carefully planned attack proved a disastrous failure to the assailants. If only members of the Town Council wculd give one another credit for fair dealing and gocd intentions, and honourable motives, a lot of this discreditable wrangling might be got rid of. The Mayor, like some good humoured but phlegmatis Jove, sitting on high Olympus, let tha miner divinities squabble to their hearts' content, while he sat amidst the din quite unmoved, and apparently with an unruffled temper. As far as any insinuations against his conduot were con- cenEd, they rolled eft him "like water Off a duck's back." Sensible of having done what was right and fair, it seemed unnecessary for him to give any explanations, and he did not. We don't think we shall hear much of this mare's nest cf Messrs Jacobs and Duncan again.

NEWPORT COUNCIL NOrES. The report of the public works committee provoked a lively discussion on Tuesday. Two applications had been made for opening places in whioh to oure her. rings. One was in Commercial street, in the thick of the population, and the other on East Usk road, near the river. The oommittee reoo m mended that neither of theae applications be granted, on the ground that they would be injurious to the public. It was contended, how- aver, that the open plaoe net.r the river was suitable, and a motion was made by Mr Yaughau that Mr Southall's application be grantel. This was seconded and adopted. Mr Hilioa'-j application was rejaoted, as every one aoknow legged that his back premises in Commarciil- j street were altogether unfit. With these dsoi. sions reasonable people will not find fault. A concession as to the price of gas has bean made by the company, and henceforth the majority o consumers will be ohirged 34. 4d per oubic foot; large consumers in future paying 3s. 2d. At last the damage caused on the election night is to be paid for. Demands amounting to £ 45 had been received, and the finance committee reooxnmended that they be paid, by adding .£11 more to the sum previously granted to the Mayor. There was a good deal of demur, yet the motion was carried. Mr Jacob, the chairman of the finance committee, spoke in jubilant tones as to the state of the borough finances. When the suma now ordered to be paid were charged to the borough rate fund account, and the urban sanitary account, there would still be a balanoe of some- thing like .£200, and the collector was making good progress with the rate. Inoidentally the impure condition of the water supplied from the works to the people on the level was referred to. When the hydrants were tried by the fire brigade committee thiok,muddy water ran out. Mr Hoskius was asked if the water would put out fire, and he answered" Yes, and life, too, if anyone drank it." This accords with a sample of water we saw a week or two ago, taken from a house supply in Commercial road. It is true there have bean heavy rains, but that does not do away with the obligation of the company to supply pure water. The corporation must look to this. A number of tenders for street improvements were opened and aoefpted. It would be more satisfactory if that work was done in oommittee, and than rtmarls might be freely made. The council got into a muddle 07er them, and aoted inconsis- tently. If persons tender who are not known, even though their offer is the lowest; it may be wisdom to pass them by; but Buoh disoussions would be more appropriate in committee, and the appeal to the reporters to suppress this, that, and the other matter thereby avoided. The Park square improvement again cropped up, and Alder. man Davis got the council to atay proceedings against Messrs Woollett and Lewis, that the sub- ject may be further considered.

