Weekly Mail

ACTION AGAINST A COLLIERY PROPRIETOR. In the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench DivMion, on Tueaday (before the Lord Chief Jutttice and Mr. Justice Lush), the caae of the Treforest Tin.plato Company againat Jones, a colliery proprietor, was heard. It appeared that the pattiea entered into a contract, by which the defendant pledged himself to supply the Trofereat mpaJJywlth a certain quantity of coals during the Tear 187, at the price of Ca. 6d. per ton, afterwards advanced to 13a. per ton. The conditions of the contract were somewhat peculiar. The deliveries were to be monthly, but there was a proviso to the effp.ct thf.,t if the company's a-.diaga wero full tbfy should have tha absolute power to postpone de.lvery f a week. A second and more impor. tant condition was that if the full quantity of coal agreed upon was not delivered within the twelve months it waa to be made up in the nrat three months of 1873. As a matter of fact tho defen. dant did fail to deliver the stipulated quantity in the year 18< 2 and Mr. WilUama submitted that the evidence before the referee showed that the plainticd had. in consequence, to purohaae the coti they required at a much higher pric. than the price they had contracted for with tha defendant. Coal was at famme prices at that time, acd the defendant could make a prcnt by not keeping tua contract. The whole of the facts were befora the referee in July iMt, and he decided in favour of the plamtina, and Mr. B. T. Williams, Q C., now moved that judgment should be entered. The Lord Chief Juatice said that th" Court did not intend to disturb the 6nd. iDg, it beu'g of opinion the referee had tftkaa cfr.f'i!'r<;d. J¡¡:1«;tLrnt t\(\q .f[¡lC 10.), 8- U e cod'F, tc t.L"

fATAL ALCID&M TO A HOY. On morcin? & boy, \is k!n<'d thd I,t tIw CymDH'r ColEery, H.h(;ll.a V.i6$. w..eit.9tu.nt&nc'ci:?..

1HE CHURCH CONGRESS AT SWANSEA. At the amnal festival of Cudd",sdon College, Oxon, (n which wa.a aStendsd. it w&a mfntioced tha.tprcba.bly Epeak on tho condition of the W e"Í1 Chtirch at: the Church Congress in South Wales.

DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN CHURCHMAN.! Cancn BIaden, the centenary, cf North I Stoneham, Southampton, dioj on Taeaday after- Moc. He was bom December, 1777, and had been CaLon cf Wells since 1812.

A FARMER KILLED BY LIGHTNING. On Monday, about mid-day, aa Mr. Samael Rogers, of the Farm, AbortiMery, w&H lot.kirgr at Ha aheep on the Cioantsun between Abertillety and he WM atrack by lightniqf, and kilted on the spot. Mr- Thorns, ot PehyboBt, who was with Mr. Rogers at th tilLe, was also severely burnt.

CHARGE OF PIG STEALING IN DEAN FOREST. On Monday afternoon (befora Masara. Honry and W Uiarn Crawshay), at the polica.st..tion, NowBh&m, Thoma-i D&via, a laboarer, ot Lyd- brcok, was charged with stealing two piga, value 50a..theptope!'tyof Edward Price, butcher and farmer, of l'iewnbAm. PfMot.er waaaeut to Ct'le. with a number of pigs for 88.1e at the market, two of which ho sold on the way. There ware II previuua convictions a-gaimt pxiaauor, who waa committed for triaL

TRINITY ORDINATION AT BANGOR. At a geceral ordinaticn held in Bac<?or Catce- dral, the fGllowjD gentlemen were admitted to holyordera:—Priests: Rav. B. H.Jooea, BA., &t. David's, Lampeior, Rsv. D. Price, Cam- bridge Preliminary Rev. M. Williams, St. Beee College. Deacons: Bav. LI.M. WdHama, St. Aidana College and Cambridge Preliminary Pev. T. Pritchard, St. Aidan'a Cotlegeand (Jam. bridge PteHminary; Rev. J. Thomaa.St. Beea College. The Rev. B. H. Jones, B.A., read the Epistle.

THE QUEEN AND THE PRINCE OF BULGARIA. The <?<MeMe of Tneftday evenina' pub- liahea an oSioial annonnoemont that the Queen haa been gracioualy pleaaed to give ordera for the appointment of Prince Alexander Joseph of Battenberg, Prince elect of Bulgaria, to be tm honorary member of the civil diviaion of the nrat claas of Knighta Grand Croea of the moat hon. curable Order of the Bath.

THE GOLDEN WEDDING I FESTIVITIES AT BERLIN. The GMe correspondent, writing on Tuesday Bight, aaya :—The golden wedding foativittee have already attracted immemae orowda to Berlin. The celebration will be general. The intended antBeaty will bo more extenaive than w&a at nrat expected. On Saturday the baptism of the infant princess will take place. The Dake of Edinburgh will represent Qneen Viotona, the gfeat.grandmother of the princeaa.

THE HARRIS' NAVIGATION PITS. On Friday, sinhiBg operationa were completed at the Harria' Navigation New Pita, near Quaker's Yard. The No. 2 Pit haa been sunk to the four.feet seam of steam coal, which haa been found to be the aame in quality and depth aa that in the No. 1 Pit. It ia generally underatood that it ia thia seam which will be worked drat, tmd that coal will be raised through both pits. Opera. tioza are being pushed forward vigorously in nxing up the pumping and winding engine.

GREAT REDUCTION OF RENTS ON LORD WINDSOR'S ESTATES. In cocaequenco of the agricultural depreaaion at present existing, and the nnaettled state of farming ictereat through the whole of the country, the Bight Hon. Lcid Windsor, of Oakly Park, Luc!c'?, and St. Pagan's, near CardiS, haa given instructiona to hia agonta that a. reduction of 10 per cent. on the rent of the paat year will be made to all hia tenanta of agricultural holdinga upon hia lordahip'a estates in Shropshire, Worcester. shire, and Glamorganshire.

PREFERMENT OF A MINOR CANON OF LLANDAFF. We understand that the Rev. Henry PAraona, OBO of the minor canons at L!andan, haa been cnered the rectorship of Bridgworth, and that the rev. gentleman has accepted the appointment, which is worth .6350 per annum and a rectory. He will shortly leave for his new sphere of labour, and hia impending departure, which ia much re- gretted in this neighbourhood, ia already giving rise to some speculation as to who will succeed the rev. gentleman aa minor canon.

BRECONSHIRE CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE. Thia chamber met on Saturday laat, at the George Hotel, Brecon. Present: Captain Travers (president) m the chair, Bev. W. HoweU, Mr. Andrew Smith, Mr. Thomas Thomaf, Mr. W. S. Miller, Mr. W. Vaughan, Mr. Powell, Mr. Smith {Cathedine), Mr. Price, Mr. Jones, Mr. Williams, Mr. David Downea, Mr. Williams (Brynich), and Mr. Jamea Hall. The President introduced" he Law of Distress" aa the sub- ject for discussion, and a paper on the subjeot was read by Mr. Miller. The chamber afterwards passed a motion that the present law required reconsidering.

HONORARY DEGREES AT OXFORD. It is oScia!Iy announced that the honorary degree of D C.L. will be conferred upon the following distinguished personagea at the encoeoia or commemoration to be held to-day (Wednaa. day) .—Eati DuSeiin, the Bishop of Durham, the Hon. Sir Arthur Gordon, Governor of Figi; Right Hon. W. H. Smith, M.P., Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., Sir Frederick Loighton, President of the Royal Academy; John Bnakin, M.A., Rev. F. Field, M.A., Hon. Follow of Trinity College, Cambridge; W. F. Skene, F.A.S.E., &nd M. Iwan TourgueneS.

WILFUL DAMAGE TO CHURCH PROPERTY AT CARDIFF. John Croloy, John Camey, and Joseph Sullivan, lads, were charged on remand at the Ca'diSpolice- coutt, on Monday (before Mr. B. 0. Jones), with doing willul damage to the iron railings enclosing All Saints' Church, Tyndall.atreet, CardiS. Mr. M. Morgan cow appeared for the prosecution, and complained that owing to the damage which had been done to thja place of worship during the )ast two years a Joes of .E60 had been caused. Detective James said he apprehended the prisoners, who made various admiaaiona. Charles Peter Coles, a churchwarden connected with All Saints', stated that the damage done by boys to the rail. inga amounted to quite .813. The Stipendiary Magistrate said he should assess the damage done at o£2. John Croley, the biggest boy of the three, waa remanded, aa ho wished to call further evidence. The other two prisoners—very small boys—were cautioned and dismissed.

CHARGE OF FORGERY AND FRAUD AGAINST A FOREST OF DEAN IRONMASTER. At the police-court (Littledean), on Monday, (before Major Probyn and Mr. Crawahay), an application was made by Mr. Wm. Smith, solici- tor, NewBham, fora warrant against a member of "local nrm of irocmastera on charges of forgary and fraud cpon a Mr. Kirkwood, a gentleman of Bath, a member also of the same nrm. A sum. mora had been obtained returnabie for Monday; but had not been served owing to the absence of the defendant from hia Foraat residence. A letter was read from Messrs, Lewis and Lewis, solicitors, London, asking for information aa to the day on which the aummona was returnable, aa their client w&a moat anxioua to auswor the charge. Mr. Kirkwood, in reply to Mr. Craw- ahay, said he was proceeding in his private capacity, as the chaige was not associated with thenrm.

SERIOUS FLOODS IN WAR- WICKSHIRE. Oce of the greatest noods that have ever occurred in Warwickshire took place near Coventry on Saturday night. During the past week there haB been an exceedingly heavy rainfall, and on Saturday it fell almost incessantly during the greater portion of the day. Thia resulted in the rivera and watercouraea in various parts over. nowing their banks into the adjacent meadows, rendering it necessary for cattle to be removed to placea of safety. In some of the rural districta between Coventry and Bedworth large tracta of meadow land ware entirely sub merged, and footpatha were wholly impaaaablo; reads were in many places covered to a consider- able depth, and persons returning from market had great dimculty, even in vehicles, in getting I to the<r homes. At Foleahill the tumpiko-road for a loDg dMtanoe wM Mvpral f<!9t deep in :¡- r iiieb icr.rrd t'bf e. cf of tha ,vhil'h eo.iii CcL'sr" v:fr% Qr'If'Hy ilU"d, and 'h& wa.1;t'S r.< to P"?hnh?i?ht*hutth? wcup'u?enf aoaM of tit') h'.T!?fp!,ad?O!'c''iro<o?h.'irr.pnrrr;.o?n8. M?!'y t't t\ f- ;Db\hhmi.3 ai!9r tba: t!lf.'y ryi b er L v r-1, 9 f,. r,

TBE ALLEGED CONCEALMENT Ot Blh-TR Al' 3JL.AKRNEY. On Se.torf'sy evc-rirg 'T". (,arfe-, tin (1iv:. si(!;al c(r"n{r,he!d JJ. inqued in tha Br:t,ih C4' Scht.o'rocm, ,Blli-hlJPY, on tL"I bo.y of a cii'.l.<. wbcee bi!:th took p:i1,C on Whit. Monday ia a water <loset, and waa cuncfa.Ied by tbc mother, Sarah Gnr.daU, who P.ubsc-qTientiv buried th" body in an adjacent garden plot;, belorgiug to a n.an camrd Httil, with whom Grindail hved. ) t ap,,eai-cd from the evideicj of Ann Steward, a. neighbour, that en diecovt-ring thi child in the closet, the accused young woman denied any I krowleege of it. Dr. John Shaw, Carleton, who made the post-mortem examination. proved that the deceased had arrived at a period whon it 'might have lived. There were no marka of violence. He I'mhj<)cted the langs to the usual teats, but they did not S.mt; were nrtn t,, the tench, end did not crepitate. The jary found that the child was still-born, the coroner adding th"t the concealment would reat with another tri. bunal.

