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PONTARDAWE. AT PONTARDAWE POLICE COURT, on Fri- day week (before ft1 ef-ers H. Lloyd artd A. Gdbsrt- Hon). I avid Samuel, of Pent hie-.vfavr, was fiaed jc2 3s. 6d., includit-g copt, for keeping 75 ibi. of gunpowder in his -d welling. houle. he beicsr only resisterrd for SO lbs.— Thorns? Re", Divid Owen, Enn Jones, Danel Jones, and Jameil Jones were fined 2s. 6d. each 2.1;d c .st« f'jr druiikenneas.

NEATH. AT KEATH BOROUGH POLICE-COURT, on Monday, two unfortunate?, named rompectively IWargfiret Davies and Mary Smith, wera ech sentenced to two months' imprisonment for soliciting —David Morris, c-)n,eo!,ioner, whose eccentricities have so often brought him before the Hisgistrates, was ordered to find sureties of the peace, himeplf in » and two others in £ 25 each, fcr assaulting his brother Wiilitin witi a ft ittle ball. Defendant faihng to find the sureties was sent to prison for three months.

MEfiTHYR. AT MEETHYR POLICE-CJURT. on S'\tur. cay (before Air, J. Bishop, stipendiary, anri Ir T. Mv'diiams). David Davies, laiiCl jrd of tae Riohird's A; Hit:. Auerc'inaid, was summoned for keepiaghis house open during illegal hours on a suuday. The caF e having been proved, defendant was fined 20s. and 8s. 9d. costs, and the licence of the hJU:a was oxdered to be endorsed.—The other casss heard were of a trifling nature.-In two cases, in which George Evans, thoemaker, was charged with stealing a blanket and wearing apparel, and Jaae Jcnes, a married woman, was charged with steal- ing coal, the accused were dismissed, as no prose- cutors appeared. AT MERTHYR POLICE-COURT, on Wed- nesday (before Mr. J. Bishop, stipendiary), Hannah Dacey was charged with misbehaving hf reelf in the Merthyr Workhouse, and was com- mitted for 30 days with hard labour.—James Macdonaid, a labourer, was charged with stealing 6d., belonging to Ann Kelly, but the accused wad discharged.—For being drunk and riotous, a widow woman, named Elizabeth Vaughan, was gent to gaol for 14 days, and the same defendant was further charged wioih doing wilful damage to a window belonging to Barry Yaughan, and fined lOa. and costs, ia default, one month's imprisonment.-Some dozau other persona were also dealt with for drunken and riotous conduct —Seven lads were brought up on a charge of obstructing the highway, out were discharged with a caution.-David Norbury, a lad of 15, was charged by William Powell with cruelly ill-treating a duck, but the case was settled out of court.

PONTYPRIDD. Ar PONTYPRIDD POLICE-COURT, on Wednesday, David Davies, Tregaron, was a 'judged the father of the child of Hannah Gregory, Ferndale, and was ordered to contribute 3s. 6d. per week towards its maintenance, and £ 2 6s. costa-Edwin Griffiths, 10, Hi^'a-Btrafl?, Blfieuavon, was adjudged the father of the child of Mary Jare Allen, Porth, and was ordered to contribute 3a. 6d. per week towards its main- tenance, and £1 16s. coste.-8tephen Daviea, Ferndale, was adjudged the father of the child of Mary AnD Miles, of the same place, and was ordered to contribute 3s 6d, per week towards its maintenance, bnd XI 63. costs.—Mar- garet William*, Cowbridge, charged wita b* iag a wandering prostituie," was discharged with a caution.

PENTRE. AT PENTRE POLICE-COURT, on Monday (before Mr. Gwiiym Williams and Mr. Thomas JoMph), John alL YnYEyfeio, and John Haghea, Treorfcy, were charged with assaulting Polioe- constaUe Stephens. Fall was fiued 10s. and costs; Hughes was fined 5s. and cosca, aad ordered to pay 10s. for the damage done to the coat.—-Lew is Evan, Ferndale, way sentenced to Fix weeks, with hard labour, for stealing a Davy lamp, the property of Evan Davies, of the same place. The pnsoner said that he was guity, and that he had stolen it ard than sold ii; to obtain foc.d.-Patrick Brvant, Pentre, was sentencad to ore menth's imprisonment, with hard labour, for stealing a piece of cheese, the property of Mr. Atnuriii Cule, grocer, Pentre. AT PENTRE POLICE-COURT, on Monday, John Dixcn, employed at the Abergorki Colliery, was fined 60s. and costs for assaulting John Harding, of the same place.-Williarn Williams, Fetricfale, wae fined 40s. and cofsts tor bitiner the thumb of William Davies, of the same p Jan es Kentchan was fined 40. and costs, Cor- telius Holl&nd 20=. and coat., and David Jones 10s. and coats for assaulting John Loyahon, shop- keeper, Ystrad. In default of payment, each to be imprisoned for one month with h,\rJ. 1-i.bour. The defendants, in defence, stated that tha dis- pute originated by the complainant's son, who struck one of them for having hit his dog which had attacked them savagely.

TREuls-GAR. AT TREDEGAR POLICE-COURT, on Mon. day (before Dr. Coates and Mr. G. A. Brown), Lewis Parry and William Morris were fined 5?. each and OOiotø for being drunk and riotous at the Victoria Hotel.—David Price, a bc.y, residing at irhowy, was summoned for damaging trees belor-ging to the Ebbw Vale Company at Sirhowy. The magistrates sentenced the youth to ona day's imprisonmel)t.-Lowis Swanco, a haulier at Blaina, was summoned by the guardians of the Bedwellty Union for allow. ing his wife and two children to become chargeable to the parish of Aberyatruth. The Bei ch made an order upon the defendant, who, ceclining to become responsible for costs, was com m, itted for one month in default.— —William Lewis, employed at Abercarn Tin Works, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a shirt from the garden of Edward Andicott, collier, at Abercarn, on fcaturday night last, and was sentenced to 14 days at Usk.—Mr. C. H. Harris applied to the bench for an order to recover a turn of X5 8s. 6d. for expenses incurred by the guardians in removing a lunatic named L)w.ís Fie gee ton to the asylum at Abergavenny. The Bench signed an order as requested.

BKYNMAWR. AT BRYNMAWR POLICE-COURT, on Wednesday (before Messrs. G. W. Walters and W. J. Clapp), Charles Jones, of Blaina, collier James Bythewell, of Brynmawr, butoher; and John Jones, of Beaufort, collier, were fined 2s. Gd. each and costs fcr being drunk and riotous.— David Perkins, of Croeaoeiliog Garnfa<-h, Nantyglo, collier, was fined 2s. 6d. and coats for being drunk aEd refusing to quit the Shouloer of Mutton, Glamorgan-street, Brynmawr wbrn requested to do so by David Jono^, the lanal >rd. —David Lewis, cf Nantyglo, colher, was bound over to keep the peace for six mouths towards Frederick T. Webb, of Beaufort. street, Bryn- mawr, whom he assaulted and threatened 011 the 3rd inst. Some of the cases were settled and withdrawn.

BUILTH. At Builth Police-court, on monaay (before Messrs. F. D. Thomas and B. Woosnam), Barvey Owen was summoned for assaulting David Davies at Builth, on the 3rd inat. There "as also a cross. summons taken out by Owen against Davies. Owen was fined 5a. and costs, 08,150 against DavieB was dismissed.— ^harles Lowe was fined 2s. 6d., and oosts 6s. 6d., — rau*tiBg.Charlotte DavieB, on the 2nd inst. vviUiam Price, who did not appear, was sum- v 5 Catherine Mason to show cause, &3. VV_r J?earing the evidence of the complainant, and Gwenllian Maeon, the magis- per week 8 &n or^er nPon defendant to pay 2s. 6d.

ABERGAVENNY. AT Police-court, on Wednesday (before the Rev. James Farquhar aad Captain Carneggy), John Daniel, butcher, Frog- oioie-street, Sntntnoned for allowing tw» ponies Traw|Fielda' at the back of the White Horse Inn, on <he 1st of Jane. Police-constable _y P^ved the case; and defendant, for aPI>eared, was fined 2s. 6d. costs, or seven days.—John Jones, of Cwmyoy,. a farmer, waa cum- I moned for having m his possesaioa sheey affected with the *d °n ,ih-* 31st Mav last Police*oonstable Dare, who bad pre- Stationed tlle »"■ Sff,5tBBiw £ ^!S^»a- <»«h5 J* p nCq n further sum in another's the sum of £ 5, ajso m a Iur"u„„ recognisance, to keep the -ths for the space of three calendar mo

TENBY. At Tenby POLICE-coubt, on on^y (before Dr. Dyster, chairman, Mr. W. jjJj N. A. Boch, and Mr. E. CouncU Hentcn, a member of the Tenby T°w Nf)P^h was charged with tipping rubbish over t Cliff, thereby infringing the Harbour Act Borough of Tenby. The offence was commit the 5ih and 6th cf June, but the offence bau committed on several previous occasions. ferdant pleaded guilty to having thrown ruo Di over on the 6th inst., but not on the 5th. ^ir* C. W. R. Stokes, of the firm of Messrs. GlVyrmc and Stokes, solicitors, Tenby, prosecuted, lho defendant waB fined £ 5 and costs for the second offence, and, for the first effence, to pay the costs, and enter into a recognisance in the sum of £10 to ccme up for jndgirent if the offence is repeated any time within 12 months, and to pay the solici- tor's fee, tl Is.

