Weekly Mail

DEATH OF LORD VAUX. I George Charles, sixth Baron Vaux of Harrowden, died at his London residence, 6, Upper Grosvenor- street, on Sunday night, after a long illness, He woe born in 1806. He leaves one son, the Hon. Montagu Mostyn, and two daughters, and an onlv sister, tho Dowager Lady Slade. He is succeeded in the title by his grandson, Mr. Hubert George Charles Browne-Mostyn. I

FIRE AT UPTON CASTLE, NEAR PEMBROKE. A slight fire occurred on Sunday at Upton Castle. It was got under before the place had been much damaged. The engines were sent oot from the dockyard and the Hute Encampment. The ignition of a beam in the library chimney was the origin of the fire.

SERIOUS ASSAULT ATMEERNHILIX At the Yatrad Police Court, on Monday, Matthew Perkins, sinker, was charged with breaking the jaw of Thomas Jones, foreman sinker, Fern h ill Colliery. It was alleged that the parties quarreiled. and that the defendant, struck complainant, with the above- stated result. The complainant had not been able to speak .since. The case was adjourned, but the defendant was admitted to bail.

Ti 1, p ANOTHER CHILD FOUND IN I A BOX. I On Monday an inquest was held at Manchester on the bodv of a child found in a. tin box left at the Victoria Station, Manchester. Mr. William Hawkins, clerk on the London aud North-Western Railway at Haydon-square, Minirif-s, said it was part of his duty to open thf unclaimed luggage sent' to his department from time to time. A painted tin box, oval shape, fastened by a padlock, arrived on January 16. It was directed, Llovd, Cloak Room, Victoria Station, Manchester," and was left there on December 21, 1881, as cloak-room luggage, and not being claimed within twelve months was forwarded to the department in London. Witness opened it on Friday last., and found inside the remains of a child in quite a putrid state. The jury returned aai open verdict.

COMMITTAL OF THE "GREAT SEER." John Hart well, the pseudo "Great Seer of Eng- land," philosopher, and "dealer in magic and II spells," alio* Anna Ross, the "Seerfss of New York," who has been several times remanded at Birmingham for obtaining money by pretending; he possessed the talismanic art under circuin- stances already reported, was, on Tuesday, com- mitted for trial as a rogue and vagabond, and ordered to be kept to hard labour while awaiting his trial, he having, at the Central Criminal Court, and at Birmingham, been previously convicted on similar charges. Prisoner, in pleading not guilty, handed an extraordinary document to the magis- trates, contending that he had been illegally arrested. His arrest was owing to the minister of Haworth Vicarage, Keigbley, Yorkshire, seeing his advertisement in a York paper. The seer pro- ceeds at length to contend that he has super- natural power, and that he has foretold many great events which have taken place. He pos- sesses, he says, armorial bearings, and denies that his advertisements are fraudulent, and requests that the whole of his property seized by the police may be restored to him.

"SAPO CAKBOKIS DETERGENS" is a phyeicianis name for a remedy prascrh-ed for the past quarlfjr century for every variety of skin disease. The public have also adopted the same as it preventive of small pox, seariet fever, and measles. Purchasers should see that the Latin Brand is on every tablet, and WRIGHT'S COAL TAR SOAP on each wrapper, without which none genuine. Podophyllin Bilious and Liver Pills; purely vegetftbte the most valuable remedial agent ever intro duced by post, Is. 2Jd. and 2s. 10a.—KeeviU, Chemist, Clifton, Bristol

I, A SHIP'S CREW EATEN BY "1 CANNIBALS. The Melbourne Argus states that the ""reck of a vessel about 300 tons has been discovered at Fay River, New Guinea. The natives report that the crew, numbering seventeen, have been eaten by the Keowai tribe.

THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA. STDNET, JAN. 30.—The match between the Eng- lish cricketers and tha Australian team at Sydney resulted to-day in a victory for the former by 69 runs.

THUNDERSTORM AT PONTY- PRIDD, FOUR COWS KILLED. On Tuesday the district of Pontypridd was the scene of a great storm of hail. When the tempest was at its height there was a single clap of thunder of considerable violence. At Penygarn Farm, between the above-named town and Llantrisant, a thunderbolt fell, knocking down a shed and killing two fat cattle and two heifers.

A MAN BURIED ALIVE NEAR CARDIFF. On Monday, at tilackweir, near Cardiff, a brick- maker, whose name has not transpired, was at work in a pit about fifteen or twenty feet deep, when a fall of earth took place and he was buried alive. On being extricated he was found to be dead. On Tuesday an inquest was held by Mr. Grover (deputy coroner), and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental death."

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN DEAN FOREST, On Monday a young collier, named Edwin Butler, of Milkwall, near Coleford, was killed at the Speech House Colliery. The deceased, who was 18 years of age, was at work, when a large piece ef coal fell, forcing the timbers out and causing the roof to fall upon him. He was killed on the spot.

THE PEMBROKESHIRE SCALDING CASE. From inquiries we have .made, we find that the statements published by us in respect of this case (and which the prosecution failed to estab- lish) were incorrect, and that their publication wa,o; calculated to affect the character and wound the feelings of Miss Ann Morgan and her family. We therefore take this opportunity of expressing our regret that we should ha.ve been betrayed into publishing any statement inconsistent with the true facts; and now tender to Miss Morgan our apology for doing so.

REPORTED DISCOVERY OF THE MISSING HEIRESS, A Dublin telegram says:—The missing heiress is reported to have been found. A domestic servant named Carey, having seen a newspaper paragraph stating that she was being searched for as the misaing heiress, communicated with her foater- mother at Knniskerry, who placed her case in the hands of Mr. Kavanagh, a Dublin solicitor, and he is assured that she is the right person. She is intel- ligent, having been educated at a convent, and bar appearance is described as good. It seems there is no doubt she was a child left on a doorstep by her parents.

A YOUTHFUL TRAVELLER. On Monday an intelligent little boy who said his name was Johnny," and that ho was twelve years of age and a native of Aberystwith, where his granny is," was charged before the Ystrad bench with hawking without a licence. He said he left Aberystwith with his father and mother; he left Aberystwith with his father and mother; that his father and mother died at Tredegar, and left him alone in this part of tho country, He stated that he was trying to sell things to enable him to go back to granny," The Stipendiary Magistrate ordered liim to be detained at the Pontypridd Police Station while inquiries were made.

MR. BRADLAUGIT AND THE RAILWAYS. Mr. C. Bradlaugh, M.P., writing on the subject of the refusal of the railway companies to run cheap trains to London on the occasion of the forthcoming demonstration, at the opening of Par- liament, in support of his claim to take his seat in the House of Commons, says The refusal of the railway companies is monstrous. Trips and cheap trains have hitherto been always run for Conser- vative and Liberal gatherings in all parts of England. The act-ion; of the companies will diminish the gathering on the 15th proximo by 20,000 at least, but, as I expect to have fully 150,000 friends present, it will only irritate without injuring."

A GLOUCESTERSHIRE ELOPE- MENT, Some sensation has been caused at Cirencester by the rumour that the wife of a respectable tradesman of the town has eloped with a late assistant to a veterinary surgeon of the place, who had recently left his situation. It has been ascer- tained that the couple sailed on Saturday from Liverpool for America. The unfaithful wife had been visiting her friends at Avening, near Stroud, and left on Friday morning, ostensibly to return to Cirencester. The husband did not discover her flight until lie drove to Avening on Sunday to fetch her home. She leaves one child.

SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER AT BRISTOL. On Monday morning Mr. Wasbrough. coroner for Bristol, opened an inquiry on tho body of a newly-born male child, which was bund with its throat cut in a pond at Redland, Bvijt«l. Mr. J. H. Clifton appeared in behalf of Mrs. and Miss Heal (the latter the mother of the child). Evidence of the finding of the body was given by a Miss Hannahn, who saw the body in the pond, and recovered it. Dr. Cross, who made a post-mortem examination of the body, gave the details of his investigation. He found that the lungs had been inflated, and that, consequently, the child had breathed. The wound in the throat cut into the windpipe, and severed several important veins and arteries. The inquiry was adjourned until Mon- day next.