CARDIFF. THE MARQUESS OF BUTE is expeoted in a few days at Mountstuart, Bate. FCRA E. J. BUD. M.P.—Her Majesty has b°ea < pleased to confer on Mr E. J. Reed, M.P., C.B., the honour of a Knight Commandership of the 4 Bath. BOARD OF GUARDIANs-The usual meeting of the beard of guaidianB was held on Saturday, ] uu<?er the presidency of Mr C. W. David. The • master cf tfce workhouse reported 37 admissions, 81 rliscta.ge8. two deaths, leaving a total ot 362 iiiOBtfe- a Ci-inparative decrease of 15. Th^re )■ an b. e¡\ C3 vagrants relieved a" against 64.. The niasHr of Eiy Schools ie ported six admissions, one difcearge, leaving 233 in the schools a coupareiivp dcerenfo of ni-:e. TweWe children w.:e ul. v. 1 irtcnuica. A cL'c;.kr le^er "bod also been received, in which the local GoTercmestt Board sought to imorsas tin 5 ecetsity of every inqstry oeing aiada by roiievins officers about persons dasirona of ob'ainiag pauper children as apprentices. This was all the business (f puulic intertst. The attendanca of gaardiaua wee ? IE all DEAIJ STANSJST AT IjLANDAtF CATHSKRAL On Sunday the Very R«jy. Dcjan Stanley, deaa of Westminster, delivered an eloquent a^ruiou at Liandaff Cathedral. The eaored edifioa w;.a crowded on the oacaeion, many Dissenters from Cardiff and the neighbourhood being presaus. The first lesson waa read by Bishop Porry, and the econd by the Bev. Dr. Vaugban, dean of Liandaff. Dean Stanley* took his text from Romans viii, 15: "We cry Abba, Father" He < aid that in no oreed was there suoh a definition of the attributes of Gcd given as in the text and in the Lord's prayers-Our Father, a term im- plying at once tenderness, oare, power, finite and infinite. Those who addressed Him were to look npon Him as their Father. There was no limit ot race or of persons in the Prayer, everyone might use it. There wore some Christian Churches which thought it wrong to use the Lord's Prayer in public worship, because it might in that way be made to include some who were looked upon as not eo correot in their opinions or so raligious in their feelings as their neighbours thought themselves to be. The very objaotiou proved the value of the prayer. The love of the Father embraoad all, and the prayer belonged toall in theBsme communion, aye, the same country, and all who chosa to utter solemnly the worda, "Oar Father." It ahowed the comprehensiveness aud the sacred oharity of our blessed religion. PT. JOHN'S CUCJKCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG IfltN's SOCIETY. — On Friday week the mem- btto of this sooiety held their firet annual meeting. In the unavoidable absence of the president, the Rev. C. J. Thompson, the chair was occupied by the Bev. A. J. Holme Russell, one of the vioe- presidents. A report was read showing what had been done during the first session, and a balance sheet preeented, after which a new governing body was eleoted for the ensuing year. The object of the society, To promote the welfare of young men, spiritually, socially, and intellectually, with & special view to their consistent life aa members of the Church of England, and their aotive personal efforts for the good of others," is one whioh must commend itself to all Churohman, aud the sucoees which the sooiety has met during the first year of its exietanoe shows that some. thing of the kind was very much needed,and leads ita members to hope that it is doing a really good work by drawing together yoang men of different olasBes and opinions for mutual instruction aud improvement. The second session of the sooiety will begin on the first Tuesday in Ootobar, and the meetings will be held weekly. INQUEST.— On Monday Mr H. B. Reeoe, the coroner, held an inquest upon the body of Mrs Hughes, a blacksmith's wife, who was fouad drowned in the Old Canal. There was nothing to show how deceased met with her death, and an open verdict was returned. ACCIDENTS —On Monday, Wm. Carp, labourar, of Canton, fell through a cellar door at the Horse and Groom Inn and sustained a fracture of the left leg. He was conveyed to the Infirmary, where he now remains. On Saturday, while John Chaplin, of Cathays, labourer, was drivicg a trolley through Base tsrrace, the horsa btgan to be restless, and the uafortunate man sitting in front reoeived a violent kick on the right leg. He was afterwards taken to the Infirmary, where it was found that he had sustained a com- pound facture. WELLS'S CHARITY.—A meeting of the governors of this charity was held on Tuesday, iu the Towa hall, when there were present—The Mayor (Air J. M'Connochie) in the chair, Aldermen Lewis, Evans, and Jones; Councillor Dunoau, Councillor W. Sanders, and Mr Batchelor. The olerk had been requested to searoh the reoords of the charity for the aooouuts relating to the sale of some land to the Great WeBtern Railway Company in 1848. The olerk (Mr Wheatley) now reported that the quantity of land Bold was one aote and seven perches, and the amount paid WM.B150. Mr Batohelor proposed, and Mr Sanders seconded, that Mr W. P. James, surveyor, be appointed to measure the land and see whether the railway company have euoloaed more than one aore and seven perches, and that ho also survey the land to the south ot the railway whioh the oo^np.iny now wished to purchase of the governors of Wells's Charity. The Clerk reported that he had written to the engineer of the railway oompany with regard to the last'Damed plot of land, stating that they oould not accept the ocmpany's offer of J6250 for it, as the governors, who had a right of way ovar the oompany's line, could make it useful for building purposes, but that they would accept as an ex- change a piece of land on the north side of the railway adjoining the property of the oharity. To this he reoeived a reply that the exohange "could not ba," as the land referred to would be required by the company; but if a plan showing the futnre building value of the land, together with soma figures, were sent to the company they would consider the matter again, and see whether they could offer more. The governors resolved to send the plan asked for. A letter had been sent to the Charity Commissioners informing them that Mr Woods, of the National Provincial Bank, had been appointed treasurer to Wells's Charity, and asking their approval of the appointment. The Charity Commissioners, in replying, stated that the annual returns of tha oharity had not been sent to them sinoe 1874, and r< quested the governors to obtain a transfer of tbe stock of the charity from the names of the trustees, so that they might be invested in the name of the Charity Commissioners. Tae Town clerk explained the accounts had baen sent after being a^ by Mr Roberts. The date given in the letter was correct, he thought. As to the transfer of stock, the property was now invested in the names of Aldermen Alexander and David, Mr. Luard, and others who were row deceased, and the commissioners wished all property to be transferred as stated. 0;.1 the motion of Mr Sanders, seoonded by Mr Alderman Evans, it was resolved that Mr Wheatley be instructed to carry out the wiahes of the commis- sioners. This was all the business. THE BHTMNEY RAILWAY COMPANY.—Speaking of the dividend of the Rbymney, Herap-ath says —" The early misfortunes of this oompany con- stitute its present prosperity and its future hope. The Rhymney was lean in the beginning, and had to raise its capital bit by bit in prcfaraaoo stocks, bearing, with one slight exception, nothing bat fixed raise of interest. The traffic aud tha traffic profits of the concern having in late years materially increased, the ordinary stock, whioh ia very small in amount, alone received the benefit of that increase, and as the ordinary stock is remarkably small the benefi t is correspondingly great, but happily in the inverse ratio. They could not have made so high a dividend if half the capital had been in ordinary stock, if tha early misfortunes of the oompany had not compelled the raising of an unusually large proportion iu pre- ference stook. The ordinary stook of the Rhymney amounts to only £276,000, plus £40,000 of parti- cipating 6 per cent, preferential stock, or £316,000, while the whole eapital exceeds £1,300,tJOO. It is absurd to suppose that the Rhymney will ever pay 20 per cent. per annum fividend. If ao, either old Cooker was a fool, or it is unreasonable to expeot that the line will evor earn a profit of 10 per cent, on.its entire oapital—a thing a hne has done, and many a line is doing." SALF OF SHEEP.—Ou Tuesday, Mr E J. Evans, auotioneer, offered for Bale at tha Roath market a large consignment of cattle, sheep, &3. There was a largo attendance, but reserve prices were not realised in most cases, and the only sale effected was that of a pen of Cotswold fat sheep at 49s. The reserve manifested by buyers is attributed to an anticipated consignment of Aroerioan sheep. MUSICAL EXAMINATION —The following is a list ot the names of the successful candidates at the Trinity College musical examination, held in Cardiff in June last:—Senior Division: Miss M. A. Ingledew, 2nd olass honours; Miss C. E. Wakeford, pass Miss M. C. Herne, pass; Miss R Cavill, 2nd class honours Mr G. Sanders, 2nd olass honours; Mr D. C. Davies, 2nd olass honours; Mr C. M. Gedryoh, 3rd olass honours Mr A. H. Gibbons, 3rd class honours. Junior Division M. R. Jenkins, 2nd claBs honours J. Williams, 3rd olass honours; S. Williams, first special mention; E. Bregeon, 1st class honours; G. C. Bregeon, 2nd olass honoursS. C. Bright, Let olass honours; P. 8. Bright, 2nd olaea honours; A. M. Wilaon, second special mention; F. Bruke- wich, 3rd olass honours E B. Tellefaen. 3rd class bonoura; L. Elcombe, pass; Miss Coe, piUS; Anita Strina, first special mention Adelina Btrina, let class honours; M. W. Reid, seooud speoiai mention; A. Rees, second special mention; C. Chaawiok, second speoiai mention S. Lewis, first special mention; C. J. Weiohert, 2nd olass honours. Out of a total of 30 candidates, only three failed to obtain a pass. A NEW PROPELLER.—A trial took plaoe on Tues- day on board Messrs Capper and Coo's steamer Cora Maria of a new direct-acting propeller, the invention of Mr De Bay, of London. The invention, whioh is peculiar in its construction, consists of two sorews of the same pitch, one with four, and the other with five blades, portions of each of wbioh are out out in order to allow of an opposite rotatory motion. This motion is obtained by two shafts, the one tubular, and the other solid, and its effect is to prevent any waste of power by driving the greatest weight cf water astern in a direot line with the keel of tbe ship. By this apparently simple device the most powerful thruet possible is obtained, and all the disadvantages of the ordinary screw are obviated. The results obtained were considered satisfactory, and the inventor claims that his invention will effect an economy in fuel to the value of upwards of £3,000,000 per annum to the British mercantile marine. SANITARY REPORT —For the week ending August 7, the medioal officer, Dr. Paine, reports Births registered 60, being 378 per 1,000 of the inhabitants; deaths from all oaaseB 22, or 13 8 per 1,000; deaths from the seven chief zymotic dieeaeeB 4, or 2 5 per 1,000. Mean baro- meter, 29 732in. mean thermometer, 62deg.; prevailing wind, W.S.W. rainfall, 0 51in. Re- marks Sanitary condition of distriot very s-^iafar iory. Four deaths were registered as due zyir otio diseases; of tbese two wpreoooasioned iy oibtrl oea, one by diphtheria, and one by small- pox, The latter was a seaman who arrived at this port while suffering from that disease on board an Italian ship. RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. — The unual meeting of this authority was held on Wednesday, nnder the preBidenoy of Mr R. O. Jones. There were also present Messrs J. S. Corbett, C. W. David, JonaB Watson, Dornford, Griffith Phillips, D. H. Jones, J. Moore, Bassett, and the Rev. J. Evans. It was ordered that the proprietors of the Ely Paper Worka be proceeded against on account of a nuisance caused by a stenoh. With reference to the Liandaff sewage it was reported that tha successful contractor, Day, had not takeu up the jontract, his assertion being that in estimating the ooat he had omitted an item amonnting to £90.. The contraot was, therefore, given to Messrs Jones and Jepson for .£1,850. lhe Clerk reported that the deputation rim the authority to the Cardiff Corpora, ion, respecting the water supply of Llan3s.ff, bad met the Card's waterworks oommitiee The deputation strongly repres?nted the impractiov bility of carrjirgcut the onerous terms imposed by the Corporation Act, 1850. for the supply of Llstndaff from Ll^nishen Rea<ryoi', whioh ms ia it J,? .i". j TH- O>IAIIIIH»TOG, TH.RO* *ore, reocmnendel that the corporation bo ro- quested to Etaie defini.ciy whether tiny wilt consent to tha Banitary authority oarryiog ou; he Owro N",f}ùd sohema of water sappiy for Liandaff and it cot whev&er they will ba prepared ilien'selvea to jiccertaKe the supply of tha diasriet. Air J. Wa'.fcscn p^op^sed tha; tha ie;omsaand*ba ot the sub-committee be sent to tha ClardUf Oor. pMtttion with a request for au aaavvar. Thia w*3 •econded by Mr Dornford aud oarriil. Dr Granger reported that tha diattict wa i healthy, ihere had u^ly btea ei&ht deaths, had iioaa from zymotic disease. This waa the smailant percaataga he bad ever kaown in the locality. 1 aampla of water frcm tbe Dinas Powis Reservoir had baen analysed by Mr Thomas, the borough analyst, who spoke favourably of it. He had tuated tha water at Pentyroh, and found is good. Mr Bes- tow also presented a report. Me Brewer, ecfdEcer, applied for poranssion to r-oaaco t'l9 width of the proposed continuation o! Cathedral toad from 60ft to 30ft. Mr C. W. D ivii thjugat this was a serions question, and is vvaa diji^ad to adjourn the matter for one mouth. Tae prooadd- ings then concluded. FCCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE, — The monthly meeting of tno Cardiff Uaion School Attendance Committee was heiJ on Wednesday, Mr C. W. David in tbe ctiir. Tae clerk (Sir StephetBot) rtportcd th'.t a School Board had been elected at Pentyroh, but tila oommittee wculd continue to act tor two mouths. Mr Wil- liams, attendance officer, reported that a naw sohool had been opened at Radyr. At Radyr there Wcte 132 ohildren on the bocka, average attendance 95. At Llanithen and Whitchurch parentB of defaulting children ware diraoied to ba warned. Nothing arose on tha report of tha Leckwith distriot. This concluded the business. LLANDAFF HIGHWAY BOARD.—^The monthly meeting of this authority was bald on Wednesday, under the presidency of Mr Griffith Phillips. Mr Price, surveyor, was directed to make arrange- ments in his next year'a estimates for the widening of the Pontcaana road. The surveyor reported that the Penhill and Pontcanna roads had been flooded during the recent bad weather, and it was agreed that the corporation ba mkdd to allow them to be drained into tha town sewer, which waa non at hand. Thia was all the business. GLAMORGANSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE IN- FIRMARY AND DISPENSARY.—Report for the week ending Aug. 10.—Remaining by last waek, 43; admitted since, 5 discharged, 7; diad, 0; remaining in the house, 41; nuenbsr of out- patients en the books, 521. Medical officers for week commencing August 10: —Physician, Dr. Edwards, surgeon, Dr. Taylor. Gentleman visitors for the week: Revs. J. Waite, A. Tilly, and C. J. Thompson, Messrs Jonas Watson aud J. Leo Boulanger.—George T. Coleman, secretary. HAMADRYAD" HOSPITAL SHIP. — Report for the week ending the 11th of August :— Number of patients remaining last week, 30 admitted sinoe, 9; discharged, 9 diad, 0 out-patients treated, 66; remaining on board, 30. —W. Hughss, medical superintendent. GUILD OF THE GOOD SHEPHERDS.—Tha annual plonto of this guild took plaoe on Wednesday, when the members were very cordially wclcom id by the Bev — Niohol, at Handough, near CO". bridge, from whenoe, after a very pbasant day's enjoyment, they returned to Cardiff about cloven o'clock. INSPECTION OF THE POLICE —The borough polioe force now consists of 96 offioars, V¡Z the h.ad constable, five inspectors, two deteotive offioers, eleven sergeants, and 77 constables. The greater number were inspected at half-past nine o'clock on Thursday morning in theparaisgi-oaad at the fcackoftheTrnra-hall, by Capt. Elgea, There were then present 62 constables, eight sergeants, two detectives, and five inspectors, under tbe comnand of the head constable, Mr Hemingway. The members of the cor- poration present were: The Mayor, Alderman Elliott, Councillors W. J. Trounoe, Bavan, D. Dunoan, W. SanderB, R; Enoch, R Daviea, Newhery, and the Town clsrk. The inspecting cfhoer said the men presented a very creditable find clean appearance. Be was told that they had conducted themselves very well during the laat twelve months, and he hoped they would continuo to value their situations. He asked them if thay had amy complaint to make, and if they had received their last week's wages. There was no reply; The inspector waa much struck also with the fine appealanoe of the constables. Th3 tallest man was 6't. 4in. ia height; there were several above 6ft" and tha shortest man was 5ft. 9in. without his boots, Six men were eallod out of the ranks to exhibit their clothing. The inspector was satisfied with this year's uniform, but found great fault with the oveiooats supplied last year, and which would have to be wo:n next winter. They ware purple, ard not wool-dyed, apparently. In the evening Captain Elgee inspected thirteen constables and three sergeants who were going on duty, and he was quite satiafiod with t'oeir appearanoe- He also visited the Roath and Canton police stations, where he expressed satisfaction with the general arrangements •J HE SUNDAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT AT GRANGE- TOWN.—The monthly meeting of Sunday Sohool teachers has just been revived by the Rev. Richard Bibbinga at Lower Grangetovn, aud with succets. These meetings were discontinued abont two years since, but it is felt by the new ourata that their resumption would be of great advan- tage. At the first of the new series the rev. gentleman presided, and addressed his hearers upor the advantages of meeting onoe a month in order to talk over matters. An interesting paper on the work of the Sunday School waa read by Mr Benjamin Bell, and the thanks of the meeting were afterwards expressed to him for the ability with which he had treated the subjeot SPECIAL TERMS FOR PIANOS.—Cash buyers can save at lea&t 25 per cent., 83 crruparod with obher makers' charges, by buying one of Thompson and fhackell's Infirmary Prize Drawing Model Piano9, in handsome walnut case, with every improvements Perfect touch, excellent tone, and beat finish through- out. Prioe £ 32 oaeh, or on thr?e years' system. Cheaper instrum",nt8-£19, £25. £ 27. Catalogues fro?< Que >u's Buildings, and 64. fit. Mary street. 35053d IF H)U require a correct Photograph, bcauti'ulSy ecaiiicdlbd, or tbe .amerrcan Tintype, finished in five minutes, go to A. L..Beard's. S3, Royal Arou.de. Cardfll.

