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OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.I
OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. THERE is a fashion in Crime," was a remark made by Sir George Grey when discussing the best method of dealing with garotters. In what is there not a fashion ? In our social and in our political inter- course there is a fashion, and the omnipresent spirit pervades the tactics of party. We see no longer among us the haughty executive of Sir Robert Wal- pole; we have lost the chivalresque temper which made Pitt fight with Tierney. We look at such phases of political existence as bygone fashions. We can rule without the hauteur of Sir Robert, and Putney Heath is no longer a fashionable resort for contending and hostile statesmen. A quiet popularity is now the fashion among ministers, and, with very few exceptions, with but one exception; I may say, the present ministry is in the height of fashion. There is little scope for brilliant oratory, the fashion is against it. The opposition has the best of it- Derby, Disraeli, Cobden, Fitzgerald, Cave, Cochrarie, may be mentioned as most conspicuous. Neverthe- less, the opposition cannot compare in popularity with the lesser oratorical lights of Government. Gladstone's rhetoric is not appreciated by any means so thoroughly as his proposition to reduce the to- bacco duties. Such is the fashion. Sir George Grey is the black sheep, and during the present session he has been the scapegoat of all political parties. He is out of fashion most completely. Lately he has been the victim of Mr. Hennessy, and he could not kave fallen into the hands of a more inve- terate Parliamentary scalper. Mr. Hennessy is one of those men who have risen in spite of everything. He began by being a bore, and he gives promise of terminating his career as one of the most effective and admired speakers in the House of Commons. Sir George sent some detectives to Poland; Mr. Hennessy must know ail about it, and with the helr of Mr. Griffiths elicits that Sir George Grey acted without consulting either Viscount Palmerston or Earl Russell. I have heard a rumour that the Home Office is getting too hot for the right honourable baronet: he is abused out of doors, he carries no weight in the House—instance the Security from Violence Bill—and no useful measure during the year has been connected with his name. Possibly, however, the wish in this case may be father to the thought, and Sir George Grey's hinted probable re- signation may be the freak of some unscrupulous gossip-mougers. Whether it be St or not I give the report as it reaches me, neither vouching for its ac- curacy nor undertaking to throw a reflection upon its veracity. The desire is very generally expressed that the gallant soldier whose death was recorded a few days ago should he buried in Westminster Abbey. Greater men have certainly been laid in that resting place of heroes, but a braver, more truthful, or more self- denying soldier than Sir James Outram has never been seen in the British Army. Were his remains to be placed by the side of Lord Canning none would say that too high a mark of respect had been paid to one who had served his country so wen; for among those who saved oar Empire in the East there has not been one who has bad higher claims on his country's gratitude than the "Bayard of India." Let us not then grudge him a place among our illus- trious dead. The feeling in favour of Poland as against Russia. is growing stronger and stronger here. The meet- ing in the City was a very enthusiastic one, and the stone once set a-roiiing will hardly end here. The prevailing opinion is that the Poles, after so many years of suffering, struggling, and persevering, de- serve their freedom, and that Russia is acting an unnecessarily cruel part in thus trying to dragoon the Poles into tame submission. Depend upon it the Polish insurrection is growing into gigantic pro- portions, and it is at all improbable that Hun- gary, whose sympathies are entirely with Poland, will are long join the fray. An uneasy feeling is also,.it appears, gaining ground in Paris, where the Polish cause always has so many warm friends. Amongst the rumours that come from the French capital is one relative to the formation of" an alli- ance between France, Austria, Italy, and Spain-all these powers to join in a war against Russia, and to be rewarded—France with the much-coveted Rhine frontier, Italy with Venetia, Austria with the impe- rial crown of united Germany, and Spain with the guarantee of the maintenance of the temporal power of the Pope." I look upon this as one of the wildest rumours I have heard for many a day. How are France, Austria, Italy, and Spain to agree upon a war with Russia ? What is to be the pretext for de- claring war? And who is to pay the piper i The probability is that Russia, who is gathering up her strength, will make a desperate effort to break down all opposition to its tyrranous behests, and will dragoon Poland into at least temporary submission. A bill