A BELLICOSE SALVATIONIST. An extraordinary affair took place at Folkestone on Saturday night. A young man named Snelling, a prominent member of the Salvation Army, and who wears the big-, S," the shield, and other re- galia, went home after attending a meeting of the Army. His friends, it appears, began to tease him, and he suddenly left the house. Going to an unoc- cupied house and shop, near the Junction Station, he smashed a large plate-glass window and got through it. Constable Willes heard the crash, and hurried to the place. Entering the house through the broken window, he found Snelling in one of the top rooms. Snelling rushed at Willes, and, with a sharp instrument, inflicted a severe gash four inches long on the side of the neck. The policeman made the best of his way into the street and was assisted home. He lies in a critical state. Snelling had locked himself in the room when the police came to arrest him. Ho is pronounced to be suffer- ing from acute religious mania.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MATE. At the Bristol Marino Board Offices on Monday (before Messrs. W. Whit will, chairman A. N. Herapath, and Captain Thompson), James Philip, holding a master's certificate, was charged with having been guilty of a gross act of misconduct on January 9 by having, at the port of Newport, signed an agreement and an account of the crew of the British ship Joseph, of Charlettetown, Prince Edward's-Island, agreeing to serve as mate of the ship on a voyage of the vossel from Newport to Ha van n ah. On the following day the ship pro- ceeded with him on board, but root petfortning his duties, and on the fame day, when the tug T. D. Marshall was leaving the "ship, after towing her into the Newport Roads, the defendant left tht,ship ¡¡ n. I returned to shore in the tug. The board found the defendant-guilty of not performing his duties on January 10, of returning in the tug-boat, and allowing the Joseph to proceed to sea without a certificated mate, and a,bo that he was guilty of clrulI keunes8 01} .Jan. 16. For neglecting his duties he would be reported to the Board of Trade in London, and for his act of drunkenness his certifi- j oato would be suspended for six months.

THE CHAHGg AGAINS'T A POLICE INSPECTOR. The hearing of the summons against Inspector Charles Tiinmins, of the Y Division, Metropolitan Police, for an alleged criminal assault at Edmonton Police Station on Annie Hunt.,pauper, was resumed on Monday. Police-Constable Bailey said, when conveying the complainant to Westminster Prison after her committal, she told him of the assault, but he regarded it as a joke. Ellen Clare, married woman, said complainant told her of the matter at the court. She said she did not like to mention it to the bench. George Heslop, master of the Strand TJnion Workhouse, said complainant was of a mischievous disposition, and he should be very doubtful of anything she might say, even upon oath. Mr. Ricketts, for the defence, pointed out that the defendant had a good charact er in the force for seventeen years, whereas complaint-ant was of immoral habits. Several police officers were called, and stated that defen- dant was not the inspector on duty at the time alleged, and was only a short time alone in the station. Two or three witnesses said they knew complainant as an immoral character several Months ago. The Magistrates intimated that fur- ther evidence was not necessary, and dismissed the charge.

rHE ACCIDENT AT THE GELLJ COLLIERY. On Wednesday afternoon the Rev. W. Lewis, the respected vicar of Ystradyfodwg, broke the sad tidings to Miss Skyrme that her limb was ampu- tated. The unfortunate young lady received the intelligence bravely. Instantly after the rev. gentleman communicated the fact be presented Miss Skyrme, on behalf of the ladies and gentle- men who miraculously escaped with their lives the same night, with a valuable gold watch. This token of respect was gracefully acknowledged by the recipient. Miss Skyrme will not be moved to her parents' residence at Cardiff until about three weeks hence. Mr. and Mrs. Skyrme feel grateful to their numerous friends for showing so much sympathy in their affliction.

THE STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT WHITCHURCH. On Tuesday afternoon, at Whitchurch, Mr. Groves, deputy coroner, held an inquest upon the body of Mrs. Anna D. C. Charles, wife of tho manager of the Butcher's Arms, Whitchurch (and not Llandaff, as previously stated), who died suddenly on Monday. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had on Monday morning threatened to go out and drown herself. She was induced to return to her bedroom, but two hours afterwards she was heard to fall out of bed. When the inmates of the house went up to her she was in a dying condition, and she breathed her last within a few minutes. The husband admitted that a fortnight ago he struck the deceased in self- defence, and that he then gave her the black eyes which she had at the time of her death. She had been quarrelling with him. Dr. F. W. Evans was of opinion that the black eyes were of old stand- ing, and that death did not result from violence, but apoplexy, and the jury returned a verdict of Death from natural causes."

LM" LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND CHRISTMAS DAY. PROTEST AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE SWANSEA STIPENDIARY. The Swansea Licensed Victuallers held one of the largest meetings ever remembered in the his- tory of the association on Tuesday evening to take into consideration the decision of Mr. Fowler upon the question of keeping open public-houses on Christmas Day and Good Friday, the learned stipendiary having decided, a few days since, that they must be closed the same as Sunday. Mr. J. H. Jenkins, the president of the association, presided. He, with other speakers, criticised the action of Mr. Fowler against the liquor trade. Eventually it was resolved That this meeting is fully determined to appeal against Mr. Fowler's decision on the 22nd of January on the closing of public-houses on Christmas Day and Good Friday." It was also decided that the secretary should write to the secretaries of other associations in Wales, inviting their co-operation in carrying out the i appeal.

THE BRADFORD DISASTER. The inquiry into the Bradford disaster was re- sumed on Wednesday morning, before the borough coroner, in the Town-hall. Mr. Heley Steward was re-called, and said he had no recollection of Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Horsfall complaining :to him of the condition of the chimney in October. Mr. Cox, borough surveyor, said there was a by- law relating to dangerous chimneys; and the town-clerk said all the authorities wanted was in- formation, and they would soon put the law in motion.—Mr. Andrews, architect,re-called, said had he heard the hearting was cracked, as described by Woodhead, he should have ordered the use of the chimney to be stopped. The Coroner summed up, and explained that in such cases it did not re- quire an actual act to lie committed to amount to the crime of manslaughter, but the person guilty of omission which immediately caused death was liable to such an indictment. He then went through the evidence at great length. The jury were absent two hours and twenty minutes, and returned with a verdict of "Accidental death," believing that the owners did all that practical men could reasonably be expected to under the circumstances. The jury added that they were of opinion that the foundation was good, and attri- buted the fall to the cutting, but strongly regretted the works were not stopped during the repairs.

ALLEGED MISCONDUCT OF COKEE TAVERN KEEPERS. At the Ystrad Police Court on Monday the Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Gwilym Williams, was waited upon by a deputation of tradesmen and others, headed by the liev, W. Morris, Baptist minister, Treorky, for the purpose of complaining of the alleged misconduct of coffee tavern keepers in the Rhondda Valley, Tha deputation were invited to the magistrate's private room, and there a somewhat lengthy discussion took place. On coming again into court the Stipendiary said:— A deputation has waited upon me in the other room to complain of the misconduct 'of some of the keepers of coffee taverns in this neighbourhood and it appeal's from what I hear that things are carried on in these houses in a manner never con- templated by the Act, onahling them to open their houses at all hour3. The complaint is that all kinds of games are permitted on Sunday in these housed, and that those games are played for money or money's worth, That is a clear contravention of the Act of Parliaroc-it and must be put a slop to. It is also stated that persons coming out of these coffee taverns are found very often under the influence of alcoholic drinks, and it would appear, therefore, that they have been imbibing those drinks while at the coffee taverns, and the object of my speaking publicly in this way is to call the attention of keepers of coffee taverns to I the section of the Act of Parliament which says Any person licensed to keep such refreshment- house (referring to the refreshment-houses men- tioned in the previous section), who allows any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on the pre- mises, in contravention of this section, shall be liable, for the first offence, to a penalty not exceed- ing £10, and for any subsequent offence £20."

