The Cardiff Times

FIIAUD ON THE CARDIFF GAS COMPANY. At the Cardiff police-court, on Saturday, be- fore the Mayor, Alderman Lewis, Mr G. Phillips, and Mr A. Hood, Frederick Windt, a tailor re- siding at 166, Miskin-street, Cathays,was charged with unlawfully using gas, the property of the Cardiff Gas Light and Coke Company, on the 31st March. Mr Evans appeared for the Gas Company, and-stated that the defendant was liable to a penalty of JE5, and 40s for every day when the gas was so used, aad pressed for the full penalty in case of conviction, as the company, it was feared, suffered considerably by this fraudu- lent use of their gas. A lad named Henry Charles Wood was, on the 31st ult., in company with a man in the employ of the Cardiff Gas Company, passing up Miskin-street. He ob- served the gas burning at No. 166, and called the attention of Mr Knibbs to the circumstance, as he knew that the meter had been removed from the house on the 4th of March. On the following evening, in company with Mr Smith (the meter inspector), they went to 166, Miskin- street. Mr Knibbs went to the back, where he observed a light burning, which he believed to be a eas light. Mr Smith knocked at the front door, and on this being done the light was put out. Mr Smith entered the house, and found that the cap from the main pipe had been removed. A piece of flexible tubing had been attached to it by securing it with string. A piece of lead piping had then been inserted in the india-rubber tubing, and a supply of gas for the whole house obtained. The defendant was not at home at the time, but when he returned, the attachment of the piece of india rubber tubing was pointed out to him, and li3 then said I was short of money at the time. I could not pay the deposit which the gas company required, and I could not work in the dark." Defendant now said that he did not know that the meter had been removed. The premises were formerly in the occupation of his brother. He denied that he attached the piece of India rubber tubing, but admitted that he knew he was illegally burning the gas, although the cellar, being filled with coals, he could not tell whether tho meter was there, but he knew that he had not paid the deposit required. The bench considered the fraud clearly proved, and fined the defendant £2 and £2 11s ód costs, or go to prison for one month.

OA 11DIFFMALIDOF GUAR- DIANS. The weekly meeting of this board was held on Saturday, Dr. Paine in the chair. There were also present—Mr O. H. Jones and Mr Plain (vice- chairman), Messrs D. Richards, J. W. Vachell, J. Richards, D. J. Jenkins, II. H. Da vies, T. Williams, Dr. Lewis, F. Wride, P. J. Beavan, R. Cory, T. W. Jacobs, J. T. Barry, T. Bassett, J. Phillips, T. Harbottle, E. Herne, J. Ramsdale, Rees Enoch, E. T. Ferrier, Jonas Watson, T. Matthews, Revs. J. R. Buckley and G. Woods. The master of the workhouse reported that during the week 42 paupers had been admitted and 32 discharged, leaving 549 in the house, an increase of 100 on the corresponding week ot last year. The master of the Ely Schools reported the number of children at that institution to be 214, an increase of 28 on the corresponding week of last year. The Local Government Board consented to the guardians raising a loan of j6750, to be repaid in 20 years, for certain alterations required at the workhouse, and an additional loan of £350 for the construction of a soft water tauk, Ac., at tho Ely Schools. The workhouse visiting committee had met daring the week, and recommended that a chap- lain be appointed for the workhouse and schools who should be a clorgyman in priest's orders that he be required to devote the whole of his time to the duties of his office, and to reside between the Cardiff Bridge and the Ely Schools. His age should not exceed 45 years, and that he should be thoroughly conversant with the Welsh language; that he be required to hold morn- ing and evening service on Sundays at the work- house, and a.n afternoon service at the schools and also one afternoon or evening service at each place during the week. He should also visit the schools for tho purpose of catechising and impart- ing religious instruction to the children at least once a week that the stipend be JB100 for the workhouse, and j350 for the schools. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, mentioned that he had suggested at the committee, that two chaplains should bo ap- pointed, one for the workhouse and the other for the schools, but the committee differed from him, j resolved on the appointment of one. There wm at present a great want of moral tone among hnvs at the school, and he was of opinion that friuent visits from a chaplain might improve f Tnd also tend to better discipline m the school He should suggest that the 12*5 .o"h'a. •as?'» 2. hebSod great good wo»W chaplain frequently talking to the boys qimo irrespective of the services to be held there^lie thought if the chaplain spent an and » half each day at the workh > would be sufficient, but that his visits more frequent to the schools. Mr JACOBS seconded the adoption of the report. Mr JONAS WATSON suggested that no hard and fast line as to residence should be laid down, as I long as the chaplain did not reside at incon- venient distance from both places. The report was then adopted, and it was re- solved that the appointment of chaplain should take place on Saturday week. A letter was read from a Mr Thomas Evans, Frederick-street, secretary of the East Glamer" gan District Lodge of Good Templars, enclosing a copy of the following resolution, passed by the | lodg* on the 9th of April:— We regret that the petition submitted to the board of guardians of the Card.ff Union in favour of the closing of public-houses on Sundays in England did not meet with the approval of the majority, knowing that most of the poverty a.nd distress in their jurisdiction are mainly due to over-indulgence in intoxicating drinks, an*l are surprised to find that so few members votedfor the motion. No reference was made to the letter. The medical committee recommended that the board advertise for a medical officer for the Pen- tyrch district, at a salary of £ 40, and that Mr D. T. Edwards be asked to be good enough to con- tinue his services until the appointment of his suc- cessor. This was all the business^

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TEMPERANCE MEETING AT CARDIFF. THE EVILS OF CWRW BACHS. SPEECH BY MR A. M. SULLIVAN. Under the auspices of the St. David s Total Abstinence Society, a temperance meeting was held on Tuesday evening, in the Cardiff Oircus, addressed especially by Mr A. M. Sullivan, of London. There was a large attendance. The Right Rev. Dr. Hedley was in the chair, and there were present on the platform--the Rev. Canon Woods, O.S.B Iiev. W. Williams Y G. Rev. R. Richardson, Rev. Fathers Burge, O.S.B. Driffield. Harrison, Hill, Butcher, Butler, Gal- lini, J. Bailey, and Bailey (Newport) Coun- cillors P. W. Carey, J. A. Ie Boulanger, and C. J.Jackson; Messrs T. Callagluin, 1. J. Callag han, F. Primavesi, E. Grogan, H. C. Emery, M J Begg, P. Turnbull, R. Owen, M. Sullivan, Dr Scholfield, atld Dr Mullm. The CHAIRMAN, after a complimentary refer- ence to the presence of Mr Sullivan, characterised the cause of temperance as a holy cause, and those i who had hearts in their bosoms ought to try to stop the ravages of intoxicating drinks in the coun- try The things of nature were not, he said, evil as they grew, but the evil passions and blindness of men turned them to harm. He added that they were not met that night to denounce any man or class of men, but intoxication itself, the evils that sprang from it, and to try to suppress the same. (Applause.) The Very Rev. Fatter RICHARDSON rose to move the tirst resolution, which, he said, con- tained three indictments. The first was the cwrw bachs," which were as thick as blackberries insomedistricts. Yet the police did not, could not, would not,ordared not find thein out. He was sorry to speak against the police, because they were a most active, energetic, and gentlemanly body of men, and did immense service in the town. But in the question of cwrw bachs he had his sus- picions. He sometimes stepped in to where the drinking was going forward, and a most terrible sight he beheld. There was the room full of people, a cask of beer was in a corner, under the stairs another, a third stood about miaway. The neighbours went over the back-walls and sup- plied themselves very freely. There in the room were big girls and young women sitting on the knees of men with their arms around their necks. This went on for hours, until tho people were all intoxicated, and did not know one anothei. And even little children were brought into the room, and they also became drunk. A more abominable and terrible consequence of closing public-houses on the Sunday he could not mention. It was against this that they were asked that night to raise their hands. (Hear, hear, and applause.} The second indictment was against clubs. (Applause.) It was an awful business to plead against that which was intrin- sically good. But they were become the rendez- vous, not for honest recreation and amusement, but for drinking, aud sometimes also for gambling. Men went there on the Saturday night, and remained there till two o'clock on Sunday morning. Then they went home to rest themselves from their terrible boats, and as soon as evél" they could keep themselves on their legs again, returned to those iniquitous places to repeat the thing up to two or three next morning. This was another result of Sunday closing. Those clubs had sprung up as it were in consequence of there being no place for people to go and drink, and some publicans, finding they could not sell their beer in their own houses, were only too glad to get it sold for them in these places. The final indictment was against ■ public-houses. After alluding to the comforts which were to be found in public-houses in con- trast to what was often found at home, the speaker said many men went there, especially at the outset, to escape the noise and confusion of family life. There were many women who drove their husbands by the inexhaustible torrent of [■ words and abuse which they flung upon them. (Hear, heal.) It was a pity that such a fine old v English institution, which had many brdhant features about it, should have sunk so low as to become merely a rendezvous for drinking. But the evils in it must be attacked and uprooted so far as was possible. And M- sides the men, how many a virtuous young woman had lost her way to heaven by setting her foot for tKe first time on the step of a public- house! (Applause.) The only way tù overcome drunkenness was by moral power, not by acts of Parliament. That moral power could be used amongst their own people. Some years ago they started a plan by which they worked great