is now before the Commons for closing pub- lic-houses on Sunday. There is no likelihood of it" passing, but the subject of Sunday trading in in- toxicating liquors is now in other respects attracting a good deal of attention. The Maine Liquor Law advocates are acquiring considerable strength, and will of course use their influence in favour of any such measure as this; but quite independently of this power, there are two other powers which will be brought to bear upon any measure that has for its object the closing of public-houses on Sundays-a large portion of the reiigious community nud, stranger to say, a portion of the publicans them- selves. Put a far stronger power than all combined will be the voice of that part of the public who are opposed to legislative interference with Sunday trading, as well as of that. part of the public who talk loudly of their right to bay and sell when they like, and demand the privilege of getting "refreshment" all day and any day. Public opinion, taken altoge- ther, is not ripe for so large a change as that con- templated, but I think that opinion is gradually growing against" the publican's trading on the Sunday. An experiment has been made by one df our Aldermen, Mr. Wateriow, the stationer, which is de- serving of general attention. He has erected a block of buildings near Finsbury-square, which are to serve the grand purpose of proving thatimproved dwellings for the industrial classes can be made to pay sopie 8 or 9 per sent. Langbourn buildings, named after the ward of which he has been elected an alderman, are built to accommodate twenty families. They have cost him about £2,000, and the sets of rooms are already taken by respectable mechanics. The houses themselves are pretty looking, with balconies, each house having a winding external staircase, terminating in a flat roof, which can be used as a dry- ing ground for the inhabitants. They are built of an artificial fire-proof material, which, while it looks well, rcduces the cost of building one-quarter. The stuff of which they are made has no name that I know, for it has been made for the purpose, and is a mixture of clinkers, culm, refuse calcined coke, &c., with one quarter Portland cement. The leading ideas of Mr. WTaterlow are these, cheap construction, independent or separate lodging; and agreeable, pleasing appearance, and his object is two-fold—to supply cheap and healthy lodging to the better class of mechanics, while those who rent their sets of rooms from him will make room for a class below themselves. Knowing Mr. Waterlow, I do not believe that his object is personal profit, but he nevertheless wishes to show that we can improve the dwellings of our working population and gain by our philan- thropy. The present overcrowded state of London is such that any effort of this kind should be hailed with gratitude, but should not every town do the I same ? The condition of the dwellings of our work- ing classes in large towns is a subject calling for immediate remedy. The subject of our metropolitan railways excites an interest to others besides expectant shareholders. With eagerness the London public are making en. quiries about the various schemes afloat on the sur- face of our commercial life, and demanding that rail- way lagislation should be more circumspectly pro- ceeded with than it has hitherto been. In the Southern portion of the metropolis the railway mania has made extensive ravages. Unsightly arches and misshapen bridges abound everywhere, and earnest efforts have been made and are still being made to extend the system on the north side of the Thames. Both in the House of Lords and in the House of Commons there are, however, signs of increased vigilance, and it is clear that many of the railway bills now before Parliament will be thrown out. Among these I trust will be both the schemes the success of which would involve the disfigurement of Greenwich Park. The programme just issued by Mr. Mapleson, the lessee of Her M ajesty's Theatre, promises well for the brilliancy of the operatic season. On the 11th of April the theatre will be re-opened with a company unusually strong, and several novelties" are said to be forthcoming. The orchestra will as before be under the direction of Signor Arditi, and it has we are told been greatly strengthened. In short, in every department, if we may credit what we hear, the im- provement will be manifest, and if this indeed be the case Mr. Gye must look to his laurels. The bal- let is to form, as in the olden time, a conspicuous feature," the lessee having, as he assures us, en- gaged the three greatest danseuses in the world." If all those promises be kept, then Mr Mapleson will have deserved su cess and doubtless also have achieved it. -tc z
NOTES FROM THE DOCKS.