PBNARTH. CORN HARVEST.—One or two fblds of corn have oeen cut between Penarth and Lavernock.

ST. HELLON'3. SUNDAY SCHOOL CENTENARY.—The Nouoon- formiet Sunday ,Sohools of St. Mellon's and Castleton celebrated the Sunday School Centenary on Monday, whan tha scholars marched to the Lodge Fioid, 011 St. Molloa'j hill. C »te and a plentiful supply of milk had been pro. v ded, md all thoroughly enjoyed themselves, iberewas a'publu| mp^tingM the eveaiog, at which ppeechea on tho origin of S i Silco'a were delivered, the chair being oca j^iod vy Mr John Cory.

BRIDGEND. BOARD OF GUARDIANS —An ordinary meeting of tbe above board was held on Saturday, when Mr J. C. Nioholl presided, and there waa a large attendance of guardians. The Rev F. W. Edmond"a moved that the resolution of the board on the 17th ult., to the effect that no superannua- tion allowance be granted to Dr Bates, be rescinded. He did so, he said, beoause he believed the guardians would be willing to grant .£20 or .£25 instead of .£47 as was proposed on tha 17th ult. Mr W. Jenkins seconded the motion. Mr Phillip John, Mr Griffith ThomaB, Mr M. Williams, and Mr W. Howell spoke against the motion, whioh was supported by the Revs C. R. Knight, S H. F. Nioholl, and others. On a divi. sion, 29 voted against rescinding the resolu- tion, and only 12 for it. The Chairman stated that one of the relieving officers tMr Xhomae Jenkins) bad been elected a member 0 the school board, and ho did not think it ougat to pass without being mentioned. The Local Government Board had in one oase refused to allow a relieving offioer to Bit on a school bourd. Mt ThomaB Jenkins said he did not like thateo much should be made of his case when ofchar cmoera were allowed to do work outside thdir various duties. Be was quite willing that tho matter should bs referred to the Local Govern- ment Board. The Bev. F. W. Edmondes proposed that the clerk write to the Local Government Board asking their opinion on the matter, at tha Batne time etating that the guardians did not see any objeotion to Mr Jenkins acting as a meuiBar of the Bridgend Sebool Board. Tho motion waa seconded by Mr G. Spencer, and carried unani- mously. EANITART MEETING—An ordinary meeting of the sanitary authority weaheldoa Saturday, when Colonel Turbervill presided, Dr Verity reported his district to be free from zymotic diseases, but drew the attention of the board to the faot that a large number of houses were being run up without any regard to sanitation, and no one looked after them. It was resolved to insert advertisements in the looal papers, stating that the new bye-laws wculd be put in force on and after the 1st proximo. Dr JenkinB drew the attention of the board to the unsatisfactory sanitary condition of Abarkeuf g. A long report prepared by the inspector on the Ogmore Valley was read, and the board shortly afterwards adjourned.

TON LlU. CONFIRMATION. — The Bishop of Liandaff administered the rite of confirmation to about 130 young people at Tondo Churoh on Monday after- noon.

MAEbTEG. lLYNVI VALLEY GAS COMPANY.—The half, jearly pevr-, ai rceeting of ti'is cowytny wm held on Wedr.efcd&y, for tbe purpose of receiving tho half jearly flatemeiit of accounts and doolaricg a tmderid. Tbe directors' rnpoit Wfctf r^ad bytti.) p<crpt&ry, Thos»,aa B. Boucher, i'.r.d was aa '■ i* "Ti. ,v ;• ti i fcalf-yearly statemeEt of accounts. Tho Snlaaso ft tho elegit of ravTiuo acioMt is .£2t8 Us 10-5, which will adiait off a dividend at the rate of 6 per cant, pH" aDnilm to be declared fo? tha pJst hah' y -ar. i>(<» of innoire tax, 3 ]?ave a balano? of .£12110:. 1M to be earned forward." Mr T Piotaa Turbervill ptes-d-d at tbe meeting. Oa the n otion of the chairman the report wai adopta.l, &r><] a fiivi^eud 01 6 per cant. Cea'ared, pa>ablj Rf^er the J8.li hi at. Ths duoovdri- ia iaV-oi tluir ir-testioi' of txtendi^g the las'ns tioax 'Jj' jitujr to G,yBtcrrv7g. a vote of thanks to tho ii-'m va brcugut thj meeting to a oloas.

PYLS. CONFIRMATION.—The Lord Bishop of LlandaS rS, t Confirmation Service at 85. James'a Church, .Pyle, on Tuesday, August 10, at elevaa o r.ock, whrn 120 candidates from the pirisshe? o" Pyle, Mpygiiin, and Nekton ware prese.iti'd for ccnfirmatiuu.

/•B^RAVON. P r C B_M.TALB, T'8 YACHT.-This Sae pht-sure Loat hae be: » Jully equipped for a tvo n or tha crmee. Mrl albot, fciia* Talbot, arid two or three distinguished lady friends will be on hoard. JS'Ai.Rnw FSCAPE OF FOUR PILOTS. — Four file's, ME:iH8 Southwocd, Sutton, Eynon, and Si cok. went cut in their boat on Sunday morning at Port TJbot, when a vessel, struok by a violent s< a, went ageimst the pilot boat and crushed it sgeinst th" Pier Head. Two of the men scrambled up into the vessel, the other two dropped into the water, ulti with Bome difficulty all were satei.

RHONDDA VALLEY. EXCURSION, — The Bodringallt workman, cambering about 640, were on. Saturday treated to an cuticg to Bridal. The party was aooompanied bv Messrs E. Edwards, D. S. Iatanca, J&aathaa Rees, and ofher colliery officials.

HAFt>Ï>. FATAL ACCIDENT, A young man nanaed Morgan Jones, a collier, about 20 yc^rs of 85e, was titled instantaneously by a atone falling front the roof, ia tha presence cf his father aad brother, in the Coedcae Colliery, on Monday msrdug. Aa inquest will he held.

EETMNET. CONCERT.—A benefit oonoert to Misa Ma-gary Lewis, U.C.W., took place at Brynh>fryd Caapel on Tuesday evening, under the presidency of Mr. Jenkin Mathews. The atteudanae \V.iS veey large, and a lengthy programrao waa b-'oaght to a close at 10 30 p.m. The usual votes of thanks weie tecorued.

FORTH. OUTING.—On Saturday between 8JO and 900 or the Oyminer Colliery workmen had their annual outing. They proceeded by special train froio Porth Station atau early hOUt en route for Swaa- sea. Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather a pleasant day was spent. SPECIAL MEETINGS.—Oa Sunday, special meet- irge were held at the Cymmer Congsrogatioaal Chopel, and on Monday services wore again hald.