good. They wished to suppress the drunkenness of Irishmen on St Patrick's day He obtained an indulgence from Rome on the Shamrock leaf. This leaf was distributed throughout the country. By statistics afterwards gained the originators learned that in Edinburgh, where there were thousands of Irishmen, not a single case was returned of an Irishman having been diunk. In Dundee, the 17th and 18th of March passed off the same, and in London also no case was reported, the chiet constable expressing the opinion that there nevor had been so much quiet on such an occasion before. (Applause.) After stating that there would be a meeting in the St. Peter's Guildhall on the following evening to enrol members to pledge themselves against the drink, lather Richardson alluded to a letter be had received from Mr Lewis Williams, which drew attention to the experience of the Cardiff bench of magi- strates that day. Out of 20 cases—omitting three which were remanded—all were associated with drunkenness, and he was deeply pained to find that 13 out of the 17 wero their Irish fellow- townspsop'e. The writer concluded with offering his assistance in the crusade against intoxicating liquors. The speaker's resolution, which he bad analysed previously, read— Th it this meeting views with dismay the widespread range of drunkenness condemns in the strongest language cwrw bachs, their keepers, and frequenters the degradation of clubs into drinking establish- meiits and that it is the duty of every Catholic to denounce and expose those places of evil, (Applause.) The Rev. Father BUTLEB characterised the institution of cwrw bachs as damnable." Where there were only five or six places at one time, there were now 20 cr 30. He knew of one case where the woman was doing such a fine trade that on one occasion she actually went across to a publican to ask him to- lend her measures to sell the beer by. (Laughter.) Leaving out elder people for the moment, the mischief that was being wrought to the very young waa incalculable. So soon as the public-houses closed on the Satur- day, these public-houses opened. The act which allowed these things to be muet be repeated, and it was a wonder the publicans who held licences, for which they paid, did not seek it on theae grounds alone. He had been almost in the mind on some occasions to go out with a hammer and some nails, and lock the people in, where they would be discovered. What was the use of taking all the taxable they did to educate the children when all these influences wero at work telling against them ? Then people who were at those places were the people who never attended the church. He seconded tbo resolution, which was afterwards carried with great accla- mation. The Rev. Father WILLIAMS moved— That this meeting is of opinion that the evils of drunkenness cannot be extinguished or abated but by the practice of religion, the promotion among the in- temperate of total abstinence from intoxicating drink, and the establishment of counter attractions amongst tba people. He observed that as the whole thing sprang from a moral root, aad man of himself was inclined more to follow liis passions than to resist them-wbon he was called upon to make a resolution he had lost the power of reøolution-tbey were fully con- vinced that it was only the grace of God that. could do that which was required. Religious habits produced sobriety on tlie other hand, intemperance produced irreligion. It was neces- sary that there should be promotion amongst drunkards of total abstinence from intoxicating drink. Man was a social animal, and they found that usually the greater the capacity for sociality, or the higher tlie ratio of intelligence, of mental abilities, tho more prone was the individual to resort to drink. The establishment of counter-attractions would be a remedy for this. Now that the clubs weredegraded by having drink sold in thcm,OIther thedrinkshould bediseontinued, or places of amusement should be established where intoxicants were not sold. The point was not to open the public-houses again, but, until a salutary reform, to shut the clubs. (Applause.) Mr SULLIVAN, who was loudly applauded on rising, said as it was in the order of nature that that which seemed an eternal sameness—respi- ration, the breath they drew—was just alike in the moments as in all the years, so was it necessary for him and for others to speak and to labour against an evil which was unhappily present amongst thom, against an opinion that had been expressed that night. He contended that the legislature had not done enough. (Hear, bear.) Whilst the legisla- tive council of the eountiy should not cross the path or hinder the ministers of religion, it should not linger behind them. (Hear, bear, and applause.) On the other hand, as Yas the oasa in America with the Maine Liquor Law; there would be HI results if the law attempted to travel faster than the moral level of the people was able to keep even with. The two must go hand in hand, mutually interacting, and mutually assisting. Referring to the letter of Mr Lewis Williams, he regretted the large proportion of Irishmen in the list of criminal cases. But when they were dis- posed to hasty judgment, let them remember how education had been kept from Ireland in the past. All the world knew, too, that they had been stripped of property, and of rights by 120 years of penal laws. (Applause.) It was the task of the more enlightened to aid in sweeping away everything that kept the people in the ignorance that was mother to mueh of crime. Triah working men must be made to feel that they wMiid not afford to waste their humble pittance# Shale they had the schools for their little children Where was the Irishman yarning all that great and prosperous land who S h« OTOMafford to throw,» was so p PV Wives were often thriftless be- p0UQAh^ryh isbandS were so. But if they did tCfr dutv there yet resided in the hearts of the their duty, y love of God and love of 1 to sweep tho evil of the ■ dSk way. A good work was going on, aa he could pro'le to theJU some returnt'o In 1877 the total money lU on drink wa.s pii ion Where was the V the hand, ol U> J! most needed it. I* gjvve poor, tattered litue children clothes and happy, mothers good dresses, and, belnud all t » > smiling, and contented homes. (ix»ua Let them not forget that their duty was to go, ■- tho precursors of the law, to educate tho unn o the people and there would be great gam aino g the intelligent men of the future from tins course. (Hear, hear.) The child of the labourer at their docks even rmgnt come to sit in Parliament, where there were sons of fathers who had been working men. He never saw the outlook for Ireland or the Irish people 1 look so bright as it did now. lIe bad no doubt, for Ireland. His only anxiety, his prayer, and ( his toil was that when the hour struck that gave the franchise to a free people, thev would know how to act, though with all gratitude to the Ugd of their fathers who had brought them through the dark and evil honr. (Loud and prolonged °PJ&MABK BOWDZK having said ft f«w WOHIS from amongst tne audience, tne resolution was put and carried with great enthusiasm. Votes of thanks concluded the proceedings. -q

CONSERVATISM AT NEATH. SPEECHES BY SIR HARDINGE GIF- FARD, MR CECIL RAIKES, M.P., &o. A banquet took place in Alderman Davies's Schoolroom, Neath, on Tuesday, for the purpose of formally inaugurating the Constitutional Club which was opened in that town in January last, and which now has about 370 members on the books. The room was most tastefully decorated for the occasion, and around the walls there were placed the names of various prominent Con- servatives. Mr Howel Gwyn, the president of the club, occupied the chair, and there wera also at the cross tables the Hon. Cecil Raikes, M.P., Viscount Emlyn, M.P., Sir Hardinge Giffard, M.P., Lord Dynevor, Mr J. T. D. Llewelyn, the Venerable ArcLdeacon Griffiths, Mr Thomas Cory, Mr H. N. Miers, Major Young, Mr C. H. Glascodine, Mr T. S. Satton, Mr J. O. V. Parminter, the Rev. Mr Roberts, vicar of Duffryn Rev. W. Lewis, vicar of Cadoxton; the Rev. Mr Griffiths,Abert?a.venny and Mr Osoorne Sheppard. About 300 tickets for the banquet were sold, and, in addition to the diners, there was a number of lady spectators. Mr W. F. Hulley's band was in attendance, and in the course of the evening played an admirable selection of music. Letters, apologising for absence, received from a number of gentlemen, were read, amongst them being the Earl of Jersey, Mr Thomas Penrice, Mr Charles Bath, Mr G. 13. Strick, Mr O. H. Jones-, Mr P. W. Flower, &c. The loyal toasts proposed from the chair having been duly honoured. Mr 11. N. MIERS, in the absence of Mr Charles Bath, gave The Bishops and Clergy of the Diocese and Ministers of all Denominations." The Archdeacon of Llanjjaff, who replied, expressed the opinion that, whilst the efforts of the disestablishment agitators would not meet with the success they desired, the agitation might have a good effect in inducing those having care of the Church to look to their fortifications more closely than before. Mr J. N. MOOBE proposed The Army and Navy and Auxiliary Forces," to which Major YOUNG replied. The PRESIDENT proposed The Conservative Cause and Party." Mr RAIKES, who was enthusiastically received, said that we saw in Egypt a sad example of the policy of the Govesnment, which appeared unable to deal with recognised facts. It was a policy which was built upon, perhaps, very noble ideas, and certainly upon very high-sounding phrases, but which was wholly unable to realise the meaning of facts, or their necessary bearing upon policy and so it was that in our interven- tion in Egypt, which wo were told was not an in- tervention, and after the war, which we were told was not a war, but only military operations, we had come to an administration of Egypt which was not an administration, and to a position which would be a protectorate if the protectors dared to avow their precise position. Could we wonder that the united voice of Europe was beginning to protest that this comedy had been played almost too long ? In Ireland, he said, passing on, the actual elements of disorder were kept down at the present moment; but Mr Glad- stone told the country some time ago that the resources of civilisation were not exhausted. (Laughter.) The resources of civilisation, there- fore, said Mr Raikes, seemed to consist of a sus- pension of the rights of public meeting, the abolition of the freedom of the press, the substitu- tion of trial by judges for trial by jury, and a double number of bayonets. With respect to the measure for the reform of the representation of the people, he said that if it was at all deserving of-the consideration of the House of Commons, it was unquestionably one which they should have dealt with the moment that Parliament met. But how had the Liberal pa. ty treated this question ? They bad kept it for three or four years in the pigeon-holes of tho Treasury. They had passed bills, though not many- daughter}—they bad endeavoured to pass bills relating to such matters as bankruptcy and cor- rupt practices; they had dealt with the ev. r- recurring question of Ireland, but they had never thought of treating the question of the representa- tion of the people until they had entered upon the fourth year of their tenure of office. It was not unnatural that those who had observed this eonduct should be inclined to attribute the motive to something else than a desire to achieve a re- adjustment of the people's representation. He would say this, that the Government having come into office by means which the Conservatives would never condescend to imitate, their great desire was not to go back to the constituencies which placed them iu power. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The Liberal Government would pass a bill for confiscating property; they wouiu pass a bill for destroying liberty; they would pass a bill for creating unbounded patronage in their political purist at the head of the Board of Trade—(laughter and applause) they would undertake any task almost which was set them within the limits of possible legislation but their one great object was to avoid confronting tne men whom they defrauded and deceived four years ago. (Loud applause.) With respect to the franchise question, he "said he did not yield to any Liberal speaker in bearing testimony to the great endurance, great patience, and Christian forbearance with which those whom it was pro- posed to deal bore their hard and trying lot but Radical speakers seemed to think that it that much was admitted the whole case was admitted. But in bis humble opinion it had nothing to do with the ease. What was wanted was the best possible Government to be had in England for the whole of England. Who was there who would entrust to one class alone the right to nominate members of Parliament? Should we like to see the election of members of Parliament placed entirely in tho hands of the bishops, whose health had just been drunk, or in the Lands of the army and navy, who had been more recently toasted ? He said certainly not. (Applause.); Lord EMLYN proposed "The House of Lords," in the course of which ha remarked that it was said that the assembly was a great obstruction to business, but he denied theaaaertion. (Applause.) Lord DYNKYOK replied, and remarked that the maimer in which the toast was received showed that amongst those present there could be no wish to abolish the Upper Chamber. Mr J. T. D. LLKWULYN then proposed "The House of Commons." Sir HARDINGE GIFFARD, in reply, said that men went into the House of Commons with their votes in their pockets, and with the intention not to take them out except at the order ef the Prime Minister. But, happily for mankind and the liberties of the country, there was a party who thought the questions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood were not to be so decided and they would have matter* discutsed, but obstructive as their conduct might appear, they would have questions fought inch by inch and foot by foot until the Minister was made to understand that they were not mere redistri- bution agents for his decrees. He regarded this supposed enfranchisement of the people—the cuckoo phrase, always used as if we were not all the people—as gambling with the con- stitution. It was gambling with the constitution by means of dice. Those who had contrived with great ingenuity bad looked at some of those political maps which were coloured accord- ing to the political complexion of the part of the country they defined. The theory was that people far removed from the seat of Government ought to have greater politi- calyower than those not so situated—(laughter)— as if the wealth, intelligence, and education of a country were not grouped [around a capital. A theory of that kind would not do for the Govern- ment, because London has shown unmistakable tendencies towards Conservatism in these latter days. = Scotland and Ireland were what was called Liberal, while England, especi- ally in the South, was CoBservative. The problem was so to re-arrange the representation as to increase the power of the ao called Liberal countries — Ireland and Scotland — and to deprive England of its wealth and education, and that amount of Conservatism which it at present possessed. Was there a human being who be- lieved that if Ireland or Scotland had been Con- servative instead of Liberal one word of such a theory would have been beard ? He said that the Government were playing with loaded dice, therefore, but that they would not allow the gamester to name his stakca. There had been plainly set before them what was to happen. In the first place the separation of Ireland from England. Well, that aeemed to be goin^ on at present. (Laughter.) He did not think that they need add to or assist that movement. In the next place they were to have a readjustment, which he likened to robbery, and went on to say that a great many of the Liberals were disposed to repudiate Mr Henry George and all his works. But he (Sir Hardinge) thought be had heard that sort of disclaimer before, and it did not now make the same impression upon him as formerly. He remembered it being said in 1865 that the question of the abolition of the Irish Church was not within, the range of practical politics. Who was it who moved for its abolition, and when? His guilelessnees bad been affected, aad he was unable now to accept the assurance of the Liberal administration that they would not take Mr George to their bosom as they did the projects of Feavgus O'Connor. He warned them against the respectable politicians who stood upon the verge, who would not bo quite as strung as their friends below the gangway, but who, nevertheless, deprecated in mild and boneyed phrase the extreme lengths their firienda went to. Alluding to disestablishment, he said he had no fear for the ^Chnrch. The authority, the influence, and mission of the Church rested upon no human foundation but he very much feared for the State. Other tcasta followed.

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JUASIUH VJiWTliliiO. CARDIFF. ST. JOHN'S. The Vicar (Rev. C. J. Thompson) presided at the annual meeting of the vestry of St. John's, held at noon on Monday. The following state- ment of accounts was submitted :—Balance in hand, Easter, 1883, £6 Os 9d; voluntary contribu- tions in lieu of church rate, J3182 16s; collections for church expenses, JB80 19s 2d bank interest, £1 4s 2d total, J3271 Os Id. Expenses for year ending Easter, 1884, j8259 12s 4d balance in hand, J611 7s 9d; total, £271 Os Id. Total re- ceipts for year :—Voluntary contributions in lieu of church-rate, J3132 16s; offertory collections, £623 7s lid total, £806 38 lid. The Chairman said that the figures were very satisfactory, and added that necessary church expenses increased from year to year. The accounts were adopted, after which Mr Sargeaunt was appointed vicar's warden, and Mr Stephens people's warden, a vote of thanks being given them for their past services.— The Chairman announced that the Bishop pro- posed to hold a diocesan conference next October, to consist of the clergy and laity, who would be required to consult together upon matters of in- terest to the Church. The clergy would be elected only by the clergy, and the laity by the laity. Cardiff and the neighbourhood would re- turn eight members to the conference, and each parish would be called upon to furnish one lay elector, who, with the churchwardens, would meet other lay electors and churchwardens, and elect eight men to represent Cardiff at the conference, Lay electors must be members of the Church of England, and those elected to meet in conference would have to be commu- nicants of the Church of England. The meeting divided upon the names of Mr G. F. Webb and Dr. Taylor, the former of whom, who received 13 votes against Dr. Taylor's 7, was elected lay elector.—A deputation from the Cardiff Town Council was then received.—Couu- I- cillor David Jones, who first spoke, explained that the object of the deputation was to bring before the vestry certain complaints in regard to the rates of the parish of St. John. There seemed reasonable ground for complaining that while the whole of the property in the parish of St. Mary had been rated up to the highest point, the same had not been done with respect to pro- pcrty in the parish of St. John. There was a general feeling abroad that as a great deal of the property had to pass under the inspection of one man, and he the assistant overseer, he had not had the proper time nor help to rightly estimate the value of the property. He was told that the mode adopted by the parish of St Mary for getting at something like a good basis for the assessment of the different properties w«s this —several men of business, known to Mr Howells, the vestry clerk, and highly esteemed by the com- munity, with two others, whose names the cor- poration submitted, were legally empowered at a vestry meeting to sit as a revision committee for the purpose of assessing the whole of the property iu St. Mary's parish. He thought be might say that they had gone through their labours in a very exhaustive manner, and that the whole of their work was concluded last Thursday evening. At the timo of two names being submitted on the part of the corporation for the parish of St. Mary, a communication was made to Mr Taylor, the assistant overseer of St. John's, calling his attention to the fact, and like- wise stating that two members of the same body had been deputed to work with any committee which might be formed for the purpose of re- vising the rateable value of the parish. Mr Taylor was well aware of the fact, because he had asked him (Mr Jones) when he would be at liberty to begin ► the work, to which he had replied that he would be ready at any time,if he received a day's notice. From that time until they heard that tha rate had been formed and laid before the proper authorities—and he thought it was now lying for the usual 14 days before being adopted—from that time no member of the corporation heard any- thing further of the rate or what was behig done with regard to it. They had been informed, how- ever, that certain gentlemen were named and written to, but they did not attend and that Mr Taylor, according to the usual mode, had himself made the revision. (A Voice And the overseers.) The deputation thought went on Mr Jones, that see- ing that the rate had not been signed or presented to the assessment committee—(a voicc: Next Fri- day)—it might be in the power of the vestry to appoint a committee with a view possibly to the rate being thrown aside. The committee should go into the whole matter, and make a thorough revision of the whole property in the parish.