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"pySA.UEi.LEP SLATE A XL' GARBLE CHIMNEY PIECE. BATHS, LAVATORIES.. &c.. RANGES, GRATES, AND ALL KINDS' OF BUILDERS' IRONMONGERY. TIMBER, SLATT, AND GKXRRAL MERCHANTS. STONEWARE SANITARY PIPES, CEMENT, PLASTER, 11}.m!Œ rlLCE KMCH*. ALL 1:n8 OF BUILDING M ATli Rf AL5. JOINERY AND MOULDINGS. WUVCtAN D AE-SHr & KEEN AXU OXHKK ROOFlSSr *r,ATES. ",V A .N W CARDiTF. OFFICES AND SHOWROOMS :— CANAL TVIIARF EAST, CARDIFF. \?QRKS JOHN-STREET, CARDIFF. A N D C. T DOCKS. GLOiiCESTE R. r:4:.c — j. j-1 ii E E (T I F T j .:1.. >.f !y hundreds of readers of the Wttkig Mad have takan advantage » £ II. bViM.L'EL'S fifiAND FKii.s;iN XATIuX t» purchasers, r.1HS ami ■mnce- mtiii "f has recently apueat "ll iloi tueie colui.J'1, 1:1 uumeroas iu<tances ia tnrse col'ii.vis. In numeious instances j reades, afier receiving their order, have j sent Otlt& ordei* for their i'riends, so that Cb*r a,s<> mi^hi <ie<ieut bv H. SA:"Ii iT ¡:; L' .MA&jrii'ICF.aX ViFER. Tile Bankrupt 8tk n. therstore,. rabidly becoming baasteii, and ar« t-lie LASV VV KhKS o: tue pieit-niation, i.\iOse_readei-s who HOT yet obtained of tÍlse beauciiul chains ihou/d not delay*. out send on orders at unc". 90 as to no in time I'cc-iivs un». H. AjlüEL pre-ienis with every &ea'ie:WA 's V\ atcn A JfAdKiONAjJLt.. '• AURANIAN GOLD AliVdHT, and witu evcrv I.a.(1V" \v*tch iV KLEb-AN T AURA.,St All GuLlJ GlTARU. material, Auianiaii Sold," so well aonlÍ bears n.ctl a CIOe resemblance to rent th^t thp t >v > can nor. '»• r»»«tdy distill- gaisbec B £ i\ -n \i S O;;D?U A" ONCE: DON'T DiiLAi K. world-iaWieU Wataw are justly etrlebrated l<>r their V. i;X uliKVl L ViLCTB as well as tor U. \r uunbihcy an-. ACCURAiE Xni-KKBEETVO. b«?ing in the laitei^'rcspeo' wiMiout pt|Uai. >vln in va:cties n$double H. price. TBOU:ANUs are u.n;y aeli.^btrti and stir- prise-.i a-t the r!a's"!i-iid wa:<-iic» they receive.. 2. SaMU^L'3 Ce;Wjrai-ed T:hij;iiV>,i in two »iM, for Ladies an U n j >iieiKleiueii> jeweUe<l. and :itt»d witV2 u dust and damp right. '1.1, In solid sliver Hall marked cases, limed to jgreat ac-enraey, woRIi 5 5s < E >tAMUl £ L'S Famous •• Acm«"} W:1'ches, in two sizes, for ladies j'id Ment emen, J-r,lHr« moveni>>i)t, I 0 ^ewslled and mosr, accurately Limed. i solid iiver unses, spiendid value, w^r;h £ 3 5s E.:ch Wa'Cii W'ABKANTi. D f.»r FIVE YEA .'S, and stippii»*d ou a WEEK'S !?R3u j ■iiilA'.j. ■iiilA.'j. Wriceto H. 31HCEL for descriptive t.a.o:;ue ()f VV.itcli'8 ann Jeweiiery, 96y;> 4:.o, ,H>nuini'ig upwards of 100 beaaMful j e.rari::j? and co:npiete descriptions ot" a'l a. S.vM'JKL'3 grand manufactures. Hun- j Ureds of tj oun<i;rt^ teslinioniais from a!i J pwrs. Sent gratis and post, free to any j sddreis on receipt, of ieUer or post card. • Üuw:u4:tk'[Js-C¡¡,. out thi Advertiscni^nt and forward ic to H. SAlVlCEfi. with order and JP.O.O. enclosed, and Watch will t» desparehed by next post, aeeompan^d by JB. Samuel's Magnitioent ^ree Gi. j_J gAMEEJ, LEVER WATCH FACTORY, 97, MARKET- STREET, MANCHESTER. S721c! j L UDGATE SILVER. GOLD. Am/ i s 1 *»■:»" ✓ S | ftil —;S 3 W & Jm S; 5 & s =2! I %.Af" Ij d. BEST QUALITY. L'EST QUALITY. »• R.V-V GOLD, BEST ISo. 4JS53; BENSON'S LUDGATR" WATCH, —"Superior to American, 3wis«, or e-vintry-made W inches sold afc far higher prices."—1 \m* fLCTJSTRATSD PAMPHI.ET FTIP V. J. BENSON, SOLE MAILER) ] STEAM FACTORY. LUDGATE HILL; 28. ROYAL EXCHANGE; A"D 5. OLD EOD. STREET, LONDON. A GENTS WANTED FOR W-HCH: CLUB? for the upply of their pat-tnt La lg?te"* Watch at os., which obtained the Gdld Aledal at toe Inventories, wiil keep a rute of time equaa- iipg a Pocket Chronometer costing JE35. and will hard wear and rough itsuage, which i he larter will not. ..8.pp;iea.tiozu invited tcrm3 very ¡¡bini. Par iC111!U3 t lost free. k-6"a POWELL'S I BALSAM OF ANISEEDS ^KLSAM 0? THVS GliAND OLD REMEDY FOii COUGHS. BROCHITIS, ASTHMA. INFLUENZA, SIGHT COUGH, &C. EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF A COUGH. a.Jr. aboat, Net,lev. Wick. Scotland. ) Dear 3ir,—Having uad 8. mœ!t distress!ng and severe :< agh, wbich nkÜ m' many sleepless uights anù rest- ess days, I was recommended by his Lorùsbi>J. th.Farl .f Caithness, to try your most invaluable BALSAM of OTISEKD, and I can assure v with the first dose I ;ouod h.U;\t6 I'elii. e.TI. without L'tvin to slIspsml my v,¡rï..1us <utiêS; ana nH first smail bottle completely cured me, therefor;* I h" V the irreitest confidence in fully reootnmendinst it to the iwit '>n. (Signed) •• w. Li*«sr.t, U.M.&.B. Netley See above trade Mxrk on every Eo'tle, and insist on having BALSAM OF ANISEED, Sold by Chemists and Medicine Ven1":t t-hroushout 1 £ • WiH-ld. at Is. ljd- and 2s. 3<i. PKSPAS:O KY THOMAS i'OWRLL, LIMTTF.D, | 4. AUt(03f-Pr.AC £ UtACfiFSlAfiS-KOAD, LOXDON. gj_ (^1 T E V E N s ,| AMERICAN BOTANIC DISPENSARY, | 97. OLD MARKET-STREET, .BRISTOL. ] 1". This ^rij/aration Usen sold by is for nearly tirty | y-sius. It is a stife, ag.'eeaO e, an>l certain eu RE for al. 1 J¡1r of AsUuna, Whooping Cough, -hortiwss of j Eraath, Hoarseness, Bii^fichitis, and ail Diseases of the Chest and Lmlj!;9: even iu the last sta^n of CO':3umptlon 91!ürJlng redei when all Ofher reme..u..9 haveiailed. One Vfttie wHl 10.1 roust CIUS etrect.1 perfect cClr. In Bottj ai It. lid. IlIl..lZ..3d. each. sTitViiNai'a COMPOUND DANDELION PILI.S. itwee PUb have been sold f,v nearly forty year3 wiih th« greatest success. They are safe "DU rta;n C C K £ Wr.1t UiiSBASEiJ of tU9 STOMACH and LIVR, Indi. section, tilsi, Giddiness in Head, Constipation, j i'ia» uienb fains in the :;t;omach and Sowels thiough im- pai digestion. Bein, purtly Vegetable they &.1". sale; und«r any ciraumstaiices. l'housan ^s aie cured annu- } *l'v by their usa. SkOLS FOB CAKDIFP—MS. ROdSEE. (Ii, AUAM-SlltaET. List of Agents (we have no others. travWling or other- wi>e):—London, Mr. fi. 'fay.or, Leitii-terrace, Higu- I rod. KlIbum; Cardiff, Air. Kosscr, 66, Adam-street;; j iatii. Mr. j?ineh, a. Cheap-itreet, and Mr. Phiilpuit, 3, J'oimtain Bnildings; Frome, Mrs. Drucev 6, South Parade. Agents Wanted. Lioerai Discounr, .ullewed. I 72 f JJINNEFORD'S MAGNESIA. DrnEFÐRt) FLUID;\Lo\U:SE:-iTA\. -1 PURE FUJI ft MAti- LNNEFORD S .m AGNESIA, 1 For aoiditv of the Stomach. Par Heartburn and Headache. for Guut- and Indigestion, DINNKFORD'S MAGNESIA. Siafest and vaott gMtte aaerlent for delicate constitutions. Ladies, Obildreu, aad Infant*. m. jwi»D-ira*sr. lqxvo:?, ALL CHSMISTa I4i44t C S H ) n I Z E R ? ~rn G r t x s-: A S fJ\J IN CASH PUIZ::S Will be presented, Entirely Free of Charge, to the Twenty 1 Readers who form tile Highest XlHnb: uÎ ll'cr1u!I",y Words OUL vi the t\)\"t it E S !■; N TAT I 0 X. Thus, for exam Die, •• PRESENT," SKNT." BE3T," <• >iATiO\ A». Suiiject to tu conditions 1)à¡neJ bsiow. } Tb¡5 amJ\ll1t wil. b divided :\s follows :— FIRST PRIZE £ 20 Os. 0L SPiCOND Pj;ZS.1:W lü. (hi. | THIRD PRIZE JLM Os. <>I. And SSVEXTEfV other Cash Pr^-s t-f I O N >: p 0 V N D 1-1 C H. Hence e'.ery- coir.;i-;i ,r will have TíVEST f CHACE8 OF WINNING OXK OF 1'H.,E TWENTY CASH PIUZE.1. The JLe1uingwn Fine A:'t As^ochitio >, e\n desinms "f further extending the sale of then- Art- Pivductions at Popular Prices, hav necided to oifer 1 n aN Prize, ENTIRELY FREE OF CHARGE, '0 all reader vrho shall become patrons nf their nT SELECTED p.\nCiL OF P urn; RES, Considtitig of fourteen of the mo^t iMauliful, charming, and varied subjects, for Post-oflice Order, is. ?d., or 2Z stamps. Every pared will coutaia a c'ii.rmiT1g1y-' coloured Oi: PiCtU1-e, entitled J A C K •" S W I) O I N (i Mrasnring 21 :nchea by 13, from the Original Oil: painting by thar. renowned Artist, DRUJIMON Ü. | TlJi, a charming Marine, landscape, and dgure subject combined, s a wonderfully \;rigllt, pieasing, ana sugges tiv" picture. Th sc<-ne is laid liard by U", seashore. A rustic stiLe g'turds entrance tO;l. luxuriant cornfield. 8tretching far away until ;1; m::t3 the horizon lie tlj«s 1.1e ocean. Tlu iutereTji th picture. howcv.:r, cntre in two ligures in the immediate toregrtmnd. J k, a strapping sa.ii.,r laddie, whose sunburnt features tell of \40}.d.gcs t.) warmer clus, is leaning in true. easy-going sailor fcshiju 01. the style. wJúk tl;) w!li8¡;erS sell nothings to a bri-r-ev;d, dark-haired, bare-footed ¡It1i;JIl; girl. who is r,ry:iig, hut, 1.11ISllco.;flllly, to "minri Üer k!ti",i:1:. una 1 u>it as t.hl)!lgi1lltJtJhin tn the wid worid were of less hnfxjriauce to il r tJna the admiration of her 3;1ilor sweetheart. About twenty-three colours ar use-1 in i he proJuctiun (of this targe and splendid wors, and tLey are s) well blended that it > really nest lv impossible to detet, tie picture Jrom th origiuai oil painting, tor it is executed in ll1e hihe3 style of "1". and superbly coloured 1\'ita great Jetiacv and esacr. fidelity tt) nr1ture, the texture •i ti18 canvas anJ ti1 "ery brush m:\r:;q of Ule orr¡;1B3.1 beiug re-produced in the m:J:t astonishing manner. In addition to this Magnificent Picture, "ah Ptrcel owJlalso contain Two B-autifal Plaque Pictures (.iniuul u'Jt.$. DOCJS' HEADS, UCT'J FH IMED CO.MPLir.TIi IN* IMITATION PLUSH FilAMSS, FOR H.l5GI:-Ocr. AD ELEVEN orIlEI CilARStlNG SUBJECTS, Till" selection of 1I!'hih must be !»ft to the Association. Tho in i^niliaent picture, J \K'" WùOl;G-" i3ahn worth at ieasl, but all rü-\li..3 applying before December 1l11 «. t,, Art )roqucti()n 101." Posc-Oilice Or.ier J.:t. 3 or '3 SCl.mpj. C3.r1"i.cLe free. 1 'I every "l1rI'.II, Qut wiil :l1o b e!1;mld a signed ."RiZE OEUTIFICATE, WnicU wili the holder fu compete, ENTIRELY XKSE OF CH,Rù for ttu above cash Pdze:3. r'u.l di tiJ t,)I11!¡"i',Í-u will be found priureù 011 the Prize Certificate.  cheque will be forwariled to each Ijf til 'wenry suc- CI!SIU¡cofinet¡tOI"Soll December ?0tfi,and tOe full names und :4Üre"9 of the TWENTY ucces3f,Ü competitors will be puhli"hed ill tll adrerfisement columns 01 ihe London Standard oi .December 31st, 13-33. Ail orders must be accompanied hy tile L>1! owi tlí( Bond, which should be cut out and forwarded, with remittance, befui"e December 1.. W"A\jT £ 7?. i' EF. 