Weekly Mail

THE BARRY DOCK SCHEME. The promoters of the Barry Dock and Railway have not vet alJot.te( their capita.! but we under stand the amount is nxed at .8500.000. and that of this .6150,000 wiH he given to the shipowners.

THE WELSH BAPTIST UNION. A correspondent writes:—I am informed by the Rev. W. Morris (Rhosynog), the secretary of the Welsh Baptist Union, that the next annun! ingswii)beh'datEhbwV:i.'9. Pcrsonstoread papers, detivcr addresses, &c., havo bcf'n ;-etected by the committee which met at Ltanid)of*s lately

THE CAPTURE OF TKL-EL-KKBIR. The A "nIJ! and Nav.'1 Gazte says:—It i to be wished thit some contmdiction shouM !tt once be given to a. widespread and painful report at the Service clubs that Lord Wo1s<ey has suppressed an importa.nt càispateh from Lieutenant-CeneritI Sn' Rdward IIamiey, R.A., written when nrst, as he ma.int<tini'l, with his division insiùe the entrench. menis of Tel-eI-Kebir.

SHEEP WORRYING IN LLAN- During Jac;t week sh?ep, the property of Mr. Walters, of Nantyrysfa Farm, were kiUcd and nn)pothetsb<Ki)yinjurRdbydog.4. Sevcr:d.heep,j the property of Mr. L)eweiy'Darwonh')P'nrm. haveaiso b?en kiiied. Altogether, it is c:iicu!ated thitt 40 sheep have been cither kUted or injured by these brutes.

GENERAL GARFLELD'S DOCTORS. The board appointed to audit tha claims arising out of Uelwm] (jarnetd'a iiiness have made the foUowing aUcwancM ).o t)f doctors eng.:g<'d in the :—To Dr. B)iss, jEl.300 to to Dr. Hamilton. -61.000 to Dr. R'?vb'n, £800; to Dr. B.'ynton..6800; .)nd Lo D)-. Edson. -6500. The other č¡..iil1 have heen h.rgel' \'I!duced.

THE RUINS OF THE TU1LERIKS. The ru'na of the Tuiter'pa are to disappear withi n c;ix nHmthc;. The IIH! ;>¡>t]s were put up to auction on :\1011 d>1,V a,t JO.OOOf.. the GoVt-rrnnent reserving any carvings in sumciendy good preser- vation to be J.lhcerl in a- n.u'<'un), as a)so any urt.icips of value which may be found In th" ruins, There is thus an end of thr- Roynt Pa! '<-? which had o mny a."sociationi!

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT SIRIIO\VY. Mr. Coroner Brewer he)d an inquiry at TrrJrl<>gar onMonda.ytouchingthe death of Thomas P'trry, aged 67. who was kitied in the works ';n Friday 1:1,st by taHing from the top of one of thesto' s. Thj deceased was engaged to !ook after the fhip- and apcended a laddfr to put one of thpregu)at''rs in orde¡., anel, b,ing overC'Hue bv thp, fu:nes g' became unconscious and feU to ti)e groutid. sus- taining a fracture of the situ! which resuited fataHy. The jnrv recorded a verdict in accordance with the facts.

UMTED STATES CONGRESS. At Washington on Monday Congress was opened The President's says:—"The r¡"re>lt of Antei'ican eitixens in Ireland has !ed to exten- sive and a. disposition to respect the rights of America. h:M be" practicuHy mani- festfd by tho rb)ease of the prisoners. Our cbtims to 1.'00.t,rol tiie Tnter-Oeeni(' C:ma];; continue If) fort)) the ,;11 bieet. of conferF'ncc. roreignpovprn- mt'nts have thanked the ['ruted States for the pro- tection to p.'rsons and property afforded by their vessels at Alexandria. À- -4

BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A WtFE. At thf Whitehaven Pohce Court on Monday, pohprt. Hndgs.)ll, W hitehaven. was charged whh having tturned his wit'e with a poker. Thf hud tuade tho p.<ker red hot whiLst his wife was m bed, and tttrn rubbed it over her throat and iegs. —Doctor Nance stated thut. the burns were of a. !!erinl1i1 ehnr'tcter.-Thc prisoner's wife s:\id he had been drinking, Mtd it w<t.s partly the horrors that caused him to burn her.—Thf priaoner, who h;td he'?n previougty nued for throwing boiiing watpr over a person, wa sentenced to six months' I hard

GREAT FIRE_AT BOLTON. A fir? of a. very exten.'<ive character, resulting in great of property, broke out, on Tuesday evening at Springiiptd Mitts, Hotton. The premises covered a Jarge urea, and when the fl.unes wero discovered the Stt' had made great progress. Every etfort w!M to subdue the condagra- were abte to get the upper hO\nd of the flames the wills were nearl.- destroyed. The nrm's business books, contained in a Milner's c;f\f, wre, however, sa.ved fl'om destruction. The origin of the disaster is t, present unknown.

THE LATE EARL OF HARROWBY AND The r'*malns of the of Harrowby wpre buried Wtthin the precinct*; of Sandon Park, Staf- fordshire, on Saturday, atuong thvse present bfing the Marquess oi Bute. The deceased ear), in 1823, married Lady Francfs Stuart, fourth of the nrst. Marquess of Bute, sister of the t.tte marquess. Ho was. therefore, by man'i''ge. at) ancle of the present

ALARAIING COLLISION IN THE MERSEY. AN OCEAN STJ-JAMER SUNK. The Peruvian, steamer, from Montrea!. entering the Mersey at 5 o'ctock Tuesday moning. was in coUisio)) with the C!an Line stoamer Cian Mact.tron. and sustained consider.t.ble dlm¡tge. t:)¡i] now lies auuk on Crosby Keach. npr crew and passengers were saved. The Peruvian is an iron fcrew- tteiimerof 3,033 Mns,bui)t at Greennch in 1863. and owned bv MMSrs. J. ;6od A. Ai!an. of &tSgow.

}{R, BR.U)LAUGH AND HIS SEAT In the Queen's Bench Division, Westmitfter, on Tuesday, the case of Bmdtaugh < Erskine was he?rd. It WM an action brought by the junior member for Northampton against the Deputy Sl"jent-t- "ms for as.sa.utt in removing thephin- tiff from th" door of tha Hous" of Commons on August 3, 1831. when he went to take his S6.lt. as a duty eiected representative. Me. BradUtugh con- ducted his own case. and ?ta.tcd the cireumstaneas of the alleged by d"fendant and severe! poHcemen. The for the defence. ptended that; the defendant acted under the order of the House. The arguoMnts haù not conc!uded when the case was adjourned until Thursday.

THE MURDER OF A BRISTOL MAN IN LONDON. Further particulars respecting the murder of the poHceman in Dalston on Friday week show that Cnle. 'feing a. maji loiterir.g in Ashwin-street, and Nadinf hLt reuiiea unsalisfactcry, M'rested him. t )n t'.? way to the station the man broke loose, b'' ?.v..S)e-C!ptured,whenhe?redtwoshots,o!: s'riki';g Cole on the head. Cote was conveyed t'. the hospital, where he died short!y after admission. The deceased officer was formerly a soldier in the 46thRegm.ent.andservedsix years. His father, who now resides in BristoL w.ts iormeriy a C(">;1- st.thte in the Wiltshire force. The announcement has come with a severe shock the relatives of the deceased young man. Sir John Humphreys opened an inquiry on Monday afternoon atDa!ston,London,respect.ing the death of Constable George Cote. aged 27. who was mortaity wounded by a p)stot shot last Friday night. Two women deposed shortly after ten they were passing through Ashwin-street. Thlbton. when they saw a constable find a man struggling together. Suddenly two shots were n'-ed and the constabio shouted for heip. and as they did so two more shots were fired. The constable waa shortly afterwards found shot through th<* head, his assailant having- escaped, but leaving behind him some tools used by house- breakers. A bu)tct, was found lodged in brain, and there wns a. second wound fracturing theskuUintwo directions. Tho jury returneda verdict of Wiiful murder against some f-erson unkn'Jwn."

COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT TRFDEGAR. On Friday week an explosion of gas tool* place at Tyiey's Pit/Tredegar. causing injury to nve 'n:!iers v)x.Vi!!iam.r'nps,Whitworth-terracc;Pt:)'j.n).in Grifftlt. and John Ur¡ffitJ¡, Affred Wikox. tioberman and Johr) WiHiama, overman. The sufferers were conveyed home, and thesur- >Tical stuff of the work" \"cre in immediate atten- dance. No fat.al re::ults arp. nnticip.ted.

EORFEtTURE OF GALES IN DEAN FOREST. Sir H'*nry Hroughim .Loch, C.B Commissioner of t)er Majesty's woods, forests, and ia.n<! revenues, in ch;¡ rge of her Majesty's Poorest of Dfau axd ChveJler of the said Forest, has norined ttiat the foHowing co[!)er'cs and mines have become forfeit to the Crown:—"Cooper's Level, "0!d Strip and at it," "Prince of W:Ues" Cotiierics, and the i¡'on wi nes ka0wn (S ";Somerset" ;:£1<1 "The Victory."

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE STAGE. On Thursday week Frank Frnyne was piaying in the Cu!os."eum Tt'eatre, Ci\Jeinn¡tfi. the Horder drama, ca)!ed "Si Siocum," in which he shoot-! nn apple from a girl's head. Owing to a fau!f io the spring catch of his riile, Fr.tyne tniss.'d the app! and the bail entered the girl's in-sd. She died nfteenminutesaftcrward' HernamewasArmie von Behein, and ,.he was engaged to be marri¡'ll to Fravne, who is said to have been almost cr.,zul with grief. The play was at, onct.' stopped, and ti.p audience, numbering about 2.300. were dismissed.

