The Cardiff Times

CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. At the meeting of this Board on Saturday, E. W. David, Esq., in the chair, the members present, in. cluded Rev. T. H. Jones and Mr. J. Bird, vice-chairmen, Rev. D. Morgan, Rev. H. J. Thomas, Griffiths Phillips, E-q., Dr. Paine, Dr. Taylor, Alderman Pride, Mr. French, Mr. E. Evans, Mr. Ainsley, Mr. T. Williams, &c. Dr. PAINE and Dr. TAYLOR called attention, on the reading of the requisition of supplies for the workhouse for the ensuing week, to the large quantity of laudanum which appeared to have been consumed of late. From May, 1865, to August, 1866, only 77 pir,ti bad been used; bat in six weeks from March last, there appeared to have been 38 pints called for.—Mr. John, on inquiry being made, stated that he bad not been in the habit of recording the quantities given out as medicine, but for the future he would do so; and by next week he would have referred to the requisitions and prepared a state- ment to be laid before the Board, showing how and when the various quantities had been called for. At the suggestion of Dr. TAYLOR, s fortnight since, be had procured a book for the purpose of keeping a detailed account in future. Mr. E. EVANS, as one of the visitors for the week, com- plained of cases of women coming in and going out of the house almost daily. Some of them represented themselves as having been deserted, when they had merely had a temporary quarrel-with their uusbands.- The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Evans knew that this matter had been explained over and over again. Where a person applied for an order for admission to the house, repre- senting herself to be destitute, the relieving officer had no power tJ refuse it, nor had the Master of the Work. house any power to refuse to admit the person coming with the order. Nor could he refuse to allow the person to leave when she demanded to do so. Such was the law; and there was no ase in the matter being continu- ally referred to here, when the Board had no power to prevent it.—Mr. E. EVANS said he regarded it as very anomalous that a prostitute should be able to obtain an order for the workhouse, and then go about plying her vocation in the streets until nine or ten o'clock, and then present the order and be admitted in the workhouse for the night.—The CHAIRMAN said it could not be helped while the law was as at present. The only thing the Baard could do in the matter would be to petition in favour of Mr. Hardy's bill, now before Parliament, which pro- vided for keeping prostitutes in the workhouse, at least until they were cured of disease. He requested the clerk to read the 30th section of the Poor Law Amend- ment Bill, bow before Parliament.-The Clerk read the section referred to, which provided that any inmate of the workhouse suffering from mental or bodily disease, sheuld not be regarded as in a fit state to leave the house, and should not be discharged but by leave of the Guardians and provided the Board were not in session, the master should be authorised to detain the person until the next Board meeting, when the case should be referred to them, and they should have power to further detain the person until the medical officer gave a certi. ficate in writing of the fitness of the person to be dis- charged.—The Clerk remarked that the adoption of this clause into the Poor Law, would be of great service to this Board.—The CHAIRMAN gave notice that he would move next week that a petition be presented to Parlia- ment in favour of the passage of Mr. Hardy's bill. The report from the Industrial School showed that 121 pupils were receiving industrial training. The number of inmates was 213, an increase of 33 on last year. There had been five pupils discharged during the week, three of whom had gone into situations, one had run away, and one had been removed by parents.—The Clerk stated that the Pontypridd Board, having ap- pointed a schoolmistress for their workhouse, had given notice for the removal from the Ely School of the chil- dren belonging to their Union.—Mr. Harris said that the Pontypridd children comprised four boys and six girls.-The CHAIRMAN observed that it was a goad thing that they were to be removed, as the Industrial School was getting overcrowded. RE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE RELIEF DISTRICTS. The CHAIRMAN laid before the Board the reports from the Committee of the Whole on the subject of re-arrang- ing the relief districts of the Union. He stated that at the meeting held on the subject there was not a large attendance of Guardians, and only one member from Cardiff was present. The question was discussed for a very long time, and the Committee were far from being unanimous respecting;it. Two proposals were submitted, which had since been printed and circulated among the members, and the Board had to decide to-day between them. Mr. R. O. Jones, by whom the matter was origi- nally brought forward, was unable to attend to-day, but had sent a letter expressing his views on the matter. The proposal No. 1 was that Mr. Wride's district should comprise St. Mary and Grangetown; Mr. Talie,in Wil- liams to live at Cardiff, and take St. John's, Roatb, and Canton Mr. Hopkins to take St. Fagans and the upper part of Llandaff, in addition to his present Whitchurch district; and Mr. Eagleton to take Penarth, Leckwitb, Llandough, Cogan, and Lavernock, in addition to his present Bonvilstone district. The other arrangement, proposal No. 2, was that Mr. Wride should take St. Mary excepting Temperarce-town Mr. Williams to take Temperance-town, St. John, excepting Plucca-lane, Catbays and Maindy, and Llandaff, except Gabalva; Mr. Hopkins to take Roatb, Gabalva, Maindy, Plucca. lane, and Cathays; the country parishes being divided between Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Eagleton as in proposal No. 1. The letter of Mr. R. O. Jones now suggested a third arrangement. He objected to mixing town and country parishes in one district, though in the case of Penarth it was impossible to be avoided. He suggested St. Mary alone for Mr. Wride's district, and adding Grangetown to Mr. Williams's district, with St. John's, Roatb, and Canton with this amendment be endorsed proposal No. 1. This would give Mr. Wride 1323 acres, 953 paupers, and a half-yearly relief of JE2078 to distri- bute; Mr. Williams, 5440 acres, 739 paupers, and £1996 relief; Mr. Hopkins, 31,732 acres, 306 paupers, and X1273 relief; Mr. Eagleton, 43,705 acres, 233 paupers, and X1018 relief. The CHAIRMAN said he considered No. 1 proposal, thus modified, to have been considerably improved; other- wise he should have regarded No. 2 as the best proposal. Another reason why he Aid not entirely approve of No. 2 was that it gave Roath to Mr. Hopkins, who was not so experienced an officer as Mr. Williams while under No. 1 proposal Mr. Williams would retain Roath. No. 2 proposal had divided the work more equally, but Mr. Hopkins was too young an officer to be entrusted with such a pari h as Roath. The Rev. H, J. THOMAS said that by adopting pro- posal No. 2. they would be throwing on Mr. Hopkins as great an account of labour as formerly they had cast on Mr. Wride. He thought Mr. Wride should take St. Mary's, Grangetown, and Canton, (No, no,) or at least Grangetown and St. Mary's, and then his work would be considerably less than now. They ought also to have a third Board sitting here to dispense relief, and they could not manage without. They had two vise-chairmen besides the chairman, and each should preside for the distribution of relief at the same time, in different rooms. The CHAIRMAN agreed that they ought not only to divide the districts and the labour more equally among the officers, but that they should reduce the labour of dispensing relief in this room by forming a second re- lief committee, in addition to the general Board presided over by himself. He thought that the work in St. Mary's alone was quite enough, if not too much, to be managed as it should be by Mr. Wride, at