A GREATER TRAGEDY. ATTEMPTED DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. A shccking occurrence took place at Chaster at ten o'cLck on Friday night weak. Mrs. Mider, hlnrllady cf the Yacht Inn, Nicholaa-atreet, cu,> tha throats of her two infant children, and then cat htr own, with a large table knif«. Mra. Miff's wonnda are not fatAl, but th<} children are njt ex. pected to recover. Mrs MUlsr re-e.tly rairried a wido, er with four children, and, strango to say, jgho icnicted the injuriea on her own chi dron. Siie is supposed to be "ane. On inquiry on Sunday everirg at the police our Cheater c. rreepondent waainfcrmed ttiat the cideat child died at ten Eiinntea past six o'clock, acd on the nfWS being commu!licted to the mother 6he wiii etroDFly affec' ecl, aud is now in a serious et%te. The inquf.8t on Alice Milli,i:, elder of the two children, ViaB opened at the Town-hall, Chester, on Monday afteinoon. Only formal evidence waa taken, and I the inquiry was adjourned for a week. The other child is still in a aerioua condition, and alao the Biother, who on Sunday made another attempt on her own tife. She got one arm looae from the etrait waistcoat and endeavoured to tear tho bandages from her throat, but was prevontad so doing.

THE TAFF VALE FREIGHTAGE QUESTION. MEETING OF COALOWNER3 AT CARDIFF. I The freightera of the Taff Valley, who are in so ras3DV inetancea membera of the Monmouthshire and South Waleg Collierioa* Aaaociation, met at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, on Saturday, to discuas the position of aSaira. The chair was taken by Mr. Foater Brown, and there was an in&aontial attendance of freighters, Mr. Simone being pre. sent aa law adviaer, and Mr Dalziel as aeoretary. At nratatwaB enapected that the meeting wag one of ootIowBere, who had considered the Mpact of the cotd trade queation to be auai. cienHy preeeing to require yet farther ooBeideTtttion, but we are credibly informed that the masters met for no other object than to dia. onaa the freightage qnottion M involved by the progreBB through F<u'liament of the TaS Vale Railway BiU, and we are told that the maaters were conaulting Mr. Simona on the beat way of drawing up a petition to be presented to the Houae of Lords against the Bill, which they do not approve of as it atajida. The general opimon was that a petition ahould be preaented, but the meeting did not altogether agree as to the wording of the document, and eventaaUy the meeting waa adjoarned for a week, when a modi&ed petition will probably be produced for adoption!

DISPUTE AT THE DUNRAYEN COLLIERY. On Monday, at the Pentro police-court, Mr. Thomas Joseph, one of the proprietors of the Dumraven Colliery, Blaenycwm, applied to the Bench for power to remove the oheckweigher (Mr. Reea Williams) employed by the men on the yard of the said colliery. Mr. Joaeph told the Bench that the rcaacn why he made the application was that the checkweigher had iaaued, aa a delegate of the union, 300 copiee of the fallowing notice to hia workmen :—" Notice paper. June 2, 1879. Sir,—I hereby give yon notice that the contract relative to employment at present exiating between the proprietora of the worka at which I am now employed, and myself, will terminate at the ex. piration of one month from the above date.— (Signed). To M. Llewelyn, manager of Dnnravon Colliery." The Stipendiary Magistrate: The dinicnity in the way is that the offence haa not yet been committed, for it has not yet taken eSeot. Mr. Joaeph pointed to the aecbioa of the Minea Regulation Act under which he imati. tuted proceedings. He also aaid that he was about to inatituto prooeedimga in the county court againat the same oheokweigher for the recovery of an amount of money loat in March latt by the company through the conduct of the checkweigher in inducing the men to atop working for four days. Mr. Joaeph then oaid that he would atop the colliery at the end of the present month, and wait for better timea. A summons against the oheckweigher waa granted, and wag made returnable &t that court that day week.

DARING ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT CARDIFF. STRANGE CONDUCT OF MILITIA- MEN. A determined and violent attempt to commit a robbery was made on the premiaea of Mr. Lock, Victoria Villa, Caatle-road, Roath, on Saturday night. It appears that between h%lf.paat 11 and 12 o'clock Mr. Lock, on going to faaten the gate of his front garden, fancied he heard a auspicious noise near the aide door leading from his garden into his back premisea. He went to ascertain the oauEe, aad discovered on the garden wall, immediately over the fowl.houaa, a man pre- paring to drop into the yard, and another man standing at the bottom of the wall. Mr. Lock accosted the man om the ground, demanding hia business there, and seized him by the collar. The fellow commenced to struggle, and shouted to hie companion for help, and he, dropping from the wall also, attacked Mr. Lock. A neigh boar, hearing Mr. Lock'a cry for help, went to his assistance. Both the would-be robbers, however, were strong men, and the man who dropped from the wall was a powerful rum M, and struck Mr. Lock about the head and face, inSioting considerable injury. During the struggle, which lasted several minutes-Mr. Lock holding tena- ciously to the man he had nrst seized—three or four of the militia arrived on the sooue. They were told what had occurred and were appealed to for help, but they stood listlessly by while Mr. Lock was being mercilessly baaten, and refused to lend a hand. After a fevere struggle, the fellows succeeded in getting; loose, and paaaing through the midst of the soldiers managed to escape. Policemen were shortly after on the spot, and during the night went to the barracks and some other places. We understand that they have got a clue to the parties, which they are following up.

THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION ATMERTHYR. On Monday morning the London and North Western Railway Company ran their fnat train over the new branch line from Dowlais to Mer. thyr, which tine will henceforth connect the vast system of the London and North Western C,3m. pany with the n amerces raUways of which the iron metropolis is the centre. A number ot the townspeople were preaent on the platform to soe the first train arrive over the new line, but there was no official display or &ny town ceremonials to mark the event, which haa been looked forward to for some time past. The line, which ia but a few miles in length, has been an exceedingly dimcult one to make, running as it doas through a tunnel over 1,000 yards long, with an inclination of one in 60, dimouMes being presented in the boring of the tnnnol which were neither few nor small. The nrst train in the morning was accom. panied by the various officials of the line, and several of the early trains were decorated with evergreena, &o. The now branch railtvay will provide admirable facilities for through tfanic, though probably it will not be of great ma.terij.1 advantage to the town of Merthyr, and already, since the publication of the time bills, complaints have been made that the London and North Western Company do not intend to atop their trains at Dowlas. It is also a matter of resTet witb the Merthyr people that the first train in the morning aad the last train at night, which are those which moat materially interest the town for long journeys, do not touch Merthyr, but otherwise the additional train service provided by the London aid North- Weatern Company affords great local advantages. Some representation to the company from th<; inhabitants of Merthyr and district will, doubtless, have the effect of completing the accommodation which the people of that town ao much desire. Particulars of the train service over the now line will be found in our advertising columns.

The nrst of the lOO.ton guns has been mounted &t Woolwich on the carriage and platform it wiU ccoupy on service. The trollies on which the 80.ton guns were proved have been atrengthoii&d for their new duty. The gun, which haos a pro. ponderance at the breech end of three tons, is allowed an elevation of 11 degrees, in which poti. tion the muzzle is raised 21 feet from the ground. It may not, however, be tried at this extreme angle until it reaches its permanent station at Malta or Gibraltar. SOtODONT.—To CLEANSE, BBAUTIFT, AND PM'aM'DtTHi! TEETB UsE SuzODON't.—The Peerless Liquid DeBtriace. Its use imptrtathe xwjst fragm--at breath; it beau-ifies, cleanses, teeth n a surpriiitg Baaaaor it gives a deh?htfui)T fresh Mte and feeling to the iiaoulh, rt-moviug aU T<ijta.r tad Rcurf from tke Teeth, corapietely arresting the pro- gMM of decay, tmd whiteaMS su.'h p<Nts aa h?ce a?eatiy become Mack by d?cay er ne?Mot. Impar? BrtAth, cauaed by Had T&eTh, Tobacco Spi'-H.a. or CaJtrr.h is ne-utisused by Soz'xtunt.—P'ieenuty 3,. 11 put up in large lottles, attf.dwfh patent apric'ttnrs for apl,.jnrg the hquttt to th« Moth brutth. R<Mh Ojtr e ftcc )?rt.j?!f"- Ut?M'\? t?e tMnac 8o?:uDONTO?tt'e '!b'tt "et rottte. ? t

