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MERTIIYR LICENSED VICTUALLERS…
MERTIIYR LICENSED VICTUALLERS ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the Merthyr and District Licensed Victuallers' Association was held on Wednesday evening, at the Vulcan Inn. Merthyr, Mr. Thomas Davies, of the Musical-hall, Peny- darren, being voted to the chair. The following report was submitted:— Whilst the committee have not the pleasure to refer to much good work done during the past twelve months, a fact attributable in no little degree to the unsettled state of the affairs of the society, they would point, wi h some satisfaction, to the fact that they have now discharged all the liabilities, and the association may, therefore, commence the present year's operations unfettered with debts. The committee draw the atten- tion of the members of the trade to the apathy shown in the society, and in matters appertaining to their own interests. Threatened, as publicans now are, with a number and variety of measures imposing fresh restrictions, and consequently greater responsibilities, and with the teetotal party active with their hobby of Local Option, it is more than ever incumbent upon the trade to vigilantly defend their position, which can only be done by the existence of such societies as ours, for where there's unity there's strength. Much as the trade is oppressed at present, there can be no question that were it not for our own and similar organisations our position would not be so favourable, and the committee earnestly urges all traders to join the association and take an active interest in its affairs, so that they may be in a position to successfully resist the never ceasing exertions of the enemies of the trade. The report was adopted after considerable dis- cussion, in the course of which a unanimous opinion was expressed that if the association were to justify its existence it was imperatively neces- sary that it should take more vigorous action than it had hitherto done in opposing the designs of those who sought to harass and ruin the trade. Mr. T. Morris, of the Pontycapel Brewery, was appointed president for the ensuing year, and Mr. Dan Thomas vice-president. Mr. Harrap was elected treasurer, and Mr. B. Jenkins was again chosen to till the office of secretary;
CARDIFF BANKRUPTCY COURT.
CARDIFF BANKRUPTCY COURT. This court was held at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Wednesday, before the Deputy-Registrar. In the matter of Frederick Case, fruiterer, High- street, Cardiff, it was stated that, as the statement of accounts was of such considerable length, he had not been able to complete it yet, and, therefore, applied for an adjournment.—The Official Receiver having no objection, the matter stood adjourned to the 14th of April. At the last court Mason, tobacconist, Docks, Cardiff, had been ordered to file a statement of accounts and an amended deficiency account, but had failed to do so.—The Official Receiver said lie did not believe the debtor had attempted to com- ply with the order of the court.—The Registrar commented strongly.upon the indifference of the debtor, and told him that if he did not supply the required accounts before the next court he would probably be committed. J. B. Davies, grocer, Clifton-street, Cardiff, had filed his accounts, and on the statement of the Official Receiver that he saw no object in keeping the matter open longer, the Registrar announced that the case would be closed. John Jones, builder, Wvndham-street, Canton, was examined at great length by the Official Receiver. In reply to questions put to him by the latter gentleman, he stated that he commenced business at Cardiff in 1881 with a capital of about X300. He knew he was now liable for £ 4,580. He had kept no books of account whatever, neither had he employed a clerk. Up to twelve months ago, however, he had known the condition of his affairs thoroughly, but after that time they became com- plicated in consequence of his becoming connected with some financiers, who had got him to sign a lot of bills for them. On bring pressed for the names of these people he said Mr. Emery, secretary of the Glamorgan Building Society, was one of them. That gentleman had pressed him to take a loan of JE750, for which he paid 61 per cent, interest for three months, or a rate of 25 per cent. per annum. After that he had several trans- actions in which Mr. Emery, Mr. J. Howells, and a Mr. Lewis were concerned. This state of things went on until at last he got so completely in Mr. Emery's hands that he could do what he liked with him, charge him what he liked, and give him what he liked. Mr. Emery still owed him money on bills for which he had accommodated him, and he had put that down in his schedule. — The Receiver remarked that Mr. Emery's name appeared in the list of creditors for £ 466 5s., but the debtor replied that he knew nothing about that; he had put Mr. Emery down in his statement for £ 170 and allowed JE300 for the bills. He had been entirely at Mr. Emery's mercy, and he put down what he liked. He had never had any value for the sum claimed by Mr. Emery. On the advice of the latter he had built some houses at Barry. Messrs. Emery and Howells agreed to advance the money, and if, when the houses were sold, they realised more than the cost of erection, the balance was to be shared between the three of them. No arrangement had been made as to who should pay the loss if the ven- ture proved unsuccessful. A protracted examina- tion by Mr. Stephens revealed the fact that the debtor's affairs were in a most complicated condi- tion, and that building materials to the value of Y,700 or 1800 had been bought by the debtor, and he did not know what had become of them. In his own words, he had been so pressed by his creditors and those who had advanced him money that his property had been scattered without his knowing what had really become of it. On the application of the Receiver, the matter was ad- journed until the next court, and the debtor was ordered to file in the meantime a full list of the properties built and sold, the moneys advanced upon them, and the price they were sold for; and also a list of all the goods he possessed at the time of filing his petition. Mr. David also examined the debtor at considerable length on behalf of the trustee. The matter of Williams Brothers, of Cadoxton and Cardiff, grocers, was adjourned till the next court for an amended deficiency account. The examination of David Williams, Waen- treoda Works, was closed, and that of Joseph Richards, butcher, Bridge-street, Cardiff, was ad- journed until the next court for the production of a further deficiency account.
THE UNEMPLOYED AT CARDIFF.
THE UNEMPLOYED AT CARDIFF. Despite the exertions of the Cardiff guardians and the Cardiff Corporation in starting relief works for the unemployed, the applications for work have been very few. Undoubtedly the circumstance that acceptance of employment under these auspices means pauperisation and consequently loss of vote has hitherto been a factor in producing this state of things. The guardians, recognising it, have taken the matter into consideration, and are about to apply to the Town Council to ask them to devise some scheme which will be free from the defect named. The guardians also wrote recently to the Newport Union to obtain information of the way in which relief is managed in that town, and have received the following reply, which was read at the meeting on Saturday :— February 26,1886. My dear Sir,—In reply to yours of the 25th instant, I beg to inform you that able-bodied men out of work in this union, on applying to the relieving officer for relief, are given a ticket to the superintendent of the corpora- tion stone yard. The superintendent employs the men, and they are paid at a rate per ton according to what they earn. During the last three months about 300 men have availed themselves of this offer of work, including some more than once. The men by these means are not pauperised, and appear to be satisfied.-Yours faith- fully, W; DOWNING EVANS, Clerk. Arthur J. Harris, Esq., Clerk of the Union, Cardiff. The Guardians decided to bring this letter before the council, and ascertain whether similar means might not be adopted in Cardiff; His worship the mayor (Mr: D. Edgar Jones) begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums towards the above fund, viz: i-Mrs. M. R. Kelly, £ 1 Is.; Anonymous, 10s.; Cardiff Urban Authority Employes (per Mr. Woosey), £ 3; Mr. Cutterson, 10s.
THE MILFORD HAVEN DOCKS COMPANY.
THE MILFORD HAVEN DOCKS COMPANY. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE DIRECTORS. In the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) on Wednesday (before Mr. Justice Grove and Mr. Justice Stephen) the case of Smith v. Reed and others was heard.—This was an action brought by a solicitor to recover from Sir E. J. Reed and others, as directors of the Milford Haven Docks Company, a sum of £ 2,222, in respect of Debenture Stock issued to him as security for loans, and it now came before the court upon a motion for a new trial on behalf of the plaintiff. The plaintiff having advanced money to the com- pany and procured loans for them, for which he was responsible, received as security certain De- benture Stock, which proved of no value by reason of the company issuing in excess of their statutory powers. The action was also brought against the former secretary of the company, Mr. Hood, and the defence of the directors generally, it was stated by the learned counsel, was that they had been deceived by the secretary, by whom the transactions were carried out. and that they (the directors) had no knowledge of any excess in the borrowing powers of the com- pany. The action was tried by Mr. Baron Huddle- ston, who dismissed the jury and gave judgment for all the defendants except Mr. Hood, against whom lie gave the plaintiff judgment.—Mr. Lumley Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Masterman were counsel for the plaintiff; and the Attorney-General (Mr. Chas. Russell, Q.C.) and Mr. H. D. Greene, Q.C., for Sir E. J. Reed, the'other defendants being represented by Sir R. Webster, Q.C., Mr. A. T. Lawrence, Mr. Crump, Q C., and Mr. Banks. The hearing of the arguments was not concluded when the court rose.
