Monmouthshire Merlin

"ENID." The Rev. J. W. Lance gave the second of his current aeries of readings from Tennyson, at the Victoria Hall, an Monday evening, on which occasion he selected Enid," from the "Idylls of the King." There was present a numerous and discriminating auditory. As a reader, Mr. Lance has long since won an enviable posi- tion in the estimation of the public; and we venture to jay that his recitals of the poet laureate's matchless legends of the age of chivalry, when good King Arthur hell his Court at old Caerleon-upon-Usk," will not only give stability to his reputation, but also enhance it io no incoaeiderable degree. Indeed, an attempt to render Tennyson's Idylls is enough to make a man or (as a reader) to undo him quite." They are laden with the ripe fruitage of the gifted author's luxuriant imagina- tion—hey abound with illustrationsof hisdeep insight into the workings of tha human heart—they are made to be expository of great moral truths, whose innate force is strengthened by the terse and vigorous language in which they are clothed—they are full of thrilling dialogue which gives masterly expression to man's changeful and varied passions-they constitute a marvellous delinea- tion of the golden age," such only as the highest genius could produce—depicting in glowing colours its pomp and glitter—the festival, the chase, the tourna- ment, yet withholding not the darker shades essential to the completeness and fidelity of the picture. Adequately to interpret and give audible expression to them-so, we mean, as to invest them with their legitimate power to please the fancy, sway the intellect, and awaken the amotions, requires careful study, keen perception, a quick imagination, and some acquaintance with the more hidden springs of human action, superadded, of course, to the talent of a finished elocutionist. When, therefore, Mr. Lance undertook to give a public reading from The Idylls of the King," he, in our judgment, risked much at the same time if he were successful he would be pro- portionably a gainer; in the result, as we have already intimated, he proved himself master of the situation, and we hpartily congratulate him on his success. It is useless, therefore, to ask whether Mr. Lance possesses the qualifications for an effective rendering of the pre- eminently choice productions of the great English poet; Enid lacks none of the elements which we have said uharacterise the Idylls, and he read Enid with an effect which we have not known surpassed by any rearler who has visited Newport—if we except, perhaps, the overwhelm- ing influence with which at times Mr. Belle w electrifies his au lience. But while giving Mr. Lance the large measure of eulogy which we think on the whole he honestly merits, we are not at all careful to say he never failed to realise our ideal. For instance, in the passage wherein Enid, watching by her sleeping lord, mourns that Prince Geraiut should be misjudged, and deplores her want of courage to apprise him of the reproaches of which, all un known to him, he is the subject, more effectiveness would have been secured hai greater emotion been imparted to its rendering-a la-k of which was especially observ- able in tha words, addressed, with a strange blending of feeling, by Enid to herself— I cannot love my lord and not his name, -aud in the doubting wail with which the passage closes- "0 me, I fear that I am no true wife." -B It except to show, injustice to Mr. Lance, ttiat we lavish not indiscriminate praise, it were hardly worth whi < to point out these trifling blemishes—blemishos only by comparison with the superior excellence for which generally the recital was distinguished. There was but one other passage in respect to which we should be disposed to take the slightest exception, viz.the narration to Geraint by the old Earl Ynon, Enid's father, of his nephew Elyrn's villainy, whereby the Eul had suffered severe reversals of fortune, in which we thought the rapid alternations of feeling which the aged man ex periences, were not sufficiency marked. The whole story rests upon Enid's lamentation lest, perchance, she should be "no true wife." Geraint, who, lest "his gentle wife" should "suffer any taint," had removed Enid from Arthur's court, awaking just in time to hear those words, construes them literally. For- —"then he thought, I in spife of all my care, For all my pains, poor man, for all my paius, She is not faitlifi-ii to me, and I see her Weeping for SJIUS gay Knight in Arthur's laall.' —Whereupon, —" lie hurled his huge limbs out of bed, And shook his drowsy squire awake and cried, My charger and her palfrey,' then to her, 1 will ride forth into the wilderness"—— -The contending passions by which the Prince ww tor- tnred and of which the foregoing lines are in part ex- pressive, were admirably delineated by Mr. Lince- bitter disappointment and regret, a ibense of solitariness, which engendered petulance, culminating in wrathful anger, and succeeded by an assumed indifference, hurry- ing Geraint into acts of cruelty where in truth he would fain have been all tenderness-were wrought out with amazing naturalness, and consequently with an over poweiing effect. The poet then interpolates a graphic narrative of the previous wooing, and the wedding, of Enid and Geraint; and returning to the point whonce he had digressed, proceeds, with transoendant charm, to a relation of the future fortunes of Goraint and Enid, de- ducing, however (by way of preface thereunto), from Geraint's wayward f,Ily, a moral for all time, and the words in which it is conveyed were delivered with a feel ing appreciation of the mournfulness yet universal appli- cability of the truth—> 0 purblin l race of miserable men How many among us at this very hour Do forge a life-long trouble for ours.-Ives, By taking true for false, or false for true Here, through the feeble twilight of this world Groping, how many, until we pass and reach That other, where we see as we are seen!" -Then, Enid being commanded to ride before, and, on her duty as a wife, to speak no word, the two rode forth but— scarce three paces on, When crying out,' Effeminate as I am, I will not fight my way with gilded arms, All shall be ironhe loosed a mighty purse, Hung at his belt, and hurled it toward the squire, So the last sight that Enid had of home Was all the marbla threshold flashing, strown With gold and scattered coinage, and the squire Chafing his shoulder: then he cried again, To the wilds J'" —How they fared in the wilderness—of Geraint's perils and prowess, but withhl persistent yet groundless suspi- cions of his wife-of Enid's meek submission and fidelity, and love, we have not space to tell. Full of thrilling in- terest, the rapidly-recurring incidents were made addi- tionally interesting by Mr. Lance's vivid pourtrayal, which imparted not unfrequently a life-like reality to the creations of the poet's fancy. The rev. gentleman's full powers were, however, reserved for the climax of the story, when Geraint, wounded and faint from loss of blood, feigns himself dead in the grea'. hall of the ruffianly Earl Doorm, who, thinking Geraint lifeless, and finding Enid proof against his flatteries and his frowns, unknightly smites her on the cheek with his flat hand-when —"Enid, in her utter helplessness, And siuce she thought he had not dared to do it, Except he surely knew my lord was dead,' Sent forth a sudden sharp and bitter cry." A cry which Geraint heard, and speedily avenged. ThE Prince, cured now of his causeless jealousy, and satisfied of Enid's purity, gladly und lovingly took her to hi: heart, and together they departed tor Arthur's Court. And never yet, since high in Paradise O'er the four rivers the first roses blew, Came purer pleasures unto mortal kind Than lived thro her, who in that perilous nour Put hand to hand beneath her husband's heart, And fell him her's again." -A more perfl:ct rendering of the scene between Ear Doorm and Enid, and the sudden and un. xpected np- paaranoe of G« aint to the rescue, we should hardly loek for, and it elicited well-merited rounds of applause, amid which Mr. Lance resumed his seat. A hearty vote of thanks having been passed with accla- mation, Mr. Lance, in acknowledging the compliment, stated that he purposed in the course of a few weeks to read Elaine."

