Weekly Mail

BISHOP HEDLEY IN ROME. Bishop Hediey has nn-ived sifely in Rome, l1r.d h ts had an interview with the Pope. The Bishop suffered a tittta from the p&asaga in the CItannet, but is now quite recovered.

A WELSH CENTENARIAN. There has just died in Cardigan John Davie! a retired farmer, aged 100 vears. Card'gan maio- tains its teputation fur longevity, for recently, within seven days, four porsora died whose united ages were 326 years.

THE UNDER SHERIFF FOR GLAMORGANSHIRE Mr. Martin Sc4ite, of Xcath. has been re- appointed Under-SheritI' tor a position which has been ('¡:n ferred upon him fl_'I' several years past in succession.

THE TIN-PLATE FAILURE IN DEAN FOREST. At It meeting of the creditors of Mr. Richard Thomas, of Lydbrook and Lydney-on-evero, Gtoucesterahire, tin-piate manufacturer, on Mon" Cay, it was resoivcd to liquidate by arrangement. The I.abiiitipg were stated to be ever JL58,000. and the assets i6.0('0.

THE BRECONSHIRE OUTRAGE, A correspondent informs us that Mr. John Hl't'is-the elde" of the two brnthe\'s charged with wounding Jenkin Morga:), the Hr°con;hire fai'mcr —has been confined to i<is room for some time past. He is under the care of Dr. D,tvies, of t.ymmer. and it is lea.rtid ttiat gr.tve meuta.t mis- chief has set in.

ALLEGED OUTRAGE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. At Seaham, on Monday, Sergeant Wetherelt 'apprehended a man named M'chaetMiggins on ft chnrge of having committed an ass tult upon a woman named Dntper in a railway be- tween Kyhope and Murtion Junction on th< Xc.rth- E<ister;) Raiiw-tv, on Saturday, the lOtit inst.

MR. BIGGAR'S BREACH OF PRpmSE. I Mr. Big,ir h-tA resolved not to c'\rrv to the House of Lord.: the ap!)Htl in the case of Hyinnd f. Biggar. If it were 8uch would, «ot stay execution of the order of the court f"r paytnent of dunMgcs and costs. The hHer a,'e now being t;txed. When this process is compJr..t. payment will, it is sairl, f,)rll-. itit be n.t.útJ.

BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. Mr. Justice Stephan and a common jury, sitting 'tthe <jrui!d-t)a!ton Saturday, t'ad before them tiie csse of Jemima E))iot f. Herbert Norman—an action brought by a dr<:ssmttk" of C'.imberwe!), to rc<cv(:r d"tn.'ges frotn ft builder or carpenter, of East Dulwicf. t'o'' brevet) of promise of rr.-rii nt)er seduction. The jury guve a voidict for the plaintin—d:un!'ges £2ÜO.

AN ATTACK_BY A SHARK. The 8Ndney jlfol'11.i1!y HeraLd sa.ys that a dreadful di!tcoverv wos !<).tde on the 21&t of January tn the Witters of n'c.u Cove i!.i,y. A man on ;t hahin;j ex- cursion in the vionity of the new bridge at the f <ot of \Ve."tern-st.teet. H.dmain, saw some ctothcs on the bank of iron Covo Bay, near the bt'tdgt). A search was ir'<ti'(ded, and the body of a man was i found Heating in mtfh'r sh:i.!)ow water. The greater pci tioii of the stowach had beo torn awity. From itU ap?enranct; the man httd been attacked by tt stiark.

LEGISLATIVE PROSPECTS. 1 The "PreM<Aasociation"understn,nda that im- mediately after the Easter rc<'es9 the Government wi)t forward their Bitt for reforming the Municipality of London, and that this measure. and t!i<.t wiiieh %Vith agncuiturat tenanta'' cotnpen&ttion, M<m probab!y occupy the gritzktor part of the attention of the HotMe of Co'nmona be-: twon Ea.)h.-r and Whitsuntide.' 'tr¡e Corrunt Ptactiees HitI and th¡f ApHrtnation BiH wi'i ba detayed untii a later penod of the "giion.

ALLEGED INDECKNT ASSAUJ.T AT TREFOREST. At the Ystrad Police Court on Monday a young mn named Wiuiano Varet WM brought up in <'U!<- ) tody nhttrgwl with httvin!: committed nn indecent ?-"?utt. at. a tato hour on Saturday ni?ht, on i',nti)y Frankten, who is between fourteen and tii'teon ypttr'! of age, and the daughter of MI'" hibhle, A"!)- gmvp,.teIT;¡Ce, Giyntaf. Tha case wax adjourned cntii Wednesday next. whM it wul be hean! at Pontypridd.

LOSS OF A CARDIFF-BOUND VESSEL. The steamer Gateborg nn-ived at Sund'-Hand on Ntsinday afternoon from Gotlir-tibut-a,, and )anfte') the crew of the Carl, of :\nd from Lan?enswyd, tor Cardiff, with timber. On the 17th inat.ths (jatehorg telt in wi!') the Ci.t in a wnteriogi,{cd condition and took on' her crew. C.pt. Jacobs n. of the Car), reports Imvin encountered terrinc weather, and was competed <n cut away the mast? of his vessel in order to keep hpr anoat..

MR. GliA, DMNE ON THE PROS-! PECTS OF LEGISLATION, Mr. G1l\d!tomt'writeR to the chah-man of the meorse LibeM.1 Af-x,)ciition that he is glad the CT'wemDoent, p4Ticy iot so ge-ierallv approved b. r)))e *)Ciai ion. Tie truqlq ttntthe Governttiorft may thM scsfion make good il! le,-iqlative work. There are serious f)Mtacle to business in the House of Commons, but his hope maudy de- penda on the succeas of !t good and &uincient system of devolution.

THE BORDESLEY RITUAL SCANDAL. Owing to the an-;tn.-ementi ma.de by the police, acting under the direction the magistrates, there was no repetition at Holy Trinity, Bordesicv on Sunday of tha disgraceful' scenes la'st Sunday. The doors were cto?d when the church was full, and it being gfnera))y underatood that bra.wiera would be :n'reated no disturbance wa attempted. A crowd of "evera) thousands gathered outride the church, and it was adviMble to c}ell,ra sid", st i-cet lIlorning and evening to &!tow the new vicar to leave without molestation. There wts a lit tie shouting, but nothing more.

AN INGENIOUS FRAUD ON A RAILWAY COMPANY. AtKea!even PoticeCourton Friday weet: aweiito-dn iothahitantl)f Linco!n was charged with attempting to defraud the Great Northern Railway Company. It was given in evidence tiitt i)a obtained a mt,l1l'r: ticket'tvaitabte for aeven days, from Lincoln \Vaddit)gton. a villige four mi'es from Lincoin. At the 8<nne time he took 11 aingie ticket to King's- c'tMs. and when making the return journey he took a aing)e ticket to Finsbury-park, but rode on to Lincfdn. where on arrival ho presented the return ha!f of his Waddington tickiet, thua riding about 100 mi)ea without paying the fare. The fraud was detected by a (irayitiistin ofnt'!a1, who t'wk the trouble on thia occasion to examine the passengeM' tickets before the train left thora for t.incoin. Defendant waa nned the futt penalty of 4W. together with 18s. costs.

SERIOUS ASSAULT AT PENARTH DOCK. A man n?med Bishop, emptoycd as a Di?ht j watchman on board the American ship John C. P.,tt.or, now tying in Pfnarth Dock, was brutaHv attacked by the cook of that ve?se! about five o'c)oek on Tuesday morning. On the 13th of this month the vessel arrived from Hamburg, at which p)ace a portion of tlae crew had been engaged to go the whote voyage. After herarrivat one of the crew deserted, and in consequence of t-iii,4 the watchman was digmi.sed and Bishop was engaged in his pface. L'lst Toesday morning he went into f'ne of the deck houses to ask the cook to allow him a cup of coffee, which he drank and was in the act of living when the cook struck him a henvy blow on the head. He fett down. sad the cook j'nuptid upon him and kicked him in a very savage manner, and then tntde off. B1"1hop is a.n eld4Di-ly ttMn and was at one tune a. eoMtgwu dsm a n.

A ROMAMIC CASE AT BRISTOL, At the Bristol Police Court on Tue«d!ty (before Me".ra. J. Godwin nnd W. A. I' PoweH) Jennie DoughM WM charged, on retnand, with bein.- found witndal-ing about without having visibte means of subsistence. It will be remembered thut last week the defendant made various statements as to i'er identhy. She represented herseif as belonging to the family of Sir Percy Douglas, but repiifs to te)egrnms by the pohce proved that this was a fabrication. She aiso :!tid site h.id been a servant to I,ady Bath, at, Longleit, and this ateo had been found to be untrue. During the fortnight she hid been in Bristol she had hired cabs, and had driven about from pll1.l'6 to place. She owed from j65 to .€7 to one cabman atone. She had stopped at hoteb and &rst.c!aa9 Jodcing-housea, tnd had obtained .61 from a bank manager. She afterwards represented herself M tt native of Exeter. The magistrates were now informed that mince the taat adj 'urnment a telegram had been re- ceived from Truro concerning her. She had seen ce Mrs. Moore, the agent of the nischarged Prisoners' Aid Society, and had expressed her wiHingneM to go to the Amolivalb Convent. Sha now repetted i ) *?i9 wiHi"?c?p to the Bench. a.nd on th?.t under- }':)nd)ngpi?w<ub''r?ed. Aithoughnot'sta.ted in c')l1'L, WB h,n-f! re;1Roa [j \y>Jieve that last we?!! the r.:n''<' UC"f"'fh:d in !c:)rntng' t!i' xi,kjnt. Theynnd that unü" ani.thpr namB, L,.Iik:vefl to he her r&d nume, she h?? b.?.?n tr:tVr-n? w?h ? wcH-kncwn thentri('!t) -IV on tour, and hfts recant'y taken part in pL \-<j' or;' Uw stag.) in various ¡nrt3 of Cornw!)U. :1 qpp.q'¡ at. Plyrnoullth, nath, lter I i, id it n>\me WI1S DOll?i:1, !EIL t,hat "he was I1Hu'ried, and -;is noA, ciilje,l atisA-E-, to tiie tr<)Les' (;!I'k, ,L.- <aid she Nf-.n a Roman C!'tho!ic, but ahf had consctontic.ts objecnona to t!'3 reunion. i:"he left. the court in charga of {rtl. Moo;'f.

WRECK OF A LLANELLY BOUND BMG. During a south-easterly g:d'1 on T\1I'íhy morn- ing the brig H1e!'or, of Turtsberg, Captain H'tH1e, from Fredericks'on to Ij!'ne!!y with batten, was cit-iven a;.J¡()re near !\1('ntl'(¡(', The seven in number, wererescufd by the lifeboat.ttgre.tt peri). A tremendous lia.9 be<;n runninn an a!ong the coast. but the storm is nown

A CLERGYMAN IND!FFfCULTIKS. A mr.eting f>f thf creditws of the RRV. P. f!. Sandilan.d, i.ncnmhent of Cl.lIldleigh Knight,on, Wil.S I)I"J'I on ,Üurdnv. wh:->n Jr, W¡IS shown that there wc-re dcbtR tf) 'the iimount of jE3.300, wh;le the :-t<;i"et8 onty cdn.isted of .€5. and such sum as may he raised his incumb Dcy. the -,et income of which .6230 per annuon. H!-= furnitm-e htd been takpn undHt' ft bit! of .11;1!e given a month pre- vious to the petition, and hison]y ot he)'estate con- sittcd of ponces of insurance he)d by p.T.rt.!y-secur';d crpditor3. The debtor's wife bus an incoiDe of jE400')year,butMi'.&tn''ikmdsh.L3a'onti'o! overit.

THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN AUSTRAI.IA. A(hronirle te!f)gr!tm ft0]n Meibourno, d:tt-3d MfU'ch 12.sttttes:—The return m'ttch between the Ho):. Ivo BUgh 9 tefnt) and Ytftorn conctudcd <o-f!ny, when the EngUsh e)')ft!eter9 sust:nned .<. severe dcf''f)r. tn the iir'-t, innings the Hit-ii,.Iimen w<<rc aU got out for 55, but the Au'<trn)i:u)s were not disposed of nntit thpyh?dcotnpiL'd 28?. I" thesf'cond innrngs the Mon. tvo Wigh's ));en did b.;tt'jr. but they only I¡e(,t)ùdcd in 156. TllU. the Atiiti-Rli;tr!s w,jn by an innings ttnd 73 run.

A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE. Advicts received at Plymouth on Tuesday from BnMhane stute that. a. report ha.<i been received ,th('ro frotn Woody If!tnd, Hervey's Rity, to (he crfect. titut the Alfred Victory h.td in'rtvod there nnd reported havins; picked up !t b<Mt containing n. man named GeÎ!a\'s. Thiatuftnsft.yahuieftS.tni FrAnci,e,,) on the 12th of August for Austnlin, and ihndbcenI62d:v":outwhenpic!Gdup. The boat, which wxaonh- ISft. in iengrh, was twice cans¡zf:>,l, Y-. was nc:)riv served, the provision- Xc., wash;d !.wa.y.

THE ASHBURNHAM MS. At their spechl genera! meeting on S,,tttirdriv the trustees of the British Museum unimimou.-Iv reserved to rccuxtmend to (ha C,vei-niieiit tii-e purchase of the Ashburnh.'tm MSS. The P'rench agent have setectcd trom 160 to 170 of the LU'ri and H,rrcis -NISS., which thHy are to aRk: then- Govc-ruutMtt 'o purcha-'e for .324.000. The? :u'eci.ieuy ancient NISS. ,rid .ientinccort-espon dence fmd :tUtogt'!)ph.'<. which they cau ;;how wert' \rollaful\ ta!,en from thdr ¡¡brad(' T; lnk of HM Libri and Bal'rois "'ec!,ion, of gl'¡t. value for theit- DanIell, Rotu.tncMS, &c.. will airng with theStoweMS.S.n.n. the Appendix.

CABINET COUNCIL. —— A Cabinet Coun'.H w,).a hetd at. two o'clock on Saturday afternoon Mt Ajr. otiRcia) rtMidencc, Tho foi'owing Minis- t<'rn were present:—M". Lord Sf)b'))'"e. Lord Derby, Lord Konbcricy, 1)I'd Northb'ook.i Lord Lo¡-d ümnville, Lord lIllr- tingtoll. 5'1' Ch.,rIU3 Dilkp, SirWiHiam H.ttcourt, -r Mr, Dods"r:, and Mr. Cht\rnbed,¡jll. Owing tothe of the !\tinitf,ri,'¡ residence to the scene of the I.tte expl(-k-ii-)n thore was n !)U'ge crowd ,aU.raetf'd to Downing-st.reet. amI a strong force of poiico wa." co'kctcd tu maintain order. NodetHon- at.t'aU)ntookp)acc.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE "OBSERVER." "OBSERVER." The dR)ir)urrer in the action of Chamberlain '11, Royd for )it''o),inwhicb the defendant demurred to the dnumges chimed by thep):nntirf,w.)S fnrther I'trt{ued in the Court of 011 M..nd¡\y. tn deliverin, jndgmeut., LOI'd CO!l'idge Mid the p)f<int!ff had fm)'d to t)st,;tblitli such (lairiige as Justice H.'et!.?'a3 of opinion th.it. evouifa)! the j rhc p'intitY. Justk'3 Bowon coucur'-ed. Tua de- murrer w.!i<, consequently, ill.wod. This stops the tction.

TRL\L BY JURY JN WEST AEXICA. Dispatches from Sierra Leone, received on Tues- day per stMmstup Congo, ht.e t Iw.t Governor Have- tock ))aa received from Lord D<'rby :(. reply to t!)e recent uipmorift! from t))o tmtivesof the Gambia. protesting :)g.(instttte:tho'i<'on of tr:!<! by juryin cet'tain criminai c:tse8. Lord nerb; !OtIIl'8 thut h' !ittt!t''hes no weight, to the charges of P'\r( iaW y pieferrpd -,tgtiti-t the jti,ige,anil m.tgiatr:t(etit) the \Vest Afr:c;m Settiemcnt. 'i hey are unsupported by any in"t-anc("s of <t!)eg"d mbcRniage of juatice. He sp("! no reason to reverse the decision of his predecessor, that :tn atterttion in the mode of tri:t) Of the ptn-ticubn' off"nc" iu qu)j"tion is desirable.

ACODENT TO THE QURRN. The /JÜrndfl1'd says:—We Mgret to Ipfu'n from our Wiudsnr correspondent that tbe Queen met with a stight. :tc''ident on nftcrnoon. Her M,tje.-ly, it is snid,s!ipped upon some stairs at the Pa!a<'e. Tiii,) conriletemips wa8tile CVuqo of the sudden poi'tponpincnt of th concert which was lo hl1e been given in St. on Monùav afternoon by tho choir of St. Ann's, Soho, und for which the b:mquoting-rooin had been duly prc- Pat-e,i. The -oze?-f Cii"culm' givea the fo!!o<ving account of ht'r .M;tj<Ity' accident :-The Quoeu h;ts for the 1&-t two dnv9 be<*n <*onnned to her apatmenl9 fromti spritin caused by s)ipping on the stairs. I iba injury is of a ,Ii,,Iit nature, !tnd in uH other reapects her Ma.jesty' hM!th is good.

THE RULES OF PROCEDURE. The Pres9 Aaaocittion" states that a?thou.?)! the Government :tre relucbtnt to open the subject of the Kuioa of Procedure it is not improbable that so)nept'(.vision m.).yba proposed to prevent the persistent and itkdil-criiiiiri,,Lto blocking of Hill3 by itsingtemember. Severa.! members cotiteiiiplate- introducinc'or supporting emotion editing fttten- Hon to the fact that Mr. \Varton, M.P. for UridpOi-t, !):t6 btocked BO fewer than 29 of the me:taurea now on tho order hook of the House of Commons, jw)u<'htt'evreg.irda8«.pub!iesc?nda[,nndns 1to,i(ling to briiirer Pàrlhment..ry procfduro into !')d!cu!e. Th<j GnveriUHf-nt Police Hill and the HiH pr.:moted by the .oci.tt Science A""(ll?i\tion for the lJotification of inkctj0us div,-asei hnvu both been blocked.

PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS. oontinue to be attAChed the n.t.i. decIitraMon ag:\inst tbe propose of tbe Government to nbol1sh the Parliamentary oath. A great m!tny coTne frotn the Dissenting bodies, nnd notttblv th): Prettbyterians,Wes)eyans.Knd B.tptiata. Mr. S. bfta pllt.ced on the puper his motion for !e!tve to bring' in n Hi)! gtving the rate- payers in ScotL'nd power to prevent the sate of intoxicating nquors. The Hiu will contain a chiuse autlini-igitig compensation to be given in localities where its provisiona ,tre carried out for sums expended on the Dunmng nr :tnprove)))emor punhc-housM during the previous five years, but no compensation is to be sanctioned for the lo&e of business. -r--

THE TLTERARY ELECTION. The nomination for County TippeKU-y, to fill the vacancy caused by the re-;i --nation nf Mr. DHton, took ptaoe at Clonmei on Tuesday, when Molars. Ti)om.ts M.tyne (Nationalist), R. big%ell (Libern!), unct Stephen Moore (Conam-votive) were put for- wwd. Before the eXl,imtion of the statutory time —one ttour—for deelarinU' the condidatea, Mr. Mayne bdged an objection to the nominAtion p:tpcra of Meaara. nitgwoii and Mooreon the ground thn.t some l\S!ilenting electors had signed each of these gentlemen's nomination papers, whitst the Act provided that no lector cou!d assent for more tilltnotleearldi(tate. M' Moore contended tha.t Mr. M'tync'dnotnination paper -Vasequilly,defLctive. The Sheriff, ttfK'r heat iog the a! gu'nents, rutt'd that Mr. Mayne's objection wM fkt"], and he should. therefore, declare Mr. M:tyne duty elecleil. A vote ofthanttawnapatisedto the sherin', and the pro- ceedinga conc'uded without excitement. The general opinion is Uon the opposition to Mr. Mayne w.ts not SMiouxty intended, but ouiy meant to test the &<h«t fuhs of his candidature.

£"2,000 FRAUDS ON A BUILDING SOCIETY. Samue! Jt m es Ainge, 60. of Edgbaston. Birming- ham, fonneriy a SllLffo¡'døhlre ironmaster, but recently carryfng on budneea aa an engineer and steam pump manufitcturer, of 8<nethwick, he.ide8 ho!dingtheomce of 3ecreL&ry to the Smethwick and UtsLrict UuUdmg Society, wall, at the West Uromwich Ponce-court on Snturdny, charged with embezzling upwards of dE2.000 Wtoneng to the eociety. Counsel for the prosecution said the charges agaioat the prMoner were numerous, and increased M ttM iDVe&"ption weot Ott. Fttttdt exceeding the amount mentioned hn<' ) already been discovered, and at tha St:tt { ford Arizes the prisoner would bo n!t ford Arizes the prisoner would bo n!t jnd'cted on serious cas¡s of forgery. Prisoner had even abstracted from the society's safety c))est, and mortgaged the property to which they retated. Evidence having been given in three cn"I of emhezzioment exceeding in amount. .E2.000, prisoner wascoinmitted to Stafford A'-pixca. It. was only through the ))<nh character that the accused hid hitherto borne, and the supposition thR.t, peellnÏnl'ily, he W8 a substantial man. that i:he society did not request him to giva security on his ar'pointlHent to t 1, ;nce r,f secretary. An ,trv. affecting scene took p!ace between prisoner and itia relatives before his removal to ?taHord.. j

LOCAL CATTLE ORDERS. The Loipdon Ga:ette. on Tuesday night contAins the foiiowing:—The Contagious Diseases i'Arii- !ma)s) Act. 187S.—The Lords of the C.'unc'U under, and in pursuance of. the Markets and Fairs Temporary Order of 1883 have granted the fo!!owir)gt)c';nces for ho]di)ig fairs for the sa!dj nnim:g H'LverfOl'dwe!'it, on titc 20th nnd 21st inst.; at Xarberth. Pembroke- shire, on the 21st and 22<'dinst. and at Fishguard, rembrokeat'ire.on the 2?!)) and 23th inst."

LLANDOVERY SCHOOL. Mr. Ernest M. Poyer, at present a pupit in this .(I was on eleded to an open schotarship at Oare CoHege, Cambridge. This makes [.he fourth open schoiarship in addition to two open exhibitions and the Powis Exhibition g.tined by pupil" of thi'; school during the last twc!v<) months.