PEMBROKE. .AT Pembroke Borough Sessions, on ahudy (before Messrs. W. G. Phillips, mayor, R Jciiei- W. H. Lewi*. W. Dawkias, ani W. F. Williams), John Price, landlord of the OiSthi Inn. Clarenco-strnet, Pembroke Dock, waa churRf d with having assaulted vind uetiten Esth jr Castle, rr- 4'1-- :r; t. rf.-r, <»«?j-irr>cd to Tano 2* t--» tiili.w a;; ixi.poT'snt wituti-s t > att '.n't. were sevttul other cafes, all of wbioh were devoid o! pv.blu- i.iiorett, »nv> weroci 'Diiased. I at p £ iiifEOKfS COUNTY SESSIONS, 07.1 K-r rd?-i fore M«s .o. L, Mnt-hj.-sj N F.t.ch, Wilfiem Bnlm, A.J NFl r V. r H M. Jor.ea, clerk to ,i, :hc Pi:biol-te U;1ok, charged Joha '.I •=..«, a s-- < r-?: r, rtsvli. z &t Popt^r., with not pn ^ir; I;. t: !•E tuth:t. William Bi:es after a pr-i r,.»u> ciiclr rcl Is. (id. ptf week being (isda. Vbo liraoa atij, uritd t;:t-o.iL-e for a forwit^ht, tiia»d<i^u<l'4ns .uaght iome arrafg-meati with Mi- J n-s —• fc-i.pcriLtiii«3<nl! John Thomaa charged Thorais Potter, a farm eei vant, with beius dvank aud dii- c:.ce:ly at Aianorbier, on the 2.id of Juae. Fiaad 5s. uiid cost, 6- 4ii. Paid.

£ Olll-ST i.iF DEAN. At T I'j'ji.MJKAN Police couiiT, on Mon- day ibeftre Major Prcbyu and Mr. Cfa-Vdhay), t'mnel Mitchell, groom, rf Broadoak. w*s charged with stealirg a bottle of brandy, value 4* the property of his master, M*. Caoil Ljrd. Prisonei h'id been previonsly in trouble, and was SH)t to prison for thrte KO-'ths.—Albert H::vn. a labourer, of Huntley, was cbarsred with stenlius-a saf k, value Is. 6d., the property of his master, N. r. William Cli^sold, a farmer. He was sefit to t'tiecc for a month." Eiohard Hall, an aged labourer, of Blakeney, was remanded oa a charge of concealing the birth of an illpgitimate child.

COUNTY COURTS. OLMM FOR DAMAGES FOR DETENTION OF A YE«PEL.—a.t the Cardiff Uoanty Court, on Tues- day loefore Mr. Herbert, judge), Mr. Edvard Chri^tain, master mariner, sued Messrs. Morel Bros., merchants, Cardiff, for J816 14?., as daicages for illegal detention of his vessel, the Sea biro. Air. Vacbell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Downing for the defendants. Mr. Vaohell stated that the Sea Bird was chartered under a charter-party, and when she ca ne to Cardiff iUfc, rs. iViorel Bros, were receivers of the cargo nnr er the bill of lading. That bill of lading coa- taiiifd no clause making Messrs. Morel Brus. liable for demurrage, ana as the la.w stood until recently they could only have been hel j liable to pay the freight as per charter parcy. But in a rec< nt ai d exactly similar case ia which the plaintiff, a shipowner, sued the defendant as consignee for not unloading the ifhip in a reasonable time under an implied contract in the bill of lading, Justice Field held t^t the action would lie, and on appeal his reeision was confirmed by foor justices, thereby i-llogethtr altering the law which had been held xo be good for a great number of years. Th, l l&intifl's vessel came to Cardiff on the 31st of December, and was not discharged by the do. f.ncsnts till the 11th of J a a u try. The qvaiiiity ditcharged was 263 teas 18 cwt, ard taking 4U tons as a reasonable quantity of the pitwood to ba diechirged per working day, the discharpe should have baen ccujpleted on the 8th of January. Ib was not completed till the 11th of January, and for the 9th, 10th, and lloh they sougit to recover carnages for < (Mention. The charter party of the vessel provided that the loading was to be at the late d 45 tons per working day, and the discharge at the lato of 40 tons per day, but he did not go upon that—he would, however, call sufficient evidence to prove that 40 tons per working day was a reasonable quantity to discharge. Evidence v ag then adduced on behalf of the plaintiff to the efiect that 40 tons was a reasonable quantity to discharge in a working day, and that the delay, in tl:e present case, occurred in consequence of the want cf waggons and boats. Mr. Downing, for the defence, maintained that the plaintiff, as master of the vessel had no right of action against the consignees, and that the defendants were not liable to the claim, being only the agents in the transaction. He then proceeded to call evidence on the merits of the case. Mr. P. Morel stated that there was an ample supply of waggous and barges when the vessel was being discharged, and that the delay arose from the negligence of the servants o f tbo plaintiff. He complained ta the master, to whom he wrote several letters on the subject, and to the men employed. The Utter stated that they did not rec ive sufficient pay. From 20 to 25 tons was a reasonable quan- tity to discharge in a day during winter, the Customs hours being from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In his form of charter the rate of discharge stipulated tor was zu tone per oay. uorroDorative evidence was given by James Morris, pit wood foreman in the employ of the defendants, James Lee, pitwoud merchants, John Bright, pitwood merchant, and Elia Smith, boatman. This con. cluded the case for the defendants. Mr. Yachell called attention to the fact that the men employed it discharging the cargo were not paid by the day, but by the ton, and argued that in consequence it would be to their interest to do as much work as they could. His Honour reserved his decision. Action TO RECOVER FREIGHT.-At the Cardiff County Ccurt, on Tuesday, Judge Herbert deli- vexed judgment in the adjourned case of Westall v. Gueret. The plaintiff is the owner of the EteamBhip Fervent, and the defendant is a mer chant at Cardiff. The plaintiff's claim was £ 45 18s. 9d. for freight of a cargo from Cardiff to Dieppe, and the defendant admitted the claim for freight, and paid into court £ 26 8a. 9d., setting up a counter claim of XI9 10s. for the difference between the quantity of coal shipped according to the bills cf lading and thequauity delivered at Iiieppe, as stated in the certificate of delivery. His Honour said he had considered the evidence, and held that the defendant was entitled to his counter claim of J019 10s. He, therefore, gave judgment for the plaintiff for only the amount paid into court by the defendant, and the de- fendant would be allowed his costs. Mr. Downing appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Yachell for He defendant. A Nkw^obt Admibalty CASE.-On Wednes- day, his Honour Mr. J. M. Herbert, sat at New. pott, and heard the case of William Henry Capol v. James Ware. M r. Vacbell, of Cardiff, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Colborne, of Newport, for the defendant. This was au action to recover i.50 salvage under the following circumstances. Plaintiff is the owner of the steamtug Queen of Sheba, and defendant is a Cardiff merchant, and owner of the steamer Raleigh's Cross. On the 12 h of March last;, the s.s. Raleigh's Cross wa." at Newport, and on her way from the Ebbw Vale Wharf to the Alexandra Dock she got on to the bank of the river Usk, on the left hand side oppo- site the Bhymney Wharf. ^Signals were made, and the plaintiff 's boat went to her assist- ance, and by jerking her twice got her off. Then she towed the Raleigh's Cross to the entrance to the Alexandra Dock. For these services the plaintiff claimed j £ 50 as salvage. The evidence for the plaintiff went to show that the Raleigh's Cross was in a dangerous position, and that if Hhe had not been got off at the moment she would have been left there for nearly three weeks, and might have been greatly damaged, Evidence was also given that the captain of the Queen of Sheba did not agree to tow cn the ordinary tariff. The defence was that the Raleigh's Cross was a keelless boat, and was in no danger. It was in the Pillgwenlly Reach where the vessel grounded, the bank of the river being at an anEle of 30 degrees. Defendant had paid X3 2s. 3d. into court, being at the rate of lid, per ton register. There was an agreement to pay no more than the ordinary towage tariff. Abraham Gilmore, the oldest Newport pilot, was one of the witnesses, and he caused roars of laughter on being asked what he would have done if he had been owner of the tug-boat, replying, with a shrug of the shoulders, Oh, oh: I should try to get what I could." Part of the evidence for the defence had been taken before the registrar, and was read over. It all went to the point of payment for towago. Mr. Vachell said this suit was insti- tutea as one of salvage, and as defendant had mfide a payment into court he had thereby admitted that he was liable for salvage. Mr. Colborr.e argued that that was not so, and relied on a case which he cited. He also contended there was a distinct agree- ment, and that the services were not more than ordinary towage. His Honour ruled that the dependent was stopped from puting this as a case of towage, having paid a sum into court on a suit for Balvage. Mr. Vachell said the sourt ought to dc-al liberally with those who rendered assistance in getting off a vessel worth JGlO.OOO. His Honour f.ave judgment, saying that, independently of his opinion on the point which he had already decided, he was clearly of opinion that the services rendered were in the nature of salvage. At the same time the services were trifling as regards the work done, and th) tug incurred no danger. The service was promptly rendered, and, therefore, the plaintiff was entitled to some reward. He awarded £10 to the plaintiff, including the amount paid into court, and costs to follow the event. An Auctioneer's CLAIM.-Everett v. Morgan. -Thifi waa an action to recover J618 11a. for services rendered. Plaintiff is an auctioneer at Newport, and was represented by Mr. Oliver. The plaintiff was employed by Mrs. Morgan, the landlady of the Royal George, Portland-street, to procure a customer to take that house. After some steps were tahen in the matter, a document was drawn up and signed by the defendant, giving him authority to aoc as her aole agent, and the transfer was afterwards effected. He claimed £ 17 10s. as commission, and Xl la. for advertise- ments. Mr. David, who appeared for the defen- dant asked the plaintiff what his age was, and be said 20 last February. Mr. David then set up the defence that the plaintiff could not sue. aa he was under age. His Honour said he ought to have sued by his next friend, and non-anited him, with liberty to sue again. A LOAN Transaction.—Thomas v. St",ed.- Plaintiff sought to recover Y.1 la. from the defen. dant, who is the Newport agent for the Somerset Finance Company. Application was made by j, Kin tiff for a loan of £ b0, and he paid £ 1 Is. for an investigation fee. He said the fee was to be returned if the loan was not granted. The loan was not granted, and now he claimed the fee. Defendant said his answer was that he told Mrs. Thomas not to pay the fee nnless the securities were good. The company declined the applica- ticB. as the security was insufficient. Judgment for the defendant. „ AT Aberdare COUNTY Court (before Judge Falconer), an application was heard touching the case of Harris v. Morgan. The action was one to recover a BUD" of X40 odd, claimed for the alloged wrongful removal of timber from the plaintiff a estate at Hirwain, and damage done to fences, &c. At the former court, when the case waB set down r .faring, Mr. Bowen .Rowlands, barrister, applied to his honour for an adjournment of the case on the ground that the plaintiffs hai not tasen out letters of administration, land there- tore nad no locus standi. The case waa adjourned until the June court. Mr. C'v T* solicitor, of Aberdare, now applied on behalf ot the plaintiff for a fuither adjournment or tne case m consequence of the unavoidable ahpence of a necessary witness and other r jasons, r)oi Ice of such apllication having been given ten days previously, go that the defendant mi(fht not be put to the expense of bringing his witnesses into court. Mr Linton warmly opposed the application, and his Honour dismissed the caae, t o that if the suit is further prooeeded with a new plaint must be entered.