THE }XlllnlTl() OF MH. ROSETTI'S The ÁtheMZI})l says: — The exhibition of the works ot D. (r. Rosetti at. the Royal Academy witi be limited to important characteristic pic- tures. exc]uding secondary versions of valuable designs and comparatively minor examples. Not- withstanding this process of winnowing, the co!- Joction wiH be numerous, inch.ding the Inrge paint- ins' from the Liverpool and the altar-plCce of'L!andaffC:)thedraL

MYSTEMOUS DEATH OF AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN MADRID. A youn EngTish Wl)lll:ln, agfd 25, was found dead on Thursday in her bed at a country house at Dorcntina, pbout a mi!e from Madrid, the corpse bearing marks of str'!ngu]ation. The deceased, whose name was Ju!ia }!entrey, livpd wit.h her uncie, M. Gaston Gainez, d. Frenchmn.n. 45 of He, M. Gainez, who has been :.rrest,ed," asserts that his niece was murdered by two ruffians white he was himself !\way,

SHOCKING TRAGEDY JN LINCOLNSHIRE. Our Gainsborough correspondent reports a shocking murder a.n<! attempted suicide at, KlSt Ferry, about, ten mi!es from Gainsborough, on Wednesday afternoon. The perpetrator was James Andersen, farmHr. who hratcu!:hi3 wife's throat and then his own. The wife died imme- diatctv, buc A)n!<s.'a ntii! survives. The coup!e freqm'ntty quarr<'Hed. and were before tho Ga.ios- borough magistrates onTuesJiiy.

FAILURE OF A LOCAL TIN-PLATE FIH.\L jE3.-iO,000 !J.RnJTIRS. The 115pehs¡on WitS announced on S4h1t'dn.y of 'Jessrs. Wood. and Tewin.s. tm-ptate Liv'pc.o!. t'.nTy- in., "n business the f.m of Towns!)et)d. Wno.),aadCo.,a( SWHIIa ¡HId RriionFcrrv. The iiahitities are ahout j6.350.POO. Messrs. HoHa'm,8oa. and Cow;lrll are in the and the boobs are in the hands of Messrs. Cooper Bros. nnft Co., Georgb-street, Mansion House, London, wll,} will pl'f'p'lre !'tnl':Hl1E'!1t (If a f'hi¡'s,

ENGLISH CRICK.ErEKS IN AUSTRALIA. A t'?egram from Sydney gn.-es !m account of ? match p)ayed on Monday between the EngUsh and Austrian cricketers. The Knghsh teMm was in splpndid trim, and p!ayed ill 'ho\ put together 40L h their !')f i;rt:tt feature of which was a fau!t!ess!y com))i!ed 141 by Mr. C. H. F. L"Flie. He wnsap- p!auded t) ti'e echo a-< h" retired from the wi. ket. The Austrn!!ans w're of in the m-st innings for 152, and at) were out tor 165 ;nthn s?'nd. Out'tea'nth?swonbyomi!))!ingqj)))d l??m?

DESTRUCTION OF STANFORD COUHT BY FIRE. Stanford Cour' 'h<? spat of destroyed by tt-ej night, with most of its) vntuable contents, consisting- of ptate, picturep. tnanuscr'pts. &c. Another !elegt'.).m thn nre at Stnnj'.trd Court the whoie of the mansion h;w bet-I) f)e- stroyed, but the furruture a.nd most of the pic- tures hav" bt'cn aave<L The housu is insured, but /lot the contents. Sir Francis 'tnd Lady Winning- ton were absent from home when the hro broke out.

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. On Wednesday the Duke of Atbany at a meeting nt in connection wit)) thf Rf)yat Conege of Music- Hit Royat Highness, in opertfus: the profc"dings, sjid a city like Saiisbury I'ollld not h.tve music going on in its iDidst for ggncra- tions without becoming innuenced by)t. These inluenceswero notconnned to the w.u's of the church or the hours of service, but overlooked our common iife and hwnts. Other dehvered.and it was unanimously agreed that the bei-t endeavours should be made to estab)ish in connection wit.h the pi-opo?ed coiiego a schohrship Wtits.

IIIGH-FLOWNJJRmciSM. Thehigi)-nowngT.Mh:ngsr,vieoF UtfaLncat cnti- cism so comjnoniy mst with in the American papers, to which we drew .tttnntion some tim!' agu. haa neve.'perhaps produced anyt.hitg so absurd a" an '\ecount which IMely appeared in the Bo.101t Adverti.{I!J' of the appearance of an actress who h')s J;ltely ben starring in that cit.y. A single sentellce will "Jffice as a specimen Tha whit.e wOJl(}e¡' of her a.t m9," writes thia tfX) utterly uttor critic, "ia divinely perfect for anything of mere tiesh and Mood. and she is but. the phantom of somt; dehcious dream chisened into gtorions t';1ngibiIit.y by SOIr'Ie otd master's cunniog hanf:—

THE CUHAN REFUGEES. We aro informed tha.t the Secretary of Stftte tor the Cotonies has te)egr.)phcd to the Governor of Gibrakar to the fofiowing effect, namety: That, after caret')! consideration of the r"port of the committee of inquiry and other documents connected with the case of the Cuban ret'ug'eea. ho has decided the Cotoniat Secre- tary ;\nd Chief Inspector of Poiice cannot be per- mitted to rptain their "mces. hut that the case of the acting pu!iec magi.stra.te is different. He was not discharging his regular duties, and n.)though h(? must bt) ae-re"?;iy censured for his conduct in this iamentah'e afuLÎI', th SecrotAry of State does not feet competed to remove him from his position.

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR DRURY- LOWE Major Genera Str Drury-Lowe arrived at Ruabon. North Waks, on Wednesday evening upon :t visit to Lord Trevor. and met with amagnincent reception. T))egener.:twasaccompaniedbvhi:; fidest brother. Lady Lucv frurv-Lowe. and Lord Scarstb'o. The entire rhst; ict Nte, thousands of people asscmbhng to wttne.ss the reception. The route the r.iiiway station to Lord Trover's sMtwas profusely decorated. The general, upon arriving by train, was received bv Lord and Lady Trevor.Sir Watkin WiitiamsWynn, Bart., M.P., and numerous loc;,1 gentiemen. An address was presented by the Rev. Wynne Jones, vicar. Genera! Lov/o thanked them for their ttattering receptio: He owed it a!! to the sptendid men under his command. The dark night march from Tet-eI-Kebir to Cairo was one of great endurance by the cavah'y. and was spiendidly accomplished, the rapidtty of the march after Sir at Ttd-et-Kebir saving Cairo from destruction. With regard to the report that had gone tha rounds of the papers, he begged to state most el11tically tha.t. tho re- port he sent from Kassasain was entirely true, a :!)der General Graham at I?Massin wer. g II ¡ded soMy by the noise of the mus- ;ket.ry and guns of the Egyptians, whose ftring- was unceasing and unchecked until the magnificent and gaiLmt charge of the Household Cavah'y. (Applause.) A procession, one mile in !ength, headed by a military band, was after- wards formed, and marched to the mansion, tiie Shropshire Yef'minry and Roya! Denbighshire Vo)unt<ers, in command of Major and Adjutant Cuuran,forl1ling a guftrd of hon,)llr. Genüral Drury- Lowe was loudly cheored all alollg tho route.

DISTRESSING BOAT ACCIDENT AT FISHGUARD. TWO MEN DROWNED. John WitHams, of High-street, Fishguard. and George Jenkins, of Pittsyt'ron, went out in a boat on Tuesday morning to attempt to save barring nets, a fresh gate with heavy broken sea, being on at the timH. They had got s')me nets up when the boat cl¡Jsizt'r1, but as it soon righteù it was h')!-li:d by those oa shore they wou!d be able to ciing to )'er. The lifeboat at onco proceeded to their rescue. Notwithstanding it was biowing frighttut gu-.rs, acco'npanied by sieet.thay soon reached the tishing boat, butnotasouiwasthento be seen.

SHOCKING CHLLD MURDER. DEATH OF THE MURDERER. An infant child was on Tuesday night murdered ?byitsfath-'ratShemetd. Themartisastetd !m"her,namedM'hit)?'ad. Hisconductduringthe last íhy or two hvls to the supposition that he ig inS>lJ1e. During the whole of Tuesday he rema.ined in beíl, and in the evening, t;king a,lv.L1lt.'1gP, of ttte absence of hit wife, he took the chitdfrom the cradte, dasiit.d its against a 'lesser, and then threw it inside the fender. A man saw the murder c'mittcd.andatte!nptedto prevent it, but f;ti!ed. Whitehead died on Wednesday in the police ,'ce!!sfromacutede!iriumtremens. Rartyintiic Ilwrlling 110 mad.. a vil)lent att.aek on th oHicel' who brought hitn medicine. Five constabtes were afterwards i') attendance until his death. Ho was raving mad,and the police had struggies with him all niiht.

MAD DOGS WALES. During'the past few weeks no )ess than nfteen dogs iiavcgone mad in the district of New Kaonor. .)n t ) ugu numbers of dogs have been bitten. A rhg has just gone mad at one at th.j Vron, The m agi'tra!.es have issued most stringent orders, and !thet'"ticom'c enforcing thoMiorderstotbe utmost.! )<.)hp:'t.< of Bo.Hand. 1m>! !o-!t tive cattle worth -6100, supposed to have been bitten and a fai'mer ;u ar New J<:idnor ha.s su!Yered very itf'avity it is ,;aid that he hns all'ady j,)st night 01' nine v.dllable :?att]e. kr,wn to beat hl'ge, whiist sevendthatdisptayed YlllptOms {)f )));1('11r"S were destroyed last week. The'e i-: tittie ab,.touwnt in the excitempnt pro- d'K'ed in Kaduorsttire by this epidemic, nnd 'here is hut faint hope of the dreadfu! m'dady tu.uini.ih- ingatpresent.