NOTES FROM THE DOCKS. THURSDAY NIGHT. There is nothing particularly new to record this week, except the pleasing intelligence that there are more orders for steam coal than the shippers can supply. The "stem," as it is called, is exceedingly large, and the prospects of the coal trade are encou- raging. This morning a large and remarkably fine fleet of ships arrived in dock, amongst them being a splendid American craft rejoicing in the name of "Harry Bluff." We have often desired to give a weekly price list for steam coal, but find it impos- sible to do so, the price varying so much according to the quality and condition of the coal. We may however, state that prices range from 7s. 9d. to 9s. unscreened, and if screened, Is. extra, and that there is a brisk competition in the market. SUDDEN DEATH.—About three o'clock on Wednes- day morning, Robert Bowden Shaxton, captain of the ship Monarch, now lying at the west side of the West Dock, was found insensible in his berth. Mr. Pratt, surgeon, was soon in attendance, but deceased never recovered, and died about eleven o'clock the same morning. Deceased is said to have received some injury in his head some months ago. An inquest was held before R. L. Reece, Esq., on Thursday, and after the examination of several witnesses, the Coroner adjourned the inquiry till Thursday week.
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HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. MORN. j EVEN. DKITH. 1 H. 31. H. M. FT. IN. Saturday 8 16 8 28 31 4 Smulav 1 8 49 8 59 30 5 Monday 3 17 9 27 28 (i Tuesday 9 47 9 50 20 2 Wednesday 10 16 10 25 23 6 Thursday' 10 46 10 53 20 7 Fridav 11 20 11 48 17 9 FROM THE BILL OF ENTRY OFFICE. E X P 0 It T S. Destination Narue of ,1hi[J. Coal. Iron. Shipper March 13. Boston Sea, B. 525 Nixon,Taylor&Co Brest Thaise,F. 100 Schmalz & Co Nantes Adele Stephanv, F. 139 Insole anll Son Nantes Petite J'aysallne, F. 160 Mnychurch andGo Bordeaux Anne Marie, F. 163 Richd. Cowell New York .Figlia Allessandra, Aus 948 Hea.th.Evans&Co Civita Veccbia Wellamo, Rus. 425 H. Worms Cadiz Immanuel, Den. 163 Lletty Sheiikin Bilboa St. Francois, F. rail 150 Cory Bros. Teneriffe Jehu. B: 2;)0 S. Thomas Singapore Batavia, H. T. 44-3 H. Worms New York Meridian, U. S.. 1150 S. Thomas St.. Thomas Carl, Old. 802 ..RoyalMailCo. Demerara Burgoineister 243 j c ffi d c Stuve, Han jpt(ul2iij March 14. Fecamp Bud, B. 80 J. Cowell & Co. Algeslras Pacific, B. 160.. Insole and Son Nantes Douze Apotres, F. 90 Cothn t Co. St. Sebastian Angelique, F. 130 H. Worms Oporto Renie du Ciel, F. 190 Insole and Son Porten Bassin Edouard and 1 i28 Inso]e and Son Rose, J Simon's Bay Amphitrite, Sard. 622 Letty Stienkiii Port Mahoa Alert, Sard. 383 Richd. Cowell Alicante Rivalen, Ny. 600 H. Worms Genoa Eanni, Ens. 578 Powell & Son St. J ago de Cuba Phoerix, H.T, 240 A. Venard Lisbon London, B. rail 96 H. Worms Srilonica Ocean Queen, B. br&bdl268 Guest & Co. Messina Revival, B. bar&bun 210 W. Crawsliay rr.. -D f 186 T. Powell & Son •Jamaica xnebis, B. \rail 830 Guest & Co. NieuveDieppeSamson,s.s.,B. bar 960 Cory Bros /bar 148 Llvnvi Vale Co. sheet 69 Booker & Co. pig 10 F. P. Carrel Diepce Vulture, B. ingts copper 10) p-wt. wive 11 tl.. Tfisiulat cwt. bearings 7) 335 Rhymney Coal Co Calcutta Rose Stanilish U.S 1300 H. Worms CivitaVeccliiaNanny, Buss. 450 H. W oruis Cadiz Marianne, H.T. 257 Insole & Son Pt. de Gaiie Wm. Michell, B. 8GO H. Worms March 16. Maranham Richebueto, B. 580 Cory Bros. Bordeaux St. Vincent, F. 149 Shepherd & Evans Nantes Pere Bavain, F. 150 Coffin & Co. Basse Indre Noisillac, F. 103 Insole & Son Nantes Deux Eeines, F. 117 Locket & Co. Bordeaux Zele Pere, F.; 145 Shepherd & Evans St. Nazaire Ana, F. 100 ..Loeket&Co. Basilan Tre Brodre, Ny. 616 Heath, Evans,& Co. Malta Mimbelli M., Rus. 830 Shepherd & Evans ConstntinopieAntonie von Cleve Meek 645 Powell & Son Palermo Morton, B. bar&budl 195 Llynvi\ ale Co. Galatz Richard Tredwiu,B.bar 215 W. Crawshay Nantes Noemi, F. 160 Cory Bros. 1 March 17. lVIalta General Chasse,B. 7(51 R. Davis Nassau Eastern State, B. 1001 Nixon, Taylor, (fcCo. Boston Glengail, B. 790 Nixon, Taylor.&Co. New York New Brunswick,B,732 Nixon, Taylor. &Co. Charente Monai-ch.B. 221 Powell & Son 140 Bayoime St. Jean, F. is Cowell & Co. Nantes Eliza Louise, F. 104 Insole & Son St. Nazaire Neptune, F. 180 A. Venard Nantes Sylvan, F. 110 Lletty Shenkin Nantes Bclulien, F. 130 Richd. Cowell New York Minerva, Prus. 600 Nixon, Taylor,&Co. Amsterdam Ceres, B. bar 165 Guest & Co. Bordeaux Eugenie, F. rail 170 Dowlais Co. Caen Conception; F. 140 H.Wilson Nassau Ella, B. Soo Kixon, Taylor,&Co. pt fuel 130 Nantes Martlet (s.s.), B. 250 IVavne Co, Genoa St. Franceso, Sard. 345 Lletty Shenkm Genoa Santena, Sard. 530 Lletty Shenkin Rio Janeiro Eieazer, Sn. 339 Ii. "Yorms Smyrna Earl of Carlisle, B.300 H. Worms Dieppe Florence Nightingale, B 640 Cory Bros. March 18. f 635 "| Shanghai Canton, B. -J 300 cases Bri- ^S. Thomas ( tish spirits J Maranham Enterprise, B. 649 Powell & Son Bilboa Julie, F. 175 Richd. Cowell Belle Ile FernandNRaoul, F. 155 Morel & Co. St. Nazaire Alphonsine Jeune, F 150 Penygraig Co. Bordeaux Jeune E mile, F.' 155 Coffin & Co. Pont L'Abbe Hirondelle, F. GO Insole & Son Tli Sebastopol Einigkeit, Prus. 640 TJetty Shenkin New York Laura, Prus. 600 Powell & Son Singapore Boreas. H.T. 415 ..V*est & Hancock