'CL V MAJL PTilZE 130SD. :s:) 372. Please order before Dec.11. nnl.39 from Abroad. Oil receipt of this K ind, accompanied oy Post- oitice Order valoe s. 9d. (or 23 penny stamps;, W agree to forward, Carriage Paid, to any address in tile United Kirqlom. on Parcel uf our Art selected Productions, containing j Fourteen beautiful a'id varied subjects. ( i ncludingtlie Large an. I JLigmficeut ly-Coioured j Oil Picture, entitled ) J A (; K' W 0 I) I N a as described above. We also agree io e'i?'j:e in eaeh Virc^l, E'\lll{£I,Y FHEE 01.,1 UH\HG8, one PliIZE (.-JSKTI^iCArE, whicU wiil tiie lloider to compete, EXTrI,;1.Y REK OF CHAP..G¡-, firthe TWENTY CA"»H PRIZES, amounting to FIFTY G UrE.6. (iSign-d). AL r 'R H. PACON, Manager, Th..KES"ilNG1)N FINE ART ASSOCIATION, K¡<.t!iIlgtùn-oad, JConsingion, London, N.B.^—Tue exquisite C juipaniou l':c. ure to I WOU[G." Y\LEY1:1E," together witll TWENTY-SIN other l'1t.:TC R E.") and all extra Cer- t.iticu.te, cau be secured by sendin for '1') Parcen (Post-office OrJer 3s., or 3-is;snaps, Carriage FretJ) 1'uese two Pictures alone ar<t honestly worth Five Shillings per pair. i The Association cLwa a very Beautiful Picture, upright shape, ml:l.3ming 26 inches by 8t inch3, er-titled "A JOY." Particnhrlv ,uitl\be for a centre ubiect to tlw abov* Pair of 1>icture:3, "J J1ÇK' WOuINGl" auJ •• JACK'o VALENTINE Z" The Charming P.'cture, A M JTKETV -TOY," we can offer to the readers of this paper at Is. 9d. per copy by P.O.O., or 23 stamps post free. As the above go. ds are vaiutble, the Association will be happy to register the pared3 for !I\e tmm;ni3sioa. provided two extra stamps are enclosed. If v u can get f011r of your trie:1.is to become pur- chasers of the cheap Parcels of Pictures, we will enù you an extra Certificate, thus ..TJabiinyou In com- pete without becoming a purchaser. An assortment of our Works was sent to flic Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, a1ll1 in ¡1::ku)wledgi¡¡¡ fmae he wrote ilS toilows :—" These are the prettie3L and cheapest things that have ever come nllder my Jlr¡tice. For how small a sum mav houses u., made beautiful Post-olSee Orders arc preferred to P03tal Orders, and to be made payaote at Kensington Park-road Post-office, London. EXTRA SPECIAL NOTICE. The foilcwillr is the RMSULT of tl1e PRIZE COMPETI- TTO 0'1. the WORD KENNING I'ONIAN FtRST X'KIZE.—TEN ínr[:"E"l'i1", Rev. Thoma. Tilaoy Westardaie. Wcsle.vaa .Mlnisr.cv, JJ^yswafcer, 151, l^briilse-road. Londou, W. SEIJONI) PP.IZP:FIYE GUIE-3ar,.h .h:1& Tans- ley, 8'M,1011-rolfJd, Fenny Stratford, Bu -ks. THE FOLLOWING TKN COMPETITORS WON ONE OUtNKY EA':H.A1ed H:. ôllJiOsley, 8, ("hth"m-zron, Burcou-roa-i, AVi-binzton, Manch3s>ter; Percy J- Lancaiitrr, 15, "hal"O!1-roaÜ. \Vesú Ka]jgtl.ln ¡)ark. London. ¡. .FlorenceThorburn, 15, Sdg^-iane. Liverpool; F, al1ci VV. Lancaster, 1, St. Heller*. Jersey Jansfc Johnson, FO':l1d!hg, 8, Guildford-place. LcaricQ, W.C. AII"c Gray <J.ytnr. The Cottage*, Hangbton, neftI" 3bifnal. Salop; Wilcox. 12, <r;-eat Wanem-square East, North Cn?nhr-road, Dubd, Eilirr.rd Bcayshaw, la. LJtn. holm-crescent. Derlln^oi: J. P. n1"k9, B. Metiieso i-roed. West KansinRton, London, W. Richanl Robinson. ■) I1nior, 12. Ashnore-road, '^t. Peter's Park, 1..011(1011, W, All Communications t e plain1 y ad, tr ssedr— W A LTI'.R HENRY BACON, THE KENSINGTON FINE ART A^SOOIATION, I(E;çS[ U'r{)-RI)AD, KEXSI"œroX, LO: DON, W. Send one Stamp for our New yatuloifue of Pifhm s. Christ- inas Novelties. Cbr'staiaa Cur ls, 4tc. To Vr3rroR.I.-Twomi'l<lt'g' walk tQ the left on 'wring :l¡;gl1-!1tr*u.ntr ll:rl'lJ..lUd .Pw'¡'l.L 10. C 0 I, M A N > 31 CST A it D. i ROWLANDS' .\JAC ASSAR Oil., has bwn known lor 85 years as the best and safest preserver and beant-lder of the hair, and has a most delicate and fragrant bouqoefc. Iv contains no lead or mineral ingve- and can aljo be had ill a golden colour for fair and golden-jiaired p.o¡..le alld chi hire II. Avoid spuriou* imitations, and also ciieap bair oiis. 1I'"hich are mostly comp.\3eil of cheap and rancid oii, and produce eruptions on the scalp, and buv oniy Rowlands' Macassar Oil. of 20. Hat-ton Gar !en, London. Sizes, .3. Sd., 7. i'ls. 6d. equai to k'Ur smail), aud 219.. R O\YLAS1JS' MAC ASS A I; OIL. 2^>0WLANDS" MACASSAR OIL. R O'Wl.ADS' MACASSAR OIL. J^OWLANDS" 3IACASSAR OIL, MACASSAR is the orjginal and outy genuine aiticle sold under that, or any •duiiiarname. Avoid spurious imitations, aud buy uniy ItoWLAN OdJUACA6SAK OIL- 83'Lc-l "R." GiiAliAM" YQti2\iH, DENTAL 111. ;-n.gQs. PARK-SXREST. r.I£TQI, C 4-lt ¡;\I.F the ist-an4 3n4 W'j;JI)B:S;j.4.Y in every meutb, a flCSWBLLTY J .'1!IiiS. CJIt.E)'(.I E1t'1'oW(Co\"r.er of Charles-street), Next Visits, WBK5E4HI, Nov. 17th and Dec. bt. fretn 11. to S.30 ¡.t.m. ifiHI*HN3—1st, and 3*d TXffRi»AY in f!er.T menth a.1, 22, Ca.r6lIine-tree t;n 5 a.m. te 2.3. p. Next Tisits. THUifSDAY. SOY. 18th and Dec. 2nd. C'1EPST#*V—i. *BA*F9irj-<V.frARI5, 1st aud 3rol T.lh¡;.À.Y. 5 teJ 7 p.ill 2iU\and 4th TtUJJ<1i9ÂY in erv 11 a.m. to4.3iJp.rn. NEVYPORT— <ind and 1th iHffP.iOAY by lI.ppoiut- m«nt. A Vacancy for a Pupi'. JPT'"T T s EPILEPSY 0 Po FALLING SIC K XES S. GIDDINESS, SENSATIONS, AND FArT. I will demonstrate t > i he whoie world how that m031 dreadful of altcompbin .s. 1.'pl(P.¥'" ",hidl 1m3 bf'1I hitherto considere<.1 i ;¡cllra.bi. can be pCTlcanently curell (without the chance of failure). All atl2i"ted 111"1 wriie with full hope [tI,Li coniidence ro r. \VILLrÁ){I; .0, Oxford-terrace, Hyde 1'1''1. London, who will send full particulars to any person, fre of all charge. Lco9 it Ii i' [ cT~\T. l' l E iTu J. COMPLETB S' T FOR ONE GCIEA: I ilNGLE TOOTH, 2s. èd, A Warranty for Five Years with every Set of Tth. Tth Scaled, Fitted, and Extracted upon al: improved and advertised principles, at moderate charges. ME. GOODMAN. SUliGEON ( í.Lot Haiia.-er Megs.EskeU, i.ondon), SHANNON-COUhT, 7, C01DI-TRLET. El(bTOL. Dr. ANDREW WIMOV .\s I can reCiJmmend lILr. Goodman "8 ;& very skilful Kud humane Uentist; bis r.e_cg:j ![lll\i at_t..tY, him all classes."f3o-6c I.J .1..Á 1. PMSIR PRIZE CARTS, WAGONS, C:\llUAtJ E, AND A G R1C L* L'L" C U A L BIPLEMENTS ii J? 0 T HERGILL' 3, DOCK-STI: J-: N T WORKS, NEWPORT, MON. J, S. STONE, ;.IAx.!G Bri.. Catalogues Free uu j,pp¡ica¡ùlL 72053 '-C: w >7iTzj-: JS • s *~0O>OAHNA • jl'e.vt1' ( o- «u r fucker. ".Á]tJ.Nl'EEJ8 i'U: ..fPL.LE ()C$Å. \'i: t 0 tinst quality, í th tMe exces.,t tILl. ut ract. ihe t;¿cultypronfluRceit "the m89t autritieua,ferlectiy «i«e9tible beverage f»r Breakfast, Lunche8T1. r Supper, ac invaluable fer Invali4ls and Calnlren." J{;.1ILT (:1.)LllK.U 3I" THX ISTISS HJUfICU. FMU. 1II!i.- wltblt\1t sugar, spice, »i-ether a.mlllture, It; SIUt3 all Ltu, kep f»r years n all climates, and is t.1\¿1' times lle 1"1:;J of TO J* » TSICXSMK* J lOt WS.l.i{£,N 11;- ilk Starch, Ac., and 1,'{ naitrv cbeafrr than such Mixtures. ?-f;»de instantaneously wif h boiling water, a teaspwinfui 1- a Breakfast Cup, costing ll!6 thaa a IIRlf"IHIRv. COCEATINA A LA VASU.I.* ■* the west delicate.Jiges- tikle. cheapest Tanilla Okecelate,and may ke taU*n "bell richer tihecelate IS prohibited. J t1 Tins aL is. •< 2s., 5s. MI., Ac., bv Cnmit3 auJ '1 rors. 37i:i4 n'.JiÏL:.t.-e-ü:ü@1tIPTI9, r(i!¡ J JIT, PAID IN ABTAN9* ^aarter-vaar. IbU.YMr. Onœ Year, Western Mail i,. id. lis. 84. 2Ss. Od. Weeklr Mail 2s. 24. 4». <d. Js. 8*. ¡ f (enfanl.Y Pest the Charge will be etuart.yoar, Jhlf-.Vftr. One i«sj Western Mail St. fti. ies. Ii. UI. tit. Weekly Mail 2s. ;¡. l, h, Fereicn Pestage extra. SistHtttanees toe. sent by Pest-efllee erlon. Letters ef Business ta M iiTe4teè. aa.øey eTiess 1Ma411, payable, t8 UM }¡(aaaCer. )if. K.8f1tT J*XK5-J* TlUjU. I.'wt JM .i.l". I.¡&.
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'=-C='=' oeisfilup ;#iail » w '-O SA TURDA Y, NO VEMBER 27, ISSS. MORE TEACHERS WANTED. The pubiic of South Wales are just awaken- ing to the fact that they are not all what they should be in an educational way. They tind that they ara being beaten out of the held, aa far as results are concerned, the cry being that it is not the Colleges which are at ifaalt. bui the system, which cannot at;tipiy the machinery — tha Collegiate machinery—with material of a kind and quan- tity which will keep it going in full SWIng. We think that our Colleges, to be effective, principles. in other words, despite their traditions to the contrary, the stall of the i College should prove themselves to be a teaching rather than a lecturing staff, and should continue J!1 this capacity for a great many years yet to com- Let, ucs take the one subject of the teaching of languages as an example. This cannot be drilled into a young fellow after two, three, or six months' tralning. It require? a long course of talk- ing and teaching. This is pre-eminently a talking age. lentil recent years, a man might be a Colossus of learning and not be able to [give anything like adequate oral expression to his knowledge, and yet obtain all i the credit of his acquirements. Par- liaments were, for the most part, j composed of men v. ho laid claim to no powers of oratory, nor had any. Their descendants, perhaps, are less modest, and prefer the claim with as little justification, Electors made no demand for men who could talk as we understand the term nON. The time was still to come when the ox should be unmuzzled, and when the" free and enlightened" should stand as erect as he might on public platform and declare him- i self ia favour of "animal Parliaments and lwlversal suffering." jn private life men drank and sang and possessed marvellous pro- ficieucy therein, but to-day all this is changed. A man must talk, or he is not in the race. What is anything worth until it is uttered? Is not the universe one great fays GEORGE ELIOT. Yes, rnsy it not be replied, the utterance of a hymn of praise too profound to be other than silent. 