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j, Milk SETTING. fot t?^essor Arnold gives the following directions setting of milk 1. To make the finest fla- Rnc^ longest keeping butter, the cream Undergo a ripening process by exposure to °f the air while it is sweet. This is best V. ^h'ie it is rising. The ripening is very tre4&> the temperature is low. 2. After iepi? pecomes sour, the more ripening the more it ^hviiJc*ates. The sooner it is then skimmed and Mjjj^ed the better, but it should not be churned t°o new. The best time for skimming and 3. nS is just before acidity becomes apparent. CqJcj e.atn makes better butter when put to rise in 8\k-e *lr than in cold water, and the milk will keep lea« »°nger. 4. The deeper the milk is set the Qept},1,'inS the cream gets while rising. 5. The the i0 8etting should vary with the temperature; higjj ^er it is the deeper milk may be set; the tie; ar, the shallower it should be. Milk should $e6D he set shallow in a low temperature nor NX^^h one. Setting deep'in cold water ^'•lk -,niSes time, labour, and space. 6. While 's standing for cream to rise, the purity of the an(^' consequently, the fine flavour and nS of the butter, will be injured if the surface ^th^iCrearn's exP°sed freely to air much warmer .creain- 7. When cream is colder than the ^'tifto1#. n° 't takes up moisture and impu- t™ lJ16 a" ^hen the air is colder than the ftvw Li up moisture and whatever escapes Hi-if cream- In the former case the creain he]h les lhe surrounding air in the latter the air '° purify the cream. The selection of a 'Sh S'I0U'^ hinge on what is more desired— quality or greatest convenience and *M>av iu time, space, aod labour. PRICKLY Comfeey. I Spring is the proper time for planting, but an\ month will do, except midwinter, when the frost might kill newly-planted roots. Prepare the ground by a heavy dressing of manure dug in twelve inches deep. Procure some crown roots or root cuttings if the former, divide them into as many small crowns or shoots as possible—a large crown may be divided into ten or twelve parts. Mark off your ground, and dig good sized holes over the entire piece, each being two feet apart every way; into each of these holes throw a shovel- ful of manure, and on the top of this place a root cutting, drawing the earth over it, leaving the crown about two inches under the ground. Keep the ground free and clean from weeds, and in a few weeks a large quantity of leaves will appear from each plant; these should be cut when they grow to the height of two or three feet, and, before the blossom opens, a second cutting may be had in about six weeks, and so on during summer. The first year as much as 20 tons per acre may be obtained, second year 50 tons, third year about 80 tons. But to do this It is necessary to lay on a heavy amount of manure. Every spring the roots may be raised and divided into twelve parts, and twelve times the area of ground planted. POTATOES FROM SEED. I have often grown tubers weighing one-half and three-quarters of a pound the first season, writes a correspondent to an exchange, and on hills, weighing from two to four and more pounds apiece. The process is very simple, and perfectly practi- cable. Simply sow the seeds in pots in a hot-bed, then, when the plants are two or three inches high, thump them out of the pots, carefully separating, and saving the roots intact. Re-pot and sink again in the hot-bed, or border, as the season may require, and then, when settled weather comes, make separate hills three feet apart for each plant. Success depends much upon the soil used for starting and potting. Sifted wood earth with a little wood ashes, has given me best results. Then, if freshly burned soil with the imprisoned gases retained be mixed in the hills before setting out the plants, the finest results may be expected to follow. The creosote in the burned soil drives off worms and insects, and the potatoes come out in the autumn beautifully smooth with skin intact, and with perfect health, to be carried into their future development. GRAZING RIGHTS in America. On this subject a correspondent in the Times writes :—As an American, I am pleased to know of the libeual investment of English capital in enterprises tending to develop the resources and promote the prosperity of the United States. But it seems to me that the principle of fair dealing should prompt my countrymen, when appealing to the British public for money in aid of any scheme, to use the utmost candour and fairness ef statement. I am far from intimating that this dictate of common honesty has not been generally observed. In one important particular, however, this seems not to have been done in the case of some of the land and cattle companies which have recently been presented for public favour. I refer to the grazing rights," which are named in cer- tain prospectuses as largely contributing to the value of the property offered. It should be, in all fairness, stated in the same connection that this "grazing right" is strictly no "right" at all, but is simply a trespass upon lands belonging to the Government, which have not as yet been taken up by settlers, though liable to be so taken up and adversely hfild at any time. Feedixu Value OF Exsn.AGE, The Breeder'* Ga zette, published at Chicago, says We have inquiries concerning the feeding value of ensilage, some of which show some confusion of mind in regard to the subject. Bearing in mind a few general principles wiii help to a better under- standing: ht. The value of food preserved in a silo depends very greatly on what was put in—its nature and condition. The material used and the degree of maturity of the crop will greatly affect the value. 2nd. Putting grass, corn stalks, or other substances into a silo does not add anything to the nutriment contained in the material. We cannot take out what we did not put in, Cutting and storing the green food in a silo may make it more digestible; may, and often does, make it more palatable than when the food is dried in the open air. Letting the moisture dry from meadow grass or from corn stalks in itself should not make these substances less desirable as food in fact, it does make them less palatable. Preserving much of this moisture in the ensilaged food may be a help. 3rd. If fermentation goes on in the silo to any considerable extent, there is absolute loss of food value. 4th. R eason and experience alike lead us to conclude that we cannot make ensilaged grass or corn stalks alone fully take the place of good grain feed. The latter should be given in connection with the former. 5th. Reason and ex- perience alike show that almost any palatable, nutritious, succulent plant, kept in a silo, with reasonable exclusion of the air, makes a palatable and fairly satisfactory food. OPENING OF A SIT-O, At the invitation of Mr. H. Hoare. a number of gentlemen farmers and others interested in agricul- ture recently visited Pagehurst Farm, about a mile and a half from Staplehurst Station, to witness the opening of a silo in Kent, and to examine the fodder prepared and stored under the system Mr. Hoare has constructed a couple of silos, each 10ft. square and 10ft. in depth, side by side, the two being separated by a partition wall. Thevare built of stone and mortar, the-internal face of the I wan being covered with cement, The total cost was said by Air. Hoare to be about ;£40, but it should be stated that they are constructed in a large shed or barn, so that no roofing was required. The crop ensilaged consisted of Irifolium, the produce of about three acres, the yield in its green state being about 50 tons. It is estimated that this crop would have yielded about eight tons of hay. whereas ensilaged it yielded ten tons of fodder, equal to an increase of one-fifth in food. A number of questions were asked by those present, and the fodder was closely examined, stnelt, and tasted. The replies of Mr. Hoare and his manager or farm bailiff may be briefly summarised thus :— The cattle took to the food at once, they thrived upon it, and the yield of milk was larger and better than upon the food formerly given to them. With the addition of some oilcake, varving from 31b. to 81b. per day per head, their condition improved very materially. The cost of getting in the crop and ensilaging it was stated to have been about equal to the cost of making it into hay under favourable conditions, but most of those present who understood farming matters thought that the cost could be greatly diminished. Moreover, great stress was laid upon the fact that under the system weather was no object, as the crops could be stored green, wet or dry. Some butter was shown to and tasted by those prl>scnt, and the preference <LJ1rounrl was for that made from the milk of the cows fed on ensi- laged fodder. It was richer in tint, tone, and taste. In this opinion all agreed. The top hiyer of fodder in the silo was the least bit mouldy, and it showed signs of fermentation, as evidence of in- sufficient covering and pressure, the air not being properly excluded. But the deeper the cuts into the body of tho bed thus stored the better was the food. "Are vou perfectly satisfied with the ex- periment yourself, Mv. Hoare asked one of those present. "Perfectly," replied the owner of the farm, and his bailiff concurred in that reply. Alto- gether the experiment was deemed very encourag- ing, even by those who evinced a lingering pre- ference for the old methods of cropping, storing, and feeding so long in vogue.

POULTRY NOTES.. Brahma-Dorking Fowls. This cross is a very favourite one, and generally produces most hardy and prolific birds, both for table and as frequent layers of large eggs. The best Brahma-Dorkings are bred by mating a coloured Dorking cock of large size and low on leg with large dark Brahma hens. Fancy points may be disregarded, but good size is indispensable, and if the liens are free from, or at least with only very slight, leg feathering so much the better. The chickens will prove very hady and quick growing, provided they are hatched early and well looked after. February or March are the best months for hatching, the pullets com- mencing to lay about September, and the cockerels, with a little extra feeding, prove excellent table fowl. For laying chouse pullets with grey hackles in preference to those with gold or brassy coloured, as the former are generally more prolific and do not get broody so frequently as the latter. If plumage be a con- sideration, then substitute a silver-grey Dorking cock with the Brahma hens, although this variety of Dorking is inclined to be small. A very hand- some bird may be produced by crossing a white Dorking cock with light Brahma hens, and in a park or orchard this breed looks very attractive, being nearly white. Whichever of these crosses be decided on, choose as parents large healthy speci- mens of pure blood, and hatch early. Brahma- Dorkings require no special feeding other than that advised for other varieties generally, good sound grain and meal being the staple foods. It is not an easy matter to lay down any rule as to the quantity of food required by a given number of fowls, so much depends on the conditions under which they are kept. If they have a wide range, they are enabled to pick up a certain amount of food, especially in summer time when insects abound. In that case two meals a day will be sufficient, one morning and evening, except in very severe weather, when the supply of natural food fails; then they must be allowed a feed at mid-day. On the other hand, if the birds are in constant confinement three meals a day must always bo allowed them, although the mid- day one may be of alight character, such as house scraps. As regards quantity, the birds should have as much at each meal as they will eat eagerly and no more. Food on no account must bo allowed to remain on the run after they have finished, and if they are observed to be dainty and picking the corn and meal over and rejecting what does not please their fancy it is a sure sign that they are over-fed, and if the state of affairs be not rectified a falling off in the number of eggs and disease of numerous types will soon make their appearance. In short, it is better to rather under-feed than over-feed poultry, and their owner must use his judgment as to the quantity to be given. By caretully watching the birds at feeding-time it is very easy in a few days to determine how much they should have thrown to them, the right quantity being what they will eat with relish, and no more. Again, fowls' appetites vary, and are influenced by the weather and other causes, as also by the health of the bird. A hen when laying will, and ought to, eat more than when not laying, and growing stock require most of all. The first feed in the morning, which should always consist of soft food, must be given as soon as possible after the birds have got off the roost, and the evening meal, which should always be hard grain, immediately before they retire to roost.