sua'iiotf iV.ire MntcUiijfiu'f. COUNTY POLICE—SATURDAY. I Magistrate: T. GBATBEX Esq.; and Captain L M ° PHILLIPS, R.iN.J D°ef'ndaat p'leu'ded guilty, and tho complainant then «!;S .ha. le W«4«B ™» Mf however, ha did not live, but witn hia uncle, dr.Bi e- «an grccer. O i Wednesday Ja*.t he went to defenuanfc 3 house to see his mother atd si.ter, and whi^ he was there defendant ca-ae home drunk and began to quarrel with his mother, whom he be.-it, as also his sister, follow- ing that up by striking and kicking complainant, and threatening to kill him. The defendant had often threa- tened him. A man was present before the assault, but he went out and came back a.terwards. Cross-examined bv defendant: I came to the door when you had a dis- pute a'oSa «on.an who bad be^n trying to make mis- chief. and you told ae to go away, but my mother tu.d me to remain.—In reply to the charge, the defendant ac- cused the lad of makiog mis. hief between him and his wife ('be boy's mother), and said as he did not want the complainant to hear what was passing between him and hia wife, be ordered him off, and as he refused to go he gave him a slight kick.-lhe Bench thought it evident the defendant was affl cted with a violent temper, and £ n-d him 40s., and ordered him to be bound over to keep the peacs.—Mr. Bateman said he thought the defendant should be sent to prison for a month.—The Bench We do N.)t th'nk it right that you should come here to dic'a e to and correct the Bench. BASSALLYG.—Henry Vines, lab-urer, was summoned to show ca se why he should not contribute towards the maintenance of the i'.legHmate child of Maria Mat- thews. — Defendant admitted his paternity, and the Bench advised him to marry the young woman, which elicited the emphatic dtclftr-sti^n that be would never do that."—Upon being qutsined as to his means, de- fendant said sometimes he earned 2:. and sometimes Ds. a |jay.—Ordered to pay 2s. weekly, midwife's expenses, and costs of the Court. MACHEN.—John Moses, a youth, living at Risca, was charged with attempting to upset a train near Nine Mil.; Point, by placing a bar of iron between the Points.—Re- manded t.t next Saturday. BOROUGH POLICE.—MONDAY. [Magistrates: The Mayor (W. GRAHAM, JUG., Eiq.), T. F. LEWIS, E-q. ex-Mayor, and E. J. PHILLIPS, Esq.] Hannah Collins, for being incapably drunk, was fined 5s.—P.C. Krsight proved the case. George Love Wt.s charged with being drunk and com- mitting a nuisance in High-street, on Saturday night.- P.C. Turner proved the offence, and defendant was fined 5s. Saraja Rowlands was charged by P.C. Nightingal. with be;ng a drunk and disorderly prostitute in the street between tWelve and one o'clock on Sunday morr.ing.- The officer said when he took her into custody a great mob congregated in the street, and Chief Superintendent Huxtable said he had not seen so a great mob in the street for years.—"Defendant, who v/s i>n o>d offender, was senterced t) one montn s imprisonment. William Jenes and Benjamin Cander, on bail, were charged with inciting a mob to rescue the defendant in the foregoing case, from the custody of the police.— P.C. Nightingale said when Rowlands was in his custody Jones came up and dragged him, enabling the gi:l 110 far to release herself as to give him (the c unstable) a blow in the eye. He obtained the assistance of another c officer. There was a very great crowd.-P'C,'D;.yes, tvLo assisted Nightingale, said that the defendants mode a great noise, and incited the mob to rescue the girl. Canden deliberately aimed a blow at the witness.—The defendants denied tLe charge, and Jones said he only EpokfJ" out of humanity's sake," because the officers were pulling the woman by tha hair of the head.—The police, who"were borne out by the Chief Superintendent and P.S. Wilcox, denied that they betiared improperly to the girl—Cinden said he was pushed against the constables bv the crowd.-Tue Mayor said if there w..s so much sympathy with the woman among the crowd, they, defendants, clu'd surely have brought aose wi'ne-s. The police had a difficult and often dangerous duty to perform, and they must be upheld. The^ defendants were closely cautioned, and fijed 5z, each including costs. Henrietta Maria Pearson, wife of John George Pear- son, applied to the Bench fur an order of protection against her husband.—She stated that she was married in 1856, and that her husband, who was a solici'or's clerk, and most respectably connected, d'.aerled her in London, in 1864. She had net be>.rd from him since July, 1865, when she traced him to Jersey, but he had left there a week before she arrived. She was now maintained by her mother, and resided at Alma-street. She had some money coming tJ her from a relative.— The application was granted. Evan Williams was charged with stealing a quantity of iron, the property of the Blaenavon Iron Company.— John Johns, foreman on the Nantyglo Iron Wharf, which adjoins the Blaenavon wharf, said on Wednesday last about a quarter-past one o'clock, he was in t!.e Nactyglo office, and looking through the window be saw tvomen of whom prisoner was one, coming from the Blaenavon wharf. They had with them what appeared to'be a barrow full of sar.d. He allowed them to pas', and then followed to see wnere they went. Pursue,! them till they got to Mr. Nicholas foundry, in Skinner- street, where he found the barrow was loaded with pig iron, covered with sand. Among the iron were pieces oi 141bs. and 201bs, weight. Asked the men where they got the iron, and Williams said they were sweepings of a Tesssl. Witness pointed to the large pieces, and asked if they called those "sweepings," and he replied the vessel had turned out half a ton more than her quantity, and he said he thought it no harm to take those bits. Witness then said he should inform Mr. Murphy. Wit- ness then went at once to the Blaenavon office and gave information.—John Nicholas, iron-founder deposed that the prisoner and another man went to his place with the iron produced, and asked him to buy it. The iron was in a barrow covered with sand, and witness examined it and told the man to weigh it. He asked them where they had it, and they said it was the sweepings of a a vessel from the Blaenavon wharf. Hd bought it and paid for it without any further questions. The iron pro- duced consisted of the larger pieces; he had asked the police to take the whole of the iron, big and smail, but they refused to take the sruall pieces. The iron altogether weighed 2 ewt., and he gave 4s. fur it, which was about the price he paid marine-store dealer?, from whom he had bought scores of tons. From the appearance of the iron, as a°lot, he thought it was such as the men would be entitled'to. Many of the pieces were not mote than an ounce in weight. H.d he selected out some of the larger pieces he might have been dubious. Wjfaess stated that the iron was not under the sand; but Mr. Johns, on bein* re-called said it was concealed by the sand, and, he thought, purposely concealed, and that was why he followed the men.