—The Chairman: Your remarks are to this effect-that as compared with other parts of the town, there is considerable inequality in the assessment of pro- perty in St. John's.—Mr Jones That is the feeling.—The Chairman 1 understand this fur- ther—the inequality is principally in reference to houses of business. — Mr Jones It refers to othe» properties as well.—Councillor Jack- son, another of the deputation, remarked that the inequality in rating was more particularly upon business premises. The complaint was not that the valuations already in existence were too high, but that they were irregular—in some in- stances the valuations were high and in others low. With respect to the committee which re- vised the valuations of St. Hilary's, the vestry elected gentlemen whose names were submitted, the committee numbering 17. Tli^y met from time to time, and their decisions were unanimous after inquiring into cach particular case.—The Chairman: You suggest some such scheme as that for St. John's?—Mr Jackson: Yes.—Mr Stephens, whilst considering that Mr Jackson— whose spcech on this subject at the council meet- ing he read-had made out an excellent case, did not think that the vestry could do anything in the matter. He considered, however, that good had been already done by the publicity given to the subject. Tho difficulty was that tha law cast upon overseers the duty of assessing property, and that duty had beeu to a certain extent nrglccted because the overseers had not had time to perform it, and the assistant overseers had had to do the work. He believed that a committee of good practical men would be of very great use, but committees did not exactly like to perform, duties which the Uw distinctly cast upon certain individuals. It was clear, howeve.r, that something should be done to prevent the property of the town, and particularly business premises, from being rated as at preseut.—Mr Plain said that there was to be a special meeting of the as- sessment committee on Friday to investigate the matter of the rating of St. John's.—Councillor Thomas Rees, another of the deputation, said that while legally the vestry could not appoint a select committee to meet tbe assessment commit- tee, a voluntary arrangement might be suggested. A representation on the part of the vestry might result in the appointment of such a committee for the use of the vestry. The assessment of property had been done very loosely in Cardiff. Many of tbe ratepayers were largely victimised, and the matter was a very important one.—The Chairman saw no difficulty m the way of the appointment of a committee. He presumed it would be a help to those officially charged with the duty of doing this wo«k.—Mr Stephens then moved: Having heard the deputation from the corporation, the churchwardens be requested to confer with the overseers with a view of appointing certain gentlemeif to assist the overseers in bating the properties in St. John's parish.' MrPeterDaviea seconded the resolution, which was adopted, and the deputation withdrew, after thanking the vestry for the reception accorded them. Ihe business being over, the Chairman delivered a short address, which, in some respects, was similar to that given at St. Andrew's. The division of the parish, he added, would take about 9,000 people from his pastoral care, and leave him about 16,000. One thing especially, he went on, had actuated him in making this division. The parish of St. John was still woe- fnlly behind in its accommodation for the wants of Church people. He felt and believed that if they only bad the right men in the churches, they could fill any number in modera- tion almost as soon as they were opened in Cardiff. He had seven places of worship, and for the most part they were filled up to the door. What they wanted was more accommodation. There should be in Tredegarville a large permanent church instead of a temporary one, and the same at Cathays—that his successor would have to see to -—and also the enlargement of St. Andrew s.| Two things he should like to see done—the erection of a proper church at Tredegarville, and the restora- tion of the grand old church of fat. John, as well as an addition to it if possible. The old tower was crumbling away, and something should be done with respect to it. The beautiful west window should be thrown into the church, so that it might be flooded with light, and they wanted to have the tower arch open, as well as many of her things done. The meeting then terminated. 8T. ANDREW'S, The vestry meeting of this church was held on Monday morning, the Rev. C. J. Thompson, the vicar of St. John's, presiding. It appeared from the balance-sheet that the receipts, including £18 9s lOd brought forward from last year, amounted to JS726 9s 2d, of which JB140 15s had been derived from pew reuts, and £4941Qd 101 from collections; the expenditure amounted to JE719 3s lid, which was made up as follows :—Curate's fund, jBlll 138 lOd Cardiff infirmary and sundry donations, JE229 6s 9d seat rents to vicar, J6135 cost of new vestry and surplices, JE68 Is church ex- penses, JB175 2s 4d. The balance car- ried forward amounted to £7 58 3d. It was mentioned that a bill of J610 or £12 for cassocks remained to be paid. All the gentlemen forming the choir, however, had asrredd to buy their own cassocks, which cost about jBl each,—Tbe Chairman described the accounts as very satisfactory, after which they were adopted, *n the motion of Mr Heard, seconded by Mr Dyer.—A vote of thanks was t given to the Misses Grover and Mr Charles Allen, who had collected the sum ireed in the erection of a vestry.—Mr Moore was appointed vicar's churchwarden, and npon the motion of Mr Thos. Evans, seconded by Mr William Adams, Mr Robert Hooper was elected to a. like office on behalf of the pew renters.—Mr Hooper proposed a special vote of thanks to the ladies formerly in the choir, and whose place had been taken by boys. He also suggested that the ladies might be provided with seats in the church.—Mr Moore said it would be difficult to find seats for them the only thing to do would be to provide more sittings.—The Chairman thought that all members of the choir—ladies and gentlemen and the organist—should be included in the vote of thanks. The majority in favour of a surpliced choir, he said, was 6 to 1 of the congre- gation.—The vote of thanks, altered in accordance with the chairman's suggestion, was seconded by Mr Moore, and carried.—Mr Heard asked whether the division of the district of St. John's had yet been completed.—The Chairman said it would be completed when the order in council appeared in the Gazette, which, according to a I letter received by him from the Ecclesiastical Com- missioners, would only be amatterof a fewdays. He. rcafly laid down his office that day. The division was something like a crisis in the history of the old historical parish of St. John, which was in I many spspccis the most important parish in the diocese. It was noted for the very great increase in the population winch had taken plaee. Since the commcncvMnent of his incumbency, which was now nir.e years's'd, the pan; h bad doubled. The J division bad already taken place virtually, and from that day h" would cease to have any spiritual control over the whole district of Sti. Andrew's aad the large district of Cathayfc Ho snouia iiKe to cai attention to me tact mat tne three buildings—St. Andrew's Church, St. Teilo's, and Cathays schools — would pass into the hands of his successor in a condition nothing short of prosperous and flourishing. When he took charge there was a debt of £500 upon the building of Tredegarville and Cathays schools, a current debt of £200 upon Tredegarville, and upon Cathays a debt of something like £100. Cathays school was now to be handed over in a state of thorough repair, with many additions, as well as a considerable balance St. Andrew's Church, at any rate, as far as the fabric went, was not in a worse condition than formerly whilst there was accommodation provided in the little temporary church of St. Teilo, which was also in a prosperous condition. There was no other business. ROATH. The annual Easter vestry meeting was held in the vestry-room on Monday, the Rev. F. J. Beck, the vicar of the parish, presiding. There were present Messrs C. H. Williams and J. H. Wilson (churchwardens), Mr F. C. Webber, Mr Jackson, and other ratepayers. The accounts of the church- wardens showed that at the commencement of the year there was a balance in hand of £8 16s 6d. The offertories for general purposes amounted during the year to JE168 16s. The total amount of the offertories for general and for special purposes amounted to JB563 15s 3d. Last year the amount so received was £287. The expenditure for parochial objects was JB123 10s Od. The total expenditure reached £154. 17s 9d, leaving a balance in hand of £12 8s lid. The vicar re-appointed Mr C. H. Williams as his warden, thanking him aIm for his past services. On the motion of Mr F. C. Webber, seconded by Mr Jackson, Mr J. H. Wilson was re-appointed people's warden. He was also thanked for his past services. The vicar said that ho had received a circular from the Bishop of Llandaff, requiring to have appointed, at a parish meeting, a delegate to act with the churchwardens in selecting a layman who should represent the parish at the diocesan conference which it was proposed to hold in October. One layman was required from each parish, who would meet the churchwardens to select the lay representative for each of the rural deaneries in the diocese. On the motion of Mr Jackson, seconded by Mr C. H. Williams, Mr F. C. Webber was unanimously appointed to fill that position. On the motiou of Mr Williams, seconded by Mr Wilsou, a Church rate of 2d in the pound was ordered to be made. A vote of thanks to the vicar for presiding closed the pro- ceedings. ALL SAINTS. The vestry meeting here was held on Monday, the Rev. C. Jones, the vicar, presiding. The churchwardens' accounts showed that the offerto- ries during the year amounted to JB100 12s 4d, and this, after paying all expenses, left a balance in hand of £2 18s Od. The retiring churchwardens—Mr D. Jones and Mr C. E. Coles-were re-elected. Mr W. Thomas and Mr R. Taylor were elected sidesmen. Mr J. Wal- bridge was also elected as the lay delegate to assist the churchwardens in the selection of the lay representative for the All S&int's district at the diocesan conference. ST. STEPHEN'S. No vestry meeting was held here, although it had been customary to do so for several years, as the church had not been consecrated, and it was held that under such circumstances no church- wardens were necessary, and, strictly, their appointment was illegal. ST. MARY'S. The annual vestry meeting for the election of churchwardens, &c., was