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THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR NORTH WALES.1 A public meeting, presided over by the Mayor, was held in the Corn Exchange, Wrexham, on Mon- day night, for the purpose of setting forth the para- mount claims of Wrexham as the best site for the proposed College for North Wales. The attendance was somewhat limited. Letters were read from Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., stating that he preferred not to express any opinion upon the site until he had heard what was to be said in favour of all the competing towns; from Mr. George Osborne Morgan, M.P., who stated that, seeing he was a member of the committee j charged to decide between the claims of the com-1 peting towns, it would not be right for him to be present that evening; but, knowing Wrexham and its neighbourhood as well as he did. he need not say that he should give the fullest consideration to the various arguments in favour of the selection of that town as the site of the College. (Cheers.) A similar letter was read from Sir Robert Cuncliffe, Bart., M.P. There was also a letter from the vicar of Wrexham (the Rev. David Howell) regretting his inability to be present owing to indisposition.—Mr. Benjamin Piercy moved the first resolution, "That this meet- ing ig unanimously of opinion that Wrexham is the best site for the erection of the University College of North Wales, and pledges itself to use all legitimate means to secure its being selected as the place for the erection of the College, and that a copy of this resolutisn be sent to the members for the county and boroughs, with a request that they may favourably consider the claims of Wrexham. He knew no place so happily situated as Wrexham, between the mining and agricultural districts, as a site for the proposed College. (Cheers.) It was an eminently healthy place, and its numerous manufactories, breweries, &c., would enable the students of the College to obtain a practical insight into various in- dustries, while the ironworks, quarries, and mines in the neighbourhood would enable them to study the geology and mineralogy prac- tically as well as theoretically. Wrexham was also more accessible trom all parts of North Waies, Liverpool, Manchester, Shrewsbury, and other parts of the country than any other place competing for the honour of having the College erected in their midst. Dr. Eyton Jones, in seconding the res0lution, pointed out the extreme healthiness of Wrexham, the average death-rate for the past three years being only 18 per 1.000.—The resolution was carried unanimously.—Mr. Henry Robertson, M.P., said he and Mr. Piercy had promised to guarantee the necessary funds to provide a free site in Wrexham for the College, and moved a resolution approving of the presentation of a free site, and pledging the meeting to offer any other reasonable inducement to get Wrexham selected, and to co-operate in securing the Government grant. —Mr. Acton seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The following is a jrrrcis of an address delivered by the Dean of Bangor in the presence of the Menai Library and Scientific Society at the Assembly-room of the Bangor People's Cafe on Monday evening. Colonel the Hon. W. E. Sack- ville West, who occupied the chair, explained that the lecture was not within the ordinary procedure of the society, the members of which had met at the Dean's request to listen to his opinions upon Welsh education. The DelIl, in opening his address, said he spoke that night for two reasons—firstly, to give a few of his leading ideas as to the lines upon which a system of higher education could be successfully founded; and, secondly, because recent utterances of his upon the subject had been misunderstood and had been regarded by some as inconsistent with the principles that he had held and still held. With a passing allusion to the recent conference at Chester, the Dean went on to observe that the greatinlluenceof two or more national colleges ulti- mately united under a syndicate empowered by charter to confer degrees as suggested in the re- port of the committee could not be doubted. The benefits upon which he set the greatest value were—the preservation of Welsh nationality, the termination of Welsh exclusiveness, and the pro- motion of unity of spirit. He stid it was refresh- ing to seethe Departmental Committee recognising the distinct nationality of the Welsh people as en- titling them to the educational treatment adapted to their peculiar characteristics. It was for the benefit of the community that each section should develops their own special gifts so their countrymen, heirs of a distinct type, would become better citizens of the world, not by trving to be finghshtnen, but by seeKing to be wiser, nobler, more enlightened Welshmen. If they ceased to be Welsh they would fail to be Eng- lish. and would probably become the nobodies known as the despicable family of Die Shon Dafydi. The question which at present concerned them was—Where was the College for North Wales to be:' What kind of a college was it to be? In answer to the first question, he ventured to say that the college should be placed in such a position as to bring its influence to bear upon the inward life of what must be called Welsh Wales. The population of the three border counties touching England was to a considerable extent Anglicised, and was at the same time within reach of the edu- cational advantages offered by the colleges in Manchester and Liverpool. The special work which the college for North Wales had to do lay in the fastnesses of Welsh isolation, and that work could not be accomplished if it was placed loo near the borders of England. In answer to the question— What kind of college ought it to be? He would say that. it must bo national, and in order to be national it I11U¡;¡t, be unsectarian. The collegn could not be national unless every section of the community could avail themselves of its advantages on equal terms. The religious difficulty, which was. an obstacle to such equality, must be overcome without endan- gering the religious earnestness of the peo How could that end be secured ? By strictly continingdw work of tlw colle-ge to instruction and examination in secular subjects, and separating the domestic from the educational life of the students. If a number of students were to live within the walIs under the government of the principal, who stood to them. for the time, in loco parent-it, the college became their home. Every such home in a Christian land must have its family worship. It was obvious that the form of that worship, whatever it might- be, could not be acceptable alike to Jews, Roman Catholics, Churchmen, Orthodox Nonconformists, Unitarians, nnd Agnostics. However colourless it might be, the religious worship in the college would make it sectarian. It might bo said that students who objected to the common worship in- side the college might be permitted to live in lodgings or hostels. But it was, he thought, un- deniable that both in schools and colleges the students residing under the roof of the head master or principal were regarded as occupving a position superior to that. of non-residents whó were not seldom exposed to the proverbial disad- vantages that fell to the despised lot of outsiders. Tn order, therefore, to secure religions neutrality without iri-eli^ien, and absolute equality of col- legiate position for all, the University College must have no resident students, but be simply a place of secular instruction and examination. In the course of time boarding house's, hostels, and even small colleges would spring up around the central institution, and in them parents would be able to place their sons under the social and religious influences that, accorded with their own convictions. Thus the students, in a religiously-divided country, would be able to develop their intellectual life in an atmosphere of freedom withnut. sacrificing the religious influences essential to the development of their moral nature. Upon this point he was at one with Mr. Henry Richard. In the development of intermediate education also many difiiculties would be obviated if the school-house was made purely a, place of secular instruction, and the responsibility of pro- viding for the domestic life and religious trait ing of the scholars be thrown upon their parents. Such provision would doubtless bo made in denomina- tional hostels under the charge of qualified wardens. The Dean went on to condemn the proposal to take Aberystwith as the college for North Wales, and justified the vote of the North Wales delegates. He thought the best solution of the difficulty of dealing with Aberystwith would be to induce the Government, if possible, to make an additional grant of £.2,000 a year to Aberystwith as a college for Mid-Wales, leaving the grants of £4,000 a year each for the North Wales and South Wales Colleges intact. In conclusion, he said on the CTeneralquestiol1 of the colleges it would be well not to form too high expectations. It was possible that for some years the colleges might not attract any great multitude of students, or realise more than a moderate degree of success. But they might fairly hope that, as time flowed on, the colleges would profoundly in- iluence the inner state of Wales, develop the in- tellectual powers, and elevate the moral character of her people, and so enable them to win among the races of the earth that honourable position for which he believed them to be quahhed by their natural endowments j ,-t

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS, The Mark Lane Express of Monday saysAn immense quantity of rain has fallen during the latter part of the past week, causing extensl ve floods, and putting a stop to alt work on land, The prospect for spring cultivation, as it now exists at the middle of February, is not. only serious, but alarming. All chance of wheat sowing is practi- cally at an end, and interest now centres in pro- babilities and possibilities of a season being found in which to sow barley in anything like a reason- ably effective manner With regard to the trade prices for breadstuffs have been firnily maintained. English wheats in sound condition, which are scarce everywhere, have gained about Is. during the week. both in London and the provinces, damp samples being very sparingly inquired for at the old level of values. Flour has maintained the slight advance noted during the previous week. Barleys have remained firm at an advance which occurred during the early part of the week. Other articles are unaltered. Trade for foreign wheat off stands in London has been firm without, anything ap- proaching activity. On Wednesday all descrip- tions of foreign were Is. 6d. dearer to bu):, and this advance was sustained on Friday against a very sluggish demand. Foreign flour and oats dull, at. Monday's rates. Barley continues against buyers. The Farmer says:—Blustering winds and rain make the wheat market strong at a full shilling per quarter advance on home and foreign qualities. The demand at the advance keeps fair. Flour is only irregularly dearer about 6d. per sack. Barlev and maize are each 6d. dearer, whilst oats are offered on old terms, as are beans and peas. The disposi- tion of millers and others to buy has increased. Cargoes are also in improved demand.