1 he old proverb is reversed. Speech now is golden. Silence is no longer a thing of merit, but the principal characteristic of addle heads, tiv mark of th beast, true index of the barren waste* within. Silence—eldest of things—language of old night—primitive Di"- truly thy glory is departed, and the mighty have been hurled from their seat. And not only are we expected to talk, but to prattle pleasantly and fluently in tongues than our own. The advance of civilisation, the rapid exten- sion of commerce, the vastly increased inter- course between tho nations, these are the things to which is due the prominence given to the study of modern languages nowadays. L am of a constitution so general that it consents and sympa.thl3eth with all things. I have no an ipathy, or, rather, idiosyncrasy, in any- thing. t hose national repugnances do not touch me, nor do I behold v ;;h prejudice the French, Italian, Spanish, or Dutch/' This freedom from national prejudices which the author of tbe" Keligio Medici" discovered in himself is now pretty general, as everybody knows. We prefer to be what we are— Enlishmen-but wq have advanced suffi- ciently to be able to say that next to that we should wish to be French, or Italian, or Russian, according perhaps as we may prefer Paris or Home or St. Petersburg, or accord- ing to the number of good friends we may have in one or the other. This, however, is quite clear, that the study of modern languages occupies to-day a position it ha3 not long enjoyed in the curriculum of educational authorities, and 33 formerly the knowledgeof Latin and Greek was the mark and seal of a gentleman, so now there is a sort of pity felt for a man who cannot converse in two or three languages. It is characteristic of our time that it is not sufficient to be able to read any work in a foreign tongue, i'or the knowledge to be of valae, the practical spirit of the age demands a proticiency in speaking it.. It is, no doubt, necessary that diplomatists, for instance, should be tirst-rate linguists that is, that they should be able to converse with almost, if not quite, the same iiuency in a foreign language as in their own. Again, for merchants whose trade li^s with the Continental nations, the colloquial know- ledge of a Continental tongue is highly desirable, and sometimes absolutely necessary. But all men are not Ambassadors, and all men are not merchants, and the knowledge requisite for thr-se classes demands, and, in the case of the former obtains, a special training. There is a tendency, however, to undervalue the knowledge that simply enables a man to read foreign authors 111 the original with facility. The late. Bishop ( oLEN.so wrote a dictionary and j grammar of the Zulu language, and yet, because he had lost the habit of speaking it, I hi" linguistic attainments were called in question in certain quarters, although, as his daughter has told us, the written words were still as familiar to him almost as his own tongue. Occasionally, one meets a man who, endowed with extraordinary linguistic capacity, is able to converse fluently and correctly in two or three foreign tongues, without having en joyed the advantage of resi- dence in thecountries speaking them. ou may eailthis the stamp of genius or what you will, but genius is a vara avis, and it ia the study of modern languages by everybody that; is so much insisted ou now-a-davs. Great danger lies in this. \Ve do not fear knowledge, even a little of it, in spite of the old adage; but as Latin and Greek were, perhaps, overdone because the knowledge of them was the out- ward and visible sign of a gentleman's" education, so the utilitarian, practical spirit that stalks abroad to-day may end in over- doing the sttfdy oc modern languages to the exclusion of other as useful or more useful matter, because the exigencies of commerce and international relations seem to demand an universal knowledge of them..Much previous time may L,, hopelessly wasted in this way, because not all men reqnire a knowledge of foreign languages for their career in life, and because all do not I possess the linguistic faculty. By all means let us bave the study of modern languages, but let it be remembered that without constant practice in speaking—bearing in mind, that is, the ability to converse in them, that is, so earnestly desired—the bulk of students will never acquire more thaa a supertlcial knowledge of that kind; and with regard to reading, no ordinary man has ever reached the point at which be is able, with ease, and without the help oc a dictionary, ti read any work in a j foreign tongue without having applied him- self intensely to the study of that tongue. Of course, ia early life, knowledge is acquired with greater facility than afterwards, especi- ally perhaps the storing up of words, but the school life of the masses ia not long, and com- petition and the high pressure at which ,ve live will tend to make it still shorter and also to cro.vd more into Nothing but the barest superficiality will be possible in these circumstances. Better by far to at once relinquish the idea of transforming all boys into walking dictionaries and impart to them, at any rate, first of all, such knowledge as will best fit them to fill the places in the world they are intended to occupy. What we want, it may perhaps be safely said, is more special, legs general, know- ledge. The day is fast approaching, if it has J l ot already arrived) when England must look to her laurels in trade and commerce. These have constituted, and still form, a large measure of her greatness, and we cannot, consequently, bestow too much care on the maintenance of our position in these departments of our pre-eminence. To do this we must have thoroughness, and there will not be thoroughness unless prominence be given in our education to the acquirement of thar. knowledge which will enable us to compete successfully with all comers. If our training were more special we should, perhaps, see less of the discontent with our lot and calling in life and envy of that of which is as common now as in tue (iajs of old. Mr. 13izycu said not .;o:'r; in the House cf Com- mon?, in the course of his answer to a question Oil the subject of extra Consular iu foreign countries for the sole purpose of advancing the interests of English tirius in connection with the orders for foreign goods given out by those countries, that commercial education in Germany was vastly superior to ours, and there can bo no doabr thai; this question of special commercial training is cii);iev connected with that of our industrial supremacy. It' a boy be intended for a commercial career he can hardly be better occupied than in learning the principal Continental languages; but if he be intended l'or a farmer, for instance, his time would be almost a well spent ill learning the art of writing Latin or Greek ver.se. if languages are to be taught, let a instructors look to it that he gets fair- play, and that other work Ù<kS not make it absolutely impo-ssible for him to acquire anything more than a smattering of them. lij all means let him fill up as many of the other chambers of his brain as he can without risk of mental surfeit and consequent intellectual llabbiness; but the pursuit of that knowledge which is indispensable to the successful conduct (of bis business in life must occupy the first place. In that, at least, he should have every opportunity of becoming facile prtiicevs. But there is a tendency in these days to give an universal superiority to the study of modern languages, (pita apart from auy consideration of the .tudent's future or capacity. As SYKNEY j S.MiT'f wrote of classical learning in his time, so it may be said of the study of modern languages in oui day. W'hy are we to trust" he ask-s, to the I diversity of human tastes and the varieties of human ambition in everything else, and distrust ic in classics alone ? The passion for languages," he goes on, is just as strong as any other literary passion." The task of learning a language is to some people worse than that of SISYPIIUS, because, in soite of the most laborious effort, they never get to the top of the infernal mountain. To endeavour to store the mind of every youth with the equivalents in other tongues of the words of his own Without reference to his particular intellectual faculties or to his calling in life is simply to play fast and loose with the intellectual capital of the country. "We must catch up every man—whether he is to be a clergyman or a duke—begin with him at six years of ag, and never quit him till he is twenty, making him conjugate and decline for life and death." Tire pedagogue of those days was so immersed in the classics, and so deluged his pupils with them, that one might have thought the everlasting gates would be shut for good against those unhappy mortals who possessed not a knowledge of Latin and Creek. Budding duke and ecclesiastical ueopbvte were alike plunged into the flood of mythological lore by their too learned master. all the same to him, God save the King, Or Cii. ira," according to the fashion all. The study of languages is not at any time an unmixed good, simply l^cause it involves an immense expenditure of time and energy in the accumulation of words merely and not of ideas.. To obtain the laastery of a language is difficult enough. as all ordinary people know who have agonised in the struggle, and to retain that mastery in its completeness it is generaJ1.v necessary to keep exercising oneself in it by reading, and so on. It may be said that as soon as a man can read easily in a foreign language he is in a position to study the thoughts and idaas op those who have written | in it. But to this it has been objected by distinguished critics that no man would study metaphysics, for instance, or astro- nomy, or logic, in a strange tongue, and so add, u3 ^iDXiiy SMITH fays, the ditli- eulties of a language to tho diiliculties of a subject. There is anouier drawback to the atndy of languages, bearing in mind aLvaya that that study means merely an accumulation of words. The human mind, m we all feel, is a finite thing, and capable only of certain efforts and limited r vva'ts. Mr. JAMES PAYN, in an article in the JSinelefnth Century for March, 1^50, entitled Sham Admiration in Literature," pointed to the fact that in "very many cases ail the intelligence of which a mind is capable is expended upon the mere acquisition of a foreign language. As to getting anything out of it in the way of ideas, and especially of poetical ones, that is almost never attained, Therf are, indeed, many who have a special facility for Ir-nguageu, but in their case (with a few exceptions) one may say with- out uncharity that the acquisition of ideas is not their object, though if they did acquire them they would probably be new ones. The majority of m, however, have much difficulty in surmounting the obstacle of an alien tongue, and when we have done so we are naturally inclined to over-rate the advantages thus attained." The foregoing quotation appears to us to be so much to the point that an apology for the length of it may, we hope, he unnecessary. Mr. PAYN tells the story of a great wit who, feeling bored by the praises of a .man who spoke six Iangnase,, said that he knew a man who spoke a dozen, and yet never said a word worth hearing in any of them. Residence in the country speaking it is, of course, the quickest and best way of acquiring the knowledge of a language, if, indeed, it be not the only efficient means of obtaining a thorough colloquial knowledge of it. Much, however, may be done at home by a found method of teaching, and by earnestness and application on the student's part. E\'ery- I body knows the harrowing sort of thing schoolboy French, at any rate, used to be not long ago. It ought to be better in these advanced day3. if it had not beeu. so serious a thing, one could laugh now at the recollection of the farce that was perpetrated twice every week in one's school-days, when the French master took a class of about thirty boys for an hour each time. Wras it any wonder that the poor lad should become "as wise as a justice of the quorum and custalorum in Shallow's time." He might almost have exclaimed with poor M. JOURBAIN, A E, I, I, I, I. Cela est vrai. Vica la science .n So much for languages. We shall have a word to say on other subjects by and bye.