OF TnS 0 MUl! TH J;UH4IfJ (lHt". N h LU;' C AT J.E\ŸlJJH,T. 'YÜ;. E. F. C'A'? BU'±-T ACCEPTED AS 'IRE L:BJ:H,J.J Cà1:u [D,¿'l'8. Or! Frit'r.v v;t:f'k, a.laty mfif.thIJ 1dd c.t to /-in?r?.ii.ii,?t,wpfjtt. O.i?.ht'?l,t.f<:)'"n?-ft'a ?um(c70tIacHcsMtdtt:<pit.j.tj.?Me:tt.'Lti.uuf tho lr Henry Jauks:'n, M.P., W!!i-1 the &d ihf-re were present .Jf. Bitkc, MP.MdMr.Carbutt. 1h6 CllMI}rA:'¡, iii lii refe7Lre3 o the honour cute h'u:< by f'løotÜI!( him to the offi Je <.f President < t the Liberal As-ioci<tti')c, and aa itlia WM the aitjt une he hitd bt-eu abio to attead Oiij of t.i;etr mt etinga, he wao giad th.*t oa thi<t cue t- tdcn they Kcro 1Dft for basiieia. It w\J his duty to pre&ide at the introdm-*i)n cf Mr. E- ii. Carbutt, cf L?eds, whom the executive comouttee of the 8Bi:>(,C;a.ti.Oll had determined to brijg befora the geBpral body of the Liberal party. and Mcom- menied him tur adoption &a then c.udiciate at tha next general etcction. (Applause.) They wuuld hear Mr. Carbut.1, amt he had no doubt they wucid be pleaetd. Mr. CErbutt w&:a not an eld man, but he had had cJ.lJaidera.ble <;xp<). lience aa a politician. liia father wa.a the intima*e friecd ff Richard Cooden. No one could come with better ort;dent?la than Mr. C&rbntt. He had been the M&yor of Leeds, aii(I weald have been a candidata for Leeds bad it not beeu determined to bring torward Air. Gid-dttona, m the e"Ht of hie n,)t succee hog in ScvtJlAnd. It WilD very fortunate they had been able to aecuro j Mr. Ca:bptt. (,Ipplauiie,) Aftor aU, however, tt-e qcestion -ai onf' of prmopie rather thitn of pfrEOEal merit. That waa the true view tj tiks. be wae quite anre the vny man Wh08 aeat thay were attacking wl,uld be the nrst to admH: that thM wa? the question to be ir?-d. Ttie qaea?iau tu be tticd at the ?ext ge?er&l & ottou ??&d maipiy thia dcec the P'iicy, or perhaps he ou.s;ht to say—did the aota (for ho Woio8 cot quite certain wheih(r there was policy) of the pmeMt Gotcrncaeftt really exprea<< the feeliaga of the COUl:t.1y ( (" No" and Ye") Th<ti: was a question on whuh there was a conaidsr<tSle diSe- rence of opimoa out of that room, and that was the queation to be submitted to the eicctora, and in hta jargtpent the tnoet important quoatiou in hta jargtpent the tnoet important quoatiou which had ever been submitttr.I to any bo ly of £JectoIs in the prp.e:u.t generatioa. He did not mean to t.ay that from the force of oircnmt:w9 the Liberal party had Lot been withon': the cini- èeLLe of the country but q'jita c:)iisi,-tezitly with that adirissiorl, aueh a sentiment was except..nl, and in no way based upon the deiibeMte conviction of the con<titusncioa as the whole that the policy of the Government wAs riht. It oight be said that the large Parliamentary ma Beajority was a CMjclupive answer to that que:tim; but he denied it, and he would tell them why. The prpepct Parliament was elected aa a BurL,ri,¡tI. The di66olntion came on a short notice. There was no preut question before the country. The circumstances were pecaliar. The country was unprecedentedly prosperoua. Wagea were high. Pricea were high. Everybody believed that the good times were going to last. A cry waa got up, Let ca erjoy what we have got, and no more reforms, and no more intorferouca with vested interests. The tronblpa and dinioaltiea which had arisen since then were not foreseen when the geceral elaction took place. Thia Parliament did not represent the feeling of the electora oa those qneeticne. It became a matter of enormcue im- portance that after the experience of ).he country for the pat-t 6vo years the eleotora should be well aware of the Msue to be determined. The story of what the Government had done, or had not done, waa famiIiM to all. Never in our conatitu. tional history had there bean ao packed and immovable a Parliamentary majority aa that. which the Opposition had had to face in the House of Commons. What they had now to think of waa the present and the future. It would not be fair or reasonable to put bad trade on the Government, any more than bad weather or bac harvests. It was reasonable, however, to ask would there be a revival in trade until there waa a restoration of confidence? (IppLtuae.) Was there likely to be a retora.' ti'.n cf confidence until the country was governed by a sot cf men whoae opinions they could forecast for a week at all events (Laughtsr.) He then looked at the bright aide, and suppled the Afghan War was over. But there wa-i a dimoult matter M regards the C-tpo, and tlle Governnxfat had at lait Boat out a man in whom the cation unanimously reposei. (Ap. p!ause.) He hoped that the greatest wa.rKr of our day WM also sent out on & mission :of peace. (Applause.) He concluded hia address by calHm;' upon the Liberal party to be united, and to make sa.cri<nea for the c,,ra-ror. good. They were to be ready for the next eleotion, (Applause.) Mr. J.R.JACOB read letters from Mr. Jamaa, Monmouth; Mr. Re!ph, Utlk, Mr. S. D. Waddy, Md Mr. H. BichM-d, M P., and Mr. J. Lancaster. He then proceeded to relate the circumstances under which Mr. Carbutt had been invited by the committee of the Newport Liberal Association to conteat the re. presentation of the Monmouth Boroughs. Mr. Carbutt had, in the 6rst place, im.de his ap- pearance in his present position conditional upJn thrfe thinga—orst, that he ahould have the united invitation of the committee of the association secondly, that there should be a definite request for his candidature signed by at least 1,50 of the electors: and, thirdly, that these lllVl"tlOns shculd be connrmed by the vote of a icaea meeting, such M they had that eves ing. (Applause.) The two nrat raqmrem?n? had been fully complied with. The com- mittee had given Mr. Caibutt a' unacitnouH invitation to come forward; this had been sup. ported by a similar request (which ho now h&adad to Mr. Carbuti) by nearly 1,600 electors. all of Newport, who pledged themselves to do their ntimcat to secure hia return—(cheers)—and now it remained for the meeting to supply the third requirement by unanimously and heartily endorsing the action of the committee and th\< invitation of the signatories to the requisition. (Cheera.) After Mr. Carbutt should hava pap,;ed through this nery ordeal it would be impossible for anyone to say that he came forward aa the npmineo of a clique or section of the Liberal party. (" Hear, hear," and applause.) If Mr. Cubutt's candidature were accepted that evening he would undoubtedly be the chosen candidate of the Liberal party, and he (Mr. Jacob) had much plea. sure in introducing him to the meeting. (Much cheering) Mr. CABBUTT, who waa loudly cheered, upon rising to address the meeting, said he felt com- pletely UBDerved by the kind reception which had been accorded him, and by the very handsome way in which the chairman had spoken of Mm. But as the chairman had kindly made excuses for him in obaomBg that every man had to win his spurs to get into Parliament, he must trust to the kind indulgence of those before them if he did not please them. (Applause ) That im- portant requisition before him, eignod by nearly 1,600 voters, and the acclamation with which the meeting had greeted its presentation to him, ehfwed that, at any rate, they were thoroughly in earnest. ("Hear. hear," and applause.) And he could assure them no effort should be wanting on his part to help them to win the contest. (Cbeera.) The Monmouth Boroughs, unfortunately, had abdicated for a short time their proud rank in Liberalism, a position held by them for many long years—applause)—but now that the wave of Liberal re-action was advancing—auroly, though ittaight be slowly—(" hear, hear," and applause) —it was for the electors to again take their old position amopg the iatolligant coaatituenclea. (Applause.) Ho had experienced the pleasure of mee??g their present member, Mr. Cordea, anc! bad assured him, M he assured thorn, that the nght at the coming election should bo upon political grounds only. (Applause.) For Mr. Cordea he entertained, aa they did, a groat respect, and if ho could osly convert the hon. gentleman to Liberalism, he (Mr. Carbutt) should retire. (A laugh and Hear, he<r.") He contested this seat upon no near or personal grounds, but on the broad grounds of principle. (Applause.) He believed that greater principlea were at stake in the next election than had been the case for many years. (Hear,heM.) The country would then have to declare whether it would be governed by Imperialism, at the dictate of one leader, or by a Parliament which would honourably aocure paaoe at home as well as abroad. (Applause.) Lot them consider the immense amount of distress which had existed in the country, during the last winter. (Hear, hear.) Thousands of honest men had only been saved from the workhonae by the bounty of the charitable, for they ojuld BOt get the wcrk they were willing to do. Failures were seen on every aide. hny largo works Wfro closed, and others which were gpi::g were on!y working half time. AU trades were paralysed, wages werebein? reduced, &Dd strikes were seen from oco and of England to the other. Thorc was a decrease in our imports an well as in our expoctt, which waa a cure a:g i of poverty. F,Yrtnn&W, Providence had <?iven the world a plentifaHMtrvest, E.ndweooutd, there- fore, procure raw material at a lo? price, which, to a certain extent, made up for our decreased earBiBga; but if it were not for this we should have been in a much worae etRte, and, he believed, have fomid out the cau¡¡e before now.. largo an accumulation of absolutely idle money sa we had locked up in this country at tho preeent titno waa signiSoa-nt of the general etrgMftion of buainaaa. and his opinion was that this OWnation and want of oon- ndeLCO was entirely owmg to our Mstleea foreign roUoy—(hfar, hear)—which had caused wars in every quarte'' of the globe; waro in which we hao vcllen ergaged, brought about by nur it-jucicious pohcy. Depend upon it, that so long as our mcrchante read the signs of the times and realised the prospect of their transactions being upset by foreign compticationa, thay woald not spt?clate. (Hear, hear.) He behaved it: was rfotnng out wam; ot cntthdence which kept our trade in ita preaont doplpr&blo poaitioa, with m%ny of our wotking classes ia poverty. In addition to this, our expenditure mder the present Adminis- tration had become rery much greater, and the Government. like all spendthrifta, were mort-ag- irgthefntnro. (HeM, hsar.) It we ta.x"d onr icaiirfaoturina classes too mnoh, we could not maintain our industrial supremacy. (Hear. hear.) Consider what this foreign policy ha.d coat the workirc men during the past few years. If trade were good they would have been able to live in ccmfort, and mf.ke provision for old age. I A Voice: It is mt the fault of the Government.] But now they found that many a maa had been obliged to pMt with his little property and houaahold gooda, aad, most Jikely, ho was getting into deft. If this ptate of thinga went on there would no longer bo ground for the complaint of a want of rocrjita for tbe army. Mr. Crbutt went on to say that at the last election the electors of the Mo:.mon!:h Boroughe reYeraed their deoiaioc of 1868, bat it must be hoped that they would return to their old love and elect a Liberal again. (Cheera.) He would point out to them that by their list return they helped to put Mr. Gladstone out of pow<;r, and ask them to contrast the financial reaulta of. the Gladstone Government with the existing one. When Mr. Gladstone took omoe the revonua waa half-a-mitlion lees than the expenditure, bu!; the ngat hon. gentlemim maaagad to wpe I;' fut'pxea to t\a -xt'.nt. cf twelve milli nil, to ILEY for ti tE:1glp:1fC canstrujtjd bv LtØ to tt.Jucc t' Nm.ioaa! Dabt to te eH,m 'Jt ..7,2li"'(I,(\!íI, r.:u %.Lev r.tÜiug f.:om C, 4xl ho .Mt.CtC ov(r lj Lm i'ucc':uci0'' the @¡'¡:e,t .-ur¡,,(uB tA.J,; H' L;td tcon t< fY .ii :'J t,h. .t¡ O¡tuÜ. il1CH.<i t.1':0 N,hn!l jJt;bt" a'l of ti e X-, 'i !e "etu?i xI>PHdlt.1J'e U: :l"l"ft, GcTpTt.mer.t in the yea.r 1371, the tue AiatiAtil a!,ti t:c c.¡, (/ ¡-J, Al:J.hÜ:i.,¡,'J W!J.r', W;JoS 7¡i .L:Ul!lJd- cor! }:)re<' v.i h L.i:'l ens u':d-'r Be..c 13 s in tne }enr InJ fic-,tr, h<;Rr," and "Sha.rn.") lhlJrei'(6 thc.} focnd thas tha luxury o? & GoverDm"nt hitd 0 81, thpnl right: or niue millions a ye Lr (fiea-A7, )-))-at-d tbiodd not theojat of 'L& .8fgLti. u; Z'.))u W&rs, whitnt the C )vor't- Lt<à & nuking debt in Exohpqttsr and other bcadf, ariountllg- to 25 miltiona. the r(-di.mpticn of fome of which Wks pm en for a year or f'o, but which wou<d have to be pr:nd fome dLy. (Ht}iIor. h(:ar ) Again, when Mr. Jla.df*oce was in p,Aer he ap"nt .omethin lie o le lin(; ÙI hal ir.ilnona for p:a¡;hg the a.r ;I.y and n.vy cpoa aB iBojen'' footil)g, in vase of om- bdng drawn tnto tin- Fracco.Prul!si"t! W !\lor. The prei,.o-.tt G)vert:mfT!t wk-r-d fcr eix rniUtouB, wnen the lureo. hUE!sian War was over, but when t'm <'mt<T)Etwaa6p3Dt, t 'ey found thomialvodto';nUy unpr(pi,re(i tcr the little war in S'JUÙ AtrllH. (hehr, he&r ) Re knew It wo..¡:d be Bitid tha. the t-r"elt GovcrBmect hkid epent sometiairig like two P-iid a half miMoaa pe!' atlnu'a tn mlicvit,g loc:d taxntton, but ho protE:stod &Aaintt the GoverxMeu!. taking this .xpMKutureoutcfthe h&nda of the load ituthj- ntna. (H(iar, h",r.) Mnking due allowiu:la for i I',t pohcy tithe Uosefnm<.nt, be ma.i.i- t&i(.ed that ir, was an extravagE6nt one. even if ancceef-ftJ. (Hoar, ha.t' ,) Afte coRdemm-g the eCfcts cf their poh;y i,i rek.,Pftet to tie Hedin '\(t;a:o!'a.!iduxu, he WUú'; un '-0 amn.advert up-jn <he ucurae pafau"d by the in the Afghan ditue-ulty, tba. the jmecit tuaniy c,,urle would htva bG€Q to hc-vti had an exp'tniatioo 19ith Ituseis, in3taa.jt or huilyilg the sma.il Power of AfgiiAnii3t-.nl It h&d been Btatod upon good aa'horHy tl-at .ibat we WMtttti was & scioLtiiio fronttar— (1\ lai.,gh)-and if so. he shouLi say, from a practicfi poiut of view, that thf) beat mena of fii-Ct11ing tbie would bave been to have built bri,lg8 ahd fUIIDf-d and railwayo, w.uca would hat& tho trsDaport of troopa upju s.u cni(,rgc-.ncy, aid li&ve oeen of good Larviu,j in U!Be bf peaca, a.d of groa.t uto m tune if 'amiBe. (Hear, bear.) If such public worka ha.d bfen currjed out we should act haTe wltLH)S,eJ. i-cch & Icea of time and waare of moafy as was cauefd t*t the beginmiBg of the war m rettiag tt e troopa to the ecfce ot action. (Her. hea.r.) Thia Afghan War was an entirely new departure from the policy of the four premaa Viceroys, and againat the majority of the Indian Conned, and the Government had backed up one injuatitoe with another by robbins; Indm ot the coat of the war. As if we were not BatitjSod with this, we sent out Sir Bartla Frare. who created a quarrel in South Africa, where a peacefnl solution of the dimoalty hid been cieregarded, and we now had a war costing na hsif a, million per week, and which would occasion the loea of thouRaod" of valuable lives before we had done with it. They thua saw money apent in war which ahonid have been devoted to oopaoli. dating the Empire, ore of tbf) moat important means of doing wbich was the opening up of the coantry by the coBetraction of ruilroada. (Hear, hear) One of the woret reiiults of the policy of the Government was that in Asia M:d in Africa the Bauvea had learnt to doubt the word of an EDgliahmaa— (haar, hear) and, therefore, could we wonder that they, in their turn, played false with us. (Hear, heAr.) If they thought that all this did not redound to the honoir of England, what he &aid to the Liberal pitrty waa that, with a long pull, a .strong pull, and a pill altogether, they should unite and endeavour to turn out the ConEiervafive Government, and let their cry be-" Peace, Retrenchment, and Re- form." (Cheers.) .Mr. J. MosES moved "That this meeting, hs.TiEgheMdMr.Carb"t give an exposition of hia political tiewa. cordially invitaa him to come forward as a Liberal candidate at the next vacancy, and pledges itself to use the moat gtrernous cScrta to secure hia return." Ho was there as a Liberal, owicg no allegiance to Mr. Corvee, although he higoly eateemed him aa a gent1Eman and a .neighoour. Why did they oppjau him? Because he was a Conservative and a BtrpDfQua supporter of the prpsent detestable GovernrnMit. tApplauae.) Ho liked Mr. <Jart)utt bottet each time Lo hfard him, aud he a6ked the Libfrate to return him by a triumphant majority. (Applause.) Wr. MATTHEWS, Usk, aeconded the motion, and paid the county had been long enough ulAàr the domination of the honeea of Tredegar and Beau, fort, and called upon the electors to return- Mr. CaTbutt. (Applause) Mr. W. GRAHAM aapported the motion, acd cai-tioDed the tiectora not to trust too much to their belief in their own safety, for he knew that they would have to nn-et a atront: foe. t he motion was carried T)em c<.M. Mr. PAM<AL.L moved a resolution condemning the foreign policy of the Government, and ha pro- ceeded to criuciao the conduct of the Mmiotry, and also the way in which Mr. Cordes supported them. He then pointed out the great di&orence between the Liberal and Con.-ervativa o'-eeda. which were m' at truly repretented by Mr. GLtd. btoDe and Earl BEsL(,-onpfi(-Id, respectively, the one had a gr<:&t heart and tlio other an uufeeltcg gizzard. (ApplauiSe) Mr. G. !5NiTH beccnJed the resolution and succeeded in amnaing the meeting'. Mr. BLAKE, M.r' ic aupporung the motion. spid he would go anywhere to eerve the LiLerAl party. He Bfed not -,ay t aingte word anouc tli,g-) u i- traMo wara to tnduoe them to p3aa t!)ia rei-,)Iu. tion. He criticised Lord Cranbtook'o fpaaoh at 81n insld on Thursday night,, and 6itid th'ete werj multitudes of the Liberal party who were not toere meecta, Mr. Gitdtttone, Mr. Forater, Mr Chamberltun, and SirCharloB Diike wera not mere i;isecie, and he asked th« meeting to look a; the great difference between Cjnaarvative) amd LibtrtJp, and to uphold the grectt party which ought to be in power. The good old Tory rul) prevailed until 1832; after the Reform Bill paaaed gre&tohaBgea took place; enormuca taxation ha.d been repealed, and great freedom of apeoah ha.d been secured for the country. It waa the vo:co of the country which determined theae thi, and cow he aeked the meeting to give its voice in the right way. fhe land question waa the greit question of the day, bat he WM not going into that now;hia main object was to Bhoiv what Libetaliam had done, and for the reason that Libcraliam had won such great reailta aa to warrant him in ashing the oonatitnenoy to return Mr.Carbntt. He read a long catalogue otohargoa against Lord Beaconaneld aa the greatest troubtec of tha country, and quoted from Mr. Gladstone's writinga in proof of what the Premier had done to bring dishonour on hit) country. (Applauae.) Icdta was being governed by two noveliata—Lord Lytton there, and Lord Beaconanold hero. India was meat miserably governed, and the gift of an Empreaa instead of Queen was a great miatake. Toryism could not put back the political clock, although it did much mischief. Tory rule meant extravagance, bad trade, *md heavy taxation. Liberalism mealt cheap Government, and the proaperity ct all claesoa. Coming to the duty of Liberaia at Newport, he said they were not to be diaccuraged, but they were to do their duty faith- fully. Liberal pricciplea should win in a'!y con. atitueRcy. acd he hoped, when the Liberals were in powet, m&ny great queaticna would be aottlod whtch were liow awaiting sertlemont. (Applauae.) Tte rrfolution was carried. The CHHEMAN said he had omitted to ask Mr. Carbutt if he accepted the invitation. Mr. CARBUTT then said he now Rtood before itpm as their accepted candidate. He would do al ILe ecu!d, bn' this was w(.ro their requeat than his let them all oome forwar i heartily and they wtju!d succeed. He had been to Ujk and Mon- B.cmh, and was well satined with what he had )Ee''nandbeard. (Loudappltuao). Mr. C. LEwis moved a vote of thanks to the chairman and Mr. Blake. Mr. H. R. EvANS seconded the resolution, which waa carried unanimously, and the proooadinga terminated.