—P.S. Bath accompanied Mr. A.J. Murpbv to Mr, Nicholas's foundry on Wednesday after- noon. Mr" Niúbohs pointed out the iron which he had bought, and witness took the larger pieces produced. The officer could not find the men, but on Friday W'Tiams surrendered himsftlf at the police station, and .L VOOOAI Thn he sairl the iron was the sweepings oi tie vessel. ether man was still missing—Mr. A. J. Murphy, agent for the Blaenavon Company (Limited), said the iron at the B aenavon wharf belonged to the Company, and the men who discharged the iron hai no right to take any of it The prisoner was not employed by the Company. The'market value of the iron in cargo was about £ 3 per ton, or 70s. retail.—Mr. Johns on being again re-called, said some of the pieces of iron he saw taken from the bartow were brger than either of those pro uc.- r. Murphy said the pieces of iron in court were the largest he saw at Nicholas's foundry. He.told Mr Nicholas that he thought it was highly improper to recciva irvn in the way he had received this as he must know aa a man of business that men of the class to which prisoner belonged could not buy such iron in smaliquiatitlea. Mr. Ni- cholas pleaded custom, and he (Nir. Murphy) replied that the custom was a bad one and the sooner it was aban- doned the better.—Prisoner pleaded not guilty, he said he had simply lent a hand" to the other man to take the ir 11 UP 10 Nicholas's.—Prisoner had been convicted of coal stealing three years ago.—The Mayor said there was no doubt in the minds of the Bench that the priso- ner must have known that the iron which w* being taken from the wharf in so carefully-concealed a manner, was being improperly taken. It was a long time since the prisoner was convicted, but some cognisance must be taken of the fact notwithstanding, The sentence of the Court was that he be imprisoned tor six weeks with hard labour.—The Mayor then ai-d'e-sjd Mr. Nicholas as fol- lows ;-And now, Mr. Nicholas, I wish to say a word to vou Tne Bench unanimously condemn the practice which YOU sav prevails, but which they believe does not r>r*vi' If lh°re were no receivers of this iron, tneir Srou'd be no s eaters of it and for you, as a respectable tradesman to buy iron of this kind worth i'i an ordinary way frwn £ 3 to £ 3 10,, at 40s. a ton is anything out respectable. And you have laid yourself open to a pro- seoution for receiving property knowing it to have been stolen: because you must have known that thd iron ceuld never hare come into the hands of these people properly-that they were not men to get small quantities properly and I hope you will never do this again.- Mr. Nicholas I have had plenty of iron of the same class from Mr. Greene at £2 10s. a ton. It was re- marked that Mr. Greene's iron would be part of a cargo. -The Mayors Your expenses will be disallowed, Mr. Nicholaa.-The Cnief Superintendent: And the iron handed over ?—The Mayor: The iron handed to the Blaenavon Company. Watkin Watkins and Jjhn Johns, stewards of the True Blue Benefit Society, were supimoned for X8, claimed by Margaret Beavan, as funeral money due to her on the death of her son.—Mr. Batchelor appeared for complainant, and Mr. Cathcart for defecoMta.—The case has been before the Court by adjournment, from time to time, since October last. By the rules, the rela- tives of a deceased member who had belonged to the club 8 upwards of eight years, were entitled to £1j from the funds, and Is. from each member; but there was a proviso that funeral and sick money was not to be pai,l unless the fnnds of the society amounted to upwards of £100. The subscription from the members, however, was payable at death, and had in this case, been paid. The claim farther was resisted on the ground, that when Mrs. Beavan s son died, the fund was under £ 100.—Mr. Bateh-olor urged that the funds were now above £100. and that the money ought to be paid.—A long examination of the Society s bank book wis entered into, from which it appeared that more than jElOO was now in hmd.-Oue of the stewards having been examined by Mr. Bachelor to show that the funds were £ 103, Mr. C^hcart stated that conside- rable difficulty had arisen from defalcations of certain parties-he club having lost £700, and which accounted for the low state of the society's funds. At the time of Bcavan's death there were other prior cllims then due, and upon the whole circumstances a case had been sub- mitted to Mr. Ti Id Pratt. It had been suggested by a gentleman on the Bench that all claims when the funds were under £100 weie extinguished the society had thought they were only suspended but Mr. Tidd Pratt's opinion wis decided on that point. Mr. Cathcart then read the rule, and Mr. Pratt's opinion thereon as follows Rule 18, Tuat no member nor. member's wife shall be entitl d to any benefit from the funds of this society, either in case of sickness or death, unless the funds amount to £100; but shall receive the amount to be pai by each member, according to rules 20 and 23. Extract fron JIr. Tidd Pratt's cp in ion.—"In my opinion, under tne cii cumstauces stated, the funds of the society, at the date of the summons, ought not to be considered under rule 18 as amounting to JElOO. I am of opinion th it Mrs. Bevan has no": a valid claim against the society for the payment of the JE8, and that claimants who were legally entitled under the rules prior to the death of Bevan, are entitled to priority of payments to Mrs. Bevan. While the funds do not amount to £100, I am of opinion that the rights of members to benefits then accrued are extinguished, and not suspended. Members have not the power to pass resolutions closing the box." Mr. Fox sail he would not advise the Bench contrary to the opinion of Mr. Tidd Pratt, but be should advise the plaintiff to take proceedings in the Equity side of the County Court.—Mr. Batchelor said, according to the construction now submitted to the Bench. if a man died when the funds amounted to JE99 19i. lljl., his friends would not be entitled to the money but it another man died on the next day when ano'.her farthing had been added, the claim of his rela ives would be good.—After th ■ Ben,h had consulted, and the society's books been ex- amined, the Mayor said It appears to me that, even in June, when this person (Beavan) died, although the bankers' book shows a balance of only £ 38 in hand, yet they having wrongly charged the society with cheques which, on August 8th, they credited them with, that does not destroy the assets in the bank, and therefore there was more than JE100 in June.——Mr, Cathcart, I admit they had virtually that balance when he died; but we say this—that at that time there were other legal clairrn on the society which were entitled to priority.—The M tyor But that we have not got before us.—Mr. Cath- cart: You have the bank bojk.—Mr Fox: No; they are all paid. If you balance in August, there is more than £ 100.—The Mayor: Down to October 17th there is m oict'.a.n £ 100.—Mr. Ca'hcart There was, no doubt until the balance was reduced in October there was above JElOO. Will the Bench allow me to make it clear to their mind. We admit that on the 2nd Junp, when this claim accrued there was £ 126 at the bankers yet as against that, before Mrs. Beavan's claim could bi considered, there were other benefits due to other mem- bers prior in point of time, and those must be met.