1XXM, JOTTlNTaS.
1XXM, JOTTlNTaS. [lï pKNDfUGON.] I hope the corporations of .South Wales, in their endeavour to commemorate the Queen's jubilee in a suitable way, wiil not do anything in a hurry. Of course, we ought to be, and, I am sure are, deeply grateful to Albert Edward "—may his shadow never grow less, and his personal popu- larity never diminish-for his letter soliciting the mayors of South Wales, and the mayors, I suppose, of the country generally, to co-operate in the formation of an Imperial Institution for the Colonies nnd India, to be established in commemo- ration of thy auspicious event. London and the surrounding English municipalities are rich enough iu themselves without coming to Mr. Gladstone's "poor little Wales "for assistance. I had the privilege yesterday of a short conference with the Mayors of Cardiff and Newport, j in "tiie open," and with an exciting equine com- petition going forward, upon this very subject, and a9 your readers know, quite coin- cide with my own. In Cardiff it is proposed to form an Art Gallery, and, although the project is a formidable otis and frnught with great eXpengi- works of ait, are we not aware, cost money, and much of it now-a-days, my dear friands-l think there is public spirit enough in the town to back up tha suggestion of the chief magistrate, if the magnates of the town will only him their shoulders and pockels. At Newport George Hoskins, who has just been selected as their head by the corporation of the Monmouthshire borough, has fixed his mind upon a Free Library at Pill. Tho project is one which ought to bo considered. Hoskins knows the requirements of the town over which he so woithily and genially presides, but may 1 be permitted to ask if the readiug-room, &c., at Pill has been 110 weH patronised as to warrant the carrying out of the scheme ? Pill just a bit out of the way for a jubilee celebration of this kind, and could not somethins be done for it suffi- cient for the day without making it the centre of an object commemorative of an event which has "nt. nwurrod twice in our history as a nation ? Let. me add one word. I hope, for goodness' uke, nothing will be done in the shape of useless statues —we have had enough of those—and that what- ever is determined upon may not only be some- thing to be remembered for all time, but beneficial to the community generally, and serving a useful and elevating purpose. The jumping in connection with Lord Tredegar's show took place as usual at Coedkernew on Tues- day. I was there myself, and can testify what I do know. The attendance was larger than I ever remember, and the sport was first cla"s, The weather was gloriously fine, and the ground in capital" going ord"r. I observed con- scientiously the request not to appear upon the ground mounted. Perhaps, under the circum- stances, I was wise in my day and generation for doing so but, nevertheless, I should account my- self among the "cads if I had failed to pay atten- tion to the wishes of so genial and so popular a sportsman as my Lord Tredegar. I don't wish it to be generally known, but, for the informa- tion of a number of friends I met upon the occasion, I must write it down here that I was one of the party which chartered a well-tooled four-in- hand from Mr. Jepson, who does a little bit of "posli ng" and a great deal of contracting. To the coachman, who landed us through intricacies of a somewhat difficult nature, I am truly thankful, as 1 am to the gentlemen who so kindly provided us with the wherewithal to "eat, drink, and be i merry." I never went to Coedkernew under more favourable conditions, and although we did the pace, there wa3 not even the shadow of a thought of a dislocated vertebrae, or the suggestion of a broken limb. 1 am happy, therefore, for I am not the most sedate of men when I take a box seat, next 10 a Jehu who has good eattltj to handle and dees his task expeditiously but.—but —well. That's all on this port of the subject. I should like, if I had the space and tha time, to write untold columns about, the sport, and the c ty but tho fpace at my command is so limited that I am compelled to curtail considerably. To start with, I may with safety declare that since the inauguration of tho event there has never been a larger company present, and I make bold to say further that n"ver has the company had a more varied and enjoyable day. The jumping was splendid, and BO was the swim- ming. In order to make myself intelligible in j using the latter expression, I must add that there were more than the usual number of failures to clear the brook, and the consequence was that horses and riders were seen, amid much laughter and clapping, doing the grand tour of the water until friendly hands came to the rescue. This leads me to declare that human nature is human nature after all, and that it is not always in a com- miserative frameof mind. For instanee.the tumbling over of an animal and rider either into the water or at a fence was the signal for an amount of hilarity and joeoscness among the spectators which must have sent a pang to the hearts of the unfor- tunate victims. However, there is this to bo said if you go out 8t2uplechasing, steeplecliasing it must be. Now that all the strife is over, now that all the tears are shed," may I be permitted to say a word or two in reference to the municipal elections which are just concluded? I want to emphasise the assertion that the Conservatives have been badly used. 1 had the audacity to express theopinion that Dr. Horder was as good a man as Mr. Peter Price. I hold by it still; but now that the latter has been preferred by tha electors of the East Ward, I hope he will have tho honesty and good tasio to withdraw some of the malignant expres- sions he has used towards this journal. We had the right to champion the cause of our own side, and we exercised it without telling lies. There ia one consolation I have out of the whoie business,! and it is that Mr. Peter Price's accession to office will raise the tone of the corporate body. I am not in a position to announce where the tono is to come from, but. Mr. Price has told us it. would be forth- coming, and I suppose he will get it by hook or by crook from some quarter or another. Now that the lirst transports of joy are over, ] take the leave, which I am sure will not be denied mp, of congratulating Mr. George Hopkins, of the Hayes, on the victory lie achieved. He fought a good fight, and was victorious. His party did not expect him to head the poll by hundreds and thousands, for the reason that he had as his opponent the very strongest man the Liberals could produce—a man who has as many, 01', pedlaps more, friends amongst his political opponents than he has among those of his own inclining. Personal friendship, indeed, was appealed to on hia behalf," and every effort that his party could put forth was strained to the utmost tension to secure his return but Mr. Hopkins and the Tory phalanx were just a trifle too strong, and the worthy doctor, to ue an ancient simile, had to lick the dust." I do not imagine for a moment that tho event is one over I which Oardiffians need put themselves into sackcloth an:i ashes, for, however personally esti- mable the good doctor may be, I don't believe even the paid advocates in print and speech ¡ would argue. except with thcir tongtijs in their checks, that lie is so fitting for the position to which he aspired as his successful adversary. This is all I have to say. We have just leavened the Town Council of elr- diff with cheap beef and gratuitous tone," and I suppose we shall ever after be municipally happy until next November comes round. It has been my ill-fortune to have to pass through some of the principal 9treets of Swansea. during the late wet weather, and they have been getting more filthy and impassable e very day. When it begins to rain in Swansea there is nothing half- hearted about it. A fortnight or three weeks of either continual rain or depressingly leaden skies is a trying period to pass anywhere. But when you see, as in Swansea, no attempt, even of the weakest or most shabby description, to make the streets decent during the whole of that time, you begin to wonder whether you are or are not in a civilised part of t.he globe. Have the Urban Authority 110 tools like other authorities have ? I have never seen such a thing as a horse-brush" or scraper at work. If they haven't one let them, I pray, go to that expense at once. A stranger entering the town just now would think the inhabitants had been subject to another such visitation as the Foxhole waterspout. Home Newport friends write:—"Dear 'Pen- dragon,'—We are sometimes puzzled to find the meaning of an occasional jotting of yours; e.g., on Monday you have 'tinkliug for breakfast, tink- ling for dinner,' &c. We enn't for the life of us see the point. You can't refer to church bells! Do give us a li«.ht?" Pardon me, my dear fellows, but I should like to know if any of you reside j within a dozen yards of a church steeple where a solitary bell does half-hour tuvns three or four times a day. Are you answered ? I alII reminded, in not very complimentary terms, that what appeared in this column in refe- rence to smoking on the footboards of the tram- cars has been foliowed by an order to put a stop to the practice. I am very much obliged to the manager for his kindness, but I cannot be ex- pected to commiserate with my correspondent, who will have to indulge his penchant, if he wishes to do so, for tho" weed on the top of the car, where he will ba less a nuisance to his fellow- passengers. If he wishes to have a whole vehicle to himself he should charter one at. the usual rates.