PONTYPRIDD. PETTY SESSIONS.—un Wednesday (before Mr G. Williams, (stipendiary), the foHolVing caaea ware disposed tf:—John iiyaa aud John Bttnessy, rag collectors, wera charged wivh etcalirg 7701b. of eld iron, the pro- perty of the Llantwit Rid Aeh Col. iif.ry Co. Sergeant Taciplinprovad tha case, end Byan was sentenced to two months and Hennesey to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.—Lewis Davies, an old man, well known to the police, was charged with stealing a donkey, tbe property ef John Rosser, Pontypridd Mr W. H. Morgan defended. Several witnesses "vara called in support of tha prosecution, and p .loner was remanded fo? threo weeks.—Mary H> .ian4, aiagle, and Elizabeth South, married, of" teolfaoh, were charged with encting and wn^ndicg Edward Sullivan. On Monday last all t ,'3 parties were at the Lamb Inn. Heolfaob, whea a qriarrel arose, and they were turned out. The women attacked Sullivan, and getting him dcwn struck him with stones on tho head until he was insensible. They were fined .£3 each and ccetf, or one month.—Annie Gibbs, Pontypridd, was charged with stealing a watch, tha property of James Noble. Committed for trial,—John Jones, Porth, was fined lOa and costs for ill- troating a horse. GOVERMHENT INSPECTION.—The whole of the Newbridge district police, under the command of Mr Superintendent Matthews, were inapeotad on Thursday at Pontypridd police station by Captain Elgee, Government Inspector of Constabulary, and Colonel Lindsay, ehief consiable. The inspector examined the new clothing as well aa the polioa journals at- also tbe police station, and expressed himEelf highly satisfied.

TALGARTH. BAND OF HoPE TREAT.—On Wednesday the membeif of the Band of Hope had their annual reat. Headed by the drum and fife band, a pro- cession was formed, which, after parading the streets of the town, proceeded to Bronllya Caatle. At the castle tea was kindly provided by Mr and Mta Perkins in one of their fields, after whioh amusements ware indulged in, and presents given to the smaller children by Mrs Perkins. Before leaving the Rev Rtes Davies addressed the children, and votes of thanks and cheers were gi ven to Mrs Parkins and Mrs L. P. Williams. On the whole a ciost enjoyable day was spent.

TENBY. A RARE FISH. —A singular fish hip basn cap- tured cn Amroth Besoh, sear Saun-lerafoot. It was tahen into Tenby, and eeoured by Dr J. Griffith Look for the local museum. It ia one of Pelmllüt's globe fish, tretroden Tpeuncintic, only a very few specimens of which have been caught in England. Que was taken at Charmouth, near Lymo Regis, one iu Cornwall, and one in Iceland. TOWN COUNCIL—An adjourned quarterly meeting of the town council was held on Wednes- day, the Mayor presiding. Major Wells gave notice that at the next meeting he would move that a oolleotor of the corpora- ten rents te appointed..The Mayor said that he should move that an aooouatant be appointed. A letter from the Board of Trade lelatir.g to tha pier waa referred to the harbour committee. The question of the power of the lessee of the market to levy tolla for persona exhibiting in the streets or having etaudings there was disoussed, and Mr Allen proposed, and it was seconded by Dr Chafer, that the superintendent of police be instructed to summon Mr John Giffora, lessee, for taking Is toll from a person with a galvanic battery, the toll being illegal. An amendment by Mr Morley, that Mr Giffard bo cautioned, waa carried by a majority of two. The report cf the sanitary committee was read, and the consideration of it deferred till the next quarterly meeting. The plana presented by Mr David Jones ot a new street in the South parade, to be called Jonea' street, were dsforred till n;-xt meetug. The meeting theu broke up.

TREGARON". BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—A inching of thia hoard was held on Tuesday forenoou, the Rev O. Davits presiding. The number of paupers in the honse was stated to be nine; at tho corresponding period of laet year thsre were fourteen. The out- door relief wsa as follows:—Per J. Roberts, .£18 le, to. 65 paupers; per Stephen Thomas, .£45 Is ijc to 21.2 paupers. Ia consideration of a letter r/.csived from the Local Government Board 7 M' e of a resolution waa givau to the dfcct tbat A'r Roberta and Mias Thomas be per- manently »i; pointed aa master aui matron,

THE BLAMOKGUNSHIRE BANK The half yearly meeting of the proprietora of the Glamorganshire Banking Company waa held on Tuesday, Mr L. L. Dillwyn,, MP., in the ohair, when the usual dividend at the rate of 10 par oent. per annum was declared, and the sum of J63 410 carried forward to next half year,

The City Guilds Commission is adjourned till November. P On the Continent beetroot io everywhere in splendid condition. Both in quantity and quality the yield will be from one.third to one-half better than in 1879, and the oropa matured at least a month earlier. At the Middlesex Sessions on Tuesday James DyrDe, 59, pleaded guilty to having stolen a cruci- fix, value £ 1, a pair of brass oandlestioks, value .£1 5b, and another pair of brass oandlestioks, value 12s, the property of the officiating priest at St. Ethelbnrga Roman Catholic ChapeL He was fentenced to seven years'- penal servitude, aad five years' supervision. The marriage of Mr George Banks Jenkineon, eldest son of Sir G.»orge Samuel Jenkinsoa, Bart., df Eastwood Park, with Mies Modeling Holme- Stunner, eldeet dflishtcr of 0;»ptain Arthar Lobne-SriT"ner, of Cheltenham, ani niexjg of Lord and Ltdy Fitabardinge, of Berkeley Oastla, WAS I celebrated at Si. Mt-.ry'fl Cbuto'i. Berkeley, ou •Tuesday! is the prcstncD of a large aad'dia. titgzhLfd