THE LATE WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES BANK. At the Bristol Comity Court. on Tnasctay, the Judge. Mr.R. A. Fisher, heard a case respecting the ceLBhiBg of a cheque on the bank ecbepquent to the stoppage. The facta, which were undiaoutod, were as follow :—0n the 2nd c? December laat, a Mr. Eager paid Jamoa Hardy, outSttor, Torquay, a chequa for .67 2a. Cd., in satiaiaction of an account. Mr. Hardy was indebted to Mr. Henry Jones, a boot maker, of St. Philip's, Bristol, and having endorsed the cheque he handed it over to him on the 4th of December. Jonoa, however, failsd to pay the cheque into the bank, intending to do so on the &th of December, but ne then found that the bank had suspended payments. He therefore brought the present action to recover the amount of the cheque from Es-rey, In giving judgment, hia HODOt1rlllaid the plaintiff, Mr. Jonoa, nught have cached the cheque had he paid it into the b&nk before the stoppage. It was, therefore, through his own zieglivii3ce that the cheque w&s loft in his hande, and that he was unaHe to realise. Judg- ment for defendant. At a meeting held in Plymouth Guildhall, on Monday night, under the presidency of the Deputy.sheriff for the county, it was resolved to invite the various towns in Devon to form co'a- n.itteea for the purpoae of raiaiB? funds for tho retief of the sufferers by the failure of the West of .bBgiaBd BMk. Grants to tho amount of .6600 have already been made to tho'e sharcholdira of the bank who are iDcapable of maiuhirJiIlg their! Relvts. The total f and at present amounts to .t8,OtO.