DH. PARKER ON DISESTABLISH-I…
DH. PARKER ON DISESTABLISH- I MENT. Dr. Joseph Parker, of the City Temple, in a letter I to the Times under the heading of Impossibilities of Liberalism," says :—" It is hardly too much to say that all other questions which have como be- forts the British Legislature Since the Restoration sink into insignificance when compared with the deposition of the Anglican Church from political primacy. Let any Liberal Premier put down dis- establishment as an essential item of his pro- gramme, and he will scatter traditional Liberalism to the winds. My only hope is in education. Such education cannot be hastened. Were it in my power to disestablish the Church to- morrow I would not do it. A programme that included Home Rule, free education, disestablish- ment, and the dismantling of Titanic landlords, would not be a programme, nor even a Ilabel, nor even a chaos that might b« subdued and shaped; it would be the sheerest madness. The measutfs eo indicated will all come to pass, but they will so come as to be but the spontaneous Amen after a universal and heartfelt prayer."
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THE LONDON EISTEDDFOt). DATE OF THE MEETING. We are informed that at a special meeting of the committee entrusted with the arrangement of the National Eisteddfod in London next, year it was decided to bold the Eisteddfod in the early part of August. We understand that a large unmbar of gentle- men from South Wales have men invited to act as adjudicators, and the committee are novv awaiting their acceptance of the office.
OUR PARIS LETTER.
OUR PARIS LETTER. PARIS, NOVEMBER 24-, Quite a. revolution has taken place in the extreme Republican press, and consists in the cheap jour. nals becoming larger and the dear ones cheaper. This is tantamount to commercial equality. The change is due to tho appearance of the Action, the 39th daily newspaper published in the Capital. For a man with political ambition and the regene- ration of humanity on the brain a newspaper is not a bad investment.. It is less selfish than a yacht, a. pack of hounds, or half of Scotland for a shooting-box. In the political volcanoes now smoking, the Action is n journal certain to sway men and masses holding decided and advanced views. Its director is M. Michelin, once President of the Municipal Council and a deputy for Paris. M. Michelin is about, thirty-three years of age, of medium height, blond?, and slender. He is as cool as an iceberg, and capable of being as destructive. He demands that the milk-and-water Republicans, the wind-bags, the teinporisers, and the sellers in the Temple be swept away, to be re-placed by no surrender'' and" whole hog or none" patriots. He insists on the immediate application of the Thirty-nine Articles of pure Republicanism. He has his political syllabus; it is truth itself ail that opposes and obstructs must ba ruthessly swept away; no pleadings for other views toleratedf no more than when Omar Pasiia condemned I the Greek manuscripts to be used to heat the baths of Alexandria during six; months. Already Kochefort is eclipsed, despite his linguistic acrobacy and inexhaustible mine of Billingsgate. Clemenceau, too, is as fossilised as a George the Third Tory. Said the Royalist deputy in the Chamber a few months ago to the Repub- licans. Remember all the heads you cut off to found your first Republic!" "Not enough," re- torted a mild-mannered man in evening dress. That man was Michelin, and his interruption pho- tographed the coming chief of the Mountain. Sir Charles Dilke is within our walls. He has been interviewed. An old friend who called on Sir Charles tells me he i3 quite broken down; looks a premature old man, and his low, tunnel-like voice has entered on the sepulchral stage. Follow- ing the interviewer—who may not have seen his subject at all, for they manage this matter "diffe.. rent" in France, the Marquess Tseng to wit—Sir Charles Dilke declined to enter into any details touching his memorable hw suits. The interviewer announces in a whisper that an important committee, chosen from different ranks of society, is investigating the dossier of tho unfortunate defendant, with tiie full intention of re-opening the case and demonstrating it to be a II hideous conspiracy." Sir Charles has no intention of starting a new daily paper in London or anywhere else. Since Italy, Austria, and England are resolved to hold their own in the Mediterranean, some French- men consider the moment has como for converting the lake of Puzerta, thirty-miles north-west of Tuni, into a vast military and strategical harbour —a kind of Toulon and Cherbourg: rolled into one. The lake has a superficies of 50 square miles. Pro- fessional opinion agrees that for an expenditure of half a million francs it could be made impregnable. Such sum would only be a tlea-bite at the rata France now spends money. However, it seems to be forgotten that France only" protects" Tunisia is not yet the diplomatic owner of t hat debris of the Ottoman empire and, further, is debarred by treaty—not a matter of much importance nowa- days, as Russia can assure France-from creating euch a harbour. A few believers here in the ultimate triumph of right suggest, that General Kiulbars should be pre- sented with a pair of silver boots, and a ditto knout, for his goings on in Bulgaria. He has let beat such a fierce light on tho autocracy of the Czar as to advance tho cause of freedom with a bound. He h is done as much as "Stepnhk" towards the ultimate overthrow of the northern Colossus. What is more important to note than Russia's playing at alliance with France in order to scare .Bismarck is the outbreak of sundry peasants' raids in Holy Russia on the estates of the seigneurs. In Russia 32 per cent., some say 90, of the total taxation of the country is paid by the half starving peasants. This shocking inequality, coupled with peasant risings urged by misery and despair, heralded the French Revolution. It would seem that the inevitable cataclysm ia on the road; drastic and terrible as it must be, even a mate- rialist must wish it God speed. None better than the French know that Russia is not. dancing, but starving, on a volcano. Perhaps it may be the role of China to march towards tha Amour, and, for aiiwur, let loose the intellect of Russia, where it is compulsorily concentrated, in Siberia. At last a successor has been found to lill tho place of the brave Paul Bort—M. Cihourd. This representative of the forlorn hope of officialdom unites three advantages for the post. He is an orphan, aged &0, a bachelor, and has no relative living. As a prefect, he was famous for his iron rule and inflexible .severity, so tha army and navy may look out for squalls if they play any practical jokes upon him. TiHt municipal council of his native town has demanded t-iiar. he give sittings for his portrait. It. is possible they may never look upon his like agitl. No ooa can accuse France of black ingratitude towards Paul Bert; 115 towns in France have named streets after him, and an ironclad about being launched will be similarly baptized. Jules Ferry need never took forward to such honours. "Those to whom I offered the post of Resident at Tonquin would not accept it, and those who would ware unaccept- able," reported M. de Freycinet to M. Grévy, This time the managers of 1he Exhibition cannot be accused of jobbing. Public tenders will be invited for every contract connected with the building; the names of the competitors and their offers will be published after the adjudica- tion. M. Lockroy's past was sufficient guarantee that all in his department would be clean hands. The printing and sales of the catalogues, the ad- vertising business, Si will be knocked down to the highest bidder. One enterprising firm have offered quite a fabulous sum for the right to solely advertise their nonpareil wnre in the EifTel-tower The Great Western Railway, by a few connecting lines, will this time bo able to deposit visitors without change of carriages from Paris inside the Duilding. An old lady has committed suicide in a manner quite co.nriie it She dressed herself in her best and IImartest: closed every cranny in her bedroom; lit a pan of charcoal; put a chair inside a large press and occupied it. Beside her was a small table with wax tapers in her hand her gold eye-glass; on her knees the latest novel; and she was thus found as dead as her expectant heirs cou!d desire. At St. Cloud a laundress was murdered seven days ago; her assassin is still at large, and may continue so, apparently, if ho be wise enough to come to Paris and open, say. a huxter's shop in a prominent situation. Two days ago a furniture van drove up to the deceased's hou3e, while the widower went to Paris to aid the police, and took everything away. They were simply thieves who had suc- ) ceeded the murderer. • At Blois aterribl8 case of murder mixed up with sorcery is being tried. A woman aged 23" her two brothers and her husband, all young men. are accused of burning the wife's mother, aged 73, to obtain her small fortune of 800f. Tho deceased was unable to work, was in second childhood and passed for a witch. In August last the men called at the mayor's office, and stated the old woman was dead, having fallen into the fire while left alone in the house during the occupation of the family in