—Mr. Fox: That is not the question. It is, whether at the the time the claimant claimed there was X100 to the credit of the society.—Mr. Cathcart If you don't take mt) account the prior olaims.—Mr. Fox: You cannot take that into account,—Mr. Cathcart again referred to Mr. Tidd Pratt's opinion, and hell that they must take those sums into account.— Mr. Fox said he should like to see t'ie statement upon which that opinion was given. The value of the answer depended entirely upon the statement on which it was founded.—Mr. Cathcart said he should be g:ad to let Mr. Fox read the statement pri- vately t assist him, but he objected to its being made pub- lic. Mr. Cathcart added, that the deceased, Beavan, had had more money out of the society than be had paid in, and the stewards having'so small a sum in hand, felt they were bound to protect it.—Mr. Batchelor: The man who died had been in bed nine months, during which time he had no sick pay. Hj was under the impression that a rule which the stewards had passed re- lating to the sick pay was valid, and that he was not entitled to sick pay. Otherwise he would have received a large sum duiing the time he was in bed.—Oae of the stewards slid that Beavan had received from the society JE32 l33, and had paid in about £ 20,—Mr. Fox That is not the question.—The Mayor: These poor people join these clubs .for the sake of the benefits, and you must take the bad Uvea with the good.—M r. Cathcart: Of course, sir -The Bench again deliberated for some time, when Mr. Batohelor sail be had advised his client to withdraw the case, and to go to the County Court, and the case was so disposed of. Samuel Williams was charged with breaking a door at the house of Adam Selby.—Charles Abbott having proved the case, the defendant said the witness had pulled him out of bed, which he resented by breaking tho dour, having had a drop of drink.—He expressed contrition, and was liberated on paying 5s.—Abbott said he pulled the defendant out of bed, because the common lodging-houses regulations required the win- dows to be open; and other sanitary precautions to bj taken which could not be done when people were in bed. William Crump was summoned for committing a nuisance in Cross-stceet.-J uhn Griffiths stited that the defendant had brought a lot of filth and rotten onions, and deposited them in a dung pit near his house. They smelled very bad. He complained to Crump, who said that a man named James had told him to put them there.—Inspector Williams confirmed the testi- mony of the witness. The nuUance was very bad.— Fined Is. and costs, and cautioned to take the stuff out of town. William Bullock, a juvenile, was charged with steal- ing two loaves, the property of George Huntley.-P.C. Poole said he heard of the theft a week ago, and ap- pr headed the prisoner on Friday. He denied all knowledge of the robbery.—James Lewis, a youth, working for Mr. Clements, said on Friday week he saw time boys, of whom prisoner was one, go towards Huntley's shop. One of them, not the prisoner, went into the shop, and brought out two loaves, and they all went off together. It was about half-past six o'clock.—Mrs. Huntley deposed that the hst witress told her that some lads had stolen two loaves.-Pri. soner denied the charge, and said he was birds'-nesting in another direc'ion. His mother, who was in Court, said she could prove that her son was out at a farm in the country the whole day. Moreover, he brought seven live birds home in a cage at half-past six o'clock. 1 lie lad was closely cautioned, and dismissed, the Bench considering there was a doubt in the case. William C de was charged with deserting from Bi-istol, at Dsvonport.—Ordered to be conveyed back. Lydia Cheesman and Henry Cheesman were charged with assaulting Mary Ann White.—The male defendant did not appear.—Complainant, whose face was sadly bruised, had a dispute with Mrs. Cheesman as to whether a certain coin was a half-crown or a florin. Ultimately Mis. Cheesman struck her in the face, and dragged her by the hair of the head, and her son then came to the help of his mother, and in the result com- plainant was beaten on the head and body in a most shocking manner.—Con&fmatory evidence having been called, the female defendant said complainant struck her with a poker or she should not have touched her she, moreover, used most offensive language, and in the end th. y got fighting together. The female de- fendant admitted that after the row she expressed j regret that "she had not given her (complainant) yjQte." A young woman named Dunn was called for the defence, but she did not seem to have been present at the beginning of the row. She stated, however, that Henry Cheesman took no part in the fight.—The Bench considered the assault clearly proved against Mrs. Cheesman, and inflicted a fine of 20s. including costs. There was a conflict of evidence with reference to young Cheesman, and they would therefore dismiss the charge against him. George James, butcher, was summoned for assaulting Mary Ann Burns.—Complainant had had an affiliation order agaiost the defendant. Oa Saturday night she asked him for some money, when he said it was not due, and struck her and pushed her. She was then near the Crown Tap.-The defendant denied the oharge, and said the money was waitiag for the girl at his house. Contradictory evidence was adduced by the litigants respectively; but the Bench considered the preponderance was on the side of the complainant, and fined defendant 7s. 61. including cost3. Amelia Stock was summoned for assaulting Ann Cook.—A dispute arose between the women, when de- fendant tkrew a stone at complainant, and struck her on the head a violent blow.—An exciting" scene" took place between the women, and the Bench ultimately fined the defendant 7s. 6d. including costs, and bound over both women to keep the peace. John Gilbert Lowe, charged with being incapably drunk, was fiaed 5s. William Jewell, master of the Gem, of Teignmoath, was summoned for 13a. wages, claimed by James Pass- mOl e.-It appeared the complainant, a wretchedly dirty fellow, had broken his contract by leaving the ship, and he was ordered to return aboard. George Bown was charged under a warrant with neg- lecting to payjEl 17s. 6d., due to Mary Williams, under an affiliation order.—The defendant wanted to have the case reheard, but the Bench intimated that the case had been determined on the dearest testimony-the defen- danva own letters to the girl, And hie application could not bj entertained.—They ordered the £ 1 to be paid at once,and 17a. 61. on Saturday nex t. -!fler some demur the 20s. Was paid, and defendant left the Court with an intimation from the Bench that the warrant would remain in force until the order was satisfied. John C thill was eummonedfor assaulting Timothy Carroll.