-n-- Dnia]L- ha-7irg been given to the announcement tbat the Prince of Watea had remitted portions of thp rents of hia tenants, the Western Morring Aeu's has been authorised to state that f. gene.-al rf-miesion., with very few exceptions, haa been made by the Prmce of Walea to all hia tenants of !aB<?s oc farms, in tpoat casea of 20 per coat. for three years, and in other cases of 15 per cent for two yefure, ErfS'S GLYCEBIXB JUJUBES.—C'ACTION '— Tbb38 elective and agreeable c nffettona are Eold by roost by others, attests Me often ma.ja at substitat!Ol1, we theref(re deem it necessary to oa'ttion the lUUC that they can outy be obtained in toxef, Pd. and lM.; JabeHed JAME9 Epps and Co., foicceopatbic Chetmets, 48, Thfea-.needle-atreet, and liO. PtccadiDy, Londvn. RoTAL DEVONSHIRE SEBaB.—No tn-tlole wovea for htdifa' dresses eq(ud9 thia m nsofulneea; it ia the beet. the chparest) and moet faehioaa.Mc. Priooe, !a. f-id., \B. lJ!d.. 2a. 3d.. 2e. 9d. the yard. For RoaMe. mell's suits a' cl 1><>ys. hard wøar it i8 made in strong (inajitiee acd new yostterns. Prioea from 2a. ltd. the yard. Carria,lre paid to London, Fatterma post free. St&te wbetl-er {01 t&diea' or gcntlemen's wear. AddreM pe!J.Tllian and Spearman, Boyal D-vonamtt Serge I!'act'Jn, Plymouth. +- 4..