The Times c^rrespondert te]A Dook ),,t,ourc][L" strike at New York h,),s collape;. All stt 91Lerp Leieaftcr will sail at regular intervals." 1 uring » thunderstorm a fishing boat was cap- sized in crossing Fxanuth Bar on Wednesday marking. &:n.d two men Wfere drowned,

WALE DldVSUT MEETING OF WESLEY A N3J ,r4g preached on S'la.Iay, 11 1:11 < i, ofiii !y ffcsture-.i aud 3d Wtlsii Wesleyau Ch p"J. Dn)OD-#i;reet, in connect! >n with t'i I Ktf!»:oii of .he, Wd"h Weolbvau?, Soniii Yhht- lJltèd. Largo congregations ac.toaJei ts ie> ^t-cve j-crvia-jc- ILl th morning the ¡¡l1ipl: w occtipinn the ii Oven 0>v«ns, of Pantjr- t r:dr7. iho Lev. Henry Parry P., in tilo t-fieinron, anfi UJlii reverend iaisu agiia otLvere'j addresses at tae es^mng service. l« is HI. i.'oipatfcd til at about 40 We.«'ey»n uiitiisters wii; fi ki: vMt in the proceedings w? the auna»lsession. As a coirmenceme^t of the buei'ies.?, several committees were formed on Monday at the Ll.ion. fs i rtet Chapel, for the' diacassion of chapel arrangements in varioaa parts ot the locality. Theat-er.dance of ministers was limited, i t: transactions no interest. In tiie. evening, however, spuoial sermons were pri-ached by the li-iv. Peter Juuea, Llaaidloas, atri the Rev. Thoma3 G. Pugh, of Carmarthen. The congiegation was not large. Committee maet- irgs cf ministers were held during Tuesday, and in the evening a tolerably weii attended meeting in aid of h< me missions took place iu ttlt Vaion- street Chapel, under the presidency of Alderman D. Lewis, Mayor of Cardiff, who introduced the various Welsh and English speakers. The Rev. J. W. Greaves, of London, explaiued that the income of the Home Missions Society ha 1 been but owing to the great amount of wtrk done the expenditure exceeded that amount by £ 7,( (>0. A Bum of i'23l had been subscribed in South Wales, where, however, an expenditure of X603 had been incurred. The ttav. S. Davies, of Bangor, addressed the meeting upon the value of the home missions, and was followed by the lev. Jochna Mason, of Swansea, ani the Rev. l l on as Jones, who delivered a humorous speech in Welsh. The Rev. Uwen Owens bore testimony to the great good which the society Ird been instrumental in doing. Mr. Price having been requested to say a few words, said the mayor was setting a good example for the futme meyorB. His worship atleuciej all the U. oetiiug. a he could, and did everything he could to help on a worthy causc. The speaker waa gla.d to see their new chapel, and hoped the congrega- tion would increase and prosper. A vote of thaufcs was accorded the mayor, and after a few remarks ticm the Rev. Mr. Lewis, the proceedings clised. A collection was made, and realised several ponnds. The priceedings were resumed on VYnd- nt eday, at Charles-street Chapel, Cardiff, uninr the presidency of the Rev. David Erans. Seventy ministers and laymen from all parts of the district were present. The reports on the collections during the past year showed that the total amount realised was in excess of that raised duritg the year prior. This was also the case in the eld minister's collections. With reteret ce to c.rcuit arrangements, some discussion took place, and it was agreed to divide the Y uia. weii circuit, a married minister to be stationed in each of the two districts, which heretofore have been attended by a married minister, and an assistant. At half-past six o'clock in the evening a large meeting in aid of the Wesleyan Methodist thanks- giving fund was held at the Unioa-Btreet Chapel, under the presidency of the same chairman, who spoke at length in favour of the object of the fund. Of the sum of .220.1,000 which it was proposed to raiae, X58,000 was set down for defraying debts, ^25,000 for a theological institution, and £121,000 for extension schemes-whioh included, among other itema, R2,000 for the North Wales Chapel t und and tl,OW for that of South Wales. It was also proposed that if the oontributioaa of the united Methodist bodies exceeded X.201,000 originally allocated, that X19,000 should be given towards the establishment of an orphanage, and £ 1,500 to the Scottish relief and extension fund. while in tha event of this aggregate being ex. ceeded, the Conference would be recommended to allow Y,8,000 for the benefit of necessitous looal preachers, X5,000 for the extension of lay agency, X2,000 for the purposes of the oonnexional i mperance committee, and XI,000 for the pur. poses of the Wesleyan association for abolishing the regulation of vice by the State. The speaker offered a contribution of eleven guineas towards the fund. The Rev. D. J. Waller, of Sonthport, ore of the general secretaries to the fuad, followed. The Rev. J. Riches, of Neath also addressed the meeting, and promised a contribution of fifty guineas. Mr. John TT7»il; A 1 i. ui_ .A* J 1 !1 L. Williams, of Aberystwith, also offered a lilce sub. scription, which was followed by another offer of 50 guineas by Mr. W. Phillips, Ynisoedwyn. Mr. Lewis Williams, who was received with applause, strongly advocated the proposed fund, and in conclusion announced a donation of .£100 from Mrs. Rees. Park-place. Dr. Jones offered a sub- scription of six guineas. Tbe Rev. Thomas Morgan, of Brynmawr, addressed the meeting in the vernacular, and was followed by the Rev. W. Morgan, of Tredegar, who, in the course of a brief speech in Welsh, announeed his intention of giving 20 guineas. At the close of the proceedings the Chairman stated that the amount subscribed that evening had reached a grand total of X438 2a. 6d. We may mention that among others were the follow. ing donors, in addition to those already men. tioned Mr. David Watkins, Aberdare, lOguineas; Rev. D. Rees Davies, 10 guineas; Rev. D. Young, Swansea, eight guineas; and Rev. Thomas Morgan, seven guineas. The remaining portion of the money was made up of smaller amounts.

REPORTS OF INSPECTORS OF MINES. MR. CADMAN ON THE ABERCARN EXPLOSION. The reports of inspectors of mines for 1878 have just been issued in a large Blue Book, which contains many statistics and various information of an interesting character as to the working of mines. 'Mr. Thomas Cadman, Ly duey, Gloucestershire, is the inspector for the south-western district;, which includes Brecon, Moumouth, Gloucester, Somerset, and Devon, numbering altogether 360 ccllierics, being less than in the previous year, although there was 81,150 tons of mineral worked more than in 1877. This may be accounted for by stating that most of the mines closed were comparatively email, while several large collieries have been fully opened, and the daily output from them con- siderably increased during the year. The number of persons killed last year was by far the most since the passing of the present Act. Although there was only one fatal explosion of gas, the number killed by that explosion was so great, says Mr. Cadman, that the calamity has to be ranked amongst the most awful that ever occurred in the history of coal mining in this country. This was the explosion at Aberoarn Colliery, in Monmouthshire, by which 268 persona lost their lives. The total number of deaths in the district from all causes was 333. Omitting this explosion, the number of fatal accidents was not abovb the average. The number of non-fata accidents reported in the coal, fire clay and iron- stone mines was very nearly the same as in 1877. By 18 explosions ot fire-damp 25 persona were more or less injured by 10 explosions of powder, 12 by 8 accidents on inclines, 8; by 52 accidents in the trams, 53. In all there were 532 non-fatal accidents, and 336 persons injured. The quantity of mineral wrought in the district last year was as follows :— Coal. Iron- Fire- stone. clay. Tons. Tons. Tons. Monmouthshire 4,491,191 99,793 61,916 Gloucestershire 1,139,404 450 3,3Q.7 Somersetshire 692,942 3 7il Part of Glamorgan- shire. 739,480 419 2,249 Paitof Br3Conshire. 89,141 — Totals in 1878 7,152,2>8 100,595 79,453 Tctals in 1877 7,056,136 95,442 89,016 In addition to the above 7)8t2 tons of building Ft, ne was worked in Monmouthshire, against 9,374 in 1877. The total in 1873 waa 7,331,148 tons, against 7,289,998 in IS/7. An elaborate plan of the workings of the unfortunate Abjrcarn Colliery is given, and a very monrnful sheet it is Mr. Cadman also gives his report upon the ex. plosion. He is of opinion that some derangement bad occurred in the ventilation of the distriot where the explosion occurred, gaa was thereby allowed to accumulate, which it would do in a very short time, and fired by one of the to-called Bafety lamps in use." The lamps ard those generally used in Monmouthshire and South Wales. The mine wa9 v ery dusty, and to this fact Mr. Cadman attri- butes the extension of the disaster to the whole mire. In another part of his general raport Mr. ( adman speaks of the gas becoming ign ted, poasi- h) by a "defective" lamp. In the working of very fieiy mines it is desirable in Mr. Cadmaa's opinion, to allow the pit to stand idle for some time in every twenty-four hours, instead of exerting every effort, as is sometimes dore, to get out the very largest possible quantity of coal in the day and night by two or more shifts of miners. Mr. Cadman, in concluding his report, states that at many of the mines the discipline is far from satisfactory. While not aotually commit- ting breaches of the law, there is such a laxity in the working of many plaoes aa, be is convinced, tends to keep the list of accidents above what it should be. If stricter discipline were maintained it would lessen the danger of the mines. At many of the mines, however, an improvement is perceptible, and with the co-operation of masters and men, Mr. Cadman sincerely trusts that they may be able to shorten the accident lists from year to year. Of course, he adds, there are many pure accidents, but others can, and should be, avoided.