LOVING METHODISTS AT DOWLAIS. On Saturday at the Merthyr Police Court an affiliation case, which seemed to excite con- siderable interest, came on for hearing before the Stipendiary and Mr. Thomas Williams. The parties were Elizabeth Howells, a good-looking and intelli- gent young woman, and David Davies, an in- surance agent, a young fellow of respectable ap- pearance. Mr. B. Francis Williams, barrister (in- structed by Mr. Bonnell Bishop), appeared in sup- port of the information, and Mr. Abel Thomas, barrister (instructed by Messrs. Simons and Plews), represented the defendant. It transpired that the case was gone into a few months ago at Defynnock, when it was dismissed. Complainant said that she resided at Bala-road, Dowlais. She was delivered of an illegitimate child on the 27th of September, 1832, and defen- dant was the father. Slip bed known him from childhood, and whilst attending the Welsh Metho- dist Chapel an attachment had sprung up between defendant, who also attended there, and herself. It was the usual Sunday evening custom to take a walk together after chapel service. She remembered Now Year's Day last year. and had at- tended at evening service in the chapel. De- fendant was also there. After the service was over hersolf and defendant and a young woman named Margaret Davies, accom- panied by a person named Daniel Davies, went for a walk, and upon reaching Pant-road defendant suggested that they should proceed alone together. The other parties continued walking along the Pant-road, and she and defendant walked in tie direction of Tairefail. When near the gate leading I to the Castle Fiirin he had improper relations with her. That was the first and only time. She told j him she would have to inform her parents of what had taken place, and he replied, "If anything happens I will marry you." In cross-examination I she denied having walked out, or visited Aberdare, with a young man named Evan Davies. Did not say to defendant that she had no thought of saying ho was the father until after hearing that Kvan had gone to America. The case occupied a con- siderable time, several witnesses being called, but the Stipendiary considered there was afe abwftce of sufficient corroborative testimony, and dismissed the summons.

BRISTOL AND WEST OF ENGLAND BANK (LIMITED). The fourth annual general meeting of the share- holders of this bank was held on Monday at the offices. Corn-street-, Bristol, Mr. William Williams, the chairman of the company, presiding.—The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said that after the payment of all expenses, interest, allowing for bills discounted and not yet matured, and making ample provision for bad and doubtful debts, there was left a sum of £ 11,621. The interim dividend absorbed £3.750 and £ 4,500 was appropriated for the payment of ihe dividend for the past hall-year, making a divi- dend of 5J per cent, upon the paid-up capital of the company, free of income-tax. The sum of JE3,000 was added to the reserve fund, raising that fund to £ 15.000, and a balance of JE371 9<. 10d. remained to be carried forward to the next- account. A misfortune which was alluded to in the report-, however, took place in the Swansea district, and the board resolved to make provision for it out of the earnings. They had put aside a considerable Sum to cover the loss they had sustained in that quarter. The directors deemed it right that the shareholders should he informed that they had not treated the misfortune in a compromising spirit. They had not attempted to mitigate the calamity with the view of presenting a more favourable ac- count. They had determined to fully face the disaster, and in plain language that meant that the loss had been paid out of the earnings of the year, it would be remembered by many present that at the last meeting he adverted to the confi- dence that the public had in the bank, and said that it was evidenced by the market value of the shares which then stood at 33 percent, premium. It was a matter of congratulation that the confidence had not only been continued, but had increased in a large degree.—Mr. Joseph Tinn (director) seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously.—Mr. H. G. Gardner moved the re-election of Dr. Harrison and Mr. A. W. Summers as directors.- Mr. Ii. Fendick seconded the motion, and it was carried nem. dis.

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I; r THE WINWORD TRAGEDY, CONFESSION OF JOSEPH WEDLAKE. THE WRONG MAN MURDERED, Some extraordinary facts in connection with the Winford muraer case have just come to light. On Saturday Thomas Wedlake, who was apprehended subsequently to his brother Job, and charged with the murder, showed symptoms of great uneasi- ness, and appeared to be very depressed. On Sunday morning he intimated to a policeman that he wished to have an interview with Superintendent Drewett, and upon that officer presenting himself in his cell he said he wished to make a statement. After the superintendent had cautioned him, he made a statement to the effect that his brother Joseph committed the murder, adding that he did not in- tend to kill Cox, but a man named Thatcher. His story is a most remarkable one. Joseph, it ap- pears. lives with an uncle named Pearce, a well-to- do farmer at Winford, and acta in the capacity of farm labourer. He had fallen in love with Mr. Pearce's daughter, his cousin, and she, until re- cently, favoured his Suit. At length, however, young Mr. Thatcher, son of a neighbouring farmer, commenced to woo the young lady, and she at once transferred her affections to the new lover. Joseph Wedlake, enraged at this, determined to put his rival out of the way. On the Sunday morning on which the murder was committed he told his brother Thomas that he meant to kill Thatcher that night. He had learned that Thatcher had an engagement that night, and that he would, most likely, pass the place where the murder was com- mitted at about half-past eleven on his way home. Joseph was in waiting, and the blows that launched poor Cox into eternity were intended for the rival lover. The intended victim actually did pass the spot a few minutes later, and must have walked past the murdered man without seeing his body. Superintendent Drewett immediately drove over to Mr. Pearce's farm at Winford, where he found Wediake. Wedlake was then charged with the wilful murder of Mark Cox on the 7th of January. Prisoner turned pale, trembled violently, and began to cry, but made no reply. He was quite prostrated, and when at the station gave himself up to paroxysms of grief. He was brought before Mr. James Ford on Monday morning at the Bourton Petty Sessions House, and remanded till Friday. The prisoner, Joseph Wedlake, who was arrested on Sunday, charged with the wilful murder of Mark Cox, on the 7th inst., has made a full and detailed confession of his guilt. He is at present incarcerated in the cells at the Bourton Police Station, aud on Tuesday morning expressed a wish to see Superintendent Drewett. He stated that he had no intention whatever of killing Cox, and thnt he intended to murder the young man Thatcher, who had taken his sweetheart, Miss Peace, from him. The murderer savs he had with him an axe, which his uncle, with whom he fived, felled pigs for the slaughter, and in the darkness he aimed the fatal blow at Cox. Almost before the weapon had landed on Cox's head he discovered his mistake; but it was too late. and Cox fell dead. He returned to his uncle's house before Thatcher passed. He further states that after he had killed Cox he wiped the blood off the axe on the grass, but there are still stains upon it. Our Bristol correspondent writes:—Most peculiar evidence has come out in the inquiry before Dr, Weat-herley, coroner, respecting the murder of Mark Cox, at Winford, near Bristol, on the night of Sunday, January 7. On Saturday Dr. Alford, analyst, deposed that a sickle given him to examine bore stains of blood—probably human-on the point and blade. The blood was certainly that of a mammal. This sickle was discovered in a rick on the premises of the father of Thomas Wedlake (one of the men in custody), where also was dis- covered a mackintosh bearing spots of blood on the right breast. The blood on the implement and coat was not accounted for, although there is no evidence to shb w that Thomas Wedlake was absent from home on the night of the murder. Thomas Hill, a witness, said that on speaking to Mark-Cox on the day before he was murdered about some pigeons he told witness that Job Wedlake had shot them, and that he did not like to summon Job as he had several times threatened to murder him. The jury returned an open verdict of "Wilful Murder." The Home Office has. directed that a metropoli- tan detective shall proceed to the scene of the murder of Cox, and assist the local police in in- quiring into the affair. fhe pri-oners, Job and Thomas Wedlake. were again brought up at the Long Ashton Petty Sessiorig on Saturday, and re- manded. The excitement in the neighbourhood still continues to be very great.

THE MISSING CAEDIFE CABMAN. HIS ESTATE IN LITIGATION. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE RIVER TAFF. At Cardiff County Court on Saturday Mr. Scott referred to the disappearance of William Thayer, a Cardiff cabman. He said it appeared tha the widow was administering the estate without having taken out letter3 of administration and she had adver- tised a sale or the goods, horses, and vehicles for that day at twelve o'clotk by an auctioneer named Knight. He asked: for an injunction to stop the sale, and produced an affidavit from the deceased a fotier-for there was no doubt that Thayer was de^d— that she intended to reave the town at once, and without paying the debts of her late husband.—-His Honour: It is not a. question of probate iflfri|sdtction ?—Mr. Scott: No, sir.-His Honour granted, the injunction, and at the request of Mr. Scott appointed Mr. J. G. Maddox receiver., The badge and strap of Thayer, the missing cab- man, were found on Tuesdiy in the Taff River, near Lpperboat, at a spot ktown as Pwllnantydall. They were found by a little.'boy who was engaged in snatching sticks from th. flooù. The strap was floating on the surface of tlft water; subsequently it was found that the badgdd was attached. It is rather singular that a few ilays after Thayer dis- appeared, a hat, similar in every respect to the one worn by Thayer when he was last seen, was picked up 111 a garden about 500 ytrds nearer to Ponty- pridd than where the badge and strap were found.