Landscrona Alliance, Han. 126 H. Holm Cadiz Glide, B. 220 Harrison Bros. March 10. Gibraltar Queen of the Nether- lands, B 478' Rhymney Co. Jamaica Killa Lass, B. 290 Insole & Son Nantes St. Etienne, F. 155 Wayne Co. Nantes Connetable de Clis- son, F 130 Insole & Son Bilboa lie Darais, F. 140 Richd. Cowell Beirout Katica A., Aus. 284 H. Worms Rio Janeiro Luiea, Sn. 5GO.. H. Worms New York Maria, Han. 262 Nixon, Taylor, ifeCe. Martinique Anne Catherine,B. 322 A. Venard Malta Volunteer, B. 477.. Aberdare Co. Halifax Ann, B. 1040 D. Davis Havannah Dan, Den. 654 Insole & Son VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS. March 13. Cadiz, Glide, B., 141, Black, G. S. Stowe Charente, Monarch, B.. 139, Shaxon, W. Y. Edwards Lisbon, London, B., 59, De Carteret, F. P. Carrel Fecamp, Bud, B., 47, Le Jeune, Morel and Co Nantes, Connetable de Clisson, F., 79, Cheviteau, Morel andCo Port rAbbe, Hirondelle, F., 48. Calbomdin, Morel & Co Nantes, Lisbounaise, F., 79, Favermier, J. Cowell and Co Beyrout, Katica, A., Aus., 176, Audrianich, Ogl$by and Davies Alexandria, Therese, F., 224, Aubree, F. P. Carrel Ancona, Eugenie, B., 166, Bovey, J. H. Anning MaTch U. Nice, Candor, B., 114, Davies, Rowlads & Thomas Jamaica, Eagle, B., 385, Forbes, Cory Bros Nassau, Sisters, B., 128, Maycock, Cory Bros Monte Video, Solace, B., 360, Barker, Cory Bros Dieppe, Florence Nightingale, B., 373, Lee, Cory Bros Black Sea, Water Lily, B., 391, Ansell, J. Owen Lisbon, Edward Beck, B.,95, Roberts, David & Toms Bordeaux, Auge et Melanie, F., 75, Baron, F. P. Carrel Nantes, Mere Cuerie, F., 119, Lequennel, David & Toms Nantes, Marie Eugenie, F., 79, Halgand, David & Toms Nantes, Euphemie, F., 78, lliteau, David & Toms Nantes, Adele, F.; 107, Allain, David & Toms Jamaica, Corinthian, Den., 212, Swendon, Cory Bros Lisbon, Ane Sophie, Den., 122, liingmacher,Page, Ohlsen and Co Galatz, Black, Swan, U.S., 157, Podger, S. Nash & Co Point de Galle, Garland, H.T., 53f), Brie!, J. C. Rust Syra, Vasiliss, Gee., 285, Scara, Ogelby & Davies March, 16. Lisbon, Catherine, B., 102. Richards, Foster & Co Salonica, Gem of the Sea, B., 189, Bevan, R. W. Parry Vigo, Commerce, B., 102, Robinson, F. P. Carrel Pallidas, Jessie Anandale, B.. 123, Hamden, J.H. Anning Malta, Portia, B. 298, Rvan, J. H. Wilton Nantes, Martlett (s.s.), B., 169, Bee, David & Toms Nantes, Etienne Mane, F., 122, Allain, David & Toms Calcutta, Osiris, F., 435, Rogers, G. Suily New York. Amfitrite, Aus., 435, Tomicich, F. P. Carrel Genoa, Auguste and Jaennette, Prus., 359, Schmerdtfager, J.S.Mathews March 17. San Sebastian, Blyth, B., 156, Coleman, Rundle & Co Naples, John Henry, B., 556. Howe, Cory Bros Alexandria, Bellona (5.), E., 1589, Pink ham, J.H. Wilson St. Thomas, Anne, B.. 246, Jameson, M. Thompson Lisbon, Bolina, B., 313, Cormack,M. Thompson Genoa, Pilgrim, B., 182, Lloyd, Rowlands & Thomas Bilboa, Mantura, B., 79, Owen, Rowlands & Thomas Nassau, Huntress, B., 178, Vincent, Cory Bros Oporto, Alarm, B., 109, Phiip, R. J. Todd & Co Bilhoa, Yolande, F., 78, Crequer, Morel & Co Bilboa, Proviaence, F., 98, Grazais, Morel & Co Nantes, Protege de Marie, F., 78, Le Boux, Morel & Co Seville, Jeune Henri, F., 79, Moyon, E. Thomas Nantes, Beauleon, F., 69, Boyn, Richd. Cowell Constantinople, Ringer de Jacob, Prus., 357, Waliis, R. W. Parry Malta, Mate, Aus., 310, Fragmil, F. P. Carrel Malta, Noemi, Aus., 222, Turcich, A. Lucovich Corfu, Vierm, Aus., 212,Gelalia, A. Lucovich Constantinople, Angelo C, Aus., 270, Cincincovich, A. Lucovich March 18. Point de Galle, Danloe, B., 298, Tate, H. Cadenue Naples, Majestic, B., 120, Tregarthen, R. W. Parry Shanghai, Spirit of the Sea, B-, 499, Maguire, A. Lewis Bilboa, Jules et Nosmi, F., 117, Chesneau, J. Cowell & Co Landscrona, Alliance, Han., 79, Meyer, Cory Bros. Alexendria, Mama Maria, Aus., 375, Scrobogna, A. Luco- vich Naples, Matteo L., Aus., 324, Poschich, A. Lucovich Corfu, Henriette, Aus., -346, Dogiianizza, A. Lucovich Alicante, Heldos, Ny., 204, Tonnesen, TeUefsen & Holst March 19. Vera Cruz, Fanny Mitcheson, B., 329, Hallett, F. P. Carrel Calcutta, Hengist, B., 1091, Campbell, H. Cadenne Teneriffe, Eugenie, B., 135, Jarvis, Harrison Bros. Martinique, Orontes, B., 322, Hunt, West and Hancock Alicante, Lancashire Lass, B., 97, Hourigan, S. Nash diul Co. Cadiz, Mary, B., 367, Lewis, Morgan, Son and Co. Alicante. Ann, B., 128, Frary, S. Nash and Co. Naples, Versuvio, Nap, 175, Scarpati, S. Nash and Co. Messina, Princippe Alberto, P. S., 270, Mondani, S, Nash and Co. Dieppe, Jules, F., 99, Mi chard, J. Cowell and Co. Mauritius, St. Louis, F., 188, Ternissen, C. G. Wise and Co. Monte Video, John Bryant, U. S., 810, Gardner, S. D. Jenkins and Co. Callao, Harry Bluff, U. S., 1189, Redman, S. D. Jenkins and Co. New York, Ann E. Thompson, U. S., 868, Simpson, 3. D. Jenkins and Co. New York, Thomas Durham, U. S., 1159, Young, F.'P. Carrel New York, Wanderer, Prus., 603, Buje, Cory Bros. Barcelona, Franzes Ra, Swn., 508, Brogren, Page and Ohlsen Hong Kong, Nicoline, Den., 375, Aliilmann, West, Han- cock and Co.
TREFOREST.