held on Tuesday, the Vicar, the Rev. G. A. Jones, presiding. There were also present Messrs E. Dobbin, S. Fletcher, J. HammoncK W, J. Morgan, S. Coleman, — Maddox, J. McAdam, E. Howell (assistant over- seer), &c., &c. The accounts of the church- wardens showed that the income from offertories, &c., had during the past year amounted to £255 12s 3d, and the expenditure reached J6266 IOs lid, leaving a balance due to the church- wardens of £101& ad. The accounts, on the motion of Mr Fletcher, seconded by Mr Morgan, were adopted. The Vicar, in reviewing the work of the church during the past year, thanked the churchwardens and all others connected with the church for the assistance they had rendered him during the past year. He then re- ferred to the painting and decoration of the church apse, which, he said, had been done in a very artistic manner. The medallions had been presented by friends, and other things had been given by members of the church, &c, at a cost of over £100. Some years ago, he said, he gave up the pew rents at a considerable loss to himself, as the churchwardens thought they could see their way to that sum being reimbursed to him. That had not been done, and while he did not oomplain,be hoped before long that his income would be increased, although he admitted that the congregation contributed liberally towards the Easter dues. There was now much more life in the church than formerly. At the annual.confir- mation there were 85 candidates, and in the parish church on Easter Sunday there were 318 communicants. In the whole parish there were 435, the largest number they had yet had, and a very large increase on the number who partook of the Holy Communion in the parish 10 or 15 years ago. He made an appeal for aid to support the volun- tary schools, and mentioned that if the voluntary schools were given up the tax for the support of the board schools would be doubled. lie then referred to the vacant piece of ground in Wood- street, on which it was proposed to erect a church to be called St Dyfrig, and stated his intention to make a public appeal shortly for aid to erect the church there, and also a school church on the new road nearly opposite the Cardiff Workhouse. He also spoke of the good work which the sisters of charity were carrying on in the parish, and con- cluded by nominating Mr E. S. Hill as his warden.—On the motion of Mr Hammond, seconded by l\1r Morgan, Mr E. Dobbin was unanimously re-elected people's warden.—Mr Dobbin, in response, referred to the improvement which had taken place, under their direction, at tho Old Cemetery. A very great deal had been done, but they had expended all the money they had for the work, which, as churchwardens, had fallen upon them to do. Those who had friends and relatives in- terred there might assist materially in putting the stones over the graves in order, and the sum which Dr. Taylor had in hand, and which was raised for the purpose of improving the old cemetery, would, if expended, complete the work which they (the churchwardens) had begun. He also referred to the re-assessment of the parish, and the great aid the overseers bad received from the gentlemen who assisted them, and especially from Mr Edward Howell for his advice and help tk all matters connected with the re valuation of the property in the parish. A church rate of Igd in the £ was ordered to be mcfde, and Mr S. Fletcher was unanimously appointed lay elector to assist in the selection of tho lay representative of the parish at the diocesan conference in October. CANTON. A meeting of the vestry was held at St. John's Church on Monday, the rector (the Rev. Vincent Saulez) presiding.—The Chairman first alluded in terms of regret to the death during the year, of Mr A. Calaminus, a parishioner, and moved a vote of condolence with the widow, which was duly accorded. The chairman acknowledged an Easter offering of £26, for which he expressed appreciation. The statement of accounts sub- mitted showed £7 remaining against the church improvement account, which was cleared off by the chairman and the churchwardens, including the retiring churchwarden, Dr. Pearce. This was the first occasion on which the church has held such a satisfactory position.— On the motion of the Rev. R. Gibbings, seconded by Mr Jenkins, the accounts were adopted.—The Rector re-appointed Mr Bird his churchwarden, and, Dr. Pearse declining re-election, Dr. Evans was ap- pointed people's warden.—The Rector referred to the need of a new organ in the church. The present one caused much annoyance alike to con- gregation, organist, and choir. An organ was in view which was to have been sent to India, hut from a misunderstanding was not to boo This was a superior instrument, and would Jast for many years. The sum required was :£330, but if JB100 could be raised the organ could be obtained, and the remainder paid afterwards. Ultimately it was proposed by JVIr Gibbings, seconded by Mr Evans, and carried, that further funds be sought, and a bank account opened, including the deposit of the sum, over £10, received from the perform- ance recently of Bach's ''Passion."—The Rector stated that he had received a note from the bishop requesting the appointment of a delegate to attend tha conference to be held in Cardiff next October. This was a new thing, and it was necessary that the delegate should not be a churchwarden, who would be ex-officio entitled to be present. Dr. Pearse accepted nomination to the position on condition that he was afterwards satisfied the duties wore such as he could ade- quately discharge.—A cordial vote of thanks to the rector for presiding was passed, and tho meet- ing closed with the benediction. LLANDAFF. The vestry for Llandaff was held on Monday in the'Cathedral, the vicar (the Rev Mr Buckley) presiding. Mr Evan Lewis was appointed vicar's warden, and Mr Walter Insole people's warden. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings, which were purely formal. PKNAKTH. The annual meeting of the Penarth vestry was held on Monday, the rector, the Rev. C. Parsons, presiding.—The statement of accounts presented showed a balance in band of about £59, which was formally adopted.—The rector nominated all his warden Mr R. Proctor, who lias held the office for fifteen years in succession. Mr F. Greenhill was unanimously re-elected parish war- den. A cordial vote of tbands was tendered on behalf of the congregation for the valuable ser- vices rendered by the above-named gentlemen during the past year also to the following, who were re-elected sidesmen Messrs Adey, Walter Moi^fan, J. Y. Strawson, and Captain Pengel- ley. To this list was added Mr Joseph Gaskell and Mr Hodges.—Captain Pengeiley was selected a lay delegate to represent the rural deanery in the diocesan conference to be held at Cardiff cn October 22nd and 23rd. The wardens are ex- officio representatives.—The subject of the im- proved ventilation of the church was discussed, and referred to a committee for consideration.— An appreciative vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. WHITCHURCH. A vestry meeting was held en Easter Monday at the parith church, the Rev. J. T. Clarke, M.A., in the chair, when the churchwardens' annual accounts were duly presented and passed. Mr T. W. Booker was re-appointed vicar's church- warden, and Mr Joshua Herne re-elected parish churchwarden. Messrs William Haddock, Richard D. Page, Edwin Gay, and Henry Hopkins were elected sidesmen for the parish church. The vicar appointed Messrs Arthur and Gillard chapel wardens for S. Michael's, Tongwynlaia. Mr Griffith Phillips, J.P., was duly elected as the lay elector to represent the parish of Whitchurch at the Llandaff Diocesan Conference. Mr Henry Hopkins was chosen parish clerk for the ensuing year. A vote of thanks was proposed by the Vicar, and duly seconded by the vestry, to the churchwardens and sidesmen for their services during the past year. j LLANISHEtf. The Easter vestry for the parish of Llauislien was held on Monday morning in the eide chapel of the church, the vicar (the Rev. Thomas Rees) presiding. Amongst those preseut were Messrs w. ±1. Lewis (Bryn Rhos, lilanisnen) Jf. il. Ensor, Francis Wride (retiring vicar's warden), and S. S. Howard (retiring parish warden), and Deacon.—The Chairman, having read the notici convening the meeting, proceeded to read th< 1 annual statement of church accounts, which showed—receipts, JB22 3s lO^d expenditure. £13 17s 9bd leaving a balance in hand oi £8 6s Id.—Mr Ensor: Whose accounts art these ? They are not the churchwardens.—The Chairman said the churchwardens, before they could act legally, were bound to make the usua] declaration bafore the archdeacon,—Mr Howard said he did not see the necessity ol going to Llandaff for such a pnrpose.—Tbe Chairman What complaints have you to make in any shape or form ?—Mr Howard The accounts of the year had not been shown to me before we came to this meeting.—The Chairman You are not regular in your attendance at tt8 collections. I have kept the church accounts ever since I came here, over 22 years ago, aud I have never had any complaints.—Mr Wride said that when he was warden he kept the accounts.—The Chairman replied that this was the time when Church rates were in existence, and then it was the duty of the warden to keep the accounts. Money for parish purposes was now collected through the offertory, over which the clergyman had disposal.—Mr Ensor said he did not believe there was one churchwarden in England and Wales who went through the meaningless form of making a declaration, and having 18s extorted out of him. It was most monstrous.—The Chairman Can you legally sign a precept for a rate without hav- ing previously made that declaration ?— Mr Ensor I should say so, certainly. This is an ingenious device to deprive the church- wardens of their functions.—The Chairman said it was the law, and if they had neglected making the declaration in the past, they should endeavour to act rightly in future.—Air Howard said that either they should be treated as churchwardens or not. He repudiated the accounts altogether. —Mr W. H. Lewis remarked that the church- wardens were more like little children quibbling over a toy than sound business men dealing with a plain financial statement.—Mr Howard rejoined that there was a certain principle involved which was either right on wrong.—Mr Lewis: Who is the legal person to keep the accounts?—The Chairman The clergyman of the parish. -Mr Howard said that great dissatisfaction was ex- pressed at the last vestry as to the manner in which the offertories had been expended —for instance, in decorating the chancel and providing a washstand in the vestry. As parishioners they had nothing to do with the chancel, and the washstand was very unnecessary. What was complained of was that the vicar had carried out these measures upon bis own responsi- bility—doubtless with the very best motives— instead of consulting the churchwardens.