ESCAPE OF A MEDICAL MAN A surgeon nfuned Kennedy, who wa.3 sentenced to eighteen months'hard labour :tt, the Kent Assizes I.Lst July f'JI'indecently a,s:\uILÎng'a "Tan!. gir)inthehou-ieofadoctora.tDartfot'd,forwiKnu he IHd h""n escape from Maidstone (jraol at nve o'clock on Friday weûk. Atitickfogovei'!)'mgthetown! atthet.ime. Ken[.eJy,wuowaschg,)gediuthei storps. mounted to the to of the gao1 WId! by mefmsof !et himHetf down on the outside with n roptj at spot not. overtooked by any houses. His escape was soon discovered, and in format inn ci rculate(l, but a. l'e-C.I pture wa,; Hot ejected ontii Saturday rnnrning', when Kennedy was caught at GraveSHnd.

OHGAXlSED PLUNDER ON THE ITAEIANLAKES. A discovery ha.3 been made tt Como. It n.ppearstha.t the entire staff of the Company, which owns the tine steamera thitt run <111 Lr:ke ('¡:(), have (m' years pa-;t heen ;;Yitemati. caiiy robbing their empioycr: Eve:'v of th8 com I" IIV, from t hc (':1 Dta] ns tl'\ the cahi 11 bon;, is said to be implicated. > They had formed them- se)ves into a. fraternity—a. ("<nnorra; tic):L'ts were forged, bocks faiMned. and the mom- LH'rs or the ..ssoci:ttion l1H;t eVf:I'V month to n.rÏ! their a'ef>unts anJ (Hvidc thí' s[J;,il. The l'OUlpa!l).' rtjtnainc'i in igno-anca of these depred'iti'ns unti! 'hey were informed by a dismissed steward, whose sifence his confederates had refused to purchase.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A On Mondftv night, nn inquest was held !<t the Arms, ji!.)''nstey, touching the death «t Em<na Hotyland. 32, a native of Hat-n?cy. Durint; the past nfteon mo;itlis decc.ised officiated as head housemaid at Downham HuH, C)ither< e. r!er body was Pound early on i'atul'day morning attheboMom of the r'tihvc'.y embankment, at the outskirts of the town, with nw lMCk anri arm The de- ceased ieft Dow),ham)rL)il on Saturday morning. The und'.u'housemaid read :T.t"ngthy and singuL'u' tetter from i.r, in whicti she g'tve directions to her how to pack her clothes, stating sIll' "hould orover gee t.hcm ;gail!. uno w;si'¡!lg ,dl a men'yChrist'ria.s. Averdictof'*S'ucide'.v)))Lstf'f Unsl)un(l mind" was ¡'etm'nee!.

MESiC ANU THH IN AMKRK'A. Saturday (ft says) wns the best dav 9ver known in New York for amusement. M'tmes \itssot), Patti, an(! Langtry a!t uppearsd to their contbb'cd day's receipts beit!g £4-,295. ratti sang some of the music of the ''Tmviat.)'at. the Academy of Music in t)?' aft'Tnoun. T!)e receipts .unc'untcd to .S2.002. \fat'y were unahte tog.'in admission. Niisson ;vp. an afternoon con''e)'t, a.t th':?tainway-))a![. T). re.'e't.'ts were ,€1..3:?4, !.nd 2,000 persr'ns were Ni!sson'.stwoXewYork c()n.1"ls wee!: produced £2,410. Sh" has :&ft I for Chicago anli ;m Francisco. Her thirteen concerts during the past hve weekt havo yielded Mrs. has api)'t'(.'d for four weeks in New York, giving t))irty 'I'hl! total i'ec(!ib>t.e a m')\lIlte,l tf) £12.3'31. l\1r". lAng-try hts left for Boston, where she appears fjr two we.

INTERESTING PRESENTATIONS TO Mr. L. Gordon Lenox.Ynysangharad House, Pontypridd, has just presented to the Church of Gtyntaft'tt [ectern. ''for 'he service of Cof), and to tho mem iry cf George Wtui.uu and fomented fatharand mother, W¡'03l' 1II"Invt.y will bng live in the "earls f)f t,he inhabitan'.s. The tectern consists of a bontUtifuity- eag)e, with wings spread. This stands )n a carved support, with <})thie pedt-sta), and with braas bands containing the words of the dedica- tion. A divided into section?, adapted to the cRiend.)'' and !.ab!es of lessens to" 137)., was hkewise presented by the donor. The Vi<:ar of Givlltaff, "110 is "I'm -in hi; í!XlJt'('ssjon of gratitude to Mr. Lenox io:- his uniform readi- ness to assist tn a.u matters tending to promote the interest of his church, received a, letter from Mr. Lenox some days ago. in which the writer stated. It ia gtven to the church by my brothers and s'?t!rs!mdmy!K!!f. NextSunday.bt'ing'Advent,' 1 is, I think, a suitable time to present ti7c lectern."

STRANGE CONDUCT OF A CLERGYMAN. At the M').r]borough-stret.'t PoHce Court. London, onTuesda.y,Mr.I{dUingh:t.mSwann,ofNo.3'3,Hudd!e- ston-road, Tufneti Park, described as a c!"rk ia ho)y orders, was charged before Mr. Newton with bL.ing (1J."unk and disnnlerlv in HL Ma¡,tin's-pl>l.oo. The evidence ot PoUcc-Conatabte Anis, 147 C, was !.o the e,fet that while on duty tile previous after- noon in St. Martin's-place the prisoner, who was drunk, came up to him, saying he wanted a 'bus, and put his arms round his (witness's) neck, and on pushing him away a crowd cdlectd, and ho was obiiged to take him into custody. The prisoner, !n repty to Mr. Newton, Sfid he had been to see what there WM to be seen—the decorations and the procession, and it was probable he might have taken a. Iitt)e too r,md1.-In reply to Mr. Newton, the prisoner said he was a clergy manE —Mr. Newton to)d the prisoner that he considered his conduct very disgraceful and nnsdiiim 10s., or aevon days.

A DIAMOND WEDDING. On Saturday Major-Genera! and Mrs. Lennox, of Giasgow, celebrated their diamond wedding, or 60th anniversary of their marriage, in the presence ofanumber of their children, grandchildren,great- grandchildren, &.c. Major-Genera.! Lennox was born in Scotland in 1797, and was married in 1822 to Md!)e. de Lava!, who was born in 1806, in Mauritius. Resides undergoing with his wife the fatigue and dangers of many voyages to and from India, at a time when the passage occupied some hve or six months, and enduring the very trying ctimate of India for a period of 43 years, Generai Lennox was exposed to a)t the hardships of many long and arduous campaigns. With his wife and youngest daughter he was miracutousty preserved during the Indian Mutiny, near)y ai) the other ofScera of his regiment and of the force which he commanded at Fyzabad (Oudh) having been put to death by the mutineers, or having died in attempting to escape General Lennox retired from the service in 1869, and has since resided in Scotland.

MURDERTwiLL OUT." AMUSING AFFAIR AT PONTYPRIDD. There ia <tn old adage that tnurder wi!I out." An affair has just come to pass at Pontypridd which has caused some amusement in that town, and induced some pecp!e to incline to behove that the taw to which the adage refera applies to nli kinds of bipeds. In" certain tecMpedwelts an I iudividu&I 1Vbû jewncd what YanKees name a rooster of a vaiuabte description. One morning voice did uot as usual sreet the r goddess of the dawn. He was nowhere to b( found. Suspicions of foul play occurred to th' owner, and later in the d;\y the family cat, was SèelI carrying in her mouth the head of the songster. By- ftnd-bye Pussy returned in the direction whence she had brought out the head. This time she was foUowed into the house of a. neighbour. This, to the owner, was instantty understocd to indicate that the rooster had met with his end in that hou:e, Scrgeant Eva.n Jones was sent for, and the occupier wa.s taken into custody on suspicion of having eaten the bird. At the lock-up, with "durxnceviie" storing her in the face, she ad- mitted her guitt. On paying the owner of the cockitafu!) vaiue the case agninst her wns allowed to be withdrawn. -4_

CHARGE OF BREAKING INTO A RAILWAY STATION NEAR TEN3Y. At the Pembroke County Sessions on Saturday .1 private soldier of the 23rd Regiment. na.medThos. \Villi;IllS, was charged wirit breaking into the runway station a.t PanaUy. oa thú night of the 23rd of November, and stealing th.'rci'r )tn 13- in siiver,10s. in copper, n, cash bag. two ticket nippers, f raHwayca.). ten composite candies, two top coiits, .L rug, and n. pair of gioves. the property of the Pembroke and Tenby Rai.'way Co. Two sotdiers of the Welsh Rfgimsnt deposed to having met the prisoner on the line between Tenby and Penatty ;thout eleven o'clock on the night of the robbety. Hn was drurik and was wearing two overc'')!)t« over his regimental?, and h:i.d a civihan'acap in his hand. He was tnken into custody by them, and after a. struggia was brought to barracks. Some of the other articles sto!en were picked up at various places on the line. The Hone!) com- mitted the prisoner on a. charge of burgi'u'y to take his triat ut the next Quarter Sessions.