BANKRUPTCY APPEAL FROM SWANSEA.
BANKRUPTCY APPEAL FROM SWANSEA. IN RE STRICK EX PARTE MARTIN. In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice on Wednesday an appeal came on from the Swansea Bankruptcy Court, under the failure of Mr. James Strick, a coal merchant of Swansea and London, proceedings under which were commenced almost simulta- neously in the London and Swansea Courts. The sole point in dispute was as to whether the proceedings should be henceforward conducted in London or in Swansea. Mr. F. C. Willis appeared in support of the advocates for dealing with the case in London, where considerable progress had already been made, the creditors there having agreed to a scheme of arrangement, under which the debtor assigns his property and agrees to set aside one-third of his net income until the creditors unsecured had received 2s. 6d. in the JE1. A second meeting to confirm that was fixed for Friday next. The Cardiff and Swansea creditors were, however, prevented taking part in the London first meeting, as their proofs were not lodged in time. Mr. Assheton Cross advocated the conduct of the pro- ceedings in Swansea.—After a protracted dis- cussion Mr. Justice Cave said that the application would be dismissed, and an order would be made giving the Swansea proceedings the preference, with liberty to apply to stay the London proceed- ings.—Mr. Willis applied for leave to appeal.—Mr. Justice Cave refused the application, on the ground that it was purely a question of discretion and not one of law.
SOUTH WALES CHORAL UNION.
SOUTH WALES CHORAL UNION. Lord Windsori Sir William Thomas Lewis, Mr W: T. Crawshay, and Mr. Lewis Davis have kindly consented to act as trustees to the above union We are requested to state that the rehearsal concert, announced to be held at Pontypridd on St. David's Day, is postponed until the end of April, in conse- quence of the orchestral parts of one of the Welsh pieces not being yet out of the publisher's hands. At the General Committee meeting to be held at Pontypridd on Thursday next the whole pro- gramme will be finally arranged; The number of members at present enrolled is about 400, and the sections are practising very diligently and doing well.
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Lord Aberdare has consented to unveil the Vivian Statue; The date has not yet been fixed, but it will be on a Saturday;
"."' LATEST N-E W S«
LATEST N-E W S« THE CONCLUSION OF PEACE IN THN EAST. [" TELEGRAM.} BELGRADE, THURSDAY. King Milan has signed a decree ordering thf demobilisation of the active army in the field and of the First Class Reserve. The War Minister has I already taken the necessary measures to give effecl to the order. THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. [" BEUTER'S TELEGRAM.J NEW ORLEANS, WEDNESDAY. The 12t.h game of the Chess Championship seriel was opened to-day by Herr Steinitz, who moved < pawn to the king's fourth, and ultimately won, The score now standsSteinitz, six; Zukertort four, drawn two.
THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON TRADE;
THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON TRADE; The Royal Commission on Trade sat again on Thursday„under the'presidency of Lord Iddesleigh. The question of the depression in the agricultural industries was entered upon, Sir James Caird being examined at considerable length.
THE AYLESBURY ELECTION PETITION.
THE AYLESBURY ELECTION PETITION. Justices Field and Day have dismissed, with costs, the petition of Mr. Charsley against the re- turn of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild for Mid Bucks.
PRIMITIVE METHODIST MINISTERS…
PRIMITIVE METHODIST MINISTERS IN PARLIAMENT. A breakfast was given in London on Thursday, to celebrate the return of four Primitive Methodist ministers to the present Parliament.
ANOTHER AGRARIAN MURDER IN…
ANOTHER AGRARIAN MURDER IN IRELAND. A sheriff's bailiff was shot dead on Wednesday night at Berrywooien Wood, near Woodford, Gal- way. His revolver was found by bis side, and there were indications of a struggle. There have been evictions in the neighbourhood recently. The murderers have not been traced.
REDUCTION OF SHIPBUILDERS'…
REDUCTION OF SHIPBUILDERS' WAGES. The Sunderland shipbuilders on Thursday gave the shipwrights, joiners, blacksmiths, and drillers notice of a reduction in wages. The notices expire on April 7. Should the men not accept the reductions, the matter will be referred to the Conciliation Board.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN A TOBACCO…
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN A TOBACCO FACTORY. A fire broke out on Thursday morning at the tobacco and snuff factory of Mr. Goodbody, Tulla- more, and continued raging for five hours, the loSt being estimated at £80,000.
AN INGENIOUS ROGUE.
AN INGENIOUS ROGUE. A young woman named Mary Rooney was com- mitted for trial at Birmingham on Friday on a charge of fraud. Two cases were proved in which the prisoner had called at laundries dressed as a domestic servant and asked for clothes for a cus- tomer. The police said they had fully a score of similar charges against the prisoner, who had carried on the game for several months, and had stolen about £100 worth of linen.
PRIZE FIGHT AT NOTTINGHAM.
PRIZE FIGHT AT NOTTINGHAM. A prize fight, lasting over an hour, took place at Nottingham on Thursday morning between Samuel Bowdler and a man named Berley. The contest was of a very stubborn character, but ultimately Bowdler came off victorious, punishing his opp nent severely.
THE REPORTED CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
THE REPORTED CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. Dr. W. H. Lambart, Liverpool, writes as follows to a London daily contemporary :—" Your exposi- tion of the views of the Italian Dr. Salama in reference to tho treatment of consumption made me, as a member of the medical profession, feel deeply indebted to you. The determination, too. was forthwith formed to test the practice, which seemed, on reflection, so reasonable to me, who had already embraced the theory of the existence of the bacillus and assigned to its agency the destruction of the lung. To effect my object 1 wrote to Signor Salama, and made application to those chemists in this country who appeared tc me most likely to be able to procure for me tht bacterium termo' ready for use. It would mak< this letter too long were I to enter into detail Suffice it to say that I am trying the treatment with one whose emaciated form, nightly perspirations wearing cough, and characteristic sputa beai additional evidence to the revelations of the stetho- scopo that consumption is in Ron 8dl\nced stage; and with pleasure I may state that already every symptom seems relieved, and one of whom 1 otherwise would have had no hope now affords a case of thrilling interest and much promise. To withhold this announcement until the cure was accomplished, or until extended trial and longer experience made the detail mora trustworthy, would, perhaps, be the course usually adopted; but I hesitate not to leave the beaten track of general example, when the delay might perchance make the trial too late for some present sufferer. To communicate these facts to some medical journal would be the more orthodox course, and some may blame me for overstepping the bounds of regulated routine. But, sir, to vou the thanks are due; but for your leading article the trial would not have been made; but for you the life that tottered on the brink of the grave would in all probability have fallen in; and where tears may be dried, sorrows soothed, hopes re- vived, and lives saved, perish the etiquette which forbids the most extended notoriety, and the in- gratitude which hesitates to pay where it is due the just debt of obligation! Let me add that, with your kind permission, I shall again forward to you the particulars of this case, which is now, as far as I can judge, progressing towards recovery,"
THE SWINDON JUNCTION HOTEL…
THE SWINDON JUNCTION HOTEL COMPANY (LIMITED). The Railway, Tramway, and General Trust (Limited) offer for sale 2,000 shares of £5 each (being part of a total share capital of £50,000, fully subscribed and allotted) of tha Swindon Junction Hotel Company (Limited), incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1883, whereby the liability of each share- holder is limited to the amount, if any, un- paid on his shares. The price required is JE5 5s. per share, payable as follows:—10s. per share on application, £2 5s. per share on allotment, and £2 10s. on March 15,1836; total, £5 5s. Pros. pectuses and forms of application may be obtained of Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., 32, Abchurch-lane, London, E.C.; or of the Rail. way, Tramway, and General Trust (Limited), 28, Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, London, E.C. This company has been formed to purchase as a going concern and carry on the well-known Queen's Royal Hotel (so named on account of het Majesty having stayed there when travelling), to- gether with the refreshment rooms, &c., on the up and down platforms at Swindon Junction Station of the Great Western Railway, which have been established and worked with the greatest success for over 43 years. The premises, which are fully licensed, consist of two first-class and two second- class refreshment-rooms, bars, and waiting-rooms (on the up and down platforms), coffee, dining, private sitting, and bedrooms above (the two blocks being connected by a private bridge over the lines), excellent cellars, kitchens, Jic. There is also a ,public-house, where a very large trade is done, chiefly among the employes (numbering about 6,000) of the Great Western Railway Corn- pans at their Swindon Junction Works; in addi- tion to which there are excellent stabling, six horses, coach-houses, yard, &c.; about two acres of ground (with frontages to two main roads) suitable for the erection of from fifteen to twenty cottage%
CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD.
CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD. The usual monthly meeting of this board wai held on Thursday, in the Town-hall. Mr. Lewis Williams presided, and there were also present :— The Revs. C. J. Thompson, Vmcent Saulez, and G. A. Jones Drs. Wallace and Edwards, and Messrs. Thomas Rees, J. Gunn, Rees Jones, J. H. Wilson, and D. Ress. The minutes of the previous meeting were moved and adopted. ARREARS OF THE BOARD. The CHAIRMAN remarked that the auditor, in going through the accounts, drew his attention to the arrears they were in; He said that it was without precedent that they should allow such to be the case. The School. Board authorities had lent nearly £5,000 to the corporation, and this had put them to great inconvenience. They were obliged to get monev, and they had run up a large overdraft account at the bank. He stated that he had had a letter from the town-clerk, in which ha said that there would be £1,784 paid to them after the next council meeting. PROPOSED NEW TRAINING COTTEGB. Mr. LEWIS WILLIAMS gave notice that he woufd bring a resolution before the board at their next meeting to send a memorial to the Education Depart- ment asking for powers to institute a day training college, in which assistant teachers might prepare for their certificate examinations. The remainder of the business transacted waa formal and of no public interest.
,GLAMORGANSHIRE HUNT RACES;
GLAMORGANSHIRE HUNT RACES; ..This fixture is postponed until Thursday, tha lith inst., on account of the unfavourable weather;
COLLIERY ASSESSMENT AT PONTY*…
COLLIERY ASSESSMENT AT PONTY* PRIDD. GREAT REDUCTION; At the ordinary meeting of the Assessment Com* mittee of the Pontypridd Union on Wednesday tb assessment of Ynysybedw Colliery was reduce" from over £1,000 to jE125 gross, owing to trade de4 pression;
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TIDE TABLE. Foa THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 12, 1836. •5 2 I •5 2 <n ,-N A cZ i- C « s- o-a 2,: v ° os DAM O*T»B WEEK..2 3 "S^ G3 ^-5 G O | I °°« ^2 5 o t o I 0I (Morning 7 52 ^41 fiTl 7 37 1 8 43 SATURDT-{ Evening 8 3 7 57 6 57 7 63 9 4 I Height 32 0 33 4 30 9 34 2 25 7 j Morning is 21 8 12~7~12 8 8 | 9 19 SUNDAT < Evening 8 33 8 27 7 28 8 24 9 34 ( Height 32 10 34 5 31 6 35 2 26 11 ( Morning 8 53 8 43 7 44 8 40 9 50 MONDAY. < Evening 9 4 8 58 7 59 8 55 10 5 ( Height. 32 II 34 10 31 8 35 8 27 2 ( Morning 9~22 9~l3 TT3 9~~i 10 20 TUESDAY < Evening 9 35 9 2S 8 29 9 25 10 35 i Height 32 5 34 9 31 4 35 5 27 1 3 2911 i Height 32 5 34 9 31 4 35 5 27 1 rMorning I 9 53 9 42 8 46 9 42 10 49 WSD8DT.-J Evening j 10 7 9 57 9 3 9 59 11 4 I Height | 31 6 34 2 30 7 34 3 26 7 { Morning 10 26 IO 13 9 20 10 16 11 20 THUBADTK Evening 10 41 10 28 9 37 10 33 11 35 I Height 50 0 33 1 29 7 33 7 25 4 ( Morning 11 1 10 45 9 56 10 52 11 52 PRXDAT. < Evening 11 19 11 4 10 17 11 13 — ) Heisrht 28 0 31 6 28 4 31 10 23 7
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SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1S86. LONDON LETTER. [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Peace has been assured between Servia and Bulgaria, and this is the best method possible, lor it could never have been hoped that the negotiations on the minor details of more friendly relations could be concluded within a long period, especially as the two countries still have a certain itching to be once more engaged with each other. It is much better that the word peace should form the first approach to a general friendli- ness, and this is, I learn, the general view of the Powers. The Peace Treaty is to be signed to-morrow and ratified by the Prince of Bulgaria and King Milan in eleven days, and thus end the Balkan difficulties, for without doubt the whole of the minor States will now draw in their horns, or, rather, sheath their bayonets. An atrocious piece of red tapism of the Admiralty has come to my notice. The officials did not think it their duty to allay the panic raised in the minds of the friends and relatives on board the Bellerophon caused by the publication of the rumour that the ship was some time overdue. The circum- stances, as told to me, are as follow:—The Admiralty knew some days ago that the Bellerophon was overdue, but, having in their possession a telegram from the commanding officer that he would not stop at St. Vincent to coal, and, therefore, would have to sail most of the way to Bermuda and might be late, the Admiralty officials thought no more about it, never considering the extreme anxiety that the non-signalling of the ship would cause to the relatives and friends of the four hundred souls on board. On Tuesday rumours of the Bellerophon being missing were published, and at nine o'clock every official in the Admiralty knew there was no cause for alarm, but never thought of acquainting the public of the reasons of the delay of the ship in the first edition of the evening papers. The result was that through- out the day inquiries from friends and rela- tives were made at the Admiralty. It was not until five o'clock, when it was too late for the country evening papers, that the Admiralty had bestirred itself to let the world know the true cause why the officials were not anxious. This is a disgraceful act of any public office to keep a very large number of people eight hours in dread suspense, and it is a matter that should form an inquiry in the House of Commons by a member repre- senting one of the ports. I met the brother of the captain of the ship myself—Mr. Fitzgerald,a member of Parliament —at one o'clock, and he wanted to know if anything had been heard, as his brother's wife was eagerly waiting for some news of her hus-1 band. 1 directed him to go to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Mr. Macgregor, and there he, at any rate, had his fears allayed. But what of the hundreds of others ? They might wait 24 hours to hear the news. They had not any sympathy from the gentlemen of the Admiralty, who seem to be as hard of heart as their own steel ships. The high office which Sir Henry James referred to at Bury as having been placed at his disposal by Mr. Gladstone when he refused the Lord Chancellorship was that of Home Secretary. This was a greater temptation than the other, for it is a well-known fact that Sir Henry James covets political rather than legal preferment, and is not at all inclined to bury himself in the House of Lords. How- ever, his virtue was proof even against this bribe. Sir Henry has let out one awkward secret, that Mr. Gladstone refused to give him such assurances with regard to the Irish policy of the Government as would have enabled him to join it without feeling that he was committed to entertaining the ques- tion of Home Rule. He might, of course, have accepted office, as others, from Mr. Trevelyan down to Sir Edward Reed, have done, with the reservation that he should be free to resign if he did not approve of Mr; Gladstone's Irish policy when it was disclosed; but, as Sir Henry James forcibly puts it, this is like contracting marriage with an avowed design to seek a divorce as soon as the matri- monial tie is found to be disagreeable. —— 0 Lord Randolph Churchill's letter to the Daily News this morning, in which he tells that journal that it has lied much more strongly than ever journal did before, is causing considerable talk in the clubs to-day. The further recriminations of the Liberal organ as a result of the letter are tame in the extreme; and it is now justly admitted that the man who years ago said, The Liberal party is unfortunate in having such an organ as the Daily News to support it," was quite right. I wonder who is responsible for giving the editor of the Dady News a most circumstantial report of a meeting held at the Carlton Club on Monday last, which the Carlton Club and the members of the party knew not of ? This story was evidently conjured up to give a point to an article j which attacked the Conservative party, several of which