—The parties were engaged in loading a vessel, when complainant let fall a rod of iron, as ho said, acci. dentally, on the defendant's foot, upon which the defeu- dant, who held that the iron had been dropped on his foot wilfully, took up a atone and flung at defendant cutting ] his head open, and for the dressing of the wound com- plainant had to pay a sovereign. Defendant, on the other hand, siiid that he had paid 5s. for cl dressing his toe." The question in dispute was whether the iron had been thrown accidentally. After hearing some evidence pro. and con., the Bench, taking into consideration that the defendant had received some injury, ordered him to pay costs. WEDNESDAY. [M igistrate E. J. PHILLIPS, E;q.] Mary A. Williamson, for being drunk and incapable, was ordered to pay 53. Thomas Maddon, a youth of pugilistic appearance, was charged, under a warrant, with wiifully breaking the doors and locks of Dinah Jones—Prosecutrix said, on Tuesday she went to her work as usual, and on her re- turn found the door of her house br ,ken open, and seve- rallocks brok-n. Defendant's mother rented apartments of her.—Defendant said his mother had locked^ up his food in presecutrix's pantry, and ha bust it open" to get at it.—As prosecutrix did,not press the charge, defendant was dismissed with a caution. i Martha Jones was charged with stealing a pair of stays and a crinoline, the proper of Miss Palmer.—Sergeant Winmill said, on Tuesday morning he went to prisoner's residence, in Bolt-street, and apprehended her on a chargelof obtaining the articles enumerated by fa'se pre- tences, from Miss Palmer. She denied stealing them. Told her she was not charged with that, and she admitted getting the articles in Mis. Harrison's name.—Matilda Pdlmer, keeping a shop at 100, Commercial-street, said, on Wednesday evening last prisoner brought the measure of a pair of stays to the shop, saying they were to be made for Mrs. Harrison. She promised to call on the following evening for them. The stays were made, an,l seeing Mrs. Harrison before prisoner called, prosecutrix spoke to her about it, and she denied giving any order for the stays. When prisoner called again, she informed her of having seen Mrs. Harrison, and she said cc 0, I've made a mistake; she lives at No. 2, Mountjoy-street." Offared to send them to that address, but she said she would call for them on Satnrday, on which day she did call, and approved of the stays, and further said Mrs. Harrison wanted a crinoline. Showed her one at 12s., and she said Mrs. Harrison had told her not to give more than 10s. Told her she could have it at lis. 6J., and she replied that it was not Mrs. Harri- son who would object, but Mr. Harrison, if he know the price of it The articles were packed up, and she said she would be back in a quarter of an hour. Being sus- picious of the priioner, she sent her sister to watch her, and, from what her sister said when she came back, she went to Mr. Robarts's, in Llanarth-street. The door was opened by prisoner, who denied having possession of the articles. Wnilst talking to Mr. Ro: arts, prisoner left the house by the back door. The articles were found in the kitchen table drawer. He then gave information to the police —E nma Norman, sister to the prosecutrix, deposed to following the prisoner from the s'.op. She went, instead of going to Moun'joy-street, tnrough Ruperra-street, up D ck-street, and down Llanarth- street, to Mr. Robarts's.—Jane Harrison, wife of Mr. James Harrison, said she lived in Mounrjoy-street. She did not know t'le prisoner. She was much lika a girl that was in her servico about twelve mouths' ago. Witness knew nothing about the st iys or crinoline.— Prisoner pleaded guil y, and said she intended to pay for the stays and return the crinohne.-Committed for two months' hard labour. Coarles Pope was summoned for non-payment of Bl 14- wages due to John Gale—The case was settled out of Court. Margaret Quinlaod, an old woman 60 years old, was charged with stealing a piece of baoon from the shop of John Morris. — Mary Ann Bridges, servant to prose- cutrix, said on Tuesday she saw the prisoner come in the shop and go out again. Finding she hai not been served she went after her, and found a piece of baoon ander her arm. She resisted an attempt to take the b icon away, and it fell on the ground. Prisoner then said a man bad served her.-Rebeoca Morris, wife of prosecutor, grocer, Commercial-road, corroborated the statement of the last witness. She could not swear to the bacon, but had every nelief it was theirs.—The ap- prehension of the prisoner was proved by P.C. Morrish. She had SO 10s. upon her.—Prisoner, who was very talkative during the whole of the proceedings, pleaded not guilty.—Committed for one day. George Francis, a youth, having the appearance of a yeterau tramp, wu/I charged with stealing two loavea of bread, the property of George Huntley.—-James Lewis, a lad in the employ of Mr. Clements, said on Friday week last he was put to watch his master's shop, as he had lost several things. White doing so he saw three boys coming down from Baneswell, and go into Griffin- street. Prisoner was one of them. He followed them, and saw them go to the shop of Mr. Huntley. One of them went in, and cane out with two loaves. Prisoner was outside watching.-Sarah HuDtlay deposed 1;) losing two loaves from their shop on Friday evening, the 18th inst. The witness Lewis gave her information, and she at once missed the loaves.-On Friday last a lad was before the Beach, charged with being concerned in the theft, but there being a doubt as to his identity he was discharged.—Lowis now spoke positively to Francis, as he had loit his right eye.-The prisoner, on being apprehended by P.C. Poole, denied all knowledge of the affair. He now, however, admitted being there, but said he was not watching, as Lewis said.—He pleaded not guilty.—A previous conviction in 1863 was proved against prisoner, who was then committed for seven days for robbing Mr. Ootavius Morgan's orchard. -C ,mmitl'l:lI for 21 days' hard labour: Dermis Leary, James O'Neil, and James Geary, three juveniles, wero charged with attempting to steal from the shop of George Derrett, Mill-parade, Pillgwenlly.- EmmaDerrettsaid on Monday the prisoners were loitering about the door nearly all the day. They would throw one of their caps in, and then rush in after it, and while inside steal ship biscuits, which were in a sack at the entrance. Sne saw Geary take one. On Monday they lost a quarter of a hundred weight of biscuits.-Leary said ha was not there, being at work O'Neil said be was at school, and Geary said he was down by the Watchhouse shooting.—P.C. Longville said he had re- ceived complaint from Mrs. Derrett^of their having lost a number of biscuits. He accordingly watohed and saw the prisoners with twenty others continually round the shop door. He tried to get at them but they were too sharp for him. On Monday he managed to catoh the prisoners.-The mother of Leary said her boy was at work till after one o'clock. Miss Derrett was in the habit of employing the boys to run on errands for her and gave them biscuits and lozenges, and they therefore took liberties with the shop, and threw the biscuits about.—The Bench dealt leniently with the lads, and committed themfor one day, and at the same time giving them a good reprimanding.