THE RISCA FRtENDLY SOCIETY CASH. APPLICATfON TO RE-HEAR REFUSED. On Saturday application was made to the county justices sitting at Newport to re-hear the c<).sa James F.'eem.m Langley. latjdiord of the Exchango Inn. RiS''I, f¡l' refusing to hantl over the sum.)t2l32lis. 4;d, duetotho"MM)in Lodgti ot Oddfellows, of w))ictt lodge the defendant W!'s trea.sur&r. The magistrates were Messrs. T. trt'x, F. J. Ha)), H. J. (fi-ice, and Knox-Rit'kards. Mr. F. VaGghan apof'ared for the trustees of t))e )odge, and Mr. R. P. itiiams for the defendant.— After ho.n-it'g arguments on both sides, the Mag:s- (rates' Cierk sn:d ho fe!t bound to advise tin' bench tint th"y c'mld not heal' tle l'<!se ;lftEI' t;he eonvic- tion had been quashed at t))e .Sf.sion-i. uniess the Court of Queen's Rjn'-h t.hem 10 he'll' it.. if the parties c()'1ld agrüt upon a C,¡8e to go to the Queen's Bench', perhaps that would be the easiest way of getting over the Vaughan ;lppJied for a. and the magistrates granted it. -==-

THREATENING THE PRINCE OF WALES AND MR. GLADSTONE. PRISONER .HKFORE THE MAGISTKATES. At. Bow-street PoHce Court, on Monday, a. man named John Crundon. agdd 4-7, giving .m address in \Viison-:4.l'ed, Gn.y's-inI!-J'oad, Lonrlon. W;lS brouaht before !vh-,l'¡.)wers in custody of InsDcctor SIVM:on. of the Crimilnl IIt\"t"'1.ig:tt,i()1I J)<iJ¡Jal"t- ment, Scobi.tad Y¡¡,rd, chargfd with sending a. ietter t)u'eatepirg the Prince of \Va)es and Mr. Ghdstone. Theiettarw'tsrf;tdnsf''nows:— hi, W¡¡wn-strt'et. Gmy', [nn-roitd. Profe3,ed H.,ad of L'Ul..¡\i.rn, wh\,t, i;n2r.t ar'e yon to the country? Liberal !'I<[e8¡1 to tllo." will) are ¡lOt. ia want. but. under your (LU,al) "ni,1a;a. ill wh,tt. state al"l1 the h»rd-working eióiS: ill t!l¡;¡ er"lfIlrr? Ulllldr,tls auu thousa/ltls rounù the' street.> aeluli.ii V št.ul'virw. but willing to w"rk ror very .¡>tll piltlHi. If I ,JiJOuld cOrne acrOSS .:¡ or tile l'iIH' of 'ale5. ur any 110h \V!Jú l'e pettc(l wlf.r¡,theit' th'mal1,l, ',v]¡<'l'evcr it }¡appe:¡9 Lo be, tuey \V"d, h'tvc .t .)f it, {or I w.'utd [ do. S') t-tkc this w¡.u'ni'1g, for I dou't e_lj' Y{)ur J. Cft!?>i1J¡{'. Inspector proved the ar)'st of the prisoner at the address given—f lodging-house. The prisoner, \vho aclmitte,[ hiving written the abov<j ]etter, was re:nnded.

STRANGE ASSAULT CASE AT CARDIFF. At Citrdin' Pohce Court on Monday (before Mr. R. 0. Jones), WiHj.nn Owen, a seamn.n, L.tiling from North W'.des, was charged with assaulting BHtuard !<. seaman, on SUurd.:y night in Huts-road.- I'o!ice-Const!!b)e Phii)ips stated that at. tw"ntv rJllllutes li) t.welvo o'cloclc on HHl1!'da'/ hight. he sa.w the prisoner crossing the rot'd with complainant, SUddenly h (pri:Jllcr) st.l'ul'k the tatter dowt',tnd witness sei/.ed him. Mcanwhite a hansom cab came atong. and befot't' the driver cou!d pu?t up the wheel passed over the eom- piainhnt, who was stiU lying on tha ground, IInd the driver was thrown off ).is seat.—Compiainant stuted t!:a.t the prisoner had :nmoyed him in the strcrt. He wa.s going across t.ho toad to got aw'iy from him when )o waa knocked down bv him without provocation.—Hobert Co!!ins, II. seaman, said the compLnnaot ir.terfu'ed with the prisone)' in the iirst ptnce. The n'-xt thing he snw the c,nupl:1Ïnanl lYing on the sLl'eet --David \Villiam8, soomtU), also gave evidence and the Stipendiary, after commenting «'t cbaritctcr of the offence, which might httve had, more rcsu!t;?, ordered rh;' prisoner to pay 20s. and costs, or go to g'ao! fof fourteen days, with hard labour. .==--

ALLEGED ATTEMPT D IN CARM.UUHENSHIHE. At the Carmarthen County S'ssions on S.'ii.m-ciay (before Captain (r)'i.'<mo;)d Phihpps.Commande) C. C. Phiiippa, Hnd Mr. W. r'. n. Saunders) 'ln m,w n.nncd L"vi Jatnes wns broug!)t up on ft. ch.u'ge of attempMng to take the jife of Mf. J. E. Gething. of Lietherttesh' Ca.rin!)rthenshire. and tatciy of Newport-, Mon. Ah-.C.jthmg sta.t"d the prisoner had been engaged by him for a fortnight us a labour')'. On Wo()'iosday he w.i.s clearing t!)e sid< of a. pat.it in the shrubbery, and witness went to se'j whtt he was doing. Ho tookod on whh his hat'ds in his pockets fof haif ;t minute. Prisoner was stooping down \vorki!:g with a shove!. Witness did not sav a, word to him, but quite suddenly the former' rose up. and utt'rmg tho words. "Kin vou!" madf <], (1<1;h with the shoveL Witness cva.ded the htow a.nd m.tue off. the pri- soner fonowmg him tout' o:' itve stepa. PoHje- Cons'.ab'e Rogers arrestsd prisoner, who. w hf)n bL'ing driven to C)r:nnthen, wft-! a-ked by the driver of thevchicteif there was anything betwe.jn him :nd Mr. Uething. and ::uid," You know very we!—Mr. Cething said h;3 had no dssire t" see the man committed for tria). — The said they cou!d not de;ii with the c'isc i'ummarily, but intimated that prose- cutor could bring it before them in another form. Mr. Gethiitg said he would cui.sider course. The prisoner was t!:eri discharged on the accusation as it then stood.

LOSS OF A CARDIFF-BOUND VESSEL. ARRO\Y ESCAPE OF THE UHEW. of the crew of the Glasgow sterner River at Liverpool and given pa.tieu)m-s of theabn.ndor'ment oi vesse' and titpir own niu'row escape, from the statement of the men. i:. seems that the River Forth Mt Cardiff for Savona wlth a cargo of coa]. On ti)3 second d.i.y out very iteavy wsather was during whicb a tremendous sea struck the stt"'n of the vessel and smashed the The breac!) that was left ftuowtd the water to How constantly into the vosscL The engines were kept this, no doubt, prevented the vcsset from nUing. Very b;ni wea.the!' stitt prevai!ed. and seas kt;pt coming over the decks, and it unsafe for any of the crsw to be there. Tfte vesse) herseif was unman.tgoabic. A steamer at one time cam'' up with the hetpifssvesse! and took her in tow, but the Msk was go dtmcult a.nd dangerous that the stemner had to give it up, having herse)f been damaged in the attempt to tow the River Forth. The stea.mer promised to remain by unfit morning, but when daviight dnwnc'd sh.j was nowhere to be seen. In thfs he'pless stat<' the River Forti) ch-!fteo about for four days. The crew had to steep m the stoke- hole. On the fourth day the vessel Wyommg was sighted, find stood by the River Forth, which was gr-tduftliy sinking. The lifeboat of the dis-tb'ed steamer had previously been carried away by the seaa, and the crtiw had only life captain's gig. Several of the men left in this :tnd reached the Wyoming safety, the remainder being taken off by a boat front the rescuing vessel. The crew of the River Forth numbered nineteen hands, a.nd lost their effects.

BAPTISE BY IMMERSION IN PEMBROKESHIRE. THE CEREMONY PROHIBITED. On Sunday morning last the Rev. John Wima.ms, minister of Hethania Baptist ChAp'-L Cardigan, pro- ceeded to CHgerr'm for the purpose of cfRciitting nt Penue! Chapel, the resident minister (the Rev. \V. Ogwenvdd Evuns) being a,way from home. !'efore the service commenced the rev. gentleman was informed that there were two young persons to be baptised, one n. youth of about seventeen \e<us of nge. Mr. WitHams, ac- companied 'by ? considerable number of tta congregation, consequent)y went to thcp]aceH'r the purpose of immersing in the River Tivy, not fa.r dista.nt, and just as the service wa.s about being commenced a letter was handed to the rev. gentle- man, from the father of the youth atiuded to, threatening Mr. Wi)]iams with Iega.1 proceedings if he attempted to immerse his son. It then tran- spired t!Mt the boy's father, a. native of Ciigerran, now works at ùmdore Steft Works, and being a. member of the Established Church he was na.m- raJty very unwiiiing that hia son should join the Baptist persuasion. Much commotjon was felt by the assembly present in consequence of the extra- ordinary occurrence, and great excrement haa arisen m the neighbourhood. It may be a.dded that in obfdience to the purport of the letter the intended ceremony wns not performed, although the request was acced. d to very retuctantty by the authorities of the cha.pel. '["

THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY DEATHS AT LLANSTEPHAN. The fol!owing is from the Briti."h ]lfedical JOllrnltl. If an inquest into the ctiuse of the deitth of Mrs. W. Morris, of Lianstephttn. he correctty reported, the Ie<tst that can be sMd of it is that it was a marveDous instance of cbtirvoya.nce on the part of the jury. A lady und her husband. both invalids—the latter an euUeutic—were eeen, j hd )ady for the last time, ahve on Thursdav even- by t"s nurse who took them their supper to bed. Two bottles of brandy were also supphcd to them, hy whom does not appear. On the foHowing day the tittle son knocked a.t their door to ask if they needed anything, and was answered by his father in the negative. Nothing more wns seen or known of them until that evening, when, ausoicions of something wrong bemg aroused, their room was entered. The husband was found sitting on the edge (If the bf'd on which the wife was tying dead and co!d. We know nothing more of the attendant circumstances, and, therefore, can only observe that the deathseemsto be surrounded wit)t mystery. the mystery his not been cleared up by the inquest. From whatever cause the om¡si()n llIay ]¡'1V arisen, the opinion of a medieal man WflS not ta]::en, and a vel'di-t:t of 'Death fromnaturn! causes' returned. That the verdict may have been correct we do not deny; but so far as the newspaper report, goes, there was no evidence to suppurt it." With regard to the same inquest the Lancet c;a.vs A doctor was sl1m'nonerl to vl'rifv the death, but the coroner, in spite of the opinion of sever:)] jurors, would not, take his evidence. Such imperfect inquests brir.g discredit on the coroner's omce. and leave unmerited suspicion on famiiies. Since that the husband of the deceased has died."