CASTLEMARTIN" YEOMANRY CAVALRY. DEATH OF A VETERAN MEMBER OF THE COFTPS. We notice the death, on'the 17th ult., of Mr. George Purcer, aged 92, at. his residence, Ffvnon- gain, New Moat, Pembrokeshire. Mr. Purcer was the descendant of a very mpectable family, for- merly of Morriston, in Castjemartin, and belonged to that old school—unfortunately almost extinct— the County Yeomanry, of whom he was a genuine type. At the time the French made their celebrated, but infatuated, invasion on the coast of Fishguard in 1797, but were frightened by the historical red flannel whittles and conical hats of the tall Welsh- women, who mustered in gr.a.t force on Goodwick Heights, the subject of this notice was a mere lad, and living not far distant. He became early imbued with patriotic sentiment, and fired with military ardour. The Cftstlemartin Yeomanry Cavalry, then under the command of the Earl of Cawdor, of Stackpole Court, the grandfather of the present Earl, soon afterwards appeared on the anticipated scene of action, the battle having, in f iact, been already fought and won by the exhibi- tion of the red whittles," and history tells us a very willing surrender was at once made by the disconcerted Gauls. Young Purcer, a comely and stalwart youth, at the age of sixteen joined the regiment, and continued to be an active member of it for the lengthened period of 40 years and during the Rebecca Campaign, in 1844-45, when the Rebeccaites did so much to demolish the turnpike- gate system of the county, he was one of the most active of his corps. At the time of his retirement he held the rank of sergeant-major. He was interred in the graveyard of the parish church of v'• w Moat by the Rev. Mr. Daviee, the rector, on the 30th ult., and was followed to his last resting place by a goodly number of hitl friends and fellow parishioners.

BAZAAR-AND FANGY^FAIR AT CAITIFF. At the Assembly Rooms of the Cardiff Town Hall, on Wednesday, a bazaar and fancy fair in aid of the Ely Chcnwh Completion Fund was opened under the direction of the Rev. W. Johns, Vicar of Caertu and Ely. Under the patronage of Lady Mary Windsor Clive, Mrs. Vaughan, The Deanery, Llandaff; and the Misses Rous, {Jourtyralla, and sup- ported by the indefatigable efforts of many other local ladies, the movement possessed all the fundamental necessaries ol success, and the result on the opening day far exceeded the most sanguine expectations. Although there were many other attractions in the town, there was throughout the day, a constant stream of visitors to the fail which became thronged in the evening, when a varied entertainment was given by the Llandaff Orpheus Society, the St.! Mary's String Band, and several local ladies and gentlemen. As before mentioned, the object of the bazaar was to clear off if possible the balance of a debt upon Ely Church. Abfut. ten years ago the hamlet of Ely was transferred from the parish of Llandaff to that of Caerau, and shortly afterwards the nave of the present church was erected. The edifice was completed by the Rev. W. Johns about twelve months ago, and hence the want ol funds. The Assembly-rooms were, by the courtesy and generosity of Messrs. Walkir and Olliver, illumi- nated with electricity. Two strings of in- candescent lights were suspended through the room, and a novel feature in tiiti arrangements was the introduction of lamps into the tolds of the drapery surrounding the stalls. Mr. Walker personaily superintended the lighting. There were four stalls, the first of which was attended by Mrs. Jojms, Fly Vicarage; Mrs, Buckley, Llandaff Vicarage; Miss Kemp- thorne, of The Heath; JJiss Thomas, Caerau; Miss Marendezj Port Talbot; Miss Tiny Bell (Canton), and Miss Carrie Masters. The second by the Misses Tra/es, Miss Latch, Miss Wilson, and Miss Elford. The third by Mrs. Thomas (Ely Farm), Miss David (Ely Cottage), Miss Woodman, Miss Hurman, Miss Austin, Miss Lewis, Miss Davies, and Miss Dunlop. The last, which was a refreshment stall, by Miss Bell (Canton), Miss Jonas, Miss Jones (Cathays), Miss Webb, and Miss Harris (of Ely Schools). The bazaar was continued on Thursday.

There is nothing more nourishing and warming in cold weather than a cup of really good Cocoa, but tue difficulty has been toOlJtain it pure. This may be secured at a dost of one halfpenny for a large breakfast cup by using Oadbury's Cocoa, which goes three times as far as the adulterated and starchy compounds ordi- narily sold, the small-eat packet making fourteen break- fa-it cups of strong Cocoa. Nicotoj fluid dentifrice, cleanses and preserves the teeth and gums; by post. 10. 2d.—K-eevill, Chemist, Clifton, Bristol. ? I

REVIEWS. SEVEN YEARS' PlOXEEK M!SSION WORK IN CARDIFF (Hamilton, Adams and Co., 32, Paternoster-row) is the second edition of a little work the first issue of which we noticed in August, 1881. The author, Mr. W. F. James, was for some tirre the pastor of Diamond-street Chapel, Cardiff, from which town he removed to S:. Austell's, in Cornwall. He was a most enthusiastic worker in the cause of religion and temperance r.s he under- stood those subjects, and the present book is a not uninteresting chronicle of his doings while resi- dent in Cardiff. A chapter has been added to the matter contained in the first edition—of which, by the way, the Queen was pleassd to accept a copy- detailing theprogress of the movements with which the author was connected subsequent to his leaving the town. WHERE TO EMIGRATE (Wyman and Sons, Great Queen-street, London) is a handy guide to in- tending emigrants to all the English colonies, of which maps as well as brief letterpress descriptions are given. In addition to his own personal expe- rience of the different colonies the author sets forth a good deal of infoimation supplied him by several colonial agents, which, lie assures us, can be relied on as authentic and not merely the writing up of one colony at the expense of others." The countries treated of are Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. The book will be found very useful to those interested in the ques- tions, Who should emigrate, where to emigrate, and the price of labour and living in the various countries. The maps are of a somewhat rudimen- tary character. From the office of the Leisure Hour, 56, Pater- noster-row, London, we have received the February number of this old-established journal, which con- tains several able and well-timed articles. Among th m we may mention that on Mr. Gladstone and Hawarden, which, in view ot the Premier's present stay at Cannes, is peculiarly opportune, and interesting to boot.—The Girl's Own Piper and the Boy's Own taper are each full i.() the brim of admirable matter. In the former there is a healthy story, well spiced with adventure, in wnieh the heroine is a female Robinson Crusoe. Among the articles are two very interesting ones, entitled respectively "Evenings with the Great Com- posers and The Kindergarten." The Boy's has a coloured frontispiece by Colonel Seccombe, R.A., called "The Queen of the Tournament," and illus- trative of a paper contributed by the Colonel on the subject. Louis Rousselet's tale, The Drummer Boy," is this month just a leetle too improbable in some parts. The interest in Jules Verne's "Godfrey Morgan is well kept up. Friendly Greetings, a more distinctively religious publication than either of the foregoing, is adapted chiefly for the young. The Cottager and Artisan, the Child's Companion, and the Tract Magazine are three cheap periodicals, which, like the former, come to us from the office of the Religious Tract Society, 56, Paternoster-row, whence also we have received a Hymn-book for Mission Services," a useful little work, published quite recently. The Sunday at Home, issued by tne same society, an- nounces in its monthly religious record the death of Bishop Ollivant, apparently as an item of news. The Sunday Magazine (Isbister and Co., 56, Lud- gate-hill) contains a sermon by the late Rev. Thomas Jones, Swansea, entitled, Union with Christ," and a notice of the deceased Bishop of Llandaff, of whom it is said that he was one of the men who redeemed the past failure of the Church in Wales. He helped to make it something more than an alien community, and to give it a home in the sympathy and affection of the Welsh people. For 33 years he held the Bishopric of Llandaff, content to labour in a corner of the world among a rough population mainly consisting of iron-workers and miners; doing the work under his hand with simple earnestness and devout loyalty. Other distinction might have been his had he cared for it. His university career was most brilliant. He was for some years a Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. He was a member of the Revision Committee and indeed it was largely through his influence that the Old Testament was included in the scheme of revision. As a Welsh Bishop, however, he had the wisdom not to be content with his classical learning. His work was in Wales, not in Athens; and so he made him- self a Welsh scholar. That was one secret of his success. The Welsh language is the golden key to the hearts of the Welsh people, IJ nd it is far nobler to have found the way to human hearts, and to have thus become a true bishop of souls, than to have worn any title or to have filled any mere place, however distinguished. Messrs. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin have sent us Part 14 of Emil Naumann's History of Music," which treats of Luther and the music of the Pro- testant Church; Knight's "Dictionary of Me- chanics" (Part 74) "New Testament Commen- tary" (Part 35); "Popular Educator" (Part 27); Old and New Edinburgh (Part 27); Cities of the World" (Part 15); and Picturesque Europe" (Part 16), containing splendid plates of the Bent Cliff (Ireland), Neidpath Castle, Durham, York, and Canterbury Cathedrals, &c. A very beautiful publication this, as also is The Magazine of Art, in which this month there is a most interesting ac- count of Mr. Vanderbilt's house, a private resi- dence entirely eclipsing every other in America, just as its owner has eclipsed every other specu- lator, Jay Gould, perhaps, excepted. "Greek Myths in Greek Art" is a very suggestive paper, and so is that on The Special Artist and his Work," contributed by Mr. Harry V. Barnett. Daniels Brothers' "Illustrated Guide to Amateur Gardening is one of the handsomest things of the kind we have seen this season. The publishers are the well known seedsmen and florists of Nor- wich. The Welcome (Pai'tridge and Company, 9, Pater- noster-row), is a cheap monthly which is bright, crisp, and, for a magazine, fresh in its information with respect to men and things in any way worthy of note. Messrs. Ward, Lock, and Company s^nd us their Child's Instructor (part 4), Amateur Work (part 15), "Arabian Night's Entertainment" (part 6), "Illustrated Jlible for the Young" (part 4), Dr. Adam Clarke's "Bible Com- mentary" (part 22)," "Universal Instructor" (part 28), "Shakespeare's Works" (part 5), D'Israeli's Miscellanies of Literature (part 7), "Illustrated History of the World" (part 16), "Great Thoughts on Great Truths" (part 5). Motley's Rise of the Dutch Republic (part 3), Bonnechose's "History of France" (partS), Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (part 5), "Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (part. 3), "Waverley Novels" (part 3), an edition de luxe, superbly printed and illustrated, issued at the low price of ls. a part. Another edition de luxe, undertaken by the same firm, is an issue of the complete works of Thomas Hood in eleven volumes, with all the original illustrations. The present (the third) part is as good as any of its predecessors, and higher praise we cannot and need not give to it. Sylvia's Home Journal, published by the same firm, has a large coloured plate of the newest fashion in ball dresses, a sheet of needlework de- sign, and a very pretty lace design. In addition to the usual articles of a domestic character, there is at least one other of sufficient general interest to merit notice, namely, The Story of L. E. L. on page 76. All the Year Bound (Dickens, 26. Wellington- street, Strand) has an article which promises to be of some antiquarian value, entitled, Chronicles of English Counties." Among the shorter sketches which may be recommended for perusal are Some Noted Epicures," and My First Pantomime, l he fiction in this number is of the average quality and quantity. The excellence with which Good TVrrds (Isbister and Co.) began the year is more than maintained by the February part, and the most fastidious reader of the monthlies could scarcely wish for a greater variety, or a better selection of matter, than is therein contained. The illustrations are far in advance of those in the January part. We have a further instalment of Besant's "All in a Garden Fair," which, as we predicted, increases in interest. Canon Fremantle contributes a well- written article on the late Archbishop Tait, accom- panied by an excellent portrait of the deceased Primate. The second part of "Alpine Resting Places," by "Shirley," is full of interest, and the illustrations bv which it is accompanied make the reading additionally pleasant. Dr. Richardson contributes an article on "A Modern Tricycle," with rules for its choice, and this is followed by one on Carlyle's Home at Craignnputtock." Mrs. Oliuhant's essay on Anthony Trollope is interest- ing and readable.