TREFOREST. CLEVER CAPTURE OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST BY A SHERIFF'S OFFICER.—This usually quiet neighbour- hood was thrown into a state of considerable excite- ment on Saturday last, in consequence of the appear- ance of a sheriff's officer in search of the Catholic priest residing at that place. It appeared that the officer was sent by Mr. Gawn, of Caidiff, who held a warrant for the apprehension of the priest. On presenting himself before the reverend gen- tlemen, he became very abusive, and offered great resistance; indeed, so much so, that ultimately the aid of several Irishmen was called in to assist him. A scuffle ensued, during which an Irish- man actually wounded the officer with a stick; the weapon entering the mouta of the unfortunate officer, which, for the moment, caused him much pain, and the priest being a strong, powerful man, he, with the Irishman in question, made his escape. On the following Sunday morn- ing, Mr. Gawn, determined not to be baffled, sent further assistance to Treforest, and, by a little stra- tagy, came in contact with the priest alluded to, who had just entered the railway carriage toper- form his religious calling at Mountain Ash; The officers bad just arrived at the railway station when the priest entered the carriage for Mountain Ash, with the impression that the law officers could not take him on the Sabbath-day but being arrested on the day before, they, of course, paid no attention to the threats of a number of Irishmen who had crowded around the priests's carriage. The officers made their way through the crowd, dashed into the carriage, and pulled out their man on to the plat- form just as the train was about to leave. A scene ensued which baffles description. The howls and cries of the Irish people assembled were tremendous, but the officers retained fast hold of the priest, and the down train for Cardiff arriving, they placed I the priest in it, who, in an hour afterwai-ds, was safely lodged in Cardiff gaol. It is a certain fact that had not the down train for Cardiff arrived in time, a serious riot would have been the result. The above are merely the plain well-authenticated facts of the case, which will be long remembered in the locality in which it took place. MERTHYR. MEMORIAL WINDOW.—The rector of Merthyr has had a fine memorial window placed on the south side of the chancel in St. David's Church this week, in memory of his much beloved and lamented wife, who died at Torquay twelve months ago. In the top compartment there is a fine painting of the Virgin Mary and child. The halo around the Virgin's head may be specially noticed, and the graceful outlines of the garments are marvels of art. In the lower compartment is the design suggested by the touching narrative in Gen. xxiii., where Abraham seeks to find a resting place in a strange land for Sarah his wife. The mourning group, the beautiful blending of tints, the deeply suggestive .form, so passive and plian', concealed beneath the shroud, form a picture of stirring interest, and yet a sad and painful one, upon which, knowing the history of what it is the commemoration, few eyes will rest without a shade of tenderness. The work of art is the production of Clayton and Bell, the leading glass painters, and certainly we have never seen any production in the principality that can equal, much less surpass it. BRECON AHD MERTHYR RAILWAY.—The bus from Mr. Gabe's to the Pant Station ran for the first time on Thursday, and in honour of the occasion a bugler was taken two and fro enlivening the streets as he passed, and giving eclat to the event. See adver- tisement for times of the omnibus running to and J from Merthyr. On Monday the line was passed by the government inspector, so that henceforth pas- sengers will be conveyed from the Pant to Brecon, and vice versa, and with the addition of Mr. Gabe's coach, the line may now be said to be open between Merthyr and Brecon. On Saturday the mail coach will run for the last time between the two places, and thus, after so many years, the last coach will disappear i from our highway. We would suggest that Mr. ¡ Price, whose connection with Merthyr has been a long and pleasant one, should be escorted out of town on Saturday with musical honours. DOWLAIS GAS WORKS.—Some time ago the gas consumers of Dowlais made an urgent application for a reduction in the price of the gas supplied to them, and meetings were held, and deputations ap- pointed to carry the point, but without avail. It is somewhat singular, and may be taken as a proof that if the gas company doubt their ability to reduce the cost, the manager has no such low estimate of their monetary condition, for he (the manager) has just applied for an increase of £20 in his salary. The cost of gas in Dowlais is 5s. per 1,000 feet, and as coal is cheap, and coke could be easily sold', this is considered too high. The principle of trade now is cheap price and great consumption. Query, would not the additional consumption of gas, if supplied at a cheaper rate, be doubly good—be a service to the people and an increase of profit to the company? It is always well for monopolists to take care that a good understanding is maintained with the people. We live in an age so abounding with wonders, that any day it would not be surprising to hear of large gas establishments rendered useless by every man becoming his own producer and consumer. ST. DAVID'S.—The Rev. John Davies, B.A., offi. ciated as curate for the first time at St. David's, on Sunday last. MaIm LATE MAILS.—It is a great source of an- noyance to the inhabitants both of Merthyr, Aber- dare, and Pontypridd, that the London mails have been received so irregularly of late. The fault, we understand, is on the Great Western and South Wales lines, and as the trains arrive too late at Cardiff for the Taff Vale's first mail train, the bag% are detained until the next. A little acceleration of the mail in London would remedy the evil. BURGLARY.—On Monday night some unscrupu- lous knave made a forcible entry by the back-way into the premises of Mr. Job Davies, Penydarran, watchmaker, and amongst other things abstracted thirty-eight silver watches, the majority of which had been brought to Mr, Davies for repair. As be is a poor man, this is a most distressing case, and the sympathy felt for him is great. No trace can be found as yet of the burglars, but as the owners of the watches have in many cases certain known marks on their property, it is hoped the offenders may be detected.