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I ilR. CYRIL FLOWER, M.P. AT BRECON. BRECON, MONDAY Night. To-night Mr. Cyril Flower, the hon. member for the borough of Brecon, addressed his constituents in the Town-hall. There was a large audience, 2 goodly number of ladies being among those pre- sent. Mr. Lewis Jones (mayor) presided. The hon. member was well received upon his ap- pearance in the hall, accompanied by Mr. Maitland, M.P. for the county; Mr. George Overton, and other prominent Liberals. After a few remarks by the chairman, Mr. FLOWER referred to the pleasure he had in meeting his constituents. There was one thing he was very anxious to speak about, and that was an Act which they passed sometime ago—an Act which he did not support. He was afraid he lost many votes by not doing so. He thought the question was one which should be decided by the Principality of Wales itself. It was for the people of Brecon and the people of the Principality to decide whether they wanted the meastmnornot. (Hear, hear.) Well, what happened? The Bill passed through the House of Commons and became an Act which he feared had created some amount of ill feeling in the borough of Brecon he was referring to the closing of public- houses on Sunday. (Applause.) They would recollect that at the general election, when he was a candidate, he refused to give a definite pledge to his party to vote for the Bill. With little, if any real; opposition, the Bill also passed through the House of Lords; then, for the first time, the people of Brecon and the people of Wales said, Good gracious! We never imagined for a single moment that this Bill would become an Act of Parliament." (Applause.) They also said, Wfi thought this Bill would die the death it had often before, and that public-houses would open as usual." (Cheers.) All of them read their papers, and they had the penny, and even the halfpenny, post, and it would have been infinitely better if they had writtrn him on the subject, or petiti0ned as to what they wanted him to do. Although he received many petitions in favour of the Bill he nevet. received from a single individual a petition tellinghitn that they disapproved of the principle of the measure. In connection with this Bill, the House of Lords had a splendid opportunity of proving its great ability for correcting th" House of Commons, for the Bill was full of mistakes. They passed it with considerable haste. The House of Lords, however, passed the Bill apathetically and carelessly, as it generally did all measures which did not touch their own immediate interests. Referring to the recent Conservative meetings in the borough, the speaker went on to say he was much amused with the speeches made thereat. The essential difference between Liberrtls and Conser- vatives was this: Conservatives were perfectly content to leave well alone hut Liberals had always preached that it was the duty of mankind and every individual in the world, not to leave well alone, but never to rest until they made well better. (Applause.) They might talk of Com- munism, Atheism, Socialism, and Radicalism, and lump them together in one name, but they would never persuade the intelligent people of that country that. the great leader of the people, William Ewart Gladstone, was either a. Nihilist, a Socialist, or an Atheist. (Cheers.) They won a great battle in 1880, and they must not be content to leave well alone, but must go on working, not only for the Liberal party, but for themselves in general. Re- ferring to the education question, the hon. member said that what they wanted was to give to Wales what Scotland and England had—a system of edu- cation by which, not only the people in towns, but the sons of farmers and tradesmen, if necessary, should rsceive the same excellent education as children had in Scotland and England. They would be happy to hear that the Government were prepared to deal thoroughly with the subject, and he (Mr. Flower) had seen the Bil) which had been drafted. It would shortly, he hoped, come before Parlia- ment, and would leave the question of Welsh education no longer a vague one, but would settle it in the broadest way for all of them. When Mr. Mundella was his guest the other day he presented their petition on the subject to him, and said all he could in favour of Brecon being the best place for the South Wales College. He feared he said too much, and he exaggerated, if it were possible, the merits of Brecon, for he said it was a kind of Athens, and miht be some time what Athens was to Greece—a kind of centre of the intellectual world. (Laughter and applause.) Discussing the position of Ireland, the speaker strongly condemned the action of the Irish mem- bers. The Cloture he defended, remarking that it would restore the House of Commons to a dignified position. He did not think they would often use it. It was u.uch like a birch in school, though not often used the boys knew it was there. (Laughter.) As to the measures which would be introctucpd in the coming session, one of the most important wa the Corrupt Practices Bill. (Cheers and derisive laughter.) Mr. Bishop, he was sure, would be delighted to hear there was every chance of this Bill becoming law before very long. He believed that not only Mr. Bishop, but every other solicitor in the country who took an interest in Parliamentary work, would be delighted to find that the chance of his being locked up would be removed. (Laughter and cheers.) Both sides of the House supported this measure, and he hoped it would soon be passed. There was another question of importance-the Egyptian question. Some dis- approved of the conduct of the Government in Egypt. Let them remember its state, and how they found it in 1880 and in 1881. He was persuaded that, if they took the opinion of Europe, America, England, Scotland* and Wales ail well, they would arrive at the conclusion that there was no other course than that they had pursued boldly and well. The questions of the extension of the franchise and the re-distribution of seats would also come before the House. He did not sen why residents in the country »houlli not have a vote as well as people living in the boroughs. He thanked thein for re- ceiving him so kindly.

QUARTERLY AtlSETINGr OF THE BRECON TOWN COUNCIL. 1 The quarterly meeting of the Brecon Town Council was held at the Guild-hall, Brecon, on Tuesday, under the presidency of the mttyor, Mr. Lewis Jones.—The Financial Clerk (Mr. Kirk) re- ported that there was a balance in the hands of the treasurer on different accounts of £294 7s. Id. He also reported that the overseers of St. John's Parish had paid the balance of the borough rate made in November and that the overseers of St. Mary's and t, David's had made further pay- ments of £50 and £15 respectively. There had been a letter received from Air. Mackay requesting payment of the balance due fur private improve- ments. I). was reported by the collector that there was over £8 due from the executors of the Rev. T. Watkins. He was instructed to seud a copy of the account to each of the executors, with an inti- mation that- if it be not paid within a given time proceedings would be taken.—A circular having reference to the Royal College of Music was read. It stated that the competition for scholarships would take place in April next. Messrs. Heins, luckwell, and T. Da vies were appointed the local examiners for Brecon.—Superintendent Watkins was appomted inspector under the Petroleum Act. The tender of Mr. John Jones, Watergate, for the supplying of the police uniforms and town crier's unilorm was accepted. Tho amount of the tender was £29 7s. 2d.—Some discussion took place with regard, to the memorial for- warded from the council (through the borough member) to Mr. Mundella, asking hitn to consider the many advantages which Brecon afforded as a site for the proposed University College of Wales. It was considered from the remarks that had fallen from the borough member at a public meeting that it was a hopeless matter, and that there was very little chance of Brecon being selected.—A commu- nication complaining of the conduct of Police- Sergeant Lewis was referred to the Watch Com- mittee.—Alderman Prothero having moved that he would bring forward at the next meeting of the council the question as to whether it was right, under the provisions of the Ballot Act, for candi- dates to be present. at polling stations during elec- tioneering at the time illiterate voters were record- ing their votes, a long discussion took place on the subject.—Alderman Prothero said that at the recent School Board election held ir. the town the two vicars, who were candidates, had been present at the p""llingstat.ions while there were none of the other candidates present. The general opinion expressed by the council was that, although it was against the spirit of the Ballot Act that candidates should be present when illiterate voters were voting, it was, nevertheless, not in contravention of the Act.—The Town-Clerk and Alderman Games were deputed to look the matter up by the next meeting of the council.—Dr. North reported that there were 98 deaths in his district during the year 1382, or an increase of four on the preceding year. The rate of mortality in 1882 was 15 per 1,000.—A committee of five was appointed for the purpose of effecting a settlement with the Markets Company in respect to tho enclosure of a small piece of land near Harp Cottages. This was thought a more ad- visable course to pursue than to again drift into litigation with the Markets Company.—Mr. Daniel Evans, solicitor, appeared beforú the, council on behalf of Miss Evans, Bulwark, whom he stated WitS, as the cuuncil were aware, the owner of Bowen-terrace, in the town of Brecon. While this row of houses was being built water was had from the waterworks, but no claim was made for the amount owing'for it until last October, not- withstanding that the houses were built nearly seven years ago. Mr. Evans having referred to the legal proceedings taken against Miss Evans for the recovery of .£14. alleged to be owing in respect of the water, said he thought that inasmuch as the bill had not sent in in proper time the council should meet him fairly. especially* as he had not had the opportunity of deducting from the men who did the worlt at' Bowen-terrace the sum now sought to be recovered from Miss Evans.—A warm discussion ensued, in the course of which a motion and an amendment were proposed. The motion was to the effect that Miss Evans should only pay one-half of the amount claimed; and the amendment called upon her to pay the whole. A show of hands being taken, seven voted for the amendment and six for the motion.—A communication having been read from Mr. Wm. Matthews, Llanfaes, Brecon, complaining of rubbish that was being continually washed down over his fields near Jwmfalde in consequence of the corporation neglecting to provide a. culvert, it was agreed that £5 should be expended in the construction of a culvert.