A thief, who lately broke into a grocer's warehouse excued himself on the plea that he only went to take tea. A bill posted on the wall of a country village an- nounces that a lecture will be delivered in the open air, and a collection mado at the door to defray expenses." A friend once visiting an unworidly philosopher, whose mind was his kingdom, expressed surprise at the small- ness of his apartment. "Why, you have not room," he said, "to swing a cat!"—"My friend," was tha serene unappreciative reply, I do not want to swing a cat." It is indispensable, when "a good cup of Tea" is de sired, that the infusion be made with young leaves, as the spring sorts alone have great itrenglh and choice flavour. The ingenious Chinese, with a view to profit, disguise brown withered Autumn growths witti mineral color, consrquently all who want tea reliable for strength and flavor must purchase it unditguised; such Tea has for the past quarter of a century been imported by Homi- mån § Co London; their preen has no bluish mineral facing,' it is a dark olive hue, and with their bla;k is very moderate in price. To insure the tea reaching the purchaser as imported, it ia sold by accredited Agents, in sealed packets with the price printed on each, and signed by HOBNIMAN & Co., London, Original Importers sf the pure lea; as spurious imitations abound, it is needful to notice the signature. ANOTHER CURE OF SEVERE COUGH, BY DB LOOOCK'S PULMONIO WAFERS.—Mr. Wao. S Malcom, Publisher, of the "ChnatmnNewa" Office, 142,Trongate, Glasgow, writes November 14, 1866 the following is another proof of the usefulness of Dr. Loooci'a Wafers My mother had a very severe cough, and tried everything she could think of to get relief, but without effect. Seeing from time to time the testimonials advertised in 11 Christian News" she was induced to try a box, and we were astonished to find that the second night after UBing them, her cough was completly removed." These Wafera gave instant relief to Asthma, Consumption, Coughs, and Disorders of the Breath and Lungs. To singers and all I Publio Speakers they are invaluable for clearing and r strengthening the voioe, and have a pleasant taste, » Price Is. lid, and 21. 9J. per Box, Sold by all Medicine Venders, (>

NEWPORT BURIAL BOARD. THE CHURCHYARD RAILINGS ONCE MORE. The utual monthly meeting of the Newport Burial Board was held in the Council C iarnber, on Wednes- day. The following gentlemen were present—Mr. J. Latch, in the chair; tha Rev. Canon Hawkins, Messrs. T. Woollett, T. Jones, J. Northcott, R. G. C allum, J. W. Bebell, C. Lewis, J. S. Stone, D. Harrhy, and T. M. Llewellin: with Mr. J. F. Mullock, clerk. The Clerk having read the minutes of the last meet- ing, and in reply to the Cnairman, reported the result of the recent election of members, The Rev. Canon Hawkins, oa tLe motion of Mr. Culium, seconded by Mr. Bebell, was unanimously re- elected Chairman of the Board. Alderman Latch then vacated the chair, which was occupied by the Vicar. The Clerk then read the following letter:— To the Newport and St. Woollos Burial Board. Newport, January 29, 1867. GENTLEMEN,—Youra of December 28th duly to hand, requesting us to convene a va, try meeting respecting the railings "iu Stow-hill churchyard. When we met the de- putation from your Board some time ago, we distinctly told the deputation that our objections were based upon the legality or otherwise of the said erection, contending that the Burial Board had no power to erect the same and acting upon the advice which we had taken (the said advice strongly confirming our own opinion) we could Dot conscientiously sign a cheque for the money, and do our duty" to the ratepayers, whom we are called upon to represent Also, even if we were liable, we ara wrongly assessed in the amount charged to the borough of New. port, as the Act says you must call upon the overseers of the parish or place in which the said churchyard is situate." There is not one-tenth of St. Woolos churchyard situate in the borough of Newport, and you have assessed us for two-fifths, in the same proportion as for cemetery pur- poses." At that meeting we made an offer to your depu- tation, which, as Lr as we can gather from the public journals, has never been submitted for your consideration. We therefore repeat the offer made to your deputation, to allow our solicitor to meet your solicitor, they to agree upon facts and draw up a case to be submitted to an in. dependent counsel, one that has not been consulted either by yourselves or.us, both you and us to abide by his decision, Until we have received either your acceptance or rejection of this offer, we cannot entertain your request for a vestry or public meeting, as the offer was made by us in good faith, with a view to settling the difference in dispute be- tween us. We remain, gentlemen, yours respectfully, GEORGE FOTHERGILL, Overseers OLIVER GOSS, ( of the DAVID JENKINS, f Borough of ALFRED R. BEAR, Newport. The vicar: iney aecnus io can a meeting, auu mey state their grounds to the Board. A resolution was passed by the Board that the churchwardens and over- seers of the borough be requested to call a metiting of the ratepayers to express their views as to the desi- rability or otherwise of paying their portion of the expense of railing St. Woollos churchyard. You have heard the answer, and it is that they decline to call it until you adopt the course which they recommend, and which you haye heard read, I do not know that there is anything more ariaing out of that. Mr. Lewis: Was there not some time ago an in- struction given to Mr. Davis to take counsel's opinion upon the point? Has Mr. Davis ever communicated to the Board what the result was ? The Vicar: I am not aware that such an authority was given to him. But perhaps there might be I was not here. Mr. Callum Refer back to the minutes. I think there was something. Mr. Latch We had a conversation, I know. The Clerk read from the ^minutes of the Board to the effect that on the 18th October, 1866, at a special meeting of the Board, a letter was received from he ovt-rssera of the Borough of Newport, in reply to an application from the Board for payment of the cost of the railing, in which they s'.ated that their powers, as overseers, would not allow them to comply with the request of the Board. It was then resolved that the solicitors of the Board, Messrs. Davis and Justice, be instructed to take legal proceedings for the recovery of the money due from the overseers to be B ard. Mr. Ljwis thought that at a subsequent date it was reported in the papers that Mr. Davis had been re- quested to take counsel's opinion. Either he saw the report, or the information reaohed him some way or oth"r. The Clerk: There was no special instruction to Mr. Davis beyond this. I waited on Mr. Davis, and showed him this resolution. Mr. Woollett: I must say this, with regard to the overseers refusing to call a pirish meeting ———— Mr. Lewis: Will you allow. me to finish this? The Vicar: Certainly; Mr. Lewis' question has not, I think, been answered. The Clerk: The next step was the appointment of a deputation to meet the overseers Mr. Lewis Allow me to call to your recollection a conversation I had with you about Mr. Davis taking counsel's opinion, and my having heard