least in the winter; and the distribution of relief to the St. Mary's paupers alone was quite enough for one Board to do on the Saturday. Dr. PAINE concurred with Mr. R. O. Jones and the Chairman that St. Mary's was by itself enough for one di-trict, and that Roath should be associated with Can- ton and St. John's in another district. He considoired ir very important to keep St. MalY's distinct; it would facilitate the accounts and make it.easier for the pau- pers to understand whore they bad to apply for relief, if the parish were made conterminous with the district. Even then St. Mary's district would have more paupers than any other district but on the other hand the area would not be so great, and if it was worked as he hoped it would be, very differently from what it had been, the result would be satisfactory. In this room they had found very frequently that the relieving officer had been ignorant of the circumstances of the cases brought forward, and this fact added materially to the labours of the Board. The relieving officer left the cases until the Thursday and Friday before enquiring into them, in- stead of doing so on the three previous days. The Board, having insufficient information supplied to them, had to give temporary relief instead of finally disposing of the cases at once, and then the same names had to appear on the list again and come before the Board a second time after the officer had enquired into them. By giving Mr. Wride St. Mary's alone he would have time to pay visits and make inquiries earlier in the week, and be prepared with information when the names came before the Board. Roath, Canton, and St. John's would be an easy district for an officer living in St. John's. It was at present a serious in- convenience for the paupers in Roath to have to go to Canton for relief. In regard to Penarth, he thought the time was coming when the relieving officer for that district ought to live in Penarth, for as trade increased there, there would be a greater number of paupers. At present Lancarvan had as many paupers as Penarth, but it would not be so long. Besides, in the country parishes every pauper was known to the ratepayers, and the relieving officer could easily ascertain tbe facls re- specting them but at Penarth the population were to a great extent strangers to each other, and the relieving officer, in order to be well informed of the circumstances of paupers, should live in the neighbourhood. They need not require Mr. Eagleton to remove to Penarth at once, but should give him to understand that he would hereafter be called upon to do so. Mr. J. BIRD thought that either of the proposals be- fore the Board was immeasureably superior as an arrangement of the districts to that which now existed. They would, by adopting one of these plans, have a good classification of the paiishes. As to Mr. Eagleton's district, a great addition would be made to his work, and the Board ought to take into consideration an increase of his salary. In regard to the Chairman's remark that only one Cardiff Guardian attended the meeting of the committee of the whole, he wished to explain that the reason was, they were attending the funeral of Mr. Priest Richards. Mr. E. EVANS expressed his confidence in the opinion which bad been come to by Mr. H. O. Joues and the Chairman, whom he should have regretted to find dif- \fering fron) fiacVi olhcr in their views of the matter; and he though. that tbe ecbeuie as approved by tAiem was 1 the best that could be adopted. 1 The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of No. 1 proposal, as modified. In doing so he desired to correct a re- mark by Dr. Paine, which was calculated to mislead. That gentleman had stated that cises were frequently put ou the books in regard to which the relieving officer was unable to give any information to the Board. Such a state of things had formerly existed, but of late it very rarely occurred, and the Board had no occasion now to complain of Mr. Wride being unable to give information. They were much more frequently obliged to postpone cases in consequence of the absence of some of the medical officers, than in consequence of ignorance of the facts on the pait of the relieving officers. The Rev. T. H. JONES seconded the CHAIRMAN'S motion. Dr. PAINE said, in explanation of the allusion of the Chairman to tht medical officers, he was bound to state a fact which the Board seemed to ignore. They had no right to expect the attendance of the medical officers. The medical officers were only required to attend in special cases, when requested to do so by the Board. To expect medical officeisof St. Mary's or St. John's to -it here every Saturday for two or three hours was quite out of the question-it would be a most serious tax on their iucome, and the Board had no right to make such a demand, except on special occasions, when it was re- quired. He asked the Clerk to read the orders of the Poor L'lw Board on the point. The CHAIRMAN said he had not said that it was the duty of the medical officers to invariably attend-he had merely mentioned the fact that they did not attend, to show the true reason why the Board had to postpone cases. Dr. TAYLOR said he could not agree with the Chairman that the absence of the medical officers was the true reason. Cases had been postponed this very day in consequence of the relieving officer not having the re- quisite information. To day there were very few cases came before the Board, and the lists were finished early. A short time since Dr. Sheen was asked to attend, im- mediately after the public business. To day he had come here, in order to do so, and he found the re- lief business all finished before his arrival. There had been, among the cases to-day, three or four which Mr. Wride could not explain. Mr. Wride Only one. The CHAIRMAN called Dr. Taylor to order, for going beyond the subject before the Board. Dr. PAINE contended that Dr. Taylor was quite in in order. An imputation had been cast by the Chair- man on the medical officers, and Dr. Taylor had a right to give such information as would tend to remove it Mr. E. EVANS said that neither Dr. Taylor nor Dr. Paine was in order, for there was nothing before the Board. Mr. J. BIRD said that the rearrangement of the dis- tricts was before the Board. Dr. PAINE said that the Chairman himself had pro- voked the remarks which had been made, by his mak- ing a statement which was not fair to the medical officers. Alderman PnIDE rose and was about to speak, when, Dr. TAYLOR claimed that he was still in possession of the floor, not having sat down nor finished what he had to say. He asserted that the Chairman had provoked the remarks he had made, by casting an imputation on the medical officers. The same thing had fr, quently occurred when he (Dr. Taylor) was a medical officer, complaints being made of the attendance of the medical officers not being regular. He had invariably sent his book when he had not come himself, and in it were all the necessary particulars; and that was all that the Board had a right to expect, unless they specially re- quired his attendance. Alderman PRIDE said, he was the most regular of all the members in attending the meetings during the dis- tribution of rehaf, and therefore he knew much. better than Dr. Paine or Dr. Taylor, and quite as well as the Chairman himself, why it was that cases had to be post- poned and he must bear the Chairman out in stating that it arose from the non-attendance of the medical officers. Some months ago there were complaints of want of information from the relieving officer, but for the past two or three months there had not been more than one or two oases per week respecting which Mr. Wride had not been prepared with the needful informa- tion. But on the other hand the Board were frequently in want of the doctor, or of his book. As for Dr. Sheen coming here to-day as Dr. Taylor had stated, he might have spared his attendance if ha had sent his book to theBoardinstead. Dr. Sheen: Ask Mr. Wride where my book