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DEATH OF RICHARD WAGNER. Venice, FEB. 13.—Richard Wagner, the composer, died here to-day. Vienna, Feb. 13, Evening.-»-A startling piece of intelligence has filled our art circles with conster- nation. Telegrams just received from Venice announce the death of Richard Wagner, one of the most conspicuous figures of the age. He died to-day at the Palazzo Vendramin. No particulars of the melancholy event have yet been received' The death of Wagner deprives the musical world of the last link which connects the present with those musical Titans of the past, whose like, many believe, perhaps rightly, we shall never look upon again. Wagner was the only musician of any note left who had known Beethoven, Mendels- sohn, Weber, Meyerbeer, and Rossini. If he lacked the depth and breadth of Beethoven his genius was certainly more diverse, for even his greatest detractors have never attempted to deny that the many remarkable dramas which his pen produced entitle him to rank among the first poets of the age. Although but scanty materials exist at present for writing a biography of this man, whose works and theories have given rise to a. controversy which, in length and the bitterness with which it has been waged, is unprecedented in the history of music—his life, when it comes to be written, will present one of those stories which read more like a romance than a tale of real life. The really important incidents of his life, interwoven as they are with the fate of many persons still living, remain at present untold, and the following dates and facts can only be con- sidered as so many landmarks in his artistic career. Born at Leipsic, in Saxony, on the 22nd of May, 1813. Richard Wagner showed none of those precocious signs of musical genius so characteristic of Mozart, Schubert, and other musicians. His father, who held a small municipal appointment, died before Wagner was born, and his widowed mother during the same year married a portrait painter of the name of üeyer, At one time it was Geyer's intention to bring up his step- son to the profession of a painter, but Wagner proved such an awkward pupil that this project was soon abandoned, and his parents were rather in despair as to what to do with the boy who seemed to possess a maximum amount of stupidity with a minimum amount of brains. It was not until he was in his eleventh year that his extraordinary musical talent showed itself. At this time he had an opportunity of witnessing a performance of Goethe's Egmont," with the incidental music by Beethoven. This and his readings in Shakespeare stimulated him to compose a tremendous tragedy —a kind of Hamlet" and King Lear." as he him- self ironically described it in after years. The design," he adds," was grand in the extreme. Forty-two persons died in the course of the piece, and the yvant of living characters compeWed me to let most of them re-appear as ghosts in the last act." The truth of Wordsworth's saying, "The child is father to the man," was never better exemplified than in this case. Gigantic was his first production, and gigantic were the matured works of the years of his manhood. The result of this wild attempt at a drama, which had an equally amusing musical accompaniment to it, was the commence- ment of serious musical studies. By the time he was eighteen he had mastered the science of his art, and perhaps was more thoroughly acquainted with the works of Beethoven, whom he always declared to be his master, than any- other musician. His entrance into practical musical life was made as conductor of a small operatic troupe at Magde- burg. In 1839 he was leader of a theatre at Riga, married to an actress, pressed for money, and altogether dissatisfied with his position, pecuniary, social, and artistic. The result of all this was the composition of his first opera Kienzi," the subject of which was taken from Lord Lytton's novel, and with this work in his pocket the young musician set out for Paris, where he arrived in 1839, armed with introductions from Meyerbeer. But his hopes of persuading Parisian theatrical managers to accept his grandop^ra were doomed to be disappointed. His visit to Paris was an utter failure, and in order to earn a living he was obliged to resort to the drudgery of copying music and writing dances. This employment fail- ing, at one time he narrowly escaped death from starvation. and it may lie considered as "ne of the most irrefutable proofs of his great genius that he àid not perish under thø weight of misery at this time upon him. His struggles during this period have been described by himself with grim humour, in his novelette "The End of a Musician in Paris." In 1841 he made a journey to London, and it was during the voyage at sea that he first, heard the wild legend of the "Flying Dutchman," which his fervid genius has reudered immortal. The music and words of this work, which mav be said to mark the beginning of the second period of Wagner's career, were written after his return from his futile journey to London at Meudon, near Paris. A touching story is told of how he paced his room in agony for several hours before beginning to write the music to the Flying Dutchman," unable to open the piano, fearing that his musical inspira- tion had deserted him. When he did sit down he caught, as it were, by inspiration the beautiful rhythm of the Spinning Chorus," which he first played and then wrote down, as it now stands, without altering a note. Meanwhile, by his untiring efforts he got iiis "Rienzi" accepted for pevfonfiing at the Dresden Theatre in 184-2. The peiform inoe of this work in October of that year and its brilliant success led to the composer being engaged as the conductor of the Ro) al Opera rtt Dresden. From this time his fame was assured. His next great work was Tannhaiiser," first performed at Dresden in 1845. The reception of the work, although favour- able in most places, was varied, and opposition to the new movement inaugurated by Wagner now began to show itself, and soon developed into violent hostility. With few sympathising friends, and attacked on all sides by ignorant and venomous critics. in 1848-9 he was driven to join the insurrec- tionary movement by word and deed. But the re- volution at Dresden was crushed by Prussian bayonets, and Wagnev was compelled to fly the country, and take refuge in Switzerland. Here ho commenced the Master Singers of Nurnbarg," but tlw opera remained unfinished for many years,and Wagner plunged into the more romantic subject of "Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan This great work. which may be said to mark the beginning of Wagner's third period, was finished in March, 1348, but was not performed until two years after- wards—1350—when it was brought out under Liszt. It was during this time that Wagner entered upon that bitter warfare against his critics, attacking, and without distinction or mercy, all classes of society, and especially the mercenary scribblers of his own a.rt. But in addi- tion to his speculative and critical writing at this period he began to labour seriously, and, in fact. partly completed his most, colossal work the Trilogy of "The Ring of the Nibelung," with the intro- ductory piece the "Ringold." In 1855 this work was interrupted by his acceptance of the con- ductorship of the London Philharmonic Society. The recption he Was awarded in England must always remain a black spot on the character of the London musical public. Weary of the cackling of petty English musicians, jealousy had been aroused by the appointment of a foreigner as the leader of the chief musical soc-ietv of the country, threw up his uncongenial employment and set to work on what, we believe posterity will decide to be the greatest production of his genius. His great opera of "Tristan and Isolde," with which he was occupied until 1859, connects the great German musician very closely with Wales, for the story of this opera is perhaps the most beautiful in the whole of the Cymric Mabinogion. By 1869 he had also completed the music to "Siegfried" Mean- whiie the believers in his theories and genius had come to be counted by thousands, and in 1872, on Wagner's birthday, the foundation stone of the Wagner Theatre at Baireuth was laid, the money for the construction of this grand building having been raised by the admirers of the great composer in all parts of the world, in reply to an appeal made by the musician Tausig. The production of the great Trilogy, for the performance of which this theatre was specially erected, was de- layed by various causes until the August of 1876. If anything could have formed a grand climax to a career it was this performance of the "Nibelung," attended as it was by deputies of musical societies from every part, of the civilised world, by almost every great musician alive at tho time, by the crowned heads of many kingdoms, and by members of the nobility of every country in Europe. The "RingdesNiebelungen" was again performed in the presence of several crowned heads in 1881 at Berlin, and it was re- ceived with even greater acclamation than in 1876. and since then has been performed at the Royal Opera House in London. Rome, FER, 14. — Wagner's# death was very sudden, the proximate cause being syncope. The news has created a great sensation in Italian musical circles.