| CARDIFF i'OLICE-COUiiT. C'ATUBDAY,— Before TFEA Mayor (Mi J. M'JON- [ NUCHIE) tnd Alde-sisao DANIEU JONES. J K AuAiN.—Mitry L*>,>p« was e&ar-ja:! I with having bf.eu drank in HijjaMtreston S*rard*y j f,t 1 e-.m. Piiijee conft&hlo JV-hn Daan touni the ptaor-ee sitting on a dooratsy ia Hope »sre>fc djutk. Ia defence ehe a&i3 ahs was oa h?r wa/ home itom a wake." The prisoner, VPJM nnw mace hi r LS .h appewriuiiC!* tlnoa Daaeuibar, 1871).. was feed 40.3 and coats, or in deJdulfe one mauta'rf imjriiotmefit. MONDAY.—Before Dr PAINE, Dr UEDWATJDU and Mr GRUWITH PiitLMPS, DAMAGING GROWING CORN.— vYliiiam PITTING, John Coles, and Thomas Jenkins, youths, were each ordered to pay costs, for having damaged wheat growing in a field belonging to John Evaas. Pengam, on the 1st inst.—Mary Jane Caciia, domestic servant, was simihrly oharged alld dealt with in like manner. ASSAULTING AN INSPECTOR,— Maty Cottar WM hargtd wita being QLuak, and with kicking ■re pec tor Tamblyn, on Saturday afternoon, ia Bute street. She fined 53 and CJstJ. and < rdered to pay 7s, the nuount oi damage, JJAMAGING A POBLIC.HOUSE AT GBANGETOWf. — Mary Fry, for being disorderly as Graugetown, was fined 5a and costa. tthe was also ordered to pay £1 2s, the value of glass which she broke at he Forge Inn, kept by a Mr Walker at Lower Grangetown. NEIGHBOURLY DIFFERENCES.—Riohard Reeoe, Clifton street, Roath, was summoned by Joseph Newton, living opposite, for an assault alleged to have been committed by defendant en the 19th of July, Mr Ensor appeared for the defence. After amaea of conflicting evidence had been heard, the Bench decided to dismiss the ohargesr EAVAGB ASSAULT.—Edmund Williams was abarged with being drunk and disorderly in Churoh Btreet on Saturday evening, and with assaulting Poace constables George Parnell and Alderman while in the execution of their duty. The former constable stated that on speaking to the priaoner about his conduct he waa kicked by that indivi. dual in a dangerous place. With the asaistanoe of the other ofLcer the prisoner waa carried to the station. On the way Alderman was kicked in the mouth. The magistrates said this waa a serious aseanlt, and fined the prisoner lOa and ooata, or, in default, 10 days' imprisonment., MORE VIOLENCE TO THE POLICE,—Rase Martin was charged with being dru^k and assaulting Police constable Holmau and Police constable Friend. Ihe offence ooourred on Sunday night, and prisoner had to be conveyed to the statioa on a band truck. Prisoner was fined 20s and ooBts.— Charles Martin was oharged with interfering with the police on thia occasion. Heatruca Holmanon the head wilh a stick. He was sent to gaol for 14 days with hard labour.—Gsorgo Hind, who as- saulted Pclice constable Friend, was fined 2Uj aDd coste, or in default 14 daye' imprisonment with hard labour. DAMAGING HOARDING.—John Maakell and Thomas Donoghue were charged with damaging hoarding in the Penarth road on Saturday. Polioe constable Friend proved the oase, and Mr C. J. Jackson identified the plank produoed aa hia pro. perty. It had been torn down from the hoarding. Defendants were fined la damage and Is coats. OFFENCE AGAINST THE LICENSING LAWS.— George Weaver, Marquess of Bute Inn, Sophia street, was fined 20a and ooata for supplying beer to a man named Williama at two o'clock oa Sunday morning, August 1. The oa-je was proved by Police sergeant John. Defendant did not deny the imputation, but pleaded that a peraon who Lad previously paid for the beer seeing him let cut a cousin took the opportunity of calling for b, and thia was how the offence was inadvertently committed. The licence was not endorser!. JEALOUSY.—Mrs Roddy, wife of the landlord of the Seven Stara Ian, was fined 10s and coats for assaulting a Mra Wliliams, wife of a travelling musician. '1 he defence waa that the complainant had been forbidden the hoase on aooount of what had been reported to defendant aa to her relations with defendant's husband, but that she persisted in going there, and waa abused and ejected. No witnesses were called for the defenoe. TUESDAY—Before the MAYOR, Dr PAINB, Mr GRIFFITH PHILLIPS, and Dr EVANS. DISORDERLIES.—John Kelly, an old offandar, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Custom House street. He wanted to fight, and on being removed by Police-constable Mills he became very violent, threatened the offioar, and finally had to be handcuffed, and taken to the police station in a waggonette, Fined 10s and costs, or in default fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour.—Ann Casey, drunk and disorderly, was fined lOa and ooata.— Timothy Kenefig was charged by Police constable Hopkins with being drunk and disorderly. He was fined 5a and oosta —William Williams and Daniel Daly were charged with resisting Polioe oonatable Friend while in the «xecution of hia duty. The officer Baid he went to the assistance of tbe laat oonatable, and was pulled away by the two men. This was in St. Mary street. The prisoners were each fined 5a and costs. SLEEPING UNDER A HAY.RICK —Edward Prioe Grangetown), Raohel Price ud Elizabeth i'homaa were charged with damaging a hay-rick belonging to Mr Payne, Weat Wharf. Police constable Oecrge Friend Baid that, in oompany with the oouplainant's watchman, he aearcned the pre- mises, and found the priaoner8 lying down under- neath the hayrick. They were each fined la, 6d damage ard costs, or in default five days' impri- Bonrmfinfc with hard labour. DISPUTED IDENTITY.—Henry O'Donnell waa charged with neglecting to proceed to sea with the steamer Prince Regent on the 7th inst., after signing articles on the 3rd inst- George Swain, shipping officer, identified the prisoner, who, however, denied that be was the man who signed the articles. Esau Armstrong gave evidenoe to the effect that the prisoner was the man who cbtained an advanoe from B. Samuels on aoaount of an advance note. Prisoner waa remanded till Friday, when further evidence will be called. WEDNESDAY.—Before Mr. R. O. JONES. THREATENING A BOARD OF TRADE OFFICER, —Michael Linahan waa summoned for threatening Jamea Selby, a Board of Trade offioer, recently appointed to meet aeamen on their arrival at Cardiff, send them home, and afterwarda forward their wages, the ">i jeot being to protect them from crimps. Complainant Baid he boarded the MargDerita, and there saw the defendant, a marine store dealer, who abused him. He afterwards met him ashore and was threatened by him. Defen- dant was bound over iu hia own recognizances of £10, and one surety of £10, to keep the peaoe for six months. THE OUTRAGE ON A WIFE—Jamaa Donovan waa charged on remand with assaulting hia wife Ann, who now appeared in the court for the firat time. Prosecutrix Baid that on last Wednesday week when her husband came home she was out. When ehereturned she argued wi-h him a good deal, and he told her to come in and give him hia dicker. She did not do ao, and he kicked her. She had been ill until now, and under the dootor'a care. The prisoner waa remanded till Wednesday. THE ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION IN WHARF STEISITT.—Henry Jonea appeared in answer to the ac jcurned summots issued againat him for per- mitting an obstruction in Wharf street, on the 14th of July. Mr Hemingway sail he did not wish to press for a conviction, but merely wanted the obstruction disoontinued. There was a large anchor ohain ontside de- fendant's premises. Police oonBtable King said that on the afternoon in queation he saw a. out outside defendant's premises discharging iron. He saw a chain hanging out of the cart. Aa there was no evidence proving the o^ner^hip of the chain, the case was diamigB&d. Ddfenoant asked for costs, but the application waa refold.

NEWPORT POLICE-COUKT. MOKDAY,—Before Mr T. P. WANSBROUSH and Mr A. J. STEVENS. DRUNKEN AND DISORDERLY,—John Daviea WaB oharged with being disorderly in High street (n Sunday afternoon. He waa disputing with a man about a Wom9Jl. Fmed 5a.—Catherine Connell was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Cross street at midnight on Satur- day. Cautioned and disoharged.—Bridget Bulli- van, a young woman, was charged with being drnnk and breaking a window in the Meohanioa' Arms Inn, on Saturday night. She staggered against the window. Fourteen days with hard labour. John Dumelow, Arthur Parker, and Wm. Turner, of the 7th Regiment, now Btattonadat the barracks, were oharged with being drunk ia the IParrot Inn, and refusing to leave when requested. They were in the Parrot at 10 p.m. cn Saturday and beoame very riotous. The polioe were called in, and the prisoners were taken to the station. They were handed over to be dealt with ly their own offioers. DESERTING FROM THE ROYAL NAVY.—John Diveen was charged as a deserter from the øhip Bevenge at Queenstown. He gave himself up on Saturday night. Remanded to await an eaoort. ASSAULTS—Mary Donovan waa charged with aeaanlting Mary Ann Lynch on the 4th inst. by ktooking her down. This was a North street row an onset a number of women, foul language being need. Defendant was fined 5a.—William Venn was charged on remand with assanlting Elizabeth An°ie Williama. She waa unable to appear now, aDd defendant was bound over to appear oa hriday. He behaved in a most insolent manner. SMUGGLING.—Edward Schultz, ate ward on board, the German barque Helene, waa oharged with cuius gling 41bs. of tobaooo. He saId he dId not Want it sealed up, and hid it in tha plaoe where the Customs officer found it. Fined .61 74 4d, and 3i1 6d costs. I WEDNESDAY.—Before Mr R. G. CULLUM and Mr J. S. STONE. SIXTEENTH APPEARAND — Joseph Fitagerald was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Dock Btreet on Monday night. Senteaced to 28 days' bard labour SUSPICIOUS.—Herbert Thomas waa oharged with being found in a void iiouae on Caerau road at 4.30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sergeant Williama proved the charge, Ihere was nothing known of him, but as he aid not give a satisfactory aooount of himself he waa sent to Uek for seven days. PRIVATE IMPROVEMENT EXPENSES.—The town council, acting aa the urban sanitary authority, had summoned Mr Herbert Gething, Springfield, tfor the payment of '^1 and £ 7 12a interest, in reapeot of private improvements at Stow park. The deputy town-clerk (Mr A. A. Newman) appeared for the council, and Mr T. Colborne for the defendant. In stating the oase to the Bench, the Dopnty Town-clerk said that certain improvements had been made to the road abutting upon Mr Gathiag's property. He should prove that the usual forma had been gone through in accordance with the provieions of the Publio Health Aot. The estimated cost waa .£583, bat the aotual ooat was £767.. Mr Colborne took several objaotiona, the chief of whioh was that the magistrates had no jurisdiction until there had been an apportionment, either by an arbitrator, or an assent by the defendant to the snmapportiaaedby the surveyor. A disoussion followed, and the casa was ad jo urns'* for a fortnight, it being understood that tha amount wculd be determined by an arbitrator.