is, sir. Mr. E. EvANs Silence The CHAIRMAN: This is a very irregular discussion. The motion of the Chairman for the re-division of the districts as above given, was adopted unanimously. SALARIES OF RELIEVING-OFFICERS. The CHAIRMAN said the next question was, what sala- ries were to be paid to the relieving officers under the Bew arrangement. Taking Mr. Wride first, his duties were greatly diminished by taking St. John's from his old district; but nevertheless his bands would still be more than full, if he attended to bis duties properly. They were not confined to the regular cases which came before the Board for, unlike the other officers, he had also to deal with an immense number of tramps and vagrants, who were passed over to the police, so that the comparison of figures did not reveal the whole of his work. Therefore the Board ought not to reduce Mr. Wride below the present salary of £120 a year. In re- gard to Mr. Williams, his work also would be reduced, but the provision that he should remove from Canton to Cardiff would entail extra expense on him. He per- sonally objected to the removal, having been at some ex- pense in fitting up the houge in which he now lived; but it was clearly necessary for him to remove. The Board might, however, allow him £5 a year additional on this account. His present salary wa3 JE120. As to Mr. Hopkins, his district and his duties would be con- siderably increased, and jglO additional salary should be given to him, making his remuneration J695 a year in future. Mr. Eagleton's duties would be much increased, having Penarth and the adjoining parishes added to bis district; and he ought to receive £15 a year more. The total of these additions would be £30 a year, which was the sum agreed to be paid last winter for extra assistance to Mr. Wride. The Rev. H. J. THOUAS suggested whether Mr. Wride's salary ought not ta be reduced. The CHAIRMAN thought, if it was, they should not take more than £5 a year from him. The Rev. T. H. JONES suggested deducting £10 from Mr. Wride's salary. The Rev. H. J. THOMA3 thought £10 a very scanty in- crease for Mr. Hopkins, considering the great addition made to his work, and that bis salary already was the lowest in propartion to his work. The CHAIRMAN dissented from this opinion, on com- paring Mr. Eagleton's duties with those of Mr. Hopkins. Mr. Eagleton, he proposed, should have £100, and Mr. Hopkins, £95. Mr. Hopkins had 32,000 acres, and Mr. Eagleton, 44,000; Mr. Hopkins, 30G paupers, and Mr. Eagleton 233. One remark, however, be desired to add it would be most inconvenient for the Penarth paupers if Mr. Eagleton continued to live at Bonvilstone. When Penarth was formerly under Mr. Eagleton's charge, he lived at Cadoxton, and it would be much preferable for him to go there again. The Rev. H. J. THOMAS remarked that if Mr. Eagle- ton removed to Cadoxton, Lincarvan would be left in a dilemma. Mr. J4 BIRD said, in Lancarvan all the paupers were old residents, and known to the ratepayers; but in Penarth they were all strangers. Mr. E. EVANS observed that Mr. Eagleton had con- ducted his district in such a manner as to be very free from complaint, and the paupers were fairly dealt with by him. There was no need to require of him a change of residence, especially as no notice of such a condition appeared in either of the proposals which had been cir- culated among the members. Dr. PAINE hoped that under the new arrangement the relieving officers would do their duty and if so, they would find—contrary to what they might have thought —that no one in the Board had more sympathy for them than he. He had advocated taking Grangetown from Mr. Wride's proposed district, and he thought it would be ill advised for the Board to reduce the salary. A re- duction of a few pounds would be no great saving to the ratepayers, and Mr. Wride would deserve all the money if he did the work well. He moved that Mr. Wride's salary remain at £120. Mr. J. BIRD siidtbat no one could accuse him of being a partisan of Mr. Wride's, from what had occutredin the past; but he hoped that no one would suppose him to be unwilling to give credit to any one who became fairly entitled to it. He had well watched Mr. Wride's eon- duct, and he was bound to say that it had manifested considerable improvement. His tendencies were all in the right direction, and bye and bye he had no doubt the Board would have in Mr. Wride a very efficient officer, though not so much so as the first of his name who held the office. In order to encourage lum to improve, he ought to be fairly paid. He (Mr. Bird) would, therefore, second Dr. Paine's motion. The motion was carried. The CHAIRMAN said the next question was, whether Mr. Williams'salary should be increased in consequence of his having to remove to Cardiff. Alderman PiiDE thought it should remain at £120, The extra expense of living in Cardiff would be saved by Mr. Williams, in his not having to spend money travel- ling in the country. The Rev. H. J. THOMAS moved an addition of £10 a year to the salary. The Rev. T. H. JONES seconded this, in order to cover the extra rent Mr. Williams would have to pay. Dr. TAYLOR objected th-t this would make Mr. Wi1. iiains' salary higher than Mr. Wride's, who had to live in Cardiff too. He moved that the salary be left at £120. Mr. MARKS seconded this. The CHAIRMAN remirded the Board that Mr. Wride harl 95Ø paupers to l\lr. Williams' 73!}. The [lev. H. J. THOMAS withdrew his motion, and the salary was fixed at JE120. The CHAIRMAN said they would all agree that some addition should be made to Mr. Hopkins' salary. He suggested £ 10, making it £ i)5 a yellr. Alder man PHIDE seconded this. The Rev. H. J. THOMAS remarked that no man had done his duty mere satisfactorily than Mr. Hopkins. Mr. J. BIRD confirmed this remiiik, observing that Mr. Hopkins was very intelligent, and his books were well got up. The motion was carried. The CHAIRMAN, in regard to Mr. Eagleton, remarked that a considerable addition WQB made \.0 hi. dintrict, and -13 moro pnupera placed in Ula claargo. Ttio Board abould give him at least i £ 15 a year more, but should re- 1 quire him to live nearer the centre of his district. He made a motion accordingly. This was seconded by Alderman PRIDE. Mr. E. EVANS said that Mr. E igleton had to keep a horse to go over his district, aud the expense of this took much of his salary. The Rev. H. J. THOMAS moved, andjthe Rev. D. JUOR. CAN seconded, that the addition be £20. This amendment was carried, making the salary X105 a year. The CHAIRMAN stated that the alterations in the dis- tricts would take effect at the end of the quarter. He moved that Mr. Eagleton be required to live nearer the centre of his district. The Rev. D. MORGAN said that to require him to re- move would take more from the salary than they had just added. The CHAIRMAN said they really couldj not leave Mr. Eagleton at Bonvilstone. The Rev. H. J. THOMA" thought that was not so very inconvenient for the district. Dr. PAINE seconded the Chairman's motion. Mr. E. EVANS appealed to the Board to consider the long services of Mr. Eagleton, and the satisfaction he had given. They should not disturb him in his resi- dence until some tangible reason for doing so was placed before them. He saw no justification for putting an officer to unnecessary inconvenience. Mr. Eagleton's present residence at Bonvilstone was far from being at an extreme end of the district; and until they found complaint made, why should he be removed ? He moved that the residence of Mr. Eagleton be not interfered with for the present. This was seconded by the Rev. D. MORGAN. Dr. TAYLOR thought, in order to be centrally-situated, Mr. Eagleton should be required to live either at Wtn- voe, St. Andrews, or Cadoxton. Mr. J. BIRD said he was willing to take into conside- ration the services of an old officer, whenever his conve- nience did not militate against the interests of the pau- pers; but he could not consent to require paupers living at Penarth to go to Bonvihtone to put down their names for applications to the Board. The Rev. H. J. THOMAS said Mr. Eagleton would have to visit every parish in the district every week, and the paupers need not go to Bonvilstone, but could state their case to him when be arrived. The Rev. T. H. JONES agreed with Mr. Evans that it would he time to take action when any complaint arose. The CHAIRMAN said he concurred with Mr. Bird. It was ten miles from Penarth to Bonvilstone-too far for paupers to go when they^wished to see the relieving officer. The original motion was carried, and Mr. Eagleton was required to remove within six months. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. The Rev. T. H. JONES, pursuant to notice, moved that a play-shed for the female pupils, similar to that already provided for the boys, be erected at the Industrial School nnd that the cooking apparatus and boiler be removed from the kitchen to some more convenient spot; and that the money for these purposes be bor- rowed with the loan for the Workhouse extension. The Rev. H. J. THOMAS seconded the first propesi- tion, as to the erection of a shed. The CHAIRMAN stated that he had spoken to the archi. tect, Mr. Bernard, on the subject, who had consequently prepared plans, which were now produced. He approved of the plan for the playshed, with somemodincations which Mr. Bernard would probably, on their being pointed out to him, admit to be improvements. As to the removal of the boiler and apparatus, he objected to Mr. Bernard's plan. Instead of taking the apparatus outside and ad- joining the kitchen, the plan proposed building a new kitchen and seullery, detiched, in front.of the Louse which he (the Chairman) regarded as a'.great mistake and a great nuisance. Mr. Bernard's letter accompanying the plans was read. It proposed a girl's play room, with bath and lavatories, enclosed, so as to be useable as an infants' school room (which department was now carried on at some inconvenience, in the dining room). The cost of the building would be £370, if it were but one story high; but by adding a second story, bed-room accom- modation could be obtained for fifty more children. This would costjESOOmore. The Rev. T. H. JONES said the architect recommended too much-more than he was contemplating when he brought forward the present motion. Mr. E. EVANS suggested the reference of the subject to the visiting committee of the school, stating that so large an expense ought not to be incurred without their recommendation. The CHAIRMAN said the committee had discussed the matter over and over again, and it would be of no use to refer it to them. Mr. E. EVANS But they have never come to a definite conclusion. The CHAIRMAN said, that was not from any difference of opinion as to the additions being wanted, but on account of the expense involved. There could be no doubt that a play room was wanted for the girls. The motion was adopted. The Rev. T. H. JONES next moved the removal of the boiler, &c., to a more suitable place. Mr. J. BIRD seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said it might be removed at a very small expense, to outside the eastern end of the kitchen. He should prefer this to Mr. Bernard's plan. It was referred to the School Committee to take steps for cairying out the resolutions, and the Clerk was in- structed to request Mr. Bernard to meet the committee for that purpose. The Board then adjourned, after an unusually lengthy session.

gtarhets. LONDON CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. Last week's supplies of foreign oats and wheat were plen- tiful, but moderate of other grain. The show of samples of wheat this morning from Kent and Essex was scanty, and, with storms and much rain on Saturday and since, tho value of English was raised Is. per qr. More demand was ex- perienced for foreign, and in some instances rather more money was paid. Australian sorts were in good demand. Factors were generally holding for an advance on Norfolks and other country flour. It was the same with French and other foreign, but town rates were unchanged. Maize, trade was quite, at unaltered rates. The continuance of small supplies of barley generally hardened values, both in English and foreign. The malt trade was steady, at the previous quotations. The large arrival of llussian oats caused a decline in this quality of 6d. per qr. Prices were firm, but the demand was slow. Peas, no difference of value could bo noted either in white or other sorts. C U URIC NT PnICES OF BRITISH GKAIN AND FLOLT. IN MARK-LANE. Shillings per Qr Shillings per Qr. Wheat-Essex and Oats—Scotch feed 22 — gO Kent, white new 60 to 72 Scotch potato 27 — 24 Ditto, red new.. GO — 72 Irish feed, white. 21 — 26 Norfolk, Lincoln- Ditto, fine. 27 31 shire, Yoiksh., Ditto, black.21 — 26 red ,62 70 Potato 26 — 31 Barley 31 — 34 Beans—Mazagan -'iS — 39 Chevalier new ..37 — 47 Ticks 08 — 39 Grinding.32 — 3i Harrow .38 — 41 Distilling .34—41 Pigeon .43 — 43 Malt—Esses, Nor- Peas-White boilers. 40 — 43 folk, and Suffolk, Maple 40 — 44 new C6 — 70 Gray new 38 — 4C Kingston, are, Flour-Town house- and town-made holds, per sack of new 66 — 70 2«0lbs 54 — 60 Brcwn, new. fil — 59 Country 43—46 Rye 32 — 37 Households 47-49 Oats—English feed. 25 31 Norfolk and Suf- English potato.. 28 34 folk on shore 42 40 WEDNESDAY. The attendance at market to-day was moderately good, but the arrivals of English wheat were very limited. The few samples on the stands were readily disposed of at prices fully equal to Monday last. There was a good show of foreign wheat, in fair average condition. Holders were firm in demanding late rates, but sales progressed but slowly, buyers not being inclined to operate beyond their immediate require- monts. The flour trade ruled inactive and prices had a downward tendency. There was only a small supply of barley Oil offer, and the trade was steady at hardening prices. Oats, beans, and peas, sold slowly on previous terms. METROPOLITAN CATTLM MARKET.—II ONDAV The supply of beasts to-day was short, and as trade ruled brisk prices in consequence advanced. Prime beef made 4d p.-r stone more money than on Thursday last, and middling, or second quality, was also id. higher, the respective quota- tions being fs. 6d. and 4s. lOd. per stone of 81b. Of mutton and lamb there was a good supply, and the trade ruled about the same as on last market day. No variation took place in in veal, and the pig- market was dull. Statement of Pricca, per stone, Monday. Reef 3a. &s. Od. Veal 3s. Gd. Os. 6J. Mutton 3s. 4d. 5s. 21 [ Pork 3a. Od. 4a. 2d. Lamb Oa. Gd. 6s. lOd. ]

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THE TAILORS' STRIKE. At the adjourned meeting of trades delegates, Mt- Mackay, delegate from the tailors, explained at 80104 length the reasons which had induced the trade refuse to endorse the arrangement entered into bY their late president and secretary to withdraw the pickets. To have consented to such an arrange* ment would have been a virtual closing of the stride at a time when there was a good prospect of success* It had, therefore, been unanimously resolved on by the trade to remove, with their consent, the late president and secretary from office, and continue the pickets 0 usual. The committee, however, had given strict injunC* tions to the men on strike to refrain from all intimid#* tions or threats,and any man on picket duty exceeding instructions and rendering himself amenable to the la* would not be defended at the expense of the association" The following resolution was unanimously carried "That this meeting of trade delegates consiatf the system of placing pickets on shops which are on strike to be justifiable, and a legitimate mean* of giving effect to the Act of 1859, by which work* men are allowed to peaceably persuade other workmen not to accept of any terms that may be offered by the eØ1' ployers, more especially as the existing law is sufficiently, stringent to punish any man who, while acting as a picket* may so far exceed his instructions as to use intimidation or resort to threats to effect his object."