—The Chairman said that if he had acted wrongly in any way, he should be much obliged to anyone if he were corrected. It was bis desire to act in accor- dance with the wishes of the parishioners, but with regard to the offertory, be certainly bad as clergy- man,power over tbat,and could apportion it to what purpose was most desirable for the benefit of the church. He had no desire to deal with money matters in any way, but if he bad not attended to matters himself, the church would have got into a very dilapidated state. The churchwardens were seldom at church.—Mr Howard said the reason of that was that the churchwardens had been ignored. He gave plain notice to the vicar that if he were re-elected, he should not collect the offertories oftener than he had done.—The Chairman Then your office is merely a nominal one, and you are content with the mere dignity instead of discharging conscientiously the whole of the duties.—Mr Wride said it was a recent discovery of the vicar's as to the churchwardens being compelled to make a declaration.—Tbe Chairman It is not my discovery.—Mr Lewis said that Mr Howard bad given a plain notice he, too, was desirous of doing so, which was, that he should object to pay a rate that was signed by churchwardens who had not made the necessary declaration.—The Chairman added that the railway company and the water works people would also object if they were acquainted with the circumstance.—The Chair- man asked whether the accounts were to be passed or not, or he should shut the book.—Mr Lawie proposed that the accounts be passed.— The Chairman seconded.—Mr Howard proposed, as an amendment, that as the contributions oi the congregation were given on quite a different understanding to that in which the vicar had treated them, that the accounts be not passed.— Mr Wride seconded.—The amendment was then put and carried by a large majority.—The Chair- man enquired what was to be done with the money, but the meeting was evidently unpre- pared with a definite answer.—The" Chairman then nominated as his warden for the ensuing year Mr Edward Hickmott, brickmaker, of Caer- philly-road, and as his sidesmen Messrs John Corbett and Thomas Tanner.—Mr Ensor pro- posed the re-election as parish warden of Mr Howard, which, having been seconded by Mr Wride, was carried nem. dilt.-As the meeting was breaking up, a vote of thanks to Mr Wride for his past services as vicar's warden was adopted. LISVANE. The Easter vestry was held in the church on Monday morning, the Vicar (the Rev. Thomas Rees) in the chair. The meeting was of a most amicable character, and the church accounts were satisfactory. Amoiij* those present were Messrs Husband, Thomas Richards, Isaac Griffiths, and Williams. 11r Thomas Griffiths was unanimously elected joint churchwarden for both vicar and people. BRIDGEND. At the Newcastle vestry, held on Monday, the Rev. J. P. Hughes (vicar) presided. lie re- nominated as his churchwarden Mr Thomas Stockwood, and the parishioners re-elected Mr P. A. Smith as their warden. Mr Thomas Johns was elected as lay elector, to nominate with the churchwardens a delegate to attend the diocesan conference.—The Vicar alluded to his approach- ing departure to another sphere, and took that occasion to express his thankfulness to thu.se who had assisted him in the duties of his office, and concluded by asking the Divine blessing on the parishioners. SWANSEA. THE PARISH CHUliCH. At the St. Mary's parish church the proceed- ings were of a purely formal nature. Immedi- ately after the morning service on Monday, the Rev. Dr. Morgan (the vicar) appointed Mr E. Player and Mr E. Rice Daniel as his church- wardens and Mr Daniel Davies, on behalf of the mayor, appointed Mr T. Hall as his church- warden for the town and franchise, and Mr Thomas Glasbrook for the higher division of the parish. TRINITY CHCRCH. The Easter vestry was held on Monday, under the presidency of the vicar (the Rev. J. G. Gauntlett), and there was a good attendance of parishioners. The vicar re-appointed Dr. Paddon as his churchwarden, after which he announced that Mr Schenk would not offer him- self for re-clection in consequence of the additional work that had been laid on him by the harbour trust. — An effort was made to induce Mr Leeder to accept the office, and, on that gentleman refusing, Mr Charles was unanimously elected.—Dr. Paddon thought the meeting should not separate without some expression of its sense of the very valuable services Mr Schenk had rendered the church during the six years he had filled the office of churchwarden, and he therefore proposed a vote of thanks to him.—Mr Leeder seconded, and bore testimony to the great saving Mr Schenk had caused by undertaking to prepare plans. He added that he hoped these services would be re- cognised by a testimonial. (Hear, hear.)—The motion was then carried unanimously.—It having been decided that the sidesmen should be com- municants, Messrs Hall, E. Bath, Leeder, R Simpson, Bonnett, W. G. Davies, Schenk, Nash, Quick, E. F. Daniel, W. Stone, and Dr. F. Fry were elected to fill that office for the ensuing year. Mr E. Bath was elected lay elector for the diocesan conference, and Messrs Hillman and Chapman were appointed churchwardens of the Mission Church. ST. NICHOLAS SEAMEN'S CHURCH. At the St. Nicholas Seamen's Church vestry meeting, held on Monday, under the presidency of the Rev. E. J. Wolfe, the churchwardens elected were Messrs A. Ritchie, and J. Rosser the lay elector, Mr Robert Capper and the sidesmen, Messrs Curran, Hare, Vicary, A. F. Austin, J. Austin, J. Thomas, W. Davies, Lis- combe, Lee, Wilcocks, Manger, Porter, Rolliston, Shapland, Stevcns, Littlewood, Randall, Rees, Hamond, and Captains Nash, Cochrane, Clark, and Morgan. ST. JAMES'S CHCRCN. At the vestry meeting in' connection with St. James's Church, Walters-road, the Rev. Dr. Morgan presided. Mr J. P. Morgan and Mr R. G. Cawker were elected churchwardens, and Messrs J. G. V. Parminter, A. Mason, W. M. Jones, C. Snowdon, and E. N. Bellingham were selected as sidesmen. CHRIST CHURCH. The Rev. Eli Clarke, the vicar, presided over tho Christchurch vestry meeting on Monday. The vicar appointed Mr Glascodine as his church- warden, and, Mr Horace Walker declining to act, Mr T. Evans was elected people's warden. Messrs E. W. Jones, Hadyn, J. Legge, A. Jones, J. Griffiths, D. Morgan, and Buckland were selected as sidesmen, and Mr C. Bath was nominated as the lay representative of the church at the diocesan conference. The churchwardens' accounts showed that the offertories had produced £464. against jM03 last year, in addition to which £111 had been subscribed for a lectern and tes- selated pavement fund. Thanks having been voted to the churchwardens for their services, and to the vicar for presiding, the proceedings ter- minated. MAESTEG. The annual vestry was held at noon on Easter Monday in the porch of the parish church, the vicar presiding. The attendance was small. Mr James Barrow, Fairfield House, was re-elected the parish warden, and Mr D. Davies, Bangor- torr;>co, the vicar's warden for the ensuing ) ear. NEWPORT. ST. MARK'S. At the vestry meeting of the parishioners of St. Mark's, the Rev. T. L1. Lister presiding, the accounts for the year showed that the weekly offertories had produced £280 6s 9d, or a sum in excess of the preceding twelve months and that at the close of the year there remained a balance in hand of £12 0s 4^d. The offertories at the Mf rshes-road Mission Church amounted to JB15 8s 9d. Messis R. G. Cullum and R, Bond were re-elected people's and vicar's warden respec- tively^and Mr E. Webber was chosen to repre- sent tire parish at the conference of clergy and laity, to be held at Llandaff in October next. ST. PAUL'S. The vicar, the Rev. J. T. Wreuford, presided at the vestry meeting, held on Monday, when the accounts for the year showed that £ 324 lis had been realised by the weekly offertory, or about J310 in excess of the preceding year. Every liability had been met, and there rfmained a small balance in hand. Messrs T. Frederick a.nd W. J. Hollingdale wero elected churchwardens, and 32 other members of the church were ap- pointed to act as sidesmen. Votes of thanks were passed to the churchwardens, the sidesmen, choir, and honorary vestry clerk (Mr F. J. Hey- byrne) for their setvices during the year. TENBY. The annual ?e$try for the flection of church- wardeus aud other official was held in the Town- hall on Monday. The rector presided, and he re- nominated Mr W. Williams as his warden for the ensuing year, and on the proposition of Captain Westley, seconded by the mayor, Mr A R. Chatworthy was re-elected parish warden. Mr W. Junta was also re-elected sexton. Mr N. A. f Roch was elected lay representative to the bishop's diocesan conference. GELLYGAER. On Monday morning the Easter vestry meeting was held at the Parish Church, the Rev. J. Lewis F Meredith, M.A. (rector), presiding. Messrs Edward Lewis (Llwyngola), rector's churcli- warden, and F. Whitfield Ralfe, parishioners' churchwarden, were re-electcd and Messrs Alfred Davies and Josiah Thomas were re-elected sides- men. PEMBROKE DOCK. The annual meeting was held in the vestry of St. John's Church on Monday at noon, the Rev. > j i?' \yicar), in the chair, who re- elected Mr I. Smedley as his warden for the J-ea,T'Tfc\ ^medley returned thanks, and men- tioned that a debt of J6257 9s Id remained on the new schoolroom, which had been erected during the past year at a cost of £935. It had been suggested that they should provide a peal of bells for the church, and it was also found necessary to provide a new church for Pennar, the present budding being in a very dilapidated state but before these things could be done they must first clear off the existing debt.—Mr McAIpin pro- mised to give one of the bells, the cost of the eight being £200, and Mr Smedley promised a subscription, and aiso to do his best to obtain subscriptions.—Mr John Griffiths was I elected parish warden. Sir Smedley appointed Messrs E. Lewis, 0, E. C. Camphell, and O. R. Butcher as his sidesmen, and Mr Griffiths ap- pointed as his sidesman, Messrs W. Williams, S. J. Allen, and W. Lloyd. Messrs Bud, George, Cadogan, and Reed were appointed sidesmen for lenuar. Messrs Cornelius Williams and G. Parry were re-elected auditors of churchwardens' accounts, and Messrs J. Griffiths and E. Lewis I were re-elected auditors of the burial board accounts Dr Stamper was re-elected delegate to attend the diocesan conference, to be held in Carmarthen. PONTYPRIDD. The annual Easter vestry for the parish of Glyntaff took placo en Easter Monday, when j°\!r 1w'ar<^ens were unanimously re-elected, and Mr Lennox, Ynysynghared, appointed lay- selector of a representative at the coming diocesan conference.