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8-ATUBDAY, AUGUST 14, 1880 "ciMBRIAN WEATHERCOCK; OF, THE WAY THE WIND ULOW3 j." bna ribus d quibusdam aiiia, THE 80CTH WALEd EI8TSDDF0D. c.. "i> (Jt-ai of feeling has baen evjked by r lit c!«U,B of the adjudicators at toe Miii, »<»3 cbofc'8 fdr-yetici' 'dt il~3 ^rau-1 chjr-vl compa- titioc for £ lt)0 culv one 'unit of tii-j i»r.ipaUtiel sum, or the ground tb«t L">1: aicarsag wis nr t sufi -itLtiy go-d to eatitij th,.m to the fnli fituHiu-.t. "e minS conf<ii3 -we 8jnjpatbi>0 with the m:u,"0.-3 • of l-tc ^'i-niriir ebo^r xn'l it id C9rv»iu A w,V such dod8i:i;s H :a:'v qrt. UL., i eif>te<iiift-<)i2 arnon.- of Wv33 Tii? cfiiee of the judges wa.«* t«> JeVide ^h:-rh HTM F ia best cho'r, rot to compare *ue pa.t'jraairi. cf the VAri' us choirs w.tfe 60iud im-i^iaArv standard of their o-vn aad "roc to tha <riaa?r such portion of the Viz-3 ai in y prcper. Jrst iiragite tb,) coavcrse of ti.U3 i ru:e to be ciaintaiiibd. It would chea ba open to any tm-pot eisteddfod c-nnmitrea to oiljc prx s of untold s-ncurU— £ 10,Ut'0 for t".e best choir, £5,000 for tne b,-st solo, £1,000 for the b?st eagiyc, and 5^ oa—it being1 1;it;pa- | lated that the en the plea of unwortbi? PSS, enould n,jUC9 t'aa pr>zs3 to eucb prcportious as the finances of the uBdectakicg would warrant. If the Hir^ain Choir were to put the comrni tee in the county court for the balance of the prizd we have little doubt that thay would secure a verdiot. We arc &ure they would if we were on the bench. CARDIFF UNION. FBOM an official balance sheet issued by the guardians of the Cardiff Union if. appeard that the amount expended in po Jr relief during the half year e/idii!? March 31 wa? upwards of £17,UJCI, or at the rate of tis 8d per head per atinuin. borne portioa of chis sum, however, is repaid by her Majesty's Treasury, the result being ttut a rate 01 less than 6^d in the £ for the half vear sulfides to meet the Cardiff [Jaion liabilities fur pjor law relief When the new workhouse is coin- pleted this S.:ill will be m aterially reduced as the offer of the house" will then be made to all applieant s for relief, and this system, t known an the' in door system, h is invariably proved efficacious ia reducing miteria'ly the amount of out door reli'o £ la Cardiff, j i £7,475 is paid to out door petupers for tha half year, as against £3.330, tile cost of maintaining in door paupers Meanwhihth* Cardiff guardiart3 bave issued a list of all persons reCtiyiEg ouc-door relief ia iho unija; atid they app-al to tlio ral"jn i\jrj gjxidi'^iiy to aseist thm ia pr-jv.ntiag the nu uoroas frauds which it is tcuud, de-pi:e tha care of J the efficiale, is practisea by dwiioneat p \Llpr3 S upon the ratepayers. NO BENT BI1L Fl FFICIENT time has now elapsad since the j rejection of the Compensation for Dis'urb- ancts Bill by the House of Lords to enable us to ascertain tha opinion of the general public ou the subject. There cannot be rha staaileit dcubt that the country at large fully approved and endorses the s'ep. The last occa^ioa on which the Upper House exorcised itspowjr of rejection was with the Bill for estab'isaiog Yoianteere ia Ireland, and h^va !i5"¡a tiu I wisdotu of the decision was aLnost IlmnrõiHj I admitted. When we h^ar blatiac rfadicals'cry- I icg "Down with the House of Peers," we would remind thtm that a comparison between tae two Bouses is decidedly in favour of the Upper House with regard to debating po^r, I Wiedcm, moderation, dignity, and patriotism qualifications which, although of very small account in Radical estimation, are yet not quite unappreciated by a nation which has more than once had cause to be thmkcllJ tint I it p'.est-BfcCS a House of Peers. NON-COMMISSI iNED OFF lCERS. I THE Service journals, viz the Army and F'ivy Gazette, the Naval and MUitary I Gazette, the United Service Gazette, and th.. ErQad Arrow, have beenlately calling atten- tion with remarkablfe, we had almost said ominous, unanimity to the scarcity and in- ferior stamp of the non commUaioned officers of the present day. The Duke of Wellington used to say-and his dictum was never dis- puted—that the non-commissioned officers weiethe back bone of our army. Our army is, then, in a condition corresponding to th*t in which a vertebrate animal wouid be if it were labouring under a decay of thai im- portant portion of its anatomy. It is well known that Lord Airey's Commission turaei its particular attention to this subject, an 1 made strong recommendations; bat as we have before asked, where is the report of that Commission ? E ow is it that our army is an eternal source of trouble and embarrassment ? Bow is it that these questions naver crop up in connection with our navy ? We might till a whole column with queries of this nature, but. the fact remains that we seem to suffer i under some hopeless and utter inability to manage tho simplest matters conn acted with our army, which, by the way, coats pr >por- tiorateiy more than any other army m taa world. j THE PUBITY OF ELECTIONS. MR. JUSTICE MANISTY, who hi9 hid iruch experience in election enquiries, and cense quest insight into the seamy Bide" of voting by ballot, has expressed che op^nioa th\t while the ballot may faave duna away with "the simple evil of undue ititiuence' vs bichwe duubt, it has created a coupouad evil of a worse kind, namely, tii3 bnbary of many men who hava expressly or implicitly promised their votes to particular candi- dates, and in tr.e end broken their promises. The wiae and witty Sydney ismna, in one of his incomparably humorous essays on tie evils of tecret voting, seems to have fore. seen that which Justice Maiiisty denounces. JHe wrote:—"The noise and jollity of a Ballet mob must oe such as trie vary devils would look on with delight. A set of deceit- ful wretches wearing ti;e wrcng colour^, j abusing their own friends, and paiting tue men for wiooi :h^y voted, drinking their enemies'punch, knocking d'jtvn persons wish whom they entirely agreed, and roariug out etertal duration cu principles which they abhorred- A scene of wholesale bacchina:i.i fiaud—a posse coviitatus ot liars which wou.d disgust any man with a irfe Government, and iLh&e him sigh for the mo-iocracy of Coa- stantinople.' SHAEPESS AND THEIR. VICTIMS. THE gujgaon-like capacity of the tirlti.h. pu'jiie fur rising to the' fraudulent biib" ot -ptculativa anglers in the troubled watei-s ot commercial roguery is unt'athomio;i. cotne three months ago a dwehargjd lawyar a < leik, with the object of putting money ia b-s purse, honestly if he eouid, took a email oihee in Buchanan street, Glasgow, engaged a small buy to act as clerk and answer inquiries, and immediately commenced j operations as a share broker, a money lender on securities, a confidential adviser of people with more money than brains, a banker, an 1, in short, an astute rogue. His firm" con. sieted of himself, his capital, his wits, and as for the bark it did not exist even on paper. fctraiige to say, in answer to his wedkly circulars, giving a great deal of elaborately prepared technical information as to pro- fitable modes of investing money, many simple people, without the least inquiry into the stability of thu firm, entrusted him with large turns of money. The rascal is ia prison, but the money of his dupea has dis- appeared. NEW SOUTH WALES. Few South Wales is in the throes of a commercial crisis. Trade is depressed, aad the finances are receding to a dangeroQ.9!y low ebb. The cause is plain and the remedy proposed is the familiar on) of increasing existing and creating new taxes. For fi»'d years the equilibrium of the revenue of this colony was maintained by the sale of laud, but the depressed condition of tae pastoral interest, arising from heavy losses through drought, fcas of late checked the purchase of Liid Hence a prospective deficit of £ 4l»0,000 To meet this it is proposed to re-impose the s airp du'y, calculated to reduce tue ddi. cJetcy to less than £200)000; impose au txport tax on wool, realising £ i.75,OoU; from tax en carueand horses £ 61,0lX>; aad ftoal a royalty 011 coal iJ8,OOO. Doubtless the people of irou^h Wales kuow their ova business, but the vp^s^ion of an export tax on one of the, if .U-0 t.ie, most important ani lucrative articles of bart.r tne country produces, is sureiy the appdeatiou of tua principles of iTut-Ction 'n tii3-r m ;st stupid lorm. THE FRESCl ACi.D £ MT. Last week the French Acadcuy dig. tj ibuted the annual rei?a^ds for virtua, and the customary oration was delWerad oa this occasion by 14. Sardou, not tha Iea*t iHus- tri jus of tha '• iuunorfUs. Unlike D:11lJb3, Zola. or, indeed, any of the reigning Frouch dramatiits, M. ^ardou has not glorifiol bedizened immoraaty ia hi3 pl4yJi Th JJ sparkle with fancy and wit, ara "wall digested in the scenes, set down with as much modesty as cunning," and will rank as dramatic literature of a high order when La Aasoitimoir" ah l kiadrei workd of the realistic echcol of playwngTta are forgotten, There was, therefore, nothing in^ongrura^ or bizarre in M- t'ard ra d-'l.vering J the annual oration ou tirtna. His I. opening sentences are very fiua and to tha point" Yirtuo i-* no longer- ia t'u '.iioa. a-J it was in 1782. Ytriaa! Tha 19oa caatar^ scarcely i)rac*is?8 it, at,d d j-ss not ex^-jl it at I, aJ., i'.e pr-.ilaut rir.«pv a ddS jren j aa-.t. u'.r Lhu \taaos ,¥iiO kx'^3tic x- J | ut the cr'n.ir:il. A new philosophy, claim ;!1¡l to be basfd on soien-je, sees iu nui othicg but a CF>Moinauori O! matter, aad ♦hat his* morality ■ tiei ou'y on th" (e'Vct rqaili'tiium of I • or^iis; aud this <!octriLe havirg many partiaaus amoog I L 1t. saaa iu ravmnvy oii'ty pi'j— tot. Toe • "y ii v«ry weeiee. Bvery nial«fac'-or ia aa il!-b%'ao-^d be-icg; fci^ b;>.d i^e^icya a^o t'tO eff >et3 of a morbid &ii uiter- hereditary 8*-a?e; v^hi-ih cir- • uioftai ct s tt^tr ivattd, a..u f >r whhsh ha is .-carcely responsible. Then^otorrh he dftsarves not ec much anger as pity RAILWAY FOR SEWFOUNDLA.XO. DOUBTLESS mavy ot our readers will be kfttoniehed to l^arn that one of her Mijosty's important colonies, where Bailors gang ti lish for cod," is without a mile of railway. j.'he scream of the eugino whisila has never disturbed the n^tiv^a and colonists of that inhospitable land. and to them the blessings of rapid transit, to say nothing of collisions, bridge disasters, and steam boiler burstings, are unknown. A scheme is on foot to con- struct arailway, but the fishermen have stopped its survey by force, fearing that this was but a step towards annexation to Canada, or rather absorption by the great Dominion. This is greatly dreaded by the good New- foundlanders, whose national toast ought to ho, if it is Dot, "Let cod and independence flourish." THS EUEIALS BILL. THE Daily News, which is occasionally furnished wiih crumbs of official information, nrdeist&nds that the Government "will cou- tnttoa modification of the 11th clause of the Burials Bdl, in which Convocation is re- '■raised." This act of gracious condescen- sion on the part of the Governing is meait a sop to the independent Bishops and Peers vt ho have not yet patched up a fratarnal part- nership' with Infidels, to say nothing of Tjatitudinarians» without the intellectual con- stancy of a jelly Rah. It ia also stated that *Le Government will retain the word Christian" in the 6*:h clause. This is a i ub to the Jaws, at one time th9 pets of the defunct Whigs. Numerically tiny ara not a rcrmidable paity, and sincasomaof the leading j- ;n amoDg them have shovn ver/pronounced Conservative tendencies, tho Government can iTord to violate the principle upon which ti eir measure is based by tweaking them by tiie beard," to use an ancient metaphor. Tne ead, however, ha9 again been wigging ithcut the catural guidance of tha tail, and, cn former occasions, it will have to turn wither shins about," if io would avoid disaster. Mr Ashton Dilka is not yet in cffice, and it is natural that he should take up the role of his once bumptious brother, 80, to quote the communique of our contemporary •w; He intends to uphold the principle of si-solute rdigiou3 equality ia tile national graveyards by moving the omission of the above word." That iliu-strious W"d::th states- a aa, Mr Oshcrne Morgan, will have charg ? oi the Bill in the House of Commons. THE HOME RUL3B, SCRATCH a Russian and vou'il find a Tartar," is an ancient aphorism which has cone its fair share of narrative and critical illumination," and might convouiantly give p ace to Scratch a Home Rular and you'll had a RebeL" When the lata estimable Isaac Butt kept this party in leading strings they were regarded with philosophical in. d.1Ïorence and contempt by .Jst people, alld t. ven the People's William wheedled thoal utohis allegiance. Since those day3 there a/ive been great clanges; not the least signi- ficant and natural being the development of the Home Ruler into a truculent sedition- monger. To use the vigorous language of one of t tö greatest of Irish orators, they stickled for the letter of the law with all the affectation of a prude, and now violate its principles with the effrontery of a bawd" There is no disguising the xuDaning of what Mr M M. O'SsuIlivaa said at a grtat find deeply excited meeting of the Irish Land League on Monday evening, and his speech is only characteristic of the general tenour of those being delivered tverywhera. U Ee exhorted the paople," in)a a Dublin correspondent, "to give a piedge never to take a farm from which a tenant had been evicted, or which had baen surrendered under any circumstances, and never to cease agitation and organising until 1 hey had all the workers united in one grand Lrotherhood, which would without doubt ba ".ble to drive the "idlers from the land, deferring to the House of Lords, he called on the democracy of England to assert their manliness, and sweep away for ever the^hera- ditary legislative Chamber In Ireland, he !s.-id, they could abolish landlordism' by refusing to pay rent. The Government nought iointimidatd the people by sending Jilarints to the West of Ireland, but come hat might they were determined to guard '.ha fcarveet from the hungry wolves and 6 eed y cormorants called iaadiords SIll. WILLIAM HABCOtJBT. SIB. WILLIAM HASCOUBT never could appreciate the beauty of the Scriptural pry verb, A soft answer turnefh away iviath." Indeed his pious 8,purt among e Sunday fcchool teachers at Derby seams • uther to have embittered his tamper. On atsday he raised a hornet's naat about ia head by one of the must intam- rate speeches heard in Parliamaut r a long time. He returned to the attack ii the independent Ccnservativas, who object iu the Jb ares and Rabbits Bill in principle and detail, on Wednesday, and again lost all control of himself. As if this wera not hnmiiiating enough, the People's Tribune, i\r John Bright, complicated matters by an qualiy ferocious assault on his opponents. lije little ecrimmsge arose out of a motion by ji arl Percy to report progress, with the view • t giving the Marquess of Hartington an pportunity of storing what course tha ~.>verEinent in".eB ifd to pursiua with reference to the business befoie the Housa. The course .railed by Earl Percy was coudemaed as i ".egu!ar, and MI." Bright availed himself of ■ue opportunity of making a discursive partisan epeftcU, We DI:1f\d not track the humiliating course of this irragukr wrangle lurther than to draw attention to the fact hcit even the Speaker, a staunch Liberal of au almost extinct but honoured type, rebuked fhe great sinecurist of the Government of all the virtues, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. THE WELSH BAPTISTS, THE Welsh Baptists are au influential body. They have sixteen members on the Cardiff Town Council, which possibly accounts for the estimation in which that eminent public authority is held. But, great as their i-cial influence is, the public will be most concerned with the vital principles which they profess. These were frankly expounded at a meeting of the union" held in Cardiff on Wednesday. Dealing with the subject of The Baptists and their duties," the presi. < nt remarked that "he was very sorry ■ u sea at the last election that soma Baptists • oted in favour of Tory candidates. vVere able to look at an execation at all it would at that of a Baptist who, contrary to his principles, voted for a Tory." What alarge- hearted, liberal-minded catholic divine, in best sense of the word, this Baptist i eacher must be. V, hen one compares such M utterance as this with the sermon of the ■••v rchbiehop of Canterbury at the Church I jegrets in Swansea last year one cannot help xdaiming with the Psalmist, How long. oh Lord, how long is a State Church and an ilete prelacy to domineer over such loviug, < nble disciples of Christ, such charitable, -rant followers of the meek and lowly J =us as thia Mr Jones, the president of the eisu Baptist Union, aud his associates are ? THE I^iFLOYEES' LIABILITY BILL. JUDGE BE AM WELL is oae of the mo3t ¡. .tcrmined cj. pMit.nTS to the ill-conceived Employers' Liability Bill. He recently pub. -hid a pamphlat denouncing the propoied eaeure from a legal poiat of viaw. Tnat rattphlet drew upon his lordship's head a cd deal of criticism. lin Wednesday, in U columns of the Times, the Lord Justice vindicated his position, and justified em- Vh'jers incentracting themselves oat of its t" ovisions should the Bill ever become law. The law when passed/' says his lordship, 1 »viil mean, "In the absence of express abetment to the contrary, it shall be taken « ;-t the contract of master and servant 1: vr.lvts liability for a fellow servant's negli- $, ? ce. I declare I think this need trouble i n conscience. Take a cage of tenancy. Tha j n rajs that in a tenancy from year to year «. x months is the right notice unless the [ t:,=8 agree for another period. There is no t. Jen of any law if thsy do so agree. So of iiT.j^cerlees other cases." His lordship con- c ades by expressing his opinion that "the proposed law will produce litigation, quarrels, ill. will, fraud, and other mischiefs, among thrm probably, the discontinuance of such asetJi institutions as your accident fund." "FIBE V/ATES." Ko one who has not iit!o:'K-I "rav Bour- bon" Hhisky "out W di; as th;, Yankees ety, c?,j) ."ppreoiate the horr;l« OS the .htuskin'a definiti a "a o "j hi.s liiv..v.i;U -v draught of bluzii g petroleum, as th" follow if g iiEVftiiiiehed and truthful tala will shoiv —- At LeighUn Bnzzard, a pleasant t '^u ia Pedford, noted tor the l.umber ot irs female it^ab ifliifs aid etraw hats, a negro ''fi e- ^'bier made his appua"anco on Tu ;sday H'} tt ve p«rforxnar.ets in licking red-hot. iron. Kerrirg beatBd pok-r-» wita his naked 4 rot, burning tow in his mouth, and I b like. At last he filltid Lis miuoti »ith LH z,J:m;, sayitg that he w^u'd burn it as he allowed it to escape. He htd no econer applied a lighted match to hia lips than the whole mouthful of spirit took fiie, and before it was consumed the man was burnt in a frightful manner, the blazing spirit running all ov^r his face, neck, and chest, as he dashed from his stand and raced about like a madman among the assembled crcwd, tearing his clothes from him, and howling in most intense agony. A portion of the spirit was swallowed, and the inside of his mouth was also terribly burnt. He was taken into a chemist's shop and oils were ad- ministered and applied, but afrarwards in agonising frenzy he escaped in a state almost of nudity frcm a lodging house, and was captured by tbe police and taken to the work- bouse irfim.ry, where he remains in a dreadful condition DUELLING IN GERMANY. IN Germany, the home of "sweetness and light," the abode of "geist," the fatberllind of reformed Christianity, there survives amongst the educated classes practices compared with which prize-fighting was a refined and gentle- manly occupation. In an account given by Mr Beck, a scholar of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, of a series of duels fought between some Halle University students, at which he was present a fortnight ago, we have pre- sented to us a picture of maaaingless bar- barity to which there is happily to be found no counterpart in this country. The students, bandaged up with great ugly shields over their bodies, spectacles over their eyes, and the right arm twice the natural size by reason of the wrappings," stand up and cut at each other's faces with soft iron swords until they are sliced and slashed out of all recognition, the performers being drenched in blood "Anything so utterly and unspeakably hideous 1 have never before se>n;" says Mr Beck. And we can quite believe him One such expose as this ought to be quite sufficient to dispel the glamour thrown over Gorm in student life, even by the genius of the claiming author who wrote Hyperion." PROFESSOR MOMMSBN. THE learned Professor Mommsen, who? a magnificent library at Berlin was almost totally destroyed by fire a short tima ago, sends a touching letter to the limes. "Several valuable manuscripts," he says, ccnfided to my care have perished. My own collections of 30 years' standing to ma can ntvtr be re-placed. Still, I am thankful for the preservation of the materials prepared for cur great epigraphical work. They have been heavily damaged, and the restitution will cost much labour already got over and now to be repeated but I hope and trust still to be fible to finish that part of the corpus which Las been confided to my care, and of which I thought to have written the last page the very night of the disaster. These losses must be borne somehow." ftot to go beyond the present century there is recorded one notable instance of the destruc- tion by fire of the magnum opus of an immortal genius; of its patient elaborate reconstruction," and final claim to be ranked as a great classic. Carlyle's lurid and un- approachable Bistory of the French Sovolu. tion is the memorable instance in point, the entire copy of the original MS. having teen accidentally burnt. May the great German historian be strengthened in his reconstructive" literary labours by the example of the most illustrious of living English historians.