THE ELECTION' OF GUARDIANS AT CARDIFF. UESULT OF THE POLL. Mr. W. P. Stephenson, clerk to the guardians of the Cardiff Union, attended at the Workhouse on Wednesday with a large staff of assistants for the purpose of counting the votes of the owners and ratepayers (which had been taken by means of voting papers delivered and collected) upon the question whether the guardians of the poor shall be elccted for a period of one year or three years. The result (uncorrected) is as follows :— Number of votes to which owners and ratepayers are entitled 16,200 Votes for triennial election of guardians 4,897 Votes against 3,447 Majority in favour of triennial election. 1,450 An order will. therefore, bo issued by the Local Government Hoard in due course directing tiint in future the guardians of this union shall be elected for three years instead of one as at present,

LOltD ABERDARE ON EDUCATION. The Lord Mayor of Dublin gave a banquet to Lord Aberdare and the other members of the Reformat.ory and Industrial Schoois Commission on Tuesday night.—Lord Aberdare, responding to the toast of his health, said the existence of the Com- mission was not owing to any undue increase in juvenile crime in these kingdoms. in England, where density of population and crime were closely associated, there was a decrease of 50 per cent, in tho number ol juvenile offences commiMed as compared with a period when the popui.tion was ten millions less. Seventeen years had passed since he first visited Ireland before, and great changes had since taken place in the educational position of Ireland. Education was in many of its aspects a "safe topic," but all topics were not safe at present. (Laughter.) He once brought forward an educational scheme, which had received his best thought, and which had the concurrence of a great number of both the lay and clerical portion of the Irish people, but it was ignominiously defeated. The whirligig of time brought strange revenges. Fifteen years after- wards that very measure, which was hooted out of the House, was adopted almost without a. dis- sentient vmcp, Compulsory attendance at school was the only means of preventing thousands of young innocents from falling. Such « measure must be passed for Ireland. (Loud applr-* ".)