A Civic Cross is going to be founded in Beigiup1 for acts of devotedness. It will be in enamel, mounted in gold, for the nrst-class, and in silver for the second. The Magyar Ujrag publishes a letter froJ11 Kossuth denying the truth of a statement made by the Koumam deputy, Sigismund Papp, that in a proclama- tion formerly addressed to the people of Roumania, had said, If you, Wallachians, do not obey and up your arms within a week, I will, as true as God is in heaven, drive you from the face of the earth, as tempest sweeps away the chaff." Kossuth declares that he never pronounced such a menace. CHOLERA PROSPECTS.—The bills of mortality WJiA be anxiously .scanned for the next few weeks. Whenever the first three weeks of July have passed without the first warnings of cholera being apparent in the bills, we havÐ hitherto remained free from any epidemic during the yeff in England. Having commenced the critical period in safety, we may hope to pass through it. "Defence, not defiance," must be, therefore, still our watchword.- British Medical Journal. ARREST OF ANOTHER FENIAN LEADER.-7" Another well-known Fenian leader has been arrested it) London. This time it is an Italian, who calls himselj Fariola, and who lately hchl high rank in the States army. He is an intimate acquaintance of Alpin, and Colonel Kelly, and has been wante d" iQt several months past. Fariola will forthwith be sent to Dublin for trial. THE LORD MAYOR AND HIS DETRACTORS.— i_iord Mayor Gabriel has the disadvantage of comip? after one of the most popular and munificent cliie' magistrates of modern times, and his hospitality is being unfavourably contrasted with Sir B. Phillips's. It that the deputation of common councillors who went to Paris at the distribution of., prizes, were, as they alleged, snubbed by the Lord Mayor, who committed further sin of wearing an alderman's instead of a Lord Mayor's gWI-n. But his chief sin in the eyes of hiS accusers is that his lordship violated the Sabbath by presenting on a Sunday an address of congratulation to Napoleon upon his escape from assassination CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—The late Mrs. Elizabeth Charleton, of Ashley-hill, Bristol, whose personalty sworn under £ 7,000, has bequeathed to tiie British a»» Foreign Bible Society £ 50 and to the British and Foreign School, the Anti-Slavery Society, the National Tenl* perance, and the London Peace Society, each 19 guineas. -The late Miss Sarah Dalley, of Lyndon Cottage, Drixton, who has left personalty under £6,000. haS bequeathed to the Church Missionary Society and the National School at Esher each JE50 to the Brixton lufant School, £ 5; and to the National School, Brixton 10 puineaa.—The lata Miss Harriet Elizabeth Catei fFe of Mavwood, Devon, whose personalty ivna ««- „ 'j ■ J.7,000, has bequeathed to the North Devon «U £ 80; to the Society for Promoting Christi™ £ 50; and leaves £ 5 to the rector and^K, ^no^IedS £ distribute amopget the poor of Marwoo^.

THE BOARD OF HEALTH BYE-LAWS. The Town Council met on Tuesday as a Board of Health, to consider the proposed amendment of the bye- laws. There were present the Mayor (C. W. David, Esq.), in the chair Alderman Alexander, and Council- lors Whiffen, Winstone, Elliott, Bowen, J. Bird, Jenkins, Flint, Evans, and Dr. Taylor. The MAYOR said he had convened the meeting in order that the bye-laws of the Board might be amended —in consequence of a decision of the stipendiary ma- gistrate, which rendered a portion of the existing bye- laws ineperative. He considered the subject sufficiently important to demand an extra session of the Board, in order that the bye-law might be amended without de- laying the matter until the next ordinary meeting. Besides the defect found in the bye-law by the stipen- diary magistrate, the Clerk was in receipt of a letter from the general Board, which pointed out other infor- malities in the bye-law, which it would be highly desirable to get rid of. The decision of the stipendiary magistrate was that the penalty to be exacted for breach of the bye-law should not exceed £ 5; while the bye-law as it stood, prescribed X10 as the maximam penalty. The suggestion of the Local Government Board was that a portion of the bye-law should be expunged. Mr. WINSTONE asked on what grounds any part of the bye-law should be expunged ? Mr. Stephenson replied, the bye-laws of the Board for the regulation of streets and buildings were made in 1859, on the model of a circular which was sent to all the local Boards in the country. The bye-law of this Board was almost ward for word the bame as that model. Since then the section 33 had been brought before the courts in various cases, and it had been held by the judges that in some respects it went beyond the lawful powers of Local Boards to enact. Mr. J. BIRD said, a great many other Local Boards besides this had adopted the same words, and it was because of questions arising elsewhere that it was thought desirable to amend the Cardiff bye-law, so as to avoid having the same questions raised here as had been in other places. Mr. Stephenson said the question bad been raised here in regard to section 33. Part of that section being admittedly bad, the question arose whether the whole of it was not vitiated thereby. No decision bad as yet been given to that extent. But it would be best to re- move the doubt by expunging from the bye-law what- ever could not be maintained in the courts. Mr. WINSTONE asked whether the £10 penalty, which was now stated to be too high, was prescribed in the model sent down here from the Poor Law Board ? Mr. Stephenson replied that it was. The circular from the general Board last received, was dated June 29, and signed T. Taylor. It drew the attention of the Local Board to three cases recently decided, by which decisions it bad been ruled that section 33 of the model bye-laws sent by the general Board to the various local Boards could not be supported. The general Board therefore requested the local Boards to expunge from the section in question the words, or shall make any alteration in the works after they have been completed —such words being held to be opposed to the decision in one of the cases referred to; and also to expunge the words or proceed to the execution of any such works before the expiration of the notice." These words, also, the Courts had hell to be ultra vires. It was very de- sirable that the bye-law should be, without delay, re- anacted in a form enclosed in the circular of the general Board, and which comprised the old section in regard to lew buildings, omitting the latter phrases. Mr. WINSTOSE said that on receiving this circular, the Board should have quietly withdrawn from the prosecu- :ion against Woodward, without pressing the case on to i decision, and thus drawing public attention to the in- formality of the bye-law, of which now advantage might be taken by parties engaged in building. Mr. Stephenson replied that the decision in Wood- ward's case was not based on the grounds referred to in the circular, but on the penalty exceeding the amount [egally imposable. lie read the amended clause 33, which preserved to the Board their present authority as ;o all new 'buildings, and the necessity for submitting plans thereof for approval. Also a new secticn 34, which provided separately for penalties, the maximum being fixed at R5 instead of £10, as in the existing bye- aw. The MAYOR moved, and Mr. EVANS seconded, a reso- ution adopting the two new bye-laws as read by the Ulerk. Alderman ALEXANDER asked if there had not been a previous circular of the general Board, calling attention o a defect in the bye-laws. Mr. Stephenson said there had been one received two )r three years ago, but it was, nevertheless, thought that .he bye-law was good as far as it went, and that the im- aerfection of part would not invalidate the rest. Mr. J. BIRD