li 1; E LiBU,\H.Y fI¡'E' FOU D.jl!DSG.3. PROPOSED <.iFTL'E LHL(..t\ !;Y MrJ:):u 1 u .D .I., I /'r crc'inary m'.Gt.is,? of the C'A''d:!I Ffee f.U.rHty !va.!< h<d on T!1\-1t<day U) the TOWle.h!), Ch.,oiif. J r l':ice pr. e e C-,d, Ht.d :ht:i(- Wail a 11rn(:rOU!3 of œwblh. SITf'S FOR NB.W BUILDINGS. The CLEi.K Tfdd the m:nu'oi< of a meetiog of The nur'.t;(,unMttr,.o for w.<yd &)d nealp, and euggestH.g t<. "1,0 for bu,lt.,iive to" )r?H t)b<Rry a.nd sciPl.ceand?rtsohuol?.h'i?oa theSOhotJuRe. Thecomthi?enrepirttdth?t Irotti the Car(lift Ei-,ie Art 'md ln(ius,rial Exhiai- !'lJlI a bttlatCt) of .C1.017 8s. S'd.. whicti, wnh thenon at 4 per Otnt., would amount to .tl,4.50, had bc'& secured towards the orecttou of a tew building for the free lib"ary, n.u<-tUB'p, and science and art TLhen'm?y was understood to be inveet?d in toe jo'nt tjan'ea of Me-ara. Ald-'rmau Alexander, F.d%szd Paynp, ar.d Thomaa WnMer, which g,r.. tit-men had for some time i),it been ati-o. mallei with the free library,museum, and schod.. uitciei-ceand art, which the committee cjnd derfd a natter of regret, and eiiggedted tlie d(;tií ø.bilit.y d 'hffree library comcnittes rtiapoat- tuHy invxu'g the said gonttemen tj allow thdir mcB)f6 to be &<ic<'d to tine snb cjtnauttee for dUi!- t,<E"l'Itivg %a)e ahd tn<)fm&, aad a attc for baildiags iTp con-nitt(,e had a.lbo cM'tifuUy con3i-i(ited tho var-oup ei.es which Wfre ut the d-,spobal of the cprpor&tiun, and wbhh tb." co) poratioa sa.4- ?eatfd o.i?bt be cbt&HMd for the p?rpogua of ttna inptitutiou, and were ot rpinion that there w?s no ht'te of obuiÍxÙJig the lllarKaü site m at Ma.'y t)rrt<-t he if. wan eaid to be required for elilargiug T.t,<' n'.<trhf.t. TlJe other two tjitati were the o.,t) in TtiBi'yandWorkitxfutreota. or what migho, be ttrued the ZtMi Chapel fito, a?d the Wdrt?on. t-treer. ite, ct which toe &r<}t named waa, in aH febp<'f.t?, the muft enK.a')Ie, bMiu? npec?a.iy to bt:caut'e it ?aa iorg«r, aud of a ai')re practicable ib,,pf,, while it had threo open fronts. i<hi<t- ghÏ1ig good arr\}.ngf\melit fcr Mfrht. tt w<tn c,a,t.il3- ace<'8g!bh) from f'vpry part of tc.e town, t.) tramti from t-'oath aud th." Docka lunr,;Í)¡¡' p31!T, 1'" wtile fWDlthe west of <he tjwn it was elJorlil)' sppr< achable by Chufoh-T.eet. The tUttbfr recoa;CteBded tbid ene h'oa-asQ i'i ujuid m h 'l'r) bhcrt fpa,oe cf time be ntted for tempor,,ry Ute,hiidil it werethuntthtimprttctioa-bia to corn h.e! ce n tcrmaneBt building at Ot)Ce, Luighb be ao uked !or a f' w y6a.rB, and thus save the whole of tLe rent now paid for the library, rea'iiug-roo<n. t.i.d Bchoo]a; or, if it wero deemed dAhirat)tt3, thtro vvculd be no diBijuiby in utitiiifig part of the property while the new budding w<*a prcgrer,ming on the other part. lii waa tm-ttie? Bcgg€8t€d that in caBe this site be choaen, there mip-ht be cellars built uuder the whole of the now buildirge, which there would be no diiRcntty in lettiE? at good reDtala for stores for merchandise, M:d which would mtteriaUy aaaiat in repaying borrowed motiey. The comtcittee understood that the committee cf the corpora'.ioa had 8ug?sted that ti;e rer.t to be charg-ed for this site ahoatd be .t2W, while no sum had been mentioand for the hue in WhartoD.atreet;. This oommittee attll hoped that the corporation might see itawayto dt-ajir,g thore l'beral)y with the free library,tonttCtun. &nd tchollls of ecieace and art, &nd they altto Lpped that the deputation appointed to wait apon MeEsra. AiexaBder, Payne, and WtJIer mih; ba fuccesbful in obtaining their vulnable co-operation ivith the fonde cow e.coulnubting under their c&re; tti.d before a great time had elapsed the town might be gmc(-d with beantuni and Btntabie buildirve for 6nch library, museum, and aohoola ihe Bcv. A. Tilly moved that the report be xeceivcd. M". Harrie aecondodthe motion, which was carried T)tw. dts, Mr. BobinBon asked if any r(ip]y bad been received from the corporittim. Mr. Hams: We have had a reply to the effect that the matter ia under ecLoi,ler&tion. Mr. R63 observed that, as a mon'ber of the committee, h" was fot in favour of the decision come to H IJri-lerr the WbartoK-titreet site to tha.t in Txinity,L4treet. Mr. Hobinaor said the corpora. tiol hnd not yet given them an answer to their tifQuiry, and he did not think the committee eht uld efire to fiDY cecieiun before ,they were in (nil postftjBion of the fao:a. He was hjtmaalf ia favour of the an-aller of thu two Bttaa in N%barton sircet, which wab a-dequate to the rtquirpmentw, aBd would be contiidcrably cheappr thsE the me in Trii;ityntr<et. It was also more OfBtral, was wider in area, and was in every w.y better adapted to the puipcfca of free library and museum. Be moved that the question should be deferred [.ending the receipt of a reply from tha coTporaucn. Mr. Reea seconded the modon. Mr. Sa! dcrs thocght the committee should proceed with the ciercaeion at ORce. ile spoke strongly in favcur of the bite recommended, and eaid the minutee of the Eub-comctittea thoroutrhly (.xl.ri zst-d his views. R!sidtJ8. he added the corporation wfrc' Baoro in th"ir favour now than tLl'y tad evfr b(en before, and if proper action were taken gome dt6; ite result would be attMLfd. Mr. R. Davits asked for the area of the "alions tites. Mr. Httrria stated that the nrft ejte in Wtarton. street had an area of 570 sqvare 3 ards, and a fr(ntRe to Wharton sbreet of 6' fe,-t, at)d to the Gulden Lion court of 66 f,t,,t 6 infhpa. The -4,cond fite in Wnafton. etied had i'.T< area of 7P5 pquare yar-is, with a froritaprf- cf 85 fut to \h!i.rt')n.f.tret)t, and of 8 in't to lL rtr,n place 1 hu i.rinity streftaito h*d an frpa c.f CS8 square ya'da, wIth ,1. fron&ge of 5r, fl'fCt to 1Iudtç,J:jtrf'f't" anti of 52 fi'et hchea to Wornir,tr-et-t. 'fhf' f'm,], tito in Wharton' stuet, the Ote Mr. R'binaon ppokeof, hU<Jd \\L ",1' ¡C:.ftr!t ai d Golden Hon court:, and, 'Lerefcre, eHY wc:Kld be ii'ie to obtfi,ia liht from tin}; tro:e ¡;:rN:tA. OD the fiomh<'rDsicfa they wonid h.e Lor;gt-,tof Lghtinl, u..lsiJ it were f.,rqllirr-(! by t.urO.&M of l,ropr,rty. The aecand F'u <ac<-d Golóeu Lion cou i. t, Wtiarton-street, and W}It.Ttt,n'Dlece, &ud. th(;refo"e they would have Î hîefkèa for light 'hnTrin:ty.atreetBite f.ctf) Trir.itY'8'rN-:t, WcrkiDiz.atreelo, and the fhurc) yard, fo that they would have there three for light alw. Mr. Hayward said it was Welded soux) time ago that the Trinity.atroet eitp should .not be acquired, acd they would not be i,dveiteing the que&tion one jot by didcuaaing itf eligibilily Mr. Armstrong was in favour of a'lowing the matter to Its in abeyance for another n:"i.th. Mr. banders objected to any further adjournment of the question. The decision of the corporation was most clear—th<tt they could have that eito with all that was about it for .€300, and on the authority of Mr. Daniel Jonea, he might state that by an expenditure of from .6600 to .£800 the existing buildiBg'amig'ht: be utilised so as to tdiord bettor accommodation than the buildiBga for which they were now paying rant of .8340 a year. The opinion of the council had been taken as to whether the corporation could grant them a site free, and he waa not going to give them any hope that the corporation would see its way to do so; but he w&a perfectly aatisued that they would not have a better opportunity than the present for getting the matter favourably disposed of. Mr. Rayward asked that the minute coutaining the resolution that was sent to the corporation in reply to their offer of the site fcr .E200 should be read.' Mr. Robinaon thought Mr. Sanders'6 arguments were founded upon a fallacy. Dr. VachellBaidMr. Sanders had made cue very im. portant remark in reference to their obtaining a site without paying anything for it. Ho could not understand why the oorpora- tion should tax the ratepayers for & free library. any more t a for a market-hail. Heauggestedthatasmalldeputa. ticn ehcnM wait upon the town oou1:lsi! to lay th:lt view before them, and to call attention to tha hct that counsel had given it as their option the cor- poration could grant a site without atiy payment at all. the Chairman said ho was opposed to the Trinity.atreet 6ite, as he maintained ii-, would coat the town about -E800 a year, and he could not contemplate removal to the barn there, without a ieelicg of despair. Mr. Hama' then read the resolution referred t,) by Mr. Ha.ywa.rd, which was as follows:—"Tint this commrteo having under consideration the W,rking.st''eat Bite for a now free library bmiding. &c., regret that they cannot see their way oleM to accepting the offer of the corporation thereupon." The offer referred to Wf.a of the Tricity-atrfet eito, at .E2CO per annum as it stood. Mr. Sb3ckeU L,aid that the reeolation eeBmed to be worded eo that the negotiotioni§, might ah any time be re-opeBed, and he was glad of it, for he waa hope- ful that after couneel'a opinion, the corporation would grant the use of the building free o< charge. The Bev. W. E. Winka moved the adoption of that portion of the minutes which referred to Meesra. PayM, Alexander, and Walter. Me. Seward feconded the motion, which was carried. On the motion of Mr. Sandera, eeojnded by Ær. rtavies, it was resolved that the Mayor and Dr. Taylor be appointed a deputation to naif upon MeEisrs. Payne, Alexander, and Waller, The Pev. W. E. Winka thought it would not be wise of the committee to ti-ke any aotion in regard to the selection of a site until the oorpo. ration had received coDnaeI's opinion. The Rgv. A. Tilley said the inSrmarv committee contem- plated erecting a new building, and suggested that the existing building was suitable for the purpose of the free library, mueoum, and aohool of science and art. The original motion was then submitted to the meeting, and adopted unani- mously. PROPOSED OPENING OF THE FBf!! LIBRARY ASD MUSEUM ON SUNDAYS. Dr. Milward then moved the following repo. !T<tion. of which he had given notice :—" That the Free Library and Mnsoum be opened aD ndol.Ys frcm 1.15 p m. to 6.15 p m., end from 8Ju p m tol0pm..ai.dthat the librarian and aaaiatant librarian bo in attendance on alternate Stinday? with a correeponding iforeaae in "heir salaries. He eaid he would be eorry if that motion were taken to indicate that he had any ¿ao of respect for, or a«y wiah to Icasen the sanctity of, tne Sabbath. He dened anyone to have greater love for the Sabbath than hiBiseif, whether 011 reIigioTta, phyaiolo<:ical, or poMon?l grounds. On reliRicnf. <'ronnda because ho was fBttro!y of opinion that it was an institution ordained by the God of them aU for man's beat use; on phyaio- logical grounde because he knew that it wM Dec< ssary for the recuperation of daa's physical eEprgiea; acd on perecnat <?roanda became he hadtxpei-ienoedthe want of it If he had his way every c.an. woman, and child 11 the kingdom would ecjoy the Sabbath in the full, a.nd it woald be to them a Sabbath well spent. Then th.)y would ask him why he undertook to briag forward auch a motion, it waa for this reason. For aruM coneidorable number of yeara he had been brought into contact with foreignera and with forfign opinion, and he had spoken to foreigners on the subject of their Sabbath obeGrvance. He t;&ve them the followia(; as atypical conversation When cret I came to England, and before I perfectly understood Fnglish cDFtc.c'B, if I took a .walk on the Sabbath and became Etingry, there was nothing to eat, not po mrch as a biscuit to be got, but t'nero was rru.k in any quality. Have your Sabbath ob. Ef-rvatice by aJI meMB, but carry it out ,2cL,t-istf,DtIY, and do not refuse to the pfcple the more h&rmlesa thinga, while you Rive to Item that which does the most aym." (Bé.ar, hear.) That was a typical con- -¡0¡.&H{;:}J :iTJè he thoneht they would sdmit tha*; I fcoa for reaction. He wfM in faToar t f 1, at ,13 0!' £" t;:emen-i/itl'l t\ t i d: I'" :1"llJ 'jJ, 1:f th'-y (\id r.nt CJ,r0 tj g,J to flh.<J)'t-)?f-(t(.'uu??r!'(.'t!'e.rt'??'<thep!)bi.?-j ?.c?. 1\t??s'??c??i'tj st.?eof) 1 iq'B, :n.J fCiu- W!:S ?,S. w}/ch tJ:Üf£o pf-FI:"8 wÏ;¡) èid 1:0:: g:J tUf:J.,h'r ct'H(,h or (!ra¡::f't nL-:ht of t'.V. ii L).. rv u IH)8(\Am 'oold Ili,t ¿,jl'<t in aliY r¡(Jgree t:w. w'l) ?")'r?i-<.???i',<.f?'dij?c"u?'to.-c;i?'t, ?.?itWOtldt$t'.R"'tt-<'M'?bef<i',{.'?UL?'?t p-ho hi'd m.t co?.fott?b'e hoan)?, ?hJ w,ez-o i,l the ha i.t, of wa:Jderi;g ai10nt o ;rf,ilg i-.io ti.t, to wile t:vay tl,.eir tioe bE' dd lJOt pt"()P!)O to CP¡l tf¡(J ler;diu i'btKry, ) ut the It'¡:,du,g.roaill ai.d tJ which rcrior.,Fj m:gh'; go on the ilUG-Y fJoai r&n. Li'y, Ic trig;t, 6f< religi,na!y,<a:ll'l"O chMru. sd", e. Jt w. uld be Fa.'d wns In 'o gt't the th)B ehd of the wedge iù, tttid th'tt it ti ty OT't- piitco of amusement tt]''y Qlia ax %e,l olei, ell; but thts he disputed. Hepr). pcs'.c Ytttt tht-y ehuuld adopt ouiy t.iat cjurae wUch \HuId afford tho 1.,r6eat &moaut of ainu.40. mmt To the brge,t comber of poisons at he xpo- eitut-o and IO8 of ,a'11nth 6..ttu,dame. and by bis aehemo only ona p.sou w0u:d be m-.picy< c. each Sunday, and hid raiigijaa cutits wcntdnutbe interfered wii h. A.g to tM tptiirgoftLe librsry aud muiieam, pT.)dut-inr mh s c'urtry a t.:(,Ltiuet, 't&l t:a')ba.t!1, be W"'1i !1,t &h<d of tr.e wordB Contment"l 8-bbb,ith," tor il.ero w(-ro ty,anv things in Cout,inontai Stb. ha'ha he would iike co ceo here Fof inst"'Dce, tt ere Il eobriety, and the musHums and horarids wne It ft open to tte ptibln;, aud ic wia ajt necet>sar)' to have aiyoue iu atte,,danco. He n.,¡d gÏ\ tV tt,em the gtct of tua id£>¡'Os on tha uj,('t, ).j)d he Ic.M the rc8o)ntion with thorn, t.bk!' g victory only '.a it shoutd be. for the glory ctthb i,c;rd MLd ft r the good of markiud, -Mr. A?n,ptror.,g hecond,?d the motion, awl f,hat he fNkr¡t(,d the r'. ma.[ka inale by th') (if tLe ree(,lution. They ehfiuid coasid.ir the vif-ittre to t)a town, and tilo'o of the ill's litALto who id not erJj)y the i)ri" i!tK*:e themerubers of that cotumittfo enjoyed. 11,> Mtuhtained tl,.it-t there WIioLi no .lowy bet vcbn the op, nix)g of the Jibrxribe aiid malie,,ims ani of chcu&t.a attd theatres. The R,,v. &I r. S,u)(,z Bfnd he would move a dirdt:1¡ t et-,t,i ,e to the r6..ointioa, in pa,¡.;iug wii,lcb they woul'j, he mmnttined, bq putt'ng' !!t the tLiu (tdge of the wodgo vhi,jtl w'.tio cppB tbo way to Sabb-t'h dezee.-atio:ia, ii-st(f,e ct to Sabb,ih obervd.nce. Mr. HoCJ/lU. ft int. f-poke in fe,v,ur of t\j reaoluti'm The qBet:t!<<n was ore which OUKht to be decided )ti with the wishea of the paopie. Bo c'il act kEo" what their wishee were, but tha tepk cf the paddmg was in the eatirg thareof, end h<' thoug ht they might open the library and n)CE<um,ataByrateforatim< and mike notoq on the atteBdance.—Mr. Troanoe opposed the tKi< Horn, <\nd eaid it would be a< greitt an evil to empif y oce man in the library as to employ 50 at a cueus If there was an amendment he wjaLd v..)mrid it—Mr. W. Jones 8Md tie attendance at the n\Uf bum was chinny of children, and he argnod thn,t by opening the library and museum they wocid ittertt-re with the Sunday Schools. M r. H. Daviea faidthe wished to correct the atata- mftt of Dr. Miiward that the opening of the hbt&ry a.Dd tBU'-eum would not interfere with the Chutch eerTit'ea. It would, he contended, interfere with the Welsh aervicea. The Rev. A. rilley oppoeed the motion,, but observed th'lot they must all admire the spirit in which the mover of the rpfolntion spoke. He would strongly deprecate anything that would interfere in the tmalleet dpgree with the quietude of their Sabbath, and he thonght that Dr. Mil ward, by hitf reference to the redaction of the labour, admitted that there was an evil-if there waa not an evil, why reduce it ? With regard to the re. marks trade by Mr. Armstrong, he contended thatt they should not cater for oaeual viaitora to the town. He believed that by paa6:"? the r?olcticn they would shook in the deeper ind g'-osft-at manner the boat aontimenta of the ir habitants of the town, and would raise a strong prejudice against their cauee. Mr. ShaokeU hot-ported the resolution, by passing which, he thought, they would be aupplementing the eiTorii3 of the diSerent Chriatian bodies t') reciMm that claaa of the population vo fpfmt their time in the pubhc.house atd in self degradation. The Rev. W. E. Winka paid he iftpMed to vote afainat the reaolution, acd maintaired that the aubject wa.a one whioh crpht CEly to be dealt with by the corporation, who vere the representatives of the inhabitants of th\1 town. Mr. Hayward movfd the previoua qiiestion, observirg thet they were not the repre. aentatives of the people of Cardiff, aad ought not to deal with the question. Mr. Seward seconded thf cmefdment, which was carried, 16 voting for and 8 against. The meeting terminated at 10.30 p m.