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CARDIFF NATURAI.ISTS' SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING. INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY THE PRE- SIDENT, MR. GALLOW\Y. • The fifteenth annual meeting of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society was held at the Town-hall, Cardiff, on Thursday week, when the atten- dance of members was not so large as usual owing to the stormy weather. The annual report showed that the balance over the expenditure of the year was X18 15s. 2d., so that the finances were in a thoroughly satisfactory condition. Among the most distinguished members who had died during the year were the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. Charles Moore, Professor Gallini, Mr. Menelaus, and Mr. S. W. Kelly. There were 413 members, 66 of whom had been added during the year. The following officers were appointed for the ensuing year:—President: Mr. William Galloway. Vice-presidents: Mr. William Adams, C.E.; Mr. Franklen G. Evans, F.M.ri., &c.; Mr. William Taylor, M.D.; Mr. Henry Heywood, C.E., F.C.S.; Mr. Louis Tylor, Mr. Clement Waldron, and Mr. George E. Hobinson. Hon, Treasurer: Mr. Peter Price. 1Ion. Curators The Rev. W. E. Winks and Mr. T. W..Proger. lIorl. Secretary: Mr. C. T. VacheU, M.D. Committee: Messrs. James Bell. J. A. Corbett, John Gavey, C. V. Harrison, F. Sonley Johnstone, A. Pettigrew, W. Ronnfeldt, P. Scott, Edwin Seward, G. C. Thompson, T. H. Thomas, and W. J. Trounce. A collection of chipped hints, presented by Mr. Whit-eley, of Truro, was exhibited, and an account of them was given by Mr. T. H. Thomas. These flints were intended to illustrate Mr. Whiteley's theory of the natural formation of chipped flints. Mr. W. GALLOWTY, mining engineer, the new President, after referring in his inaugural address to the nature of the work done by the society, continued: It will be remembered that at a meeting of this society, held some time in the beginning of last summer, atten tion was called to Koch's investigations into the nature and origin of tubercular disease. A short discussion followed, in whicn the advantages of vivisection were freely advocated by some of our most respected members. For my own part, I see no particular objection to a very limited use of experiments like those conducted by Koch, which consisted in inoculating healthy animals with tuberculous matter derived from diseased animals, and watching the results, and after a time killing the inoculated animals and subjecting them to microscopical examination. I believe that the laws of this country wnich interfere with the prac- tice of vivisection are aimed against a very dif- ferent mode of procedure, and one not always sanc- tioned by sucti worthy motives as those of Koch. The same subject has been invested with yet further interest since the results of Pasteur's ex- periments in France have become known. Quite lately also it has been shown that one of the most common diseases of childhood, namely, measlts, is caused by the presence of bacilli, which have been seen and recognised in the emanations from the skin, &c., and rabies or hydrophobia has been traced to the presence of similar germs. The Pre- sident then enumerated some of Pasteur's experi- ments, which proved incontrovertibly that it is not possible to over-estimate their importance. When we extend the inquiry to human beings and find that most, if not all, zymotic diseases are apparently due to the attacks of similar germs or bacilli, which are liable to be introduced into the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe, the question assumes a. most serious aspect. It then behoves us to inquire how these germs are propagated, whence tiley came, and what can be done to limit their ravages. Now it appears to be established beyond the possibility of cavil that putrefying organic matter is the environment most favourable to the development of the germs in question. In it they live and thrive, and thence they issue in invisible hordes, which till the surrounding water and air. Unseen and unfelt. they carry on then- attacks day after day and night after night, until they are able to make an impression, and then begins a struggle between life and death, which too often ends in the triumph of the latter. It is generally admitted, 1 think, that the sewage of dwelling-houses is one of the most fruitful and dangerous sources of zymotic diseases. It con- tains organic matters which soon pass into a state of putrefaction, and begin to give off gases. Disease germs when present mix with these gases and gain access to the air contained in the sewers, which is known by the name oi sewer gas. But that air is subject to certain laws which determine its movements in one direction or another. For example, if the-main sewer slopes downwards to- wards a river or the sea, then, other things being equal, the sewer gas will flow uwawards towards the outlet when the air contained in the sewer is colder than the ait above ground and it will flow upwards towards the dwelling-houses in the opposite case. Thus, during the day time, it is most likely to flow aicay from the dwelling- houses, and during the night it is most likely to flow towards them. Where the main sewers do not slope much in any direction the currents of gas are determined by other conditions. For instance, if the wind is blowing across the town in any parti- cular direction, the sewer gas will have a tendency to follow the same direction. Lastly, there may be strictiy local conditions powerful enough to overcome any of these general tendencies during a high wind. For instance, a house or a high wall standing close to an outlet from a sewer (l speak, of course, of an untrapped outlet) will have the effect of drawing the sewer gas up out of the sewer when it is on the windward side of the outlet, and it will have the effect of forcing air down into the sew&v in the opposite case. Thus it is that sewer gas appears and disappears at certain points without any apparent causo. Penartii and Llandaff are good local examples of places with more or less sloping sewers, and Car- diff of a place with comparatively level sewers. I have conversed from time to time with one or two of the most eminent medical men of this town on the subject of sewer gas and its influence incaus- ing and promoting diseases. One of them informed me that before the ventilating gratings had been placed upon the main sewers, mak- ing them almost practically open drains, he knew of one house from which fever was hardly ever absent. The explanation he gave of this circumstance was that directly opposite the house, at the side ofjthe pavement, there was a grating for allowing the rainwater which fell on the street to flow into the sewer, while the sewer gas, freely escaping up through y 1. the same opening intatht; air of the street, polluted it sufficiently to produce the result stated. Sewer gas is known to be a most insidious, dangerous, and deadly enemy. It cannot be too closely watched, and I think it is not too much to say that any method whereby it can be better dealt with than at present is worthy of the most serious attention. By the present arrangement it is neither destroyed nor effectively conveyed away it is simply diluted locally. It, therefore, continues to produce deleterious effects at numerous points, where, through neglect or bad workmanship or accident, it can gain access to our houses. We do our best to shut it out by means of water-traps, but even they are admitted to be but partialiy successful. Here and there, also, we find some more than usually careful tenant, who has fitted up various contrivances for effecting a ventilation ot the soil pipe of his own particular house. Com- pared with the immense evil to be grappled with these efforts, however creditable they may be to their immediate authors, are obviousiv quite in- adequate. Subject to the conditions I have already stilted the sewer gas presses towards every open- ing, carrying with it the yerms of disease, whether it be into our dwelling-houses or into the air of the street. But if a contrary force could be exerted upon the sewers, too powerful to be influenced either by changes of temperature or by winds, it is obvious that iresh air would be drawn in at every opening of the kind mentioned, and it would be impossible for disease germs to reach us from this source on any occasion. By slightly decreasing the pressure of the air contained in the sewers, or, in other words, creating what is called a manome- trical depression at one or more points in the net- work of sewers, we can produce this much-to-be- desired result without any difficulty, as I will now proceed to show. Suppose a chimney say 150ft. high to be built in any convenient spot not far from a main sewer, and to be connected with it by a culvert terminating in a furnace at the base of the I chimney. Then, if a fire be made in the furnace, and if all access to the outer ai^ be shut off, a draught will be created in the chimnev, and the desired manometrical depression will be estab- lished in the sewer. Under the presently existing arrangements the air would rush down the nearest gratings from every side to keep up the current in the chimney. But if these gratings were removed and were replaced by plates, tho supplies of air would have to be drawn from greater and greater distances, as the subsLitutiou of plates for gratings proceeded further and further away from the centre of draught; and when all the gratings had been supplanted in this manner the supplies of air could only be obtained through leaks, dry traps, and accidental openings, and then the system would be in successful working order. No more sewer gas could possibly find its way into any house on the whole system, except that generated locally in a completely choked soil pipe on the premises, and we could then feel secure against all the other contingencies which we are now in such constant dread of. The expenses attendant upon the erection of a system of this kind may be calculated as follows:—The cost of a vo-v substantially built chimney, 100ft. high, a furnace, and a connecting culvert, need not exceed £1,000.. Each pound of coal burnt in the furnace will hoat 1,000 cubic feet of air to a temperature of about 600 deg. Fahrenheit. Suppose the amount of air entering the sewer from every source and from every direction to be 3,000 cubic feet per minute, then, in order to satisfy these conditions, we must consume 180 pounds of coal per hour in the furnace, or, say, two tons in every 24 hours. We may suppose three attendants at 3s. per day each to be required. Then, with these data, we can calculate the annual cost to be somewhat as follows:— £ 3. d. Redemption fund necessary to produce £1,000 8. d. in 20 years, allowing4 percent, per annuln 33 11 7 Interest on capital at 4 per cent, per annum. 40 0 0 Annual charge for repairs, tools, <!cc., say 50 0 0 Small coal, 7o0 tons at 7s. 6d 273 16 0 Wages, three men at 3s. per day each 164 5 0 Total £ 561 11 7 Two or three establishments of this magnitude would suffice for the whole population of Cardiff, which now approaches, if it has not already reac-hed, 90,000. Supposing we say three, so as to be on the safe side, then the total annual charge would be £1,684 14s. 9d.—say £ 1,685, or about 4-Ld. per head of the population. This charge appears to be quite insignificant when it is considered what an amount of sickness, suffering, disease, and death it would in all probability be the means of averting. Moreover, all the air which passed through or over the furnaces would be rendered absolutely innocuous; for no disease germs or any other hurtful organic matter could possibly survive after being subjected to a temperature of 600 degrees Fahrenheit. A question of scarcely less importance than the foregoing is that of the proper disposal of the refuse substances which are daily collected from the dwelling-houses by carts belonging to the lIrllAn -Saaita'-w Authority, This consists of ashes, paper, bones, refuse food—partly anima' partly vegetable—old shoes, &c. The a3hes ai quite harmless in themselves, and probably t, some extent they prevent the evil influences of the decay ing organic matter from being as active as they otherwise would be. But it appears to me, and the same thing has occurred to many others, that no mixed matters of this kind ought to be deposited near a town, and much less should they be tipped on to low ground to form the substratum upon which houses are afterwaids to be erected. If the truth of the statement that putrefying organic matter is a source of disease be not denied, then no more can it be denied that the refuse and garbage of the Cardiff streets must of necessity form an unhealthy substratum for dwelling- houses. There is thus a primd facie probability that the inhabitants of houses built on ground made up of these substances will be subject to a greater amount of disease than those who occupy hou-es built on ground made up of uncontaminated earth or stones. Gar- bage and street sweepings can be rendered innocuous by calcining or subjecting them in the presence of air to a high temperature, high enough to burn all the organic matters they contain. But. as the substances of which they are composed exist in a state of minute division, it would be difficult or impossible to calcine them in heaps or kilns, and hence it is that horizontal revolving furnaces of great length have been made use of for the purpose. Otherwise the garbage, &c., can be tipped into a steam barge of the same build as those used for carrying away the mud from dredging machines, that is to say, having a large open hold amidships provided with a bottom that can be opened at pleasure, so as to allow the sub- stances contained in the hold to fall out. In n vessel of this kind, which need not be very large for a town like Cardiff, the objectionable matter of every kind can be carried out into the middle of the channel daily, or as often as the weather will permit, and there be deposited in the water far out of harm's way. Both of these methods of getting rid of the garbage costs more money at the moment than the method now in operation here, but I think it will be conceded by every reasoning and reasonable man and woman that one or tin- other of them would be the cheapest in the long run. By the present method we create fever-dens, from which germs will inevitably spread to every part of the town, and give rise to a cost in life, anxiety, and money which is not calculable from a commercial point of view, for the very success and prosperity of the community depend upon the health of its individual members. By one or other of the proposed methods we remove the stuff for ever out of the way, and we can estimate the cost to a fraction of a penny per ton. The speaker then went on to give a short historical account of the electric light, and a description of the nature and cost of the appliances used in pro- ducing it.