remarked that the general Board them- telves, in the circular last received, had fully taken the -esponsibitity of the error in the bye.law, saying that hey found that the words which they had suggested :ould not be supported. The MAYOR'S motion was carried. The MAYOR observed that it should be generally mown that it was by no means clear that the part of the Jye-lfiw being bad, made the rest bad. There was no loubt of the power of this Board, even during the in- erval that would elapse before the amended bye-law ,vould be in force, to cause any building erected in de. fiance of their authority to be removed, though until the new bye-law was in force they might not be able to en- force a money penalty against the offenders. Mr. Stephenson stated that before the new bye-It w would become in foroe, it must be advertised for a month in the local papers, and the sanction of the Secretary of State obtained to it. Mr. ELLIOTT inquired whether, as the Board were on the subject of tie bye-laws, they might not as well deal with the subject of driving cattle through the streets. The MAYOR said the Board were met for the purpose of making a specific alteration in the bye-law, and having done that, they had better leave the general sub- ject until their new Town Clerk was appointed, when they could avail themselves of his suggestions to revise the bye-laws thoroughly. Mr. ELLIOTT said that meanwhile people's lives were in danger from cattle being driven through the streets- more so than from building houses improperly. The MAYOR replied, one was an occasional and tempo. rary evil-the other was a permanent evil. Mr. JENKINS mentioned an instance where tivo bulls got into the passage of a house while being driven along the streets. The MAYOR said be had seen a horse jump through a shop window while being driven in the streets, and no bye-law could prevent such an accident. Mr. ELLIOTT said he had seen fifteen cattle landed from a steamboat and driven up the streets in a furious manner, and two of them went into an office, causing great danger to the inhabitants. Mr. WINS-TONE asked Low any bye-law was to deal with such a thing as this. In regard to the bye-law re- lating to new buildings, he asked if it was according to the bye-laws for the Board to sanction the plans of Louses for which no drainego had been provided. Mr. Waring said, plans were not passed under such circumstances. Mr. WINSTONE alleged that plans had been passed for houses in "Great George-street," on Mr. C. II. Williams' land, near Cathays and there was no drain into which these buildings could be drained. Mr. BOWEN said there was no sewer near the spot, and the houses were to have the only drainage they could, into cesspools. Mr. EVANS said that he had proposed to have a sewer mada there, and Nlr. Winstone himself was the member who objected to it. The Board then adjourned.

THE LATE APPALLING OCCURRENCE AT SEA. Mr. Daniel Brien, of No. 9, Garth-street, Cardiff, IIRS received the following letter from his son, who is one of the survivors of the crew of the Meteor, of Sunderland, which took fire on the 14th inst., as reported in our paper last week:- Falmouth, July 8th, 1867. Dear Fa'her and Mother,—I take the opportunity of writ- ing to you this shd and dismal tale about our vessel, which left New York on the 12th June. We had a pleasant voyage until the 14th. I was at the wheel from eight o'clock to nine. When about nine o'clock there wa; like the report of a large gun, and immediately afterwards found the vessel was in a mass of flames. When she blew up, I fell down into the cabin. I hauled myself up as well as I could, and jumped overboard. I kept swimming until the mast came over the side. I then crawled on to the spars, and found my leg was burned at the calf. All that were saved were seven out of a crew of thirteen, three of them were never seen. One sailor was picked up, after floating five hours about the ocean, senseless. The mate was never heard of. The cook and a sailor were burnt frightfully. A passenger we had on board had his legs broken in three places, and died a horrid death on the spars. Well, there were six of us on the spars; one formed a raft. He went away and left the captain, owner's son, the cook, myself, and a hoy (five). We were on the spars from nine o'clock to five in the evening, expecting every minute to be our last. About twelve o'clock a vessel hove in sight, but the wind was against her until she launched her longboat and came to our rescue, and thanks be to God we were saved. Cook lived two days after we went on board a Prussian barque, belonging to Dantzic, loaded with the same cargo as we had. We did almost faint to hear this, but we are within eight miles of Falmouth. Direct your letter to the Sailors' Home, Falmouth. So no more at pre- sent from your affectionate son. C. BRIEN.

CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY. (Beforethe MAYOR and R. O. JONES, Esq.) DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Daniel Hayes, a hobbler was fined 5s. and costs. David Roberts, a Carmarthen labourer, was fined 5s. and costs. Elizabeth Harrison, pros- titute, was dismissed with a caution, it being her first offence. Elizabeth Hollo way, who had previously been convicted, was sent to gaol for a fortnight Mary Evans was dealt with in the same manner as in the last case. Ellen Bryan, who it was stated was now up for the thirtieth time, was sent to prison for a month. Jane Jenkins, another unfor- tunate, was discharged with a caution. WIFE BEATING.—Michael Drohan was charged with beating his wife. P.C. Gadd found the prisoner illusing his wife, whom he had knocked down with her baby in her arms. The wife was got out of the way by the husband at the former hearing, a week ago, and the prisoner accordingly was locked up to await her appearance.. She now attended, and denied that her husband had touched her. She accounted for the appearances sworn to by the constable by swearing that she had voluntarily thrown herself and her baby on the ground and stated that when she gave the prisoner into custody for beating her, she was not telling the truth. The Bench said they did not believe the story told by the wife now, as she was evidently trying to screen her husband at the expense of truth but as he had been in gaol a week they would now let him go. INDECENCY.—Peter Gacac, a Holland sailor, was charged with committing an act of indecency in the middie of the street. He was fined 10s. and costs. ASSAULT IN FREDERICA-STUEET.—Edward Lewis, a Frederica.street brotkel keeper, was charged with assault- ing Catherine Martin, an inmate of a Charlotte-street beer- house. Mr. Goodere appeared for the defence. The com- plainant stated that as she was passing the defendant's door last night he came out and struck her on the head with a poker. In cross-examinatron Mr. Goodere elicited that the complainant, with a gang of girls and bullies from Whit- more-lane, went down to Frederica-street to see a Mrs. Sheppard, between whom and the complainant there was some kind of a difference or quarrel. On these parties knock- ing at Mrs. Sheppard's door, she came out and was pushed by the complainant, which caused her to fall down. On her getting up she seized a large fish-bone and struck the com- plainant on the arm, causing a lacerated wound. The man then took the poker, and coming out of the same house, struck the defendant on the head, but not a severe blow, as only a slight bruise remained of it The witnesses for the complainant were, a sawyer named Williams and a neigh- bour named Mary Morgan, both of whom were positive that it was a poker that Lewis struck the woman with. The de- fence, as stated by Mr. Goodere and sworn to by the woman Sheppard, was that it was not a poker Lewis used, but a whip, which he was compelled to take to keep the crowd off from his door and to prevent their breaking his windows. At the conclusion of the case, Mr. Goodere applied for an adjournment of the case, and for the defendant to be ad- mitted to bail. The Bench adjourned the case, to admit of the defendant procuring witnesses (he having ueen arrested last night by P.C. Harris, and in custody ever since) but they refused to admit the prisoner to bail, stating that he was a person of bad character, and already under sureties to keep the peace.