PROSECUTION UNDER THE :F'REEH WATER FISHERIES ACT. TWELVE PERSONS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES AT LLANDAFF. At the LIandaff petty sessions, on Monday (before Colonel Bill and Mr. Graham Dornford;, George Hanley. John Harris, James Goz)dfellow, Edward Clarko, Joseph Jones. George Roberts, Jam<s Stfphens, Thomas Piokford, Wiltiam \VedIc(;b, David Davies, Thomas Allan, and i;lbcrt BoUand were charged, a- fue inatance (\f the Taff and Ely Board of Conaerva- tore, v,.ith taking roach from the river Tan, ncar the Danda.n' Cathedral. Mr. R. Y. Evaua appeared in support of the ch.grge, aud stated that the proceedings were talftn under the Fresh Water Fisheries Act of last fpRsioB, which made it an offence to take or ppU, &o., acy freeh water nah during the oloae BtSEom. The defendants took about 5o?ts. of roach, which they caught by constructing a succession of dama, and sooopiag out the water with bncketo. The Sehmongera who bought the n&h from the defendants had already been aummoBed before the magistrates, at CardiS, but, imaBmuch as the Act only came into operation on the let of January last, and was probably not wel! known to the pnMio, the charges were not pressed against them, and they were nnod in the costs only. The plea of ignorance of the Act could not, however, be eet up in this case. as the board had caused printed notices to be posted in con- spicuous place all along the river, and there were notices near the place where the nah, in the pre- sent instance, were taken. After a number of witnesses had been called and examinee), the Bench dismissed the case against Harris and Wedlock for want of evidence, and issued warrants for the apprehension of Jones and Davios, who did zot appear. With regard to the other defendants, Cclonel Hill stated that they must have known, irrespective of the Act under whijh they were charged, that they were doing wrong in taking fish in so wholesale a manner; besides, they must have seen and read the notiooa that were posted. Tha cbjact of the last Act was to preserve the fish in the close season, so that they might become a cheaper article of food, and it was their duty to enforce its provisions. The defendants would be fined 2s. 6d. and costs each, which would not amount to much more than the nIne of the fish. A summons ag-lust Joan Fhillips. of LlandaS, for catching eola in the Glamorganshire Canal, on the 4th of May, was withdrawn on payment of costs.

SMELTING WITHOUT FUEL. Successful fxpprimecta have been -all) in copper smelting by a now process, the invention of Mr. John Holiday, of London. Thepl&nia to utilise the heat obtained by the rapid oxidation of certain mineral aubatanoea. such as pyrites, which have never before been utilised aa scarce of beat in emeltirg operations. The hea.t tnua obtained is used in the pl&ce of that of ordinary carboDacecua fuel in the reduction of tno furnace charge, which may be composed partly of 6ulphidea and partly of sitioooua ore. The invention consists in forcing a current of Mr through the molten sulphides., by which means they are oxidized very rapi?y. Great heat is thua developed and serves to reader the process of sMeltinff a aeM-aapportrng' opeM tion. Bo extraneous fuel being requirad after onca the furnace has been Btarted. AU the carbon. aMouB fuel neceaary is a httie coke t.j the iurnace, and which stands m the aa.nie rela.tive poaition ?to the orea Mwood does to the c3a.i m an crainary nro. Beaideathe neceaa?ry heat for smelting the ores b€? developed, a l?g? pro. portion of the sulphur is expelled in a frae a?to. and is afterwarca collected. In order to da?ou. etrate these poMts on awori?Bg acale. a portion of the Beacemer apparatua at Moaara. Brown'a wo?ke haa been ??Pted by alteration to anit Mr. HoUway?pnTpoae The pfaat consists of four cupolas, the arst one beir? closed at the top and &tted with a Beasemer hearth, tha blaat bein<? supplied through it to the cupola. The cupola ? ? ?ft? ? ?oeptacle for the ela? and ? ?? ???o ? ?a they are formed. ??"? ?"???ouely off at the top. while ther?ulua settles at the bottom whenoo it ia tapped cff at mtervala. The ore ia fed to ? ? "? ??a of & cup and cono a.rraBRemcBt placed ne&r the top, and whioh Prf-veritt3 the escape of the )?o.Kes. TlJege are led off ?? tile second cnpoia. which ia cloaed at the top. ?ere they encccnier a. jet of water, which coola toe gases and condenses the crnde sulphur and othtr enblimatea. The nncondenacd portion of the vapour passes on to the third and fourth cnpclaa successively, which are open at the top, Bn<1ll1 each of which is a shower ba-th of wa,t;a:' by B:eanB of which 6nal condeDsa.tion is eSected. The condoDSinif water is led away to a hnk whete any fublimateathatmaybe oa.rned over with it are afterwarda colleotad. Mr. HoHwa.y'a ir,genious di6covery is of great "nport.a.nce in connecticn with countries where thf)se ho&t beahttg minerals abound ard v.-hera oa.r. bonacecna fuel is corroBpondntgriy acaroe, and the proceaa prcmiaeB to exert a (;Qn. Biderable innuence upon the pra-ctice of copper ameltiDg gf-nerally. ihe chief ?xpenao as rfgarde fuel ia that ulcnrred in rtuatcg ataam ior the blowing e: t;inea. Whare, however, water. power ia available, it can be utilised for thia purpck;o and steam botlera dtapenaed with. Thia babjeot was bronght betoteuhQ Sooiaty of Arts a abort time eiBce by Mr. Hoilway, and a fur her diacnaaion of his paper waa hold recently at the aOIJiet)"s meeting, when Profeaaor Roacoe, F.R.S., presided. Ample teatimony was borne by the epeakera to the valne of Mr. HoUway'a in. vention atid the auccesa of hie experimanM. althocKh they were carried out with crude and inadequate appliances. Profeaaor Boaooe ex. preBBed a decided opinion upon the proooaa, which he conside:ed a valuable aid meritorious nvenvion.

FooD ADUMBRATION.—Ih-. Tripe, pnbHo Mabft of the Hackney dibtrict, repor's, tlilt all the ) 1I:D1p)e8 ct 3ra be expniined, except 0116, we, o sol-I as m:ix arcs of cocoa, arrc,,root &nd st,-li r, th't ex:epti, n I I,eiuF CIJ<1b11ry' Cocoa E:¡;,f'l1Ce, wh'ch wa.3 gfia'nae. Tho quantity of at&rchinthe othf-r 1"'mI'13 va."iE'd for s'um.r, here wits not in Fcrnc of tli< m 'nf re th'tu 1.0 per c "-r, f cocoa. hke this (:omp,rr';vdy I alueless M u focd."

f.1tsJ ti XbTEH CHiLD IUHDE1. t J TBE ?<;Tn"F'{. PEFOR3 Til? ? M..GI'T??.=.. ? 0? Rctnrd'.y, Ed?r? H-?l.tn- a-yout? m"i??"' w, man, ut l.t'p¡<8e!l£jmf:' &d I:L,-Ivoth 1>eJ «.. h UI it D. tht.K!)t6, ti. ?. Lioy.t, au'ij. K.??"?'< '? V ciMgcdwm'.b.Jug?a auc'??ry??ertti?t?''? ?a t?n.?'?r.fh''riI'fci'.i?..)o':hU. ItW.U? ? i-.Ki<'tt?.cn.d ?h?; on !i.o 17.? ot' .??v tr<u t???' t." ttui.k c.t ac-tnl?tt,tnn: w? ijnm iu ?M'-??' '?" Mr'ambtB?b<.y Ftour Mfttf, a?d tim o" ?' ?Ctt f-.liO?t) ? t!ay t?e tifa.d and utiier p?r':a of ? bocy wfro tOU!JrL !owe? d-'wu tbe bLre&m. tjtl)to Jbci-r. the I nperiu(eu\Jent of me Ex,,ter P" tXUftMd that he now IJ['op'Jaud merly to oil: 6uiticnDt evidt'Dce to jlxiitiiy a rooiim, a 11' t.'r:pr)erwa,'?ur)y brougot to Exeter on Ffi? <emh 2, tn d ?e h.c j 06 h?.t time to tu.iy iad6?" lir. Irici.-ci to coLduct the prot.ecnu.ju. IJ1Ø 'P'e ticcuEcd, wl.o was a ficgte wooittn, but at VQ, !.ave her t.ame as Mrs. Hearn and att?rwa.-ds &'rf.Ece,ia.e'yea)-too? iudgic?? at the viLM* *od cf near 1'xetff, and after taaro eo' twrci m<-Ltba was oo?nued of a. c'?ild. aha ? tor? ?ttcLded by a. m?t.ical m?n a'.d a nurae; ? ?. fkout nve wf(-kh after her con&aemeut auma ? t, I er rclatvca fewht-d her and the cbtid away. Of Ht .-6cftraiueo tbat tLe child wae placed out at nuto tedd3. in Exen:r, BBd he traced the am/thor to 'u.mh,)rJlt fant.. in Coinwali. Ho seht Intit'e?tor Short to 'J? );, burrc, and on the night ci the 5t.h iEat. t? -? ? trffimr Lrreited the aL,ubed, aud he bNll¡t:tl '1tbl. her to Exeter lute liist Friday eveni' Mta- Took, who had the nursing of the ohiid i'-xetpr, had seen the photographs of tile murdaral c""?' ai,d had recogntaed them aa the likeaea? o! thp child teft in her charge by the ptiaanor, ft"' would stAM. thilt the child was ictehea f.-om aerM G ? pt'raOD not now preaent. Inspector Ddmiio? ? who h?o cbttrgo of the body uatii a.fter the ia?ae? '?" pro<;nt;ed the photugra-phs which were t<ii:dn? <'?8< )i'e lb..h o? M?y, when thohea-dwaareaoveK* f<cm tb c.ul.6tream. Ancie Took, of 61, cioutt suet't, I-,xt tt:r, deposed that juat beiure CLu'i",¡,Ul. the pri&uLer brought the child (which aha id3af n: d by the pbotogt&pha) to her, at 7,tia.ncol iLe.w.jitrect, whtre sao was thenliving ovaadtbal it waBht'rth.ld, .tLd ga.ve witaeaatwo .t:5 :lota:! ¡¡.a two eovern?nH tota.kco?eof it, pro:ni?ia? tj ae? Gw more clothes, and the pa-pera to get i!: VAcoi? na? ??j M.d to cull o(;OetEMU?!y. Pfisomjr a&Ld it ? &t!0 wee?e old, and ItH n?n..e w,t.a Poratv?t, b< "'y?? dif nut btpittin whethe? Perdv¡¡.l was the CiUB Glwi,3 or &nrcsmti. On the 12'h of M&y a few !'n!id¡ ctiHed on witncea, and enid she wm sent by ? ?, n.<,thcr to fetch tha child. ThAt femalo wore b' vtil down na tar as her eyes, but witness win 9, thi kLvW Ler agtun. Before that wicneetd hJ.d UlJ. teetYI inqcUKS, by tt:jegr¡¡,vhinl!' to Plymoath to th t[{. a.(idr€6a given to hbr befcre tha child was brougb [ to her, fttyiRg that ehe imended to pnt the chi! ) in the care of the pariah aubhorities if she coal cot get a cine to tne parents. Captain BdDt that was all the evidence he intended to on'er ? day. Friboner, on being asked if eha wished ? put any queetiona, aaid I wish to t n thia wumaB what right she had to p f-eat with the child without the mother's consent ? Mrs. Took = Did you not send for it ? PriaoMf ? No. The Chaitman told the accused that ahe i-d better defer auoh queationa till she had pr"' feat-ional advice. She replied I am quite ",iIV mg to answer any queatione you like to aak me. 1 wculd tather have it nniahod now. The Cho man told her it was qmta impoaaiblo that th* I)y] could be done, and ahe would be obliged to baat n n all the ill contieqaehoea t?at wouiti iali apot her She waa then remanded till iTiday. '?tau The mother of the murdered child was di* Yt 0,1 covered by the mereat chance. The police ht' teh- ia gone to Camborne in queat of a commercial tf )n veller, who was believed to be then at Camboro<' litrl No auch man could b& found, and at length it W'O eth r auggested that the deaoription agreed with tt" appearance of a certain Mr. Reeking; but whe" he waa wanted he was not to be found. hiao while the local police had ascertained that th<" had been aomething auspicious in the oonduot J, Hoaking'a t.iMter, until then generally thought to y II be a young lady of exemplary character. A.oo? ? ingly they proceeded to the villa in which a? "'? reeided with her parents, and were repeatedly ill' OtId g formed that she was not at home; but on foroibt] tvrlrl entering the houae and making a search th9J redd diecoveredner in the court yard. She was co"; fronted with the woman with whom aho had placet "yd the child to nuree, and immediately admitit? ?' yn that ahe was its mother, but asserted her iaoo' %nc cenoe.