SUICIDE OF A .MANCHESTER RODLEY. In Saturday's lVestuil ])[oil a paragraph ap- peared renting to the disappearance ofagentieman from Rodtey. near who was on a visit to Mr. Hough. and who it was feared had inftictcd SOIlW injl1l'i.g ulJOIJ his persoll, or drowned himself in the Severn. The gentleman in question w.:s Mr. Herbert Hythway, 38 years of age; single, of Didsbury, near Manchester, where he was in busi- ness, with brothers, as drysa)ters. Ho came to Ro(]tey in October because of weakened he.iith. arHl was ntff)nd"d by Drs. Grant and Hatten. On missing deceased searci) wrtS made, and the next "ning Ilis body was found in ¡¡, hue-ket wd! about, 200 yards from Mr. and Mrs. Gough's residence. The inquiry was hctd on Saturday evening, before Mr Carter, the district coronnr, .md t.))e jury found that (leepai'ed f'ommitted suicido while in a state of mt;)anchoiy, aggravated by anxiety and ''verwork in busine's, .i\ Gough waS dc('.ea¡:;etl's sister,

FIRE AT CARDIFF. THnEL HORSE. BURNT TO DEATH. A serious m'e occurred between twe)vc and one o'c.ocb on Wednesday morning- at the stab]es of Mr. Hi)),, situate in a narrow fane leading from Picton-piace to Edward-street, Canton, by which a heavy loss was incurrec1, It. appe:;rs that betwet'n nine and tun o'c'ock on Tuesday night three valuable horse. which were in the stabif's were attended to, and the premises were !ocked up for the night. At about the hour stated Pohc. Con:-h!b)e Murford, who was on duty in the neighbourhood, noticed rLci.cs issuing from the upper portion of ti'o building. and immediately gave an ahn'm. Shortly afterwards the reel and hos;) we"e !¡ut into u.se, and the ¡hmes, which had sp'-M.d with extraordinary rapidity, were checked, with/jut. tlw asbtance of the tire brigade and engine, wj¡ieh Imd arrived with praiseworthy promptitude in the meantime, under the direction of ."iUj'erint undent Hemingway. As soon as po.s'.L'h' the stable was entered by Ponce-Sergeant ,htnws, when it was tl1t'Tl found th:;t the horses were alll'J1lg the dd),'is Iml'llt to àt'ath, pl'l'sonting a shocking spectacle. Thestabimg was comp!"te!y gutted, and i'ognthm- the damage is considerable. origin ot the nre is not known. Mr. fid), who resides in Conybeare-road, came to Cardiff from Pontypridd.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A CARDIE TRADESMAN AT DOWLAIS. Mid-day on Tuesday Mr. Joseph Corin, the wc:!]- hr.own newsagent of Cardiff, who has also a branch business at DtJwhis, died suddeniy in the Caeh&rrisRiiiwav Station. The deceased waikfd to the station with the intention of procci'ding to Cardiif. and whiist in the waiimg-rocm died sud- dell!}', Duccased hrlr1 neady £100 in j¡j" pocket. when searched. Mr. Corin was 75 years of age. and had boon resident, in Cardiff for about. 34. years. He was very highly respected. On Wednesday evening an inquest was he!d at the Dow!ais Police Station by Mr. Thos. WiHiarns, deputy-eoront.'r.—Mr. Joseph C.orin, trunIw,aker, Newport, son of the deceased, deposed that on Monday, when a,t Cardiff, his father appear."d to be in hi; usual state of good health.—Annie !)avies, miT.na?.ress of the dece;)sed's b"anc)t es',ab- hshment, said )!0 ar:ived at Dov/Iais on Monday evening and s'&pt thete that nighb. He ate a.? hearty breakfast on Tuesday morning, and left about twenty minutes to twelve to return to Car- diff.—David Jones, a guard on the Rhymney R til- way, saw daceased at the Caoharris Station, and he went into the waiting-room. They conversed together, and present]y the witness heard deceased groan, and asked him what was the matter. He n'e.,¡ ve¡:l no reply, and, observing ¡ll'lt he was v('Y pale, went for Dr. Cr.ss\"el). That a;enth'man stilted t,j1ftt when hos'lw Mr, Cm'in life w8$pxtinct. and, judging from what he knew of the case, his opinion WIIS th'lt. death l'ei\ulted from f,\tt.y di>g-ene- l"l.tion of the hell.rt.-A verdict to that effect was returned.

THE SWANSEA STIPENDIARY ON FOLfCEMEN AND DRUNKARDS. Ab th.i Swansea Po'ice Court on Monday the stipendiary (Mr. J. C. Fow!f.r),aftora consuitation with Captain Co!quhoun, said he had been asked by the to give some advice to the eOllstablps, \vho, in (,0nsrquenee of a ea!'e heard at that court last week, seemed to feet some diiiicuhy as to dua)i[ig with drunken persons in thj street. Drunken peop!c were divided hy taw a.nd in fact into two classes, viz., those fo'.tnd drunk in any public place 01' lice:ns,;ù prerni;s, and thoso who W(,1'O guilty of riotous or disorderly behaviour. He understood that if a drunken man came atong quietly and silently, and was .th'fito proceed without danger to hi!lIseit or to o;,l1Ors, he was HSl!JI' not not ked by the police; but if he was so drunk as to be uoabie to take care of himseif thu police could not decentiy Ic.ave him in such a plight. In that case, if a. man w:!s near his home, a. constable should take him there, or get a sober friend to do so, and at the same time take his name and address. If ho w;s a ]ong way from home and there was no friend near he shou!d be taken to the police sbt\il)n for safety's sak,' unti! sober enough to go a!one. If thf potice were resisted in taking a drunken man to the station, the ofn.'<'r would be jr[-.ti)iod in overcoming by force any persons interfering. If a disordorty person did not behave propprh' when ordered by the p")ice to do s ) the otncer was bound to arrest him for the sake of the pub!ic pf'.ice.' In cases of attempt to rescue, the if coo! and prudent, would give f')U warning before striking, but he must strike rather than let his prisoner go.

CONCEALMENT OF B'RTII AT NEWPORT. On Monday (before the Mayor, Mr. Moses, and Mr. Wansbrough), Mary Kt!en Harris, aged 17, was charged with conce.Jing the birth of her chiid.— Inspector < 'urtis s'ud on V/ednesday morning last he saw the bo )y of a newty-born mate chHd wrapped in c,lJico. On Sal11l'd"y mOl'llillg he and Jmqwcto¡' Jones went to 4., Bo!! street, and apprehended the l-'riSO!1el'. Eo tûlL hel' she 'Va!' Rspeeted of having concea'ed the birth of her child. She made no iOpiy. He her to show him tier bedroom, and the two officers, accompanied by prisoner and another woman, searched the room, and from what he tin\ witne,;s told prisone!'she would bech"l'gl1d with concealing the birth of a mate chi)d. the body oi' which had b-'en found in Ch.'ha-square. He C<1utioned 1II' as to wha.t she ,might, say, flnd .ilH made no rep!y. Sbc aFterwards went into her father's bedroom, where she commenced cry- ing, and said, "Let it stand over; don't take ti'o clothes away." tiruught her to the Town-ban, and sent for Dr. Cooke.— Inspector Jonea produced nrticles found in prisoner's bedroom and I'o)i(;e Constabte Pym proved nndmg the body at the top of Ctytha- snuare.—Evidence as to the discovery of the body was given by Mary Jane Thomas, servant, an' IHrriet £;,]18, wife'of Samupt. who Jives in the same house as prisoner's father, said she had sus pected prisoner was in the faru'dy-way. She spoke to her several times, but she. always denied it. On Thursday iast she asked prisoner if there had been anything the matter with her. and she repiicd, "No." She was in prisoner's bedroom on Satur- day morning, and from what she saw she believed prisoner had been confined.—Mr. Robert Cookc, surgeon, made a. p0st.-m,)rtem examirntion of the child's bodv, and had no doubt it was born a)ive. There were no marks of viok'ncc. f)eath arose from want of attention at the birth. On Saturday he saw the prisoner, and she volun- tanty to!d him the child was h''rs, and that she was confined on the Tuesday.—Prisoner corrected the Jast statement. It was a week last Thursday v.as connned. She was committed for trial at tIle assizes.

GREAT METALLURGICAL DISCOVERY. One of the most important metauurgicat dis- coveries since the invention of Bessemer stee! and the process of stee! making has been made by a. Birmingham metn! manufacturer after thirty years of constant experiments, in which he has expended over .630,000. The invention has just b¡:,en patented in Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Beigium, Sweden. Itaiy, Spain, the United States, Canada, and India. It consists of a new process of making ahjmina from which aiuminum can be manufactured at about one-tenth the cost than by ordinary methods, and as aiuminum is recognised as the most valuab!e metal for forming workable ..Hoys the importance of the discovery ca.nnot be over estimated. This is, indeed, shown by the fact that companies in France have just offered u[1wtlrds of a Ql13\'tl;r (If :1. million sterling for the patent right for that country a!one, wtn)e the aggregate offers of American, German, Belgian. und other companies amount to more than a mijJjnn of pounds. The inventor is Mr. James Webster, of HoUywbod, who has organised a company, under the style of the Aluminum Crown Metal Works Company (Limited), of seven proprietors, to work the patent. Under the ordinary process atumina costs £1,000 per ton, whereas by Mr. Webster's process the same quantity costs loss than jElOO besides which aU the bye products are utihsed, and trom rhcse a blue dya is made, which, it is beiieved. wiit supersede indigo for calico printing, íuaslll!H' as t P¡Y'ltlfHl£J ntlr rctnills it¡:; colour, and isnotarrectedbyactds. Mr. Webster'9 !)JLt<nioa.i deposit is certined by an om'nant analyst.! to contain 84 DecCOQt. of pure a.iumina. M com- pared with 65 per cent. realised by the ordinar process, and the oxide Ci),n now bu made in am quantity in the course of a. few days, whiIsL Ititherto it couid only be produced in limited quantities, :md the process required nearly nina At presi'nt Mr. Webster is the only maker of alumina in England, prior attempts to intro- duce the manufacture i')to this country having involved t))p. promoters in immense losses which compelled them to abandon it. and consequently the French have had the entire monopoly of the trade. Ow'ng, however, to the expenseof pro- duction and the liinited quantities of the metal pr<,Juced,aluminum has luthtjt'to only been used for sma]I ornaments.