PIT ACCIDENT AT TREDEGAR. A collier named Jacob Thomas, working in the Mountain Pit, Tredegar, had hia leg broken by a fall of stone, on Thursday morning. He was con. voyed to his residence in Charles-street, and attended to by the medical staff of the company.

INTERNATIONAL LITERARY CONGRESS; The sittings of the International Literary Con- were resumed on Thursday. Tiw ohair was re occupied Iby M. About, and subsequently by M. lie Lesreps. The subject for discussion was "Adaptation, from a theatrical point of view," and eventually, on the motion of M. A. Bellot, resolu- tions were adopted, declaring that adaptation should be illegal nnless the sanction of the author was obtained, and that the adaptation of a novel for the stape should be absolutely prohibited, nrJers the sanction of the author was obtained. The names of the King of Portugal, tha King ot Belgium, Monsieurs Grevy and K rasaswski, were added to the committee of honour of the Paris International Literaiz Association.

A colference of representative workmen was held, on Thursday, in Liverpool on the foreiju sugar bounties quoetion. Dalegitas f?om the etigar industry centres ware present,, an t resolu- tions were psst od calling on the Colonial veorotary ■o lay ti,,o NN-gl Indiutt irf".r(i3¿>.ë:,JI:: bafaro .the. | coœmittc:;

I CHiilSTUaUKCH SCHOOL F, D. iUEBUlJSKT MEETING OF R'\T2. On Wecinoro;y evening a *at<*p>yers* mflstijis w»s l:eW at the NV*ion:*t «c.^o>>o:>r<i, M*tadae »N'ewp<-»t). to coiifiiSev whether, in or-iw to oro- •i e tne itfmr.icnal fschool r. qtnml t",r N) eatd ^iftviot, tho present sobooU i. lui(I be, ut, by rinU.r«.>v,enk ne oiihiir,vii-3. or whether t-bey st>ORld bi givon up a.nd nw (• chi o'fl erected is the ditrr;(,,t to 600 children. 1 o miko these proceedinf*a in- lelliftibie, it ia need/nl to state that &bLiat twelve rrcntha since the managers of the National Schools found they vpere unabt(- to cii *rY tbLO- cut, and made overtures to the sohoc'l,board to take to the echoola and the building. Shoee t-heii the Wesleyana, who h "d a day school in a large room underle,-th thtir c'r-.ai el, have al-o msde overtures for the transfer d th.-ir echool to the board. Both th eae transfer8 have been sanctioned by the Educati on Department, but the last-named is quite a temp rary kffair. The echool is only to be carried on in the Wesleyan premises until a separate and suit- able bnilcir.g is erected by the board. A question has arisen as to making additions to the existing National School buildings, and the erection of a JIW infant school by its side, in liew of the Wes. leyan premises now ia use, or whether a nev Site shall be selected and the National School build. ings abandor ed. This matter has created a good deal of feeling at Mamdee. and the meeting may be taken as a jeflection of the feeling which exists. Mr J. Fulford, chairman of the school beard, presided, and the other members preseat weie Messrs. Waters, J. Jones, and W. J. Lloyd. Altogether there were about 60 ratepayera pre- sent. The CHAIRMAN, in his opening remarks, said he was very much disappointed at the result of tilkir. iz over the National Schools, as he considered tte terms were very objectionable. The inspector (Mr. NN-addiington) had condemned the buiHing, and he (the chairman) was quite of opinion that it would be better to build new schools. (Applause and disapproval.) Mr. Waters, with reference to the proposal made bv the Education Department to build a joint school at Barnard town, said no doibt it \'ould be for the advantage of Newport to join Christchurcb in this matter, but not for Cbriat- church to join Newport. It would bo ruinous for Ctristcburcb. and he voted against the proposal. Alter the meeting at which that matter waa decided, a very strong feeling arose against laying ont any more money on the National Schools. The inspector gave it as his piivate opinion that the beard would not be able to borrow money on favourable terms on that building. The board bad bad a plan drawn for enlarging the building, and be proceeded to give a statement as to the cost of alternative schemes. The existing building might be enlarged to accommodate 2 >0 more children, at a cost of £ 1,750; and a new infant school, for £ 1.200. Or they might build new schools for 650 clildren for k3,900, but not including land. He was of opinion that new schools were much more preferable. The building now in use waa too narrow, and the ventilation was bad. He also objected to the building because the lease had only 19 years to ran. By that time Maindee would be built upon to a much larger extent, and then there might be great difficulty in procuring a site except at a heavy cost. (Applause.) Mr. W. J. LLOYD said when be went to the board he determined to act for the pariah as a whole. The National Schools were given up because the voluntary system failed. They were offered to the board, and terms were agreed upoa which the board unanimously approved. He was surprised to hear members of the board now say that the terms were objectionable. Why did they previously accept the terms and spend .£500 P He challenged the chairman to point to any remark in Mr. Waddington's report as to the insufficiency of the building. The schools were overcrowded, but that was not the fault of the managers. He contended that they could not get new schools and residences for less than X8 per head. The average for England waa £ 10. With regard to the alleged objectionable terms, he said they had the I buildings for 5s. a year, the board to keep them in repair. The board could give twelve months' notice to onit at anv time during the 21 years, and if the board laid out money on enlargements, the managers would have to pay the then value to the board. The managers reserved to themselves the right to use the build' ing on Sundays, and at any time during the week when the board did not want it. He submitted that no right-minded man would Bay these were objectionable terms. With regard to utilising the present building, he said the inspector was still of opinion there ought to be a joint school at Barnardtown, and suggested that the board should enlarge the National .School building to give room for 140 more children, and 210 in the joint school. He contended that they need not fear being turned out at the end of 21 years, and said the building would remain practically in ;the ratepayers' hands. He submitted that enlarge- wents and improvements might be made for £ 2,000 at the utmost, and that would be much better than spending a very large sum for new schools. He had no doubt they would be able to borrow money on favourable terms for enlarging the present building, as money was lent on the security of the rates. As to the lease, he had very little doubt the managers would be willing to ex- tend it to 50, 60, or 100 years. Mr. JOHN Jones reminded the ratepayers that they had now the opportunity of saying whether they would have new schools or spend more on this. His opinion was that new schools should be built. The CHAIRMAN rose to reply to Mr. Lloyd's statements, and met with interruption. He was of opinion that the coat of keeping thia building in repair would be equivalent to the extra annual outlay on new schools. It w as his conviction that in the end new schools would be the least oostly. Mr. Harris was in favour of enlarging the National School. The expense of keeping it up was greater since the board had had it than before. It seemed to bim there was a sectarian feeling on this matter. (" Question," and ap. plauee.) The board didn't seem to be agreed on all points. He thought the Ratepayers ought to get as much as they could for the least expense, s Mr. A. Williams rose and said the sectarian question had been raised, and must be met. (Interruption, and cry of Question.") He sub. mitted that if the managers would allow the building to be held as a freehold, then these objections would be removed. He moved That this meeting, having heard the statements of the several,members of the board for providing addi- tional school accommodation,instructs the board to take the necessary steps to provide entirely new schools in lieu of the National Schools now rentsd by them, believing it would be more economical than improving the existing schools, which are held upon an uncertain and undesirable tenure." Mr. LLOYD had no doubt the trustees would sell the property if terms could be agreed upon, Mr. R. W. Jones seconded the motion, and was of opinion it wonld be a great public advantage to have an entirely new building, Mr. G. MORGAN contended that the needful en- largement might be made for £ 2,000, whilst new Bchools for 600 children would coat £ 5,000. (Theae statements were challenged, and a good deal of feeling elicited.) He moved aa an ameadmeat That the sohool board, with the sanction of the ratepayers, carry out the necessary enlargement of these schools to secure the required accommo- dation, and purchase a piece of land adjoining for an infant school." Mr. Harris seconded the amendment. Then followed an uproarious discussion, in the course of which two more amendments were pro- posed. One party contended that the statements were so conflicting as not to be comprehensible. Another held that the ratepayers ought not to sauotion the spending of one penny on the pre- sent building unless they had oontrol of the building. Frequent allusions were made to the arbitrary conduct of Archdeacon Sleeman, and it was urged that the ratepayers should be at his mercy. Mr. Lloyd wished the ratepayers to under- stand that the trustees of the building would not yield up their right over it for Sanday School purposes. Lord Tredegar gave the land, and the subscribers their money, that it should be used for religious purposes. But whilst he stated this, he also affirmed that it was quite com- petent to make terms for extending the lease, ani thus practically securing all they wanted. He also stated that the new infant school could be built near to, but quite distinct from, the present building, on land to be purchased by the board. and that that building would be absolutely the property of the ratepayers. Such a building would be well adapted for public meetings, because it would be less encumbered with school furniture than the boys' or girls' schools. After a great deal of -difficulty the votes were taken on the amendments and the motion. For the amendment, That not a penny be spent on tbe building without the security iorfull control," 40 hands were held up, and 20 against. Oaly 20 eupported Mr. Morgan's amendment. The original motion was carried by 34 to 22 or 25. The confusion was so great there was great difficulty in ascertaining the numbers. The proceedings lasted until a quarter past te'l.

THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GIBRALTAR. The government of Gibraltar has baenentrusted to Major. General R. Anderson during the absence of Lord Napier in England. Lord Napier will not return to his appointment until about the end of October.

HEAVY FAILURE IN LIVERPOOL. The failure was announced on Wednesday, in Liverpool, of the well. known firm of Samuel Johnson and Co., of Brazil. The serious decline in the value of sugar has brought about the crisis. Liabilities are estimated at X200,000, and other failures are considered imminent in consequence.

THE FLOODING OF COLLIERIES IN STAFFORDSHIRE. On Wednesday afternoon, at a meeting of colliery proprietors and ironmasters with the Staffordshire Niiies Drainage Commissioners in Wolverhampton, it waa officially reported that the water had risen in the week at one pump 28 feet, and that in six weeks the mischief would be irremediable. Six hundred pounds was there- upon subscribed to keep the four pumps going a month, ard a committee waa appointed to try to raise £ 40,100 upon the security of the rates, and co-operate with the commissioners in avertinz the threatened calamity. The issue is considered very doubtful.