A NEW OR!)EK AT THE POXTY- riUDD COUNTY COURT, ADVOCATES TO APPEAR IN ROBES. AtPontypridd County Court on Mondfty, his Honour Judge B, T. WiHi.una, Q C., retnn.rked that at other places advocates appeared before him in robes. It was a. custom of which he upproved.nnd he intimated that in future he would t xpeci: t)"it advoeatl:s apPE:nring before him ut this court wúuld adopt it. Mr. D. Haid thpy wr,:)'d b° very we!] pJrased to l'itil 'it lii.,i views. Tile o,¡}\' diffi- cu)ty was that 1'ontyijridd Court WHS somewhat peculiarly ait drtt,ed,:tnd that there w;).s no rohing i room inthebui)di)i:.r. If gentlemen of ti'3!c?:d. prof( asion r"<:d outside imd waiked <o the court with ttttiir robes on at certain itours of i,lie day theprob!)bi)!ry was that they would h.tvc a crowd I of sehool following Air. Jumes Spickett s:ud the re;;istmr would make m-rangbmenta for meetmg thatdiHicutty. Mr. Watter Mvr¡J>Lr> also assented to the judge's suggestion. I

PljrnROKESHIRg DAFTIST II ASSOCIATION QU AlrrEltl y ME'rINGS. These meetmgs were he)d in the noptist Uhn.pe!i< at St. Dogmen'.snnd Gerasim, near Cardigan, on fhlll's1l!y and Prid'L}' weük, Tile Rev, W. WilliH.'IIS and others preached. Theconfe'encf was on Friday K'orning, and presided over by Mr. ltenjitiviiii Hen; of Oarna.nt. Among other resolutions passed were tli(,- foll(,winA, 1. 'I'hat. tllÎ conf.rence, represent.mg the Paptists uf "en'bt'jkMhire, rfjoicea in the immf H&te prospoot. uf ap..i!la U¡¡i,¿.s!ty iloileve ostahlishedf..r South W.t))- Mn<1, now th"t the arbitrawrs h.tve 'Pitdf their titcisiun known, t1lls co '¡'¡;l'enl:l' )¡,'nes th,\t l\1I &mlh \ales will ut)i)e in gec;tiryig tae 1)rc)si,ei-ity ot the C.'tiege a.t; Citr- :!it'J'. 2. Th;Ü the Chui-ehps be urw'd to do ft!) in their power to ¡lsht in relJJ"vi'" the tit' of £80.) on H,1\'èl,fOl'd\\fj.,t 3 That the Kev. W. Harh?. S?t)))<Jfr<f<)"t, heapti?mt?t pr.cher ror the, next ineetiiig, t h(S\lhjeet to be "The Present Duty of the Churches in R(:btMn to thf Reli wpstC:'ii<'g' be !t:)pointpdtort!r.r<'s''t)t.tnf :lôso!:iati()1t in (lie I't'xt of the Trieuni!\1 Ooufdl'enl'e oi the "——

WELSH NOTES FItO[ THE :MICl'ltOPOLIS. On Tuesday ;iigiit. )tt t)'o Institution of Civit Enginee:'s, Mr. W. Smith tpad a {",pel' upon the "Summit Level Tunnei on the and Festiniog K<)Hw!ty." To-night (Wednesday), itt the Gcologica! Society's meeting, two papera of intereat. wi)) be submitted. One is by Mr. Ut-ikie, upon the "Supposed Fre-Cambrian Uocksnf St. the other is emitted "Additiona! N.'tpa on t;ou!ders of Ho'"ib]ende Pierite, noaj- the Western Coast of Aiiieeti:i,- of the Cymmrodorion Society ?wi!isho:'Hy be h<d. at w)uch the names or t?vo weX-know'n M'e?h fit?rary men wiil be proposed n? reci ph-nts of the society's med.d. Mr. I:en Daviea, of SwansM). who I\Ccomprmil'd the Cart Kosa. Company on its provincial tour, wd! take aor.e prominent, p&rts during the season which wit) shortty be opened n.t Drury Lane, )tr. Davies is ?nnou?'eed to appear in K-<meratdft," ? j new opera by Mr.GongTi.o!na.«. with which Mr.? Cart Rostt intenda to twgin his London season. j To the new vobjms of tho" E!)c\1'p¡{'r1ia t!)'itanr'i''a. "rofefsor Kudier contriL'ut.&s.m .trtic'c Iuion jMarbte."

PANIC ÎN A O'1J.HL'CJr A PEL. I On Sunday evenh'? 't rather spn?tionat incident cccurred in Xion f'hapf), Longcroas-s'reet, C.ud)tf. which was recently purchased by )h(t Messrs. Cory.. and if now used for mission )rv pm'uoses under the pustorate of the Rev. J. Wh!te. Soon tt,tee the commencement of the service, when the b¡,(1y of the ('IHlpel was fi!led with It mixed congl"'gll.tion, nn ex p'oFi"n too!< ptace.with -t report hke that ot'a gnn, 'on\!pnoughtobeheardina)ithend]'ic.:ntstrt;et'< Oyt'nm?t?outra?RS are now so common that ex potions of any kin c-iusc some ai.t.rm and thi" unexpected occurrence, fottowed us it, was hy a c)oud of smoke, threw the congregation into a perfectpanic. Som<; of the women ra.ise(! cries of o. 1f1r,e number of persons imme- ditttc!y rose from their -qeptg and ran to the doors. Others, in t,heir fright" stooped, and hid themselves behind the frame work in their pewx; but they we.'e not kept tonsr in suspense, for &!moat before the sound of the explosion had died nwttv the stentorian voice of M). Richard Cory w?.s lien.-d cr\ ing out to them not to be ftlarmod,M there w:s no danger. His repeated assurances, enforced with a!) the emphasis of which ho waa eapaMe, had the desired effocr. and in :t vety short time order was restored. It appears that a light had been appiied to a stove in which gas h;'d accumu tatod.and th?t the ?as ex picded. but without, doi:? itny injury either to life or property.

SHIPWRIGHTS ON STRIKE AT NE\VPORT. On Monday mr)rningill the men employed by Messr". Mordey and Carney. of Newport, struck work for an advance of wages. ho men, it is said. number itbout 150. For some time past an undo. current has been at work amongst the "hipwrights j at Newport and it was complained that they we'-e receiving o'dy 6s. a day. whitst t))e men at Cardiff WPI't'! Pflid 6, 6d, Themen waited on their em- 6 ployer. ind represented their grievance This was met by a prompt refusal on the part, of the masterstomeettheirviews. Theconsequenoeis that the works of Messrs. Mordey and Carney, who ttre by far the largest employers of labour at New- porr, are now at a at?nd. This is ? very depiorahie fact, because they t)ave a great dea) of work on hand. both in repairing and building. We are informed that Messrs Mordey and Carney have j fe)t that they couid not yie)d to this. as they be- !ieve, unreasonabie demand on the part of men who have been earning ftom 45: to 50s. per week during t.hs past three months. Notice was pos?d on the works that the men were to remove their toois forthwith, and other workmen were incited -Y )s foi totakethepiaccsofthr.seonstnke. TheretMems: to be very little sympathy for the men wi)o huve thus wnntonty thrown away remunerative tabour. ?h'ny in )esa favoured positiona woutd be gM to ta?te their ptaces and e<trn the money thus rejected. Lot ut hope the m?n wiH eoon see their fo))y and return to their work. I

FORTHCOMING REVIEW AF CAERPHILIJY CASTLE. The arrangements for the review to be held on Easter Monday at CaerphiuyCasHe are now don- nitply setHed. The 1st and 2nd Cardiff detach- mentx. Penart)), and rontypridd intend teavinf Cardiff, per Rhymney R'ntway, at nine a.m., and Landing in ctose proximity to Ciei-pliilly, where they will act as the defending party, and take p088e8..ion of the town and Custte. The attacking party wiit consist of the fott'nving b'tttaiiona, under the co'ntnand of Lioutenm't-Cotone) P. it- Crfas- wett—viz., Merthyr, I)ow)<ti!<, Mountain Aah, Abt:r- dare. Mlthyt. V.Je, Rhundda V;tiley.tind Hirwa.'n, which will also arriv; per Rhy<nney R;Lilway stad tund in the vicinity of rwUyp.tnt, within one mi)e and <t hn!f of the town. TtM) foHowing offieer:! h.tve conafnted to ofHciitte as umpires Lieutenant Cotonet Harnea, commander of the dis- trict; Major Stirhe, dep8t of the Wetah Regunent, and Major Dtttton, Gin'uorgan Mititia. It. is ex- pected th?t Hie votunteers wit! muster about 2.000 strong. The o?cera are negotiating for tite auppty of refreshtnents und beer. Shoutd the wither prove f.tvonta.Me a grand Md day is nntici pat-ed. The attach will be mtde about 10.30 ti..tn. The ofHcers h)tve received permisaion from severfttf-trmeM in the district to use their land. Specie tmina will be run doring the dny on the Rhytuney Railway betwean CaerphiHy and Cardiff tt. reduced faree.

A PEMBROKESHIRE LADY FINED FOR REFUSING TOLL. At the St. dear's (Carmarthenshire) Petty Sea. siona on Tuesday inli's. Crookc, of Hooit House, Ambtoton, Pembroheshire, a i'tdy well-known in ltunt-iiig ani sporting ci'ctes.was summoned by Wi)tia<n Jenkinp, keeper of the Pentre To!).g!tte, St. CIr's, for not paying toll on the 31st of January last, and a)so on the 2nd of February, when pacing through hia gate.—The comptainant Mid Mrs. Crooks parsed through the gnte on the way to the Ctn'marchen lt;tc(,s on January 31 in a wHgonette drawn by two cobs- She threw down a tidn't from Robeaton Wattion-gnte, but that did r" "mpt at his gate. He called after i)er for p. nt, but she refused to stop. On the 2nd of I' ny—two daya afterwards—she returned, <md ..gi1n did not pay toll, alaiougli Mked 'or it by the gate-keeper's wife. Jenkin' t vrote to Mrs. Crooke, on t))e 5th of February ) Jemnndins'payment and extra expenses, amount j ing to 2s. 3d., but did not get <t repty. There was no appearance now at the court in answer to the summons. The Cierk rea.d a tetter from Messrs. Davies, George, and Co., ooticitors, Haverfordwest, stating that Mrs. Crooke had no desire to avoid payment. She was to)d that when she took )t tket, :itthe next before the one kept bv com- piainant nn e;t,her side it exempted her from pay- ment H.t Pent:'e. The Bunch chitnteterised the case as :i bad one, inasmuch as Mrs. Crouke had, after! the ofr'ence, taken no notice of the asking payment. She was fined in re-! spect of bcth caseA .62 and costs.

CrfRAGE IN MONTGOMERY- SHIRE. An occurrenca very unusual for ne:u-Cetn'nes,a Montgomeryshire. A ta'm bavins been vacant for over two) ve months gut tntoft neglected condition, the fences being brjken down and aheap nnd c'.tiie be)onging to n¡;igh<KJuring farmers trespassed freely n the h)nd. A few days ago the a(nt of the estate. accompanied by severat assistants, sudden)y made his appearance on the farm, and found 140 sheep there. 'i'hey proccedpd to pound them. when a number of the neighbours appeared upon the !<c"r.e. and succf<;ded in rescuing the sheep frotu the agent's custody. Two nights afterwards the fnrm buiIdin(Y were dis- covered to h on fil'e. and wl7f'n the police and others nrrived they found that son.e of the doo)"'of the dwplling, flll 1hl' do<')t'it of the r'ut-t bui)dings, find scvera! netd a'ates had bee:! piied up in the stab!c, a.buve which was a. toFt of dry desds, and the whn]e on hre. Before theiiatnsscoutd be subdued !:h!'y had consumed the stable, J.¡,tnl, I and atsothe otltJl\ildin. The puhceare engaged iu investigating the matter.