are always kept ready "in stock in the Daily Neics office on occasions such as the present, when the Government is threatened by a question as to their right of action on a political point. It is felt in the House of Commons that if there be no debate of interest-for one could hardly call last night's controversy upon the Belfast Main Drainage Bill an interesting subject-within a few days members will become crusty and mouldy, and the House will lose interest for them, and they will depart to the country to other pursuits. Sir E. J. Reed took the oath on Mon- day. He walked up the floor of the House to the Speaker's table with a jaunty air, and smiled complacently when a few of the Ministerialists greeted him with a very slight cheer. After he bad taken the oath be adjusted his spectacles with studied nicety, and signed his name with a flourish. Sir Edward Reed is not to be allowed the small pittance for a private secretary. What a fall this is for a man who has such a belief in himself. It is reported that he will assist in the Office of Works as well as the Treasury; and there is no doubt but that he will have lots of time on his hands, for his work at the latter office will merely consist of meeting the other Junior Lords in an attic in the Treasury and signing a few papers, which are so uninteresting that they are seldom looked at. The decent room the Junior Lords once had set apart for them is now given over to Sir William Harcourt, who, unlike the previous Chancellors of the Exchequer, does not reside at 12, Downirg-etreet. I had the pleasure on Tuesday of being shown the grand service of plate which is to be presented in Willis's Rooms on Monday next by the past and present members of the House of Commons to Lord Iddesleigh, who served so long in the Lo.ver Chamber as Sir Stafford Northcote. The service is the most beautiful work of art I have, I think, ever'seen of its nature. It is specially designed and manufactured by the celebrated firm of gold and silver smiths, Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, of Bond-street, where it. is now on show in one of their rooms. The Prince and Prince3s of Wales saw it a week ago, and the Princess, who is one pf the best art connoisseurs in this work, has given her most favourable opinion, saying it was unique and charming, it is all of silver gilt of the most graceful yet solid appearance. The centre piece is nearly four feet long by two broad, and has a height of fourteen inches. In the centre, standing upon ire the plinth, is a figure representing the Empire made to resemble her Majesty, and im- mediately under are shields of coats of arms of the different British Colonial possessions. < )n the left and right, seared, are two figures allegorical of forti- tude and gentleness, the former being a man with clothing of a lion's skin, and the latter a lady gently bearing a lamb in her arms. At the extreme ends of the centre- piece are figures representing manufactures and agriculture, the former being a figure of a working man with various forging tools around him, and the latter a woman with beautifully-chased embroidered dress with a milking pail. These two figures are to represent Lord Iddesleigh's life, Dudley and Stamford, where he was member for years, being manufacturing, and Devon- shire being agricultural. There are two other figures —" Wisdom and Patriotism," both women, the former hold- ing a torch and book, with an owl on one side and underneath the arms of Lord Iddes- leigh, two stags rampant; and the latter, a draped figure holding aloft a scroll, on which is Dulce Decorum est pro Patria Mori." The candelabra are unique, with six branch lights and onecentrel igbt each. Round the base of these are medallions in sixteenth century work of the faces of the Earl of Beaconsfield, Lord Iddesleigh, and Mr. Gladstone on one, and on the other, those of Lord Palmerston, Lord Derby, and the Marquess of Salisbury. It will be remembered that Lord Iddesleigh worked under all those statesmen. Panels of cut work are let into the base of the plinth, bearing "Empire," descriptive of Lord Iddesleigh's life; Pynes, his place near Exeter; Eton College, where he was educated; Balliol College, Oxford, where he took his degrees; and the Houses of Parliament, as seen from the river. A truly beautiful work is this that Messrs. Hunt and Roskell have turned out. The Standard returns to the charge this morning in a most able article upon the Irish Question. Surely Mr. Gladstone must now know that the greater organs of public opinion are against Home Rule, for the Times, Daily Telegraph, and Morning Post, with the Standard, take turns about to condemn any project of even separation of the political Chamber of this kingdom. The idolatrous Daily News does not seem to know its own mind, and has not yet given its fiat upon the question which is now so exercising Mr. Gladstone in Downing-street that that gentleman has been compelled to once more break his word, and he is not going to-morrow to Flintshire to record his vote in savour of the successor to Lord Richard Grosvenor in the Liberal interest. I told you some days ago about the deter- mination of Lord Ripon to cut down all the Admiralty expenses. Well, to-day I hear that Mr. Campbell-Bannerman is doing the same thing in connection with the War Office, and a notice has been given at more than one of the war material factories that great reductions in the permanent staff of workmen are about to take place imme- diately. The matter would not be so totally devoid of sense and justness if our Army was in a perfect state to take the field, but it is not. While the Government makes contracts with foreign merchants for bayonets and swords for the reason that our own faotories cannot supply them as quickly as they are wanted, our Army is not thoroughly equipped for the greatest duty it may be called upon to perform. At the very War Office Factory where bayonets and swords are made in this country the reduction of men is first to take place. Enfield is to have nearly one thousand working men discharged on the 1st of April next. it is cruel-not. to say downright barbarous-that the Govern- ment should employ foreign manufacturers to make large consignments of war material when that action will throw a thousand Englishmen out of employment at such a time as the present, when depression lies over the whole length and breadth of the land and men, women, and children do not know how to honestly live. This is what the Government superin- tendent, Colonel Arbuthnot, says in his order as regards Enfield The supe- rintendent has to announce, with very great regret, that, in consequence of the very large reductions which the present Govern- ment have made in Estimates, he will be obliged to discharge at least eight hundred hands on April 1 next. One may contem- plate for a moment what terrible dis- tress this will bring upon the fami- ies by these men being turned ladriftwhen the markets of labour that are going on have a hundred, aye, and two hun- dred applicants for one vacancy. I passed to-day on my round into town a group of men, with a few women, out of employment, stand- ing and shivering in the north-east sleet- laden wind outside a branch office of the Charity Organisation Society. The men and women seemed all decently dressed, and the former clean shaven, but their faces wore the one expression—a heartbroken, searching look, which said as plainly as words could, Can I find work to do to keep me from asking for this charity, that others may have more ?" It is a miserable pittance that is doled out to the needy and starving daily from these branch offices for the distribution of the Mansion House Relief Fund, merely sufficient to keep body and soul together for another day; and now, to make the hope of getting labour far more distant, the snow has re-commenced, and in her pure, but cold, chilly mantle, hides further away the sight of the work all thought was coming soon.