IMPROVED RAILWAY S2S&VIC2. A memorial is about to be presented to tbe Great Western Railway Company by the Town Ccnccil of Swansea, praying that the train ser- vice between South Wales and London may ba accelerated and cheapened. Thia ia not merely a Swansea question. It affeota the whole of South Wales, Monmouth, and Gloucestershire, It would, therefore, be well were the other great towns of the distiiot, tmoh aa Cardiff, Merthyr, Aberdare, New. pert, and Gloucester, to act simultaneously in the matter. If we take the oase of Swansea for the PUrpotIe8 of comparison, it ia only beoause that town, bemg situated furthest weat, feels the grievance perhaps more than any of the others named. The statistics available are really startling as shewintr the disadvantage at whioh this distriot is plaoed compared with others at a similar distance from the Metropolis. Swansea is 216 milea from Padding ton i the fastest train from London does the distance in 6h. 40m., the first class fare ia 39a, and there are only five trains per day; the average speed is only 32 miles per hour, and the oost 2 2d. per m'la. From Paldiogton to Chester, also by the Great Western, is 2'.3 miles; the fastest train dees the distance in five houu, and the first olaa II ffere ie only 27s lOd. The average speed per mile is 43 miles per hour, and the cost l'6d per mile. From London to Newcastle by the Great Northera is 272 miles, the time occupied only 6h. 7jain«, and the first class fare 43" 3d. The average speed is 45 miles per hour, and the cost 1 9d per mile. From Loudon to Preston is 210 miles, the time occupied is 4h. 50min., and the fare 29¡s 6d. The average speed is 43 miles per hour, and the ocet l'7d per mile. Servioes almost as fast oould be pointed to on the Midland line to Carlisle, and to Manchester and Liverpool; on the Great Northern to Leeca and to Manchester; and on the London and North Western to Holyhead, to Man- chester, and to Liverpool. It is true that some 0? the towns mentioned are far larger than any ia Scuth Wales, while the rest have either Sootland 0/ Ireland behind them. It might, therefore, ba alleged that faster .services of trains could be s&aintaised to them than would be remunera- tive in other cares. We are not, however, c^pendest upon such instances. Devonshire and Cornwall have populations not greater the South Wales and Monmouth. Neither has the county cf Norfolk, but in the.se casas we find sezvioas of tiaina infinitely more convenient than that with v>bioh we are favoured. To Exeter, from London, by the Great Western ia a distance of 194 miles, the time occupied by the quickest train is 4h. 14 m., and the fare 35s. The average speed is 46 miles an hour, and the coat 2 Id, per mile. Even aa far as Plymouth, which has nothing but Cornwall beyond it, and ia 247 miles from London, an average speed of 41 miles an hour is kept up. From London to Exeter by the South Western the distance is 172 miles, and the fastest train maintaina a speed of 42 miles an hour, including stoppages, doing the distance in 4h. 4a. Lastly, from London to Norwich is 126 miles, and the time occupied 3h. 10m., or olose on 40 miles an hour. It will thulI be Been that there is not on any one of the lineB radiating from London a servioa of express trains so slow as that to South Wales. There is a margin of from eight to f-Drteen miles an hour against DII. Nor must it be forgotten that wealeo have Ireland behind us. At least one train a day might be run through to Milccrd at the highest apeod with the oertaintyof being well filled with through passengers. It we bad express trains to and from London running at an average speed of 40 miles per hour—the slowest rate for express trains on any other line- the time between London and Gloaoeste would be reduced from 3h. 7m. to 2h. 51min. to Cardiff from 4h. 55m. to 4h. 1531., aad to Swansea from 6h. 40m. to 5h. 24n. Looking at the epareeness cf the population to the wast, it would only be reasonable that most of the fast trains should stop at Swansea, but the whole dis- trict ia interested in getting a decant sarvioa beginning at that town established. Mamorials c-ugit to be sent to the Graat Western directors from every corporation and loo il board in South Wales and the adjoining English counties. Facts are stubborn things, and those we have alluded to must carry great weight if properly laid before a reasonable body of business men like a board cf railway directors.