THE WHOLESALE POISONING IN HUNGRY. A Hungarian p"asant, named Lyukas Kathi, W;1 s 1);1 ng(d o¡¡ Friday week, at St(\inama ng-er. She wa>, charged with having committe,l 26 murders t)y so!!) ng poisoned cakes to persons who wished to get.rid of their relatives. Si)econfessedtosix murders, two of which were hCl' own husbands. Th cc.urt before which she was tried sentenced her to a long term of penal servitude; but the appealed against this inadequate issue, and the Court of Appea' sentenced her to death. During' her imprisonment Lyukas spent aU her time pray- ing. or receiving spiritual consolation from the priests.towhoms!.econfe:'sed. L'ponthescaffold shf b'essod tite bystanders with an air of great fervency.

AN ENGLISH OPINION OF THE \VELSH N'ATfONAL MAGAZINE. T'A<' 7M Dragon, the National Magazine of Wnlas,'as it is called, reach os tins month tite fIfth uun¡!;rt' of its s(.'c(md volume. [t is well con. ducted and distinctively characteristic. The con- tribution on'Wiltianis of H<)nwrtyd,'inthe November number, is one of the cleverest, most amusing. and most faithfu! citaraoter sketches I have ever' sern of Welsh manners in eonnection wnh popu'ar preaching in the Principality in the ag'' just gone by. I hear a Christmas Number wi!) appear with contribut)ons from Hk'hard Dowling, Horace Lenniird, and a few otiier well-known wnters. Caxton" in The for December.

AMERICAN HONOURS TO THE EDITOR OF THE "RED DRAGON." Officia1 intimation has been received in this country that Mr. Charles WIUdns, editor of the Rl'd l);Oll, aut/101' of "Wales, Pn:t.¡rnd Present," ThrdlistOl'Y of tho L:teratmo of U';vent and MOl' ganwg- and 'lariousot.!wr PupUlá.l' work; has heen unanimously elected to the super graduate Degree of I.;kmt.ure (Lit. I) ), :¡.nd the same in laws, inthe t'ruidic of America. The honour was in'st conferred by the board of exatniners at a con- gress !)p)d in New York. at'tera careful examination of the various works written by Mr.Wiikir's; and on the cxaminfTS' strong recommendation the State of Mainebranchhavoadopted the same course and voted the same honours. Tile announcement is Cf) fined by James Da vies, M.D., professor of chemistry. Medical C'ulege, Lewiston, State of Maine. It is gratifying to add that the Red lJrayol1, the National Magazine of Wales, is being received in America, with very marked favour.

THE PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGHER GRADE SCHOOLS ATLLANWONNO. At the last meeting of the LIanwonno Sehoo! Hoard the qu<'st)on of iecommdndina; a plan whereby the feeling of the inhabitants may ho eiicited'with regard to the establishment of higher g:'ade Softools in thn parish was dehg:tted to the Committee. It transpired thi.i'thecomfnibtee wiH recommend asfoHows:— 1. Th' li01:Jin of. pubUc meetiug at each of the fohowing Ash. Fontypridd, and Perth and th.).t Lord Aberdafo be invited to pre- side at the meet,ing- to be heM &t the former place. 2. after the meetings have been held a canva.ss of the parents be made. tn o'-der to ascer- tain the approximate number of children who wi]f attend higher grade schools in the parish.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES. LETTER FROM MR. MUNDELLA. The fonowing- tetter bus been received from the RighL H'm. A. J. Munde'ta,, M.P., Vice-President of the Council on Education, in repiy to the resolu- tions passed at the AasemMy of tiie North Wales EIIg-lish Con2"I'g.tti,)iJ;t! Vllion 2nd December, 1882.—Dear Sir.—A!!ow me, in acknowledging the resolution of the English Congregational Churches of North Wa.)es,to express my sincere thanks for their appreciation of the services which I httve been a.b)e to render to We!sh education. I beg that you wii! convey to them my assurance that I shaU endeavour during the session of 1883 to passn measure which wi)i make butter provision for inte1'lnedhtte eduentÍ!'n in Wale". Permit me, in eonelusion, to express my thank!" to Mr. R. S. Hudson, the eh,dnmtl1 of ymll' union, fOl' hlS gcnGl'oufl cOllI rihu\¡on of £1.000, and 'more cspr'ci.)!it'fort!h''iib't'tspirit!))whichitisg'iven, .vithout..nyconniLi"t]S!ts to locality.—I.-am. .1ear sir, yom's f;¡ithfl1!iv,-A. J. MuNDELLA.—To D. I!i.))'f'ord Hoo!;c."—The c)osing reference in M)'. Mundi'Ha's iutter is to the gift which w.i.s re- centty referi-cd to in the IVe.<tei'f! J/'a<7 for the Vni\'fr.ity CulJl'ge for :r,ortJr Wa1e'1.

REPORTED HEAVY LOCAL FAILURE. The faHure of Messrs. Townshend, Wood, und Co., of Swansea, hns given rise to rumours of an unsatisfactory kind with regard to S,veraJ other 'oc.dnrms of standing in a. sim!]r<.r line of busi- In Swansea and Card'ffo)')''tVt;dnesda.yre- n. weH-koown house, )nve been carrying on an extensive trade in iron :uHl s\pel, scrap iron, and iron ore. We))a.ve ascertained that tl)e nrm in question have u):.cf'd their boohs in the hands of Messrs. Tribe, ('hn'kc. and Co., but up to a ]ato hour i.tst evening we had ii!)t bcc-n ab)c to karn that any petition Itwasfroeiy stated by somethat such was the case, and that the liabilities were very i<ea.vy, but in tbe absence of any details of a. definite ct)aracter we are not justined t'ithpr in disciosing any names or in pubhshiftg amounts (vit.ryirtg' in their magnitude), or, indeed, any particulars which wo cannot be assured are correct. T))3 r;tmiíi<'atiuns of ousinc.'B are such that one large faiiure natunilty :n-ou'es interest a.nd doubts in otht'r quarters, and, whHe we do not wish to create un nce!ssa.ry suspkions. it is, noverthpless, our ,iuty to chronicte reports which appear to ha.ve a s'.tbstantiai basis of fact.

RANQUET TO GENERAL LORD VOLSlLgy. On Monday S!)' W. G. Armstrong, President of 'h" Institution of Civit Engineers, entertained Cn'n;:a! Lord Woise)ey.md the Nava! .ind Military Commanders of the Kgyptian Expedition at dinner in the Albion Hotel. London. About 153 guests present. incJuding the !)uko of Teck, Sir John Adyo, Sir Herbert Macpherson, Sir Ha ntt-v. Sir A. Hoskins, :tnd Sir Drury Lowe. Sir Wiliiam Armstrong proposed the toast of ''Lord Wo! etey and the Ntva] and Mihtary Com- mfidersof the Egyptian Expedition." Lord 'ois<;)ev. in repty, s-)id he fe!t the onty ctaim th<tt hf nnd his conn-a.dcs in the recent campaign had to the gratitude oftheEngiish peopte wa.s that to the b 'st of their ability they had done their duty. In the Egyptian War the mihtary ntudpnt hadma.ny II opportunitips of learning afforded to him, for it was the hrst war since the Crimea that her :hjegty'" troops ha.d been caller! upon to meet a )'cgu)ararniyintheno)d. Thewenponsusedby' the Egyptia11s Wére the S:une afl used by th. Cormftns during the great Pranco-German War, hut the great cvi) was t)))t.t they were badty of'ncered. success was that we htd thinnest infantry in the world, commanded Ho contended takf in uorig t!ip o!d s))e!). find i'.eld that a. nation was guitty of no greater sin than in refusing to take advantage of modern scientific improvements in the shape of engines of war. Lord Woiseicy added that the march from IsmaiHa to Cairo had proved that the g]oomy anticipations of those who were to the short service sys- temwere entirety unfounded.

THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS. WHOLESALE CONDEMNATION BY THE BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION. An excited discussion took p!acf at the meeting of th<' Hhmingham Town Council on Tuesday on the scheme proposed by the Charity Commissioners for the m<ttiagemH))t and regulation of Lench'a Trust, a valuable endowment in for the support of poor women in Ahns Houses, and whose income wiit amount to nearly ;G30,000 a. year. The Commissioners suggested that the residue of the income shoutd be app)ied in the assignment of annual pensions for the bencht of poor residents of the borough in accor- dance with a scheme to be established for the purpose. trustees wem. to be seventeen in numbar, four appointed by the Town Council and thirteen elective trus- tees to be elected by the trustees generally, the nrst thirteen being named in the scheme, and to bo assessed at an annual value to the parochial rates of not less than £60. ThePublicWorks Committee in tlx'ir report regretted that the appointment of trustees was not made of a more representative character. — Atderma.n Colhngs. M.P., Ipswich, moved a.n amendment that the Mheme should be referred to the committee with instructions to petition the Privy Counci with the view of getting the scheme attered. He contended that the scheme as it now stood made the trustees mere puppets in tho hands of the Charity Commissioners. He declared that the Commissioners were graduatty acquiring the dis. trust of the people of England. Though they were a vc-rv strong bod?, they were getting their pro- ceedings into such a position that at last they wou)d nnd Parliament would review their powers. The Commissioners had but few friends in Parlia- ment a.nd none outside.—Alderman Avery, ex- mayor. defended tho and paid it would be wrong to divert the property from the purpose to which the testator If ft, it. The amendment was

I HIE FATALITY ON THE MUMBLES RAILWAY. CONCLUSION OF THE INQUEST. VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH. The inquiry into the death of the youth, Eugene Gustaf Richard, who wai kilted on the Swansea and Mumbles K )i!way on Sunday evening, the 26th of November, wa.s resumed at tbo Guitd-haU on Monday, before Mr. Edward Strick, coroner. Mr. L'twrence again appeared for the railway comp.niy, and Mr. J,Ilícoe for the relatives of the deceased. Wiiiiams, the station-master, was again recaued at the request of Mr. Je!)icoe, who furtiter cross- examined him. He said that on the day of the occurrence he went down the Mumbles-road as far as the London and North Western Station at Biack riit. He never said that he did not go farther than, HrynmiiL Did not see the gardener at Mr. Oare's garden that afternoon. Did not see him after the accident. Mr. Lawrence: The witness fainted for twenty <ninutea. A j'nyman handed to the coroner a written fi-otii the jury, The Coroner having looked at it, said he would not read it a)oud, but it stated th&t a great many questions puh by Mr. JeUicoe were irrelevant, and caused a waste of time. Mr. Jellicoo aaid he appreciated anything which came from jury. The Foreman said it had not come from the jury as a whole, but simply from a soction of it. He-ex-.mined by Mr. Lawrence, \Vi)!iams said he -aw Mr. Cfaru's gardener the Sunday before the accident. Henry Dayies, Hamnton-tcrrn.ce, guard in the employof the company, said he was on duty on thedayinquestion. Hewassecondguardonthe train winch left the Mumbles at five o'clock. After the tr.nn started from Gorse-lane the \\l)istle was blown for 200 yards. That would be before it, came to the points. Witness was in the next carriage to the engine. About four yards before coming to the opening at the Slip the whistle was Mown ag?in. The train then slackened, and witness got off. When the train stopped he saw a hat in RawHngs'(the driver's) hand. He looked under the engine and saw a body there. Then he unscrewed the plate in front of the engine, went under, and found deceased lying with his head between thu traiHng and the driving wheels. His head was towards the Mumbles, and his feet towards the wall, the body being stretched diagonally across the line. \Viiness pulled the body out, and the nreman took it away. Deceased was Quite dead. Williams was standing alongside the engine when witness got off the train. He saw a light ;)t the Slip when he was at Gorse-lane, but tie could not say who held it. Hy Mr. Jellicoe When the booy was brought out there was on!y one boot on it. Witness found the other by the wall, outside the rails, on Monday Hy Mr. Lawrence: The trailing end is always in front coming from the Mumbles to Swansea. By the Coroner: From the position in which thf body was found witness could say that the engine had not gone far from the spot where the deceased got under it to where it. pulled up. Police-Conrtabte WiHiams stated that after peeing the body of the deceased at the hospital he went down to the Slip, and saw some blood between the rails, about six yards on the Swansea sideoftheontrance. Witness saw Williams in a 1it In the station. Aftfr he revivedwitness asked him if the chain was up when the train arrived there, and he said he could not remember. He also said he saw the young man coming across the Slip, and cailed to him several times to stop. He stopped for a moment, and then just as the train came near him he threw himself under the engine. Mr. J. F. Fry, surgeon, recalled, said the injuries to the deceased's head consisted of a fracture on the front of the head, and a corresponding one at the back. These injuries were probably not caused by a blow from the engine, but by pres- sure. The speed of the engine was not sumcient tort'acturetheskuil. Mrs. Withflmina Russell, wife of Joseph Russell. 49, Gorse-Iane, said deceased had lodged with her for aboub a month before his death. On Sunday. the 26th, ha went out at nve o'clock or a few minutes before, and took her dog with him. The dog came home without him about half an hour afterwards He told her he had been served with a summons, aud showed it to her. He came to lodge with witness because he had had some words withhis father abouttheservantgirl. When he !eft the house he was cheerful. Samuel Guy, 11, Underbill-street, a clerk in the omce of Messrs. Poingdestre and Mesnier. where deceased was also employed, said he waited in the omce on Saturday afternoon with deceased untit the poHceman ca'me with the summons. He saw deceased late on Saturday night and talked with him about the summons. He then seemed in high spirits. Hcsaidhedidnotcaremuchwhetherthe case went against him or not, because in a little time he would have to go to Franco to take military service. Sarah Ann Nethercott, 120, High-street, said she was a domestic servant in the employ of the parents of the deceased. Whilst she was there deceased was improperly intimate with her, and she gave birth to a child on the 18th of September fast. Deceased was the father of the child. She told him when she was in the family-way, and he told her to tell his mother. Site told his mother sometime in April, and the latter replied that it was nothing more than she expected. About a fortnight after that witness was turned out of the house by the father of the deceased. She never aftw the deceased after that. Before she loft th, deceased promised to pay towM-da the child. She did not force him to have improper intimacy with her. Hy Mr. JeHicoe: She told Dr. Gri.Tiths thut another young man was the father of her child. That was not true. She said that because deceased told her se'. She had had improper intimacy with a youth named Hoskins, who was brought to the house by deceased. liy Mr. Lawrence She had heard deceased say that if his mother did not stop drinking he would put an end to himself. Gustaf Richard. 22, St. George-street, steamship engineer, said lie was the father of the deceased. Deceased, who was his only child, lived at home with his mother until about three weeks ago. When witness's wife told him that the servant was in the family-way he told her to send her away at once. Witness was not told that his son was accused of being the father of the child. He last saw the deceased alive on the 20th of November last. They were on the best of terms. Deceased lefthomoot'hisownaccord. WiUiam Rayner. accountant to the Swansea and Mumbles Railway Company, said he arrived at the Slip as the body was being brought from under the engine. After the train had gone ho found marks which indicated that the body had been dragged about seven yards from the pi.Iar on the Swansea s!de of the entrance to the Slip. There was a pool of blood about half the length of the engine beyond those marks, and nearer to JiyMr.JeIIicoe: It was Williams's duty to put up the chain at the Si:p. Hy Mr. Lawrence: Posts were put up on the road side of the line in order that a chain might be stretched between them to keep the peop)e back, hut they were removed by the corporation. There was no order on the company to put no a chain. The evidence of Charles Bond, aged 10, having been given, Mr. Jellicoe proceeded to address the jury. He charged the railway company with having bolstered up lies because they knew that a. verdict of suicide would b in their favour. It was Wil- [iams's duty to put up the chain at the crossing, and as he had neglected to do so the jury cught to return a verdict, of manslaughter against him. Mr. Lawrence followed. He charged Mr. JeDicoe with having unnecessarily prolonged the inquiry in order to win notoriety. The company did not wish to suggest that the deceased committed suicide. He asked the jury to say upon the evidence they had heard that no blame could be attached to any of the omcials of the company. Williams had not neglected his duty in not putting up the chain, because his orders were only to put it up when a crowd was present; and the engine-driver could not be charged with reck- iess driving, because it had been proved that when the accident occurred the spsed of the train was only three miles an iMur. Tho Coroner, in summing up, referred to the ob- jection Mr. Jt-Dicoe had made against his holding the inquiry. He said he could not be calted a soticitor of the company, because, with one oxcep- tion, wl1Pn his firm a.ppeared for one of the com- pany's officers in an case, he bad not acted tor them for two years. Mr. JeUicoe had i'nported n. good dpal of feelin into the investigation. Mr. Jeilicoc So has the coroner. The Coroner went on to say that Mr, JeHicoe nrst of all communicated with theSecretaryof Statf.and then he attended the court, and said—with H. great deal of import ..nee—that he appeared for the pub- lic prosecutor. Now, lie (the coroner) was at a loss to know why the public prosecutor should step in, or why Mr. Jullicoe should hold him np as a bogey to overawe the jury. He could not under- stand what statement could have been made to the public prosecutor to induce him to instruct Mr. Jel)icoe;to represent him at the inquest. He (Mr. known the pubtic prose- cutor represented at an inquest before. In a Coroner's Court no one was prosecuted, and it would be time enough for the public prosecutor to appear when some one was found sccountable for this young man's death. Mr. Jellicoe had also thought fit to protest against what he called the coroner's unfair and partial manner of conducting the inquest. He had been 43 years a member of his profession, and twenty years co) oner. As to what his conduct had been during that time he would say nothing—(applause)— becrtu<e he w\-<< an Interested party. Mr.JcIncoo: It is my duty to answer you by telling you that on a previous occasion Lord Justice Lush stated that your inquisition at Swansea was ft farce. The Coroner replied that ho would not argue that matter, but he wouldsay that if the same case came before him again he would pursue the same course. Mr. Strick then reviewed the evidence. The jury were left alone, and after a consulta- tion, which lasted an hour, they returned the fol- lowing verdict:—"It is the opinion of the jury that the death of Hugh Eugene Richards was an accident. We also believe that Williams [the station-mftster at St. Helen's] gave the deceased warning, but regret that he did not in the usual way put up the chain, as instructed by the com- pany. We also strongly suggest that a gate be erected and closed on the passing of all trains."