The new work on which Canon Farrar has for some years past been engaged will be ready for I publication next month. It will be entitled The Life snd Work of St. Paul," and will be published by Mceare. Caesell, Petter, and Galpin in two ? volumes, uniform with the library edition of i Cf11;on Farrar'a Life of Christ."

T r WEKENCE OF THE NATIONAL ( EDUCATION UNION. IlhFCP DISCUSSION ON T()Vt/NTALY bCijQOiJl APDTOSSFvES "BY EARL K IsLSQ^T, IH. 1iLLS M.P., AND ME. HGG a BIRLEY, M.P. CANON BAB BY ON KELIGIQCJ3 EDUCATION. THE EDUCATION ACT OF 170 CislTlCliED. THE REMISSION OF SCHOOL FBE3. fcCHOOL BOARD EXPENDITURE, g A Conference, composed cf the members and friends ot the national iduoatton Union, waa held at the Westminster Palace Hotel, London, on Thursday, cn behalf of the system of volun- tary schools. At the morning meeting Mr. Hugh Bfsiey, M.P., presided, and amongst others on the plufeti«rm were Lord Stanley of Aiderley, Baron Diustiale, the Dean of Lichfield, Right Hon; Cowper Temple, M P., Alderman Cotton, M.P., Mr Hardcastle, M.P., &o. In opening the jjrocaedings, The Chairman paid that althsraarh the members o< the conference raight not approve entirely of the Education Act of 1870, he trusted that they wcnld layally accept it, with the endeavour to obtain the amendment of those provisions to which they objected. They were not present in any rarty senee, but were prepared to discuss all questions in a spirit of moderation and not of antagonism. The Rev. H. D. Cusr NDNN mad the Srst pa.per, which-was entitled Practical Methode, of Maintaining Voluntary Schoola in Thorough Fffiiiency." He pointed out that th first tbbg wise to SEcure good managers, and to do this some alteration would have to ba made in the exishiag mcde of app., iLLmeLt. Witiir> g»rd to iscome, he suggested that ia each dioccae onould be formed a schocifund, lrom which help ee!iild be obtained tree a "School fcond&y be instigated, on which cfieriories raight be made througncut the diocese on bchaif ui the voluntary senooie. Would it Lot bs well to aim at an intelligence depart- ment, ill the shape of a Btanding schoola' com- mittee connected with every diooeaan conference, whose daty should be to watch over codes and regulations, and who shall bring influence to bear for the purpose of securing equity towards voluntary schools ? Give them fair play at the hands of the governing powers. Give them an intelligent appreciation of their efforts on the part of Churchmen at large, hnd voluntary schools would flourish and grow. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Canon Ckcsiwell, of St. Mark's Training College, Chelsea, reading a paper on the same eubject, advocated a large ircreate,not only in the number of teachers, but in the quality of their education. Mr. F. Calvert, Q.C., said the present system, which compelled a large portion ot the community to contribute to rates of which they were not allowed to enjoy the proceeds, was a distinct infraction of religious liberty. He considered that one of the first principles of religious liberty was equal treatment to all religions. As that was distinctly violated by the law as it at. present stood, the first thing to do was to set the matter right. He had auch confidence in religious education that he had not the smallest doubt the only chance the opponents of religious education had was to fight the battle by the power of the purse, and that was the way the battle was fought at the present time. The members of the Church of England paid three-fourths of the ratea, and yet they were deprived of privileges which Roman Catholics and Dissenters enjoyed. That was another infraction, and he believed the whole effect of the Act of 1870 was hostile to the Church of England. It was a great injustice that religious 1T1CT cVlnn 1 nnt ha allniva/l an^ Via wnnM impress upon all those present the dntv of en. deavouring to secure an amendment of the law relating to education. In the meantime, until the law was altered, let them carry on edu. cating their children in that knowledge which exceeded all others, gamely, the knowledge of their dnty to God. and to their neighbour. Let them be well disciplined and taught, and when they were sent forth into the world he believed they would receive the sympathy and support of the best classes of their tellow.oitizens. (Cheers.) The Rev. EVAN Daniel, of Battersas Training College, said that if school managers wautad to raise the efficiency of their schools they ought to have nothing to do with cheap teachers, which had recently been thrown into the market by the Education Department; teachers who had received no training whatever, and were utterly unfit for the work they bad to discharge. The Dean of Lichfield thought it most unfair that Churchmen were deprived of the privilege of religious education in schools. Therefore, they were bound to put forward their claim for free- dom. They did not want at all to interfere with other religious bodies, but simply asked that a similar freedom should be accorded to members of the Church of England. An important point, he thought, with regard to the promotion of, the efficiency of voluntary schools was that pupil teachers should be well looked after by the clergy. If a clergyman only devoted a few hours in the week it would tend greatly to improve. ment. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HARDCASTLE, M.P., said he was one of those who firmly believed in the maintenance aad the future of voluntary schools, and he did not think that they would be superseded by the board schools. It was a suicidal policy on the part of the ratepayers to put a heavy load those schools which relieved them from tbe burden of providing board schoolls. He was in favour of the establishment of schools where, at a higher charge per week, a better quality of educa- tion should be provided to the children of the higher artisans and small tradesmen. Another point which deserved attention was the hardship itiflicted on these poor parents who, unable to pay the fees, were compelled to go to the board of guardians, and get the necessary relief. Mr. Birley, in closing the discussion, said the principle on which the Education Act was founded was, that the school board should'supplement and not supersede the voluntary school. Therefore, he trusted that they would unite in endeavouring to get that prinoiple carried out. They were perfectly able to instruct as efficiently aa any of the school board schools, and, indeed, better. Mr. F. S. Powell, in introducing the subject of remission and payment of school fees, depre- cated the present system of granting relief if a poor, hard-driven man was nnable to pay for the education of his children. He ought not to be required to go to the guardians as a refuge, because, although by a special section of the Act no disability arose, still, practioally, it waa alto. gether in inception and in working a pauperising transaction. He knew many instances where these appplicants did not receive tie kindest treatment from the board of guardians, and in some instances they had been almost driven from the judgment seat. It affected the voluntary schools partly. At present the parent unable to pay had a choice of two things, he might either send his child to the school board and ask to be treated as a free child, or be could go to the guardians. He could not Fsend the child to a voluntary school without first losing his time and his self-respect by appoa ing to the poor-law authorities. Mr. COLLINS, of the London School Board, said he was opposed to Mr. Powell's views. For him. self, he would take away altogether from the school board the power of remitting and would hand it over completely to the guiiiaians. After some further discussion, Mr. Mills, M.P., said that the London School Board during the past year had remitted fees in 12,000 cases. It must not be thought, however, that these remissions were given carelessly due attention was paid by a committee to each appli- cation, and the result was arrived at by means of a Bcale which had been agreed upon. The matter then dropped, and the conference adjourned for luncheon. THE AFTERNOON SITTING. Farl NELSON, who presided at the afternoon sitting, in his introductory remarks said thait when the great Act was passed it was professed by the authors that they did not intend it to swamp the denominational education, but was merely to enable board and denominational schools to act together. He supposed they would all agree that in any large town it would be perfectly impossible for the voluntary system to have dealt with the question satisfactorily by itself. He was pleased to see that Mr. Forster had, after years of experience, reiterated the wish and desire that the two eystems should co-operate. He pointed out the danger of having a regular State education, and quoted France as an example, that country having entered into a system of direct persecution. The denominational schools were able to give better and cheaper returns than any other, and he believed that that result was greatly owing to the voluntary system. The Rev. Canon Barry next read a paper on Religious Instruction in School Board Schools." He said that they used voluntary schools in order to maintain religioua instruction. In 99 per cent, of all the districts he found that public opinion pro- nounced decidedly in favour of religion as the guidirg influence in the education of children. (Hear, hear.) Sacularism was, therefore, defeated. Well, now, with regard to the religious education, which at present was targht in some board schools on ex. amination there turned out to be some three or four claBBes. First, the Bible waa allowed to be read without comment; secondly, teachers were allowed to explain the Bible with. out doctrinal or sectarian comment; and the third class, which was followed with some varia. tions by the London School Board, allowed the Bible, not only to be read, but explained, and the principles both of religion and morality laid down, only limiting the teachers not to attempt to make the children favour any particular de- nomination. He believed, however, taat there would never be any satisfactory basis except the old basis of the Apostles' Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and Ten Commandments. They would have to keep up their own Church sohools, and next to use the Act cf 1870 to the utmost in order to preserve what had already been gained under the board system. These things they must do. but why should they not look forward with the hope of securing a clearer and firmer basis of religious teaching on that basis which had been tried for centuries, and never yet found wanting? (Cheers.) Canon MELVILLE, who also read a paper on the subject, said that it ought to be considered as the fight of religion versus irreligion. Mr. Cowper TEMPLE, M.P., referring to the clause in the Education Act ktiowa as the Cowper Temple Clause," remark-ad that had not eo me such expedient as that afforded been given. the Houee of Commons would have prohibited religious teaching entirely. Another great advantage that had followed from that clause was that they had not at the elections, aa they would f Ir-rvrhe led th err te-r frb^omt +'¡Ø b' 0;li ftlbt-r of psrt.'t-* either for>.r iN» :iDSt theChatoi (ntHl-im. which wcmld ba,, d, e i b;) lie3 0 Creole ai-xicns that bi'nie U^cla' a^0Jd b, ellowed. Therefore, in the elections whica hi i-ken ho, the who wire In libit- uacLitfc- i aa been eeabied to s'cCl1 rl bJ.rg( nsj'T:'t cs, n;d thus obtaia they wicb id. ■L>,r. I • S. Powki Jj iu the coarse of a pam OI "t c-hrr l BofiJ-r Expenditure," pnintod out ttieeu. mens exiet ditrrc- of the L.>r»don So-ioo. Uo <ri on t-chool tvitt? aid bcildixgs, which, he sail, Br/ioaLttd lo .L3 16s. per puuil. Other bodies m d ficrptt } srt- of tbe ccuntry wrsre de .IUJ' wi h tl.e ratcj syera'moi.ej in a similar annr-pr. ft vr-R iibtutd for the toe-rde t undertake tha bigbsr brande* of education, whet, at the same time, the parents cf the children who received the bereft, could not siFord to pay for it. J ord Stanley OF Alderley having spoken, Air. i'iLi.s eaid there couid be nodonotof the extravagance in which school boards indalgsd, ar-è it rested with the ratepayers, when they un. df.rstcod the fact, to take the proper measures to secure a reform. The co-st for salaries along in the education of 1S6,0(I0 London children was X2 r,I;er b, ad- The compulsory bya le ws were c, rried cut at an urLMEssary cx-pense, a-ad taking the matter of school fees all round, the edwoacioa ccf" .16. per head per wask, of which lOd. was paid ,y the ratepayers and taxpayers of the country. AS the next election for members the ratepayers onfht to see that the matter was attended to. ^-ople found that they could gst their children sewated under cost, an(f they, of course, encouraged the practice, being assured that there were plenty of benevolent or insane pereens to pay the --irtra amount. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. F. Eckotd and Mr. W. A. Liissday also spoke on the sebject. The Rev. W, J. KrX-Jtepy, in a paper on Free Schools," said he held that tree school would not only be a mischief in themselves, but would what the appetite fcr farther eiiuilar privilegos. Both as a Christian and as a good oitizea he deprecated free schools. Their voluntary schools jaight die out frcm want of funds or from inanition-he feared it vrerld be foo-and then all public filamen- tary sohools vionld become board schools. That vould bs a religibuis disaster. Let them as pocd economists, add to the political disaster of free schools. A vote uf thanks to the presidents, readers, and sptalers, n:cved by Lord Colchester, aad secur-ded by Mr. A. PifiLL, concluded the cfcedirga.