SWANSEA CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB. The first annual general meeting of the Swansea Constitutional Club took place on Wednesday evening, under the presidency of Mr. J. T. D. Llewelyn, one of the vice-presidents of the club, Mr. Chas. Bath being absent owing to his being away from home. The report of the com- mittee for the half-year ending December 31, and the statement of accounts were then read. It appeared therefrom that at the close of last half-year 667 members had been enrolled. Since that time, and up to the end of the year, 303 members had been enrolled, making ..1- tne number ot members entered upon the books of the club 970 since it started on the 1st of January last year. The statements of accounts now presented show a net value accruing to the club in proyerty and cash balances of £ 231 7s. Hid. rhe club's efforts had been hampered by the way in which the club had been treated by the owner of the premises and his advisers, and the club is now under notice of double rental to terminate the tenancy. The banquet and demonstration which took place in October last in bonour of the visit to Swansea of the Right Hon. Cecil Raikes, M.P., were in every respect a social and political success. Such gatherings, and the sentiments enunciated thereat, prove invaluable in edu- cating the popular mind, and in eradicating false political doctrines, which unscrupulous agitators are ever ready to promulgate. The com- mittee wished to bear testimony to the untiring zeal and sympathetic co-operation in the interests of the club evinced by the pre- sident, Mr. Charles Bath, whose devotion to the Conservative cause was well known to all. The committee recommend that a gratuity of jC20 be voted to the honorary secretary in considera- tion of services rendered in tha formation and establishment of the club. It was also the wish of the members to supplement this gratuity by subscribing towards a. testimonial to be added thereto. The statement of accounts showed total receipts zC470 10s. 2d., and after all disbursements there was a balance of jE116 3s. 9d. in the bank to the credit of the club. The statement of accounts and the report were adopted, and ordered to be printed and circulated among the members.—Mr. Llewelyn moved the adoption of the report. In the course of his re- marks he made allusion to the Liberal banquet to be held at Swansea to-morrow. He could not help feeling that the existence of a Constitutional Club which now numbered something like 1,000 members must have a very modifying and sobering influence upon what he considered to be the advanced ex- pression of Liberal opinion. He had alwaysseen the strongest arguments that had been used, and the most sweeping doctrines that had been advanced, were the most detrimental to the Liberal party. The constitution of the present Government had recently been in the other direction, of a weak nature. There were two or three prominent Radicals in the Liberal Government, and Mr. Chamberlain was one of them. Some of them might hear Mr. Chamberlain at the banquet, and he would be glad if thev did, for this was one of the. doctrines he wished to impress upon them, to hear both sides and judge for themselves. (Cheers.) The report showed that 970 were en- rolled as members of the club. This, he considered, was highly satisfactory, and would do much to advance the cause of Conservatism in Swansea.-— The president (Mr. Bath), the vice-chairman (Lieut.- Colonel W. E. Hughes). and the hon. secretary (Mr. J. C. Manning) were re-elected, and Mr. Jeffreys was appointed hon. librarian.—After a vote to the chairman the meeting, which was a very large one, terminated.

ANNUAL MEETING OF TIIE SW ANSEA BANK. The annual meeting of the proprietors of the Swansea Banking Company (Limited) was held on Monday. Mr. MORGAN B. WILLIAMS, the chairman, moved that tho report and statement of accounts for the year 1882, which were taken as read, should be received and adopted. He said the sum and substance of the balance-sheet, which they had before them, was that after providing for bad and doubtful debts the net profits of the past year amounted to £ 18,473 9s. 2d, or 81 per cent. upon the paid-up capital of the company. This enabled the directors to pay an average dividend of 7 per cent. for the year, and to carry forward to the next account £ 1,33*9 0s.6d.,and to add £ 3,000 to the reserve fund, thus bringing it up to £ 40,000. Sir JOHN JONES JENKINS, M.P., in seconding the motion, said it was very gratifying to them, as shareholders and directors, to find that after ten years of active work they were that day standing in such a favourable position, more especially as they had passed through a depression of trade so severe as to be almost bordering on panic in one of the staple trades of tha distiict. This period of depres- sion might, have been foreseen for a long time past There was no doubt that, elastic as the tin-plate trade was, and rapid as had been its increase- perhaps more rapid than that of any other trade in the kingdom-the supply of the material had always kept very far ahead of the demand, and during the last twelve months this over-production had culminated in the very many stoppages which had taken place in the neighbourhood. Swansea itself had been very free from this result. Speaking of the affairs of the bank, the hon. member said that the directors had only to follow the same course in the future as in the past, and they would undoubtedly place the bank on a sounder footing every year. They could not. possibly have made more satisfactory progress than they had made. Of course they might have tried to get larger dividends, but to do that they would have had to run greater risks, which in his opinion would more than counter balance the chance of greater dividends. Looking at the future trade of the country and of the district, he did not think there was anything in the prospect to lead them to believe that there would be any violent fluctuations in prices during the present year. Large quan- tities of iron and steel were being produced in the United States, and it was evident that we should not be called upon to supply them with those metals to such an extent as we had been doing. We should rather turn our attention to the home and colonial trades, which are both capable of development. The motion was then carried. Mr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS proposed the re-election of v. the retiring directors—Messrs. Edward Bath, John Glasbrook, John Powell, and F. A. Yeo. He remarked that all these gentlemen had been direc- tors ever since the bank started. The motion was seconded and passed. On the rcotion of ROSSKR, seconded by Mr. E. JENKINS, a sum of jE300 was voted for distribu- tion amongst the directors, in consideration of their services during the past year. Mr. POWELL proposed the" re-appointment of Mr. R. G. Cawker as auditor, which was seconded by Mr. JOHN LEWIS and agreed to.

DEATH-OF MISS WILLIAMS wmt. Miss Nesta Williams Wynn, second daughter of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., died on Saturday, after a few Jays' illness from ulceration of the throat, at Wvnnstay, North Wales. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, M.P., who has been lying ill at the same place for nearly two months, con- tinues to improve.

Dn. DE JONGH'S LIGHT-BEOWN COD LIVER OIL.- BUHPASSINOLY EFFICACIOUS AS A BESTOKATIVE MEDI- CINE AND FOOD.—Dr. Whitmore, Medical Officer of Health, St. Marylebone, writes My own somewhat lengthened experience as a Medical Practitioner enables nib with confidence to recommend Dr. de Jongh s Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil, as being more uniform in quality, more certain in Its effects, more palatable, and i ntinitely le;s likely to disagree with the stomach than the Pale Oil. The *p> aetice which often prevails of mix- ing certain ingredients with Uod Liver Oil to render it agreeable to the taste is his'ily objectionable, for, we have it on the authority of Dr. de Jongh himself, that anything which sophisticates it takes largely, from its therapeutic value. If I were asked for an ex- planation of the marked success which for so many years has attended the administration of Dr. de Jongh s tjight-Brown Cod Liver Oil, I should say that it is owing to its extraordinary medicinal, dietetic, and regiminal properties, and which are found to exigt in no other medicine that I am acquainted with in such uniform combination." Dr.de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod I.iver Oil is sold only in capsuled imperial half-pints, 2s. 6d. pints, 4s. 9d.; quarts, 9s. with his stamp and signa- ture and the signature of his sole consignees on the capsule and the label under wrapper, by all chemists. Sole Consignees, Ansar, Harford, and Co., 77, Strand, London, ip