the fields on returning, only a few of her bones remained. The mayor sent a policeman to confirm the statement, before signing the psrmit for inter- ment. On arriving the policeman was horrified at 'he spectacle of two thigh bones and their flesh sticking up in the grate, and tiiu mouth of the old woman emitting smoke "like steam from out a boiling kettle." The black silk nightcap of the old woman escaped the flames, and was found to have been soaked in petroleum. The witness was the deceased's grandchild, aged eight years, and her younger brother and eister, who had Witnessed all the tragedy. She related that her two uncles seized her grandmother while in bed—one by the feet and the other by the head then they carried her to a big fire, made of wood and straw by papa and mamma; the latter next lit a bundle of straw and set firo to the pile, and then all went to dinner. That same evening the three men went to the cure and demanded that he would hear, then and there, their confession. Tho clergyman was at dinner, and requested them to return in an hour; he considered it best to post, pone their request again, so they begged him to bless some white ribbon they had purchased. He did so. Next, all the culprits wore a portion of the ribbon round their necks ao a talisman against being discovered. The following morning the mother went to church to prat, and on rising from her devotions—said to be hysterical-two policemen in private clothes gave her their arms, which she gratefully accepted, to cooduat her-—to the prison when she was homeWafd bound. The court is crowded with the fair sex.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION,
THE POLITICAL SITUATION, CABINET COUNCIL. Another meeting of the Cabinet was held on Monday. The whole of the Ministers, with the exception of Lord Iddeslcig-h and Lord Ashbourne, attended. The Foreign Secretary went early in the day to Windsor in order to present to her Majesty Prince Komatsu, uncle of the Mikado, who is the bearer of an important dispatch to the Queen from Japan. The Cabinet, which assembled a.t the Foreign Office at 2.30, did not separate until a quarter to five, After the CouncilLord Salisbury and the Chief-Secretary spent some time in Dowoing- street,, Lord Randolph Churchill also repairing to the Treasury. It is understood that the meeting was principally confined to matters affecting Egypt and the latest development of the Russo- Bulgarian crisis. Lord Salisbury subsequently I gave an interview to tha French Ambassador.
MEETING OF SCOTOH LIBERALS.
MEETING OF SCOTOH LIBERALS. HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAND. A meeting of representatives from all the Liberal Associations in Forfarshire was held at Forfar on Saturday evening, when resolutions were passed expressing unabated confidence in Mr. Gladstone as the leader of the Liberal party, re-nfiivining hearty adherence to the policy of the late Government, and expressing the opinion that the principle of Home Rule should be extended to Scotland. it was decided to form a Liberal Executive, composed of members elected by the various Liberal and other associations in the county in favour of Borne Rule, remitting to tho executive the duty of selecting candidates in accord with the views of tho meeting for the representation of the county.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AND…
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AND HIS CONSTITUENTS, A deputation of subscribers waited upon Lord Randolph Churchill, M P., on Saturday to present a cheque for the amount raised among his con- stituents to re-imburse his lordship the expenses to which he was put in contesting tha seat for the Southern Division of Padd'ngtor..
MII. MARRIOTT AT GLASCiOW.j
MII. MARRIOTT AT GLASCiOW. On Saturday night in the Theatre Royal, Glas- gow, a Primrose Luagua demonstration was held, the vast building being crowded.—Sir A. Campbell, who presided, said that the Primrose League in Scotland was founded only thirteen months ago, and now it- had 20,000 m.mbe:3 in the various habitations throughout Scotland.—Mr. Marriott said that Mr. Herbert, Gladstone and the whole Radical pu ty had abused the Conservatives for establishing Primrose Leagues,bub theyhad now fol- lowed the examnlsi of tho Conservatives. The orchid was proposed as a title, but-it was rejected because that dower was not popular. Then they proposed sweet Wiiiiaai, but. whether that meant Gladstone or Sir Harcourt. lie did not know, but now they had the audacity to call their ladies' league the Liberal League. This reminded him of the wolf appearing in tho clothes of the sheep, or the asaia the nons skin. ^Laughter.) It Was difficult to know who was the Liberal leader. Mr. Glad- stone, because of his great age, could not long be at the head of the party, and it was impossible to accept Sir William Harcourt, who was not the clown, but the pantaloon of-politics. He could not, therefore, be accepted ks leader. There remained only one man, namely. Mr. Morley, who, however, made free use of the word Liberal." Now, Liberal did not apply to the Radicals. In the old and true sense the term Liberal applied to the Conservative party led by Lord Randolph Churchill. The Liberalism of tiie Conservatives was the Liberalism of the four Liberal Prime Ministers, namely, Lord Grey, Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, and Lord John Russell. The Radicals had hardly anything in common with those great statesmen.
FORMATION OF A MIDLAND CONSERVATIVE…
FORMATION OF A MIDLAND CON- SERVATIVE UNION. At, a meeting held at Birmingham on Monday, under the presidency of Mr. Ashmead-Bartiatt, M.P., a Midland Counties' District Union of the National Union of Conservative Associations was formed. There were delegates present from the, Conservative Associations of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Here- fordshire, Leicestershire,Derbyshire, Northampton- shire, &c. Lord Dartmouth was appointed presi- dent, and Sir James Sawyer chairman. The Union has Inoll formed on tho lines indicated at the Bradford Conference last month. Its headquarters will bu in Birmingham.
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LORD SALISBURY ON "HOSPITAL SUPPORT A PUBLIC DUTY." The Press Association states tint Lord Salisbury has written an article entitled, Hospital Support, a Public Duty," for the current number 01 the new weekly journal, the Hospital. Bis lord- ship observes:— The defence which we have for an universal movement in favour of the hospitals is furnished by tiie peculiar circumstances of the times in which we are living. I do a or, refer only to tiie great depression of trade and industry in London, though 1 hiit is an argument which hus often been alluded to, and is out: of the most cogent. It. is a reason that applies more especially to tho Last of London, so thickly populated, so industrious, so full of energy and labour, but where the aceumu luted wealth of lito Metropolis ia not found to lhe same extent as ulsewhere. And the consequence is that when depression of trade conies it alfecta all those smail subscriptions upon which clIO sup- port, of the hospitals is dependent in the List of London. As '.lie difficulty of subscribing increases tho misery is increasing also. That very want of enterprise, that very depression which alfects all increases the wants of the poor. It spreads tha depressing and fatal influence of insufficient, nourishment, and tho evils of illness or disease, which might claim ussis faiice from hospitals at. another timo, are made worse. That is one of the arguments which should urge all to special exortion at this time. 1 L is one that I hope is transitory. But we must make an effort to gH over it with- out allowing these magnificent institutions to fall into arrear or diminish in utility. Seriously, I would urge upon all that, this claim of the hos- pitals is prior to any other claim that can be made. It is the only philanthropic kind of charity against which the sternest and most rigid professor of political economy has never ventured to raise his voice. If you relieve the misery that, you see iu tho streets, you may he said 10 bH encouraging beggarv and pauperisation. You are always ex- posed to the risk if you try to relieve suffering of seeming to discourage the individual effort by which the suffering should have been attacked, but the sufferings which the hospitals relieve are those which no foresight can prevent, and no indutry 01' energy can Cllre entirely for them- selves. It is a kind of work which has no draw- back, a kind of charity which haves no eviis be- hind it, and it is precisely, perhaps, for that reason that it requires more effort to advocate it than is the case with other charities. No doubt these are times of depression, and everybody has less to give than he had before, and we feel that, epecially when we have to rely on the smali contributions, which are diminished by distress. But everybody, though giving less, must give something. A certain proportion of his income would be necessary in order to remedy the sufferings of those less fortu- nate than himself, and let me urge my readers to put other objects of philanthropy behind, andt-oceaso from gifts elsewhere, rather than to allow this splendid machinery for succouring the masses of human suffering to run any risks of having its utility abridged or of being thrown upon the dangerous and insecure and delusive support of State contributions.
LORD SALISBURY AND THE¡ SOCIALISTS.
LORD SALISBURY AND THE ¡ SOCIALISTS. The Press Association" has received a copy of the following letter :— 10, Downing-street, Whitehall, Nov. 24, 1886. Sir,—I am desired by the Marquess of Salis- bury to acknowledge the receipt of a memorial left. at his house on Sunday last, by a deputation of which you were a member. The proposals con- tained in that memorial, which involve extensive legislative changes, will doubtless be duly con- sidered by Parliament if they are laid before it. Lord Salisbury is unable to adopt, or support them, as he is convinced that they would cause addi- tional distress and suffering, far in excess of that which at present prevails. — I am, sir, your obedient servant, "HENRY MANNERS. H. W. Lee, Esq."
DI8 ESTABLISHMENT AND DEMOCRACY.