A "JUDICIOUS" SEPARATION WANT!) AT TREDEGAR. ALL ON ACCOUNT OF THE LODGERS. At Tredegar Ponce on Tuesday (before tho Rev. W. Hushes and others.) t))e Cttse of burrows w. Burrows was heard. Thi& wa? a case in which the if sought to be protect'-d against tht! vio'ence of he)- husband. The husbund s.tid .she insisfud upon keeping lodgers agaiul>t iut; wish. BurruwA c'tn't live with tum. No, you would ratiter iive with the! bdgt-is; it'st!'em yo'tiikes. (Laughter.) Uentie-! !!)er). iook here. can I have t "judicious" sopara- !:u.n ? (Laughter.) Mr Ask Judge Hannen that question. Are you wi'i.g to be bound uver ? Defendant: Yes, it you wi!) onty te!I me how '.hat woman's tongue c.m be brid'od. Mr. Hughes: Wo cannot advuie you on that point. Defendant: Wi II you grant me penuis;;ion to send t he lo(lgerS You a'e master of your own house, and Imve power to-du that. Det'e"d;tnt: All r!ght; then they')! go sharp, The l!ench then bound him over, and ordered paymfnt of costs.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A LLANELLY BOOKSELLER. At the County Petty Sefaiona on S.tt nrday, Dt'vid Price-, a n.an of respectable appearance, described as a. bo,)k"¡¡¡e\ of L!'t)tp!!y, w'' charged on :i warrtint wit.)) obtaining t su'u of 16'<. bv fake pretences' from Eiix.'beth HOWi>H, of F:u-m,! net' Wiitiam Howell, of Lianohy. def;>ndeol,-Jt was thut on Wed- nesday. tho 14th inst.! tha prisoner ca!)ed itt !a) if- and, a. youth named DaviM witi) an'jtht'r fervant in a ne!d. a-.kod him if he wanted ;(, bur a Bible. Da.vi.'s s."idhedidnot. "Itwi)tbe Dandy to you rtfter you :n'o married." t<ajd the priAOIwr. Ths vouth wutt not by thia repre- sentation of thH. matt"'r, and then prisoner preyed him to wnto his name on :t bock he htd with ium. D.tvi:;s. however, refused to do this, and the ldr. He wen! to the farm and nsked Mrs. Howt.U.s tr'r a. sum of 16- out f)f Uavies's W¡lg('S iu ayrn¡!lIt. for ft book (a co!it- mentarv on the Now 't't'sta'nen!, in YVeIsh, by John Jones) which the- ttccusod said h.d been ordcfed of him, i.nd copy of winch ho !eft wi:h Mrs. HoweUs. Pr'soner was known itt thf t'itrm M a and the money was paid. For the defence prisoner's solidtor ttskett tiM iiench to beii<'ve H"f 1.!rtJ WitS a mistake, prisoner itaving thought t bargain was made, or, wh.it was )t:)'e ptcb:tb]e. that th'; tad had become with his purchase. The Ht'nch, however, dpcid.'d to commit t)'c pri-?ner for tn?L H:ul wa.-< ttiiowed in ['Aosui\.t:e«of?0ench.

THE STRANDING OF THE STEAMEU CREST. t:{L'; CRRTIFtCATE SUS- PENDHD. The of Trade inotory into tha of illf s!eaI1If'I'CrpM. of NeWl'a"t! which was cum. mLncedat theCr"Ht-ha)t, Swansea.. on Thursday, before Mr. J. C. F()wJrr, j4\de. and Captain:! Cur ting and Harltud. nmticd BiMessors, was con c)u?!ed en Sat u; day. The nrest, <t steamer of 1.088 b<)i)t in 1877, ieft. S'tntos on aftornonn of Def'embcr 15 ).st. bllund for ;'cw York, Hin, with a c:)'-gt) of 200 tnns of coftce a)-.d850tonh0fwat.crba)iast.a crew of 25 iiands aU toid, and two About eteven o'clock that nigitts))ea)!'u<'k<)n a. ledge of rocks on the western side of t>1I :3eba\,1an istand and bo''ar<ea totat wreck. no iives were lost. The court found that tho captain (!noch James, of Abtj'-vatwi'h) did nf't set 'n'd steer -t proper course after MneHa !s)a.nd nt Mven o'clock, and, that neglected ihe us.e of the !e.)d a)(o"ether. ThtJ Assessors woe of opinion that thp course woutd hfvo been ontsida nnd to the snr.d.w:n'd of the AJc;tl"e". givit)gr t!:f-m wide berth of tun 'l'he captain wo'dd then have had pienty oí sen room. and Cfand have at fu)!peed a)) ).i<?ht. Instead of that, to sa.ve a iit.He time, he the inside cout\.e, -.vhich WI\.8 pregnant with danger. 'md he could not, therefore, avoid the imputation of want of seamantike care. especiaUv us the vcsso! was tost in consequence of the course he took. The court very much regretted tf) huve to 'Ml with the ce: incite of it i{:mtJeman of good character, but they found tt necessary, in to suspend it fo months. was madeas to costs. \<)-. Edward Strick represented the Ro.ndof Tradt' and Mr. Wyndha'a Lawrence (Smith and fence) Kppeared for the capt:nn.

A DAP: 1ST MASTER IN TROUB!.E AT MAC1IEN. Tha vi!!age of DrAvthon Rhydygwern. between Machenand Rudrv.has just been st<u't)ed by at) event to which a s°rio"s acandai is Attached. It seems that on the l2'h inst. the Hev. D. Uoyd pastor of the \Ve]sh Haptist Chapel at Machen visited Dravthon. wlwre some of the members of his Hock I'e,¡idt'd l\T1d h c.t))edatthe house of onf Thotuas Rielrards, a wood cutter, who was aWR) at work at the time. A !.(id named Sarah Ann t'homas.a grand-daughte'' )fThos. Richard-, was ir, fhf house, she bein.O" her mandfather'a hnusekefpe)'. On entering tt)o huse Linyd nsked her to show hnn it picture in cue of the rooms that he )<ad seen there on o. previous occasion. This she dechned to d<\nnd then piaced Ler on the tab)o and out- raged her. She states thtt there has been an attempt to hush matters up. although it is stated that she tnid some of the neighbours of the matter at the time when she ).") out of the house from him on getting free. There are rumours that she was taken before the chapei deacons, iind hitd to 8'n a pa.per on ptiin of being punished. The whote ttftair cafua to the notice of the poHce, and she has since ma.de a.aUtte- ment as to wh:\t took pla.ce, and has been eXHllii"ed by II. medic,11 nll\n. On Mouday evening Po!ice-Cons!able Browo, of Kudry. apprehended Doyd under a warrant, and he was token to Ctter- phitfv Pohce Stauon and lve.keù up for the night. Prisoner was brought up in custody on iuesd.ty morning.itnd charged with the ftbove offence before Dr. J. Lieweityn, and was remanded untii Tuesday next, tJ)e 27th inat., bait being accepted. himsetf in the sum of £100 and two sureties of JL50 each. The pri'.oner, who ia II. married man, is ootwet!11 30 Itllà 40 years of aa, anù was at 0110 thnettpttstorofachapetin i{o<tt.h, Cardiff. He has not been married tnore tllan a year and :t !)aif, and his wife has onty very recemty been connnod. The girl whom he outraged is nooul eighteen years of age, of good appearance, ind ttpparenttyof very quiet demeanour. Prisoner was ftppointed the ptMtur of Machen Weish Baptist Chftpui sotoe time ago, as the Rev. Mr. Richards, the aged and respected p<tator, wts getting inhrm.

THE DEATH OF AN AUSTRIAN CAPTAIN AT NEWPORT. On Tuesday Mr. W. H. Hrewer he!d an inqueat at the Queen's Hotel on the body of FHice TotOM- sich, captain of the Austrian barque Mercuries, who died itt the tnnrm.tt'y on Saturd.ty night ]Mt from injuries received near th') Alexandra Dock in the middle of that day. Mr. Wheeler wns foreman nf ttte jury. Mr. Cr. H- DeweHyn, of the nrm of G'bbs, L!ewe))yn, and Lock. appeared for the Alex- andra Dock Compitny Mr. J. P. Ingiedew, of Car- diff, appMi-ed for tht) friends of the deceased. After the jury had viewed the body, which WfS lying in tho mortuary attached to the Inhrmary, three witneasea were examined. viz., Thomaa Vaughun, braketnan, and Cheesm.tn, driver, employed by the A)ex!tndra Dock Company nlso Cdpt. Angeto Tomashic!), of the burque Adraatea, a cousin of the deceased, From t))eir evidence the foHowing fACts were gteitned:—Deceased arrived tt Newport onty a d.ty or two before the accident., and his ship entered theNewt)ortt)ock; hia cousin's sh'p had been in the Atexandm Dock nearly Q month before. The two met on Saturday morning t'Mt. oi'd deceMed W)t)ked witt) his cotMin from Do<k-str: t in the direction of thu Aiexandt-.t Dock, to go on board the barque there. On their they took <t stiort cut.' which appoaM to bo ¡, good deat used, tdthough there ts no puMic thoroughfare. In fact, it is ft place whore trains of coal wagnns are beinK conatantiy moved. When the two reached this spot a tntin of wagona was passing over the machine, ttnd another short train, driven by the engine Lady Tredegar," !tad to Witit until itcou!dpMSon to the hotet sidings. As soon as the road waa cIear Cheesum". th" driver, sounded the whistte &nd proceeded. VIughl\n, the brake- man, wfis standing on the step of the engine, and the casino btd .0118 cnbr a !ew yards wh<a he Mw -'o men in front of it, on the four-foot way. IL onted out. toudty to warn the mcn.and .unded his whist!e and reversed his engine. The engine was brought to a stand in about eight yards, but that wastooiate to prevent an accident. Hnth men were knocked down. Deceaaed was dread- fully mutinied, both and one arm being broken. His cousin had a miraculous es<apa, and was abte to get up when the trucks had passed over him. In cross-examinat.'on it was attempted to be shown that. due regard was nut paid to the safety of the puh)ic. but the evidence was ciear upon the as to the use of the ste<nn whistte. The jury he)d a short consuttntion, and returned the foUowing verdict:—"We are of opinion that the dec-.ased ca'=! to his death by accident by b\ing run over I)' an engine; that no blame is attached tü anyone; but we reconnnend that a. notice board he ptaced at the spot warning persons nottopaast.hat.w'ty."—Mr. Heweuyn said there had been a board there, but it ')een knoci<?d down. The company wou!d see that a board was put up at once. Deceased, we understand, hasteft. a. widow and family. He was a man in the prime of life.

SERIOUS ASSAULT O, A WIFE AT CARDIFF. AN OnDER FOR JUDICIAL SEPAH,ATION. At Cardiff Ponce Court on Tuesday (b;f(}re Dr. Edwards and Dr.P.iine)Char)es barrett. sawyer. said that on Saturday last thf pr'soner struck her I 011 the eve ann knock(ct her down, hf: did not, h,)wevel': wish t:> send him to a()l, :1" it, did not, apucAr to do him any good. He had been i'itprisoncd tor four months, and when this :.¡.wit was committed Ite had onty been released from prii'o!l week. Tile prii'ollt'r a:iserte.j that he caught his wife in the bedroom with another man, and tttat was what provoked him. Onty a. fe-v days after he had come out of g-ao! the pohce visi!e(i the it, to bo a dis- ordedy plac6.-The cÚ/IJphiin'lnt deqied lhis, ard said the person I't\t"rred to was prisoner's nephew,a young man \<'111' was lorl.ing in the h011:e, ,(nti who ha.1 mel'ely put tllA andle om$ide IIi" ht'droom door fo!' IIEH', She had beE':1 nHu'l'ied 1>Ï:. ht. veal'S, hnd h"d six ehiidren. and had received 3- per week from the parish authorities when her husband w.tsinga" She had some furniture of her''wn. Prion(;r IIId (I\I'nf'(l ove!' £2 a week,-The Magi, trateb said they were deiermtned u' put. do\vn sm'h rurtiallisll1, The prisoller would go 10 glwl for il'ur monttig.with tiard iabonr. There would be a judicial !'p,p:lration between him and his wife; and, on the expiralioll of his tel"ln of imprisonment. he would have to 'olltribute £1 pel' week toward: the' maintenance of his wife and family-the wife to lliwe t he custody of tiJe children.