I AMERICAN EMIGRATION. iTS FACTS AND FALLACIES. (BY A WELSH EMIGRANT.) ARTICLE VI.—AMERICAN SOCIETY. The Americans are pre-eminently a business nation. The English were. in times past, called a nation of shopkeepers, but had America existed then in its present state the name would have been equally as applicable to Americans, who seem to be peculiarly endowed with an aptitude for commercial transactions, being proverbially sharp business men. Merchants are the princes of the States, and the number of persons living apart from commerce is comparatively few. But if the Americans pay strict and untiring attention to their business they are not backward in refreshing their energies during tho vacation months. Business is as far as possible cast aside for a considerable time in the summer. and the large cities are deserted by all who can afford a holiday at the seaside, or in the pure and breezy atmosphere of the Catskills. American watering-places, however beautifully situated, are spoilt by the building of hotels and boarding-! houses on e"ery available site, thus destroying the general view and often spoiling the beach. The most fashionable watering-place in the Hast is Newport, which is patronised by the highest circles of society. General Grant has a residence there, and the President often pays this place s visit. By-the-bye, it was whilst returning from his residence at Newport that the General, with Dther passengers, was precipitated from the train, which ran off the line and upset. The Genera) "scaped with a shock. He picked himself up im- mediately, and, still puffing vigorously at his lighted cigar, gave considerable assistance to those who were in need of it. All that money and in- fluence can devise is provided in Newport for the a-musement and convenience of its visitors, and it is peculiarly free from the upstart 'Arriea who usually infest such places. Coney Island, on Long Island, is the convenient resort of New Yorkers, being only a few miles by boat or rail from the city. This place boasts of a few magnificent hotels, most of them wooden erections, which are only open during the season. Certain parts of the beach belong to these hotels for the use of their guests alone, and if it wa.s not for this convenience bathing would not be half so enjoyable, as the greater portion of the shore tor Of.ls occupied with every imaginable kind of election, from tne pompous caravaus of a ten cent show to thp, sheet of canvas acting as back stop to the missiles aimed at "Old Aunt Sail, thousands of New Yorkers visit this place daily during the season, and the hotels make eaiormous prohts. Cape May is another delightful resort. But, for Saturday popularity, perhaps Atlantic City takes the palm. When at Philadelphia I was attracted by a glaring poster informing the public that they could avail themselves of the oppor- tunity to visit Atlantic City in the morning and leiurn in the evening, for the sum of $2. It was a Saturday, and finding time hang somewhat heavily I determined to go. First, there was the Delaware to cross. The train awaited us on the other side. The crush was appalling, but making up my mind for the inevitabb, I seated myself in a corner of the smoking carriage. We soon started, and the train being somewhat late the usual speed was accelerated, and we travelled at a. terrific rate. The carriage seemed sometimes actually to jump off the line. At last we arrived at our destination. On alighting I saw all busy brushing each other down. The heat was in- tolerable. The train windows had been open all the time, and the red dust of Jersey had pene- trated, and covered us thickly from head to foot. Most people, self included, at once made for all hotel, to quench their thirst with a good drink of' laager. One can appreciate laager when heated and almost stifled with dust. We found the beach lined as far as the eye could reach with thousands of individuals, of both sexes and of all ages, attired in hired bathing suits of a hideous pattern, an4. bathing indiscriminately in the surf. All seemeoJ to thoroughly appreciate the water, and were in high good humour, chasing and throwing sand at each other, or else ducking one another in the ..ea. All the buildings lining the beach were either owned by proprietors ot bathing dresses or! photographers. Horses and carriages of a most primitive description were standing ready for 11,e'and hundreds of broken-down, knock-kneed steeds were being ridden by chivalrous youths up and down the sands. One of these wrecks of the equine species actually took a roll in the sands with its rider, who, escaping this danger, permitted it to roam about at leisure. Lifeboats were plying here and there in the neighbourhood of the bathers, and I observed one woman saved from a watery grave by the skill of the crew, and she gave one of the men a token of her gratitude by a hearty kiss, to the great amusement of those watching the proceedings. The great object of everyone appeared to be remaining in the water as long as possible. I contented myself with beholding the novel spec- tacle of thousands of bathers through a pair of blue sand glasses, on which I speculated 10 cents. 1,lop/as advertised for that evening at Sunday to Phi, ,h?t?'S'1 did return until Bunnay to Philadelphia. The "hon" was thorougnly enjoyable. ■ • noP wag to the end. '*• yeUect Women usually succeed in finding suitable em- ployment in America.. There is always a fair de- mand for female servants, and their work, as a rule, 13 easier than at home. Stores and factories employ thousands, and hundreds of appointments in the Civil Service are filled by females. Fhe late. W. T. Stewart, the millionaire of parsimonious y memory, was, towards the end of bis career, pre- ] vailed upon to do something in ths way of charity* 1 Sundry plans were laid before him by his friends, but their suggestions he refused to listen to and, on his own responsibility, erected a epiejdid build- mg. which he intended as a boarding-oouse for females employed at the stores and factories of New York. Of course the plan failed, for some hundreds of girls to live together in a single house was by no means feasible. The place would naturally become a by-word for immorality. SOt instead of leaving a monument whereby his name might be remembered with gratitude, the place became known as Stewart's Folly, and his execu- tors intend making an hotel of it. American town: teem with low places of amusement, and many are the traps laid to catch the unwary stranger. Tha Americans excuse these places on the plea that theirs is a free country. Boxing is a favourite art, and the proprietor of a boxing saloon seldom fails to realiso a fortune. Divans and catch-penny museums managed by professional rogues abound. An adventure which happened to me a day or two after my arrival will serve to give an idea of these places. I was strolling down Third Aventie when the sound of music attracted my attention, and I found I was opposite an elaborately adver- tised museum. The externals bore every evidence of respectability. A gaudily painted pay box stood the entrance. Aly curiosity was aroused, and paying my ten cents I entered. I was immediately met by an obliging gentleman, who prevailed on me to walk to the museum upstairs before seeing the lower part. I followed his directions, and found myself in a large room with some six or seven in- dividuals. On the left as I entered was an im- provised counter on which numerous costly looking articles were arranged, marked at prices ranging from S5 to $500. A pleasant looking, well dressed man then bogged permission to explain the objects to me. He took me to the counter, fixed himself behind, and, after discoursing some minutes on the beauty and value of the articles, told me that I stood a chance of possessing any or all by the speculation of a few dollars. An inno- cent looking old gentleman then appeared, and, after listening apparently with much eagerness to the description and value of the articles, lie pulled forth a roll of dollars. The man behind the counter then pulled forth a box full of envelopes marked in different figures, and behold the renowned 11 envelope trick" stood revealed to me. Of course the old man was a confederate. I gave the plea- sant man behind the counter a knowing look and left him gnashing his teeth with rage and'dis- appointment. ° I now took an interest in fooling these rogues. I went to the next counter, where a tall young ,n of an electric battery and I mach,ne- asked me to try these, htating that no extra payment was reauired. I reiterated lus statement as to payment, and under the conditions I accepted his oiler. After I had been electrified and my blood tested, the young man coolly said, dollar please—50 cents for the machine and 50 cents for the blood-test." I refused peremptorily to pay anything, or which he swore he would see me in a very warm climate before I left that room without payment He then had a word with one or two fellows, and they all fixed themselves in front of the door to bar my passage, the innocent old gentleman in the centre For a moment I felt somewhat discomfited, but only a. moment, as I remembered I had a trusty three-guinea seven-chamber in my pocket. J pulled it out as if I were pulling out a pocket handkerchiet, and putting on a demoniacal coun- tenance commanded them in a voice of thunder to let me pass. I felt indeed the thrill of tragedy running through my Welsh veins. At the same time I advanced slowly nearer them. Snarlinglike so many bulldogs they divided and made a passage for me, little thinking that I was minus ammuni- tion at the time. As I passed through the door, a smile of complacency was stealing over my coun- tenance, when I experienced a terrible shock. The youth who had demanded the dollar had slyly stolen down the stairs after me and had succeeded in planting a well aimed kick. I, however., turned round and retaliated with a wef) ptanteo blow with my walking-stick, which sent him reel- ing to the bottom of the stairs; after which 1 made my exit in somewhat ludicrous haste, as the band in the passage stopped playing with laughter. In the neighbourhood of the Bowery, New York, the most horrible crimes are perpetrated almost daily without the cognisance of the police. Perhaps one of the most ungenerous features in Americans is their treatment of coloured people. Even now in this enlightened age they are spurned and looked upon with contempt, and it is astonish- ing with what good humour and meekness the, bear the insults continually showered upon them The average American talks of niggers and Inflian' as he would of his cattle, and in some parts to shoot a nigger or a Redskin is actually considered com* mendable. Only a few months ago a coloured bishop visited New York on religious business. He applied for a room in a Broadway hotel, but was refused, the proprietor informing him that the/ were all occupied. As it happened there were but I very few guests in the house, but the proprietor thought the admission of a coloured person, even if he were a bishop, would injure his trade. The press, with commendable zeal, took the bishop'* part almost to a paper. Let us hope that a* America grows older scandals of this sort will cease, and that peace and good fellowship mat exist between all nationalities for the furtherance of morality and the orosueritv of the country. i