ROBBERIES WITH VIOLENCE AT CARDIFF. At the Cardiff police-court, on Tuesday-befor6it Alderman Cory and Mr Lewis Williams- Michael Kilty, a man well-known to the police, was charged with stealing, with violence, a bag containing £8 2s bd, and other articles, from the person of Mrs Jenkins, at the bottom of the foot bridge over the Grea^ Western Railway, near Adam-street, on Monday. Mrs Jenkins was still very unwell, and quite unable to attend, and would be, it was feared, for some time—Inspec- tor Price gave sufficient evidence to justify a re j mund, and the prisoner was remanded till Mon- day. The details of the robbery, as given by P.C. Crocker, appeared j in our issue of Tuesday morning.—Mr Miller, who appeared for the prisoner, applied for him to be admitted to bail.— The Head-constable opposed tbe application, and said the prisoner was one of the worst characters j in Cardiff.—The bench declined the application. Charles Sullivan, a labourer, was charged with stealing a silver watch and chain, with violence, from the person of Timothy Flynn, a private in the Welsh Regiment, stationed at the Maindy Depot. Complainant, on Monday night, was passing through Caroline-street in company with another soldier, when the prisoner asked him what o'clock it was. Complaiuant pulled out hit watch to inform him, when the prisoner suddenly struck him a violent blow in the mouth, and at the same moment snatched the watch from his hand, breaking it off the chain, and ran off with it. Inspector Harris, who was passing by at the time, observed a commotion, and when the pri- soner ran off he stopped him. He had tho watch in his hand, which he said prosecutor had given him to pledge. Prosecutor came up immediately afterwards with his mouth bleeding, and gave the prisoner in chirge for stealing his watch. Prisoner said that he bad been drinking. He was com- mitted for trial at the assizes.

DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE AT CARDIFF. ——— ] ANOTHER CLEVER CAPTURE BY THE 1 POLICE. 3 One of the most daring robberies in the public streets that has come under the notice of the • police for some time wrs committed at Cardiff on 'f Monday. A lvIn: Jenkins, the owner of a num- ber of houses in Ellen-Street, had, according to ) her usual custom, collected the rent on Monday morning. About 12 o'clock she was crossing over the Great Western Railway from Pendoylan- street to Adam-street, when a man met her, knocke 1 her down, and attempted to snatch from C her the small black bag which she carried on her arm, and which at the time contained £8 2s 6..1 7 in gold and silver. She, however, clung to the bag with both bands, and in his efforts to get it lrom her he dragged her along the bridge and down 16 steps. She then be- came very taint, and the man wrested the b:vg from her hand and ran off. In a lew minutes two women came across the bridge and atonce assisted her up, sent for a cab, and had her conveyed to the residence of her son, the Hev. J. Jenkins, Adamsdown. Here it was found that she had been seriously injured. Dr. Edwards, her medi- 3 ca.l attendant, was sent for, but he was from home at the time, and Dr. D.vid Edgar Jones att-miod 1 011 Mrs Jenkins until the evening, when Dr. Edwards returned. She is much bruised about the body. She was, however, able to give a description of the person who had robbed her. The Ruv. J. Jenkins drove up in a cab to the police-station, and saw Detective Inspector Price, 4 who at once concluded that the person who com- c mitted the robbery was a man named Michael Kilty, who has beeu in the hands of the police ] on previous occasions for similar offence?. 1 Detectives Crocker and Smith were at once sent 1 in search of him. They proceeded through Bute- terrace to TyudaII street. Inspector Price fol- lowed at a short distance, and, in passing through Custom-house-street, be saw Kilty making hili way into Hope-street. He ran alter him and caught him. Kilt}^, however, made a determined r resistance, but, assistance coming up, he was secured and conveyed to the police-station. Here on being searched, nearly all the money taken • from Mrs Jenkius was found on him. Mrs Jen- kins remains in a serious state from tho ir.jurie.- 1 she has received. The bridge where the robbery is committed is one of the most public thorough- • fares in the town. People are constantly passni>- 3 over it to and fro. »

LOCAL PATENTS. The following patent record for Smith Wa'es c and Monmouthshire, for the week ending 8th i April, is supplied by N. Watts, A.M.I.C.M., 1 office for patents, designs, and trade marks regis- € tration, 4, Crockherbtown, Cardiff — Patents e were applied for by Idris Nauuton Davies, Llys- t y-Graig, Ystrad Rhondda, for a leg-suspension « compound fracture apparatusCharles Gold worth Biggs and Thomas Wilde, Newport, for improvements in apparatus for cutting shear- ( ings or other metal strips or pieces James Vin- son Thomas, Cardiff, for improvements in api>a- I.ratus for loading ocean-proing steamers and by John Evan Jordan, Charles Garibaldi Jordan, t and George Henry Rogers, Newport, for "an s improved rotary eognM." The seventh year's t stamp duty of £100 was paid by Daniel White < bouse, Abercarne, Newport, on his patent for t improvements in apparatus for pickling and 1 swilling sheets or plates of iron for the inanufac- ] ture of tin and terne plates." i

CARDIFF CORPORATION WATER WORKS. NEW STORAGE RE&ERVOIR WORKS AT LLANISIIEX. 1 Great progress is being made at these works. t Messrs Hiil Brothers, of Beckenham, the contrac- s tors, hope to be able in about three weeks to have the main embankment stripped, formed, and t beuehed, ready for starting the excavation for the < puddle trenches. The trial holes, which are bein^ made to the depth of 45 feet, bid fair to be of a most satisfactory nature. There are about 250 men now employed on the works, and it is ex pectcd to increase this number to 350 in abon- three months. ] ———? s

GAZETTE" NEWS. (FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'FI II GAZJ<l"J']I;. "I FIRST MEETINGS AND DATES OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. t v-arles Baker, of Llandaff-road, Canton, Cardiff, < grocer and baker. First meeting April 24th, 2.30 p.m., Official Receiver's, Cardiff. ADJUDICATIONS. Joseph Jones, of Pwllpridd, Lledrod, Cardigan- shire, farmer. ] A If red Llewellyn, 61, Arcot-street, Penarth, near Cardiff, printer. < Josiah Jenkins^New York House, Church-street, Rhymney, Monmouthshire, grocer and provi- sion merchant. H

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SWANSEA SEAMEN'S SOCIET1 SIR H. VIVIAN ON THE MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. Sir Hussey Vivian pi-e^V-d on Tuesday evex >>ig at the annual m< eting of the Swansea Sailon Hoctcty, which was held at the Seamen's Bethel Ihere wa-; not so large an attendance as usual but amongst tboee who accompanied the chai) mall on the platform were the Mayor (Mr Burniel Aldermen Davies and Tulloch, Messrs Cappei D. C. Jones, M. Rosier, David Jones, W. Lloyt Jenkliw'' ^avi<^ levies, jun., and Phili A^r pr<)ceedings had been formall opened, the secretary vAlderman Davies) read tb annual report, which showed a very s.ai:;factor state of things. Sir 11 I.'SSKY "VIVIAN, who was received wit! niuch applause, expressed great pleasure at htitt mg lead a report oi (*>■> satisiactory a Mature, am he thought they had every reason to be gratefe and thankful that the efforts of the sucietv bar beeu so bkt during tin, past year. The incoa had increased, thaukstor,heenergy exercised by tb ladies' association. It was also pleasing to find that the attendance at the sendees had been of I very satisfactory char .iter, and he thought thej ? -jH deeply thankful to tlie minist-us who Kindly added to tueir already laborious work bj tm '-i the .eainan's church xhe I1011. baionet pointed out that there was ii owansea an ample and incieasin? fund o* uJietulncss. Since he had been in th. room the harbour superintendent had maced mills hands a carefully tabulated statement 8. the increase n the ti -.de at the harbour, and if h, had w an tea to be convinced of the necessity foi constant and continued exercise in the good work of the society, the table he now had'would b« more tha-i eoifiewnt. It represented the increase in the trade of the port, avd i'rom it would be seen that there nad been a constant and progressivt increase till the bade had risen frOtu what was represented on thev illustration at a little mole bill with er.oriuous rapidity