"10LANTHE." Pantomime has run its course at the Cardiff Theatre, and last evening its place was taken by lolanthe," the latest novelty from the pens of those accepted entertainers of the public, Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan. It will be remembered that the new opera made its first appearance in London, at the Savoy Theatre, only so recently as last November, and it says much tor the energy and enterprise of our local manager that he should be able to give his patrons such an early opportunity of judging the merits of the new piece. That there would be a large and critical assembly on the first night was a foregone conclusion, for the people of Cardiff are always eager to be to the front when anything fresh in the way of dramatic and musical lare is put before them. When, therefore, shortly after eight o'clock, at the conclusion of a bright little lever de rid fan, the conductor took his place at the desk he could feel assured that his labours would not be thrown away upon a dull and apathetic auditory, but would be appre- ciated to the full by a large, quick, and sympa- thetic gathering; not so noisy as some, perhaps, with disturbing signs of ill-timed acclamation, but lavish of genuine applause when the fitting moment arrives. In none of Mr. Gilbert's libretti does he attempt to win admiration by an interest- ing, cleverly-constructed plot. There is little of drama in these his lighter efforts, little even of dramatic situation indeed, he would himself be the first to pour out upon his own head the vials of cynical wrath if he caused for an instant the pulses of his audience to beat the quicker through a genuine emotion. We must perforce put on the cap and bells with our author, and grin with him through the mask of satire at the more trivial follies and foibles of the world. Its deeper mean- ings, more serious passions, must be left to other heads and hearts to consider and expound. Reliance for success is based upon dialogue of the amartea* wit. of the sharpest, rhvme of the eadiest, the'whole made pungent with a certaii I iOt ill-naturecl satire, and served up with busines I that must compel laughter and applause by its'! absurdity and adroitness. The first thing that strikes one with regard to lolanthe* is its re- semblance to the works that have immediately preceded it. The whole greets you as a familiar friend, perhaps none the less welcome on that ac- count. In particular the music, again and again, suggests reminiscences, not only of the composer's own scores, but also, it must be confessed, sometimes of other people's. But Mr. Sullivan is a learned musician, skilled in the treatment of his themes, and his ideas never lose anything, but rather become invested with an added merit by the assistance of his varied, piquant, and fre- quently suggestive orchestration. Scene 1 is an Ar- cadian landscape, which last night formed a worthy background to the brilliant roup d'ceil. often pre- sented on the stage. Hither come tripping a most fascinating tribe of fairies, headed by the Fairy Queen (Miss Fanny Harrison). They are sad at heart, for one of their number, lolanthe (Miss Jessie Louise), has disobeyed the laws of fairy-land by marrying a mortal, and has been sentenced to per- petual banishment. The Fairy Queen, yielding to the solicitations of her Court, pardons lolanthe, who rises from a stream, at the bottom of which she has been working out her sentence on her head. The erring fairy has a son, Strepluni (Mr. Walter Greyling), who is a fairy down to the waist, but whose nether half i mortal. He is engaged to be married to Phyllis, a ward in Chancery (Miss Josephine Findlay), and enters playing a flageolet, and singing with joy at the thoughts of his approaching wedding day. Phyllis next appears upon the scene and the two. left to themselves, sing a love duet full of graceful melody and fancy, On their departure a pompous and bombastic march is played by the orchestra, and at the same time a number of peers of the realm, headed by a detachment of the band of the Grenadier Guards, come on in solemn procession. Both author and composer have here poked a good deal of quiet fun at the hereditary Legislative Chamber, and the climax is reached when the Lord Chancellor (Mr. John Wilkinson) appears in full robes, and followed by his train-bearers. The Lord Chancellor laments his hard fate that in his position as guardian he has nothing to do but give agreeable girls away," when he would willingly marry one of his own wards were it not for the difficulties in which such conduct would place him. Phyllis is summoned to appear at the Bar of the House of Peers, by the members of which she is very generally beloved, more especially by I a id Toll oiler (Mr.C. C. Pounds) and the Earl of Movntararat. (Mr. C. I. Stanley). But Phyllis spurns them, and avows her love for Strephon., who forthwith gets soundly rated by the Lord, Chancellor for having disobeyed an order of the Courts of Chancery, and is told he must give up his bride. While he is inconsolable at her loss his mother comes to comfort him. Phyllis, surprises them. and not knowing the facts of the case, and seeing her lover embracing a young and vers" pretty woman, becomes jtly incensed. In vain Strephon and Iol(1i1thr explain their relationship. Neither Phyllis nor the Peers can be induced to believe that this girl of seven- teen can be the mother of a man of five-and- twenty. In the midst of the dispute the fairies arrive, and in revenge for the insult offered them the Fairy Queen threatens to send Strephon into Parliament, where he will trample upon the Lords'most cherished rights. The second act shows us rhe Palace Yard, West- minster, with the Houses of Parliament and the Clock Tower. Here again the scene painter's art was displayed to great advantage, and the set was much applauded. Strephon has been returned to Parliament, and carries all before him owing to fairy influence, but the fairies themselves are no longer their own mistresses. They have succumbed ( to the fascinations of the Lords, and their Queen herself is not able to help admiring the sentry, Prtvate Willis (Mr.1 C. W. Marler). As for the Lord Chancellor, he is perfectly heartsick about Phyllis, and can get no rest, as he cannot bring himself to consent to his own marriage. Lord Toltoiler and Lord Moxntararat however, anxious to be quit of their liaison, per- suade his lordship to go in and win. But, in the nick of time, Lolanthe declares herself to be his long-lost wife, when Phyllis and Strephon become reconciled, and a general pairing-off between the Peers and the Peris finishes the opera. Of the in- terpretation it may be said, broadly, to have been one of the most finished that has ever been witnessed in Cardiff. Where all were good we may mention that Mr. Wilkinson made the hit of the evening in the character of the Lord Chancellor. Voice, make- up, gesture, and business were alike excellent; the result being enthusiastic encores for each of his song", Miss Findhy makes a most charming Phyllis, and is sure to be a favourite here; while Miss Fanny Harrison, Miss Jessie Louise, Mr. Marler, and Ir, Pounds are amongst the others whose names stand out conspicuous for excellence. The chorus was in thoroughly good trim, and the band, on the whole, satisfactory though the "March of Peers" might have gone with greater smoothness. Encores were the rule rather than the exception, and the curtain fell at half-past ten amidst the prolonged plaudits of a thoroughly well pleased house.

LOCAL LAW CASES. THE MILFORD HAVEN DOCKS COMPANY r. LAKE. A motion in this action came on last week (before Mr. Justice Pearson, sittingin the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice). Mr. Gra- ham Hastings, Q.C., said he was instructed to move on behalf of the plaintiff company for an injunction to restrain the defendant, Samuel Lake, his servants, workmen, and agents, from interfe- ring with or obstructing the plaintiffs or persons authorised by them from taking possession of the works on the doeks under the terms of an agreement entered into on the 31st of July, 1882. —His'Lordship thought that the Milford Haven Docks Company had been woundup.—Mr. Graham Hastings said the petition to wind Up the com- pany had been dismissed with costs.—Mr. Rigby. Q.C. (who appeared for Mr. Lake) said only one petition to wind up the company had been dis- missed. There were others pending.—Mr. Graham Hastings continued: Mr. Lake had been con- structing docks for the company, but on the 4'Ji of November last he stopped work, and had not icsumtd. Under a clause in the specification of the 1st of July. 1882, he was bound to cAnyon the works with "due diligence," and if he did not then the com- pany was at liberty to take possession and go on with the work. On the 8t.h of November Mr. Brereton, the chief engineer, gave Mr. Lake notice to go on and proceed with all vigour. He did not proceed, and on the 15th Mr. Brereton gave him notice that, unless lie proceeded within one week, the company would resume possession under the I provisions of the clause contained in the specifica- tion. Mr. Lake did nothing, and thereupon the company authorised its officers to take possession but. they were met by some 150 men armed with pickaxes, &c., and of so threatening an attitude that the company's officers retired, and the com- pany were compelled to take these proceedings. If the works were not proceeded with at once they would be liable to destruction by the violence of storms and gales, and he represented that the works were now in extreme peril. After hearing the arguments, his Lordship said he was not going to express any opinion or to decide any controversy between the parties. After narrating"the facts, his Lordship said what he had to determine was whether the company was entitled to take posses-ion of the works. A preli- minary objection had been taken that, the re-entry- clause" was in the specifications and not in the con- tract, and that, under the circumstances. Mr. Lake was not bound by the specification. He should not determine that question further than to say that, prim/i facie, on the circumstances before him and on the affidavits, he thought the company was entitled to put that clause in force. The question btween the company and their eon- tractor was simply a money question, and he would probably bedoingthe greatest injustice to the share- holders" if he did not, give them the chance of getting the dock completed. Injunction in the term of the notice of motion accordingly. THE FAILURE OF MR. THOMAS JOSEPH. At the London Bankruptcy Court Inst, week an application was made to Mr. Registrar Hrougham in the failure of Thomas Joseph, of 9, Fenchurch- street. London, and of Tydraw, Treherbert, the Buttrills, Merthyr Dovan Dunraven Colliery, Ystradyfodwg; the Avon Colliery. Llangonoyd and No. 1. Dock Chambers, Cardiff, and Church- street, Docks. Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, col- liery proprietor. Mr. Finlay Knight, on behalf of the trustee, asked for a further extension of the time given to disclaim the interest of the debtor in a certain lease of a colliery called the l'.laen- gwynti Mines, in Wales, held under Lord Jersey. He made application on the 9th of November for an extension of time upon the ground that there were negotiations on foot for a general stheme for the development of the affairs of the concern, and if time were given it would enable the arrangements to be completed otherwise that lease must have been disclaimed. Notice was given to Lord Jersey's solicitors and Messrs, Freshfield wrote a letter, who said they would not oppose. There was no opposition, and his Honour gave leave to extend the time to the 19th of February. The trustees were still in the same position, but rather improved. becau.^ there was a further meeting of creditors about to be held. at which they hoped some satis- factory resolutions would be passed. He had, therefore, now to ask for further postponement for three months, but as his friend. Mr. Latham, who appeared for Lord Jersey, said he had instruc- tions to oppose he (Mr. Knight) -did not, know how he could go on. no had no merits on which to base his application after the very liberal extension of time already given to them, and they did not want to pay any rent.—His Honour remarked that though the application for a postponement for three months was opposed, he presumed there would be no objection to givo a little time.—Mr. Latham said he should have no objection to a fortrdght.