LLANDAFF. PETTY FISSIONS—At thes* session* on MM. cay (before Messrs C. W. David and Fr*nkien G. Evans) John M'Carthy was fined 10a aad coats for beinsr on lioensed premises during illegal bonrs. Daniel Thomas was cautioned and ordered to pay the costs for allowing hia 00 wa to etray on the 26th of July,—Thomsa Bnffat waa charged with allowing his wife to become charglable fo the Cardiff Union. Mt Henry Hopkins, Whitchurch, proved the case, and the defendant was ordered to pay 53 per week in future.—Annie F.-anois waa ohargod with an assault upon Anne Pittard. The caso was adjourned for the presence of witne?B93.—Edward Porter was charged with assaulting Williara Evans on Sunday the 1st inst. The prosecutor was corroborated by John Bradfield. Prisoner was sent to gaol for two months. — Newton Phillips was sent to gaol for aeran day a for vagrancy at Liandaff on (Sunday night last.

ST. DONAT'3. NARROW ESCAPE.—Oa Monday, ss tha only son of the Viour of St Donat's, a child botween eight and nine, was try in., to get out of a spring cart in a field at tho bact. of tue house, tha pony suddenly took fright and Bet eff at a furious rate, with the child hanging on ta tha shaft. All rushed to his aid, but without the slightest chance of stopping the pony in his mid oareer. At last the poor child fell exhausted, and, to tha intense relief of his parents, they foand cbnti h3 waa alive, and had esoaped with only great shook and a few bruises.

f WANS 8 A DEATH OF MISS GREN FELL.—The death of S?iss Gienfell, atcer a long and painful illneas, took place on Monday at Itaai-itcg House, St. Thomas, the residence cf her late father, Mr P. St. Leger Grenfell. In St. Thomas, Foxhole, and Pentrechwith her name waa a housebold word," and highly popular; and deservedly po, for few were to be found to listen to the simple annals cf the. poor with more reatiiceBB and with more tender sympathy than Miss Grenfell. By her death Swansea has lost an accomplished neighbour, and the poor of the east Bide a friend whose memory will be long chetiehed and' revered for the m^iiy amiable traits, good deeds, and true Cariatiau efforts of the lamented dfoeased. ME. GLADSTONE AND THE EISTEDDFOD.—The Mayor of Swansea (Alderman Jenkins) haa re. oeived a letter from Mr Gladstone's secretary, thanking him for the resolntion of regret and eympathy for the Premier s illne?B pasaad at the South Wales Eisteddfod on Thursday. TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON (SWANSEA CENIRE) LOCAL EXAMINATION, JUNE 11, 1880. —Tbe following passed Minnia Jenkins, Annie tfenkJUB and Johanna Meyler, Swanaaa Thomas Williams, Clydaoh; Emily Jane Praat, and Irene S. E. Price, Swansea; Laonie R. J. Taix and Jane Maria Roberta, Briton Ferry. Stnior DiV't -ioi: —Kate Elliott, Sketty; Alioa Browne, Morriston. PIANOFOETK AND HARMONIUM BUYERS, by ^-lliEgat Thompson and Shaokell's Music Warehouse c +h TO 1 Btreef' can se'ect from the finest stook m bouth Walea at an immense saving for cash, or on the two, thre e, or four years' syitem. A choice selection 01 American Organs from 12 guineas. Harmoniums from £ 4. ftom 615. All instruments warranted. Btailt,Te address 11, Eigh streat, opposite

NEWPORT. PIANOFOUTE PUPILS should learn on a good Piano. wlibli can be purchase:? on e'3sy krms on taa three years system 6OD> 1C» per month, ot_ at a$r«iat saving for cash, from Thompson and Shaolwu s, ill anil 112, Commercial street. Prices to suit all bujura. Organs end Gcxmomums equally cheap in great vane^y. Drivings fiae with price list. saOoisa

New board schools were openad this waob at Sh*,ffirld, oaking ut> the total-to B *ia* its 17.'X)0,