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IJarlimmiiiaru Jletatb* MONDAY—MARCS 16. In the House of Lords, the Union Relief Aid Act (1862) Continuance Bill, the object of which is to extend the power of unions in the distressed districts in Lancashire to make rates in aid and to borrow money, and which had come up from the Commons, was read a second time, as was the Salmon Exportation Bill. The Malt Duty Bill was read a third time and passed. In the House of Commons a new writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for North Lancashire, in the room of the Marquis of Hartington, who had accepted the office of a Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Gregory gave notice of his intention to call attention shortly after Easter to the affairs of Turkey.—Mr. B. Coch- rane drew attention to the affairs of Greece, ac- cording to notice, and a discussion ensued, in which Mr. Gregory, Mr. M. Milnes, Mr. Layard, Lord J. Planners, Mr. H. Seymour, Lord H. Scott, Mr. D. Griffiths, Mr. Cave. Mr. C. C. Clifford, Lord Pahnerston, and Mr. S. Fitzgerald took part the motion, which was one for the production of papers, being in the end withdra wn. On going into committee of supply—Colonel Barttolot moved an address to the Crown, praying that the stoppage from the pay of cavalry and horse artillery officers for forage be discontinued. Sir. G. C. Lewis opposed the motion, on the ground that it would add £:20,000 to the army estimates. Cn a division the motion was lost by 107 to 75. The house then went into supply on the army estimates. Some votes were agreed to. TUESDAY—MARCH 17. In the House of Lords, the Union Relief Aid Act, 1862, Continuance Bill passed through Com- mittee. In the House of Commons, Mr. Somes moved for leave to bring in a bill for closing public- houses on the Sunday. Mr. Packe opposed the introduction of the bill. Sir George Grey said he should not oppose the introduction of the bill, though he could not give any hope of his not opposing it on the second reading. Mr. Roebuck gave notice that in the very unlikely event of the bill being read a second time, he should in com- mittee move that it extend to every club in Lon- don. On a division, the motion for leave to bring in the bill was carried by 141 to 52. Mr. W. Forster moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the laws relating to game, with a view to ascertain whether any and what alterations are required therein. He en- larged on the evils arising from the present state of the law, which encouraged rather than pre- vented poaching, which was not considered by most in the light of ft criminal offence and, in- deed, as the law stood, it was not decided whe- ther the offence was larceny or not. There ought to be an inquiry into the operation of the preservation of game on the value of land, and in reference to rating. Another subject worthy of inquiry was whether there should not be an alteration in the law which provides for the con- viction and punishment of poachers, it being his opinion that they should be tried, not summarily but by Jury at quarter sessions. Viscount En- field seconded the motion, at once in the interest of thelovers of sport, of the ratepayers, the farmers, and the public at large, all of whom had been affected by the Poaching Prevention Act of last year. Mr. Thomson moved as an amendment that the appointment of the committee should be postponed until further experience shall have been obtained of the working of the Poaching Prevention Act of last year, contending that nothing had been shown that the legislation of last year had failed, whereas he adduced proofs that its operation had been successful in dimin- ishing poaching, On a division the motion was lost by 176 to 157. Mr. Roebuck moved for returns of the names of persons who had applied for licenses to change their names since 1850, and the cases in which they had been granted, and the fees demanded for such licenses. He stated his object to be that the law on the ques- tion should be fairly carried out without the tyrannical interference of officials. Every man had a right to assume any name he pleased, on any occasion, or for any purpose, except for fraud. He stated the case of Mr., Jones, of Clytha, in which Lord Llanover interfered to prevent his taking the name of Herbert, which had been previously adopted by another person of his name. Treating th3 matter with some humour, he gave other cases of capricious inter- ference with change of nanies-a right which every one was entitled to exercise. Colonel Clifford defended' Lord Llanover from certain imputations of personal motives in the matter of Mr. Jones, which had been cast on him by Mr. Roebuck. Sir George Grey said that if Mr. Jones of Clytha had applied for a license, as Mr. Jones of Llanarth had done, to change his name, it would have been granted, but he had not done so. There was no doubt that every man had a right to change his name, but it did not follow that he should be recognised by his nante imme- diately by all official authorities; indeed the question was one rather of usage than of law to entitle a man to be accepted by a new name. He acceded to the return in an amended form, omit- ting the names of the applicants. The Solicitor- General stated that there was no positive law on this subject, but it was always a matter of usage and reputation.—The motion, as amended, was agreed to.—Mr. Cowper obtained leave to bring in a bill for the embankment of the South side of the Thames.—The Post-office Savings Bank Bill was read a third time and passed. WEDNESDAY—MARCH 18. In the House of Commons Mr. Brady moved the second reading of the Diseases Prevention (Metropolis) Bill, the object of which is to pre- vent the conveyance of persons suffering from infectious diseases in street cabs, by enabling parochial authorities to make regulations on the subject. There was a discussion, after which the motion for the second reading was withdrawn, and the Bill postponed till 29th May.
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lifters t1J tfjc Cbitor. ("I REVIVAL SERVICES." SIR,-The serious spirit and thoughtful defence of Revival services by Unattached" in your impres- sion of the 6th inst, are well worthy the attention of wholesale denouncers of modern evangelism as also the pertinent remarks of Observer," in the same paper, of those who would defend Revivalism in all its peculiar features. There is yet another way in which Revival preach- ing strikes a christian. May I be permitted, sir, to become the representative of a large portion of the religious public in much, if not all, of what follows. And first, it is an awkward fact for those who, among the doctrines promulgated in their revival services, include the progressive transformation of the believer into the likeness of his Lord, to find that the majority of those christians, who find it im- possible to lend their hearty sanction to all their proceedings (much less to find spiritual enjoyment or profit in them), are just that portion of the christian church which have known and loved the Saviour longest, walked with God the most con- sistently, and have been held in most esteem for their work's sake. How is it, we may ask,, that those who must be supposed to have drank deepest of their Lord's spirit, and acquired the greatest sym- pathy with bis mind, should find these services shock and sadden them, fill them with repulsion