—His Honour extended the time until after the 22nd inst. BENNETT V. LAKE. On Saturday, at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, in the Queen's Bench Division, the case of Bennett v. Lake came before Mr. Justice Manisty and Mr. Justice Stephen, sitting in h«n<'o. This was an appeal by the defendant from a decision of Mr. Justice Mathew, who had given the plaintiff leave to sign judgment for £6,000..Iudgment had been signed and execution issued, and the defen- dant applied to have Mr. Justice Mathew's order reversed, and for unconditional leave to defend. There were altogether four actions against the defendant, two by Bennett, aDd two by Bennett and Roddey. and as these had all arisen out of the same set. of transactions they had been consoli- dated by order of the learned judge. The claim was for £22,500. which included a considerable sum for interest, but the sum for which the action to which the appeal applied was brought was £19,000, and was in respect of certain bills and cheques drawn upon and accepted by the plaintiff in the years 1879 and 1880. The defendant's contention was that if the shares retained bv the plaintiff were properly realised they would cover the amount claimed. The plain- tiff contended that the shares could not be realised except at a losst. Their lordships dismissed the aoDeal. RE MILFORD DOCKS COMPANY, j In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Divisioi ^on Saturday (before Vice-Chancellor Bacon), the hearing of this petition, which was partly heard on Saturday week, was resumed. It was a petition presented by Mr. Mowatt and Mr. Taylor. The petitioners were represented by Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. E. Ford; Mr. Northmore Lawrence ap- peared for the company; Mr. Horton Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Oswald were counsel for Mr. Lake, the contractor to the company, and supported the winding up and Mr. Warmington, Q C., and Mr. Eady were likewise retained in the cac.-l\1r. Martin, Q.C., said this was the second petition under discussion. Messrs. Taylor and Mowatt claimed in this respect as regarded their right to present the petition. Mowatt said he was a debenture holder to the amount of £1,500, and a holder of acceptances of the company to the amount of £6,000. Taylor said he was a shareholder in the company to a large amount. Last Thursday there was an action of the company against Lake, and an order was made restraining Lake from inter- fering with the company in any way, so that now the receivers would be able to deal with the matter without any difficulty. Sir Edward James Reed, the chairman of the company, said in an affidavit that the works had made considerable progress to- wards completion, and might be completed in nine months, at an expenditure of £120,000, The docks, when completed, would be among the most important in the United Kingdom, and capable of accommodating vessels of the largest class. There had been expended on the works of the company upwards of half a million £150,000 was still required for the completion of the works, and they had means of raising £300,000 more. An affidavit of Mr. Mowatt in opposition to the wind- ing up was read. The further hearing of the case was adjourned until Saturday next to afford an opportunity to answer the affidavits of Sir E. J. Reed and Mr. Mowatt. DAVIES T THE NATIONAL BANK OF WALES. In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, on Saturday (before Mr. Justice Fry). Mr. Cross applied for an injunction to restrain the de- fendants in this case from selling certain property, or giving up the title deeds, the action being one in which the trustees of a marriage settlement brought an action against the bank and others, who, it is stated, are in possession of the property comprised in the settlement, and have advertised it for sale. His lordship granted the injunction. THE MILFORD HAVEN RAILWAY AND ESTATE COMPANY. In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, on Tuesday (before Mr. Justice Chitty), the London Agency (Limited) v. The Milford Haven Railway aud Estate Company case came on for hearing. This was a motion on behalf of the London Agency (Limited) that the Milford Haven Railway and Estate Company should pay into court a sum of £3,902 16s. 3d., representing 7f? per cent, on moneys which the defendant company were to pay Messrs. Lake and Taylor, the contractors for the Mi I- ford Haven Docks. Mr. Whitehorne, Q.C., with Mr, Solomon, nppeared for the London Agemcy (Limited); Mr. Ince, Q.C., and Mr. Swinfen Eady represented the Railway Estate Company and Mr. Crossley, Q.C., and Mr. M'Sweeney were counsel for Messrs. Lake and Taylor.—Mr. Whitehorne, in supporting the motion, said he appeared on behalf of the London Agency, and they asked that the company should be ordered to pay into court cer- tain sums of money. representing" 7 per cent, of moneys which they were to pay to Messrs. Lake and Taylor, contractors. His object was to secure this sum of money, which was in the hands of the company, and which was the property of his clients. The arrangement between the parties was this:—Lake and Taylor held for the Milford Dock Company-, for whom they were doing work, certain preference shares. Lloyd's bonds, &c. The London Agency was formed for the purpose of pur- chasing at a. discount the securities Lake and Taylor held, on these terms — that as Lake and Taylor they were entitled to receive discount prices from the defendant com- pany. the Agency would receive 7 per cent, of that. The defendant company disputed their claim. Mr. Crossley, Q.C., supported the motion.—Mr. Whitehorne said the company disputed the claim on the ground that they had a set-off against Lake and Taylor, after" notice of an equitable assignment to the Agencv of 7 per cent. Counsel proceeded to say that there was a com- plete equitable assignment to tho agency of a portion of the moneys which L'tke and Taylor should receive from the defendant company. The company had paid to Lake and Taylor something like £52,000, and there must, therefore, be a per- centage belonging to the Agency. Mr. Swinfen Eady denied that there was any liability to Lake and Cc. to the defendant company. This was practically a motion to get judgment.— Justice Chitty No, no it is payment into court.—Mr. Eady urged that they were not indebted to the company, and that the company had a claim against Lake and Taylor exceeding uhat of the London Agency. He submitted further that the amount, if any, had garnished by a person not before the court.—Mr. Justice Chitty At present I don't see how I can order the money to be paid into court, but of course I shall be glad to hear you, Mr. Whitehorne.—Mr. Whitehorne, dealing with the alleged set-off, said Lake and Taylor had assigned to the Agency before the company came into existence 7! per cent. of that money whieh they would receive aHer the Company- came into existence.—Justice Chitty said that could not be. The court then adjourned. The case came on again on Wednesday. After a lengthy speech by Mr. Whitehorne, his Lordship, in pronouncing judgment, remarked that there, was no admission to be found anywheiv in the defendant's affidavits, or in any proceed- in the suit itself before In this case the fendant said nothing was owing to Lake d, Taylor. The plaintiffs' position was this: They an- the equitable assigns of a debt which was owing from the defendant company to Lake and Taylor, ■ind the affidavits on the part. of the defendant were certainly to the effect that nothing was owing, but that appeared to be qualified by the state- ment that nothing was owing to Lake and Taylor. The plaintiffs claimed through Lake and Taylor, and he understood them tn mean there was nothing owing that could he claimed by persons appearing for Lake aud Taylor. The admissions on which the motion was founded were to be found in certain entries in the company's books, tho effect being this, that wlwn they were making payments to Lake and Taylor with regard to moneys upon which the plaintiffs were equitable assigns, the company rp5erveù 7 percent., the amount claimed br the plaintiffs, and did so upon several occasions. There was e Idence on the part of the deiendants to show they had a set off as against Lake and Taylor which they were entitled to avail themselves of. He was by no means persuaded they had any such set-off. He was not persuaded that the defelHhnts had a defence. On the contrary, he thought their do- fence was not likely to be established, but stili lie ought not to give this order. They said they had a counter claim for damages to a large amount, but the damages claimed by Lake and Taylor could not be a set-off against the plaintiffs' claim. They* said they had a claim under the same instrument (tho claim of the liquidating demand against Lake and Taylor), and that they had a set-off. He did. not think they had succeeded in establishing that. It. appeared that a garnishee order had been made, and that the garnishees were not before the court. He could give leave for the motion to stand over to bring the garnishees before the court, but. he thought it was not one in which he ought, to give that leave. It might be that the garnishees only took a proportion of the equities. Under those circumstances it appeared to him it would not be right to make an order for the payment, of the amount into court, having regard to the nature of the contest, and claim on the part, of the defendant, and that he ought not to give leave. He thought the plaintiff had fair grounds for making his motion,-The lllUtÏun was, therefore, dismissed with costs. A CARDIFF SHIPPING ACTION. On Wednesday,in the Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, the case of the ship Sophie came before Sir R. J. PiiilVunore, assisted by i Trinity Masters.—Dr. Phillimore saii] the case wjis an appeal of the phintiiY, a Cardiff merchant. from a decision of Mr. Registrar Bathurst, who had, upon the application of the defendants, struck out the whole of a paragraph from the plaintiff's statement of claims. The action was an action lor damage for breach of contract, and the plaintiff was the English consignee of a cargo of'pota- toes from France. The plaintiff's case was that the potatoes were delivered to him in a spoiled condition. The action was brought, and the statement of defence set. up that the potatoes were delivered in as good a condition as they- were received, and if any damage was occasioned hy the voyage it was caused by the perils of the sea. His Lordship was of opinion that the defendants had adopted a. wrong mode of procedure. T'ne proper course for the defendants was to raise the question by way of demurrer, and, therefore, the appeal must, be ailo ved. The costs of the proceed- ings would be costs in the cause. FRAUDULENTLY CASHING WELSH CHEQUE*. At. the London Court of Bankruptcy on Wednes- day (before Mr. Registrar Hazlett) a first meeting was held in the bankruptcy of John ClIwin Wing, formerly of Sheffield, accountant, now a convict, sentenced at the last Midsummer Assizes to seven years' penal servitude forgery and fraud. Air. Read, instructed by Messrs. Peace and Co., ap- peared for the bankrupt, and Mr. Binning for the petitioning creditors, the Sheffield Wagon Com- pany. Mr. William Burnett Kason, solicitor to the Sheffield Banking Company, tendered a proof on behalf of the bank for £10.000 for money re- ceived by the bankrupt for the use of the Banking Company, being part of two sums of £8,500 and which he fraudulently obtained payment by tye Wagon Company to himself on the presen- tation of two cheques, which had been frau- dulently altered by him so as to be pay- able to bearer, an:! which sum of £10,000 had been paid by the Banking Company to the Wagon Company, the orawers of the cheques. Mr. Road, who said he appeared for a large body of creditors, said it was a matter of astonishment to him to see this large proof ten- dered, as he understood it had been paid otf. The Sheffield Wagon Company presented a petition in bankruptcy in respect of a debt, of .£7,500, said to have been fmurlulentlv obtained from tlic bank by means of a cheque from the Wagon Company, and they obtained adjudication upon it. One of the cheques cashed was payable to the Glamorgan Colliery Company, and the other to the Ebbw Vale Steet and Iron Company, and he submitted he was entitled to say here, "Prove your case."—Mr. Binning then tendered a proof of £16,467 14s. Id. on behalf of the Sheffield Wagon Company.—Mr. Read objected to it. on the around that no particu- lars were given.—His Honour made an order ap- pointing Messrs. J. B. Wolstenholme and J. W. Barber (Shpffield) trustees, and Messrs. J. H. Barber, W. J. Thompson, and Robert Pashly a. committee of inspection.—Tlie proceedings then terminated.