WELSH CALVIN I STIC CTMAKFA AT ROCK, BLACK WOOD. (by morieh. ) j On Wednesday and Thursday the above-named | denomination held their quarterly cymania for t the six ccuntits of South Wales at Rock village, Blackwood, Monmouthshire, when there were present a large number of ministers from all parls of South Wales. The unfavourablestoto of the weather ohecked the attendance of the public at the mornirg meetings on Thursday, but in the afternoon there were several thousands present fronting the temporary platform, which had been erected in a field kindly placed at the disposal of the local committee by the Messrs. Lewis, from which the various ministers preached m the Welah language. In tbe morning the W elch service waa held in the Blackwood Drill-hall, kindly lent for the purpose by Captain Williams on each occa- sicn an English Bervice was held in Rock Chapel, the attendance of people who preferred English preaching to Welsh not being too numerous for the accommodation the chapel afforded. Wednesday was devoted to the private work of the association, when matters relating, to the churches of the six counties were considered, and decided upon according to their respective merita. This denomination, as its name would imply, is remarkably methodical in all its affairs. About 80 years ago the Welsh Calvinistic fathers divided the thirteen counties of Wales, including Mon- mouthshire, into religious districts. At the head of each county is a cyjarfod rnisol (monthly meeting) which meets alternately in all the stations of the denomination, and where the tflairs of the churches are transacted. Every three months a quarterly meeting is held ia one county after the other, and matters which the monthly meetings had felt to be too weighty jor them to decide are brought before it an duly con. hidtrfd. Then there is the annual Cymanfa, which is held in one of the counties of South and North Wales alternately. This is the final court of apptal, atid its decision is final Oil all matteis relating to the de-nomi- nation. None of the othor denominations ot Wales have such an organisation as this one has. and we knew of many instances where the itber deneminations have exhibited their jealousy in consequence. It isw ell known that the Calvinistic Methodists did not finally leave the Established Church until within living memory. They lingered within the portals of the Church of their fathers for many years, finally leaving it with many a sigh and many a glance of' fond regret, abandoning it through having lost all hope of ever seeing it restored to what it was when it was really the Church ef the Welsh nation. The first leadtrs of this denomination were clergymen of the Establishment. They did not, it would appear, ever dream of eventually aban- doning the Church, but intended simplv to intro- duce inio it, with the view of bettering its con- dition, and adapting it to tbe requirements of the Welsh people, the primitive elements ot the Welsh Church. But the Church authorities, being as a rule strangers to Wales and its people, were too blind ana too ignorant to read tne eigns of the titles, and the consequence was that the most cultivated of the Welsh nation took the real Church trom within the grey walls of the ancient shrines of the Welsh Saints, and found another home for their ark. From that day to this the authorities of tbe Church have struggled, but in vain, to win back the Welch people, who have preferred build. ffeg costly chapels of their own, and, in addition, contribute tens of thousands of pounis annually to maintain a ministry of their own, to returning to a Church which had systematically snubbed them as a distinct nationality, with a distinct language, in which they loved to hear th3 Goepel preached. Of course we know that the Church has much improved of late years, and that there are hopeful signs that it will yet draw nearer to the Welsh worahippers; but it is seen to what state it had once descended when we remember that Lord Aberdare, at the recant meeting of Churchmen held at Cardiff, actually boasted that one out of every zo of the Welsh people now attended church. The first meeting I attended on Thursday wsa that held at the Drill-hall. It was crowded. The Rev. D. Williams (Liverpool) preached, followed by Dr. Harris Jones, tutor of Trevecca College. The preaching was most eloquent. The first-named is a comparatively young man, and almost a stranger to South Wales. He is looked upon as the rising genius of the North Wales pulpit. He bore himself with remarkable dignity, his appearance reminding one of the portraits of the celebrated Ebenezer Morris. Indeed, one of the veterans of the South Wales pulpit told me that his preaching reminded him of that Welsh worthy. Dr. H. Jones's preaching is too well known to need any comment. After the service was over, the preachers and deacons were entertained with luncheon atf the expense of the district committee in a neighbour. ing long room, and the representative of the Western Mail found himself among them, treated, I am glad to say, as kindly as if he had been a preacher or a deacon himself. From here a party of the most venerable of the ministers adjonrned to the residence of Mr. W. Griffiths. who acts aa a kind of generalissimo of the Calvinistic Methodist forces in Monmouthshire. Here, at Brsn Cenin, a rev. friend ushered me silently into the room, where were the grave divines enjoying themselves with Sir Walter Raleigh's weed. Having been piloted into the sanctum by one who bore about him sufficient evidence as to his position in life, no questions wete asked, and charging a churchwarden of my own, I sat silently enjoying the conversation. The grave fathers had here unbent themselves, and a troop of monks never enjoyed themselves better in the recess of their monastry than these fathers did on the Hill of Leeks, Their anecdotes illustrated vividly various great meetings in different parts of Wales, from the pulpit point of view, and the remark8 were both amusing and instructive. From here the fathera went to the field where the Welsh afternoon meeting was held, and one of the most telling of those who chatted on the Hill of Leeks was one of the preachers here. He preached, too, with wonderful power and effect. I was informed that the Welsh language more than holds its own in the chapels of the denomina- tion in Monmonthsbire, but that several new English chapels bad been built there within the last couple of years, more as providing for too future than anything else, for it is generally felt that..the English tongue will eventually supplant the old Cymraeg, at least in this county, whenoe, it is said, the fact that it is nominally an English conn ly induces most of the Welsh people residing there to regard themselves as English people, and the English language as their own. It was very remarkable that at this repra. eentative meeting of the leading members of the middle-class Welshmen of South Wales not a word was said about the proposed robbery of the boys of Wales of the endowments provided for them at Jesns College, Oxford, by wealthy patriotic Welshmen of ages gone by. As a test, I mentioned the fact to one of the most intelligent of the ministers, one who at one time edited an English jonrnal in South Wales, and in- credible as it may appear, he informed me that he had not heard a word about the in- tended spoliation! The fact is this: Jesus College, Oxford, has always been regarded by Welsh Nonconformists as a college for training clergymen only, and they have, therefore, learnt to ignore it as most of them have done the Church. This is the reason why such apathy respecting the fate of the endowments is evinced by Walea at the present critical moment. Convinca them that the L8,000 per annum with which the college is endowed is open to them as well as to members of the Church of England, and Wales will make her voice heard within the walls of St. Stephen's claiming the birthright of her sons. The last meeting of the Cymanfa was held in the evening, when there was an immense concourse present. The Rev. P. Nor man, Ponarth, was ordained to the full work of the ministry at thia Cvmanfa,

THE AUSTRALIAN INTER- NATIONAL EXHIBITION. At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Sydney International Exhibition, held in London on Thursday, the Earl of Balmore presiding, a letter was read from the Commissioners at Sydney stating that a further grant of £ 50,000 had been voted by the Legislature ia aid of the oxpeasea of the exhibition.

COMMEMORATION AT OXFORD. The festivities in connection with the com- memoration commenced at Oxford on Thursday evening with a concert, in the Hall of Pembroke College, which was given by the members of the I musical society of tho college, aee.svod by Mr. Parnatt, Mus. Bac., of Magdalen College, who conducted. There waa a large atwnqinee of viëi,;or¡¡¡