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At Jersey Assizes on Monday Marie Dubosq, a Fiunch woman, was indicted ior the murder of IVmrie Riot, fourteen years of age. The evidence showed that the prisoner went tu a tavern where the deceased was employed, and on being refused liquor deliberately set the girl's clothes on fire. The girl died in the hospital the next day from the effects of the terrible burns. The prisoner was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 21 years' penal servitude. b Tho Royal Commission on the Depression of Trade and Industries held a protracted meeting on Wednesday at Richmond-terrace, London, Lord Iddesleigh presiding. In the course of the after- noon the Committee received a large deputation from the Macclesfield Chamber of Commerce, which was introduced by Mr. Wright, president of the chamber. The members of the deputation gave evidence at great length, showing that the depression is widespread in their district.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS. [BY PENDRAGON.] There is not very much for the Radicals to crow about in reference to the return of their candidate on Saturday He accepted, with the deepest gratitude, the votes of those whom they hated and despised and could not say too bad things about, and hence the result. It will be discovered in a very short time that the Conservatives are much more likeiy to give Ireland a larger and more com- prehensive measure of reform than it will be pos- sible for the Liberals to do, and the Irishmen of Cardiff, as elsewhere, will discover to their morti- fication that they have once more been dished by the Liberals, who have been their consistent and invariable opponents. It is, of course, now that we Jjava the figures to guide us, apparent that Sir Edward Reed has decreased the purely Liberal majority he obtained since the last election. If the Irish vote had gone this time the same way as on the previous occasion Mr. Llewelyn would now have been member of Parliament for the united boroughs. Mr. Llewelyn is entitled to the warmest thanks of every Conservative in the borough for the way he has acted right through this contest. Such splendid disinterestedness is rare as that which the Conservative candidate displayed in placing himself at the service of his party. And then the gentle- manly way in which lie conducted the tight, his unfailing fairness, candour, and good temper under the most trying circumstances and towards the bitterest, most rancorous of opponents, have created an impression in his favour which will remain long in the memory both of friend and foe. Mr. Llewelyn may rely upon t that a warm welcome will await him as often soever as he is pleased to visit us. As to his opponent—well, it will be enough if I say that whatever applies to Mr. Llewelyn does most emphatically not apply to him. The heaviest fall of snow we have had in these parts for several years occurred .on Sunday night and the earlier hours of this morning. As usual, the Corporation of Cardiff and its officials were quite unprepared for the emergency. A narrow read way was made through the main thoroughfares, but all day long con- I tinuous heaps of discoloured snow lay several feet deep on the skirts of both sides of the kerb- way. I notice that as the shades of night were falling there were two or three scavenging carts engaged in the process of removal, but the rain was falling tilen, and Nature had begun to do the work that the authorities were incapable of doing. They had snow at Newport, and just as heavy, I expect, as at Cardiff, and in an evening contempo- rary I read this is what was done there:—" During the day men were engaged in clearing the streets of the snow, carts being employed to convey it to Friars' Fields and other places. A plough was engaged in High-street and Commercial-street, and the work accomplished by this was very effective." It is extravagant, I suppose, to expect Cardiff to be equal to tha Monmouthshire borough when practical methods have to be employed. I know the sensitive member of tha corpo- ration will write or talk me down as ignorant, as he did on a festive occasion one night last week, when he declared it was awfully wicked-indeed, he said something strouger than this-for anyone to assert that the streets of Cardiff were in any- thing but the most satisfactory condition. He did not draw'' me, however, for I remained silent, as I was forced to do, being a guest, and not having allotecl to me, a post prandial duty of speaking. The sensitive" councillor declared that ho had been to London, where ho found the public thoroughfares in a worse condition than they were in Cardiff. I cannot contradict him, but I can say this, thaw, if his statement is true, those who have the charge of them ought to be ashamed of themselves. As the gentleman indicated was in town on official business of the corporation he may have been more abstracted than usual, or, perhaps, it was night time and he could not see so well as in broad daylight. And now, if it will not irritate the sensitive one who asserts that the streets of Cardiff are the pink of perfection, I have a suggestion to make. Every day—and I am sick and tired of recording the fact-I have letters complaining of the bad state of individual streets. Those gentle- men who have nice houses in the neighbourhood of Roath, and who travel along the Newport-road and the main thoroughfares, may assert what they like, but the truth remains that there are streets in the new parts of the town where citizens have been living and paying their rates and taxes for years which are still unmade. This does not apply to two or three, but scores, of them, and I will prove it to the satisfaction of all candid people or I will slay my grandmother's sister's aunt's torn cat. Take this with the knowledge that there are hundreds-more than I like to believe-of men at the present unemployed who would be glad of some- thing to do at any price, and I ask the local authorities if they do not think this is an oppor- tunity to overtake arrears which they may not have as the spring and summer advance and labour becomes more plentiful. What's ClOO a week to a populous borough whose area is spread- ing with a rapidity almost inconceivable to those who do not know the circumstances? If this were done two birds would be killed by one stone- sore distress would be considerably mitigated, and the new thoroughfares of the town would be more quickly put into a respectable state. The Mayor has opened a subscription list, and I am sure every coin or piece of paper he receives does his heart and his eyes good. He, as a medical gentleman in large practice, knows that there is, unfortunately, no exaggeration about the poverty and distress which prevail, and, with those who are generously assisting in blessed alms-deedsi will see that what is sent is properly applied. It is scarcely necessary for me to add that the prevailing severe weather does not mend matters. Empty cupboards are hard to endure in fine weather, but when there are empty fire-grates in the bargain what are we to say ? Let those of us who have children of our own think of others who are less fortunately circumstanced than ourselves, and give what we can spare, if it is only to warm little hands and feet and put a piece of bread into little craving stomachs. The terrible event which took place at Swansea Gaol in the dull cold hours of a winter's morning, with the ground covered with snow, the skies wear- ingaleaden and sombre aspect and all thesurround- ings of the most dismal character, cannot be passed over in silence, because it is significant of two things: the celerity with which a violent death can be accomplished by a man trained to his ghastly craft, and the fact that a parent could take the life of his own child in the most cruel and cold-blooded way for the purpose of shielding himself from the consequences of not telling his second wife that he had children living. I have seen too many executions, I regret to have to record, to be able to admit that I am in favour of them; but my opinion on the matter is neither here nor here. If, however, a murderous wretch ever deserved hanging by the neck until he was dead, certainly Nash.who paid the penalty of his crime to-day, did. There was not a single redeem- ing feature in his case, and, although a few philan- thropic and tender-hearted persons took up his case, they could have had no hope of a reprieve. The crime was the most unnatural I have ever heard or read of, and I have often thought of the terrible sufferings of the poor little child as it came to her mind that her own parent, to whom she had been accustomed, perhaps, in times gone by to look for shelter and protection, was bent upon 'taking her life by committing her frail little body to the raging sea. What her agony was we may in part conjecture, but the duration of it we shall never know; And yet the murderer was known all his lifetime as a respectable man, and had previously, as far as can be publicly judged, never developed vicious tendencies. Here was an individual who, on his own confession— for he confessed his guilt in all its naked de- formity before he submitted his body to the hang- man—could commit a crime as atrocious as the annals of the country can show, and yet he had been restrained by forces of which we wot but little from revealing his real nature up to middle age. And this how this old world of burs is wagging all the time. If all I hear is true-and I havo the evi. dence of three of those who were present —there was a terrible piece of bungling at the execution of David Roberts in the Cardiff gaol on Tuesday morning. The gentle- men I have indicated were the only persons who commanded a view of the interior of the pit into which the falling of the drop precipitated the unfortunate wretch, and they declare that the body did not fall with the dull, heavy thud usual in these cases, and that the fall was followed by a twitching of the hands and a perceptible heaving of the chest, which lasted for nearly three minutes by the watch. It might have been more, for at this juncture, in consequence of a word from the hangman, the reporters were directed to leave. If a mishap occurs there is nothing to be gained by endeavouring to hush it up. It is to the interest of the public and to the State that the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth should be known. The following letter from the Rector of Penarth has been handed to me for publication You will, I am sure, be glad to hear that I shall be able to continue the soup kitchen in this parish for four weeks longer, owing to the liberality of friends, amongst whom should be named Mrs. J. p. Thompson, Redlands, and Mr. James Edwards, chairman of the Local Board. Messrs. D. Davis and Sons have also sent ten tons of coal for distribu- tion. The total quantity received from residents in Penarth has now reached 60 tons. It is hoped that the Local Board will see their way to the adoption of some organised scheme for affording employment to the bread winners out of work." By the account received by a Swansea firm from one of its French correspondents, it would seem that the competition by French makers of tin- plates is such as to render much further business with that country in the commodity in question impossible. This is a matter of regret for ports like Swansea, whose tin-plate shipments have become the most important item in their trade. The great destination for Swansea exports, how- ever, is America, and it is very satisfactory to find that, in face of the pessimistic report to which I have alluded, during the week ending Saturday, February 20, the total shipments from Swansea were 80,429 boxes,, or fully 10,000 boxes in excess of any previous week's record. The Liverpool market, too, has been looking up lately, and it is stated that the tendency of prices —which had gone to an almost impossible level- is now upwards. Of course, it remains to be seen whether the firmness is to be continued, but there is one thing we shall always have to bargain for- the increasing competition of other manufacturing countries. The sad death of Lady Flora Wilmot whilst undergoing a slight surgical operation has cast a gloom of a most decided character over the Mumbles, where the deceased, from her pleasant manners and her frequent appearances, was a central figure in the life of the place. A more terrible thing than this sinking from the full vigour of life into death whilst in the hands of a medical man I cannot conceive. and the inhabitants of the Mumbles are asking, Can such things be, and overcome us like a summer cloud withoutour special wonder ? The jury have acquitted the medical man and dentist of all blame in the matter, and I do not see how they could have done otherwise. It is a melancholy affair altogether, and the sad story of a bright young creature in the flower of her womanhood meeting so untimely a fate is in everyone's mouth.