CHARGES OF WOUNDING A1 MERTHYR. On Mocday, at the Merthyr police-court (bofo? ? -yc the atipendifny, Mr. J. Bishop), a motat weight '?n. namtd Michael Roach, was charged with wouc*' ?ri?t] ing a married woman named Mary DOBOV." )Lr From the complainant's account it appeared tb** 3 the parties were living next door to each other jP eb High.atreet, Dowlaia. On Saturday the oov ia i; plainant and prisoner's wife had a quarrel, at tbl )¡1nn end cf which Mre. Donovan waa out in the ar<? ?. she alleging that the prisoner had inntoted t? -*Bu wound. A number of witnesses were oatled o< either side, but the meat extraordinary part of th* caao was the atatemont made by a neighbor nanicd Mrs. Ellen Sheppard. Thia womau h*' previoualy stated to the police that she -had aoe< the prisoner go into his houae and take up < knife.andaay that he would nniah the complainao )? altogether, but upon being aworn ahe stated th? ,?? this was not correct, an? that aho had only B?< '? ti so because 6he underatood that the complaint lttur, had been Baying things ag&inat her. Poiioe-oo? ? etablo SomerviUe said ha wa,a fotohed by the oo?' ?'- pJainant'M Eon, aad whilst he waa on hia way t< ?6t<l< High.etr?et, ho met the complainant coming of ?By( to the police-station. She had a gash four moha< ioBg in her arm, but it waa not th? ? bleeding. Ee sent her to the Dowl? ???' surgery. Upon charging the prisoner. ?' '?c denied having committed the offouce, trifle" The Stipendiary conBidered that there was "o' ?? Sumcient evidence to warrant the accused b8U? -? committed for trial, and diamiased the case. ? ? An old man, nau.ad Thomaa Brien, was plaoe« ?hyw in the dock charged with wounding John Raye'' tridde Both parties were living at Pontlottyn. Co" o r plainant stated that on Saturday night he was K ? ?? the Railway public-house, Pontlottyn. whore b* ?e had a few words with another man. Afterward )n b. ho eat down, when the accused struck him ot kwtir the head with a quart oup, breaking it over bi? ? i head, and striking him aonaeieas, so that he h? ? ?' to be carried home. In hia defence prisoner said b* ?o ] had called for a quart of beer, whio?j cl? complainant tried to best him out of," but thK ? ? he tried to prevent. Complainant denied th?* ? thia waa the oaao, and, in answer to th? stipendiary, said he was quite aober; "he h? on]y drunk six pinta of beer. Mr. John EvauØt snrgecn, said that he attended to the injuries rJ the complainant, who had received a out on tM left temple extending to the bone, and which h. 6r. severed a branch of the temple artery. The p''t* 'olha eoner waa remanded for a week. ? ?/. ? ??<lia.

I, )'n AUDACIOUS ROBBERY BY A 'kIY. BOY AT MA1NDY. hI¡ í l\,osc At the LIandaff petty seaaions, on Monday ? r. John Smith, aged about 14 years, eon of Henf? Smith, ot Maindv, waa brought up in?cuatodyjo? '?la a charge of stealing .€6, the property of Wdlia'" <:?tia Carder, shopkeeper, Maiady. Louisa Smitbc ttl11 daughter of Henry Smith, waa chafed with r? coiving the same knowing it to have been stole? The mother ot the priaoncra bad previously be9" ened for being drunk and disorderly, and Colonel Hill observed that the appearance of the prisonero before the magiefralea was, no doubt, one resalb of horviciouHhabita. Evidenoa was adduced to the eSect that the prosecutor missed tb? ?. mocey and a purse from hia tiU on Sund? ?." and at oaco gave information to the poHc!fo 41 t -!??° prisoner was suspected and appr? cyS bended. When in the police cell, he admitt? )t? ?iBg etolen the money from the shop whil? ? theproeecutor waa asleep, acd added thnt he too!< ?'< it home and ?ave it to hi.) sister. Ha w?a cool* ?'?y bitted to the Savannah Tra-ining Sbip, Cardigo thym tor Sve years; and, on leaving the dock, waA called as a v itneea againet hia sister, who denied having received the moEey. Ho. said he <;nve tl;d niont:y to her, telling her from whence ha h30 obtained it. He did noc know where it waa no?' but he thought his mother had it. The fema? t,. prisoner waa then remanded for a week. ?*' = ??

CAERLEON ENDOWED "kQ, C BOELOOLS. Jt i The quarterly meeting cf W>V9rnors was he14 on Tuei:do.y. Canon Edward-, p-spidei. fhaf< were aifo present—Sir A, Mac'kwor*;h, Mosara. S. I Hcmfray, L. A. Homfay, G. Niohol, A. A' 'Williams, F. J.MitoheU, T. Pury, M. H. Co,Ot and the Efv. F. H. Archer. The t'eoa to ba pi6 40 Inei in future by the children are to be printed and lllilb ei circulated. Mr. John James sent in his reeixrnao theetl tion, and it was accepted. The justices of tb? ? civjsjon are to be asked to nominate a anocessof' *?" The Cscr!!eoQ Local Board sent to the governor :ÐfeaJl an application for a contribution towards the coat )11 Y1 of repairing a road. It waa resolved t<? '?..j., ?k the Charity Commiaaionera if th< <"— governors have power to make a grant for ano? ?dyi a purpose. The report of her Majesty's Inspectol: )11 tr y was zead, aed it stated that the tone of the school eftcl,i was CYceHent. T?e children had earned a graat of .tl47. Mr. Cope asked if the governora io< .? ? tended to continue the present conroe of religiou.f g ci< inetmction—that is, by Canon Edwarde attendinl &.da. CEed?Y in tLevcek for the purpose of examimntf ?B ? the children. Totbia the governora replicdby, expre?siBg their approval, and no alteration wa< ?!'Ca E?ggested. It ia contemplated to build no? "?mi echools for higher education, and the estates coni' rnittef were inBtrncted to repcrt upon a anitFLbIO .jJ eite. The transaction of formal bueineaa brought ?-"——————- ————— ,?

NEW STEAMERS FOR CARDIFF' ?; Last iI"cfk a steamer, named the Clemency t\:tr', RBO built to the order of Captain H. Cloa.ko< Q Cord:ff, waa launched from the yard of h,3f J.,£r. ?uil?6?p. Messrs. Pearae and Co., of Stock?on.oo' ). '? Tees. ?he ts a schconer.rigged iron screw 3? ?'h c ffet lorig between perpendiculars, and 33 feat' 'th?. bread her depth of hold is 22 feet. H')r engiae? '?U of 150 h.p., were supplied by Moasra.BlMr an? ?.,?' Co., of Stcckton, and Misa Florence BIs? ?"?< daughter of one of the Srm, christened the bo? "?? as che left the wara. The Clemence has cecbf, two of which are iron, and ahe will bs classed 100 Al at Lloyd's. On Saturday afternoon, Mesara. Palmer's Corn" paT;y, Jarrow, launched a now steamer, built t" ]ph, the order of MeEsrs. Martin and Marquand< ttl(;) J Cardiff. Her dimensions are—length, 210ft. ? t't tn treadth, 30ft.; depth of hold, 15ft.; groso l' Icnnagc. 1,150 tons. Mr. J. M. RennoldaoØ' onth Shields, is infpector for the owners T120 -t\. < t-remony of christening waa entruated to Mf?, ?? ? L?rUn, who performed her part in & graoef? h? ? r aTtrer and &a the veacel glided alon? the fhore* ??? he waf<na&ed the Earl ot Jersey. Mr. M?rt?.j <?? anhping owber, has had a lengthened c?rac* ?bc' ? ith steam tuga and Ehipping, and has h*' "*t)?' lic-a?e hunceBa BpROciationa with thia coast ?* *?n t r oi 'J. C-'t.l". The E.itl (.f J-rsc" l' <.t: ;ri,t r.crcw Rtesme?',