and with indignation? The answer, which we ven- ture to supply, is our first objection to these ser- vices, viz., that while the obj .ct of them is in unison with the mind of God, the means used to obtain that object are utterly alien from it. A newspaper is not the proper arena for a religious controversy, but it will be allowed me to make a. brief comparison be- tween the addresses of revival preachers and those of our Lord and His apostles to unconverted multi- tudes. The modern Evaugelist begins his address by a declaration of the primary and necessary im- mortality of every human soul (so far, it is confessed, in company with most religious teachers), and then proceeds to point, to the whole world of immortal souls as forming one cataract, whose inevitable abyss is Hell. Where, I would ask, in all the recorded addresses of Christ and His apostles is there to be found the slightest precedent for such representa- tions as these? Emphatically would we point to Peter's address on the day of Pentecost-that day which is so famous a precedent among revivalists for their excitement and success—and ask where is the faintest shadow of such statements, even in an address to the crucifiers of our Lord ? Here, then, is one pointed and distinct aberration from the prac- tice of the Great Teacher, and those whom He filled with His spirit. But the power" of revival preach- ing seems to consist in this very divergence from the scripture examples that are left us. The speaker, bent upon making an impression, exerts himself to the utmost to terrify his hearers. He takes them to the verge of the pit and bids them mark the leaping forks of flame and the rolls of pitchy smoke, writhing in sympathy with the tortured souls and stifling their piercing cries. He then bids them note that the earth is receding from their feet, and, as in imagination, they hang over the abyss, he tells them it is but by a single hair, which Time already whets his scythe to sever. The description is re- peated-tbe ground is gone back upon, and returned over once again—the imagery is dwelt upon anew, and invested with details still more horrible, rolled as a sweet morsel under the tongue." At last the potent charm has done its work. The shriek of a distracted woman rises from the crowd; a child struggles with convulsive emotion a thrill of agony goes from heart to heart; and thus in the nineteenth century the gospel rises ns a light upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death Again, we would ask—Was it on account of preaching such as this that the" common people" heard our Saviour gladly ? Unattached" says one soal saved should satisfy even the captious," as to the merits of those services. But since all influences whatever falling upon a human soul have a determinate effect upon its future course and being, it will not do to say this, unless we could also know the future of the shoals who leave unimpressed and unconverted. How can we hope that the influence falling upon them was beneficial, if the speaker struck out a path for him- self which his master never walked in ? Since divine truth is really present, though presented self which his master never walked in ? Since divine truth is really present, though presented with so vile an admixture of the human, it would be strange if some souls were not saved. I may sow a I hundred grains of tare with six of wheat, and it will not prevent the corn from sprouting. A woman we will suppose (no uncommon case) with a brutal drunken husband, who is abused and beaten by him every day, and struggles to make up his waste in drink by miserable toil—a woman who has led a life of martyrdom entitling her to rank with all the saints that Rome has ever canonized, steps in to hear the gospel of glad tidings with her little boy, her only consolation in her arms. She has had dim hopes of one above who was Dot unmindful of her misery. In her poor ignorant way she has dimly thought. of God as one who was kinder than man, more powerful and willing to do good, else she would 11. have said so often God bless it" to her child. When her life (almost too busy and full of care to find room for much of sin) became at times, more unbearable than usual, she would look forward to the grave with com- fort, as a resting place—" the weariest day must have an end." And now she hears the "glad tidings." It is not long before her heartstrings quiver, her blood congeals in her veins, despair descends like night upon her soul. God is portrayed to her as more indifferent than the neighbour who lent her the gown she is wearing more cruel than her hus- band whose blow she has hidden by a curl; even the last poor consolation that" the end of life would be better than the beginning" is robbed from her—she is put in the place of Dives instead of Lazarus, and so frightful appear her prospects in the future that the present daily misery must be clutched to the last hour. She looks distracted on her sleeping child, and she cannot say God bless it" now. All her old dim comforting thoughts of God are gone she hastens from the place where the cursed light broke on her, just as the speaker is reversing his portraiture of God, and now that he has brought the people to hate through fear—hardened them to antagonism, and confounded all their notions of the Holy and the Just; he is calling upon them to admire the infinite love of this capricious and two-sided Being. Is this the preaching which is most likely to give the poor a consolation which deprives adversity of much of its sting, toil of its weariness, and affliction of its de- spair?" If, however, the pernicious effect of this preaching upon the unconverted he denied, there is no doubt about its unhappy effects upon a large sec- tion of the Christian church. Hundreds of Christian men and women have felt insufferable injury from attendance at these services. They had gone with unsuspecting joyful hearts to welcome these labourers in the vineyard of the Lord, but they were buulked at the threshold of co-operation by insuperable differ- ences of conception. The God, with whom they had walked so long, the Saviour they adored with such supreme and awful love, became changed into they knew not what. Their idea of worship and of com- munion with God was found to be strangely reversed in the substitution of noise for devotion, of excite- ment for contemplation. It appeared that for so many years they had been worshipping a delusion and a lie. The Heavenly Father had become a Jug- gernaut and a Moloch. The Judge of all the earth, a blind capricious tyrant, ready without reason to cast you into the furnace, or give you half his king- dom. The heavens had become as brass above the poor, and Christ, whom all the sick and sinful wel- comed when on earth, in unshakeable confidence of his love and sympathy, is, it appears, not the same to-day as he was yesterday. He has sat so long in heaven, and so near the Father, since that time, that his heart has turned to stone. What wonder men and women have ran with closed ears from these preachers—ran like a father runs from him who re- I veals the treachery of his son, refusing to hear the proofs and preferring to believe the lie—ran to the blessed revelation which God has given us of himself, and to their unutterable joy have found the lie is truth again—that the old image is the Divine—that the old conceptions must ride happily above the new. They have seen again