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OUR PARIS LETTER. PARIS, MARCR 3. Hamlet" was first represented in France in 1769, at the Theatre Frarqtis. It was arranged by Durcis, in five acts and verse but-as gipsies do stolen children-disfigurd to make them unrecog- nisable. It was a paraphrase rather than a trans- lation, and lacked the anergy and suppleness of the original. The interpretation, too, had to bow to the prejudices of tl.e classical school, which found a ghoat a rat in the arras, and a graveyard scene too realistic. Durcis helped to make the divine William" knowc to his countrymen. He discovered the Bard of Avon," as Dumas did the Mediterranean. Since then the cry is, "Still they come," respecting translations, where the arrangers, or adapters, proceed generally on the principle that they know more about his playfi than the poet himself. They forget that Shak- speire was simply a playwright, like Moliere: that he wrote and acted to lice; that he was ignorant of schools of philosophy, but rich in wordly expe- rience, keen observation, and a natural deep insight into those thoughts that breathe, and which he had the knack to express in words that burn." Respecting Hamlet," the most popular of Shak- speare's dramas in France, it has been represented without a ghost, as was "Macbeth" without Banque. Hamlet himself has had for interpreter a personage as burly as Falstaff. Hugo's son, Francis-Victor, devoted his years in exile to translate Shakspeare, and, perhaps, has most succeeded. The best acting edition is that by Dumas pere and Paul Meurice, whose brother was mavried to Hugo's pet daughter, the newly-wedded pair being drowned together during their honeymoon. The French thoroughly seize the complex character of Hamlet —moiety real, moiety ijetl, and endowed with doubt and melancholy. Tlie drama, said Guizot, reveals the profound and intimate state of a great soul, while being full of terrible and burlesque fantasies. Chateaubriand called the play the tragedy of the demented: a royal Bedlam, where everyone is insane and criminal; where simu- lated encounters real lunacy; where madmen' counterfeit madmen; where Death itself furnishes the skull of a fool; where one sees only spectres and hears only dreams. Jealousy made Voltaire prefer Addisonis Cato to Shakspeare's tragedies It may be safely affirmed that the latter are more frequently interpreted on the French stage thin any of Voltaire's own pieces. And why ? Beciusa the English poet has painted humanity in all the shades of passion that agitate or attract it, whether for good or evil. Whatever has made the neart of man beat in all time unfolds itself undo* our eyes in the most vital and striking tableaux Each of his characters is a symbol of a human passion. It is because "Hamlet" is the most phiosophical and the most dramatic that its very profoundness pleases and stirs the multitude. Harriet is not viewed either as a sceptic or the type cf hesitation. He has a mission of vengeance, whch is confounded in his whole being. His life is exhausted by this work, for it throws him back violently on himself, makes him not a man, but the instrument of an idea. The latter accomplished, or missed, the instrument stops; he ceases to exist bicause he can no more act. It is Fortimbras—th) man of real life and positive interests—the mat of action; in a word, who reaps the heritage 01 the sublime maniac, who succumbs even under the excess of fidelity to duty. Such is the Hamlet that Parisians always see with their minds' eye, ani that M. Garnier has endeavoured to pourtray atthe Porte Saint-Martin Theatre, with Sarah Bernhardt as Ophelia. The play has been arranged b! Messrs. Samson and Cressonnois. It is in verse. All that can be said of the new translation is tiat the work has been earnestly done, and has fever imperfections than those of many others who have put the tragedy in a French dress. M. Garniert diction is defective; the voice, when not sinking to an inaudible whisper, is as sepulchral as a crow's suffering from influenza. He recites where he ought to act, and his declamation is jerky, which study and practice would improve. Sir&h Bernhardt always desired to appear as Ophelia to please the English and Americans. She even lejrnei English to study the original. She has been complete success in depicting that flower of innocence which lives and dies in the midst of flovers: The parts of the Ghost and Polonius were well filled and the scenery was charmingly true to the eleveith century. Humanity has just had its gaa day at the Academy of Sciences to her M. ?asteur's report on his 350 cases of preventive vaccnation against hydrophobia treated since the close )f last October. He divided the total into three griups: 100 per- sons vaccinated sixty days beyond the period of forty days, when hydrophobia naturally follows the dog bite. These he pronounces S'ved, and he has no reason to doubt also success for the others. There was only one failure, that of a little girl, terribly worried by a mad dog, and brought to be treated thirty-seven days-or three before the fatally fixed date—after the accident. I must be re- membered that all the 350 patients have been certi- fied by veterinary surgeons as having oeen bitten by mad dogs. The eminent trofessor Vdpian bore testimony to Pasteur's perftct cure. AJmiral de la Graviere thanked the femous scientht in the name of humanity, and the latter votes lem. con. M. de Lesseps wired from Colon his congratula- tions to Pasteur, and the Society of Autiors, at their banquet the same evening, toasted Paiteur's health in Arbois wine, the product of his lative place. A lottery is to be organised to erect an international "Pasteur Hospital" for the treat- ment of patients bitten by Had dogs, and, fmther, to allow the great physiologist to pursue his new experiments for the provertion of consumption, epilepsy, and mental derangement; and which already shadow forth success. The treaty with Madagascar has been signed; indeed the Deputies had only Hobson'a choice. The debate took the curious turn of an attack on the English and American missionaries. One orator asserted it was perfide Albion who negotiated the treaty, and hence it ought to be rejected. Perhaps she pulled the French out of the slough as in China. Comte de Mun, the friend of the working man, but who not the less votes to keep American grain and pork out of France, wanted to know What was the use of Madagascar when England now possesses Egypt and commands the Suez end of the Red Sea ?" Madagascar is needed as a crutch for the colony of Reunion, where, since slavery was abolished, in 1848-it is said by French journals to exist still in Senegal—the liberated niggers refuse to work for love or money- They fcrm co-operative societies of idleness, as a handful of rice or manioc and a second-hand piece of calico suffices for their daily bread and annual toilet. The French Government has been obliged to annually vote grants for the immi- gration of coolies" to till the land, while the country suffers from a plethora of idle, grinning niggers. The Malagasies decline to emigrate as coolies; the revival of a slave trade is as impossible as the exclusion of America, Germany, England, &c., from the benefit of the most favoured trading nation clause. Except winding up a bad adventure France has not gained much in Madagascar. It was intended to conquer the island, and make it a New Jerusalem for the Socialists of the mother country. Let France not enter on a crusade against the Methodists, nor ruin the Malagasies by heavy taxation, and by securing colonists she may be able to make something out of her new political protectorate." The Malagasies are not unfriendly to France, as a French writer states the first question they ask when boarding a French vessel is, How is M. Grevy ?" Were the following figures-prepared from the latest Blue and Yellow Books-affixed to the lobby walls of the Chamber of Deputies as mural deco- rations, they might assist in appeasing the here- ditary suspicions entertained by Frenchmen that England is jealous of France becoming" great," glorious, and free." The area of England and France is, respectively, 121,115 and 204,000 square miles, or, including their Colonies, 9,000,000 and 971,000 square miles; their home populations, 37,000,000 and 38,000,000 respectively, or in the total of