DI8 ESTABLISHMENT AND DEMOCRACY. A CHALLENGE TO THE LIBERATION SOCIETY. A conference was held the other day, says the Pail Afall Gautte, at Toynbee-hall, Whitechapel, on the subject of Church Reform, and was attended both by Churchmen and Dissenters. The sense of the meeting was strongly in favour of Church reform as against disestablishment, on the ground that, the former was more in accord thin the latter with the democratic principle. A proposal was thereupon sent, from the conference to the Libera- tion Society, challenging it to a debate on the question whether the disestablishment policy was opposed to the democratic principle. Two well- known and representative men, Mr. Shuttleworth (as a Churchman) and Mr. Restney (as a Nonconfor- mist), were deputed to b.) champions on the Church reform side. The following is the reply from the Liberation Society declining to take up the challenge:— Dear Sir,—I am in receipt of yonr letter containing proposals to this society to dlcus lhe question, whether the LIratlon policy Is opposed to tile d9mocratlc priiicip!«. In reply I have to ncqualnt you that th<ts,e proposals canuot be accepted, for these, among other. reasons 1-1. While your cha,l1ellg is addressed to an organisation, there is nothing to indicate for whom Mr. Shuttleworth and Mr. Heaiiy are to appear as cham- pions," beyond the viigne description, some of those engaged in promoting a reformed National Church. 2. As the society was not founded to uphold the demo- cratic principle, and its members are, no doubt, divided In opinion respecLing it,. tbè question. however impor- tant or interesting, is not one which the society can with propriety discuss.—I am, dear sir, yours truly, SvDsitY IWBJOH.VS, Secretary.
MH. GLADSTONE ON THE CHURCH…
MH. GLADSTONE ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. ITS IDENTITY AND CONTINUITY ASSERTED Writing to a Cheshire gentleman with respect to reform in the Church in the shape of parochial councils, and dealing with an extract from the spefch of the Rev. E. V. Schuster, a Lancashire lector, Mr. Gladstone says:—First, I think congre- gational councils, if practicable, would be excel- Tent; second, parochial councils impodsibla-— if i possible, injurious; third, Mf. Schuster Was right in atftottlng the identity and continuity of the Church; fourth, but wrong in denying the tills of Parliament to deal with its nficieotproperty. t.
THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE.
THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE. MEETING OF THE CARDIFF COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Cardiff Corporation Committee re the jubilee year was held at the Town-hall on Monday evening. Present :-The Mayor (in the chair), Alderman Taylor, Councillor Iliches, and Mr. J. L. Wheatiey town-clerk).-The last-named read a letter from the Mayor of Blackburn suggesting that on the occasion of the jubilee a joint address should be presented from the reformed corpora- tions, and inviting the mayor to attend a con- ference to ba held in London in the early part of the ensuing year. Another letter was also read from the Prince of Wales with reference to the establishment of a jubilee insti- tute.—Alderman Taylor could quite understand the Prince of Wales and those associated with him doing their best to centralise the commemo- ration in London, but he thought efforts should be made to subscribe for some memorial locally. In his opinion they could not do better than establish a fine art gallery. They could have the piece of land adjoining the Free Library, already promised by the corporation for any future exten- sion of the building. He thought the necessary addi- tions could be made to the Free Library Buiidings at an outlay of from £ 8.000 to £lO,OOO.-The Mayor remarked that since the question was raised at the last, council meeting lie had spoken to a great many people, and the feeling was universally in favour of the establishment ot sudi a gallery.—Alderman Taylor had also spoken to many persons, and intended to invite donations of pictures, and in anticipation he had commenced already. He had had one picture promised to him that evening, and he expected more shortly.—The Town-Clerk alluded to the fact that he I' oyal Cam- brian Academy were seeking a loealeat Cardiff. If they got the Academy to Cardiff they would be secure of an exhibition for two or three months every year.—Mr. Riches said there was one draw- back to this, inasmuch as the R.C.A. required that the gallery should be entirely under their control during the timo of tiie exhibition, and they aLo claimed the right of imposing a charge for admission. The pictures already in the hands of the corporation were held conditionally on 11heir being open at all times to the public.-Tlw Town-Clerk thought there would bo no difficulty in surmounting Mr. Riches's objection.—Ulti- mately it was resolved that tho town-clerk ba requested to communicate with the president and secretary of the R.C.A., in order to ascertain on what terms the institution would locate itself permanently in Cardiff, and also that Mr. Wheatiey write to the Corporations of Birmingham, Man- chester, Liverpool, Nottingham, and Leeds to ascertain tiie manner in which the galleries are conducted in those towns.—This concluded the business.
MUNIFICENCE OF A. IIAILWAV…
MUNIFICENCE OF A. IIAILWAV COMPANY. The London and North Western Railway Com- pany will celebrate the Queen's Jubilee by the gift of lund for a pubi-ii piit-ii for the town of Crowe, L where their works are situate. The land is already being marked out for the purpose. -oj- -=-
FORMATION OF A CONSERVATIVE…
FORMATION OF A CONSERVATIVE UNION FOR WALKS. MEETING AT SHREWSBURY. On Tuesday afiernoon a meeting was held at, Shrewsbury for the purpose of establishing a Welsh branch of the National Union of Conserva- tivo Associatiotiy. The clmir was occupied by Mr. Ashmead-BartJett, M.P., and among others present were Mr. H. Byron Reed, M.P., Messrs. T. I-L Uud- son (West Hartlepooi), George Irwin (Leeds), members of the National Union Council; H. W. E. ivliddleton, chief agent of the Conservative party; A. E. Soutiiall, secretary to the National Union and Sir R. E. Edgerton Messrs. John Thomas (Rhondda), H. Davies Evans (Carmarthenshire), J. Marshall Dugdale, R. E. Jones, J. M. Jones, Geo. ih'avan, E. Owen, C. W. Townsliend, E. Wood, T. Lloyd, J. Hotchkiss, Vaughan Davies, Pryce-Jones (Newtown), J. C. Vye-Parminter, L. Gordon Lenox, T. Brooke (Pembroke;, L. P. Cox-James aid W. H. Meredyth. The CHAIRMAN said that they were md, to inaugurate a Weisii branch of the National e Union of Conservative Associations- Last May a conference was held in London, when a new system of Conservative organisation was adopted by representatives of Conservative Associations from all parts oil the country, the object being to infuse more vitality into the cause. It was decided to form nine different centres, Wales to be formed into one union. It was thought, originally that there should be two unions in Wales, one for the North and the other for the South, but it, was afterwards decided that it, would he possible to work the whole of the Conservative party in the Princi- pality by means of one union. He was sorry tiiat, the meeting was not held in Wales. Of course, advice was taken on the subject, and it was thought, that Shrewsbury, for the first, meet- ing at any rate, would he the most convenient, place both for North and St\Uth Wales. Tiie meetings of the council would, however, be held in different plI't" of the Principality. He believed that, with good organisation, they had much to hope lor in Wales. There was no reason why they should be despondent, certainly not why they should be hopeloss. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., was appointed president; Viscount Emlyn chairman Mr. Pryce-Jones, Mr. J. T. Dillwyn Llewelyn, anii -Mr. Vaughan Davies vice-chairmen, with Air. W, H. Meredytii as secretary.
.PROPOSED I-. -kT I YF, ASSOCIATION…
PROPOSED I-. -kT I YF, ASSOCIA- TION FOR CAKDIFF. A meeting of Cardiff ratepayers was held on Tuesday evening at. t-lie Great Western Hotel for the purpose of considering the advisa- bility of forming a Ratepayers' Protection Society.—Mr, W. W. Harris presided, and amongst those prosent. were Counciliors Lougher and Oliver, Messrs. J. R. Nicholas, L. Samuel, D. D. Davies. S. Tyllce, J. Hill, J. Samuel, J. E. Garland, J. E, Gunn, Thomas Sampson. D. W. Draper. J. Matthews, D. L. Owen, S. Hern, and Pendmgon.A somewhat lengthy discussion took place, on the state of public atfiiirs in the town, in the course of which 11", S. Tylke said lie had no confidence in the corporation, one-iitth of whom went tl), tha conncil to look after their own interests. Referring to tiie town-clerk, he said it, was a disgrace to the town that he was aiiowod to keep his position, and if he had a spark of manly feeling he would not occupy his present office three months.—After some discussion, it. was resolved, on tiie motion of Councillor Lougher. seconded by Mr. S. Hem, that the meeting was of opinion that it- was desirable to form a Ratepayers' Association for the borough, and that a public meeting be called. A committee was also formed to wait on the mayor at p'.even o'clock to-day (Wednesday) to ask for the use of tho Crown Court or other room in the Town-hall for tho purpose of holding a public meeting, with a view to forming such an association as suggested, :t was suggested that t he subscription to tho association should be Is., so that all could join. and Councillor Oliver pro- mised to subscribe C20 to the funds.—A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro- ceedings.
A CONSERVATIVE WORKING MENS…
A CONSERVATIVE WORKING MENS CLUB FOR CARDIFF. A well-attended meeting of the Conservative working men of Roath was held at the Four Elms on Friday, under the presidency of Mr. J. H. Woodward, and among those present was Dr. Troharne. The meeting was called to consider the necessity for the formation of a Conservative Club and Institute for the working men of the large and important ward of Roath. The feeling was unanimously in favour of the immediate for- mation of such a club, and a provisional com- mittee was appointed to report to a further meeting which is to bo held on Thursday evening, when several leaders of the party are expected to be present..
THE BRIGHTON ELECTION.
THE BRIGHTON ELECTION. The Press Association Brighton correspon- dent, telegraphing on Wednesday night, says: —The Liberal party is getting in full working order, and the news published as to the date of Sir George Treyelvan's returu to England is looked upon as a confirmation of his candidature. Influential lists of names of those willing to give support hits been secured, and among those from whom letters were received to-day was Mr. F. A. C'hanning, M.P., who a few years ago was intimately connected with the party in Brighton. The hon. gentleman referred to the candidature of Sir George Trevelyan as all honour to Brighton. He was a tried and the most loyal Liberal in the world, and his election would do more for the re-union of the Liberal patty than anything that cnuld happen.