that the opi- nion wa3 adverse to the Board. You said you had no official The Cleik Yes; I think you told me Mr. Davis had had an opinion. Mr. Lewis: I gathered from you that you had heard so to, but you said you had no official ———— The Clerk: I had no official intimation, I said. Mr. Jones: Hjw came Mr. Davis to do that, without authority? The Clerk: Mr. Davis was instructed to take the necessary legal proceedings for the recovery of the money; and he thought, I suppose, that, as the first step, it was advisable to get some opinion. I suppose so. In lact I have had no official report on the subject. Mr. Lewis: I have a strong impression there was a conversation here. The Vicar: It Mr. Davis were here, he would tell us. Mr. Jones: If Mr. Davis were instructed to take pro- ceedings, had he a right to use his own discretion whether the proceedings were takea or not, and act in defiance of the Board ? Mr. Woollett: Most decidedly Mr. Jones: I ask the Ctlairman. The Vicar: Having those instructions, he woull act with the best discretion he could, and report to us. Mr. Jones: I thought if we instructed our solicitor to take proceedings, he would do it as part of his duty, and not exercise his own discretion. Mr. Cullum Or report to the Board. Mr. Jones Or report. But he has done nothing. The Vicar: I expect, if he is our solicitor, he will act according to his discretion. Mr. Jones: That is, he will advise you. But you hava instructed him to take proceedings. The Cierk, on being appealed to, again read the minute-that Messrs. Davis and Justice be instructed to take legal proceedings to recover the money due from the overseers. The Vicar And those legal proceedings to be taken according to the discretion of our solicitor. We give it to him, and he adopts the mode he deems best. Mr. Jones; It seems absurd to have a solicitor who does not take proceedings when he is instructed, or report. Mr. Lewis He has reported. Mr. W oollett: It would be more strange were a solici- tor to receive instructions, and go headlong to work, con- trary to his own opinions and views and knowledge of the result. The Vicar: He would advise us as to the result. Mr. Cullum That is what Mr. Jones requires. Mr. Lewis My object in asking is this-I am of opinion that something has come before the Board that an opinion has been taken, and I want to know why it is not made known. The Vicar It has not come before the Board when I have been present. But Mr. Davis would report in the natural course of things. Mr, Jones: If the solicitor has taken an opinion, and not made it the property of the Board, he will not charge the Board for the opinion. Whoever has to pass the accounts will take care, if he charge for consulting counsel, and does not tell you what the result is, that he is not allowed that item. The Vicar: It seems a matter of course that when we instruct him he will report the result of his work. Mr. Cullum Within three months. Mr. Jones: Certainly. Mr. Stone Probably the deputation will report the result of their conversation with the overseers ? The Vicar: I think that has been done. The Clerk: The only report is, that the overseers agreed to consider the points to which the Board called their attention. Mr. Stone But the overseers say they made an offer. Did the deputation say that was 80 or not? The Vicar: That is so. But it was in tha course of conversation. We sat here an hour and a half; and it is not expected that we should give every item that tran- spired. But the result was reported. Mr. Stone: I should expect them to report every par- ticular matter. The Vicar I don't know that it is a very patticular matter. It occurred in that way, as Mr. Lleweliin knows—in conversation. Mr. Stone I suppose the Board will consider whether they will adopt the offer of the overseers ? The Vicar: That will be for the Board to consider now, Mr. Stone—having heard the report. Mr. Lewis wished to call the attention of the clerk to the necessity of keeping a minute record of what took place at the Board. Mr. Mullook shrugged his shoulders. But this matter of the opinion was, as he (Mr. Lewis) thought, an important one, and should be recorded. He I was satisfied that something had taken place, because at one meeting Mr. Davis was present, and he was asked what was the answer as to the opinion, and he said I have nothing to report at present." The Yicar; I have nothing to report At present ? .1 J.. f. i .t( A Member: He said the japers were before counsel' Mr. Lewis S omething of that sort. m The Clerk There was no reporter present. Mr. Stone That was in the papers. i yi Mr. Cullam thought it was at a subsequent meetw' when Mr. Davis was present—in November probably. The Clerk read a minute to the effect that" a gener conversation had ensued on the subject of the railM I and as it was considered likely the matter in dispup b would terminate amicably, a cheque was ordered tOo n dra-vn and signed for the balance due to Mr. Nichols 11 the contractor. Mr. Bebell made an observation, which our reporle did not catch, and j Mr. Cullum inquired the date of the minute ? The Clerk The 4th of December. i Mr. Callum thought it was in November that )fr. c Davis made the remark to which Mr. Lewis had referred.. The Clerk Mr. Davis never said anything official! The Vicar: I should like to know if Mr. Davis If" j here after he was instructed, and if Mr, Davis has 11" ported finything. a The Clerk In October Mr. Davis was instructed, a" he was present on November 21st. Mr. Davis coO partinutarlyon the matter of Mr. Homer's monument and there was a conversation on this subject, but nothiol to be recorded on the minutes. > Mr. Cullum But nothing is recorded of that ? Mr. Lewis: I want to know if any instruction .,8' given as to counsel's opinion, and, if so, was any recot made? The Vicar: A very proper question, but I don't knO* if any report was made, ( ffi v Mr. Woollett: As far as I can make out, no definite instructions as to counsel's opinion were ever give"' Mr. Davis was consulted, and if he thought proper UO would take counsel's opinion. f The Vicar: As to Mr. Lewis and Mr. Jones's vieWSj^ think if Mr. Davis had thought proper to take opinion, we should have heard of the result: and if not, he would have told us. Mr. Cullum There is a lumour in the town. The Vicar: We should not cire for rumours. But should be g!ad to know what must be brought before uS. I If Mr. Davis were here he would explain. < Mr. Ls wis: I move that the Secretary be reque,te to inquire of Mr. Davis what he has done- Mr. Jones: And callaspecial meeting. Mr. Lewis Or that no further steps be taken at Prg* sent, Mr. Llewellin said he was present when Mr. Davis & ceived instructions, but it was thought wiser to postpoHe further proceedings until they knew what the auditot would do with reference to the matter; and Mr. Dil,iØ, he believed, had been influenced in withholding proø ceedings until they did know what the anditor would do. The St. Woollos people, on the npp'ica'ion of the Board' had paid their quota, and that cl,im had afterwards beeB allowed by the audits, and he thought it would tranS- pire that Mr. Davis had postponed proceedings to the eff;ct of that. And he (Mr. Lleweliin) did sav he had thought that after that the overseers of tbe borough would