their realms, 316,000,000 and 64,000,000. In the 26,000,000 which form the Colonial population of France she has only half a million of French- men. The National Debt of England is X740,500,000 sterling; of France, £ 942,000,000. The annual revenuo expenditure of England and France is, respectively, X38,000,000 and X,133,000,000 sterling. The total of annual imports and exports is—for England and her Colonies, 11,076,020,000; for France and her Colonies, X418,000,000 sterling. Moral: In round numbers England has an empire nino times greater in area than France, a popula- tion five times superior, a National Debt smaller by one-fifth, an annual home expenditure two- thirds less, and trading transactions 2j times greater. The expulsion of the Prince-pretenders seams decided upon. They will likely have to return to golden exile-Orleanists and Bonapartists alike. Aflliction's sons are brothers in distress." The comic journals represent these uncrowned citizens packing up their trunks and placing these in all the Shibboleth3 of their parties, and the busts of their ex-ruling representatives. It is uncertain what course the Cabinet will take, or what may be the result of the vote. Like other events, it will be a nine days' wonder. France will have a score less to count in her population, who, in any case, will not bring the country away attached to the soles of their boots. The Eagles" packed up in a crate, and the "Gaelic Cocks" similarly accommo- dated, look very humorous. The Decazeville strike is becoming very serious. The miners and colliers on strike number 6,000. The company, of which Leon Say is the chairman, has resolved to close the mines rather than continue their working at a loss, which would be the con- sequence were the demands of the strikers agreed to. Then the Socialists have got a foot in the quarrel, and the press of a certain shade urges war to the knife against infamous capital." Indeed, the horizon is very black; the unemployed swarm everywhere, and work is difficult to obtain. It is a splendid seed time for the professors ol anarchy —the whirlwind harvest is certain to arrive. Not long ago a vegetarian published a pamphlet demonstrating how it was practicable to fare sumptuously every day on half a franc. Many persons would gladly become his disciples, if he only could tell them how first to catch their hare to obtain the half-franc, which seems as difficult to seize, apparently, as the three acres and a cow. After all, philanthropy is the best business going; there are six philanthropic soup kitchens in Paris; they claim to make no pi-olits-a rather suspicious circumstance in this age, where, as Tennyson says, only the ledger lives." A Paul Pry" has ex- amined the philanthrophic book-keeping of an establishment which serves 2,800 repasts a day. The meal consists of a quarter of a pint of wine, soup, bread and meat-all for eleven sous. De- ducting expenses and allowing for interest on capital, wear and tear of plant, salaries, raw mate- rial, &c., the profit on each repast is a fraction under two sous. The total daily expenses for 2,800 square meals is 196f.; tho total receipts, 532f.; net profit, 336f. daily; or annually, 122,640f, equal to the salary of an English Cabinet Minister, or the income of half-a-dozen French bishops. Not any palpitating interest is felt in the Balkan game of hide-and-go-seek. Opinion would much rather see the receipts of the trunk lines of France —a crucial test of prosperity—increasing instead of chronically declining. With the low interest on public funds, the absence of revenue from stagnate industries; with houses unlet, and hence no revenue; with the prices of the necessaries of life running up, and but little money to follow them people naturally are in no mood to go into hys- terics over the blasting and counter blasting of Servia, Greece, &c. It is not a bad time to grab territory. Russia has improved the occasion by seizing Penjdeh: the early bird gets the early worm. Her scientific frontiers are still unminded. Turkey, the French swear, has sold Crete to Eng- land if so, it wiil hardly be presented to Greece, like the Ionian Islands, for a Christmas Box. In the expected dismemberment of the sick man's estate, Candia becomes for England a natural naval station to watch the Dardanelles. Some of the journals demand that General de Courcy, just returned from Tonquin, be tried as a traitor. He wilfully disobeyed his instructions, by his invasion of Annam,in order to flesh the maiden swords of his aides-de-camp; he let loose soldiers over the country in order to get up a big war and become glorious. One important journal holds him responsible for importing cholera into Ton- quin by his refusal to submit to quarantine. The best judges say that the general has made Paul Bert's Mandarin-olive-branch programme exceed- ingly difficult, as that, necessitating a reduction of troops, may bring about a rising of the natives. General Boulanger, the present War Minister, if allowed to remain long enough in office, will make generals obey as well as privates. M. Renan, living in the Champs Elysees. No. 89, was peculiarly fitted to write Dialogues of the Dead" for the anniversary of Victor Hugo's birthday, in 1802. The Theatre Français interpreted a bagatelle written by Renan-time, 1802. His Ariel is one Camilhes (Mdlle. Reichem- berg), who communicates between the earth and Elysian Fields, wherein wander Voltaire, Boileau, Racine, &c. The manes are as eager of the latest intelligence" from Paris as Athenians; they are informed that a great poet is about being born in Dijon, so the great departed express their best wishes for the baby's poetic health, and send him slices of their own genius. Each artiste filled the role of a great departed, who seemed to be engaged walking a thousand miles in a thousand hours. It was an eloquent nothing, about as profitable as Renan's tete-h-tete between the different lobes of the brain. Monopolies are being knocked over like nine- pins. The profession of lawyer and of auctioneer are close boroughs; this is to end—they are going, going, gone! A greengrocer's son will be hence- forth as free to become a Rhadamanthus as an Hippocrates. A leading journal ridicules the English Consti- tution for its compelling each new Prime Minister to find a Mistress of the Robes for the Queen. In Paris the first commissionnaire would give the address of half-a-dozen leading dressmakers. "Imagine, it adds, -1 M. deFreycinet looking after a milliner for Madame Grevy! A young woman at Civray posted on the resi- dence of her seducer who abandoned her that she would shoot him on a certain day. She kept her word.
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A meeting of volunteer commanding-officers was held on Wednesday afternoon at the rooms of the National Rifle Association, Pall Mall, Mr. Howard Vincent. M,P., Lord E. Pelham Clinton, Colonel Hope, V.C., and Colonel Routledge being present.— A resolution was passed declaring that it was absolutely necessary that the capitation grant to volunteers should be increased by at least 10s. annually if it was desired to maintain the volunteer force r
MONDAY.
MONDAY. In the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor moved the second reading of the Lunacy Acts Amendment Bill, which, he said, was essentially the same as that which was favourably received the same as that which was favourably received by the House last year. Several peers on both sides of the House supported the Bill, which was read a second time, as was also another Bill for the codification of the existing law of lunacy. In the House of Commons, in Committee of Supply, Mr. Bradlaugh moved to reduce the Diplo- matic Vote by £ 12,500, the charge for Sir H. D. Wolff's Mission to Egypt. Mr. Gladstone observed that it was the desire of the Government- to main- tain a continuous policy in Egypt; but it was impossible to say how far they could endorse the action of Sir H. D. Wolff until they had fuller infor- mation than had yet reached them. The impor- tance of the Mission was not, however, to be measured by the sum for which it stood in the Estimates. The Vote was eventually agreed to by 185 to 98.—The Vote for South Africa was opposed by Mr. Labouchere, and led to considerable discus- sion on the policy pursued in Bechuanaland. On a division the vote was carried by 229 to 85.