LOSS OF A Vi.SSKL AND ALL HANDS. The iron sr'i!ingvesset Dunstaffnnge, of Liver- poo!, went on the roc!<a atPortiethen, six mi)' s uth of Aherd"en. on Friday wiok during the which then prevaited. She at once went to pieces, and ti)o whoie of the crew were d. owned. Quantities of wreckage and c!othes have been washed ashore at i);u'boura a)"ng th'' Aberdeenshiro Coast. Many n:shin_; boats h.tVe been drivi'n from their moorings and destroyed. The damage done is very great. Sume further particu' <rs of the loss of the Liver- poo) ship Uunstaffnage are now known, the tug H.'covery. which had rhe vesse! in <u\v, havinsr re- tUtned to Dundee. The left Dundee on Fri,lay !vl'ning for Liverpool in halkst.. ::ilt-o ha.r'. Ot) bout-da cre-vof ntteen rumors, I he eapt:ti¡¡, captain's wire. and son. eighteen f<ou)s in ni). On Saturday morning, white otfCit'dtiness, the strain on the ;.tee) was so great, in consequence of ¡he fearfu; storm, that the towing h,):'ks snapped,1 und despite persistent eS'Tts thecrewofi.heKe- were unabio again to sight the ship. The weather at the time was thick with a. b; ¡..ding snowstorm. Ths tug steamed about the spot for s.veral ÎlourEl, and then 1'0111rned to Dund,'e to reo ¡Jort. tlae occtll"rtnce, As all',).ldy known, III<' Dun.st!. ifnage was driven ashore a.tro)-tte)hen,u :md rocky co!<bt ten mdea south of Aberdeen, where she ;;slost with a)t hands. Mos* I of the runners comprising U)e crew ma"rie' and to Dundee. 'I tie DunstaB'nage was a. vessel of .tbout 1,900 tona burden.

AFFILiA'riON CASH AT At the Carmarthen Countv Petty Sessions on Saturday Wm. Evans, ft largc'farmer of Monachty. Ll.lllI'l!wad, was i'LUOIl1<1IIi'ct by a C/lun!I'V f'()l'vant cirt niuncd Lettice Lewis, liv¡;¡g fit to show cause why he should not contribute to the support, of her ilkgitimalr <-hi)d. ;\ír. T.\Va:te.s .ippen.ed for the compltin'tut; and Mr. H. H ¡'¡"Jd('J for thl dtjfp/).hnt. '1'110 easo fA:' t1.¡J con,p!:d'.tnt was it rftnrtrkaLth; cne. Si)f h!)d been for two years in the service of the defendant, Mr. Kvan", and during a period of IM;t .p"tr thC'I'e was no one Hving in the hnuso but thl'11I*,lves, nefp.!1lh!nt bëgan (',)Il\I.ill!! her about Christmas, 1881. and in MaTch, 1833, there was impropcr illtiml1.Y, which was ¡'epeatell. ¡';¡H'ly in August of 1882 .t girt named Kti/.a. Reca ttccamc a feHow-fervimt with the comptain.mt, and sifpt wtth her. One night, ftftfr they bad gone to bed. .Ietendant went. \II' to ..hpir t'oom !\nd threw 1\ jug of c.d water over them. Et'xn and d':tHndant 8i1Íd ))e wond tiin.w ¡"'1,n got out of bed in co'i.<equfn"e of his jngfu í, and took her p)a< beside Let! ice Lewis. On nnothf'r occ.s!f'n in iast cornptainant waited in <h9 kit'-h.'i) 'i.til 30 p.m. for the defendant to come ))omf\ When ho came a mon named \YilJiam Thomas. who was in the room above, bect'ne curioua to know what was on, and )',d-cd a toose ooard in the n"or. Ho Evansand Lattice Lewis in an improper position. Kvar.- had promised to t)u; gir1, and her father !hada.sa)eathisfarmfo) the purpose of SLittting sum on hf-i when ¡;he mm tied. Evidence haYIng been 0).!)fd in support of the statement for f.he comptainant. l\Il" \Vhite, the .soi'citor for Kvans.s'.dd he had advised 1\;3 ciientthat ha had not it l'ufT¡cirllt ftnswer to th(; cas", :H)d it was use- les conte"ting it fUI'tlt"l', !.II', n. Jt)nnings, one 01 'he I quire agree wit)) you. 1 think it is quite u:-I'l.;ss tll ¡{O 'HI with it, Au or,\e,' fo! pavmeut of 2:3, 6J. per week ;1111 costs was tnadrt. 4..

A CARD!FF M_AN_IN TROUBLE. Hichtrd Wm. Derrif'k, coachmaker, 14, Oxford street, Cardiff, waa on Friday at the ,:aerkellweil Polil'o CUlI!"t (before :\il', ¡¡al's'OW) with beíng the father of the iHeg)tio'athci)i!d of Jane Fisher.ayoungwomauretiditt? at 72,Cr.)mer. strt'et, Cray's Inn-road, St. PanCtas. Lcfdoo. M). tVhitweii appeared tor the comp)ninant,:tndMr. .oore for the defendn'tt. Miss Fisher got into tht; wlt-nei's-hox with the bal. In hl'l' IIl'In, and Ílavin.. spoken nato the dttteof the improper inthnncy! having taken p)ace s:nd she went tobecontT.ed I in one of the ho.pitats. During their courtship Derrick frequentty kissed her, took her on hh lap, took her to places of amusement, and whilst site was in the hospitai camf t.o aee her in her mothers com.t.tnv. H, used to have meats at her father's house, tmd t quite at home.—John Fish')', com- piainnnt'a father, ga.ve evid-'rice to tue effect th: he had spoken to the young man itbout his daughter's conditiftn, and he did not deny UBing 'he cause oftt.—Detend'tut went into the box. and on beinp sworn said he had never had an improper relation with the comptamant she had nevo spoken to him about her condition, and he h.'d n;'ver hnd any conversation with her father on the subject.—Mr.M'hitwe! Did not you and she go out iike two young "iovt-ycrs.' IL:tughll::t',)- Defend'<))t: 'A'ei!. it, might be so.—Mr. Whitwen: Did not you kiss her and cucltli her? (More taughter.)—Defendant admitted he used to hasher, and that he went to see her in the hospii'd.— Mr. addressed the bench, and admitted that defendant had kissed the girt, urivun her out, and was, kind-hearted enough to go a,nd 8OC her :n I the hospital, but wn.s that a proof that improper .intimacy hud taken between them?—Mr. ){!U-stow No. but the chitd bong born is. ?Laughter.)—Aa defen<).)nt was tea?ina t he wit ness box Mr. WbitweH addressed bim,8ay)')g,"Youn? box Mr. WbitweH addressed nmn, look upon thftt chitd and then upon its I toother." (Laughter.)—Mr. HorRtow: Thatwindo. Mr-Whitwett: my mind ia mad" up.—Defendant was ordered to pay 5. per week towards the chi!d'8 support untH it is fourteen year. otd, the costs of the court, and confinement expenses.

AT CARDIFF. At Cardin'Police Court on Monday (before Mr. H. 0. Jones) Jo:)n Cohina was charged wi h wounding Patrick Ford on Sa.turdty night. Comptninant said he waa (? Labourer, and he )ived at 46, Trpdegar-?treet,. On Saturday ni?ht !ast he in the 0-otonbury Arm". It was about seven I o'doek, Three other men were there ntso. The prisoner fonowed them in .'nd had a dispute with M)ch:K;i Mahoney. He was thlLt. he was not. wanted. Ho (prisoner) rushed nt Muhoney, and comptainftnt triad to prevent them nghting. whereupon prisoner stabbed him in the chest with a knife. M'ch.K') M.dtOf'ey, evidence, and stated that previous tc the ruw the prisoner hud had hvepi"ta of beer "oft'them." Hiowa passed bet ween the prisoner and Ford before I the ifUter stubbed. J'uues Hennessey, 21. Herbert-street, said he wae in the CHastonbury Arma on \\tul'IJ¡tY night.. The prisoner and the complail1>lrIt both fetl together, and it was found that the tatter hud been stabbed. He picked up the knife and sobsequently handed it to the (jriniths. hOdl surgeon at the Cardie Infn-mary, said the com- pt.'inant's wound was very near the top of the heart. It was a.n inch long, and extended two inches, but had stipped off the r'b.—Poiice-Con- Skyrme apprehendtid the prisoner, who said Y'es. I did there were too ntt"y upon me." The prisoner was committed for trial .it the quarter "esfiona. Saridt WiUiams, young woma.n, charged on remind with wounding Joltn Bird, the barman at the Hoy'd Hote! Vau!ts, on the 14th of March, was a)so committed for triat to the quarter sessions. Mr. E. S. Smith, assistant to Dr. Ha) dyman, stated that the compt'tirmnt had sustained two punc- tured wounds in the neck. One was three quarters of nn inch tong, and in a. dangerous position. It I waa 8tM.ed, in the course of the case. that the prisoner had been in the vautts for Ijour —The Magistrate said it a.ppe,ued to him that for B'ir)9 )ike her to be anowed to stay for such a length of timQ in a ptace Hke this was very Honingway said a caution had a)roady been given, and the M fsistrate observed t))at if (his was s;oneon with it would have to be considered by thu magistrates at their hcensirtg meeting.—Mr. Price appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Mitter for tho prisoner.