follow the same course, and pay money. It was after that, he believed, that the depute" tion met this Board ? Tne Clerk answered in the affirmative. Mr. Jones I thought that this Board sent a depufa" tion to the overseers. Mr. Lleweliin The overseers met them, I think. The Vicar: The deputation was from this Board to the overseers. Mr. Lid wellin Well, it was considered desirable that this Board should under the circumstances appoint a dOo putatation to wait upon the overseers, to 'see if they could come to an amicable settlement, the auditor having at that time all iwed the claim on the parish. He recol- lected the deputation and the overseers met in that rooøJ, V and discussed the thing very fully, that discussion beitli then consi lered to be in confidence and without prejU- dice to ulterior proceedings on eiti,er side, in case thef could not arrive at an amicable settlement. They dir cussed the matter very fully, because the Board hboured under the idea that the only difficulty the borough over" seers had was le3t the auditor should not allow it. But as he bad allowed the St. Woollos quota, there seemed little doubt he would allow the money in the case of the borough overseers. But the borough started some other legal objection to the payment Of the amount. On the other hand, the deputation rested strongly upon this—that at the outset the Board had been misled by a letter from Mr. Bakeff who promised that the call should be paid by the bO- rough an] as the Board had entered into the contract with this assurance that the B irough would P-ly the money, and the Board being, in fact, bound to pay for the work, it appeared to them (the deputation) that any questions of law of the kind raised should really hafe ,-j been raised when the Board first applied for the wineyg and that it was a hardship that at that stage they should introduce such a difficulty about the money. The Vicar: There was a letter, was there, stating that the monoy should be paid ? The Clerk: Soma time ago, stating that the money should be paid when the work was done, but the over* seers repudiate that. Mr. Lleweliin It had been stated that the lelter waif not written by the authority of the overseers, and that they would not be bound by it. But the assistant over- seer had written the letter the Bjard had been let into the outlay without the remotest idea that the lettet would be disputed and the deputation had therefore s represented that they thought it hard to be met by a legal objection when the proceedings had gone so far. But the result of the conversation ended very much in this way-that the parties were to consider the matter. The Vicar As it has been reported to the Board. Mr Lleweliin I believe at that time such an offer as this was mide but it occurred to us that Fve could not accept it, because we had paid the money, and the money must „ bo got by the Board somewhere, and it appeared to us toO late to make that offer. The offet was not put down io the miDHtes, and very properly so, for the reason I statef -that the conversation WaS intended at the time to be in confidence and without prejudice to any ulterior proceed" ings which might be adopted. It seems we have somO offer repeated to us. The overseers, in answer to out request that they would call a meeting to consider whether tho money shall be paid or not, say they object to do that, and on these grounds First, they say that only one-tenth of the churchyard is in the borough, and we have charged them with two-fifths. Now, that is a. very wide question to begin with. I think that is a question that might have fairly been started when we originally applied to them. But I think Mr. Baker, act- ing for the overseers, or somebody, is greatly to blame in not raising that question at the proper time because all the expense might have been avoided we might have had a different s ate of things, had we known that the borough and the parish objected to lay out money on such a respectable railing: we might have cut it down by having posts and rails or posts and chains, Of something of that kind, which might to a certain extent have answered the purpose—to a certain extent, but cer- tainly not to the beneficial extent that a wall and railing does. But had we been put on our guard we should not have gone to this expense. But we were told the money would be paid. We were therefore in smooth water no difficulty occurred; and I think it is now too late for the overseers, who have been represented by their assistant overseer, to offer legal objections. But we have to con- sider our position as to the £100 which we have eS" pended. Wa are about calling on the overseers for the balance of expenses on ithe hat year's W^rk—I don't know if it has been done ? > The Clerk: No; not till after the 28th February: when the accounts have been audited and the balanC3 shown, the Board gives an order for the overplus. Mr. Lleweliin: That is a legal course open to us. We have asked the overseers to pay and to call a meet- ing they refuse to pay and they refuse to call a meeting. On the 28 Lh February we shall have to make up our annual expenses, and to call on the parish and boruugh for their quota of those expenses. I suppose that will be the course to be adopted. The Clerk That will be the course. Mr. Lleweliin; In our claim upon the borough will be included this £100. I take it that will be our course to bring the matter to a proper issue for we shall call on the parishes for their quota respectively, and the borough overseers will be bound to call a vestry meet- ing to consider that; they cannot refuse to call that meeting. Assuming that meeting to ba called, and that the meeting affirm this payment, or affirm the pay- ment of the call less this JElOO, then we shall know precisely the position we are in and it will be com- petent afterwards, if parties think they are aggrieved, to go for a mandamus to stop payment by the parish of this LIOO; and therefore I think our discus3ion on the matter is premature. I do not think you must suppose the Board will agree to the offer made, viz., that a mutual case be drawn up of the facts, to be settled by an independent counsel. I, for one, should not agree to that; because I do not think it would be satisfactory. I would rather have the point of law settled—so long as we cannot ourselves agree to a settlement, and our amicable desires have failed-I would rather see the matter settled by a legal decision and it appears to me the way to bring that to an issue is to postpone this discussion, and all pro- ceedings upon it until after the 28th February, when tha expenses will be fully made out for the last year, the quotas fairly divided between the parishes, and brought before the vestry fir their consideration, and it will be for the vestry to affirm the whole of the ex- penses, or less the £100. The matter would come on for discussion in that way; and if any ratepayer or inhabitant thought himself aggrieved by the decision of the Vestry he would bave his proper remedy. Until that, I do not see any legal issue that can be pro- perly tried; and, therefore, I propose, sir, that the consideration of this subject be postponed uatil aftet the 28th February. The Vicar: The consideration of tho letter ? Mr. Woollett seooaded the motion. i /)J.j j