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I THE TRANSIT OF VENUS. Owing to the overcast state of the heavens th< transit of Venus could not be observed in LondoB and many parts of the provinces. From Ponzancef however, the phenomenon was seen in a perfectly cloudless sky for two hours from one minute afte! two p.m. till four o'clock, when dense clouds hiQ the setting sun. At Corkaiso the transit was clearly observed. At Ludlow the passage of the planet was visible for about twelve minutes, from 2.45 to 2.57 mean time, when the slIn became obscured by clouds. A telegram from Bath say9 the haze which prevaHpd in the early part of tho day cleared in the afternoon, and the transit of Venus was distinctly visible. The transit was pluiniy to be seen in South W.)]es. One remarkable occurrence took phtce at Citruiff. Venus in transit being well reflected upon th.' shop wiodow of Mps«rs. Howell and Company, drapers, St. Mary-street. Mr. Frank]nn'Gr. Hvana, F.R.A.S.. F.M.S., &c., Tynant Houae,Car(iitY. to whom we arc iudcbted for many valuable communications of this kind. writes :—This rare and interesting event, so far af regards !ngresa, whic!) atone was visible in thi; country, was well seen here to-day, the sky liaviiit been ctearer and more free fro.n cioud than it ha: been for a long time past. Tile first externa! cnn- t!'ct commenced a few seconds after two p'ciock. It appeared as n. scarcely perceptible indentation on the edge of the sun. This gra'htatiy deepened into a btack semi circutar notch that. went on increasing to a three-quarter circte, and u]timat9]y the round dark ball of the planet was fu)!v pro- jected on the sun's disc, constituting nrst interna! contact. Juht betore Venus was seen as a circula; bitckorb on the bright face of the sun the curiou: phenomettonoftheb)ackdt'opwasLpautifu!h ex))ibited.Thiscon?iatsofasrem-Iikeprojct.'tio? from the planet's disc to ttio edge of the sun,whict gives itapear-sltapedappearance. Averynne streak of light was next observed between the body and tile so t!'atf';r a brief moment there was a black circle on the face, and a darit notch on t,hocdgeof tl)e sun with a faint line of !igl)t between them. Just after- wards Venus fu)!y appeared on the sun's dis< and the stem-like nnteh seemed to nit up. I wa: very much impressed with the strong reality of the bla.k dl'Op,l1nd am indined to think that it is partly due to the atmosphere of the placet, and in part distortion produced by the vapou'- in the air, which is great at this season and the sun tow. My telescope is of hu'go aperture—12in. n-ttector, 8tt.f focus-so I looked carefuliy for a possible sate)ht< of Venus, but without success. The setting sue c!osed the spectacle, which was beautiful an< highly interesting.

MONMOUTii GENERAL HUSPI'rAIJ, ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of t))e subscribers of tha Monmouth General Hospital and Dispensary w."t hel!) at the Hospital on Tup.?d?v evening, whea the Hev. Went.worth Wa'son, vicar, presided.—Mr. Grifnnread the following report The in.titu- tionha.a during the l:lst year re!ic\'cd 76 in- patients. and 1.339 out-patients, making togcthet 1.415. Tl)e expenses have been larger than usuai, as several of the in-patients' oases have been very trying and severe, as wet! as prolonged. The current accou!)t shows a. balance of .63 7s. 8d.. and the permanent fund account a bajaneoof L13 19s. ld. in the hand-i of the treasurer, uut this last mentioned account had a balance of Y,28 Os. 3d. in hand ac the commencp'nent of the year, and is also credited with a legacy of £27 bc'que.t.thed bt- the late Mr. Thomas Roberts, of Pencta\vdd."—The if the legacy was swallowed up.—Mr. Gtimn said it had been, the year having been a very heavy one, in fact the most expensive the institution had ever known. —Mt'.S. R. Bosanquot proposed that the report anj statement of accounts bo con- nrmed.—Mr. J. Thomas seconded the proposition, which was carried unanimously.—On the proposi- tion of Mr. 0. A. Wyatt,. seconded by Mr. Uosanquet, the formercommittee was re-appointed. —Mr. Bannerman proposed a vote of thanks to the medical omcers and the hon. treasurer.—The proposition was seconded by the Rev. D. G. Davis, and carried unanimousty.—Ti)e next bu.-iness was to appoint a house-surgeon in the place of Mr. G. 0. Willis, resigned. There was hut one candidate, viz.. Mr. W. Wm. WilIis.—M' Hosanquet said he had great pleasure in proposing the appointment: of Mr.Wm.WiHis,but he felt bound to express. great regret at the loss of Mr.Geo.O.Wil!is,whose kiH had been shown in many dif}jc1;lt nperati,ms.- Mr. Bannerman seconded the prof)" i ¡"II. He read an extract from the Rev. Ott'.vell Adams' History of Japan," which contained an eulogistic referenca to Mr. Willis.—The proposition was carried unani- mously.—Dr. George Willis proposed that Mr. Jury, the dispenser, should be voted a gratuity of ;E10 The year had been a very heavy one, and Mr. Jury was an old and valued servant. Mr. Vizard seconded the proposition, which was carried unaum mously.—This terminated the business.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. DEPUTATION TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN A deputation, representing n parly 50 corpora, lions and other pubiic bodies in En!u.lld nnc Scotland, waited upon Mr. Chamberlain at t!'f Bourd of Trade on Tuesday, tou''ge the m-antir)g ofperm.aaivepoweM rather than the impoiti()n of computaory obiigat.ions ont<? b?a ')!. h ? for provisional orders for e!"ctr1c !f?,Hn? Amongst the toW! rC)JI'f'scnt.cd w:'r. Glasgow. Newcostie, :\û,tilJgham, and Swansea. Mr. LiTTLER, Q.C., on behalf of the (3epiltlTinn, said the corporations from which they came wera desirous,even though many of them were) ]\p owners of gasworks, to adopt electric lighting wht-rc it would be likely to be advantageous, but tlic., -v held that no public company shoutd be admitted; except as the agents of the corporation, ioto tbeit districts to supply the !'ght, otherwise great vpst<?a interest' would ar)M, and, in time, require com- pensation. White willing themse!ves to take powera for electric lighting, they did not think these should be computsory.powpr. because of th6 experimental stage of the science of e]ect)'icity. and because the ratepayers wouJd be a sufficient spur on their movements without the Board ot Trade applying the stimulus of computsion. Me held that the board was ab!e to grant permissive powers under the Act. Mr. CHAMBHRLAiN said he knew this matter wa: exciting a great deal of interest, and he feared there was some misapprehension abroad about it- It was unnecessary to impress upon him the claims, rights, and privileges of municipal govern- ment. No man in the kingdom was more im- pressed than he was with the importance of adding to the authority, innuence, and dignity of local Hfe. He admitted that great discretionnrv power had been p)aced in the hands of the Board of Trade by the E!ectnc Lighting Act to construe the Act not only from itself, but from the collitt,-r-,tl evidenc* fm-niahed by the resolutions of the'Committet which had it under consideration. He though there coutd be no doubt that the intention of rarlta* ment in this matter was that no obstacie should bf placed in the way of the full development of thf system of electric lighting. He did not think that the object wou)d be obtained if it were ptaced in the powor of ? iocal authority, not onty for tho pre- sent, but for the future, during which great improvements might be made in'the science of electricity, to keep out possible competitors with- out undertaking at the same time to da anything themselves in the way of e)ect)-ic light. 'Whi!e Parliament was desirous that corporationa shoutd not be at)o\ved to prevent the development of. Blectnc lighting, it a)so intended that the evil shou)d, if pos"lible, be avoided which had been so rife in cases of water and gas, concerning which vast vested interests had. the damage both of loeat government and aiso the population of various loca!ittes. It seemed to mnt that the alarms which had been expressed in some quarters as to the possible intrusion of cc*mpar:'es into the districts governed by corporations had been altogether exaggerated, having regard to the conditions Lud down in the Act. Companies had this advantage over corpo- rations, that electric !!ght being stitt a matter of speculation so far as its resulta were con- cerned. thfy could go and .ask for powers for a. Limited area, whereas if the object of the corpora- was to exclude a company frorn its it mut app)y for powers for the whole of its diatnct, and the state of electric science being what it was this was iL somewhat hazardous undertaking. That, however, was an argument in favour of the wisdom of corporations a!)owing companies to try thi-! experiment. He did not ex- clude from vie;v the possibility of granting a cor- poration an order whh'h might, be both permissive and compulsory. It would bo dimcult to carry out the spit-it, of the Act unless a corporation ac- copied an absolute obtigation in regard to a portion of its district—probably the portion most popu- !ous—where the experiment cou'd be tried with the greatest advantage, and if that were done he could see no in principle it to be permissive in regard to the rest of the district This permission must be subject to limitations. however. For instance: if a certain number ot ratepayers came to the Hoard of Trade and said. There is a company wining to supp)y us on term? we think reasonabte. and we are only preventoc from getting the light by our corporation pos- sessing a monopoly they have absolutely refugee to avail themsetves of." ho wouhl be bound to gC to the corporation and say, If you are not wining to supply the Hght you have no right to stand i' the way." Subject to that timitntion he did no. think there was much in dispute hst.ween the depn tation and the board, because the iatter woul,i a}wa. take into account local circumstances, hear at sides, and proceed detiberately. Applications b companies would be rigorously scrutinised, anQ corporations heard on att questions as to price ot lights, limits of ''upply, position of works and wires, and duration of term. The purchase clauses were extremely favourable to local bodies. An electric light company could hardly make its undertaking remunerative withm nvH years. In 21 years a corporation had a power of purchase at the then value, without paying anything f' S?dwii. or future pronts. A company wou)d. therefora. hav< only sixteen remunerative It be possible for corporations to siill further limit <b< term: He had always held it to be dangerous and undesirable for corporations representing rate- pavers to engage in speculative expenditure Speculation was allowable only to private indi* viduals and comoanies. In such a speculation a-' this local bodies might regard with perfect complacency the intrusion of private speculators. The deputation then withdrew.

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