to what seemed a mountain rau^e. The figures that ac- compamed the illustration went as far back as 1855, when there was a tot«d tonnage f 450,000; and were brought down to last year, when it Walt 1,100.000. (Applause.) Now there worn several morals to be drawn from what he bad just statsd, and he thought all who were interestedm the trade of the port should be thankful for the measure of increase and pro- sperity which it had pleaded a bountiful Provi- dence to pour down on the community. That increase in trade represented an increase in the number of seamen who frequented the purl, and as the mission was directed to the spiritual improvement of seamen, so their exertional outfht to increase precisely in the same ratio as the number of seamen who frequented the port increased. Within the past few days, Sir fiutsey proceeded to remark, there had anÏ\ ad in the port one of those ll1(L,t extra- ordinary and powerful machines which had dona so much to create the great nort!. -rn port of New- castle, where by dredging out the bottom oi the Tyne, one of the Suest harbours in the United Kingdom had been made. So in the same way he felt confident that the advent of that powerful Gredginff machine to Swansea would werk a similarly happy result on that port and neighbourhood. (Applause.) He ha.d visions of great things bo- fore the port. Before long, probably before tha end of this summer, they would have as preat a depth of water at Swansea as in any first-class port in the United Kingdom, and as the port was the most western port with coal immediately adjoining the sea, they had a right to look for- wa^ *° a ta^e proportion of the ocean traffic. (Hear, hear.) The hon. baronet, after a ftlw more observations, proceeded to refer to theMbt-chaut Shipping Bill. He said There is undoubtedly a goed deal of friction in reference to tho bill. Shipowners feel afraid that their trade may be seriously interfered with, but my DWII impression is thai, in tint case, as in almost ill other cases, evils are exaggerated, and that » reasonable and proper compromise can be and will be come to, by which tfia maximum of safety will be assured to our seamen. (Hear, hear.) My own con- viction is that sooner or later a good bill will be passed (and 1 hope sooner rather than later) which will in no way damage the shipping interest, but at the same time afford greater pro- tection to our "eamen and save jnany valuable lives. (Applause.) Legislation is not against the »ood; legislation of ail kinds, and all laws are gainst the bad and not against the good. (Hear, jear.) 1 have two experiences of recent legis- ation one, the Mines Relation Act, which is )f a very stringent character, and the other the Employers' Liability Act. I have had a good nany years' experience of the first, and a few 'ears experience of the last, and I can only say L have never found from either the slightest in- :onvenicnce, or found th..t they have in any way nterfered with my trade. (Applause.) 'I am ully convinced that a well-considered measure nay pass which will in no way interfere with the ,mric of the shipowner who thoroughly does his luty, but which may, indeed, prevent others who lo not as their duty from continuing practices which, in some instances, perhaps, have led to leplorable loss of life. (Applause.) Alderman TrLLOCu then read a financial st.at;e. nent, which showed a satisfactory state of things, md sever.d of those fecntiemen who accompanied he chauman cn the platform afterwards ad- iressed the meeting.

ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES DURING 1S83. It appears by the reports of the inspectors of nines, under the Coal Mines Regulation Act of L882, that during the ye.u- 1883 the persons iniployed in and about the coal mines of .he United Kingdom numbered 5.14,933. Jf these 416,696 were employed under- ground, and 93,237 (of whom 4,479 were emales) were employed in surface operations, .bus showing, us compared with the respective lumbers employed during the previous yar, an nerease of 10,946. The number of fatal tccideuts during the year were 921, aDd ;he deaths occasioned thereby amounted to l,054, showing an increase, when compared .vith the previous year, of 45 in the number of fatal accidents, and a decrease of 72 in ;he number of lives lost. The returns for 1883 fhow that on the average there was one fatal accident amongst 559 persons employed, and one leath by accident amongst every 48S persons omployed; and that for each fatal accident 194,097 tons of minerals were raised, and 169,665 tons for )ach death by accident. During the year 1882, for M'ery 575 persons employed there was one, fatal tccident, and for every death by accident 417 per- sons were employed, and for each fatal accident :he laj^gc-r quantity of 195,586 tons were raised, md fur each death by accident the lesser .piantity If 152,161 tons. As compared with the previous /ear, the returns show an increase in the number )f persons employed,but a diminution of 107 mines it work. In the South Wales district there were 58,495 lersons employed ill and about the mint s who aised 17,770,2t>3 tons of coal, 151,685 Urns ot' tire- !'ay> and 83,160 tons of iron stone. There were 71 separate fatal accidents, by which 180 persons ost their lives, showing one fatal accident for ;very 342 persons employed, and one life lost for svery 325 persons employed, or one fatal accident .0 every 105 293 tons oi mineral wrought, and me life lost to every 100,029 tons wrought, tbe lumber of miHcsin operation being 360. In Monmouth, Somerset, and parts of jlamorgan and Breconshire there were 53,759 persons employed, who* raised 1,228.868 tons of coal, 123,937 tons ¡f fireclay, 30,768 tons of ironstone, ai>i 75,166 oils of shale, ;tu i oUier minerals. There u ere ó3 eparate fatal accidents, by which 68 persons lost ■h'v.r lives. There was one fatal aocident to every 117, >er.uns employed, and one person lost his life ;o every 403 persons employed. 186,749 tons of nineral were wrought to each fatal accciden and .80,418 tons to each life lost, there being 291 mines n operation.

JUDGE BVRESFORD ON KU- SPECT FOR AN OATH IN WALKS. At the Carmarthen county-court, on Toe clay jefore Judge Beresford-the adjourned caseef Javies v. Thouius was taken. The plailltiffs- .hree brothens-alü cattle dealers, of Lonpeter ind Llangeitho, an 1 were represented by Mr Abel L how as and the defendant, who lives a', Whit- church Farm, Kglwyswrw (Pern.), was repr.'j'.r-n- ied by Mr Witchell, solicitor, of Cardigan. The iction was to recover £ 25 paid by the pl.u/itiffs o the defendant for cattle purchased at Newport Pair, in June last, part of the contract in the sale >f which was that the cattle should be delivered xt Narberth Station by eleven o'clock 0:1 iiie fol- lowing day. The plaintiffs' story, which was spoken to by six or seven witnesses, was iiatthc cattle did not reach the station till one or ;wo o'clock in the day, and were then too late to Je trucked, so that the market for them was lost. rile defendant, on the other hand, stated. and vas supported in this statement by his two sons, hat the cattle were at the station by eleven »clock. His Honour delivered judgment at some ength, and said tlie material is>ue of the case was whether or not the cattle were delivered at Nar- >eth station at eleven o'clock on the day named, )r within a reasonable time of that hour. That ssue had been put to him in such a way that tie was asked to accept the dilemma that either the plaintiffs or the defendant bad committed deliberate and gross perjury. Whatever might be said about the respect paid to an oath in this part of the country, he was not going to accept that jilemma. He had sat at that court for six years, and he had no reason to think that there was les« respect for an oath there than in any oth.-r part, of the country. He did not agree at all with what tiad been said on that point. He bad 1t;.1! cases before him at that court in which men had sworn recklessly, and there had been cases in which perjury bad been committed, out there was very little deliberate P^iury. (Slight applause in court.) On the ather hand, he had sat at a court in another part ^>f the country, where lie bad witnessed 11101,3 deliberate perjury in one day than in all the six years he bad been at the Carmarthen Court. His Honour added that he would not assume that either of the parties in the case before him bad committed deliberate perjury. He found for the defendant.

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