--MR. GLADSTONE ON THE LIBERAL…
MR. GLADSTONE ON THE LIBERAL PARTY. Mr. Gladstone has written Mr. Alfred liling- worth, M.P., a letter in response to a vote of con- fidence in tiie late Liberal Ministry passed at a meeting at Bradford last week. Diminished party strength and compromised relations," he says," arc very serious evils, and I fear that the different portions of Great Britain will experience tiieir effect in retarded legislation and in uncertainty and complication of public affairs. The country cannot have the great instrument 01 progress out cf working order with- out serious inconvenience. But even the disasters cf a party redound to its honour when they arise out ofsacrifices due to public principle and to con- scientious, even when erroneous, conviction. And such are the causes of what we now temporarily suffer. But patience and quiet firmness, the mode- ration of the demands and conduct of Ireland, the general extension of historical information, and the progress of reflection on the subject will in no long time, we may rest assured, bring about the triumph of right."
MUNIFICENT GIFT BY A MAN-[ITN…
MUNIFICENT GIFT BY A MAN- [ITN CHESTER MERCHANT. Mr. Thomas Porter, a Manchester merchant, has promised I donation of £ 50,000 to the Crossley Orphan Home and School, Halifax-an institution founded and endowed by members of the well- known firm of carpet manufacturers on condition that the name be altered to The Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School.' Application will be made to the council for permission to make the alteration.
THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN AND HIS…
THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN AND HIS IRISH TENANTS. The Earl of Dunraven's tenants in County Limerick paid their rent on Saturday at a reduc-, tion of 20 per cent. all tound, subject to hIs lord- ship's takiog into consideration their cUieu for 30 per cent, reduction.
RUSSIA AND BULGARIA
RUSSIA AND BULGARIA BULGARIA UUFIJSES THE PRINCE OF MIXGREUA. l" CENTRAL NEWS" TKLKGRA.M. j SOFIA, THURSDAY. In accordance with instructions from Constants nople, Gadban Effendi, the Sultan's special rpprt" sentative here, formally and officially requested the Government to state whether they would accept the Prince of Mingrelia, and agree to the forma- tion of a new provisional Regency by the Porte in conjunction with the Russian Ambassador at Con- stantinople, M. Nelidoff. The Government, after considering the matter, have now replied to the effect that the election of a prince is solely the business of the Sobranje, and that tue constitution of a Regency is a matter of interior policy, with which foreigners have no right to interfere. I learn tiiat subsequently Gadban Effendi w.u informed that the Prince of Mincrelia's candida- ture is incompatible with the provisions or tlll Treaty of Berlin.
SITUATION OF THE PORTE.
SITUATION OF THE PORTE. L" DAILY CHRONICLE TELEGRAM.J CONSTANTINOPLE, TUFSDAY. General Kaulbars wiil probably be presented to the Sultan to-monow by the Russian Ambas- sador. The Sultan is reported to have accepted the proposition of the Powers to compel the resignation of the Regency, to be followed by the dissolution of the Sobranje, and the election of a new Sobranje, which will he called upon to con- firm the eleclion of the Prince of Minsrelia. An occupation of 'he Principality, it is stated, wiil only t'e resorted to if the Regencv offer opposition to this "nd disorders ensue. There is thE serious danger, however, of Turkey listening to the advice of Russia, who is still suspected of being desirous of egging Turkey on to occupy Eastern Roumeliiy so as to precipitate a crisis.
THE COLERIDGE LTBEL CASE
THE COLERIDGE LTBEL CASE VERDICT. On the re-a«se:nblinfi of thr court, on Thursday morning in the case of Adams r. Coleridge, lr. Justice Denman resumed 111-1 summing up to the ry. On the previous day, lie said, lie was extremely anxious to place before them in a consecutive form, the correspondence with Lord Moaskweil, the | sending in of the documents and the getting oi them back again, for that constituted the very pith and marrow of the case. It was absolutely necessary that they should have a connected narra- tive of the whole case in order tiiat tiiev might forn: a clear and sound view. At the same time, lie would point out that this Was not, an action brought by plaintiff against Lord Coleridge for the publication of the letter to Lord Iddesleigh. The claim against, the defendant was that fie wilfully and maliciously, and with intent to pervert the mind of Lord MonksweJJ, did damage to the plaintiff by sending the letter in so that, it got before his lord- ship in such a way that it constituted a publica- I tion of the letter. They would thus see how vastly important it was they should know. in its sequence and full detail, how the letters came before Lord Monks well, 1',) that they might be enabled to jud,i, ill tile Was nliv pubjici- Lion in the true .Mmso secondly, if there was any malicious and wicked intent and thirdly, did file letters, in fact, influ- ence the mind of Lord Motiksweil. flu lordship then resumed reading the letters. While doing so he comment Ml on the statement made by Mr. Adams that he was asked by ti t* defendants not to prosecute I ii,-iii for perjury, and remarked that, it was a remarkable and significant fact, to which he drew the serious attention of tiie I jury, that, although both defendants had been in tho witness-box, Nir. Adams i!il not ask them one single question on that subject. On coming to the correspondencp which parsed between Lord Motiksweil and Mr. Adams, his lordship paused to point, out. to the jury that, Lord ;\lonk, well, in one of those letters,' had given an assurance that, the documents complained oi had not in any way affected hia award. 1'11- happily, remarked jus; ice Denman, Lord Monkswel! died in October ot tlu* present ve«"» and they could not, have him there to ask him if I he really took into account, any one of th» j incriminated documents to tiie detriment of the j plaint,iff. They might not iiave seen tiie letter-' lit- ail but for the fortunate circumstance thar- plaint,iff. 'I'lley tl')t iiavp seeli tiir-- at all but for the fortunate circumstance thar- ,his lordship had preserved copies of them, and their existence came t<) the knowledge of the defendants. Mr. Adams, interrupting, snifl he believed, trrrrt 'certainly had always understood, that Lord Monkswell sent copies of tiie letters to the defen- dants as well as himself. Sir Charles Russell denied that there was any foundation for that, statement. Mr. Jus; ice Denman said that even if Adaox believed, as he said, that copies had been seut- TO the other side, the fact still remained that lie had had these letters. The jury retired at 23 minutes to one to considet their verdict. Aa soon us the jurymen Lit the court, Sir Henry James said lie thought that a convenient time to mention the noints of la x in the case. Tie li:tci to submit that, there \vn$no evidence to sup- port the alleged cause of action against the de- fendants, and that there had been no proof of pub- lication by 1118 defendants. The jury returned into court, an ab'enc» of an hour and ten minutes, and gave a veroict j for defendants. The foreman of the jury titell proceeded to mud a paper drawn up by ths jury, in which they expressed the opinion that this action had been caused by the careless and highly reprehensible manner in which Mr. Harrison sent in the paper?, and, considering that Mr. Harrison had taken to himself the responsibility, they thought the plaintiff t-hould be held free from the costs iu tfie action. Tho Judge: You have nothing to do with the costs. i givt,, judgment for the defendants, with costs. This announcement, was followed by some slight applause in court, which wa at, once suppressed.
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FATAL FIRE AT PLYMOUTH. A fire broke out in a largo house in Co burg- street, Plymouth, on Thursday morning. It was occupied as a baker s shop and dwelling-house, heing tenanted by eighteen adults and upwards of 40 children. Volumes of smoke found their way into some of the rooms, and a woman named Isaacs and foul: children were rendered insensible. One of tho children has since died, and the remain, der are in tho hospital.
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PRESEN TATION TO A RIIONDDA DOCTOR. On Thursday evening, the lSth inst., a crowdeA. public meeting took place at the Yriysowen Boprd Schools, under the presidency of Mr. Llewellyn. manager of Abergorky Colliery, for the purpose ot presenting Dr. Morgan (Price, and Morgan), Treorky, on the occa.Mon of his departure for Llandilo, with an illuminated address, five cases of very valuable surgical instruments, nnd :t magnificent microscopu, valued altogether at about L70, and subscribed for bv tradesmen and other residents of the upper part of the viiiiev.-Tiie, Chairman, in his opening remarks, said that Dr. u Morgan had been a most successful medical practitioner for over eleven years in the Rhondda, and his services had been highly appreciated by the employes of the various collieries in the dis- trict. The gifts were presented by Mr. J. R. Thomas au behalf of the workmen 1)( Ynysfeio Colliery and the inhabitants of Treorky and Tre- herbert; Mr. T. Isaac, on behalf of the Abergorky workmen; Mr. Thomas Rees, on behalf of the Ynysfeio workmen; Mr. W. Powell, on behalf of Treorky tradesiiien and by Mr. J. D. Edwards and Mr. CoitteB.-Dr. Morgan made a suitable reply.— Addresses were aiso delivered by the Revs. Morgan (curate, Treorky) and J. S, Edwards (pastor of Harmon Chapel, Treorky), and Messrs. D. John, David Skim, and T. Lodwick aud the Ti-eherbei-t (ilea party enlivened tha proceeding* with music.
KNIGHTHOOD FOR -N I V JUDGES.
KNIGHTHOOD FOR -N I V JUDGES. Mr. Justice Stirling and ^r. Justice Kekewich proceed to Windsor to-day (Friday; to receive ¡hE honour of knighthood.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A LAWYER.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A LAWYER. EX KM P LAR y s F.NTEN CE. SEN N At tho Old Bailey, London, on Thursday G. 12 Hervtsj^ Drew, 43, solicitor, pleaded guilty T< several indictments charging him with Gmbe>Z7.1itJS large sums of money, nmouniing to C4,082, tl)4 property of the Bermondsey Leather Company, hi: employers. Prisoner absconded to Syduev, when lie WM ultimately apprehended. The Pecordt-I said he could not find oue mitixat.ing circuiustanf* in tllt, prisoner's conduct, and he sentenced Ilill to ten years' penal servitude. Ã.I Alil!J¥L
A MUSICAL COMPOSER CL1 ARC…
A MUSICAL COMPOSER CL1 ARC Eb WITH BIGAMY. At Marlborough-street Police-court, London, on Thursday Edward Solomon, 30, musical com- poser, was again charged with bigamy. The case was ftirt tier acljoui-ned for a week, the Magistral8 intimating that, if the promised witnesses for tilt* prosecution from America were not then forth- coming the defendant would lIe discharged.
LAHOE CATCHES OF MACKEREL…
LAHOE CATCHES OF MACKEREL AND HERRINGS. Large catches of mackerel and herrings, particu- larly of the latter fisti. continue to Lie made ift thlf English Channel. On Wednesday th. best quality of herrings, known as long shore fish, were jt: tola in Folkestone fitli Miuket at Sd. pet 12,