Nieoto.Suid dentifrice, cleanses and preserveathe and KlIIQI; ttjr })Q"' Is. M.-JCeevtU. OheMbt, iCU!ton.BfMtol. 3

CARDtFF FREE LIBRARY COMMITTEE. PRESENTATION BY THE MARQUESS OF BUTE. A «pec!a! meeting of the Cardie Frpo Library Committeewashei't on Mondav evening at the Town-ha]!, CarditI, Atdcrn.an W: Taytor presiding. There were a!so present Messrs. A. Thomas, Thos. Rees, W. J. Trounce, W. Sanders. C. J. Jackson, W. !L Thomas. P. Price, T. H H'ches. J. C. Proger, itönnfp]dr, and Thorp (hon. secretury). A number of substantial vo)ure°.s were placed on the tahie, which, it appeared. had been issued by the Palestine Expi.'ration Fund Committee, and hall been forwarded bv the of for presentattontotheFreeLi'rary(k'u)mittee. In exptanation of tins the Chairman read the foDowing letter:— Cambridge Hn""e. P'n'k-p:op, Co.rdiff, j\t:t.'<;hl9,lMo. To the Chf.irtnan of rhe Free Library C'')'o'i!itce. Cardiff. DcM.r Sir. -I w.o instructed by Mr, WilJhlH1 ThonMS T",i II) l.roCtlr< 011 bdwH of Lord Bute, and to prescnt t(llhê Free Liltr..r,y, 1\ edl'lplete ,fot. pf hooks and maps pu Iblle,1 ')Y t.he 1'.tlé'sIilw nXl'l'H'aUnn I,'und. I now appellOR list" what is alreatly isslI"d, alld what 1 have th honom' of halldillg ovel' 'to yOIl :-l\Iemo'I'. Yo]. 1 all11 ¿; Special l'al}el'. ü:d v..l.; :-lalliI' Lists, one vol.; Mr. Treiawllf'Y 8'>1líll"rs's work on t,he 'Vatel'Iheins," onø vol.; maps, (J ) ¡ he "ge i>H!I-i IIch map ill 26 sheet,s ill a portfolio; (2) tlwredm'<o'(: nwp. si" <;lIe,'t,s; (j) ditto, ('t)dit.to.iii't?trat..)?H)eO)dT:estnn)ent;('5)d]!.t?,New l'eslallwnl; ,ill 1rtl>lJ!Jtetlun clO\Ir. Other \lnml<sltl'e ¡J!'OIIli:ilj;.J sllOl'tly. ,I¡¡,j whell issued shall be forwaL'ded ,,0 you.-l am, lh'ar ír. YOIII'S f"il hfully, WiLLfAM At)AMS. Hon. Secrt-tary. Genernt tppreci'ttian oi' the gift was expressed. nnd:tresoiut)(masfo)!o\\swa..sun)nimous!y pa-sed :—" 't hat the commitiee have much pleasure donatioo of the Paieg'ine Exploration Woks made through Mr. 'V. T. Lewis on behaitcf tb.'Marquess or Bure, Ilnd 1¡¡;1t a copy of this l'fj80lution be for- warded to itisfordship." 'i'he foilowing- motion was then adopted:— "That the be.t thanks of the meeting be tendered to i\lr. Ada!), £,,¡, the gl'<ltt, interpst I't, hf\S taken in matters uppeuait'ing to the Free Librm-ylnstitu- iiu;i." A reso!ut!on, th.inkir.g Mr. Robert Davies for an ()rlgil1lll copy of tilt) alOIHlt of the Gwent and nyfcd H.'yiti'K'srpddfod at C:'rdi&' was also j)!!S).!ed,:tr)d!tW)t'<!('ci<iRdth.[tthep!)mph]et shouid be deu()sit"d in ti'e of tht) Fifoe On Tu<?s;ty evenin¡; tite ordlnnry Infleting of the Cardiff wns ha)d in the Grand of the Ca.rdin' Town-f)f))i, Hnder the prcxidency of Atdertua.n W. Tny)or. There were also prèHellt-Alflerman Dalliel Lewi8, CouncH!")s W. J. Tronncu and \V. Sanders; Dr. Vachet). Tho; Uties Jont8. and W. U. Thotnas; the Rt;v. W. E. Winks, and Mr. 8. J. Thorp (hon, ¡,;pc,). The Chait'man ¡¡aid l,e had takfn it upon ))i'tMe)f to postpone the usua! nu.'e'ing untii that night. He St;titoutcirC(!i.t-aitu){{:tMeetit)s; in support of the Roya! (.'ontbrian Art A<tdt;my on Iol1ù,IY evc.¡,ing. Tlte spenlcer d:d not wish the two IIJl:eting;¡ to clash j alld he wa,s vel'Y glad t.) find that thlej'è W,tS such a !:Lrg'o attemhnee"it the :n't)nefti'!g. From't.rcport.ot'tht'Must'utnCom- li.nging to thf ] m- A!r. H<n))f.ay had beon dfeiinod. .nittec reco)i)!!<cn<!nd that tho G(.-ncr.d Committee s.hnuKI request, the corporation to remove t!i!' Mt'netnus pictnt-ca to tho new art g¡lIh!y, as th" wa.it, w('"e now pet'feet Iy dlT. In I'Ofel'f1t1Ce to thi¡¡ S\1h.ieít. Mr.Trounce s.tidt!reh.tdheonns many as 500 persona inquiring n.t tho Froe Library for the lJÎerUI'PR, and hu 1'e;;II)' tI\I.)ugltt tile walis of 'he drier th-tnthoseofthe Council Uha.'nber.—Dr.Yacheti concurred as to Llls de",im- bitity of the p'.cturef being removed to the Art decided.on the suga;f\sti..n of tbeCt)airtUM.n,that ihe borough shoutd he adked to report in time forthe next meeting as to the condition of t!)ev.'a!Is of the new building witere the pictures matters, it wax t'L'ported ti'.at Dr.J. S.Carneha.d presented the moseu'n with ttbout 600 C')In8 and ..ther Ilntiuuit ¡"s, The sub-committee felt that thcM formed i most v,duabha.dd'tion to t)ie numismatic department of the museum. The :-eal of the BI,¡ck l'ria.-s was iookt.d upends an object ofspeci.d toc-ii interest. The sub-comniittee h.)dp?.s?edn?o!eof t.h?n!<s to Dr. Carne, which hart been fc.-wr)rdnd by Mr. Thorp t." th:it gentle. man, who rep))ed to the effect that ii, aifordpd Itim much 1,tif;lctlOn to have been ab)e present tba museum with what he hoped be the nucleus of further co))<'ctio))s.—The Rev.W.E.Winks s<iiditw<ts not onK'n.ittc[eus,"butwaaitCot!<:ction.init.e!f, !;r.d up united coHectio.n. to perhaps the iir: m WJdls,-Dj', Vachel) sa'd he thought it was oniy fair ti. sayt.hat.thc comtnit'ee were vHry muchindfb'pd to the chairmart in He had these coins and he W:I" ais,) ItJt.eresting J¡im,.elf to procure another co!)et;t)on.—h" Chairman "aill he wts oni; d(,in"" what ha hoped every niemher of the coittmittee would do, viz.. to invite d'.)!t0)'s to c';n- tribute to H" referred to thu oi Mr. Morgan ie prsellt.i .,r thern with I), pi.'>ce of SW:lI1>,I)¡\ i:it¡1I1t w}¡jei} "Ialdl/> 11' vase they had "Iready a('quired, and he proposfd a. vote of thanks to that gentieman.— t{)wn,Tht l'<1;]lIllittee'¡¡ report!! w,)re liloPted'-1 'heLib)-(!S)tb('o!Hmit,tesre<'omme);dedthat (:'150-.hou!d be voted f'r the of books. but, Mr. Sender. chairman ot the Finance Committee, poin:ed out <hat. from what waa ascertained on tiiH previous tiight us to the Hf1;I)Ullt oi outflllLllding aeeonnts ).G wns afraid he cou)d h-u'dty ad\'¡"o thexi tospend so much It waa eve'tt))a'!)y decided that the amount named bo reduced to £50.TilH Chairman ."aid he had been requested by Mr. \Vheat!ey to bring to their tiotico a. re.-ottjiion passed on t!)a 4th of January. 1832. The entry bt the minute book ran as foHows:— "The the proceedings of the (,en(1\11 Purposes Commitlee waG read: Thai the ex-mayor bo requested to convene, as em'!y as possible, å meeting of the Free Library Ht)t; \tuseumCootntittfe, to consider that partof the pro<ceJjllg, of the r;nivt'rs¡ty ('ú]J¡>gtJ Committee, new Schor},s fut' :etence )Lnti Art bel/)g' \.1scd £(11' U.e pILl'pOS" of tho prl)po,ed COIJ..gd until anoLhcl' buildi;¡g i", provided, s.) t.h.at n further inducement t.nAy be offered to the Governmc''it!oe.'it.tbii-!hthe at CartUrf, and that, tiny extra, expense whichm:)yb.) incurred mcone.ecHon therewith .'hanbep))idoutofthefundso!'thecc.rporittion.' Re.oJv!'d—'Th.!t tins committee desire to 'xpress their iit'tt'ty approve! "ft!)o object in '.iew, and are dcsiroua of ti.eir utmost endeavours in furtherance thereof.andthis committee cordiauy consent'o the bchooi for cicl1l'ü anù Art bt'in IIsed :àS suggûs\'C'd by tilt') <Te')er.t!ru'.pose8Comm:ttee. JJesaidtherewas a meeting ui' )he University Coitege Comtttitiee that day, and he l'efel'H'ù to) t.he IIl'glll\.C01lts which had been the speudycotumence- ment of H)e Univetsity ctasses. and with a view arra))f;'e:)ie).t < might be ma'ie whereby as tnucb of he nw buildill¡; :s lJusib¡e tuight t)e devoted to tht'. purpose of the College.-Mr. W.H.'D'omas ::sked:f tbey were quite sure of :iip Covernment Ktant if they began tito Cot)ego in that w'iy,-TII" CltaÍl'Il1i111 l'ei,Hed that Í\. had ueen de(,jded to :¡I'Ik Sir E.J. Reed. M.P., to have the £4,000 ptaccd in tbeGovernmt'mesiimates.xndhehadnodoubt, tt:if m)t)!d haveitte desired effect.—Mr. lk,s JoVE' t!!ou};htit\vttsfortho Committee to tiMt move inihismatter,!)ndtus!tyit)wi)at way the m..w buitding would be usffut.—Thia view 'wa« taken by the committea. und the Mubject dropped. This !tti the business.

SWANSEA PROVtDENT DIS- PE\SARY. ANNUAL MFETING. Tha annuid meeting of t!)a subscr)hers to the Swansea. I'rovtdent Dispensary was t)e)d in the Hn)y Trinity Mchooh'oom on Tuesday evening. Sir Henry Hussey Vivian, Hart.. M.P.. presided. The r.'port of the committee stated that the statistics "f the dispensary for the ye'l.r 1882 were, on the very satisfactory. ;'s they showed that the'tej'stKken to induce s'reat<'r regularity in the suttscription'! of provident members had prodnc"dcottsiderab!)'esu)ts. Whiietheactua] number of new during the twelve mor.ths w:ts 543. it appe.ired that only 62 of tho.e waited untit pressed by sickness before joinipg. and that tile other';31s.iwthe advantage and propriety ot niC'nbersjn a. prjvidentsenr.e. The receipts from prov<dent the year amounted to 1,312 5s. lid., or an incre.MC oF £117 8-. over the receipts forthepreviou;<46 weeks. Th medical otIieer8 reported as f,)Hows:—Consuttations at the Dis- pensary, 4,430; visits at patients' own homes, operations per- formed,23; deaths, 46. The treasurer's account showed the income for the past year to have been £34215; 7d.. and t))e expenditure J6322 2s. 4d., ieat-in'? a ))a)anceof ?20 13s. 3d. in the bank. TiM°CnAn<MA? moved tho adoption of the reports wtuch had t)ee" read'the i)on.secret<n-y (Mr. R. J. ?.Iatttiews). He said it was very Ha.tis- fuctorv to nndt')!tt the society tU)d that t,Ii. cou'd COlIgratlll,tte themselves upou a substantial increase of members and funds. l'ol\ibly this was one oftl'ebestinstituhons which existedir'thetown. ItwasrenHymiuveitousthut such enormous benents cou)d be derived from such asmaHcontribution. Amanta.yingbya.penny per week cotdd secure for hhnsitf good medicine and ski!u) attendance during the tuue of sickncM. Thatcniv showed bow the efforts of those who ful. There was one beaithy characteristic of this ¡ iniltitution, and that was thatitwas not sitnpiy a. charitv. Jtrather directed minds to the advan'tagc of putting by in prosperity that which they wou)d require in the time of adversity. He could not too strongly reconunend aU t.be working in this busy hive of industi-y to become m<'mbersofthisexcenentinstitution. (Applause.) tJe feft sure that the more ifabenentswere known the more they wou)d be appreciated. He Wttsglad to nnd that the committee bad opened the door to the northern portion of the borough &t< weH&sthe southern. AJr. HowKL WATKr\s Bfconded tho motion, which was carried una"imous)y. Mr. EHKN)-X)-:B J)AVIWJ, the medical ofUccr of hea)tb. in proposing that Su' UusMV Vivittn be e)<;cted president of the dispensary for tbo year, referred to tho fact that this wasti)ehon. baronet's til'"t o.ppe't.ranco before the Swansea pub)ic''incet!'eC<'uegea.rbitT!tt!on. Hoa)sosfnd bo betieved !tn institution !ike thia contributed materiauy to tbe reduction of tue death t-ftto of & town. (App!auso.) Mr. P. G. CAWKKR seconded the mot:on, and it was unanimously udopted. The CttAtNMAN in llul'ning th&aka fpr the I honour said, with reference to the College question. that he fought the hattte as well as he cou)d. Ttte\ eou)d not be always succeasfut they knew. He bctieved still that' they had a good race, and he was only sorry that they were not successful. The kind manner in which the slight effort he made had been spoken of was the onty recompense he had for the gi-e:-t disappointment which he had sun'pred. He ttoped now they would all throw thelJlst'lvec¡ ]oya]!y into the cause, and that their disappointment. would not prevent their doing their bed to ensure the success of the future Coifege of South Wa)es. (Loud applause.) After a committee had been .tppointcd the mealing terminated.