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. The House of Lords sat for but half an hour on Tuesday, and the only business done was the in- troduction by Lord Rayleigh of a Bill to amend the Electric Lighting Act of 1882, and the passing through its final stage of the Fresh-water Fisheries (Eels) Bill. In the Commons a discussion on a Private Bill relating to the drainage of Belfast occupied several hours. Mr. Sexton moved an instruction to the Committee on the Bill to introduce clauses assimi- lating the Municipal and Parliamentary Franchise, and extending the boundaries of the borough. Mr. Courtney objected to introducing questions of public policy in connection with private Bills, and moved the previous question, which was ulti- mately carried by 200 to 84.—Mr. Holmes gave notice of a resolution that the House was unwill- ing to entertain estimates for the civil establish- ments in Ireland until it was informed of the Irish policy of the Government.—Mr. Bradlaugh moved a resolution in favour of the collection and publication of labour statistics like those issued in the United States and Canada. Mr. Stanhope moved as an amendment the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the best means of I collecting and publishing statistics as to labour in the United Kingdom. Mr. Mundella said a Depart- mental Committee of the Board of Trade reported two years ago in favour of collecting these statis- tics. He suggested that the Board of Trade might at once proceed to gather up statistics from the Blue books for the last fifty years, and give, in one volume to begin with, an historical statement on labour wages and prices. The amendment having been withdrawn, the original motion was agreed to.
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. In the House of Commons Mr. Mayne moved the second reading of a Bill to amend the Labourers (Ireland)Acts, by extending the area of the charge for any scheme for the erection or improvement of labourers' cottages. Mr. J. Morley said the Bill was not urgently required, and the intentions of Parliament were already being carried out in a tolerably satisfactory manner. He did not oppose the second reading. After some discussion the Bill was read a second time. The second reading of the Coal Mines Regulation Act (1872) Amend- ment Bill was moved by Mr. A. O'Connor. The measure provided, inter alia, that mines should be inspected monthly, that there should be addi- tional precautions for the use of lamps in dan- gerous workings, and that interest should not ba charged on advances made to the miners. The representatives of the miners, Mr. J. Wilson, of Durham, Mr. Fenwick, and Mr. Pickard pointed out some details in respect to which the Bill might be made more in harmony with the wishes of working miners. Mr. Broadhurst said the Govern- ment meant to bring in a Bill founded on the report of the Royal Commission, which would be issued within a week. He did not oppose the second reading. The Bill was accordingly read a second time.
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An extraordinary discovery was made early on Monday morning at Redruth. on the West Corn- wall Railway. Just before the arrival of the down mail a porter was walking on the line, and at the end of the viaiuct, stretched across the rails, he found a timber 50ft. long, weighing one and a half tons: He gave an alarm at the station and the train was stopped: Had it dashed against the obstacle it must have been wrecked, it must have taken many persons to place this enormous timber where it was found. No one is suspected of having committed the outrage: Inquiries are being made.
CARDIFF BUILDING SOCIETY.
CARDIFF BUILDING SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society was held at the offices, Crockherbtown, Cardiff, on Saturday evening; Mr. J. N. Flint, chairman of the directors, presided. There were also present Messrs. Peter Davies, Thomas Evans, J. Gaskell, W. R. Harvey, F. S. Lock, D. Richards, and A. W. Sargeaunt, directors W. R. Griffith, solicitor of the society W. M'Donald, auditor; and Williams, Tovey, &c., shareholders. The annual report stated that, notwithstanding the great depression of trade during the past year, the society's operations had given a surplus profit of R727. One-third of this was carried to the reserve fund, and the remainder was appor- tioned as a bonus of 2s. 6d. per share to all invest- ing shares taken out before the 30t,h of November, 1881, and 10s. per cent, to all investing and borrow- ing shares taken subsequent to that date, but which had been in force two years. The bonus thus credited reduced the interest charged to borrowers to 5 per cent., and increased the interest to investers to 5! per cent. —The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, referred to the gloom that had prevailed during the past year owing to the depression existing in every branch of industry. They had, however, succeeded in producing a fair balance-sheet, although they would have liked to have received more money and advanced more. House property in Cardiff had, in his opinion, arrived at a higher value than it would be possible to maintain in the event of any depression in the business at the Docks for a lengthened period, and which, in all probability, might overtake them before they would be able to clear off what property still remained upon their hands This compelled them to act with great caution, but their transactions showed that the society still held a very high position in the confidence of the public, and the interest which they were now able to give investors and charge to borrowers would, he believed, bring a large accession to their business. The depression in trade had prevented them from disposing of the property they had on hand so extensively as they desired, but the pro- perty was kept in good repair, and thus kept up to its full market value.—The report was adopted.— Mr. W. M'Donald was re appointed share- holders' auditor. The usual fees were voted to the directors, who were thanked by the shareholders present for their services and the interest they had taken in the success of the society.—Votes of thanks were also passed to the solicitor, Mr. Griffith the secretary, Mr. Peter Price; the assis- tant secretary, Mr. Robbins the directors' auditor, Mr. Sargeaunt, and to the chairman for presiding at the meeting and for the interest he had indi- vidually taken in the society for many years.
PENTYRCH PLOUGHING MATCH.
PENTYRCH PLOUGHING MATCH. On Thursday a ploughing match came off on Park Farm, the property of Lord Windsor, in the occupation of Mr. Thomas James. A great and marked improvement since the last match was perceptible on this occasion, notwithstanding the roughness of the soil, and the judges had a diffi- cult task to perform in awarding the prizes to the deserving competitors. The propitious state of the weather attracted a large concourse of people. The judges for the ploughing were Messrs. Lowrie, Radyr Williams, Tyclyd and Williams, Llan- twit; and for the hedging and ditching Messrs. Evan John,Castell-y-Mynach and Jenkins, Llwvn- molwas. The appended is a list of the successful competitors:— Local Class 1st, Z3, John Welsh, Maesllech 2nd, iC2, Thomas James, Park. Senior Class: 1st, iC2, John Howard, Caiau Farm 2nd, LI, Francis John, Castell-y-1 Mynach 3rd, 10s, Morgan Griffiths, Gelliwen. Junior; Class 1st, £ 110s, John Howells, Maesllech 2nd. £ 1, Hopkin Llewelyn, Llwynbrain Fawr; 3rd. 10s, Edward Watts, Llantrithyd. Hedging and ditching: 1st, £ 1, Samuel Jones, l'ynant; 2nd, ) Os, Robert Radcliffe, Llanilterne 3rd, 5s Jacob Davies, Ehiwsaeson 4th, 53, David Davies, ilentwyji. Through the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. James a large company were entertained at luncheon at The Park, and, the ploughing being over, the farmers and others sat down to a splendid dinner catered by Host and Hostess Thomas, and after the cloth was removed the popular Squire of Green- meadow and the respected vicar of the parish were voted to the chair and vice-chair respectively, when the usual loyal and other toasts were ably proposed and responded to. The fol- lowing gentlemen, amongst others, liberally contributed to the appeal of the com- mittee :—Lord Tredegar, Colonel Morgan, M.P., Messrs. Henry Lewis, J. T. D. Llewelyn, C. H. Williams, Roath Court; G. L. Clark, Talygarn; Edward Rhys Wingfield, Barrington Park, Oxon John Evans, Crofta Hall; Alfred Thomas, M.P., A. J. Williams, M.P., G. Fisher, and H. Lewis, Tynant. Great praise is due to Messrs. W. James, Park; Daniel Richards, Blaenbielly; and Thos. Llewellyn, Tynywaun, for their indefatigable and energetic efforts in bringing the movement to a satisfactory issue.