—A charge was brought against the woman Sheppard, arising out of the same facts but the Bench con- sidered that Martin had brought the blow from the fish bone on herself, by knocking Shepp ird down, and by going to Sheppard's house to create a disturbance. They therefore dismissed the case. A NEW WAY TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.— Thomas Tucker was summoned for assaulting a bov named Benjamin Lewis. The boy said he was riding a donkey, and defendant, a. mason, at Cathays, who was working on a house adjoining, told him to get off the donkey. He did so, but remarked to defendant that it was no business of his if he chose to ride a donkey. Defendant then came down from the roof with a slate hammer in his hand, and struck the boy four blows, two with the hammer and two with the handle of it. Defendant admitted the facts, as stated by the boy, except that he alleged all the blows were given with the hammer-handle. He explained the assault by saying that the boy was ill-treating the donkey, which was a young one aged only ten months and that on his remon- strating with him for beating the donkey so, the boy used very abusive language toward him, which caused him to lose his temper and to strike the boy with the hammer handle. The Bench ordered the boy to be examined to see whether he bore marks of the defendant's violence, and on finding from Inspector Glass that there were black and blue marks on the boy's person corresponding to the blows, fined the defendant lOs. and costs, informing him that he ought to have informed the police of the boy's treatment of the donkey, instead of taking the law into his own hands. AN IRISH QUARREL.—Mary Ann Maloney was sum- moned by Mrs. Dorgan for an assault. The complainant stated that she lived in defendant's house in Adelaide-street, Docks. Mrs. Dorgan said, she had charged Mrs. Maloney with illusing her child, on which Mrs. Maloney took up a tin dish cover and hit her near the eye with it. Mrs. Ma- loney, on the other hand, said that Mrs. Dorgan had taken up an iron pot to hit her, and she only struck with the tin dish to save herself. Complainant called a neighbour named Mrs. Roach, who deposed that she found the parties quarrel- ling in Mrs. Dorgan's room, and each had her hand en- twined in the other's hair. Mrs. Maloney said the illusage to the child was not by her, but by its mother, Mrs. Dorgan, throwing it down stairs. She called a fourth woman, Matilda Rees, who, like all the rest, had a child in her arms, and who swore that Mrs. Dorgan illused the Maloney chil- dren shamefully, and threw them down stairs. The Bench fined Maloney 5s. and costs for striking Dorgan, and fined Dorgan fs. and costs for assaulting one of Maloney's children. DISGUSTING CAsE.-Dennis Sullivan, an old Irishman residing in Moulder's Court, Charlotte-street, was brought up for an indecent assault on his own grandchild, Margaret McCarthy. The offence took place in a privy in the court where the parties live, and was discovered by the old woman, the grandmother of the child. The case had to be dismissed for want of evidence, the child being too young to be sworn, and the old woman being unable, as the pri- soner's wife, to give evidence against him in a criminal case. TUESDAY. (Before the MAYOR and G. BIRD, Esq.) FIGHTING OVER CARDS. — Frederick Robinson was charged with assaulting Joseph Barber, who said it was a drunken squabble between them, and as far as he could re- member now he was sober, he had been as much in fault as the defendant. They were playing cards and a fight arose. He (complainant) was considerably knocked about the face, but he guessed it was as much his own fault as any body else's." On this the Bench dismissed the case. DRUNK.-Samuel Brown pleaded that he did not know whether he was drunk last night or not. P.C. 13 said he saw the defendant in Whitmore-lane last night, very drunk, and arrested him. Fined 5s. and costs. A LARK.—John McGlinn was charged with stealing a tea pot and a bunch of artificial flowers, the property of Julia Rees. The complainant said that she lived at 80 Bute-street. Last night a young woman ran into her house about 10.3U, taking refuge from the defendant, who was following her. He went out again soon after, and complainant missed the tea pot and flowers, which were afterwards given to her by the young girl who was in defendant's company. De- fendant it appeared was drunk and had taken the things in a lark. He was dismissed with a caution. SMUGGLING. John Andrews was charged by the excise with smuggling- a small quantity of brandy. Defendant, a respectable looking man, advanced in age, was found early this morning coming from the docks, with a bottle of brandy concealed in a handkerchief. The quantity was five gills, and the value, including duty, was 5s. Defendant said a stranger had given him the brandy. He was fined 5s. and costs. WEDNESDAY. (Before the MAYOR and G. PHILLIPS, Esq.) DisoltDEILLY.-Ann Yarwcod, charged with riotous con- duct in Bute-street, on Tuesday night, was cautioned and discharged. ASSAULT.—Edmund Lewis, on remand, was charged with assaulting Catherine Martin, on Sunday last, by striking her on the head with apuker, in Frederica-street. The case was remanded on Monday for the production of witnesses for the defence. To day Elizabeth Harris and two lads named Murdock and Sheppard were called, and each swore that a poker was not used, only a whip. Prisoner was fined 10s. and costs, or seven days' imprisonment. WINDOW BREAKING.—George Floyd was charged with breaking a square of glass, the property of Joseph Sliute, James-street. The same prisoner was also charged with as- saulting a man of colour, named Kew. Odered to pay L. fine, 5s. damage, and the costs. ASSAULT.—Mr. Peter Price, builder, was charged with assaulting a lad named Alfred Griffiths, by striding and kicking him on the head and body, on Monday week. The complainant said he resided with his grandmother, at Splott- lands, and'on Monday week last was going on an errand, in company with his brother. Whilst passing the Moira Hotel, he endeavoured to take an article from his brother, who re- sisted, and fell on the ground. Witness struck his brother, and the landlady of the hotel came out and boxed" his ears. He again struck his brother for making such a noise, and both then proceeded towards Newtown. Shortly afterwards defendant came up to them, and without saying a word, he struck complainant on the head with his fist. The blow feded him to the ground, an,1 defendam, then kicked hin; several times. Witness bled very much, his eyes were blackened, and he lost two days' work from the effects of the tdmvs and kicks which he received. Mrs. Phoebe Reed said that the defendant struck and kicked the boy in a very I rubl manner. She also produced the necketeiiief of the complainant, which was stained with blood in several places. Mr. Avery, who resides in Splo'tlands, said that he was in the field on Monday week, and saw the defendant knock thf boy dO\J,:an,J ki.k him in a very brutal manner. Wit. e s went to the hoy, who was lying on the ground, and saw that his face was covered with blood. Could not see whether ihere were any bru.ses on the face, owing t,) the quantity of blood. Mr. Raby, who appeared lor the defendant, asked for an adjournment to produce witnesses, as he thought that the charge against his client had been greatly exaggerated. Ad. j nirned until Monday.

AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. At the last meeting of the members of the Aeronautical Society, Dr. William Smyth, L.R.C.P., read a papet upon some experiments he had made upon the powers of flight of birds. He found that the wing of a strong pigeon strikes the air; with a force which will raise a pound weight one foot high in a minut* But directly the stroke has produced its greatest mechanical effect, it is suddenly cut short, nerves iØ the wing of the bird letting it know when maximum effect is attained. He succeeded in cutj ting some of the nerves of the bird from the organs Of motion, the result being that, although the bird flapped the air harder than before, it could not fly. He thought, therefore, that in attempting flight by means of artificial wings, the stroke must be cut short when it has its maximum. On these principles he proposed a machine with artificial wings, propelled by motive power obtained from the explosion of mixed oxygen and hydrogen The heat thus produced is not great, and the gases would be exploded in indiarubber accordion-shaped vessels, and these by their expansion give the stroke. Major J. Scott Phillips proposed a machine with large flat places before and behind, which would lie in an inclined plane when flying, so as to heap up before and beneath the machine » j pressure of air equal to its own weight. It had hoof" [ shaped wings, propelled by a steam-engine. A paper W f Mr. F. Bourne described a little model which raised itselt in the air by screws. M. Henri Reda St. Martin, a Cor- sican, exhibited a model machine, made on the principle of a kite, the pull of the string being supplanted by hold on the air obtained by means of screws. Mr. W* Sadd exhibited a model raised by horizontal cylindrical balloons, and propelled by a screw.

THE LATE REVELATIONS AT SHEFFIELD- A meeting has been held at the Sheffield Council Hall* which was presided over by the vicar, the Rev. Dr. Sale, for the purpose of receiving the report of a committee lately appointed to undertake the formation of a Chamber of Industry. The main object was stated to be to look to the interest of both capital and labour, in order to bring them into closer union, to give advice in cases of pute between employers and employed, the study of principles of political economy, and to examine the laws relating to capital and labour. In opening the proceedings, the Rev. Dr. Sale alluded to the recent disclosures, and expressed his abhorrence of the fearto* revelations which had been brought out by the recen» commissions. His opinion was that trade unions were necessity in the present day; but he insisted that the! must be carried out on honest and upright principles if they were to be beneficial both to employers and employed. Resolutions in favour of establishing the Chamber were unanimously passed. A "Clergyman of Sheffield" writes to the Times, e*' pressing regret that the Mayor of that town is opposed to any public meeting or any popular expression of feeliØg on the subject of the Sheffield outrages. The reason for this the writer believes to be that not only the artisanS, but more than a few of the employers of that town, against any course which would increase the notoriety which the atrocities have attained." He accounts for state of public feeling in Sheffield on the principle "whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of hiS reason."

THE RAMIFICATIONS OF TRADES UNIONS. Writing in the Morning Star, Mr. W. C. Leng, the editor and managing proprietor of the Shefield Daily Telegraph, further points out the chief defect of the 1»* with regard to trades union outrages. As the law now stands, rattening is scarcely punishable. Taking awfl~ wheelbands is not theft. It has been decided that becattf « the rattener does not intend to convert the property his own use, it is not stolen. The grinding hulls are monly mere sheds; the bands may be got off in a minutes; the rate of pay for each band is 5s.; the rOt if small; the profit certain; and the rattener knowsi e caught he will not be stigmatised as a thief, nor vfi* a thief be punished. The ignorant men with strOOS ° JiTI feelings are drawn into the system, and offences which tu° law regards so lightly cease to be looked upon as offences. When a workman becomes a rattener he is, says Mr. Leng, in training for the gun and gunpowder branches ot the intimidation department. He becomes expert in robberies; he is vain of his skill; his only crime is to clumsy, and to be found out. Against this system, witn the law so imperfect, manufacturers feel themselves to no isolated units against a number acting in compact organi* sation. When devoid of fear themselves, they often capitulate on account of the dark threats which keep their wives, daughters, and women servants in a state of feverish apprehension. The Sheffield terrorist makes war with his pen as well as with his powder canisters, on women and on children. Mr. Leng details the policy pursued towards himself. He was threatened first legal proceedings for exposing Broadhead, next with assaS" Bination, and lastly a combined attempt was made to crush the paper by representing the editor as the enemy of the working man. Yet Mr. Leng says he never wrotf against the unions perse; he wrote against crimes, not against combination. There are others in Sheffield wh?» like himself, have not bowed the knee to the image Broadhead the Terrorist has set up. The late Mr. Alfred Beckett, saw manufacturer, when on his death-bed, told Mr. Leng that his business life had been one Ion? battle with Broadhead. One manufacturer has made hiØ factory as secure as a walled city. Another disposed of • rattener by lodging a charge of dust-shot in his body- Mr. Leng instructed his night watchman "to fire »n<* hit"-all of which are sufficient proofs, we should think, of a defective law. The Editor of the Sheffield Independent" indignantly denies the insinuation that he has made light of the committed by Crookes. This insinuation was contained in a paragraph of the Pall Mall Gazette, which was copied into the Times. An attempt was made to induce the examiners of the late commission to refuse Crookes the indemnity which had been promised to him. This attempt was grounded on evidence obtained from Crookes in a tap-room by the agency of a spy, and was denounced by the Independent as un-English. Mr. Overend and his colleagues took the same view of it. Otherwise, writer the Editor, the Independent denounced the conduct of Crookes and the other scoundrels whose villainy has been exposed, as uncompromisingly as any journal in the kingdom. Messrs. Davies and Sons, coachmakers, Northampton, submit to the editor of the Timtz a record of their experience of trades unions during twenty-one years. W is similar to that of other master manufacturers. They came under the displeasure of the Coachmakers' Society in September last. Their men were ordered to strike and obeyed unwillingly. Their places were easily sup" plied, and from thai time the business has been conducted more harmoniously than heretofore. The non-iinionisto are found to be better men, and are receiving higher pay than the unionists. The men who yielded to the arbitrary "orders sent down from headquarters at Liverpool" had to travel about the country to seek work while theif families were starving. The writer says tyrannical measures have been employed against coachmakers for forty years. If an inquiry were held in every townit would disclose a gigantic system of interference which is oaralysing the trade of the country.