how God is love" alike in the punishment of the reprobate, as in the salvation of his children. How there is no inconsistency in his divine and glorious character, and no possible taint of injustice in his government. They have heard the disciples enter into every city with Peace be to this house," and only shake off the dust of their feet against them when Christ bad been re- jected. They saw how the Saviour loved even the young man who did not follow him. They heard him pronounce woes" upon the Pharisees and upon Capernaum that would none of him; but to the "weary and heavy laden" saying, "Come unto me and I will give you rest." H. D. VENTILATION OF MINES. Sm,—Would you be kind enough to permit me to make a few remarks in your valuable columns on an article entitled More Good News for Miners," that appeared in your paper of the 6th current. I should be very sorry to catch at a random error of any one who takes the trouble to write for the information Or benefit of the public; but the writer of the article,ln question is so much at fault in his philosophy, formation, or observation, anent the ventilation Of mines, that his article is unpassable. He eve" makes insinuations on the motives" of Cyfarthfa folk for building a chimney on the top of their aJt shaft. In speaking of air furnaces your correspondent goes on to say The only aeeess the air has to the fire is through the bars of the grates, all other pilrtS -• of the fire are hid by iron doors or other means- Hence the current is brisk comparatively, but in, sufficiently, as the means of entrance to the fire are so limited." Now had the writer of the above ever seen a ventilating furnace that any mining engine^ would recognise, he would never have made tbtf statement. I never saw a furnace at Aberdare Of Merthyr where the only access" the air had to tW y upcast was through the furnace bars; neither ba'e I seen it anywhere else. There may be places at of Aberdare or Merthyr where the air returning from 0" the workings is so surcharged with gas that the? y bave a dumb drift" to convey it over the furnac«j y in which case all the air admitted to the furnace c0t be passed up through the furnace bars; but ret this air is taken fresh from the downcast shaft, aB Ca is apportioned to the wants of the furnace for the combustion of the fuel only while the whole of the air that has been used for ventilating the colliel? 8. never touches the fire or fire bars. If all the air some mines was passing up through their furnac8 "I grates" coals would not lie on them; and such J arrangement would spoil the effective power of' furnace, by strangling the air in the narrow sages between the bars. In the best furnaces, the area for air passage at the furnace, r> in the furnace drift should equal or surpass the area0* j the upcast shaft; any throttling of the air at the fnt. H nace militates against the ventilation. At fj have seen icontractions built in the arch where tH J air was coming in contact with the furnace..4 coal there is not bituminous, and the arradiernell nil enabled them to burn inferior coal, however contraction would hurt the ventilation. 1 Your correspondent goes on to say that The 1»" 4* Anthony Hill, a sound practical man, thought it i*' dr material whether the upcast shaft should be a high or a low one." Now, if by a low upcast shaft is mes". a shallow one, and if in building on the top of J shaft, he (Mr. Hill) preferred a low chimney high one, then it is_ equal to saying Mr. Hill H ferred a less ventilating power to a greater; J this was his practice, he would get what lie preferred, 1 and the charge of preference for old svstems" 0)0 ) come home t.o Mr. Hill in lieu of sound .principle..Ja But your correspondent goes on to say furtbat t] that at "Cyfarthfa they are erecting a shaft 300 fe high, and 40 feet around the base." Your corre* pondent seems to think that the on!3' gain in tW long high shaft is from the difference of density consequent pressure of the air at the top of it f¡,oJ}! the base, while against this small gain he brings "1 y leveller in the shape of t.be cold air above the surfa that surrounds this huge aerial shaft. But I prs i sume at Cyfarthfa they see a greater advantage f¡ 'their long chimney than this. The deeper your caA shaft the greater your ventilating power. is an axiom in ventilating by a furnace as in i cibll ce s correct as a whole is e§ual to all its parts. 1J matters nothing whether you go up or down your shaft. 'Ibis question does not lie tfh-eA your correepondent intimated at all, althoOg't the matter of less dense air high up, and bwj exposed sides to the atmoshere up to it, be looked at by nice engineers, yet it may remembered here that the air above the often warmer than under it, so in that case the$ round the aerial shaft would be better for prom0'' ventilation than under the surface. 1 Two shafts of equal area and equal depth, equally exposed to surface currents would, in vefljj' lation, represent a just balance, and, consequent' no motion or ventilation. But place a furnace ? the bottom of one of your shafts, and raise the it one degree in temperature, the air in that j will be expanded to 1.459th part greata: thpn it before, and consequently one l-459th part lig^'s than the air in the other shaft. Now if your j was 459 yards deep, your ventilating power in J case would equal 1 yard deep of air, and the are9 < i your shaft falling into vacuo. But shoeld j the successors of Mr. Hill place 229.5 feet on [ top of this shaft, at the assumed conditions he w0?/ add half a toot to the ventilating column, and Would be the ventilating power'; while by carry1^ .out the Cyfarthfa principle, and placing 459 fe0L, the top of shaft, foot wouiaDfl etdcLcd ventilating column, and your ventilating power W°. j equal four feet. If your furnace was capable of rfti^ i the temperature of the upcast 100 deg. alone downcast, the advantage gained in the two cases^ j building on the top of the shaft would still be j is to two, and in the supposed case as 50 is to ioo. j I cannot see how any part3r should characte^ the 330 feet to the top of Cyfarthfa upcast wasting of money and persistants in an old that should be avoided." Why, it is taking advantw of the principle of one of the simplest and, perbaPj j best systems of ventilation yet fully known; and daresay Cyfarthfa folks know that even surp' power in ventilation possesses features of econovof' Your correspondent admits that Struve's ometers" are an effectual system of veutilating._ { j he certainly errs in setting down their price he certainly errs in setting down their price e&t £10,000. At Middle Duffryn Colliery the larg d, aerometers are (as far as I know) yet constraltodf and capable of exhausting 80,000 cubic feet of y, per minute; but they cost only £ 1,000. At wood colliery, Swansea, an aerometer, capable hausting 16,000 cubic feet per minute, cost j j and at Pyle two aerometers capable of exhausW1^ j. 40,000 cubic feet per minute, cost i'000. prices are without the engine. But one of Leffii0!||. Fans can be put up at a cost of £ 176 complete engine, and capable of exhausting 34,400 cubic prices are without the engine. But one of Letcie" Fans can be put up at a cost of £ 176 complete engine, and capable of exhausting 34,400 cubic of air per minute, Begging your pardon, sir, for transgressing so on your space, I remain,—Your's, &c., H.B'
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