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SWANSEA TOWN COUNCIL. I THE LEAK IN THE VELINDRA RESERVOIR. THE IMPROPER CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAINS. A quarterly meeting of the Swansea Town Council was held at the Guild-hall on Wednesday. The Mayor (Alderman E. R. Daniel) presided, and there were also present Aldermen Thomas Davies. Thomas Ford, W. Thomas, and F. A. Yeo and Councillors J. Glasbrook, T. Freeman, Thomas Jones, W. Williams, T. Trew, Daniel Jones. J. Ivor E-ans, H. A. Chapman, D. Thomas, John Lewis, W. J R ves, James Jones, and R. D. Hurnie. POLICE-CONSTABLE DEE. In accordance with the usual custom at quarterly meetings, the members of the police force were paraded, and marched into the council-chamber for inspection by tlw council. The MAYOR said he was glad to see Police-Con- stable James Dee had recovered from the effects of the burns he received in the recent fire in Oxford-street. He was also pleased to be able to say that the whole force exerted themselves nobly on that occasion. The toyvn-clerk had written to the Home Secretary with a view of obtaining an Albert Medal for Police-Constable Dee, and he (the mayor) had received a letter stating that her Majesty had been pleased to confer the Albert Medal of the second class upon the constable. Alderman YEO thought the £25 which had been voted by the Watch Committee to Police-Constable Dee should be doubled. Mr. Evans said he would support an amendment to that enect if Alderman Yeo would propose it. He thought JE50 would be little enough to award Dee. Alderman FORD agreed that £25 was an inade- quate reward for such a service as Dee had ren- dered, but he thought the Insurance Societies ought to reward people who saved their pockets. Alderman Yeo then moved that JE50 should be given to Dee, and, in reply to Alderman Ford's re- marks, pointed out that Dee and the other men exerted themselves to save life.while the Insurance Companies were only pecuniarily interested in the saving of property. Mr. EvANS seconded the amendment. Alderman Davies hoped the council would mark their appreciation of Dee's bravery by promoting him whenever occasion offered. The amendment was then carried. POLICE ACCOMMODATION. Mr. Freeman moved that the resolution of the Watch Committee, accepting the tender of Mr. D. Morgan for the erection of additional police cells, offices, and outbuildings at the Guild-hall, for £2,300, be rescinded, and that £600 only be ex- pended in providing additional cells. He protested agHoinst spending any more money than was abso- lutely necessary on the Guild-hall, seeing that a central fire brigade station and a }.JOlice-court would have to be erected elsewhere. The proposed additions would not give accommodation to the fire escape or the extincteur, which were rotting outside, and, more than that, it would turn out the fire-engine. Alderman Davies seconded the amendment. The amendment was carried by a large majority. THE WILLOW TREE PUBLIC-HOUSE. Mr. Chapman* moved that the council resolve itself into committee to receive a deputation of teetotallers with regard to the letting of the Willow Tree public-house. The motion was carried. The deputation, which consisted of Dr. Rawlings, the Rev. E. J. Wolfe, and others, was then intro- duced. Dr. Rawlings said the Willoyv Tree was now practically- vacant owing to the endorsement of the licence, and the Property Committee had re- commended that a fresh tenancy should be granted. In the opinion of a large number of the inhabitants it was desirable that the licence should be allowed to lapse. It might be obiected that by allowing the licence to lapse the corporation >vould be losers financially, but he did not think the loss would be an appreciable one. He hoped, however, that no pecuniary loss would be set against the highest in- terest of th8 community. Mr. Glasbrook "nid" if the time of the council was to be taken up like this they had better give up the business to the deputation. The Mayor I rule that we receive the deputa- tion and hear what they have to say. lr. ÜLASRROOK: I am quite willing to give up my seat to one of them, Mr. Moses Jones and the Rev. E. J. Wolfe having made some remarks. Mr. W. J. Rues asked if Dr. Rawlings was pre- pared to take the house, and if so, at what rent ? If he would give the corporation anythins like the rent they were now receiving he (Mr. Rees) was willing to let him have it. The Mayor informed Dr. Rawlings that the matter would be eonsidpred by the council, and the deputation then withdrew. THE LEAK IN THE VEblNDRA RESERVOIR. Mr. Trew proposed the adoption of the minutes of the Water and Sewers Committee. He said the borough surveyor had reported with regard to the overflow of the Lliw River on Mr. Dahne's farm at Morriston, and acting on his report the committee recommended the council to defend any action Mr. Dahne might bring against them. The borough surveyor had also inspected the whole of the water system, and after reading his report the one conclusion the committee could come to was that the works were in a very bad state, indeed. Mr. Wyrillhad three times gauged the yvater entering ihe conduit at the reservoirs, and leaving it at Morrist-on. If the conduit was in a proper state, all the water passing into it at one end should pass out of it at the other end, but instead of that he found there was a serious waste. On the 6th inst. 3.841,000 gallons passed into the conduit, and only 2,290,800 arrived at Morriston. That meant that in a distance of 7i miles 1,550.200 gallons were yvasted that day. On the 10th inst. the same quantity went in, and something over 3,000.000 gallons passed out. This increase in the quantity yvas attributable to a heavy rainfall that day. In addition to this very serious leakage existing be- tween the Lliw Reservoir and Morriston, the borough surveyor reported that the distance occupied was 7g miles, and he told them that the distance could be accomplished in 4i miles. The only reason the committee could imagine for this tor- tuous route having been taken was that instead of iron pipps earthenware ones had been used, and it was impossible to put any pressure upon them. Mr. Wyrill stated thnt if iron pipes were used a sufficient pressure of water could be obtained to supply the upper part of the town without the n. of mechanical appliances. The council were at present seeking powers to borrow over .£21.000 for accomplishing an object which their surveyor said could beaccompJished by gravi- tation. Of course gravitation would be much more economical than machinery. Some portion of this £21.000 was for distributing mains, but the pump- ing engines, covered reservoir.and other appliances directly connected with raising water would cost £15,083, which, capitalised at 4 per cent., would represent £603 per annum. The expense of main- taining and working the pumping arrangements was estimated at £800 per annum. Five percent., or £322 10s. should be added for repairs, and this yvould give a total of £1,725 10s. a year. Now. even it these appliances were provided, with the conduit in its present leaky state they would not get water enough to supply the ser- vice reservoir, and to put the conduit into a thoroughly efficient state would cost something like £13,000, or £520 per annum at 4 per cent. This meant an expenditure of £2.245 10s. per annum if the council carried out the scheme for which they were now seeking poyvers. Now, with regard to the scheme for a new condwit. They could lay down iron pipes over the shorter course. The cost"of the main from Velindra to Morriston, including a reservoir just above Llan to hold 1,000.000 gallons, yvould be £ 19,000, or £ 760 capi- talised at 4 per cent. If this scheme was a feasible one, and it commended itself to his mind and to the mind of other gentlemen who had considered it" the corporation would be saving £1,485 by adopted it. Fortunately they had not gone so far with the other scheme that they could not retrace their steps. The committee considered that it behoved them to have the very best advice they could obtain in the country, and they had, there- fore, recommended that before any more money was spent. Mr. Thomas Hawksley should be re- quested to report upon the whole question, and suggest, what works should be carried out to re- me(iv the present, defective state of affairs. The leakage in the Lliw embankment was also a ques- tion of vital importanc8. The committee felt Hot, the outset that they ought, to know what material was used in the original embankment. MrJf LAsitiiOOK: You did not mention about the 18in. pipes. Mr. TKKw said he did not think it worth while, because, if they adopted the surveyor's scheme, that difficulty would be removed altogether. Mr. Gr, ash rook remarked t'.at the public would be very giad to hear about it" Mr. Trkw, continuing, said 24;n, pipes were used until tho conduit arrived at the Llan River, but for crossing the river 18in. pipes were used. It wa.s said that greater pressure could be put upon these pipes, owing to the inclination at which they were laid, but he did not think as much could be passed through an 18in. pipe as through a 24in. The Mayor: Yes, you can, if the incline is sufficiently sharp, but in this case it is not. Mr. TREW went on to say that no one at present employed by the corporation had anything to do with the carrying out of this conduit. Mr. Rawlinson prepared the plans and employed u gentleman named Unsworth to carry them out. Alderman Yeo asked if the pipes from Morriston to Swansea. would support the increased pressure which would result from a new iron conduit. Mr. WnuLL: Yes. If they are properly designed they will support, double the pressure. Mr. Trew then called attention to a model of the Lliw Embankment, and to three samples of clay- one from the Blaenantddu Reservoir, one from the original part of the Lliw Reservoir, and one from the repaired part. Ho said the two latter clays appeared to be quite unfit for the use to which they had been put. The water in the reservoir, he continued, had been reduced to 20ft., and the dis- colouration had very considerably lessened, but had not vet entirely disappeared. The council wanted th advice of Mr. Hawksley as to what they should do with this embankment. Mr. Cousins, the consulting engineer, who knew a great deal about, the original embankment, said it was very doubtful whether they could do any- thing to patch it. At a meeting on the previous day the committee recommended the council to instruct Mr. Cousins to report upon the scheme of the borough surveyor. Perhaps it would be desirable to have a special inquiry into the matter of the embankment, and to find out who was at fault. Mr. Rees seconded the motion, after adding to it the provision that Mr. Cousins should present his report within fourteen days. There appeared to him to have been a want of assiduity on the part of the corporation officials in not discovering long before this that there was such an important leak. The council ought to have saved something like .