ALLEGED LIBEL AT t;\VANSEA. THE DEFENDANT COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. At Swansea Ponce Court on Monday (before the Stipendiary) Richard Peregrine, labourer, wax charged with U)a)icious!y libelling William Henry Reynolds M' Smith prosecuted, and Mr. Wood- ward defended. In opening the case Mr. Smith slid the prosecutor was a sub-manager at the Landore Siemens Stea! Works. Defendant was at one time employed there, but he was dismiM'ad. and he seemed to have pitched upon the prosecutor as the person who by improper inthence had pro- cured his dismi-'sat. Mr. Smith) hen reada letter dated 'ebruary 23, which was signed by the defendant, and in whieh he said the company might save JE20 a week on the shearing contract. This ietter was put in as showing by the nature of its con- tH')ts that the defendant was the writer of the letter containing the iibe). The latter was an anonymous ittter signed "AWeit Wither." and dated January 21. The writer charged the prose- cut nr with .I\arin in the haul" made by George H:-iijilt,on, the shuat-er, or, in other words, I with sharing in the profit of a contract improperly given. The letter atso stated that. the defendant coutd extort money as presents for di n'urent jobs given." and that" roDer- I men and turnacemMngave him wpfkty tips." The WHS as a He said lie was sub-'nanagcr over the mi));! and hammers at the Old Stcet Works. He denied the imputations in jthennonymous tetter, and added that. knowing (he defendant's handwriting, he b<?!)eved the .iHcged jibe! to ha.ve been written by him.—Mr. K J. R. Caru!!a. manager of the Landore Steel aid ne received the anonymous ietter in question. Kthe 8tntpments contained in 'hat i.tt'T were true they would bo very injurious to the prosecutor. Witness did not béli,>vu the state- m<;nts. Mr. Gordon, the marking director. handed to witness the letter dated February 23, which had been addressed to him, and witness handed both letters to the prosecutor, who had produced them in court. Defendant was dismissed from the works by the prosecutor. Witness had the two tetters, all, judging by the aJonH, lie was as as lie was or his own existence that they were written by the same hand. That opinion was strengthened by the things mentioned in the two lettcts.—George Wiihams, sub manager over the mitts and hammers at the New Stcc) Works, said that after the defen- dant wa.s discharged he asked him (witness) for wok. lie said Reynoida h..d discharged him. and cursed and swc! :"?d said he wou!d have his ro- vfngc, and woutd moke it so bad for Reynolds that he wou)d get him and more with him kicked out of the pLtce This wfm in Die early part of January. it ness gave h'in work, but was obliged to dis- charge him. He afterwards to)d witness that he wouid write to Dr. Siemens, and would make it hot-, notoniy }or Ruynotds but for Mr. Carutla.—The Stipendiary said ib wcuid be necessary to call an Rxpfrt.a.sto the handwriting, and the case was adjourned until Tuesday for that purpose. At Swansea Poi'ce Court on Tuesday (before the Stipendiary) Hichard J. Peregrine, labourer. Landore, was charged, on an adjourned summons. with ttj:))iciousty J:be!)ing Wm. Henry Reynolds. manager of the mills and hammers at the Old Steel- works. Landore. Mr. Smith prosecuted, and Mr. \owJwltl'd defended. The aHeged !ibe! was con- tained in an anonymous letter written to Mr. Ca:'uHa, the generai manager of the works, in which the prost'cutorwas charged with sharing in the proms of a contract improperly given, and also with extorung money from work!r'3n f))' L!oü(i "jobs."—Mr. G.AUen.accountant, wasnowtl\ed as an expert to speak a- to the handwriting. Having compared the anonymous tetter with another signed by the defendant, he said he had no doubt that, the two were written by the same hand. ttltliou,Ii the writing in the former was feigned. 'Fi ip, 7 lie considered there was sumcicnt evidence to make it incumbent on him to send the case for trial. Defendant was com- mitted to the assizes.—For the purpose of per- petuating tcHti'.tony, Mr. Woodward ca]!ed Mary Peregrine. tho mother of the defendant, and Aiice Ann WiUiams, h's sister. The former swora that neither of the !etMrs produced were in defendant's handwriting, and the latter, white admitting that the signed tetter was something like her brother's handwriting, said the anonymous one was not. a bit iine it. The witnesaes were then bound over to appear at the HSf-ixes.and the defendant was admi'ted to bai!,ono surety in £20 and huusoit' in jE40.

ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES AT SWANSEA. At S\van-«"a ronce Court on Mnnday (before the Stipendiary and otlierinig at-rates), Richard Miller, tabourer, fta'-mar!, was chargud en remand with obtnitnng .S17 9<. worth of mfat from Sophia Hno<tt! by fatse prett-nces. Mr. W. Robinson S'nith pro- Mr. Geo. Sydney Davids defended. Mr. S))titi) said Mr-i. S'ri'dt w.ta a butcher, carrying on business in High-street, and the defendant, who a!so so!d meat, dM)t wit!, hf'r. At the commence- ment of their dea[i)igs sh" tnid hitn pho wouid not suppiyhim wiih grods except for ready money. On febr'ua ry 26 he represented that he was the hotder of a promi.sory note 'of the vaiue of JE60, hiin by his wfi, lived at the Mmnbios. and aiso that his brother-in-h,w wa.s turther indt-bted to him in thu sum of £230, By this fa)se pretence he obtained a supp)y of meat ['or wtoch ho had never paid. The promissory note was r<Muy for 16, but the dffpidant had .utercd it into €80. After tha prosecutrix htd stated that phe suppnod the def'-ndant with th" lllWtt on the faith of the note for .S60, Wit:iam <'iarke,butchbr,Midhe i)ad a conversation with 'he df'ft-od'int on Tungday weck. The iatier said he WM going to .dter an old pro. missory note tor .66, which he had had n'om a Gfrman who had gone to sea. into one for.L60,Mdth'tt hewou!dthsn it to Mrs. S.'na)! to see ir bhe wou)d let him have so'"e meat. upc.u it. Ho snid Mrs. Smaii had refused to suppty him without money,M.nd ho expected to hav< s.'me money in a few d:tys.lh:f-ondant altered the note in witness presence, and the!) s''r't !)"< wife to Mrs. Small with it. In repty to Mr. Davies, Oarke said that )te did notatterthe note himaetf. He ad- mitted that ho had ht?n ch?rgod with steanng money. Mr. DaviM), addressing tbc bench for the defence, pointed out that according to the evi- dence th'< note was altered after the gooda were .ubptied, and submitted that no jury would con- vict it: this c'M-t'. The case was udjourucd until Tue-sday, the 2Tth inst.

Y;YE VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. On Tuc."dMy the eighteenth ordinary genera! meeting of the proprietors of this company wne held at the London ofhces, 44, Greshatu-street, Mr. U. C. Ferard (chairma.n of the company) presid- ing over a iarge attendance of sharet'olders. The report, which waa read by the secretary. Mr. George Sno:lth, showed the grosN receipts trom the main hne traftic for tha year 1352 had been JE5,63'3 2:01, 2d.. &s against..65,071 9s. 6d., s))ow- ing nn increase of JC564 12s. 8d., or over 10 per cent.! The increase would h.:vf been substantia))y greater had it. not, been for the cioging of the targe tin- plate works at Reobrook, owing to the depression in thnt branch of trade all over the country. The net receipts tor tha hatf-year for main line frame amounted to JS1519 4a. 2d., leaving )t balance of JE395 15s. lOd. to be made up by the Great Western Railway for the pay- ment of the interest guaranteed by that company. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, bricuy remarked that. as to the future of this company, until the Great Western earned sufficient for the Urst debenture holders the debt from the Wye Valley Company to the GreatWef tern would constancy increaae. The board of directors were not by any* means satisfied with the conduct of the Great Wetel'n, who did not work the sys- tem in such a manner as to fuity developo the trade and U.dEc of the district. When the Severn I'unn! wrts competed the Great Westbrn woutdbe witting to make some advance, and buy over this iineatarc'nunerativti and profitable price.—Mr. Raikea Hccondcd the motion, which wao carried.

MORTALITY RETURNS. There were 4.935 births and 3 561 deathKrocorded in tha past week in London, Cardiff, and fourteen of the chief English towns. The deaths show an excess ot 1-30 over tho average, and during the past week they have advanced by 371, the effects, doubt tess. of the extremely cold weather that has now prevailed for some time past. The sixteen chief Engtish death-rates for the past week &ro thua arranged in order from the lowest to the highest:— Satford. 13.9 Mu.JdRrsHetd.. 19.7 BMUord.2L9 Citt-.tift.22.0 BMUord.2L9 Citt-.tift.22.0 I?noon .M5 htiit.? US ?-t.?5.5 Bi.M;kbnr)t.?!5.5 Birmingham.. 25.7 8hf-metd.27.2 Neweastle 28.3 Hut).28.4 Utdh&.n.302 LivMtjoot 34.3 M!U".hMber.3<.9 rreitCon 37.7 P<'f 1.000 itthttbttfttitt of <Ktch ptace. At the Royal Observatory. Greenwich, th!' in(,an temperature of the air in the past. week waa 34 7, or i tit.tle more than six decrees below the average of the corresponding weeks in twenty years. THE HKAt.TK OF CARDIH". In the courbe cf the week that ended on Satur- day tiMt, the 17th of Mtuch. there were 65 births recorded fts h:LVin ha.ppf-nt;d within the Hmita of 'ha borough of Cardiff, thia being the weekly avernga !))st year. The births rei.tte to 35 boyat and 30 girt". In the same period the deaths in Cardiff rosa to 35, or to five more thun th<( 'tvcr&ge. The annual rute rf mormtitywttathua 220 per 1,000 inhabitantB. one of the bfce in the current Tetums. There were saVOIE dfaths below one, and six happened at thh advanced period of 60 and upwarde. Foni deaths tock p!nee in public institutions Mttht a.ted in the borough. Whooping cough seeme 8U101 denty to hitve increased in flLtality, 4 f.HAl caM-i having' been reported during tho past week. de.tthwn8duoto8C!u!et fever; thus thorate infectious disease was 2 9, against. 1-2 in the p; vious week. The return for the correspond)?' week !ast year gave 74 birtha ?nd 42 deaths, ?' tatter yielding <t rate of 25 3 per 1,000 living. T'?' cttief c&aes of contagious diseases were—1 eacht? scarlet fever, diphtt)eria,and whoopiug cough, 2Co. fever, and 3 of diarrhoea gM