• | THE IlE T-ii: i F JitRTHVR AXB | f J1.SI S COLLEGE. i > AN ATP.ilAL TO THE WELSH NATION. TO THE EDITOR. I Sie, —'Will you i ):cxv me to thank tli033 gentle- ttp.c n9me,( to the petition you kindly publish. 1)0 in the Western Mail yesterday ? And, further, ytu allow me to ask all clergymen, Noncorforn. 18s ministere and all laymen, to take tbe petition iu their handa wherever they go, and etlcit all whem they meet, ;n highway or bye way, to authorise them to attach their names to it, and I then Etna them to n. e In batches. If this were done tb, 4re would be no fear then of cur failing in cur cbje, f)t. The middle class and the lower class cf Wales" must remember that this is essentially their qv 'ostion. They must also pardon mc-and I tope thv V wiU-for dinning it so often in their ears. There 18 every pariah throughout ths coum ry °r 9r education in Wales." Meetings ar.^ held every- where to support those who advoca te it. Mr. Vivian has recently obtained a right from e Government to bring the question before ar'a" ment. Mr. Vivian is highly to bo eemmen or hia efforts. Last year Lord Aberdare, as the president cf University College. Absrystw and the conr-cil of the college with hia, laid tha question before the Presides t of the Cozzeil, cmd asked for a grant, if I rcmeesber well, of on?y £ h OOOaown, aud £ 2,000 a year permasantly, to support the collet in its efforts. They were refused flifly. They did net gut one shilling. They get civil words and oom- pliments in pronsion, but not a halfpenny, if it were, to Eave thc-ir souls. But look at the fatuity of men—principally of the Ncnccnhrc.id boèy f Here are X20,000 a 3(ar given expressly for the higher education of poor Welt-h boja, of all creeds, and even of nc creeds—I think I can say that—attempted to be virtually taker away from them -and given to Erglish, Scotch, or Irish boys, who have enough already, and et". as far as we know, those who talk so much aboit, higher education for Wales have given no sign, nor said a word or the ,subject. It is not without reason, therofere, I want to rouse the middle and lower classes of Wales. If th*y allow apathy to paralyse their action new, and will not even take the trouble to spend a penny-piece in sending me authority to attadh their names to-the petition, it is all over with, thEm, They will never have another opportunity. I bavo received before now five hundred letters in a day, and that for masy lays, until the post-office and ths bank were paraJyeoed by the traneactions. Still it was managed. We were equal to the occa- sion and if between this and the end of next week they will Bend me a th ousand adsy, I think we shall again manage it, and retain for poor Welsh boys the treasures which good Sir Leoline Jenkins and good Dr. Meyrick intended to be theirs eo long as Snowdon should lift his head up high above thelmountains. Some have recommended ire to establish com- mittees everywhere. If they would be established, and if they, would acty and not spend money, and talk, and send circulars only, there a no doobt they would be of great use. But there is no time for talk now. Besides, it does not want the efforts of a committee to spend a penny to buy a stamp, and send me a name and address. The petition is before them. Do they approve cfit f That is the question. If they do approve of it, Bend up the name and addresa her a. I will make good use of it. The children of tho present and the future generations shall bear witness to the good the outlay of that penny shall have done for them. Remember! Twenty thousand pounds a yoar intended for the special advantage of poor Welsh boys going to sUp out of your hands, just because you will not take the trouble of writing your nam& and address and spend one penny, and then send it up here to me with authority to attach it to the petition. That is really the question. Don't thunt it on one Eide with your usual apathy, and say I I Ch, the Dean of Bangor and the Rector of I Merthyr will do it, whether I sign or not. They are gentlemen who know how to do it." I I tell you neither the Dean of Bangor nor the Pector of Merthyr can ever do I it, unless they have the country to back them. 1 If we appear before the Commissioners, with a petition signed by many thousands of Welsh t people, we shall succeed. But if we go there alone, the Commie sioners will not care two straps for us; nor will Parliament either. Therefore, you see the propriety of looking the question in the face honestly, and then act on it without any delay. During the feeding of the childreA," when the great river of gold flowed into the rectory of Merthyr, the postmaster, for several weeks, sent me, twice a day, a sealed bag, sealed with his own official seal. It was a great, fat, big-bellied fellow, bound with some sort of official bands, to preserve his plethora from bursting on the road here. I was then asking for money, and it came in showers. I am now only asking for names and the outlay of a penny stamp and will any "Welshman roCnse to Bend me them ? My prayer then was for Welsh children of all ages under 14 or 15, and God heard it. My prayer eot7 is for Welsh boys-some poor fellows born on the fringe of Gorsfochrw, or at the foot of Snowdon, or in the wilds of Cardiganshire, or on the hills of Glamorganshire—some one to whom God has given a great talent. Ycu see it in his eyes you hear it in his voice. To the stranger his language is uncouth. Yet even he can tell there is genius, great genius, lurking there. But how is he to get it out r That is the ques- tion. Up to this time Sir Leoline Jenkins and Dr. Meyrick have found a way. They are dead, it is true, but they yet speak. Their works speak for them. From Gorsfoohrw, from Waun- fawr, from the foot of Snowdon, from Ang!eaea, frcm the hills of Glamorgan, from Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, and every part of Wales Sir Leoline and Dr. Meyriok have found out Welsh boys, who, if it had not been for them, would have been now digging coa.1, or calling herrings, or selling maim (turf), or keeping sheep, or whistling at the plough, or may be, breaking etones on the road, or doing something or other which poor men do, instead of being as they are now, filling stations of usefulness and honour in the world, and in the universities. Take one-and I could name a score. There is Professor John Rhys, a prcfeeaor at Oxford-and to be a professor at Oxford or Cambridge is, indeed, something worth taikiegof. The other day he was nothing more than a country schoolmaster somewhereinAnglesea. One of the former fellows of Jesus one day came across him. He was struck with his great talents. He had him, as soon as circumstanoes would allow, entered at Jesus. He was a poor man, but the shades cf Sir Leoline and lDr. Moyrick smiled on him, and there was no difficulty after. When the time came for him to take his degree he came out first in Utrri" hui^anioribus, which is a very "great flist indeed. Then he became fellow of Merlon. Then he became one of her Majesty's inspectors. Then, when the new Celtic Professorship at Oxford was founded there was no one thought so fit as he was to fill it; for after Miiller, the great linguist of Europe, John Rhys, once the poor boy from Waunfawr, in Cardiganshire, is the greatest linguist in the world now. Now, then, shopkeepers, farmers, tradesmen, engineers, drivers, colliers, miners, sailors, shoe. makers, cobblers, hobblers, people of low, and of the lowest degree, all of Wales, will you, after thie, suffer the principal and fellows of Jesus U sarry that scheme, which your children might have the chance, like Professor John Rhys, of profiting by aye, or. like the principal and fellows themselves, for, we may well ask, had it not been for their having been born in Wales too, could they have made certain of occupying the same honourable positions which, to thsir great credit and honour, they occupy now r Well then once more, and for ever, I ask you Welshmen of all degrees, especially the compara- tive, and the superlative, will you suffer this r I am sure you will not. And I will say more; you shall not; if you will only sign the petition and send me your names for that purpose. Then, in the name of everything a Welshman holds dear, send them at once.—I am, &.Z., JOHN GRIFFITH, Sector o Merth r.

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-4 OUR PAKIS LETTER PARIS, JCNK n, Three bonis after the dicTyp«t»:>lo 0" Mcfjcmy letbt at Versailles, s?verAl shocks o atr th. quake were registered, Tile Boaapirtista or. giu.i*e such a ua^racclal Uproar, Jo o.Ter tceir lJudy raw cc CaeaA^ii*o, Ll. a, it is mm su:prismjf J'lQre htreeJ, wa d.&gu»t«d at the oui,r^ge/ li-tliCtedj not on Parlisiat-.ni&ry goverumeat, bat OL legislation in general, aad France ia p&rturilar. Ihe Repu^.icuns uucriS t»very p.-dico fjr their coolness 1li presence of a jf scindAluaa jtiOTOcations. No Assembly, n.;t even ic tiie wildest days of the Convention, witnessed each aboninable conduct, becaase in addition to the usual intemperate expressions aad the shaking of fists, positively ofoaoeao ci iob- lationa were patronised, which caused laaies in the galleries to conceal tneir blushes and even men of tte world to hang aotrm their heads. It was the "ssommoir traaafarred from the Ga te Theatre to the palace of Versailles. The best commentary on the matter ia thoinjano- tion of Gambetta to the reporters-not to trseord the scandal, which, of course, only made a few Patriotic journals and in the intereats of truth" give the filth in full, not even employing Latin to cloak the immodesties. The ushers were" drawn up in battle array, when the Monarchist* advanced to strike the Minister of Justice, whoa Caseagnac called a coward." At one moment. i was even thought the military would to be ia. I have- but ^ri Gambetta braving many a storm* i o„ present occasion he appeared his bell "'than A'SSe*one "7^ public. The Miaisfte« kIS the^seite paie and perspiring with rage or pain. One Deputy, attempting to grip another by the hair was warned not to approach, as he was a "iorger." Another Deputy lamented he had It ft his revolver at home. Parisians are dumb- fourdedwhile confessing to be deeply If these be the means the Bonapartists and their Monarchical allies intend to employ to overthrow the Constitution, they sadly mistake their e vech. .Society is departing as usual after the Darby, and this year just as if we hid summer. i rtmtwk that a great many parsons arn tuning an. furni'shed apartments in tae sabuc^s, bringing their own household gode with ziielu-, this does- not loofc as if business were thriving. Bachelors, who never hire rooms save by the rn.-utti, put- their trails in a hand oart and have then-.1 trundled ostfcide Ui& fortiiiuaiions this re^ is a saving cf M per cent. A great IL"wy,oreignard are ouiol work. At the Swiss Legatwa, 1 Know tor cerSain there are 500 y^aug inc-n on the register ot unemployed natives ia Parle; tne German population, upw&rds ot (io,Wi in the CiP,t*i, Le relatively more fortunate. But a German naa He secret fcr livinp upon not keeping his hard- ships to himself, aDd conndani to surmount them by hard work and time. The markets are well supplied vvitk,, fruits and vegetables, and, ia good looks and flavour, betray no sufferings from the absence of the sua. CherriM are stall in deal bomes, a few make more aud they will be in heaps in the coster monger a' carts. Toe fruit looks appetising. Fugland, certainly, does not buy up all that is beautiful. No wonder Freoenok the Ureat bad such a passion for this fruit aa to order it to be served on U!i tsole daily. The gardeners replied such was beyond their power, especially as the sparrows interfered. The king ordered, like a Frenoh prefect, ail the si arrows to be deetronad, and & pzice placed on their heads. He wrote ;0 Voltaire, who protested it was unworthy of a great monarch to cartait the liberty God had given to feathered frionas. But as these birds disappewed, so did the cherries; the caterpillars and slugs, having nothing to fear trom the sparrows, infested the fruit trees like locusts. The king saw his error, and his repentance waa njt delayed by the witty petition left on his plate of cherries one day, trom the sparrows in erile," urging that it was better to put up with the loss of a tew cherries than to have none at all. Peas are as plentiful as they are green, and the crep never fails being kept up ull the end of summer. The favourite pea is the Clamart and Priuce Albert the latter so-named in honour of its fecundity. In Boileaa's time pens-came into seaaon in Aupnst now we have them as common as potatoes in April. Madame de Maintenon alludes to the sluttony-fashio.. able one-of ladies for green peam not content with having eaten platesful a& the Royal sapper table, they continued to devour them on arriving at their own homes. The Frenob mode of cooking peas is excellent. Save when the sugar is not in excess, a morsel is not to be objected to along with a bouquet" of parsley, young onions, and a few leaves of lettuce. But we must not make the strawberries jealous, they look so tempting, though Paris hardly ever receives really tresh strawberries; they are so easily injured by packing and travelling, heaoo the difficulty of making them intopreserve, unless cn the spot. It is said the strawberry prefers to be watered by the gardener, rather than rain. Smothering them in cream is a general plan for eating this fruit, but it is to the Marquess de Cussy that the honour reverts of adding cham- papne, which he called the "triple alliance." Strawberry leaves, gathered when the fruit ie ripe, dried, and slightly toasted, are largely used as a substitute for tea in France, the more easily as the French are Btrangers to young Hyson or Souchong flavours; the leaves are also used effec- tively as a remedy in case ot diarrhoea. The fruit has been prescribed to cure alcoholism. Linnæll8 asserted it was unfailing against gout and the stone; and Van Swieten coolly states that lunatics have been restored to .reason by eating 20 pounds of the fruit daily for a few weeks. Many French ladies make themselves beautiful for ever by rubbing the face when going to bed, with a pomade composed of crushed strawberries and oream. Not a lew persons are made ill by the odour of strawberries, and Mme. du Deffand has confessed they ever made her sad—she that waa so merry as to fall in love with Walpole when she attained the Psalmist's span of life. The opera fate was a thorough success it realised nearly quarter of a million of francs fee the Szegedin sufferers. It is an odd way te raise charity by theatricals and Greenwich fair accessories. However, it must be remembered that all the celebrities in the spectacle world are than congregated together, who attract the notorieties of the opposite social scale. The concert was very fine, especially Faure's singing; the tumblers were not bad, nor the merry-go-rounds; a good deal of improvised fun was centred at the stalls, where pretty actresses sold tin whistles for a lotu6, and a paper of gingerbread fcr the aame. The auctioneering by Grauier wae comical; this popular operette singer put up a trifle, knooke it cown at a fancy price to a gentleman on the point oi stealing away, and asked the crowd to make way for him to approach the cashier. l'atti and her separated husband are again at a newspaper war they will soon become as inaup- portable as the Bonffremonts. Patti's husband has been endeavouring to prevent his cuoe moiety from singing at the coming Italian operas, and the ■upresorio, who has engaged her, has taken an action against him and the journal that pub. lished the contribution. France has to pension the widows of four Marshals; to have their husbands—MacMahon and Canrobert. The latter's wife is the youngest; bbe was a Mdlle. Maodonald; the match was arranged by the Empress, and mademoiselle, though in her teens, asked the Marshal one evening at a Tuileriea ball after the Crimean War, lo make her dance as he did the Russians." Sarah Bernhardt has been met in one of the, London paras with a Blender cane in her hand. The slim actress avows it is to shade her from the Bun.

ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON BOARU. A VEb&EL AT NEWPORT. -On Tuesday, an inquest was held at Appledore, Devon, touching the death of Richard Qnance, a. sailor, of that place. William Meredith Quance, brother of deceased, deposed that he (witness) was, on Tuesday, June 3, on board the Delia, lying at Thompson's Wharf, Newport, Mon., and about half-past two in the morning his brother hailed him trom the shore. lie got up and went to him. ana deceased said that they bad been beating him black and blue. Deceased went on board the Delia with witness, who examined him, and found., him wet and muddy, and bruised about the body. Deceased said this had been done by the Lameys, who were the master and a seaman of the Swift, on which deceased sailed. Deceased said that. Wiliiam Lamey hauled him out of his bulk, on which he let go at Lamey. but finding that the two Lameys were too much for him, he was about to leave the vessel and ga on shore, whea he fell overboard. Oa Wedaosday evening the deceased complained of a pain a his side, and got some liniment from a druggist &t Newport. They reached Appledore on the 16th, deceased being in bed all the way. Dr. Frederick Pratt stated that deceased died on Friday. Ho found him suffering from pieuro-pneumonia, and there were bruises which must have been caused by external violence. The inquest was adioumed, and the Lameys, who were preaent. were oaittimwd. and declined to say anything.

THE SALVATION ARMY AT TAFF'S WELL. On Tuesday evening a section of the "S&lvatioa Army," under the command of Miss Shepherd aud Miss Bateson. visited Taff's Well, and held a. meeting at the Ta.,or Methodist Chapel. The meeting was an enthusiastic one on the part of the revivalists, but did not seem to have much I imprepsion upon the audience, and no converta are reported to have been made. A collection at the close was made to defray the expenses of to* Army's viait to Taff's Well.

Bh tcle Union MUTUAL Defence 1 I A fund has been established in connection with the Bicjcle Union, in order to provide means for assisting subscribers in ts" UP wauton caaea of ascanlt which may be commuted upon tbem. while riding, and in prosecuting the perpetrator of any gross breach of the rules of toe road wbioh may result in injury or serious inconve- nience to a subscriber, or damage to a machine I also to aasist in defending any action which may be brought against a subscriber, when there ia reasonable ground tor regarding auch action as a proper one to defend. To consider the advisa- bility of participating in the advantages of this institution, the Cardiff Bicycle Club held a meet-, jug on Tuesday evenicg, and decided to eubBorib8 to the fond. I A ONTO, AN AOBBIABLl PlCt. KB-cp.—wwayru Lvajis'a Bitten, containing &Cuiye pniiCkpiob of &arfr&p&riliAt dandftlioa# and Bautot,pr4!i>4!:eo scinutificf.-lj in the proportions moot desirable to is ore their perfect suoceee. Tbass hitters aesiet ditfebiioiv, ciompte and facilitate dfcnlattoc. strengthen tae ner^ekand muaclas, purij thehiipod, and brace up the system generally. Bern* gifted witk high!, tonic and aiseiuyo jsroptrUes, they are peeuUsdf aaaptad persons safieriag from depression of sptalt«. nerrooa relaxation, i'i-;s.,Tirjx weakneeK, bUictu headaches, and all anectiona of tee liver. Tiieir action on the system Ia mi.i4. but efficient. To busbies* men they are invaluable. Flaitennjc testiTnciviala b»ve been recetoed from roedioal gentlemen every whr-re. Bold inta.9d.aod 4s. •&> bofcttaa< and in W. earli. Prepares, only by Mr. O-wilsa, EvaBB, PA&naap?ati.otil Chemist, ItUaeUy. two inbona \)¡t1 ,)o.:l:Ü (; r-Utai'.Ji, Uwto 1 I -¡hm.

May yrero snmtnosec! for V?ijgr ahcr'Srly toil • **oaaireei n.zi, «Jana.*th-ti*.jett. N.i vporN. *1 *:th rcfating to qcin Tbe same whe-» or^W'd Jc° bo by Mr. Mvofcli.y* tho Ur. l .r.i Boit Were di^oh.vged with a caution —Dxooi* Waa charged with fighting oa Pn^iw's rbo was dnsd 10». t>.i„ or 14 days.— 'd»ry At Cartby was charge under a, v-vrr-j.Tit >vi<.n inciting' Willie tr. 1J pprd. iTJ." eo~?3i J 0110 month's mpriscnrnpnt —oiothy Cltf->r-l flSataael Hashes vrezv charged bei q di. j>y figat,ir.g on Ai:LL parade, and Hajhei! j j,8&lsc charged -vith n»e:tv,in>:g lV.ie?-«o>».i?Ta,<5U» -arged hid duty. Defend-iata fined 5a, eac! « jj^AIKING- YOUJIG 1lIIEV«3 —Alfred a little boy, was charge.! wisb fctealiuja ^containing a quantity of bones, the propjrty j^^oeE EufibelJ, marine store dta'^r. r.:e lal heen suspected of tr.c theft, and tha proaa- who bad givsn r -ormiUoii. to Lupec.or (yP*8, eaw him coma oat of the house of Jutry fc^Uly, Eeforo.bniloingH. Suspicion w-*s jj°^8ed and a search wa-o t;a io when a bag found j.y Heiily's hout-e contained the bones bulieved been stolen. Ttie boy iui.de a confession i '08 effect that he frequently took things which 4i oairied to Jerry diid revived money icr Jerry always told him to be cental kj^Hot get caught. On Wiut-Monday he recaiveo V from Jerry. Tins was denied by O Jvully. J?6 Bench sentenced the boy to ona day a itapr:- rjment.—Jeremiah O'Reill? wa.s then charged Tiju receiving 28 lbs. of rags and bonoa izom v^ed Griffiths, tbe property of James Rassc'l, rr knowing them to have been stolen Tie ?> y i ^$tha was examined afl a witness. He siiid bo J?0* the bones from Mr. Russell, and got into the ibises by moving some boarda away. The j erk eaid that the prisoner was evidently train- *$boya to steal. The Bench c mailttod him for ^*1 at the next quarter er-saiona. wA BEGGING Jmp STOK.—Charles Ball, bo vent about with ais arm m a sling uaiar the that he had tustained souie injury, waa ^J-ged with begging ia Ciy\h*.<=qnarrt. Police- i.Stable Rear taw the begging, and took jjp1 into cue ody. lie HUepeoted tnat the injured Was but a sham, an-3 coueeaaently he ex- ^Uied it and found no iujory wnatevar. The ooiipmitted the prisoner so gaoi for seven vs as a rogue and vagnoond. OBSTRUCTING THK THOROUGHFARE- seedmundawas cbargud wi. h ooscructing footway in High street, and with refusing to on when orcr-re t to do ao by the polios. In to the evidence of Policy-constable W. hjCQsas, Mr. Thomas HenrynreU aud Frautc rll(md, t,t,d that the dtiendaat perveraely ed an obstruction. For the defence Mr tfhj stated that be did not considor the de- w "ftfit wilfuUy obstructed the thoroughfare, and |k. officer acted towards the man as thongi he ei a felon. The BI;nch imposed a fine of 5s. JtoTME OF APPEXL -Air. Hden gave tiCe of appeal against a recent doci.ioa of the el"t justices in the matter of r "using to tit transfer of the licence of the Black Horae ti(i witt. s treel- the appeal to be made to the court of quarter sessions.