£1,000 a year which they had been paying to the millers. The loss of pressure in the lower part of the town was also a serious thing. The statement in the papers on the oteviuus I day must have opened the eyes of the people. Ha ventured to predict that to put the waterworks in an efficient state wuuld cost more than any of I them now thought. They spent £ 14,000 in repair ing the embankment years ago, but that had all been washed away. Mr. Trew We have no proof that this leak is in the repaired part. Mr. Glasbrook It must be. Mr, Rees, continuing, said that if thp council had to spend money at this rate the end must be bankruptcy. He hoped Mr. Hawksley would come down as soon as possible and report upon the sub- ject, otherwise the town would have no water next summer. The Mayor congratulated Mr. Trew upon thf very lucid way in which he had placed the position of affairs before the council. Mr. TREW added that he wished the press state that the committee had decided to issuf notices cautioning the public against allowing tb< water supplied through the main to be wasted, and that proceedings would be taken against all persons who offend in tlw: way. Alderman YFO said that before the blame for this state of things was attributed to any of the officials some discrimination should be exercised. It did strike one as extraordinary that such a plan for a conduit should have been adopted. Some leakage from earthenware pipes was to be eXe pected, but he was surprised that the leakage was so great. The borough surveyor's report com, mended itself to him as a very valuable one, and assuming it would hear further examination it did him very great credit. He thought the council ought to adopt it, if it was confirmed by the gentle- men they were going to consult. It did imply' something like a reflection upon Mr. Cousins that he was not able to submit as an alternative plan to the erection of pumping engines this plan of shortening the route. Mr. Glasbrook You will believe me now. (Laughter.) Alderman Yeo: I support the scheme subject to confirmation. Mr. Glvsrrook Oh, I will coniirm it—every word. (Renewed laughter.) Alderman Ford said these facts about the 18-inch pipes and the leakage between the LIiw and Mor- riston were never made to t he Water and Sewers Committee until now. he hoped the matter would be inqllirpr1 into, and if tJere wag blame attached to anyone it should come cut. Alderman Davids said it ought to be known that the leakage yvas not in the l'onnoc1j<JtI between the 18in. and 24in. pipes. According to Mr Rawlin- son's proposition the fall in the. 18in. pipes would be sufticient to enable them to carry the volume of wa' er passed through the 24in pipes. He did nor think it should go to the public that, the leakage war owing to the joining of these pipes of different diameters. As a matter of fact, they were joined in a man-hole. Mr, Glasbrook wa.q the only membel of the present council who had a. seat, when thir circuitous route was decided upon, and he ousht to take a share of the blame, and explain whv it, was decided upon. (Laughter. ) Mr, GLASflROOK said he would not say anthinfl against Mr. Cousins in this matter because b; doom was settled. The earthenware pipes yvould not bear any pressure, as they-yvere not joinred. and if there was a little leak in one of the points the water ran out into the ground, which was very porous. He found the clay for the PSaenantddu Reservoir, and he told them before where to get it for the Lliw, but they took the other because i' was nearer and cheaper. He hoped :10 stone wal would be for the reservoir next time. Mr Cousins ought to have known about the leakagt and about the small pipes. Alderman YEO asked the borough surveyor what additional pressure he yvould get by the shortet route. Mr, Wyrill: If you J1I\ve a service reservoir at Morriston it will be 360 feet, or 10 feet more than the height of the proposed pumping station. If you shut off the reservoir you can get 409 feet. Mr. Trew said it was a fact that when there was a full head of water entering the conduit there was a great overflow in the manhole where the 24-inch pipe ended and the 18-inch began. The committee's recommendations were then adopted. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTS. Alderman Ford proposed that £500 should be added to the mayor's salary for the present year. He said his object was to provide for the deficiency in the accounts of the local committee of the British Association. The invitation to the asso- ciation was sent by the corporation, and although at that time it was considered that the £500 which was then voted would be ample to cover the ex- penses the corporation were in honour liable for the rest. Alderman Yeo seconded the motion. He believed that if the council did not pay off this debt it would be used as a side argument against the town in connection with the college. Mr. Glasbrook said he did not object to this, although it was not quite right. The council ought to have taken the whole matter into their own hands. He thought those to whom the ar- rangements were entrusted ought to smart rOt their extravagance. Mr. Daniel Jones said he would move a* an amendment that the £500 be not paid. Thf corporation was asked to invite the association here only after it was found that they would not come unless they were invited by a pubhc body, and it was distinctly understood that the corpora- tion were not to be liable for anything more than the £500 which they voted at the time. Those gentlemen who had wasted the money ought to bo made to find this deficit. Mr. W. J. Rees seconded the amendment. Mr. Chapman said that if the motion was passed there would be an indignation meeting in the town. Mr. Trew said if the credit of the town were not at stake he would not vote for paying thi. money. The Rritish Association visit cost Si; John Jones Jenkins £500. and Alderman Ford an. Alderman Yeo £200 each. This deficit would be used as an argument against the town when the College arbitration came on unless it were paid now The MAYOR remarked that the council could no" ask other people to pay for entertaining theii guests. He admitted that the expenditure of the local committee was lavish, but he hoped Mr. Jones would withdraw the amendment. Mr. Jones did not press the amendment to a division, but contented himself with voting against the proposition, which was carried. THE PARKS. The MAYOR proposed the adoption of the minute, of the Open Spaces Committee, estimating thei expenditure for the current year at £715, Thej reported that the management of the parks had been entrusted to the estate superintendent, who had been instructed to report as to the cost of pro- viding a small pavilion at Brynmill Park, and they recommended the council to invite tenders from parties prepared to supply pleasure boats on the reservoir in that park. The report. was adopted. THE KEW FREF. LIBRARY. The MAYOR also proposed the adoption of tho report of the pecial Committee, which recom mended that the corporation should borrow £ 15,00( to build a puhJic library, museum, art gallery, anf school of art in Alexandra-road, and tillit the pre mises should be let to the Public Librarv Com- mittee at a rental of £250 per annum. His wor ship added to the committee's recommendatioi that competitive designs for the new buildinf should be advertised for and a premium of 3t guineas awarded to the best. The motion was agreed to without discussion. THE FINE ART EXHIBITION. The Town-Clerk read a letter from Mr. John Coke Fowler, stating that over 2.000 persons hac visited the exhibition of pictures at Fennard House since its opening. Tho Lord-Lieutenant had promised to lend some pictures from Margam, and Mr. J. T. D. Llewelyn had also promised to lend some. He (Mr. Fowler) had applied for a loan from the Science and Art Department from South Kensington, and had received* reply, stating that. if the corporation or School (it Art would make the request and become responsible fot the safe custody of the works it would ba duly considered. He would suggest that the cor- poration should do (his.—Mr. Chapman proposed that the town-clerk shouid apply for a loan or behalf of the council.—Tho motion was sccondeè and carried.

GLAMORGAN AND MONMOUTH DIOCESAX EDUCATION BOARDS. The annual meeting of these boards was held on Wednesday morning, in the Savings Bank Cham- bers. Newport. The Very Rev. the Dean of Llandaff presided, and there were present the Rev. Canon Hawkins, Newport; the Rev. Canon Edwards, Caerleon the Rev. Canon Jones, Llantrisant; the Rev, W, C. Bruce, vicar of t" Wooltos Rev. J. T. Hardin", hon. sec.; Rev. Chancellor Woods; Rev. Mr. Allen, Rev. F. Bedweil, Rev. T. L. Lister, Rev F. H. Archer. Rev. E. T. Williams, Caldicot; Rev. A.J. Holm Russell, diocesan inspector; Mr.F. ,1. Mitchell, Mr. E. J. Phillips, &c. Mr. Harding read the secretaries' report, which began with a tribute of respect, to the late Bishop, and acknowledging the wise counsels which he cave to the conductors of these boards. These boards had been formed many years, and had done good work on behalf of religious education. It was believed that since the Elementary Education Act was adopted the cauM ei religious education had been generally stimu lated throughout, the cfiocese. In the Archdeaconry of Llandaff in 1882, out of 12.945 children lr Church of England scltools only 33 were wholly withdrawn from religious instraction and 31 partially. In the Monmouth Archdeaconry, out ot 10.581 children, only eight, were wholly and .12f partially- withdrawn from religious lnsuuctioa Of the latter number 80 were in one school, xir Russell presented Ids report, which was the firsl since he was appointed. He gave a very encouraging account of the condition of tht schools under his inspection. In Monmouth shire the percentage of passes had risen three being now 691. and in (ilamorsranshi: they wert Two schools under a Schoo Board had applied to be inspected by him. simple basis of inspection is the Apostles' Creed. Lord's Prayer, and Ten Commandments. A con "ersation was commenced by Canon Jones on tht quest ion of advancement in religious instruction From his own experience he thought it was not .m thorough, as they were tied to time since the Mu cation Act came into operation. geueral opinion, however, was that, on the w.K>tc, TJie Church schools were never in a better onditivn than at present. Both ipportsweieouleitx.l t, bo printed and circulated.—After a y^to of ;.ur,s to the chairman the business terminated.

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