I SWANSEA DISTRICT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. A GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR ON THE NEW CODE. On Saturday afternoon a. moving. convened by theSwanscA District'i'uacht'rs'Associa.tion, w.is hek! in the theatre of the Institution, for the pur- pose of hearing an c-.piaaanonofMr.Mundpih'a New Coda, which had been promised by Mr. Ijoftua T. Monro. M.A., her Majesty's Inspcctorof School tor the West Oamorgan district. The theatre w&s crowded with teachurs, schoot mpmbera of school bounds, and others intbrnsted in ele* mpntary education. Mr. W. Thomas, president of tha association occupted the chair. Mr. MoNRO remarked at the outset. that tha numerous and important changes which had been introduced by the new coda must be taken us tho oxptanation of his position there. The most im- portant of these changes were nrst of a)[ tt)at the otd quahnCiHion of 250 nttenolinCL"ri before pre- s<-n);nion iiad been dispensed with. and that aft chttdren whose names had been on the weeks were to be presented tor examination, tha ba")6 of the grant being the number of pa.sae9 and the average a.ttt.'ndance; and, secondiy, & better a.ttémlJt at securing unformitv of standard; third!y, a. greater scope or to the teachers in the oaattpr of the choice of sub- jects; and lastly, the merit grant. Of tdtthesa changes thrre were none so worthy of note as tho average attendance and the power of the inspectors to classify fora.ward tf)e different classes acc"rJin t<-) their merits in ev(..ry respect. Much more would be expected from )hJ teacher in Die future had been expected from him up to the present. Speaking about t !)e merit grant, Mr. Monro said tha'; the grater the outlay upon schools in the matter of stftfT and the greater wou!'I be the emcipncy and the greater the luuount of grant earned. Managers must not ue disappointed if their schoots, beins on!\ so stuffed as b&rety to meet the requirement' did'not obtain distinction in this matter of grant. A teacher we)) aupptipd wou)d earn more grant tha.n 1118 perhaps not toss deserving confrere \\ho m)ghc not be we)! supped. This of things was broughtaboutumnt<.ntion:)Uy,M.nd mainly through. innocence. It had !i te.)de;K-v. however, to tower the marKet vstue of a good'teacher, and ot'rpn enat))ed a.n inferior teacher to succeed berOlld hia mertts. The remedy in theae casps was in the !)andsof With regard to the rotations between managers and teachers, Mr. Monro men- tioned tha ft he i!!Sp("'t or. must now the ground for the grant, f-o th.it wúuld be ab]e to sea whether sunered owing to the incomnetency of the telOc!ting staff or i'n'm other tXtUSM. AHuding to the oxtenu.tting drcutaatancea mentioned in the instructions to her l\jptv's Inspectors, he said that remote and fed Welsh districts would be as having especM reference to this thstrict. (Appauae.) He might atso say that ha wdlconltd wit,h great. p!(,lsure the merit grant as rega.rds in!)r)t .chools, ;n wttich it proceeded by I"aps ant! bo'hd.- as corn- pa.red with upper Fo-neriv. infant MCtionsof mixed not infrequently !tdiy negtoctHd for the sake of he individual passes in the upper port ion. It w!s just possibte that a. !oss of merit grant in suh caspa woutd turn out quite as t'iYecEive, if not so, than the disugreeaute deduction of one-tet'h, wiucii was only resorted to in extreme caseg under ri'soid. regime. This method of nning byJeductiou w:ts, )Mwever,ptii!in force for bad ca.fS. The merit. grant wou)d not b" a<Yected by 'e bo\ s in an Infant echool not t?kin? up needt?tork. The boys. however, rnuMt bt; gutt;f.t'ly prodded for in the men.ll\\hilo, nnd henre he though tLe t¡¡<Ïng up of th" subject by br)YI:I wail almu1;' necess,¡¡-y in the case of a. sma)t inf"nt schoo! or lasa with but. one teachpr. With to pupi teachers, if they acquitted themselves ballly a.s ? hote from faufts undenittbiy attributahte to tfo-ior instruction then the merit gra.nt might be'dvert)c!y an'ected. Of coutse, inferior miht be left ns a. jpgacy to succeeding teaeh?rs,'r one or two might. do badfy thrr.u}.;tt idieness. A))ow- ance wou!d be madotn such Thu systematic prolongation of school hours hroughout the vein* was no doubt, very und(>sir;J]e, but just a httle overtime before the ir-specth' would not be con- sidered a very heinous oi'nce. Visits without notice might be uspfully by the inspector in estimating the intelli¡;eriJ of the teaching, in testing t)te discipline, and i-'pecting the Speaktng geneiatty, witiirpgard to theintant schools, Mr. Monro etate that the ciassincAtion woutd not be considere'violated by the re- tention of, say, one in ev'v in each of the two lower c)a<-Kca of children rf the nge of the class xbove. iessons should not if possibie be n"gitcd in Weish country schoois, as th"y tended tcmlarge the chitd's voca- but<n-yofEng!<h. very !i<t)e wouid be expected from the' tte fou r-year-otds in re- mote country when the in- fants section formedap<f'on such It IOCR,Jity. After !Ijng the teaci"'ra whati they were expected to wit,u rcapect to reading, wnting.speXing, arilhtic, g!u.)n,a)'. a): t 'x-edte- wu) k in the upper scp!. Mr. Mot-ro proc. edud to answer questionc! w\:I,1 the teachers il.td pre- viousiy submitted writitig. Most of th):'se questions reiprr to of detait. To the qt'estion, ''W the merit grant be atft'cfed by causes.'oyond ths teachers' con- defects ralDage, f'n!ce< kc, ( he replied in the fdJl\tlve, IITHl added that the instructions to her 'tj(\tY'R in?pfctot'a referred to the neatness of and to (he order of the premises. Wit regard to music, he said a mixed notation, cotOSfd of tha time s'-na of the 0 d notation Rnd fh.una ..igna of the new. on the otd notation stuff.'outd not be Thw on!y recognist-(! 11"il>n <.vf.)'f' H)f- :(- So,¡.fa, and theH')!);)h C(..U!'<H thp inovabfedoh wou)d be ¡¡Jj,;wed Mr. BROWN (Mft'ton) propf.p<! 1\ vote c.f thanks to .Mr, MOnl'o for: eplanati0!1. The Rev. I)r.W/s tLhoisamtet). in seconding the motion, snid Mor:o had thlUwlI a. ilotjd oî light upon the d<' paps'tgfs in the n<-w co.ie. The motioo to with acciHmaiion. A similar collilHent to the chidrutan brought the proceedings 8 c'ose.

CARDIFF BAUD uF GUARDIANS. The usua! of the Ho.i.rd of Gua.r- d'ans wan the board-room on Saturday. under the "f Dr. Pa.ino.—The Master of the 36 admissions, 40 di' charges,oueb?' arid ti)ree dea.ihs, ioaving 463 persons in thc''u-!e, a comparative increase of 32. The va/nta rpheved numbered 40, as agfinat 39 ¡the cori'f spending period Jast year. Tho ?rMtel of the Eiy School reported th.?ere had been no 'admissions, one ISO inmates—a comparative decrease of nln.-In rcpiy to an ob'<er\'u.tion by Mr. R. 0. Jot. Mr. Stephenson. the ciork. sa.id there had !at been a. continuous increase in the inmates of tv()rkh0u,"e, due partiy to the nu)n- bar of sick. ut-door ro!ief was reported to hnvo been given t'711 persons, as against 2,622 during tht; corr' spf;? wpf'k t.?t year, and the amount' expended ? ?259 10s. l?L, as a.gainsb .6258 12.-1, .-The Medical Omcer made a. special which be intimated that they had during tlt year: und suggested t' reference to thpse Ci?ej), ftn op* portunity ?? be given for some persons to soryo a ptirioct !tn monthly mir-fs or midwives,_lIe Hev. V. S..u)ex I,posed thut the consent of Loc:U Govei ).ment be at once a.ppii<Mi thi.s WitS seconded by Mr. J}ou- sa.iditwn.s a. question. 1- to hig lDinht ought to be considered by tha Visiting cnittM, vfifh a view (o fhor making 110 recomler;iol1, Ms. therefore, htuved an a.mend- ment. th;tllfl question of the f-xpcrimentat nurses br&n'rrfd to that committee. This wa.s by Mr. Hudford, and ngreed to, and on <suggestion of Mr. 0. H. Jones it was decided t the Y'siting Committeo should meft on t!te we>õdav fot)o\ving Kastpr Monday.—Tho Oerk rea !t'tt<'r from the Local Uùvl,wnment Board, fd 15th of M-.rch. TheCar'i't?!;otrd was ¡-ented to furnish observations on certain stlit.emehich had been made bv M!s Jc'nn'?! and ofch an extr.K'twas fof pfrusid.t'oin the f.xtract in question tt apYtMred that t h;1,r mentioned iMd raised an objection to contrib tow.trds the expenses of the omcea it ttteir own expensive room* (at tho,khouse) werestHnding id)e. She atsocon- 8idere<"t' every charge shoutd be made under it* own h"S'. and thatomce rent shotHd be p!aced under ch n'gu of sahn-y. She objected to a. puMic kept ut nn nuction mart, which an extra, walk of hatf )). miif. a.nc) eomppd th.it whim Blw waikfdthis distftnce to reP the books f-he ? o to)d sometimes ? COIll was sitting in tha room. She did not; tike ttendan auction mart in this way, and she had (mtinuetl her visits. Shll ¡ai,¡ed n further obje<* to the practice of inviting to the Ghri/'S dinner !ttE!yS<'hoo!s who had been brought, up thero.—Mr. Stpphenson to the obs<') vations contained in thatit was withiu the know)e<1ge of the that the rooms were appropriated en- tire the purposes of the guardians, und they weyt a.n auction mart. Hythfi library ho sup* meant 11 few books of reference u'<ed by board and its onico s. As to the rent being ch4 under the head .dill'v. that was a tttistake; it-property staged.—The Chairman said if the lerld como to them they would have known treat it, but ns the co:f)!nut)ic;ttion had the Locat Governruent f!oard it must; I b<-ttcd with the respect to whh'h it en* ti He contended that the Queen's y) the onices were situated, were both central aconvenipnt, The matter waa not impor- t enough to c;t)t for t))e Mtentio" (9. committee, and he pr"posed that )e referred to the chairman Hnd the .cht)irman of tha board to report upo" re the next mpeting. This waa agreed to.- report of the !)y Schools tho committee' had ngain considered Stton of increased hospita) accommodation, nnd retsolved to ennrety abandon the p)a.).s8ub* fed to the Locat Government Board, and D' en t)aving stated the nature of his requi.rfmf" inff!<:tir¡u ca!!es, he WIIS t"Pq\1f>¡¡tNl to prep"I" )!an-ttory f-ketchRs phiwing how these coutd ained, by inexpensive addinona to exist'"S i)dings. in two a!ternative ways, to bo 11\1 Fore tho committee at a. "pf-cia! meeting, the motion of the Chairman, seconded by 'obs. the report was adopted.—On tha p'opoSI; n of Mr. Titus UeweUvn. it wa& decided th&t rk FhouM prepare for nt the 00$- icting a. statement showing the number of lie and actuai attendances at the board nnd coø1ø rtee meetings of the guardians.—The Chainf* )ught it WIJ.s very df'sirx.hte that. thi.. should ne, a.s tho next election wou!d be the tiI ennia.1 one.—Thia wa.s R? the business. t

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